A theatre programme from Shadowlands, at the Aldwych theatre.
I wept like a baby in public today. But it was worth it.
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A theatre programme for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Went to see a show tonight. For some reason, I had low expectations going in but actually, I LOVED it. Really funny and sad and moving and possibly the first high top sneaker tap shoes I’ve ever seen on stage. Fab all round. #MakeTheatreNotWar
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York Theatre Royal 2026 is a phenomenal year at York Theatre Royal with three hotly anticipated new in-house productions launching on their main stage. A YORK THEATRE ROYAL PRODUCTION RECTED B OHN DOYLI THE SECRET GARDEN THE MUSICAL BOOK AND LYRICS BY MUSIC BY MARSHA NORMAN LUCY SIMON The Secret Garden - The Musical 17 March to 4 April 2026 A major revival of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, this classic story is coming home to its Yorkshire setting. With a captivating score by composer Lucy Simon and book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize winner Marsha Norman. Directed by Tony Award-winner John Doyle and brought to life by a talented cast of actor-musicians, this is a moving and timeless story of love, loss, healing and hope.
This morning I shall be praying to the gods of west-end transfers 🙏 🙏 🙏
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Two theatre programmes, one for Into the Woods, and one for High Noon
A sign of Into the Woods, hanging from a ceiling among many lights
The Harold Pinter theatre where High Noon is showing.
Two show day! ♥️
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A theatre programme for the play All My Sons, by Arthur Miller.
The cast profiles for the three leading actors in the play, Bryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and Paapa Essieou.
I have been looking forward to this play for SO long. It did not disappoint. I mean just look at this cast!
(two and a half hours without an interval is a lot though. Not sure that was the best idea.)
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A programme from The Weir, starring Brendan Gleason. Photo includes my broken wrist, for dramatic effect.)
We saw this tonight, bloody hell it was good. One of those plays where nothing really happens, but it’s so authentic you feel like you are sitting right there in that pub with them. I loved it.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, at the Ambassadors theatre, London.
The Pickled Crab, the micro pub accompanying The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, at the Ambassadors theatre, London.
One last visit to this beautiful production before it closes. Through three iterations, from humble beginnings as a 5-person show in deepest darkest Southwark - that had to close due to covid, to a full blown musical selling out a west-end theatre (plus micro pub!). So much love.
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6 browsers open and in the queue for tickets to the Les Mis 40th anniversary concert
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Jamie Parker in Into the Woods though..
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One more thing I must say about last night.
The show started earlier than most - 7pm, and ran for about 1h45. WE WERE OUT BEFORE 9PM ♥️♥️♥️
My friend Eli and I always joke that my favourite sentence in the world is "90 mins, no interval" - this was even better!! More of this please.
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Good Night Oscar, a play about the comedian and composer Oscar Levant, and set during the golden age of Hollywood. The show stars Sean Hayes and the wonderful Rosalie Craig.
The thing about theatre is that sometimes a show is bad. That’s ok. I don’t mind seeing a bad show because sometimes a show is so utterly mind-blowing that you know you’ll never be the same again having seen it. This play, which we saw tonight, was the latter.
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The play All My Sons by Arthur MIller, directed by Ivo Van Hove, starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bryan Cranston and Paapa Essiedu. Begins at the Windham's Theatre on 14th November 2025.
I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to seeing this. I mean, just look at this cast!
😍 😍 😍
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The Great Gatsby, at the London Coliseum
Another visit to some old friends, this time in a slightly (hella lot) bigger theatre. Shame about all that scaffolding! Gorgeous beautiful show, everything Gatsby should be.
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Extraordinary Women 23 July - 10 August BY SARAH TRAVIS AND RICHARD STIRLING FROM THE NOVEL BY COMPTON MACKENZIE DIRECTED BY PAUL FOSTER CHOREOGRAPHED BY JOANNA GOODWIN JERMYN STREET THEATRE 1919. On the windswept isle of Sirene, a group of Extraordinary Women dare to imagine a world without men. Into this bohemian paradise arrives Rosalba - her pockets may be empty but her plans for romantic intrigues are full. Her devoted lover Aurora follows and promptly buys a palatial villa, and as the Summer unfolds, their glittering Avanti, Signori! coterie sets out to enjoy their freedom... and each other. Published the same year as Virginia Woolf's Orlando, Compton Mackenzie's (Whisky Galore!, Monarch of the Glen) novel plucks its richly drawn characters from the artistic circles of 1928 London. It bursts on to the stage for the first and lyrics by Richard Stirling. time with a lush score by Tony Award winner Sarah Travis, Click this QR code to discover more about EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN's sensational cast and creative team. CREDITS INCLUDE SET DESIGN-ALEX MARKER COSTUME DESIGN-CARLA JOY EVANS LIGHTING DESIGN - ALEX MUSGRAVE MUSICAL DIRECTION/ORCHESTRATIONS - SAM SOMMERFELD DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER - MARTIN JOHN BRISTOW DOUBLE BASS & GUITAR PLAYER - JAMES WILLIAM-PATTISON PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - GARETH MCLEOD BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS. COMMISSIONED IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM BY STEWART NICHOLLS, BA MUSICAL THEATRE PROGRAMME LEADER-GUILDFORD SCHOOL OF ACTING www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk
The National Gallery and St Martin-in-the-Field church from Trafalgar Square.
