Happy 368th Birthday to me...

Apologies for my radio silence over the past few months, but I've been disgustingly busy since we last spoke. I spent most of my year thus far floating around London's auditoriums, doing lots of work (yes - even ghosts have rent to pay!) and planning a little getaway. 

In February, I decided to escape the grey, grim, rainy skies of London and jet off to the beautiful, snowy land of Vienna, Austria, all in celebration of my 386th birthday!

My 386th year has been a whirlwind so far - I can't believe we are already in April, where has the year gone?! I've had an incredible theatrical time of it, and although I can't give you all the juicy details about everything I've seen, here's a quick run-down of my happenings thus far:

January

- Hamilton (Victoria Palace, *****)

- Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre, ****)

- One Voice (The Old Vic, ****)

- Girl From The North Country (Noël Coward Theatre, *****)

- The Birthday Party (Harold Pinter Theatre, *****)

- John (Dorfman, National Theatre, ****)

- Beginning (Ambassadors Theatre, ***)

February

- Bellville (x2, Donmar Warehouse, *****) 

- The Rat Pack (Theatre Royal Haymarket, ***)

- Mary Stuart (x2, Duke of York's Theatre, *****)

- Frozen (Theatre Royal Haymarket, ****)

- Macbeth (Olivier, National Theatre, ****)

- Girls & Boys (x2, Royal Court, *****)

March

- Paint Your Wagon (Liverpool Everyman, ****)

- Pinocchio (Lyttelton, National Theatre, ***)

- Amadeus (Olivier, National Theatre, *****)

As well as the above, I have also had the pleasure of going along to a few talks, including 'Michelle Dockery and Douglas Henshaw on Network' (National Theatre) and 'In conversation with the cast of Mary Stuart' for He for She Arts Week, which was an extraordinary experience.

It was lovely to be able to take a trip out of London last month to see the Liverpool Everyman's Rep Company 2018. Paint Your Wagon by Lerner and Loewe was not a musical I was familiar with, but seeing a company gel together so well and create such a wonderful piece of art was glorious. They are currently performing The Clockwork Orange, followed by Othello and The Big I Am, before going into rep with all 4 of their shows until 14th July. 

April has been another busy month, with fewer trips to the theatre than I'd like, however, I have lots of dates in the diary and lots of thoughts to share!

I hope you're all enjoying this stint of fine sunshine, long may it last.

NG x