Thank you all for your lovely feedback on the last list. We are back today to count down the next twenty-five entries – and this time it actually is twenty five. A note I should have mentioned before, where it says Alex’s song choice that is me. Not Alex. Or Alex. Or Alex. Or Alex….
DAODS’ Top 100 Musicals of All Time – 100 to 76
There have been votes pouring in, and I am pleased to announce the start of the countdown of the Top 100 Musicals of all time according to the members and friends of DAODS. Seventy-seven people voted, the youngest being Tom Hughes and the oldest being Betty Knott (sorry Betty!), one hundred and eighty shows were…
Book 278 – Mr Bean’s Diary
Book – Mr Bean’s Diary Author – Robin Driscoll and Rowan Atkinson Year – 1992 Pages – 178 Genre – Humour When I was a kid and we would go shopping, every single time we went into WH Smith’s, there is one book that I would go straight to. I can remember picking it up…
Book 277 – 52 Times Britain Was A Bellend
Book – 52 Times Britain Was A Bellend Author – James Felton Year – 2019 Pages – 112 Genre – Non-Fiction Bought for me by Amy and Gavin Of all of the social media platforms, the one I enjoy the most is Twitter. I don’t participate too much – although I did once have a…
Book 276 – Anything Goes
Book – Anything Goes Author – John Barrowman Year – 2008 Pages – 250 Genre – Autobiography When you are in a relationship with someone, you gain a second family. In my case, I have been very lucky, as mine are brilliant, but it can take a while to start to get to grips with…
Book 275 – West Side Story
Book – West Side Story Author – Irving Shulman Year – 1961 Pages – 160 Genre – Fiction Bought for me by Jacqui Campbell It is coming up on the two year mark since I directed the wonderful West Side Story for DAODS. It is an absolute classic of a show, and I thoroughly enjoyed…
Book 274 – Children of Blood and Bone
Book – Children of Blood and Bone Author – Tomi Adeyemi Year – 2018 Pages – 532 Genre – Fantasy Series – Legacy of Orisha Bought for me by Alex Campbell When I put together my list of all of the books I have read and started to really look at the data I had…
Book 273 – How Not To Be A Boy
Book – How Not To Be A Boy Author – Robert Webb Year – 2017 Pages – 328 Genre – Autobiography Bought for me by Amy and Gavin This is the first of the books that I was recently bought for my birthday. It was one I had been interested in reading for a little…
Book 272 – The Da Vinci Code
Book – The Da Vinci Code Author – Dan Brown Year – 2003 Pages – 598 Genre – Thriller Series – Robert Langdon Having finished Angels and Demons earlier this week, I made the decision to crack on with the next in the series. These are beasts at around six hundred pages each, but I…
Book 271 – 100
Book – 100 Author – Diene Petterle, Neil Monaghan, Christopher Heimann Year – 2003 Pages – 63 Genre – Play Characters – (2f, 3m – one m probably flexible) Play a Day hasn’t been going fully to plan – I started really getting back into some actual novels – but that doesn’t mean that I…