Hamilton (2020)

“'Hamilton' was a major surprise for me when seeing and hearing it. Music is such a big part of my life, being now a semi-professional singer and raised into a musical family, and am a fan of musicals, especially the golden age ones. History was also one of my favourite and best subjects in most of my up and down school life, until it didn't work out in sixth form when my confidence went and my comprehension and drive worsened. So having a musical to combine the two immediately intrigued me, despite not being the biggest fan of the dominant styles here (was raised on classical music and opera personally).

That is what was meant when saying that 'Hamilton' was a major surprise. Hearing that a filmed version of a production was coming to Disney+, which has been a much needed distrac” read more

Predicting the Winners of the 2021 Emmys (39 tv items)

"And the Nominees are... *Thomas Brodie-Sangster- The Queen's Gambit *Daveed Diggs- Hamilton *Paapa Essiedu- I May Destroy You *Jonathan Groff- Hamilton *Evan Peters- Mare of Easttown *Anthony Ramos- Hamilton And the Emmy goes to... **Evan Peters- Mare of Easttown**Diggs won a Tony, and scored a SAG nod for his work, but my gut says Peters will win his first. Mare has the momentum, and Peters role was a scene-stealer, leading to one of the more gutting TV moments this year. Diggs could win, "