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Choir of man - The boys are back in London

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 For a while I’d say I was known amongst friends and future friends who were at the time strangers on Facebook, for my habit of visiting the jungle, the pub of which choir of man is based around, during its first outing un London’s west end. (All photos are my own) Homed again in the arts theatre, the choir of man is a 90 minute non stop emotional rollercoaster with some stunning vocals and surprisingly emotional poetry It’s a show that’s really impacted me throughout the last almost year, so here’s an expansion upon the review I wrote after the first time seeing the show. what a show!! You wouldn’t think a jukebox musical set in a pub could make you laugh and cry so much in 90ish minutes, but it sure delivers! It’s absolutely an absolutely wild evening, I have long delighted in the fact this musical which could so easily have been stereotypical lad culture really touches on the importance of men having a space to talk about and express their emotions, with some real honest emotional d

Unfortunate: the untold story of Ursula the sea witch - a review (14/07/2022)

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overstudies requested a review of “unfortunate: the untold story of Ursula the sea witch” and for some reason I originally decided to write this as a of tweets , as I'm not usually a reviewer, but for the fact maybe I'd like to do more of that, its now here, on this barely used blog. This is unedited from my original tweets aside from the addition of the date. I went on Thursday 14 July 2022 to the giant upside down cow that is udderbelly, which in the had a good range of food and drink On to the actual show, I’d seen a little of this at west end live but was in love with how fun the set was, and a favourite of mine - a visible band! I went in expecting a slightly naughty and funny evening, and we got that and more! I was actually surprised by how much more There were wonderfully controlled puppets, actors playing multiple roles, and a range of props that such a small theatre and stage would make you think wasn’t possible! The show itself contains more innuendo and sexual jo