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No, not returning to blogging, but lots of people are asking me what I thought of Inception so I thought I would record my thoughts in a central place where people could add their own thoughts. I certainly enjoyed it (and, more importantly, have enjoyed thinking about it since), although I think I came out of both 'Memento' and 'The Prestige' with a more excited feeling. This may be that with ...

Hi all,   In case anyone is interested, here is a list of the shows I am currently slated to attend at Comedy fest (asterix means I am reviewing it for The Groggy Squirrel- no asterix means it is a friend or show I have heard good things about), please come along to any of the shows. If I can particularly recommend a show to go to that would be ‘Apocalypse Soon’ starring Benjamin Crell ...

Fringe fest starts tomorrow, and while it doesn't have me running quite the same hectic schedule as comedy fest did, I will still be attending as many shows as I can. Please feel free to join us, or recommend any shows you will be attending. Our schedule so far is as follows:Wed 24/09 Night of the Devil Zombies at 7.30 *   Fri 26/09The Birdmann at 7.45 *Opening night party at 9.00  ...

Unless you're Gene Kelly from Singin' in the Rain, it's tough to be truly camp when you're soaking wet. I came to this (stunning!) conclusion while watching HMS Pinafore in the open-air theatre in Regent's Park last night....in the pouring rain. The actors were trying their hardest to sing their little hearts out, but it's difficult to keep in jolly character when you're constantly blinking wate ...

On Friday I went to a club in Soho called Guanabara for a friend?s birthday. Jane lost her job recently and was feeling so down about it that she wanted to flag her birthday entirely, but myself and others told her that now was precisely the time she needed to get out and have some fun. The venue itself was initially not to my liking- it had a fairly cool design (large circular dancefloor in the c ...