Finally made it! I have been looking forward to this for so long!❤️

Absolutely loved To Maury with Love at Drury Lane tonight. Beautiful music, wonderful performances and some really lovely tributes.

February has been good at the shop, but it's a short month and hasn't been good enough to make up the serious shortfall from a very quiet January. Everyone will be paid except me. So here is our online shop for anyone who wants books or merch! (UK only) #BookSky www.treehousebookshop.co.uk/shop

An hour of wonderful songs, a bit of trivia. Has been known to cause dancing in bookshops www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

Well, that would definitely be me🤣

This weeks show, no glitz and glamour, and fancy guests, just fantastic songs and a bit of trivia www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

On at 12 today on www.radioabbey.com if you choose the listen live via mixcloud option, you can chat along

Thank-you so much! I am so happy that you think so.

This week's show seems to have completely fallen through the cracks, but it is a really lovely playlist! www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

The @treehousebookshop.bsky.social sponsors my show. Victoria who runs it has a doctorate in Art history and runs online talks. A new one starts tonight. (catch up available if you can't make the live edition) www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

I put a lot of time into finding out what's on & telling my listeners about it, and they respond, they go to shows, they buy books and music. I could be so much more effective though if just once in a while, someone would share one of my show posts, to help expand my audience🙏 thanks Robert who does

we must recognise and uphold the right of every child in this country to have meaningful access to theatre: physically, intellectually, and emotionally x

In show 213, I spoke to Becky Hope Palmer about her new musical #LifeLine @swkplay.bsky.social give it a listen and go and support new writing! www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

Well @balladlines.bsky.social was completely fantastic. I was gripped by the plot and the cast were stunning @swkplay.bsky.social

Off to see @balladlines.bsky.social @swkplay.bsky.social tonight. I have been really looking forward to this one.

This show is about promoting new works, keeping alive old ones, and relishing everything in between. It's fabulous songs and fun titbits of trivia. What it isn't about is the host. In 4 1/2 years I think that my name has been mentioned in only 4 episodes🤣🤣

I don't have the backing of a big station behind me and yet I have built a show that has regular worldwide listeners. It's very very hard to publicise a radio show, nobody wants to share it, but I'm still plugging away. This week's playlist is 'love'ly www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

A Valentine playlist for your Sondheim-loving loved one (or, even better, you). 💞 1 song per Sondheim show, in show order: open.spotify.com/playlist/4VP...

I'm going to tell you a secret - I don't like Valentine's Day, or indeed any day that tells you when to appreciate someone, because it inevitably leaves people hurting and missing people. I do love these songs though. www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

I asked the question, 'What is the most Romantic song in Musical Theatre?' Over 50 people replied. This is the result www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s... HAPPY VALENTINES DAY❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹

Absolutely loved The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. Yet again @the-rsc.bsky.social presents something really special. Beautiful score, fabulous performances, and such energy! Highly recommend

I've uploaded the show to listen again early as I'm out tonight. It's a Valentine's special, but that doesn't mean that it's unmitigated soppiness, I don't do that! www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

Today's show is getting ready 4 Valentine's weekend with a show dedicated to the most romantic numbers in Musicals - ok, it's just an excuse to play lovely songs. Join me at 12 on www.radioabbey.com. If you select to listen live through Mixcloud, you can chat along.

In this week's show I have an interview about Life Line @swkplay.bsky.social so if you'd like to find out a bit more about this new musical, the issue that inspired it, and its path to this point, then please have a listen. www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

From Joseph to CATS, look at how these scores and stories were crafted. www.eventbrite.com/e/andrew-llo...

Going to keep plugging this because I want people to listen to this interview and support the show when it opens next month @swkplay.bsky.social . www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

Starts on Thursday - you don’t have to be able to watch live, I can send you the recordings!

Just in case you missed the link for this week's show. I'm talking to Becky Hope Palmer about new musical Life Line. Also playing some wonderful songs, as always! www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

Mixcloud stats tell me the countries that people have listened from - this week somebody in Vietnam has listened, that's a first! The joy of internet radio is that you can listen anywhere! www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

New today: Sousa meets Sondheim in PACIFIC OVERTURES. Plus, our latest crossword and more… thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/sondheim-a...

I am thrilled this week to be able to bring you an interview with Becky Hope Palmer, who is the book writer for Life Line which plays @swkplay.bsky.social from next month. I also have a couple of songs to give you a flavour of the show. www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

If you listen to Radio Abbey via mixcloud live you can chat along with me. I do love to chat😅 Starts at 12 on www.radioabbey.com

On tomorrow's episode of Showtune I speak to Becky Hope Palmer, book writer of new musical Life Line, on @swkplay.bsky.social from March. Tune in from 12 to hear her talk about the show, the creative process and the issue that prompted the creation. Plus enjoy a couple of songs! www.radioabbey.com

Yet another grey and wet day outside. What's needed is an hour of fantastic songs from stage and screen to brighten things up a bit. www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

I did see this! I don't think that it was the 'worst' musical that I saw around that time. I seem to recall 'Out of the Blue' about the atomic bomb being dropped was up there🤣

February is a short month and we are already a bit behind financially, so our online shop helps us a lot - why not treat yourself or send something to a friend? #BookSky www.treehousebookshop.co.uk/shop

This week's show may still be broadcasting, but it's also on listen again, because that's just how efficient I am today www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

Showtune is on at 12 on radioabbey.com. if you listen through the mixcloud function, you can chat along, and I love chatting, so please join me.

Absolutely loving these talks, well worth the subscription

Our guest this week is Bella Brown! On playing Rapunzel in INTO THE WOODS, and the Mistress & alternate Eva Perón in Jamie Lloyd’s Rachel Zegler-led EVITA. Read our full conversation here: thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

I can guarantee that you will never make a streaming service happy by listening to it. But listening to a human who has put hours of work into their show, absolutely makes their day! www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

I am an art historian as well as a second-hand bookseller, and I am starting a 5-week course on Zoom on Northern art in the Renaissance, which is my specialist area. Details in the link - would be lovely to see you there! www.ticketsource.co.uk/tree-house-b...

An hour of tunes deisgned to improve your mood - that's got to be worth a listen! www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

It won't make this world a better place. Right now, that's going to take a miracle, but if you want an hour away from it, may I offer this show of cheerful songs that was put together to try and chase winter away. www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

We have the post-Christmas blues* and are going to struggle to pay our bills at the end of the month. If you would like to help, why not buy a surprise book parcel for just £10 inc P&P, 2 wrapped novels in the post [*not personally, I'm v happy! Just poor] www.treehousebookshop.co.uk/shop/details...

🎶 NEXT WEEK 🎶 www.brasseriezedel.com/events/rober...

Can I interest you in this week's show? It's put together with the aim of cheering up this cold wet month. www.mixcloud.com/RadioAbbey/s...

Today's show is an attempt to banish the January blues, and it's on at 12 on www.radioabbey.com

Congratulations to Robert Kaplow on his Oscar nomination for BLUE MOON! We spoke to him last week: thesondheimhub.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

The Tree House Bookshop is a wonderful place, you never know what you're going to find there (I even found my partner😅) they need a bit of love to make the rent and wages this month, so if anyone fancies a surprise book package...... www.treehousebookshop.co.uk/shop/details...