If you’re attached we suggest you ditch dinner this year for something far more exciting instead. There’s the whole weekend to enjoy the romance and let your partner feel like they’re one in a million, so make the most of it! Continue reading »
With a chill in the air and fairy lights everywhere, there’s a certain romance to December – especially when you’re dating. Arm in arm, wrapped up in woollies, you can soak up the ambiance together with these December date ideas taking place before and after the big day.
We’ve also added our seasonal gifts to DatingAgency.com so you can spread some festive cheer to other DatingAgency.com Members. So login and make someone’s day with a scattering of mistletoe magic! Continue reading »
Eric Morcambe is reborn in a biographical play about the comedian's life
For an entire generation the Morecambe and Wise Christmas show was the highlight of Christmas Day. In 1977 they had 28 million viewers – half of the UK population watching at the same time.
Eric Morecambe died at the age of fifty-eight in 1984, but in the twenty five years since his untimely final curtain, his popularity has not waned. With numerous tribute programmes, TV re-runs and DVD releases, his work as one half of Britain’s most popular double act ever, has been kept alive and introduced to a whole new generation of fans.
Now the first biographical play about Eric Morecambe opens at The Duchess theatre in December for a strictly limited run starring Bob Golding as Eric Morecambe, and directed by Guy Masterton. The play is a fictional account, inspired by Morecambe’s life and whilst many of the events and characters described in the play are real, the story and words are those imagined by the playwright. Continue reading »
Suzie Kennedy and Hope Augustus are Marilyn and Ella in a new play on this November
She may have been famous for her music and her looks, but Marilyn Monroe was much more than a blonde bombshell. Way ahead of her time she took a dramatic stand against racism in 1950s America by befriending the black singer Ella Fitzgerald at a time when black music and black singers weren’t welcome on the mainstream theatre and club stages.
It’s a friendship and an aspect of Marilyn’s character that’s rarely touched on in biographies about the icon, but even Ella Fitzgerald herself once said of Marilyn that she “was ahead of her time and she didn’t even know it”. Continue reading »
Hayward Gallery, London
If you both enjoy art, a wander around a gallery is a great way to spend some time together and it’s bound to give you plenty to talk about! If you’re dating in London or visiting the capital, you’re spoilt for choice with many galleries staying open late into the evening or putting on music performances in their cafes and bars.
Here’s a run-down of some of London’s must-see modern art galleries. Continue reading »