Month: February 2023

The seats were a lot more reasonably priced than other productions for this one night only touring show.

This was my third time seeing the Mind Mangler and random audience member, but the first time seeing it as a extended act without the rest of Magic Goes Wrong.

The performance and the real audience members (including a soon-to-be (now not so) secretly married couple, some retired people, a trading standards recruitment manager, a performance manager at the London Dungeon and someone who once met a man called John), were very funny and it was an enjoyable night out.

10/10

I saw this touring adaption of the Agatha Christie who done it featuring Miss Marple investing when a guest is positioned at a party of a Hollywood celebrity who has moved to St Mary Mead.

It is a Christie story where I remembered some of the plot and who did it but that didn’t spoil it as I was able to look out for misdirection and clues.

7/10

I got a £25 Rush Ticket from TodayTix, for this funny farcical comedy about a couple who accidentally end up inviting a murderer they meet on holiday (they didn’t Google her until too late) to come and stay with them. and their children.

The show was very funny, but the theatre felt cramped and it took a long time to get out – although despite being underground it was possible to get a mobile signal!

9/10

I got a 25% off discount to see this classic musical and due to a near empty re I moved to a better seat at the interval.

It was a lavish spectacle that lasted just under 3 hours (including interval) but it didn’t feel that long.

It isn’t my favorite musical as it isn’t as happy as others and I didn’t like some of the story, but it had more humor than I was expecting and I would consider watching the stage version again in the future.

7/10

I got a £25 Rush Ticket from TodayTix for this and it was a good view.

This short play has a weird premise, the law is changed so that you can only say and write a combination of a total of 140 words a day. It only has 2 characters – a couple and looks at how the limit affects them.

It was amusing at points, but the concept wasn’t fully explored – what happens if you exceed the limit, how is it officially monitored, acronyms, hyphenated words, how does it work for sign language, etc?

It went back and forwards in time a lot to explore the couples relationship from.when they first met through to how they deal with the word limit.

6/10

I got a £25 Rush Ticket from TodayTix.

The venue is the former council chamber of County Hall on London’s South Bank. It was interstingband has far more foyer space than most regular theaters.

I had seen a TV adaptation and I was aware of one of the twists but that didn’t spoil it and it was more amusing than I’sld expected. 12 of the audience are seated in jury seats and vote on paper ballots on the verdict – I am not sure what happens if they vote the opposite way to the original play though.

It was almost in the round, with a basic set, and the story is different to most who done it’s as it focuses on the trial.

7/10