Mind The Blog
@mindtheblog.bsky.social
Theatre & other stuff. #LDNTheatreBloggers #Mates. #UKBA19 nominee. Also BroadwayWorld UK. Posts by Debbie. Invites by email only: [email protected]
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The next show this week ended up being Ride the Cyclone at @swkplay.bsky.social...
Review to follow! 🎢
#MindTheMusicals #RideTheCyclone
Review to follow! 🎢
#MindTheMusicals #RideTheCyclone
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The next show this week ended up being Ride the Cyclone at @swkplay.bsky.social...
Review to follow! 🎢
#MindTheMusicals #RideTheCyclone
Review to follow! 🎢
#MindTheMusicals #RideTheCyclone
You might've guessed it, but just to confirm... I went to see Sunny Afternoon again last night.
#MindTheMusicals #SunnyAfternoon
#MindTheMusicals #SunnyAfternoon
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
You might've guessed it, but just to confirm... I went to see Sunny Afternoon again last night.
#MindTheMusicals #SunnyAfternoon
#MindTheMusicals #SunnyAfternoon
INTERVIEW: Hear from Sunny Afternoon's Rasa (Lisa Wright) and Pete (Harry Curley)
"I’m pretty certain I give myself whiplash"
At New Wimbledon Theatre until the end of the week!
#MindTheMusicals #SunnyAfternoon #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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"I’m pretty certain I give myself whiplash"
At New Wimbledon Theatre until the end of the week!
#MindTheMusicals #SunnyAfternoon #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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Sunny Afternoon: “You want to lift up the music and your bandmates”
It’s Mind The Musicals week, and it’s also the first week in which the new Sunny Afternoon tour has reached London. Coincidence? You know me by now, of course it’s not. Click thro…
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November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
INTERVIEW: Hear from Sunny Afternoon's Rasa (Lisa Wright) and Pete (Harry Curley)
"I’m pretty certain I give myself whiplash"
At New Wimbledon Theatre until the end of the week!
#MindTheMusicals #SunnyAfternoon #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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"I’m pretty certain I give myself whiplash"
At New Wimbledon Theatre until the end of the week!
#MindTheMusicals #SunnyAfternoon #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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REVIEW: Coven at Kiln Theatre
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"Doesn't really do the Pendle victims justice"
#MindTheMusicals #Coven #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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"Doesn't really do the Pendle victims justice"
#MindTheMusicals #Coven #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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Coven
A musical set around the time of the Pendle witch trials coming to the London stage a few months after HistFest ran a course on this episode in history? Count me in! Running at Kiln Theatre, Coven …
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November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
REVIEW: Coven at Kiln Theatre
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"Doesn't really do the Pendle victims justice"
#MindTheMusicals #Coven #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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"Doesn't really do the Pendle victims justice"
#MindTheMusicals #Coven #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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First show of musicals week - and it's from one kind of witchcraft to another... Tonight I'm at the Kiln Theatre for Coven!
Keep an eye out for my review.
#MindTheMusicals #Coven
Keep an eye out for my review.
#MindTheMusicals #Coven
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
First show of musicals week - and it's from one kind of witchcraft to another... Tonight I'm at the Kiln Theatre for Coven!
Keep an eye out for my review.
#MindTheMusicals #Coven
Keep an eye out for my review.
#MindTheMusicals #Coven
Wicked: For Good | Final Trailer
YouTube video by Universal Pictures
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT: 2025 Challenge Week!
It's the return of #MindTheMusicals 🧙♀️
Taking place between 24 & 30 November...
#Wicked #SunnyAfternoon #MusicalTheatre #LDNTheatreBloggers #theatrebloggers
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It's the return of #MindTheMusicals 🧙♀️
Taking place between 24 & 30 November...
#Wicked #SunnyAfternoon #MusicalTheatre #LDNTheatreBloggers #theatrebloggers
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Challenge Week 2025: Mind The Musicals
I’m not going to lie, this year’s Mind the Musicals is already off to a rocky start thanks to my inability to check theatre schedules before coming up with the perfect plan… The i…
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November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
ANNOUNCEMENT: 2025 Challenge Week!
It's the return of #MindTheMusicals 🧙♀️
Taking place between 24 & 30 November...
#Wicked #SunnyAfternoon #MusicalTheatre #LDNTheatreBloggers #theatrebloggers
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It's the return of #MindTheMusicals 🧙♀️
Taking place between 24 & 30 November...
