Loyalty is an odd thing. It embraces so many concepts: ideas, people, identities, countries, the list is endless. But no matter how much someone expresses their loyalty to something, there is a breaking point, when they have to consider which is more important, their loyalty or themselves. And this, I believe is the message that…
As regular readers know, I love a good old-fashioned musical, and this summer, one of the first musicals I have ever seen returns to London for a limited run at the iconic Barbican Centre. So, I donned my sailor suit, walked up the gangplank, took my seat and settled back to revisit Anything Goes. In…
Without wanting to sound too much like a quote from Avenue Q, do you ever wake up and wonder what your purpose in life is? I’ve sort of accepted that, apart from the ordinary, maybe my life doesn’t have any real meaning and I’m not destined to change the world or be remembered for something…
As each year drags me kicking and screaming towards my sixties, I have started thinking, albeit very very reluctantly about retirement. What on earth will I do with myself once I don’t have a full-time day job to occupy my time? Maybe I can get some ideas for the future from seeing Trestle by Stewart…
Theatres may be closed at the moment but that doesn’t mean that theatrical experiences are just something we remember fondly. Thanks to modern technology, there is a wealth of shows, plays and musicals available to the locked-down public, and last night I was lucky enough to see one in the shape of Tom Stoppard’s play,…
A twenty-fifth anniversary is something to be celebrated. For most couples, it might be a candlelit dinner in a romantic restaurant. But, if you are Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh, and the twenty-fifth anniversary being celebrated is of one of your most successful musicals, then something a little bit bigger is called for. So,…
