The office is sending me on a day's course in London on 20th June, so I'm taking the opportunity to go up the previous afternoon and take in a show. As the rail ticket and a considerable portion of the hotel accommodation will be paid for by them, well... why not ( Read more... )

But at least it's only for two days. Preparations are underway for the visit of Flip at the end of the week, and I'm busy thinking of places to go. So far I've come up with ( Read more... )

Wonderful. Amongst the best there's been since the show came back in 2005. Indeed, amongst the best there's been since 1963.

And the trailer for next week's is mind-blowing.

One of the things the Penarth theatre group aren't good at is setting suitable pictures etc for the productions' posters and programmes. Last year's for "Cash on Delivery", was particularly hideous ( Read more... )

Well, things have certainly turned around at Penarth drama company. I went along to the reading of "Business Affairs" last night - not because I had any intention of being in it, but I wanted to meet up with some friends there and thought I'd help out with rwading parts for the evening for people who couldn't make it. Reading the play reinforced ( Read more... )

I see that "Hex" is now out on Rgion 1 DVD. Odd - they call it the first series but its actually the first series plus the first four episodes of the second. Still, this means that US viewers get the chance to see the formidable Ella Dee, played by the wonderful Laura ( Read more... )

Just back from the Penarth group's production of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" and was actually pleasantly surprised. I'd been fed all sorts of horror stories about the "musical" side of the company, but, although I woudn't want to be in a musical, I did njoy the music and (most of) the performances very much. It was nice to see Tiffany in the ( Read more... )

Well, things very quiet at the moment with no rehearsals, and no decision on the next play from either company I'm involved with. Not many trips out and about, though I did go to see my friend Brian's new baby boy last weekend - Thomas ( Read more... )

I've just caught the first two episodes of the new BBC comedy "Gavin and Stacey" on line. A really nice, fresh new comedy about two young people getting together, Gavin fom Essex and Stacey from Barry Island, South Wales. It looks like the whole Welsh / English country divide will provide much of the humour - Stacey being much like many South ( Read more... )

...tonight's gripping episode of "Doctor Who", take a look at the new "coming soon" trailer shown at the end of the episode and put up on the official website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/

More Captain Jack. More Mr Saxon. Much goodness. :)