Hi Tasha, I didn’t know you were into the theatre! I’m going to have to politely pass on the musical stuff I’m afraid and I certainly don’t act myself (lol!!), but I love going to the theatre, which is the main advantage of being so close to London.

The last things I saw were the Danny Boyle Frankenstein (very good) at the National about a month ago and Derek Jacobi as Lear (ditto). That was actually the fifth Lear I’ve seen (including Ian Mckellen and the late, great Pete Postlethwaite as well) and the 70th (yes, I am sad enough to keep track) production of Shakespeare overall – I’m only missing two (The Two Noble Kinsmen and Coriolanus) out of the complete set. Next up is Hamlet at the Globe a week Sunday and one of the reasons the production count is so high is because I usually see most of what they put on every year. They’re doing Faustus this summer which I’m particularly looking forward to as I’ve never seen any Marlowe. Bit of Thomas Middleton and John Webster yes, but no Marlowe so far. Have you ever got down to the Globe? I’m guessing not but I can’t recommend it enough as it’s probably my favourite place in London.

Getting a bit more modern, I agree on An Inspector Calls which I saw about 18 months ago (it’s one of those in London that’s always on) and usually see about four or five modern/new things each year as well. (For example, Frankenstein was the third time I’ve seen Benedict Cumberbatch in something!) Of the stuff that’s getting rave reviews right now I think I fancy Flare Path by Terence Rattigan (again, haven’t seen anything by him yet) before the end of its run in June. Oh, and to go back to that guy from Stratford, the Baz Luhrmann Romeo and Juliet is my all time favourite movie, so there!

By the way, I really like the idea of this thread. Yes, this is a phobia forum (yep, spotted that), but it can get too easy to lose sight of the fact that we’re not just phobias with arms and actually all have a range of interests in life that have nothing (thankfully!) remotely to do with it. I see that Kaydee’s started a similar one on singing as well and there should be more!!