Ham Life

The thoughts and experiences of a man who enjoys challenging arts, unplanned wanderings and intelligent conversations.

24 March 2026

It Walks Around The House At Night at Southwark Playhouse

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I do not get to Southwark Playhouse as often as I whould but that is London's fault for having so many theatres. This production sounded...
31 January 2026

The Rat Trap at Park Theatre

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I need few excuses to go to Park Theatre and none to see a Noel Coward play so the only question was when to see The Rat Trap and I settled ...
28 January 2026

All My Sons at Wyndham's Theatre

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Initially I avoided All My Sons at Wyndham's Theatre for several reasons: I had seen twice before in recent memory (2016 and 2019) and I...
16 January 2026

Akram Khan's Gisele at London Coliseum

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This was another show that crept under my radar, even though I subscribe to a vast number of arts emails (the volume may be part of the prob...
9 January 2026

An Ideal Husband at White Bear Theatre

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TLDR: An Ideal Husband at White Bear Theatre was excellent and you should have gone. Now for the full story ... I first came across Dan Rebe...
1 January 2026

I averaged 21,517 steps a day in 2025

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While the headline, 21k steps a day, is true the graph shows that there is more to the story than a single number. After averaging almost 29...
20 December 2025

Rainbow in Rock at The Cavern (20 Dec 25)

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Another very welcome gig by Rainbow in Rock at The Cavern in Raynes Park. Superficially it was the same as all the other Rainbow in Rock gig...
17 December 2025

NT LIVE: The Fifth Step at Olympic Studios

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While a play staring Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden was tempting it was not tempting enough to get me to pay west end prices so I skipped th...
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Matthew Rees
Born in Leeds, raised in Weymouth and now settled in Ham straddling the Kingston-Richmond border in SW London. I love walking, drama, architecture, politics, pubs and reading stories told through words and pictures (some people call them comics).
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