The Little Big Things - @sohoplace / NT At Home

I was very skeptical of this and almost entirely skipped. I’m so glad I did not. While most of it is perfectly fine, the entire “Guide You” sequence left me an absolute mess. One of the most beautiful moments I’ve experienced in the theatre. Overall, yes it’s mostly just fine, but go if you’d like a good cry. The final 15 minutes will do you in.

Looks like the theatre restaurant has permanently closed so things not going well for them.

I wonder if they can get more dosh by renting the space out to a chain?

I agree. It was also very good value. A real pity if it's closing for good

My review of this show to my friend was so effective that they asked me to come with them tonight, London Theatre Direct are still offering vastly reduced tickets this week for Black Friday, for anyone who's interested (We got ours for half price).

There was an interval cast change tonight - It was announced just before the lights came down for act 2 that Jordan Benjamin was "indisposed", and that the role of Dom would now be played by Tom Oliver, with the role of Marco being taken over by George Salmon.

Well done to Tom for stepping up and not missing a beat, but I can't help but feel he is a very random choice of cover. The character of Dom is supposed to be 16 (I believe?), but Tom looks to be at least in his 30s, so it felt slightly comical and quite a few people around me got the giggles that the 'husband' was now the teenage son.

What makes me feel that this is misjudged is that George Salmon who took over as Marco looks pretty young and could quite easily pass as a teenager, so maybe those two could be swapped? I know there's much more to it than that of course, but it felt wrong. I hope Jordan is ok, he did great in the first act and didn't seem ill at all.

I really enjoyed the show again, mainly because of Linzi and the thrill of being so close to her singing when in the stalls, but I still cringed at the same parts.

This is bad; twee with shallow storytelling, subpar dialogue and lyrics, and music that is entirely forgettable.

Whilst obviously you hope anyone in Henry Fraser's situation is able to still find meaning and purpose in their life, if you want me to believe that someone this profoundly disabled would come to stop wishing their injury hadn't happened then you are going to have to actually deal with the realities of it and not pretend that they are still as attractive to the opposite sex as before, or that in the long term their artless paintings are likely to represent anything more than a pleasant hobby.

Could also have done without the reminder of this country's cringeing and cringe-worthy feelings towards its mediocre healthcare system.

It is all a good encapsulation of how we have imported American schmaltz and superficiality and their 'let's pretend' spirit without beginning to match their 'can do' spirit and its associated economic might. So we are supposed to pretend this third-rate piece is somehow of the same calibre of the American competition.

It does mean you can go along and sit in the round in Soho to watch people smiling and clapping along, and to all appearances finding this false and crass spectacle to be somehow life-affirming, and in that flurry of activity you can feel a little of the soul and dignity of this once magisterial nation dying.

Sales never really picked up, even with the extension. You can basically get your pick of the seats for any performance, and seems they close the top tier and shuffle people down in the day or so before the show if it's not sold decently.

Here's the track listing

Tweeting them (or whatever you call it now) to ask if there would be a physical CD release but no reply! Fingers crossed there will be. Still love my physical music!

Cast recording release date is tomorrow.

Saw it last week and really enjoyed it. Listening back to the cast recording made me realise that I actually enjoyed most of the score, more so than other recent new musicals - Miles and Miles is probably my favourite song, but there are quite a few of the songs from this that I will listen to again.

I really enjoyed all the performances, particularly Jonny Amies, Alasdair Harvey, Amy Trigg and Linzi Hateley. I also really liked how it was staged, and don't think this would suit a restaging in a traditional proscenium setting, which means this will probably struggle to be staged again once this run is over. It was pretty much sold out the night I went, so hopefully it's found something of an audience towards the end of the run.

Is this an open-ended run?