Old Blog The Bridges of Madison County: Menier Chocolate Factory 23 October 2019 | Leave a Comment (seen at the afternoon performance on 18th August 2019). Never read the book, seen the film, or heard a note of the musical. On the other hand, Jake “Adrian Mole” Brunger introduced me to the CD of “The Last 5 Years” and I’m a huge fan of “13” too – so Jason Robert Brown isn’t […] Read more » Dale Rapley David Perkins Edward Baker-Duly Georgial Brown Gillian Kirkpatrick Jason Robert Brown Jenna Russell lynne page Maddison Bulleyment menier chocolate factory Paul F. Monaghan Shanay Holmes The Bridges of Madison County Trevor Nunn
Old Blog Fiddler on the Roof: Menier Chocolate Factory 20 February 2019 | Leave a Comment (seen at the afternoon performance on 3rd February 2019). Moving from French to Russian poverty isn’t much of a leap for “Les Misérables” director Trevor Nunn. He employs the same intellectual grimness here as in previous work and manages, if not to discover anything new within the piece (this isn’t Shakespeare after all), to at […] Read more » menier chocolate factory Trevor Nunn
Old Blog The Goodmonkey Awards for 2018 30 January 2019 | Leave a Comment Another year, another round of visits with much to remember. Plenty of awards recognised the best in acting and writing. Most miss those things in between – the stuff normal audience members experience. As ever, Theatremonkey is here to fill a gap that doesn’t really need to exist. So, with even less ado than usual, […] Read more » menier chocolate factory
Old Blog Barnum: Menier Chocolate Factory 31 January 2018 | Leave a Comment (seen at the afternoon performance on 28th Janaury 2018) Some shows you are just a little sentimental about. For me, this is one of them. Didn’t get in at the Palladium, was disappointed “live” at the Victoria Palace when Mr Crawford revivied it… but that was all a long time ago… The showing on BBC1 […] Read more » menier chocolate factory
Old Blog Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole: Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre. 9 August 2017 | Leave a Comment (seen at the afternoon performance on 6th August 2017). Back when the internet was young, and Theatremonkey.com even younger, a Nottingham teenager around 14 and a bit years old, emailed the Theatremonkey office to inform us that the Adelphi Theatre had an extra row not shown on our seating plan. From that, a “John Tydeman […] Read more » menier chocolate factory
Old Blog She Loves Me (Menier Chocolate Factory) 22 February 2017 | Leave a Comment Seen at the Afternoon performance on 30th December 2016. I have fond memories of the 1990s Savoy Theatre production, an elaborate turntable affair with Ruthie Henshall and John Gordon-Sinclair. Now, with Scarlett Strallen (Amalia) and Mark Umbers (Georg) to buy her ice-cream, could the magic live again on a far smaller stage? The answer is […] Read more » menier chocolate factory
Old Blog Funny Girl (Menier Chocolate Factory) 2 March 2016 | Leave a Comment (Seen at the afternoon performance on 27th February 2016). For those who have forgotten (or sensibly blacked it out), this was the one that sold out in 9 hours last August – and had me awake at midnight for a chance of buying tickets. So, the day arrived, and the question has to be asked, […] Read more » lynne page menier chocolate factory