Camp Bestival – just bloody brilliant.
Camp Bestival. Is over for another year. I have to review… but it was such a monumentally HUGE weekend, it would be difficult to be concise. I couldn’t tell you about everything, it’s just not possible, Camp Bestival is too huge an experience. For those who don’t know, it’s the first proper real grown up festival – that’s actually aimed at families. You know, those of us who grew up on the...
What a night – go go go Joseph! AND your Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
Hands up, who’s a big musicals fan? Yers, I have two hands waving in the air; Katy is sitting on hers. I know, they’re not everyone’s cup of tea. I do know that. Don’t understand it, mind, but I do know. Way way back (many centuries ago, not long after the Bible began….) I was taken to see a touring production of Joseph at our local theatre. My very first ever ‘Musical’ experience. I was...
Futuroscope Review – Just. Don’t. Miss. It.
Futuroscope – what to tell you? First off, it’s in the Vienne – kind of smack in the middle of France, close to Poitiers. It’s been there for 23 years – and yet no one has heard of it in the UK. Secondly, it’s the brain child of Luc Besson, one of my favourite directors and a Man of Genius. Thirdly…Well. How to actually tell you about Futuroscope? “WOW!” Just about sums it up. Or...
Larmer Tree Festival – Day 3
Here’s the latest from Emma: Toots (Toots and the Maytals) were LEGEND last night! Families packed into the crowd, dancing together. People at the front were welcomed onto the stage by the man himself during the 15min encore – never seen that before. Caught some comedy in the packed marquee before bed too. We all loved our meals which cater for every taste – great pizza cafe where you can sit down in comfort eating...
Larmer Tree Festival – Day 2
After her grown-ups night at the festival watching Jools Holland and Newton Faulkner, Emma revisited last night with her son in preparation for spending the whole weekend ‘Festival-ing’… I took D for a couple of hours last night and it’s filled him with excitement to be spending a WHOLE weekend there. He loved the manageable size, the spacious friendly atmosphere and beautifully landscaped areas of garden (not...
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs Pantomime – Bournemouth Pavilion
So – we went to the panto (oh yes we did!). Snow White awaited us at the Bournemouth Pavilion, with Chris Jarvis (from Cbeebies) as the irrepressible Muddles, and Su Pollard as the Wicked Queen. We hadn’t told the children where we were going so late on a school night (*gasp* Bad Parents), and as we walked up the steps they read the posters in excitement. Except the cynical almost-11-year-old, who smiled politely, but I could...