Theatre Review: Sister Act @ Nottingham Playhouse
Spotlight's "Sister Act" is an absolute gem of a show, a religious experience like no other and definitely not one to be missed. Continue reading →
Review: Lea Salonga in Concert, July 2019
30 years ago, a little girl found a CD to a new musical and couldn’t stop listening to it. For Christmas that year, her parents took her all the way to London to watch that show live. That little girl... Continue reading →
A Letter to Miss Mess on her 9th Birthday
Ok, so maybe it’s the day after…. OK, so maybe it’s the day after the day after the day after your 9th birthday, OK, so maybe it’s a lot of days after your 9th birthday, but it wasn’t when I... Continue reading →
Where Does The Time Go?
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but apparently today is the 1st of June! Yep, we’re somehow halfway through 2019, winter is coming and before you know it there will be Christmas songs playing in the supermarkets. I honestly couldn’t... Continue reading →
*Review: The Lady Boys of Bangkok
When I was first invited to go along and review the latest tour of The Lady Boys of Bangkok, I have to admit I was a little dubious. I didn’t really know what to expect and I don’t think it’s... Continue reading →
Travel Review || The Midland Hotel, Morecambe
The Midland Hotel in Morecambe, Lancashire was built in 1933 and was designed by Oliver Gill, with sculptures by Eric Gill. We first visited The Midland Hotel for afternoon tea while holidaying in the Lake District, after we found out... Continue reading →
Help! I’ve forgotten how to be a blogger!
Urgh! 2018 was definitely not a good year for blogging on A Mess In A Dress. I only posted 22 blogs posts, in contrast to the 101 posts in 2017 and the 133 posts in 2016. In fact, that was... Continue reading →
Christmas @ Chatsworth House 2018 || Once Upon A Time
Once Upon a time Every year, at the beginning of November we try and book a day to go and see the opening of the Christmas display at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Previous themes have included The Nutcracker and Alice... Continue reading →
Theatre Review: Beauty and the Beast, Nottingham Arts Theatre
Last year, I took the girls to watch Jack and the Beanstalk, the annual pantomime at the Nottingham Arts Theatre. It had been years since I saw my last panto at the Arts Theatre, but I was instantly won over... Continue reading →
Review: The Village Hotel, Nottingham
As a joint birthday treat over the Summer, Mr M and I decided it might be nice to book a nice meal and a night away in a hotel. Back in the day when we were a two-income household and... Continue reading →