Olly Murs was the warm up act. He entered full of bristling energy and buzz in black leather trousers and matching sleeveless T-shirt. He knocked out some standards including Twist Again and rendition of Shout -made famous by Lulu and wrapped up with a visual nod to his new baby, Madison and the repetitive but […]
A Southampton and Arsenal legend. A born raconteur. Some blue encounters recalled but all wonderfully entertaining. Fawkes -Merson & J
Richard my Richard was an amazing triumph. Philippa Gregory life’s work has been to locate Richard’s burial site – finally unearthed in a Leicestershire car park, but with this play she investigates if he really was the villain depicted by Shakespeare and history. Evidence is scarce after all these years but the intrigue is spell […]
Joe Bonamassa stepped forward in trademark blues brothers shades and suit and hit the guitar at 7.30 sharp. Gig all done by 9.35pm. No break, no support act, just Joe. No doubt about it he is an absolutely brilliant blues guitarist but despite having a worthy support band it always feels like a one […]
Sadlers Wells hosted the ENB production with a stunning modern stark presentation with a stage set of 3D doors, a clear cipher, that were moved cleverly around to depict and support different scenarios. The never ending suffering was perfectly executed with rolling ghost bodies moving incessantly across the stage like Sisyphus, forever condemned to pushing […]
The other stand out highlight goal of the season (apart from Wes Burns Brazilian special) was the Sarmiento 97th minute goal – the last kick off the game against Southampton when it seemed the opportunity has gone. Sarmiento fumbled the first attempt but managed to stand up again and poke the ball into the corner […]
This was a tedious saga – sadly the film is gratuitously too long at 2hours and 45mins. The novel ensured all content was available but it needed a clean shave. Many of the scenes were repetitive, although led by a start studded cast there was very little character development, it felt all too often very […]
Wow this was a fever pitch gig. The prologue was set by Mrs Ronson’s entertaining monologue about her life and times as a Beckenham hairdresser meeting Mrs Jones (Bowies’ Mum) and then joining the singers touring contingent. No autocues or cards sheets. Her fuller technicolour story is here. Packed house for the main event – […]
Full house at Apex but it felt a little like a village hall gig. Musicianship was top calibre but only in patches was their full ignition. Early track, All my Love, the focus was on sheer brilliance of the keyboard player, his Liberace splayed hands moving ferociously up and down on the keys like the […]
