Friday, December 26

Tag: Lucy Brindle

A Christmas Carol – Crucible Theatre
Yorkshire & Humber

A Christmas Carol – Crucible Theatre

What a start to my Christmas celebrations, a joyous and heart-warming new adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic – A Christmas Carol.  Set in Sheffield and dripping with the festive custom of Carols, these harmonic vocal bells charm the local audiences and provide the grounding human link between our past and our present. Long before the well-known choral carols in churches, Christmas regional songs were sung ad hoc in pubs and this tradition remains strong and striving in Sheffield. What better way to highlight Dicken’s story of change and redemption than with a kaleidoscope of a vocally created backdrop, replacing much of the instrumental music and also gifting the community audience with localised lyrics and customs  encompassing and highlighting the moral story to inclusiv...
So What’s the Plan – The Other Palace
London

So What’s the Plan – The Other Palace

So What’s the Plan is a three-hander performed mostly through song, following three friends in their twenties, trying to build a life in London. It touches on their friendship, the struggle to pay rent, juggling jobs, navigating flat shares and chasing their dreams - all delivered with humour, warmth, and honesty. Written by Harry Gascoigne, and starring himself alongside Lucy Brindle and Sophie Precious Muringu, the show is a fun, engaging watch. It’s especially relatable for anyone in their 20s trying to make it in a big, overwhelming city—and particularly for those hustling in creative industries. The show is told primarily through song, with engaging musical numbers that capture the emotional landscape of early adulthood and artistic ambition. While the songs don’t break new arti...