The show must go on: Cover Kinks

Sunny history was made yesterday when, for the first time, an entire cover band of Kinks assembled for a matinée performance! Thanks to the World Cup 66 Live event clashing with a scheduled show, rather than cancel or postpone the decision was taken that the show must go on – and why not? Our brilliant […]

Meet Oliver Hoare

Throughout July, we at @SunnyAftFans HQ have celebrated Oliver Hoare as our Cast Member of the Month, following on from the beautiful Niamh. This seems to have been quite a popular choice; reviewers & regular theatregoers alike always seem to rave about our Dave! He’s great entertainment value, and is equally adept at bringing out […]

The show must go on: part 5

I had thought that this particular series of blog posts had come to an end, with parts 1, 2, 3 & 4… But then good fortune intervened and our lovely honorary Team B member Alice Cardy finally got her chance to be Rasa! You know what I’m like when it comes to understudies, especially our […]

Money makes the world go around

Over the past few months I’ve become increasingly incensed at the cost of visiting the theatre now. True, for some it’s an infrequent treat so you might be more willing to splash out, but for many it’s their favourite form of leisure activity and will regularly see shows several times a week. If you want […]

Cast Member of the Month: Oliver Hoare

After the amazing Niamh in June, we now return to the band for our next Cast Member of the Month at @SunnyAftFans – “the angriest guitar player in the world”, David Russell Davies himself, Oliver Hoare. Prior to making his West End debut, Olly has had several (varied) stage jobs – from The Beggar’s Opera […]

Waterloo Sunset

The West End Frame Awards are here again, which gives me the perfect opportunity to write about my favourite show once more. The very first award of 2016 is for ‘Best Performance of a Song’. Last year it was won by none other than John Dagleish for Waterloo Sunset – sound familiar? So this year, you’ll […]

Cast Member of the Month: Niamh Bracken

After a couple of months focusing on male cast members, it’s about time we celebrated another of our lovely ladies! So, for June, our Cast Member of the Month at @SunnyAftFans is Niamh Bracken. Niamh has had several stage roles, most recently appearing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Savoy. She has another West End […]

Meet Tom Whitelock & Kay Milbourne

So this month at @SunnyAftFans we have been celebrating Tom Whitelock & Kay Milbourne as Cast Member & Understudy of the Month! Kay may ‘only’ cover one role, but she’s made no less of an impact as part of our beloved Team B. The only problem is we don’t get to see her that often! […]

Sunny Afternoon extends!

Friday’s announcement has ensured that London’s West End is set to have a Sunny summer, as hit musical (& my true love) Sunny Afternoon has been extended past June – it is now booking until the end of October! This means it will be resident in the Harold Pinter Theatre for over two years, which […]

Flying solo

“Not many people go to the theatre on their own.” I’d like to counter a pretty big misconception: a lot of people do plan theatre trips for just themselves. Not only that, they enjoy it! “Ooh, that’s brave. I couldn’t do it.” Not really. I mean, yes, if you’re a shy, not particularly independent person […]