On why SMASH is not GLEE!

So, by now, I am assuming that you have seen the pilot for the new NBC Drama, SMASH! (if you have not, you simply must! It’s currently being splashed all over the Internet by NBC). Having watched the pilot, can I just say that I was suitably impressed, and the many many months that I […]

BBC: Lost Christmas [2011]

So, it’s now less than a week until Christmas Day, and I’ve just taken my first dive into the ever-promising Christmas TV schedule. Lost Christmas is an ‘urban fairytale’ set in (my hometown) Manchester, following a tragic Christmas Eve and the steps that occur the following Christmas, impacted by what has gone on before. Starring […]

Patrick Wolf – Jerusalem

Absolutely love Patrick Wolf’s latest EP, Brumalia, largely assembled around the time of the English riots in August 2011. His version of the quintessentially English classic anthem ‘Jerusalem‘ is fantastic, and perhaps my favourite version of this ultimately fabulous song, especially given the context that this was recorded in.

REVIEW: The Lion In Winter -Theatre Royal Haymarket, London

In what is becoming an enjoyably intense three weeks of ‘live event going’, this evening saw the turn of Trevor Nunn’s new production of The Lion In Winter; currently in previews at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, and starring Robert Lindsay and the FABULOUS Joanna Lumley! Just the other night, I went to see Chicago with […]