To eat, or not to eat? That is the question.

This week the Harold Pinter Theatre has decided to ban food in its auditorium, possibly at the request of Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? star Imelda Staunton. The move has seemed to divide the opinions of theatregoers, with reactions ranging from it being long overdue to elitist. Given my previous on theatre etiquette, I couldn’t […]

End of 2016 report

If the Queen thought 1992 was an “annus horribilis”, then 2016 has taken it to a whole new level. Not only has politics gone horribly backwards, with Brexit & Trump, but there have been what feels like an unprecedented number of deaths of significant cultural icons & recognised personalities. Some of the most hard-hitting include […]

“We built a rocket and flew it to the moon…”

The next few weeks are going to be really strange. Sunny Afternoon has been in the West End for pretty much the entire time I’ve lived in London, so it doesn’t quite feel real that it isn’t going to be there anymore. It would be bad enough if I just had to go through another […]

“…and now it’s gone. All gone.”

It’s happened. And I can’t quite process it yet, actually. So much so that I’ve not really cried since Waterloo Sunset rang out for the final time last night. To be honest, I’m probably in shock and once the time comes where I think, “Ooh, I think I’d like to go to Sunny tonight” comes […]

“…a moment of dawn…”

Today’s the day Helen has named Doomsday, mk. 2: The Final Reckoning. Like everything this week, this day has come far too quickly… I can’t quite believe that there have been three shows since I last posted. It really doesn’t feel like I’ve been at the Harold Pinter Theatre for seven performances already this week […]

“…a sliver of light in the darkness…”

All of a sudden we’re at the halfway point of the week! How did that happen? 44% of the week’s shows have been & gone, but there’s another midweek double today – and then an evening show on Friday, with yet another double on Saturday. Weirdly that makes it sound both like a lot & […]

“A thin letterbox in time…”

So it’s finally come. The last week. After feeling like we had so much time left, we suddenly only have a few days left! It remains frustrating to me that I’ve not been able to take advantage of the show being here quite so much this year, thanks to my circumstances, but I’m making up […]

Meet Megan Leigh Mason

Throughout September, we at @SunnyAftFans HQ celebrated Megan Leigh Mason as our Cast Member of the Month, taking over from the brilliant Charlie. Megan has some great moments scattered through the show, and gets quite a bit of stage time thanks to her also playing Dolly early on in the first act. I love seeing […]

Day 6: They’ll never get rid of me

After three and a half hours of sleep, it was time to brave the early morning to queue for tickets… You can never be quite sure whether to get there a couple of hours early or rock up after opening time – as it was looking quite busy I had to err on the side […]

Day 5: If you’re not crying you’re probably deaf

Annual leave for me this time – so another day off work. Phew! At this point it is well & truly needed. Though having to get up fairly early on to go in for tickets negates this slightly, knowing you can commit yourself fully to Sunny Challenge for the day is a relief! The challenge […]