Day 4: Throwback Thursday

As it’s Thursday today, the classic Twitter hashtag #tbt is out in full force – and I’ve got a little nostalgic, I have to say. Just for a bit of a change, I thought I’d go right back down memory lane and pick out some of my favourite moments of the past four years – […]

“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 […]

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 […]

Day 4: A whiff of Hamburg-era Beatles

A day off work! But somehow I was just as busy, rushing around on errands all morning – and even once I got myself back home for a bit I seemed to have a lot of things to do… Hardly the slightly relaxing day that it possibly could’ve been! Charlie asked me on Tuesday if […]

Day 3: He’s a victim of his own genius

Onto the third day of six, and luckily I only have to work during the afternoon – so a bit of time to recover from the previous two nights before heading into town again to procure a ticket and work for a bit. I was still feeling quite jubilant from the previous two shows, and […]

Day 2: Bewitching, beguiling

So it was my first day combining work with challenge week… It’s just as tiring being part-time as it was on my previous full-time weeks! It was a pretty full-on day at work, so knowing I had the show to look forward to in the evening made things a lot better. Especially as I ended […]

Day 1: Bow to the inevitable

Sunny Challenge 4.0 got off to an early start, thanks to the fact that I had to travel back across the country to return to London – so straightaway I’m pretty exhausted. Perhaps doing the show six nights in a row is going to be a physical challenge after all? It’s hard to believe that […]

Sunny Challenge 4.0

It’s taken a while, but I am now finally heading into my first challenge week with the 2015-16 class of Sunny Afternoon! Circumstances haven’t been on my side so far this year – either having money but not the time, or the other way round. Luckily a week freed itself up for the days leading […]

Day 6: Will we still be here?

Friday night certainly left a nasty taste in the mouth. The worst thing is, as hard as I tried I think I burst a few people’s bubbles after what had apparently been a really good show! I can certainly agree that the first act was bloody marvellous, but the second… I can barely remember what […]