Month: February 2025

I got a reduced price ticket in the Black Friday sale. The view was good and only slighly spoilt by the poor rake in the stalls.

It was a funny show with a lot of laughs, particularly if you are familiar with the novel and the BBC adaptation from the 1990s.

A cast of 5 play the overlooked servants and they act out the story of the Bennett sisters in their search for husbands. With a lot of quick changes they portray the main characters and it was a lot of fun.

They also had a short pre-show where they walked down the aisles, cleaning and dusting the auditorium.

9/10

I went to the extra matinee at Woking that was added to Chris McCausland’s stand up tour.

He was supported by Jon Long who performed music and jokes before an early interval, followed by the main event that included various jokes and stories with a bit on his Strictly Come Dancing Journey and his yet to be written book.

It was all very entertaining and funny.

10/10

I got a deal with TodayTix for this show and it was my first trip to this theatre in Islington.

They had got new seats fitted just before this run and for some reason the numbers didn’t match all the tickets. However, as there were spare seats front of house sorted the problem quickly.

This show was a musical set in a public toilet and was about the women who use it and the issues they are dealing with. It was a thrust stage set up with the audience on 3 sides, so everyone had different restricted views at various times, but it was a short and interesting story.

6/10

I got a cheap seat up in the balcony.

The show was a lot of fun and the story involves a lot of laughs,comedy, misunderstandings and disguises.

It did seem A LOT of people were not that bothered about the play and were just there to see Tom Hiddleston, who played Benedick, with whoops and screams when he walked on stage, spoke, danced, undid buttons on his top and sang. The show did include a brief reference to the Marvel characters that Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell (Beatrice) played, which was a joke that those completely unaware of them would not get at all.

For the majority of the show the crew was good, but for one major scene involving a wrongful accusation, the view was completely obscured as the performers were at the front of the stage, and the curve of the balcony blocked the view.

9/10