Archive for the 'Tolkein' Category
Wednesday 6 June 2007
“Unleash your imagination” scream the ubiquitous posters for The Lord of the Rings – The Musical! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Well, with so much money thrown at the production the Whingers were rather hoping they could just relax into their seats and not have to imagine anything. They’d coughed up their hard-earned (or possibly in Andrew’s case the result of a little fingersmithery) money, why should they have to do the work?
Unleashing their vitriol was the only thing they were expecting to do. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in art, Damien Hirst, London, Lord of the Rings, musicals, review, theatre, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Tolkein, west end | 53 Comments »
Monday 4 June 2007
Due to the phenomenal interest in the first Stars and their Websites, it’s back by popular demand.
The West End Whingers have been trawling the Internet purely for your edification:
Who’d have thought Liza Minnelli would have her own site? Well the Whingers would actually. Lots of merchandise in the Liza Store and “PLEASE know how much I love and appreciate YOU” (sic), especially if you keep spending. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in actors, Alan Cumming, Bella Emberg, Chita Rivera, David Gest, Diana Rigg, Joan Collins, Laura Michelle Kelly, Liza Minnelli, London, Lord of the Rings, Michael Ball, Miriam Margolyes, Nicholas Hytner, Richard E Grant, Stephanie Beacham, Tolkein, Una Stubbs, Wayne Sleep, west end | 1 Comment »
Monday 14 May 2007
Occasionally the Whingers’ minds wander a little off-topic.
Andrew’s mind tends to wander at the best of times, usually when he’s watching something by Andrew Lloyd Webber or planning an interval departure from The Royal Court Theatre.
But what could be more theatrical than the Eurovision Song Contest, this year from Finland’s glorious capital Helsinki? Glitter, cross-dressing, over-produced musical numbers, and politics. It could have been an amalgam of any number of productions in the west end. Or just one at the National Theatre. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in eurovision song contest, London, Lord of the Rings, marija molitva, musicals, National Theatre, review, scooch, theatre, Tolkein, verka serduchka, west end | Leave a Comment »
Thursday 10 May 2007
Well, The Lord of the Rings didn’t open last night and so it’s not a review that takes up page 3 of today’s Evening Standard although the online version does contain “The+Lord+Of+The+Rings/showReview” in its address. Cake, having, eating, anyway… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in gossip, London, Lord of the Rings, musicals, theatre, Tolkein, west end | 2 Comments »
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