I’m ecstatic to be going to see West Side Story at the Royal Albert Hall tonight, with the Sister. \u00a0It’s a showing of the film with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing along. \u00a0How cool is that? \u00a0And what’s really getting me excited – apart from the music and the choreography which were truly ground-breaking when the film came out – is the thought of seeing George Chakiris again. \u00a0Love that man! \u00a0And the sight of him in that mauve shirt I will take to my grave! \u00a0About sixteen or seventeen years ago I saw him playing Mr Rochester in Jane Eyre and he hadn’t lost any of his old magic! \u00a0There’s something about the name George. My favourite Beatle, the recipient of my first real love, was George Harrison. \u00a0Having been in love with George, no other man could ever come near I’m afraid. And someone else I really fancied in my late teens was also a George. \u00a0So, you tell me, what’s in a name?<\/p>\n
Speaking of names, Hillary Clinton’s been EVERYWHERE in the last few days – on every TV programme I’ve watched, on Woman’ Hour and with Jeremy Vine on the radio and splashed across most papers. \u00a0She’s got a book to push. \u00a0Well, so have I! \u00a0Five books. \u00a0And I can’t get one paper, TV programme or radio show – apart from my monthly slot with Yvonne Williams on Gateway 97.8 – to give me a promotional interview! \u00a0Hillary comes across as an articulate, intelligent, approachable woman. \u00a0She claims that forgiving her husband for Monicagate was ‘the right thing to do’. \u00a0Well, I suppose it was if she wanted to carry on with the First Lady lifestyle and high-profile existence. \u00a0Politically it kept the men on her side – ‘I mean, come on, guys, all he did was get his dick sucked under the table in the Oval Office a couple of times’ – and like it or not, the men still wield the power in the world of politics, but she certainly lost THIS woman’s respect. \u00a0I’d have taken to Hillary better if she’d been more Mrs Bobbitt than Mrs Clinton. \u00a0Her husband’s a sleaze-ball with a history of affairs, including eight years with Gennifer Flowers, which he also denied, just as he denied ‘having sex with that woman’ about Monica. \u00a0Genniger with a G. \u00a0Hillary with two Ls. \u00a0Has he got some sort of spelling fetish?<\/p>\n
Last Saturday was a TOP EVENING in every sense of the word. \u00a0Dolly P at the O2 with the Daughter. What a night! \u00a0What a gal! \u00a0I’ve never really been into Country music. \u00a0It’s all a bit mah gal’s done left and mah dog’s done died. \u00a0Apart from the iconic Ms Parton that is. \u00a0She wiggled all over the stage like a dancing knickerbocker glory, especially in the second half when she wore knickerbockers under a silver fringed skirt. \u00a0(Looked better than it sounds). She totally engaged with her audience, telling entertaining anecdotes between songs in her own inimitable way that you felt like you’d gone round hers for the evening. She played seven instruments, yes, SEVEN! \u00a0And her voice! \u00a0Amazing! \u00a0And what a huge, huge, talent to have written so many fabulous, memorable songs. \u00a0I came out wanting to cover my clothes in rhinestones and glitter and take up line-dancing. \u00a0A real STAR.<\/p>\n
And my writing, you ask. \u00a0Well, in spite of Wimbledon taking up so much of my time over the last two weeks – don’t mention Nadal or Murray! \u00a0Please don’t! – I’ve really got on with the Cinderella panto script. \u00a0It’s almost finished. \u00a0Very exciting! \u00a0Hope you’ll come to see it. It’s at the Brookside Theatre, Romford, 18-28 December. \u00a0And on Sunday we’ve got the auditions for dancers for the show.<\/p>\n
And tickets go on sale very soon for Singles’ Holiday, which is at the Brentwood Theatre, 13-17 October. \u00a0It’s a world premier so you don’t want to miss that, do you?<\/p>\n
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I’m ecstatic to be going to see West Side Story at the Royal Albert Hall tonight, with the Sister. \u00a0It’s a showing of the film with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing along. \u00a0How cool is that? \u00a0And what’s really getting … Continue reading