Abi at the Theatre

  When: 11th December 2021 (Matinee) Where: Shaftesbury Theatre, London Writer: David West Read and Max Martin Director: Luke Sheppard We were very lucky to get tickets to & Juliet, that morning we managed to get hold of 2 Rush tickets for the matinee performance, after practically giving up, plus we were on the 5th row of the stalls!  I've wanted to see this show for a while and after seeing lots of plays this year, that were not particularly happy, I really wanted to see something that would be a bit of fun. It definitely succeeded in that. This show is full of comedy, fun and joy, whilst weaving in some gentle topics of importance in society today. They have managed to bring shakespeare into the 21st century and keep the same audience reaction as he would have recieved back when Romeo and Juliet was first written. I am a big Mamma Mia fan and conroversially I love Jukebox musicals. The music in & Juliet was so perfectly selected, it felt very coherent with the story...

When:  27th November 2021 (Matinee) Where: The Barbican, London Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Philip Breen I loved this play, it was so effective in the ways that it brought Shakespeare into the 21 st century and managed to make it humourous and understandable to a modern audience. One of the best things about this production was the way in which it made the story so easy to follow. Often with Shakespeare you have to know the play before you go otherwise you have no idea what is going on, but within 20 minutes I knew everything that was going on and at no point during the play was I confused. This helped them to add layers to the piece, for example adding humour. Obviously it is a humourous play its called The Comedy of Errors, but humour during Shakespeare’s period was very different to now. In this production they managed to change the meaning of many of the lines taking what Shakespeare wrote as metaphors literally adding this to the use visual and physical humour, he...

  When: 9th November 2021 Where: Cinema Writer: Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns Director: Edgar Wright I normally only write about theatre on this blog but I wanted to make an exception for Last night in Soho. This film was incredible! Everything about it worked so well together to create one harmonious film. The most interesting thing about this film is its originality and traditionality (If that's even a word). It contained so many classic film tropes and yet there was enough new material that it felt exciting.  The acting in the film was incredibly good, the relationship that Anya Taylor-Joy and Thomasin McKenzie created between there characters was so fascinating to me. I loved the ways that they were brought together and the sisterhood that they shared, even though they were living two completely separate lives for much of the film. The looks that they gave to each other through the mirrors spoke so much about who they were together, through doing so little. Of cour...