Off to Wyndham's Theatre, Leicester Square later this week to see The Unfriend with Lee Mack,, Sarah Alexander & Frances Barber, directed by Mark Gatiss.
And then travelling to Windsor after the show for an overnight stay and taking in the play Sleuth (which was made into a 1972 film with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier) the next day at the Theatre Royal there:
Train strikes permitting!
Quote: Billy Bunter @ 28th January 2024, 8:03 PMOff to Wyndham's Theatre, Leicester Square later this week to see The Unfriend with Lee Mack,, Sarah Alexander & Frances Barber, directed by Mark Gatiss.
And then travelling to Windsor after the show for an overnight stay and taking in the play Sleuth (which was made into a 1972 film with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier) the next day at the Theatre Royal there:
Train strikes permitting!
Train strikes did permit in case you were worried.
Very much enjoyed The Unfriend. The first new comedy I've seen on stage for a long time that isn't trying to convey some sort of message, doesn't have political unertones and isn't advertising itself as a "black" comedy. Simply funny and entertaining.
Sleuth is one my most watched DVDs being a Caine & Olivier fan and a fan of film versions of plays. This is a really good one, and for those mouthy 'Caine can't act wallers', watch this and shut the f**k up.
You need to stop sitting on the fence Alfred and start saying what you really think.
Morning Teddy.
Afternoon Alfred I fell back asleep after posting that and also eating a perfect bacon on.
Two trips to the theatre this coming week:
One Man Two Guvnors (which I'm seeing for just the sixth time) at the Titchfield Festival Theatre near Fareham and
Drop the Dead Donkey at the Theatre Royal, Brighton
Tomorrow it's off to Eastbourne for Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw, which I last saw on-line in the privacy of my own home during lockdown, courtesy of the Curve Theatre Leicester.
Putting my political hat on this week.
Tomorrow it's the National Theatre production of "Nye" ("Michael Sheen is Nye Bevan in this surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain's welfare state")
And on Thursday it's "Party Games" at Guildford ("This hilariously acerbic new comedy-drama by political insider Michael McManus (Maggie & Ted), puts leadership on the ledge and goes inside the chaos of government to see whether advisers do advise and if ministers can decide. Can one man, his punchy deputy, a Svengali spin doctor and some dodgy data unite the country? And what can his wife, the King and a large spider do to keep the lights on?"). With Matthew Cottle from Dream On. Ginger tosser!
Quote: Billy Bunter @ 6th May 2024, 6:40 PMWith Matthew Cottle from Dream On. Ginger tosser!
It was actually called Game On, but still, a surprisingly modern reference from you Billy! 
Nice to know he's still doing comedy stuff, I liked Game On back in the day.
I knew that. No idea where "Dream On" came from. Must've been hacked!
Yes, I've seen Matthew Cottle in several stage plays over the intervening years. He's still going strong.
Up to Wimbledon Theatre (just down the road from my old school and opposite my childhood dentist) for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang today.
Taking advantage of no football on Thursday & Friday this week to go up to London to see The Marilyn Conspiracy at the Park Theatre, Finsbury Park on Thursday.
"This tense, uncompromising and unmissable new play reveals the shocking events of Marilyn Monroe's last days and lays bare on stage the five, crucial, missing hours between Marilyn's death, and the reporting of her apparent suicide by 'drugs overdose' to the police".
Although, in reality, the main reason for choosing a production at that venue is that there is a café in the adjacent park that does lovely cakes.
Then on to the Memorial Hall, Old Windsor for Sex and Curry, performed by the Riverside Players on Friday evening.
"Hannah's boyfriend has walked out, leaving her pregnant, but that's only the start of her troubles. Telling her parents that her gay flatmate is her fiancé, and the child's father, didn't solve the problem. The situation is further complicated when the relationship between the neighbour [Rick} and Hannah's sister [Leah] is discovered and things aren't quite what they seem. Hannah's father, Chester, keeps getting it wrong and her mother, Patricia, just can't help but over share."
Got to leave Windsor by Saturday lunchtime though to be home in time for the 5 O'clock kick off.
Went to see Redlands at Chichester Festival Theatre this afternoon, a not entirely serious and doubtless not 100% accurate, take on the 1967 drug bust at Keith Richards' home, Redlands in West Wittering, and subsequent trial of Richards and Mick Jagger at Chichester Crown Court, in which the defending counsel was Michael Havers QC, future Attorney General, my future MP in Wimbledon and, of course, father of Nigel Havers. Starred, among others, Anthony Calf (New Tricks), Olivia Poulet (The Thick of It) and Clive Francis (The Piglet Files). With snippets of Rolling Stones slotted in.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Despite it not being an entirely authentic or straight re-telling of events.
