Xanderl
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Not always very high value in terms of ticket yield or donations
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Post by Xanderl on Dec 1, 2017 11:54:49 GMT
Oh no. Just when you want something to be bad so you can write it off as a bad job. Someone has just suggested nip of alcohol to help me sleep at night, worth a shot I guess. They will swap tickets to a different date if that’s any help.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 11:59:20 GMT
Oh yes, the Young Vic have been very good about that for me in the past. Do it quickly if you're going to do it though, all dates are showing as limited availability (most of them previously having been sold out).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 21:09:23 GMT
I don’t think this really belongs
In a proper theatre
The attempted falsetto singing
And the whole thing
Is just utterly cringeworthy
It belongs in a garden shed
Unfortunately there is no interval
It outstays its welcome by about an hour
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Post by showgirl on Dec 2, 2017 21:35:23 GMT
It was certainly very silly & bizarre, so I'm glad I only paid £10. Think I may have nodded off at one point but as there was no dicernible plot, hard to tell.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 21:37:23 GMT
It was certainly very silly & bizarre, so I'm glad I only paid £10. Think I may have nodded off at one point but as there was no dicernible plot, hard to tell. It’s silly and bizarre And CRAP Book of Mormon Is silly and bizarre And very good This was like a student vanity project Gone wrong The three people in this Failed to demonstrate any talent Whatsoever I don’t agree everything has to have a linear plot But this was devoid of anything I have heard better singing at A hen karaoke
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Post by peggs on Dec 2, 2017 21:45:11 GMT
Why did I think it was standing? Inclusion of seating much appreciated and not just because it gad the added delight that evey time the man next to me's phone vibrated which seemed to happen a lot my half of the seat vibrated too, didn't cease to surprise me.
Parsley was I at a performance with you tonight and didn't know it? It sounded like a few people opted to leave. I was oddly charmed and amused, whilst trying to remember where I'd heard about this guy before.
Didn't know young Vic swapped tickets, thanks for info. Last few audience members swanning in at curtain up time clutching drinks is getting really old.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 21:56:06 GMT
Why did I think it was standing? Inclusion of seating much appreciated and not just because it gad the added delight that evey time the man next to me's phone vibrated which seemed to happen a lot my half of the seat vibrated too, didn't cease to surprise me. Parsley was I at a performance with you tonight and didn't know it? It sounded like a few people opted to leave. I was oddly charmed and amused, whilst trying to remember where I'd heard about this guy before. Didn't know young Vic swapped tickets, thanks for info. Last few audience members swanning in at curtain up time clutching drinks is getting really old. Yes I was there Waste of my Time Could Have stayed at work And seen more patients Preferable
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Post by peggs on Dec 2, 2017 22:09:25 GMT
Disappointing, could have played guess who is parsley.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 22:10:44 GMT
Disappointing, could have played guess who is parsley. It would have better if I had gone up onstage And had an hour to entertain you all Could have done for free for you all too
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Post by Honoured Guest on Dec 2, 2017 22:17:44 GMT
How can you say there is no plot? The show tells the Marquis's life-story in chronological order.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 22:27:32 GMT
How can you say there is no plot? The show tells the Marquis's life-story in chronological order. In as much as He lived and died Yes Then there is a plot The shrill voice of the lead actor Is simply dreadful Like a teenager going through puberty Does he actually think it’s a performance which is watchable?
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Post by Honoured Guest on Dec 2, 2017 22:31:05 GMT
Surely the performance refers to that of the Marquis? Like Sally Bowles in Cabaret?
And the narrative is much more detailed than you are saying, as you must know if you listened to the words.
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Post by showgirl on Dec 2, 2017 22:49:54 GMT
Well HG, it surely can't be the case that London audiences are more sophisticated and demanding, can it? So maybe - as in the case of a couple of recent plays at the Orange Tree, mentioned in another thread - it's simply a case of differing tastes. As after all, we are each still allowed our own opinion, aren't we, even if it's at variance with that of others?
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Post by Honoured Guest on Dec 2, 2017 22:53:34 GMT
I've only thrown in a few facts, to correct the alternative facts which were posted.
I haven't given my own opinions on the show. Nor commented on others' opinions.
