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Review: Housemates - Sherman Theatre

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This review was originally posted on Adventures In Theatreland . Housemates run at the Sherman Theatre Cardiff is unfortunately over, if it ever comes back I urge you to see it! {PR Invite} Written by Shannon | Photography by Mark Douet Housemates  is a show that offers an incredible insight into the reality of disabled welsh people in the 1970s. Jim Mansell ( Peter Mooney ) volunteers at Ely Hospital to take a group of people with disabilities to the park for a day out, he assumes they’d gone before, but finds out that’s not the case. In the group is Alan Duncan ( Gareth John ), a young man with down’s syndrome and he and Jim bond over music. Alan has lived in Ely Hospital all his life and understandably, he hates it. All he wants is to live in a house and be in a band. Jim realises how badly the residents in the hospital get treated and tries to get them out. The show highlights the journey to shutting down institutionalised care and the start of supported living. The cast of Hou...
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I’ll Be Back

 I’m sure it comes as a surprise to absolutely no one but I’ve been neglecting this blog.  When the pandemic started I decided that I would try and get as much content as I could out on my blog and YouTube channel but I did neither of those things. I wanted to, I was bored and shielding but instead of writing about what I was doing, watching or reading I did other things. I started doing jigsaw puzzles, I’ve done some photography, I’ve read (not as much as I’d like to), I’ve moved around some decor in my room, I’ve finally got rid of old books and dvds that I won’t read or watch again, I’ve started two new instagrams (one is for books, I started that yesterday, the other is for Harry Potter), I’ve started a Redbubble shop for my lettering and art, I’ve watched theatre productions from the comfort of my bed (though I’d rather be in an actual theatre), I’ve started a TikTok and I’m not too bad at it, I’ve decorated my bedroom for Halloween, I’ve had socially distant meetings wit...
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Self Isolation Reviews: Cats (1998)

Well, last night I watched Cats (1998) for the first time. It was interesting. Over the next twelve weeks I have to be in self isolation as I am considered high risk of getting a severe illness due to COVID-19 so I’m watching every DVD and every film on all my watchlists that I haven’t seen before. There’ll be reviews and thoughts here and there because no doubt I will have nothing else to do. Without further ado, here’s my thoughts on Cats (1998)! Cats is something that I’ve always thought was pure crazy. I can’t say I’m the biggest fan of any of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s work but this musical always stood out to me as just being weird and bad. It may not be as bad as I always thought but it’s definitely odd. One thing I have to say is if I saw this before seeing Cats (2019) then I would’ve been really confused because I don’t think there’s a lot of plot explaining in this one but in the new version there’s dialogue which conveys the plot better than the songs do in this case. I wasn’...
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