Nelson’s Column and Big Ben Tower, from Trafalgar Square.
In a break from usual proceedings, today was actually quite lovely. Not too cold or hot, perfect for a visit up town to see some old friends in a tiny but wonderful little theatre. Lovely. This is quite a nice place to live, actually.
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I'm still thinking about this show, it has left such an imprint on me.
And frankly it's incredible to me that in this small 250-seat theatre there are still tickets available, but there are, so if you are in the London area before Aug 9 I really can't recommend it highly enough.
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Samira Wiley and Nicola Sloan in Intimate Apparel at the Donmar Warehouse
The True Story Behind Intimate Apparel BY LYNN NOTTAGE Intimate Apparel began with an old photograph that I found haphazardly wedged between the pages of a Family Circle magazine. I was helping my grandmother, who'd developed debilitating senile dementia, move from her longtime home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. In the midst of a pile of weathered magazines, I discovered a black and white passport photo of my grandmother Waple and her younger sister Eurita sitting on their mother's lap. It was the first time I'd ever seen an image of my great-grandmother Ethel, a striking woman with high West African cheekbones and a gentle intensity. She had been a seamstress from Barbados, who at the age of 18 arrived alone in New York City at the dawn of the twentieth century. The image invited a thousand questions, none that could be answered by the living, and it led me on a journey to piece together the history of my great-grandmother Ethel, a woman who was basically a stranger to me. The only clue that I had about Ethel, was a story that my grandmother had once told me about her mother corresponding with a man labouring on the Panama Canal, who would eventually become her husband. I was fascinated by this story, which served as the inspiration for Intimate Apparel. As I began my research for Intimate Apparel at the New York Public Library, I discovered that the lives of Black working women in the early 1900s were woefully absent from the archive. So, I found myself perusing help-wanted listings, boarding houses, and clothing advertisements, looking for any sign of women like my great-grandmother on the printed page. As I was doing so, I began to find the characters that would populate the world of Intimate Apparel; Esther the lonely seamstress, Mrs. Dickson the proprietress of the boarding house for Black women, Mr. Marks the Jewish fabric salesman on the Lower East Side, Mrs. Van Buren the wealthy white socialite on the Upper East Side, Mayme /cont next picture
Cont/ Esther the lonely seamstress, Mrs. Dickson the proprietress of the boarding house for Black women, Mr. Marks the Jewish fabric salesman on the Lower East Side, Mrs. Van Buren the wealthy white socialite on the Upper East Side, Mayme the sex worker in the tenderloin and George the labourer tolling on the Panama Canal. As I was conjuring the characters, I realised that I was interested in the unexpected intersections between class, race, and gender at the turn of the twentieth century, and what happens when people across cultural and economic divides are thrust into spaces of intimacy.
I would just like to say that Samira Wiley is incredible, and so is the play Intimate Apparel at the Donmar Warehouse. If you have a chance to see it you simply must.
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The Estate, at the National Theatre
This is what I saw, The Estate, at the Nash. We went knowing nothing about it, and oh what a gem! Adeel Akhtar is an absolute powerhouse, but we did know that already. Politics and dysfunctional families, this play was right up my street.
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The Almeida Theatre, London. Seeing a play with Ruth Wilson and Michael Shannon in it.
In one of my favourite places, seeing one of my favourite actresses.
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I just saw that Marina Prior is coming to London to play Mdm Thenadier in Les Mis which makes my heart so happy. I saw her as Cosette in Australia in... oh my god it was 36 years ago. HOW CAN THAT BE?? Bloody hell.
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Wyndhams Theatre, London.
A theatre programme for My Master Builder.
A little bit (a lot) of drama to round off the weekend. Excellent, exhausting stuff.
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Anyway that was very good. And happened to also be my all-time favourite theatre thing - 90 minutes straight through, no interval. It doesn't get much better.
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The first time a Broadway play has been broadcast live, apparently!
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A programme for the play The Frogs
Starting my theatrey weekend with a bit of Sondheim. Which is always a good idea.
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