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Post by peggs on Dec 2, 2017 22:58:46 GMT
Fortunately I lack all sophistication. I think we're on a quite genial discussion so far.
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Post by showgirl on Dec 2, 2017 23:10:45 GMT
Indeed, having elsewhere declared my enjoyment of Guy Ritchie films, I have outed myself as a lowbrow. At least the discussion is proving more engaging than the play was for some.
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Post by peggs on Dec 2, 2017 23:15:23 GMT
Parsley please share how you would have entertained us. A song and dance routine? A lecture? A bit of mime?
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Post by Honoured Guest on Dec 2, 2017 23:19:27 GMT
I was oddly charmed and amused, whilst trying to remember where I'd heard about this guy before. Probably not where you heard of the Marquis, but Marc Rees created and performed a vivid solo show Gloria Days about ten years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 0:17:06 GMT
Parsley please share how you would have entertained us. A song and dance routine? A lecture? A bit of mime? Various Bollywood songs And routines Some from Madonna And my own version of 42nd street
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Post by showgirl on Dec 3, 2017 6:57:36 GMT
Oh Parsley, if only we had known you were there - your proposals sound vastly more entertaining. But would we have been allowed to join in with the Bollywood songs? (Starts warbling from favourite soundtrack..)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 11:53:40 GMT
Parsley please share how you would have entertained us. A song and dance routine? A lecture? A bit of mime? Various Bollywood songs And routines Some from Madonna And my own version of 42nd street Which Madonna era though? Only that will dictate whether it would be entertaining or not.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 12:11:36 GMT
Various Bollywood songs And routines Some from Madonna And my own version of 42nd street Which Madonna era though? Only that will dictate whether it would be entertaining or not. A cross section from all “My sugar is raw Sticky and sweet”
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Post by peggs on Dec 3, 2017 16:46:33 GMT
Goodness.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Dec 3, 2017 18:12:38 GMT
Any chance that the YV season shows can be broken out into individual threads as it's often confusing to know which show is being talked about/slated by Parsley?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2017 11:29:12 GMT
How To Win Against Parsley...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 16:22:46 GMT
What might have seemed charmingly ramshackle at the Fringe here feels stretched and, dare I say it, rather amateurish. The three actors at one point embark on a road-trip, using the keyboard as a makeshift car. On a small stage, these things are easy to get away with. But the actors are exposed in these more capacious surroundings
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 16:23:11 GMT
What might have seemed charmingly ramshackle at the Fringe here feels stretched and, dare I say it, rather amateurish. The three actors at one point embark on a road-trip, using the keyboard as a makeshift car. On a small stage, these things are easy to get away with. But the actors are exposed in these more capacious surroundings This review from telegraph says it all
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Post by zahidf on Dec 6, 2017 16:46:25 GMT
What might have seemed charmingly ramshackle at the Fringe here feels stretched and, dare I say it, rather amateurish. The three actors at one point embark on a road-trip, using the keyboard as a makeshift car. On a small stage, these things are easy to get away with. But the actors are exposed in these more capacious surroundings The maria 'capacious'?
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Dec 6, 2017 18:25:52 GMT
The Telegraph reviwer doesn’t seem to realise the context of what he is watching, also he misses the whole point about high camp (not liking it is fine, but the outward display masking something else is the whole point, not a flaw).
Content dictates form, the content is the true story of a high camp outsider trying to put on classy productions and failing, which is what the audience are (somewhat knowingly) presented with. He doesn’t even get past the necessity of ‘content dictates form’.
Many will find its ostentatious flamboyance too much but you’d think a national reviewer would realise that the style is the whole point.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 18:48:50 GMT
The Telegraph reviwer doesn’t seem to realise the context of what he is watching, also he misses the whole point about high camp (not liking it is fine, but the outward display masking something else is the whole point, not a flaw). Content dictates form, the content is the true story of a high camp outsider trying to put on classy productions and failing, which is what the audience are (somewhat knowingly) presented with. He doesn’t even get past the necessity of ‘content dictates form’. Many will find its ostentatious flamboyance too much but you’d think a national reviewer would realise that the style is the whole point. Yes the WOS reviewer also Seems to miss it Awarding 2 stars We all know excrement is not good for you Without having to eat it in order to realise this
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