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Diary of a Theatre Addict: 3 disappointments but 5 pleasures make a good betting average

Mark ShentonSunday July 26Include in homepage slide?, Thought of the dayLeave a Comment

Another busy week: I loved 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Songs for a New World, As Is, The Spitfire Grill and revisiting Memphis, but had problems with Sinatra, Mack and Mabel and American Idiot.

Diary of a theatre addict: 11 shows across 8 days – (nearly) all great! A record?

Mark ShentonSunday June 21Include in homepage slide?, Thought of the dayLeave a Comment

Another busy week has seen me at 11 shows across 8 nights (and days); 8 of the nine I can comment on publicly already were great! Is that a record?

Recent Articles

  • From the Archives: My Unpublished Interview with Amanda Holden from 2011
  • March 2: Glory palaces of cinema that became theatres — and vice versa — that I long to visit again (or for the first time)
  • March 1: Diary items: Harry Potter’s re-opening Down Under, and the Hospital Club’s closing in London
  • February 28: It’s good to be optimistic — but better to be cautious
  • February 27: Star (and stunt) casting is still all the rage, but is it necessarily a bad thing?
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