#Wicked #SunnyAfternoon #MusicalTheatre #LDNTheatreBloggers #theatrebloggers
pleasemindtheblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/c...
Great afternoon at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social with this fascinating play - lots of talking points, and a set of brilliant performances.
#TheMeatKings
#TheMeatKings
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Great afternoon at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social with this fascinating play - lots of talking points, and a set of brilliant performances.
#TheMeatKings
#TheMeatKings
First @mincemeatlive.bsky.social in 4 months! But it was a good'un after all that wait.
#GodThatsBrilliant
#GodThatsBrilliant
November 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
First @mincemeatlive.bsky.social in 4 months! But it was a good'un after all that wait.
#GodThatsBrilliant
#GodThatsBrilliant
Dual celebration the other night: not only was it #LoveTheatreDay, but it was also Mind the Blog's birthday! So where better to be than Cabaret?
#KitKatClub
#KitKatClub
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Dual celebration the other night: not only was it #LoveTheatreDay, but it was also Mind the Blog's birthday! So where better to be than Cabaret?
#KitKatClub
#KitKatClub
REVIEW: The Hunger Games On Stage at Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre
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"Physically demanding for the cast, not emotionally demanding for the audience"
#TheHungerGamesOnStage #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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"Physically demanding for the cast, not emotionally demanding for the audience"
#TheHungerGamesOnStage #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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The Hunger Games On Stage
As London gains another new theatre, the irrepressible force of stage adaptations of books & films marches on: yes, The Hunger Games On Stage has officially opened at the Troubadour Canary Whar…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
REVIEW: The Hunger Games On Stage at Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre
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"Physically demanding for the cast, not emotionally demanding for the audience"
#TheHungerGamesOnStage #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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"Physically demanding for the cast, not emotionally demanding for the audience"
#TheHungerGamesOnStage #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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Opening night for The Hunger Games... 🏹
Thanks for inviting me, @cindymarcolina.bsky.social!
#TheHungerGamesOnStage
Thanks for inviting me, @cindymarcolina.bsky.social!
#TheHungerGamesOnStage
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Opening night for The Hunger Games... 🏹
Thanks for inviting me, @cindymarcolina.bsky.social!
#TheHungerGamesOnStage
Thanks for inviting me, @cindymarcolina.bsky.social!
#TheHungerGamesOnStage
REVIEW: The Talented Mr Ripley at @richmondtheatre.bsky.social
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"Ed McVey's awkward & creepy Ripley is magnificent"
#MrRipleyOnStage #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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"Ed McVey's awkward & creepy Ripley is magnificent"
#MrRipleyOnStage #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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The Talented Mr Ripley
“Have you ever had the feeling that you’re being watched?” Hot on the heels of Netflix’s hit series Ripley comes Mark Leipacher’s stage adaptation of the Patricia High…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
REVIEW: The Talented Mr Ripley at @richmondtheatre.bsky.social
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"Ed McVey's awkward & creepy Ripley is magnificent"
#MrRipleyOnStage #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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"Ed McVey's awkward & creepy Ripley is magnificent"
#MrRipleyOnStage #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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A chilling evening in store at @richmondtheatre.bsky.social, as it's the press night for The Talented Mr Ripley...
#MrRipleyOnStage #TheTalentedMrRipley
#MrRipleyOnStage #TheTalentedMrRipley
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A chilling evening in store at @richmondtheatre.bsky.social, as it's the press night for The Talented Mr Ripley...
