Kiss Me Kate

First wowing audiences on Broadway in 1948, Cole Porter’s musical extravaganza is still going strong, moving from the West End to regional theatres, touring around the country. Starting at the Wimbledon New Theatre on 23 August, this show runs until February next year (having just recently extended after New Year to Woking). With a five minute walk from the mainline and tube stations, Wimbledon is an easily accessible theatre, with doormen to greet you and a small bar area, box office and the all important goodies to take away as souvenirs. A programme was £2.50 and always a purchase for me, to stick on the shelf and gather dust! ;-) * ...  Read the complete review

I spent the day in London on Thursday with my Best Man on Day One of my ‘Stag Adventure’ Weekend. He knows I have a deep rooted love of the theatre and decided to treat me to two shows. One of which I shall review at a later date. I spent the whole day trying to guess which show he had booked me into in the evening. I’d got the Matinee sorted as my little investigative mind scoured the internet for information pertaining to Thursday matinees and resulted in guessing correctly. There was only one show to hold a Thursday matinee but I was pleased with my talent for finding out the facts...! He spent the whole day convinced he’d ...  Read the complete review