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Post by iwanttix on Oct 26, 2024 17:39:28 GMT
I enjoyed the show and thought Naoko Mori performed it well tonight, but jesus christ, what the hell was the problem with the audience? Constant heckles from the opening minutes right to the end, theatrical gasps and giggles during the more serious bits, and one guy getting removed from the auditorium near the end who just started shouting something incoherently during the bit with the audience member reading the final scene (who handled it brilliantly and got a lot of sympathy) and threatened to go up on stage until the ushers ran towards him - I did wonder if this was all set up and it happened every night, but reading this thread apparently not. And if that sounds bad, even worse in the spoilers below: One of the ‘rabbits’ immediately went straight to the two glasses and drank from one of them as if to ridicule the entire thing. Shouts of “Down it!” and “Neck it you (something)!” during the final scene. All suspense and tension completely ruined. I left the theatre genuinely hating people a bit. Were they disinterested seatfillers who’d got a TodayTix bargain, a rowdy guestlist who’d abused the bar a bit too much before the show, or just a Friday night city crowd who’d come after work and thought they were watching some standup? I’m going again next week and I hope it’s more well behaved than tonight. Wow, thats terrible! What a horrible way to behave and I feel bad for Naoko. |
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Post by lilgirlbigcity on Oct 26, 2024 18:10:34 GMT
Definitely picked a good one with Adjoa Andoh. A great story teller and had the audience both on her side and eating out of the palm of her hand from the off. Slightly awkward when she knocked over one of the glasses of water, but I think it just added to the experience and the concept as a theatrical piece. One question {Spoiler - click to view}
Is the person at the end a plant? As they got up to leave half way through and then didn't come back till they strutted onto stage! American dude, beard, graying hair |
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Post by Steve on Oct 26, 2024 18:32:37 GMT
Definitely picked a good one with Adjoa Andoh. A great story teller and had the audience both on her side and eating out of the palm of her hand from the off. Slightly awkward when she knocked over one of the glasses of water, but I think it just added to the experience and the concept as a theatrical piece. One question {Spoiler - click to view}
Is the person at the end a plant? As they got up to leave half way through and then didn't come back till they strutted onto stage! American dude, beard, graying hair Not a plant. Not seen someone disappear like that when I've been. Maybe stomach problems or maybe seen it before and knows the final volunteer gets to keep the actor's script as a souvenir, so positioned himself in a place where he'd be able to bumrush the stage to guarantee taking home Andoh's script. |
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Post by matttom0901 on Oct 29, 2024 22:16:57 GMT
This “play” was an hour of my life I’m never going to get back.
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Post by theatreloverlondon on Oct 30, 2024 7:43:50 GMT
LOOOOL. Who did you watch
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Post by matttom0901 on Oct 30, 2024 15:44:01 GMT
LOOOOL. Who did you watch I had Jason Watkins who did his best with what he had. The best actor in the world cannot make whatever this was any good. |
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Post by matthew90 on Oct 31, 2024 21:16:34 GMT
My goodness. Miriam this evening was so charming, delightful and witty, but even she by the end was clearly thinking what is this tripe.
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Post by ruthieh on Oct 31, 2024 22:52:07 GMT
Loved Miriam. But a real mixed bag of a play…17 yro daughter’s still milking the fact she was picked to go on stage though, so memorable for that!
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Post by PineappleForYou on Oct 31, 2024 23:31:14 GMT
Also saw this tonight with Miriam Margolyes and she was naturally fantastic. Being the second time seeing this, I would say the success of the play and it's contents is certainly down to the actor on stage. While Miriam was great in the conversational parts of the script, I do think the story/conceptual parts got lost in her reading. I certainly connected more with these parts when seeing Ralf Little, especially the title story.
Either way, Miriam was hilarious but I'm glad I've seen two totally different readings of the play.
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Post by theatre22 on Oct 31, 2024 23:35:47 GMT
I was also there tonight. Enjoyed seeing Miriam but not the material. Found it interesting that it lasted 90 mins tonight when the running time was meant to be around 65 mins. Does anyone know who has seen it tonight and before this what made it longer with her?
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Post by matthew90 on Nov 1, 2024 0:00:15 GMT
Others have mentioned 90 mins. Found the ending so odd as well, where the person from the audience was either a plant or had seen the script previously and was keenly trying to play to the crowd. I was so baffled as to what was going on.
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