#MrRipleyOnStage #TheTalentedMrRipley
#MrRipleyOnStage #TheTalentedMrRipley
BLOG POST: #JoePenhall - "It’s got a medicinal quality"
Read the playwright & screenwriter's thoughts on his career & the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
This week Sunny Afternoon is at the Grand Opera House, York.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Read the playwright & screenwriter's thoughts on his career & the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
This week Sunny Afternoon is at the Grand Opera House, York.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Sunny Afternoon: “It’s got a medicinal quality”
Where new musicals (and jukebox musicals in particular) so often come unstuck is their book. The songs can be catchy, melodic & purposeful, but if they’re not backed up by a decent plot a…
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November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
BLOG POST: #JoePenhall - "It’s got a medicinal quality"
Read the playwright & screenwriter's thoughts on his career & the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
This week Sunny Afternoon is at the Grand Opera House, York.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Read the playwright & screenwriter's thoughts on his career & the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
This week Sunny Afternoon is at the Grand Opera House, York.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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MINI-REVIEWS: Romeo a Juliet at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse & Inside No. 9: Stage/Fright at New Theatre Oxford
Both were "hotly anticipated productions" 🎭
#RomeoAJuliet #Shakespeare #InsideNo9 #StageFright #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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Both were "hotly anticipated productions" 🎭
#RomeoAJuliet #Shakespeare #InsideNo9 #StageFright #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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Mini-Reviews: Romeo a Juliet / Inside No. 9 (tour)
Two very different shows in one week calls for a couple of mini-reviews! Really the only thing that links them (aside from timing) is that both were hotly anticipated productions for me. I’ve…
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November 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
MINI-REVIEWS: Romeo a Juliet at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse & Inside No. 9: Stage/Fright at New Theatre Oxford
Both were "hotly anticipated productions" 🎭
#RomeoAJuliet #Shakespeare #InsideNo9 #StageFright #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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Both were "hotly anticipated productions" 🎭
#RomeoAJuliet #Shakespeare #InsideNo9 #StageFright #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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November 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So many of my "this is why I love theatre" moments have happened at the Globe. Tonight was another, with the brilliant bilingual (English & Welsh) production of Romeo & Juliet. The language is so rich & expressive - the whole experience was on another level.
#RomeoAJuliet
#RomeoAJuliet
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So many of my "this is why I love theatre" moments have happened at the Globe. Tonight was another, with the brilliant bilingual (English & Welsh) production of Romeo & Juliet. The language is so rich & expressive - the whole experience was on another level.
#RomeoAJuliet
#RomeoAJuliet
BLOG POST: #RayDavies - "The 60s were our revolution"
Read @thekinksofficial.bsky.social frontman's thoughts on the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
Sunny Afternoon is at the Sunderland Empire for the rest of this week.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Read @thekinksofficial.bsky.social frontman's thoughts on the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
Sunny Afternoon is at the Sunderland Empire for the rest of this week.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Sunny Afternoon: “The 60s were our revolution”
Long-term readers of Mind the Blog will remember the heady days of Sunny Afternoon in the West End; October 2014-October 2016 was an intense period of theatregoing once I discovered the show, and i…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
BLOG POST: #RayDavies - "The 60s were our revolution"
Read @thekinksofficial.bsky.social frontman's thoughts on the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
Sunny Afternoon is at the Sunderland Empire for the rest of this week.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Read @thekinksofficial.bsky.social frontman's thoughts on the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
Sunny Afternoon is at the Sunderland Empire for the rest of this week.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Theatre in 2025
Time to get back in the swing of the ol’ reviewing game… Theatre1536, AlmeidaA Christmas Carol, Old VicA Man For All Seasons, Richmond TheatreA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bridge The…
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November 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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so paddington is going to be played by a small person in a bear costume, is that what the big secret was
November 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
so paddington is going to be played by a small person in a bear costume, is that what the big secret was
That's it - the Sunny tour has begun. Thank you, @palaceandopera.bsky.social 💛
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
October 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
That's it - the Sunny tour has begun. Thank you, @palaceandopera.bsky.social 💛
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
BLOG POST: "Discovering The Classics" - The Kink Kontroversy
To mark the first performance of the new #SunnyAfternoon tour, I've dug out another album celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
#RayDavies #TheKinks pleasemindtheblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/d...
To mark the first performance of the new #SunnyAfternoon tour, I've dug out another album celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
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“Discovering The Classics” – The Kink Kontroversy
The VitalsRelease date: 26 November 1965UK chart peak: #9Running time: 30:12Singles: Till the End of the Day (#8) Their second UK release of the year (following on from March’s Kinda Kinks), …
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October 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
BLOG POST: "Discovering The Classics" - The Kink Kontroversy
To mark the first performance of the new #SunnyAfternoon tour, I've dug out another album celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
#RayDavies #TheKinks pleasemindtheblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/d...
To mark the first performance of the new #SunnyAfternoon tour, I've dug out another album celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
#RayDavies #TheKinks pleasemindtheblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/d...
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Our first review from this years #BFIlondonfilm festival is now live! Find out what we made of Wake Up Dead Man here: lovelondonloveculture.com/2025/10/08/r...
REVIEW: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, BFI London Film Festival
Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc to solve his most perplexing case to date – with some extremely clever twists… Rian Johnson has done it once again: created an intriguing murder-my…
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October 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Our first review from this years #BFIlondonfilm festival is now live! Find out what we made of Wake Up Dead Man here: lovelondonloveculture.com/2025/10/08/r...