Theatre

Lancing, Forests and Whisky Lancing, Forests and Whisky

Tak­ing a break from plan­ning a hol­i­day, or stress­ful thoughts about buy­ing a flat, and tak­ing one last oppor­tu­nity to relax before Sam’s exams, we took a drive along the coast to Lanc­ing and Wor­thing. Then in the week we saw the world pre­mière of Neil LaBute’s “In a for­est dark and deep” and I […]

Board games in the pub, and a dash of culture Board games in the pub, and a dash of culture

Since the New Year we’ve been busy bees. Our search for a house stepped up a notch and we’re now faced with a big deci­sion, not sure what to do, but I’m sure every­thing will turn out for the best. We’ve also been plan­ning a mam­moth back­pack­ing trip to Japan — which takes up much […]

Bedroom Farce and Inception Bedroom Farce and Inception

Amongst our search for a house to pur­chase, in Brighton or Hay­wards Heath, we’ve been out a cou­ple of nights this week to relax. Firstly, at last, to see the new Chris Nolan movie, “Incep­tion” at the old school Dukes of York cin­ema in Brighton. And sec­ondly, to Brighton’s The­atre Royal for Alan Ayckbourn’s “Bedroom […]

The Prisoner of Second Avenue The Prisoner of Second Avenue

After a scrump­tious Jamaican burger (mango and gin­ger rel­ish included) from the Gourmet Burger Kitchen near Covent Gar­den, Jo, Jo’s Aunt and Uncle, Sam and I headed to the Vaude­ville the­atre for the recently opened, “Pris­oner of Sec­ond Avenue”.

Norman Conquests and Sleeping Beauty Norman Conquests and Sleeping Beauty

A much belated part 2 of time spent in the West End and other fun places, I think I was meant to post this around Decem­ber 20th, looks like that didn’t hap­pen. I rounded off the last post with a trip to see Zorro. Next stop Alan Ayckbourn’s trio of plays “Liv­ing Together”, “Table Man­ners” and […]

Spending time in the West End Spending time in the West End

Liv­ing in St Albans I’ve recently taken the oppor­tu­nity to see as much the­atre as pos­si­ble, and now I have a cou­ple of spare min­utes between all the shows, hol­i­day and trav­el­ing, I’ll write a bit about them all.

A weekend in London, at the Hoxton A weekend in London, at the Hoxton

The Hox­ton Hotel (‘the urban lodge’) in Lon­don recently had a sale, where a lucky few could pur­chase rooms for £1 a night or £29 a night. Most came away with noth­ing, but Sam was lucky enough to not only get a room, but two con­sec­u­tive nights on the week­end of her birth­day! Fan­tas­tic! Said […]