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Easter Breaks and Sense and Sensibility

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

We had such a nice weekend planned; travel down to Bath Thursday evening, stay with J&T until Sunday, then go on to J&S for another couple of days.  The plans were full of good food and long walks in the … Continue reading →

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Friday: FOG at the Finborough

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

A mass outing from the Raise the Roof Theatre Appreciation Society to the Finborough, to see the penultimate performance of FOG, a new play by Tash Fairbanks and Toby Wharton. You might wonder why I would bother to review something … Continue reading →

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Musical from scratch

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

This is definitely an experiment: A and I at Blackheath Halls with quite a crowd of Blackheath Chorus, Gospellers and Find Your Voice-ers with Lee Reynolds directing, for a seven-week make-a-musical… there will be an invitation only performance in week … Continue reading →

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Eugene Onegin – the tribute song

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

Every year, when we finish an opera, the wonderful Liz Goldman produces a song to-the-tune-of various musical themes from the work, which the chorus sing to the principals and production team at the post production party.  These songs are always … Continue reading →

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Wintermiddle

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

Wintermiddle is, as far as I know, an invention of Michael Rosen.  His alternative to Father Christmas is Aunty Wintermiddle, a cheerful rainbow-wearing bringer of good times and merriment.  When I was going through my ‘its all a patriarchal construct’ … Continue reading →

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