Hex - NT

And they’re really going to broadcast this show to the world?

It looked just like bandages wrapped around her head and spray painted white. I don’t understand why they wouldn’t just run down to the costume store and buy a £5 bald cap if that’s what they were going for.

I was there last night. I found Hex to be visually exciting especially the opening number, but in act 2 I completely lost track of what was actually going on story-wise. I nevertheless overall enjoyed the show. The appearance and acting of Fairy played by Rosalie Craig was indeed weird especially the apparently random sounds and movements but that's presumably what the director wanted. No showstoppers in the score but some decent songs.

There was a very positive reaction from the audience with a partial standing ovation. It's "different" - I expected that -but I didn't think it was a disaster by any means

Also just wanted to add that while, leading up to the show, the National seemed very serious about everyone being masked inside there was zero implementation of that besides a sign near the door. It was like any other show, more than half the audience taking it off the second they sat down. They were so adamant about it that I expected some sort of announcement but there was nothing.

So just like “Moulin Rouge”, I suppose they wanted good press but then don’t even bother.

And Norris got the gig because of his expertise with new writing...

Oh dear, I'm seeing this tonight...

Great costumes is debatable with this one, I think. A couple are good, the majority are fine, but some are awful. The princes all in bright yellow wigs?? Why?? And the Rose baby costume/set up is genuinely nightmare-inducing. Definitely won't win any costume awards.

I saw this last night and whilst I agree that this show is absolutely WEIRD, I didn't hate it. Natasha Barnes did incredibly well as Queenie, seeing that it's not a part she actually covers and her and Rosie's vocals were gorgeous. The set is really nice, I did actually enjoy some of the songs and whilst lyrically it definitely wasn't a Sondheim, I didn't find them as grating as others seemed to. The story was definitely confusing at times though, there is a whole character that makes so sense other than needing to be a tool for the plot in exposing someone, but we have no idea what he does or why he is there and I had a fair few moments where I just thought WTF? LOL

I definitely text friends in the interval and afterwards saying I was watching a really bonkers show, but it didn't feel unpleasantly strange to me, if that makes sense? I was pretty engaged throughout, apart from a couple of places that maybe dragged a bit. I definitely think this could have done with another workshop or two before letting it go out in front of an audience.

But for a ten quid rush ticket in the stalls, I definitely didn't feel short-changed and had an enjoyable evening. Don't think I need to revisit it though. LOL

southstreet how did you get the rush tickers? Please and ta

As Mark said, rush tickets go on sale at 1pm on Friday through the link they posted.

And it doesn't seem to be selling out straight away, so I wouldn't worry too much if you end up quite far back in the queue when they go on sale or even if you forget and only check an hour later. My friend managed to get a ticket for this week's Hex at 4pm last Friday and apparently could get tickets for every performance this week still at that point. Obviously try as early as you can, that'll give you more options to pick your seats from. :-)

I haven't seen this (and it doesn't look like I will) but what a sorry state of affairs. Aside from the National's own problems with Norris's entire tenure being generously described as "underwhelming", how said is it that a new musical was actually produced at a major theatre, and it had to be a stinker that earned it's place through nepotism alone?

Oh boy, this is a stinker.

Saw it last night - fourth preview. Again it started with Norris telling us that the actor standing in for Queenie would be using a script - she only used it one scene in the second act and was one of the best performers in the whole show.

I actually didn't hate it overall, but only because aesthetically it looks great and that was enough to keep me interested most of the time. Good use of projections. Ensemble cast were good but I found most of the leads disappointing.

The songs range from forgettable to tedious, and a lot of them are too long.