Archive for the 'Theatre' Category

My Joseph

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Long time visitors of my blog will know that I’m a huge fan of Lee Mead, who won the BBC search for the lead in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Well… a Dutch production of Joseph is in the making now, for the first time ever. As the Dutch haven’t got a clue what […]

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Les Mis

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

As promised to Manon I made a layout with the stage door pics I took when we saw Les Mis in April. At first she was reluctant to go to the stage door (“What do I say to people I don’t know, mom?”), but after we met Freek – who was such a sweetie – […]

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Spamalot!

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Three shows in London, in the order of: emotional (LOTR), entertaining (Joseph) and on our last night: Spamalot (hilarious!). Monty Python at its best. We both never laughed so much in a theater, at one point tears were rolling down our faces. From laughter, mind you! Catching songs and the audience joined in whistling at […]

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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 2008

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Oh my goodness, it was even better than 2007!! When we approached the theatre, I suddenly thought: “What if Lee has the night off???” A sigh of relief when I saw his name on the cast-list! There’s a new narrator: Jenna Lee-James, and – oh boy – what a narrator she is! A very powerful […]

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Lord of the Rings, the musical

Monday, July 14th, 2008

  Lord of the Rings… the main reason for re-scheduling our London trip from August to July – and I’m so glad we did! I’m not a LOTR fan at all. Haven’t read the books, fell asleep during movie #1 and didn’t bother to see any of the sequels. But when I heard some of […]

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