Occasionally, I will hear a song from a musical that completely captures my heart, only to discover later that it was cut. Sometimes it’s just not a good song, other times it doesn’t help propel the narrative forward. In recent years, it hasn’t been unheard of for cast albums to include cut songs as bonus …
Let’s swap Blue Monday for ‘Brew Monday’! Last week, Samaritans kicked off their Brew Monday campaign with the goal of turning the negative outlook of a Blue Monday upside down. Statistically, the third Monday of January is known as the most depressing day of the year. In the current climate we need a ‘Brew Monday’ …
If someone had told me this time last year we would have a professionally produced digital concert of Ratatouille the Musical, I would have laughed in their face. What started as a viral trend, cooked up by TikTok users, has ended up being the world’s first crowd-sourced musical. Theatres turned their lights off in March …
Sometimes I think I make it too obvious that I’m a huge Taylor Swift fan… Anyway, as I’ve mentioned before, last year I got really into journaling and I often use prompts to help me focus my thoughts. The other day I was just listening to some Taylor Swift, as you do, and it occured …
The pandemic has been unkind to many. For anyone who has lost their job over the past year – I feel your pain. Working in the tourism industry in London for a company that was thriving financially felt like a secure job. Now around half their staff, maybe more, have had their positions made redundant. …
How are we in the New Year already? This Christmas season, and the year as a whole, has well and truly flown by! I guess it’s time to retire the Christmas music playlist until next December now. But the scarf weather is still here and the days are still so dark and short. Christmas may …
Guys, 2020 was rough. I started out the year with a list of resolutions, as I’m sure many of us do. For the most part, I was unable to actually fulfil any of them. So I’ve had a few days to think about it and decided that this year I don’t necessarily want to write …
