Ncuti Gatwa curtain call for The Importance of Being Earnest

Scene from Midsummer Night’s Dream pre-show. Acrobat fairies!

Ncuti Gatwa curtain call for Born with Teeth

Jesus Christ Superstar curtain call featuring Judas, Mary Magdalene and Jesus

And here’s a mini round up.

I saw a grand total of 🥁🥁🥁
83 shows 😮
Best show: Midsummer Night’s Dream
Best Performer: Ncuti Gatwa
Best AmDram: JCS
Best Show I was in: A Bunch of Amateurs

Makes it seem easy when I list it like that 😂

#Crolla2025Show

#Crolla2025Show #TheatreSky #LondonTheatre

End

Positively my last show of 2025, and a decent goodbye to my theatrical year. Poignant and funny.

Is this my last show of 2025? 4 days left …

#Crolla2025Show #TheatreSky

When We Were Married

Highly amusing play from J B Priestly with a Who’s Who of a cast, and Emma Thompson in the audience watching her sister
(Also starring evil O’Brien from Downton, and the scoutmaster from Ghosts 😂)

#Crolla2025Show #TheatreSky

Othello

Toby Jones was a superb Iago alongside a masterful David Harewood as Othello.
And And a shoutout to Tom Byrne for a brilliant Rodrigo adding some much needed humour!
Powerful play and wonderful staging

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

Powerful play set in post-Desert Storm. Strong performances from all involved and a captivating plot. Humorous although pretty dark.

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky
#CrAmDram #Panto

Peter Pan-to

Another day another Panto

And another one involving someone I knew!

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky
#CrAmDram #Panto

Sword in the Stone

Wonderful Panto written by and starring several friends. Made me quite wistful that I wasn’t up there with them.

Outside the venue for Cabaret in London.

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky
#LondonTheatre

Cabaret

Another spectacular show - my December is going well. The cast were incredible and it’s such a good story.

(You’re not allowed to take photos inside the venue at any point of performance so have one from a fairly mild winter night outside)

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky
#CrAmDram
#JCS

Jesus Christ Superstar

OH MY WORD!
This was an incredible show and up there with one of the best I’ve seen this year, both pro and amateur.
ALW better have an amazing Judas for his revival next year, because this one was phenomenal.

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky
#LondonTheatre

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Intense Cold-War spy thriller set in the 60s. Strong performances from a great cast and a cracking plot.
Love Soho Place as a venue too.

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky

Ride the Cyclone

Interesting plot, good characters and some great songs. Clearly on its way to being a cult classic, but the end landed a little soft to me
I doubt I’m the target audience, as it’s v teen orientated. Had great visuals and staging.

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky
#CrAmDram

Dreamgirls

The talent in this was extraordinary. Great show based allegedly (legal reasons) on the story of Diana Ross and the Supremes and the history of Motown.

Strong voices particularly from the women who were so darn powerful! Good night out.

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky
#LondonTheatre

Hysteria

Interesting play based on Nellie Bly’s turn of the century investigation into women’s asylums.

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky
#LondonTheatre
#Shakespeare

Hamlet

Wonderful production and stellar performances.

Stage at The Barbican showing a children’s room with four beds.

Cast curtain call at The Barbican for Wendy & Peter Pan

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky

Wendy & Peter Pan

Fantastic staging and great performances from a good cast.
It was a little overlong and the plot at times irritated me because of the stereotyping.

#Crolla2025Show
#CrAmDram #TheatreSky

Tonight at 8:30

Three Noel Coward Plays

A bit patchy in places but an enjoyable evening.

#Crolla2025Show
#CrAmDram #TheatreSky

Grease

Great night watching a fab amdram production. The musical is a bit different from the film, notably there’s no car race. Still some parts of the story are 🫤 but the performances were great and made me laugh.

#Crolla2025Show #TheatreSky

I like cosy murder mysteries so I came to see Midsomer Murders: Murder at Badger’s Drift

Starring Daniel Casey who was the original sidekick on tv (Troy) now playing Tom Barnaby who used to be played by Bergerac 😀

Anyway it was a lot of fun even if I knew the plot!

#Crolla2025Show

Blessings

Set in 1969, this play had the right atmosphere - wallpaper included.
Good performances from a strong cast but the twist didn’t land as a surprise with me.

#Crolla2025Show

Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Lucky enough to see a rehearsal of Mischief’s new version of their Christmas show.
We were asked not to post photos in case it spoiled anything, but I can tell you that it’s very funny and great to have a new take on a classic.

Vardy V Rooney: The WAGatha Christie Trial

Second time seeing this but from a different group. It’s actually a pretty funny play - very Fringe and suited to amdram.

#Crolla2025Show #CrAmDram

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky

Bacchae

A retelling of the Greek Tragedy by Euripides. With contemporary language and attitudes.
Brilliant show with powerful performances from the whole cast. Strong visuals and great staging.

#Crolla2025Show
#CrAmDram #TheatreSky

Emma
This was a really fun adaptation of the play, reset in the 1920’s.

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky

English Kings Killing Foreigners

Interesting concept and two very talented performers. Henry V becomes a powerful lens through which we see current events.
A blend of seriousness and comedy made this well worth the visit.

#Crolla2025Show #CrAmDram

Assassins

Sondheim musical about those who’ve tried and/or succeeded to assassinate presidents.
A lot of US history I didn’t know (particularly the Nixon and Ford eras).
A razzmatazz show yet at times it felt flat.
Banger of an ending though.

#Crolla2025Show

The Play that Goes Wrong

Ok, third time seeing this but this time one of my friends was in it. I am so chuffed to see him on stage and living his pro-acting dream!

#Crolla2025Show
#CrAmDram

The Crucible

Great production with some incredibly strong performances.

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky

Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts

I’ve had a mixed experience of play adaptations of TV shows but decided to book because I love the Morse series and like Tom Chambers.
I enjoyed it (despite some moments of pure cheese) and would see more.

#Crolla2025Show #TheatreSky #LondonTheatre #Interview

Interview
I admit I was interested in this show because of Robert Sean Leonard, who I loved in House.
Anyway it’s a decent play with a good plot and two very good actors.

#Crolla2025Show
#TheatreSky
Born With Teeth

Great play with two astonishing actors. I knew Gatwa would be fab but Bluemel was exceptional too. The play started off quite light with some edge, yet took a much darker turn by the end.