Romantics Anonymous - Sam Wanamaker / Bristol Old Vic

I'm taking my family who are based in the Westcountry/Wales next week and honestly so excited. I adore this show; one of my absolute favourites.

Also; to see a show at the BOV for the first time too; going to be very special.

I could post that it's a load of rubbish for those who cannot get there but I must not lie, Romantics Anonymous is 100% delightful and the two leads are just perfect in their roles.I think I had a smile on my face from the moment the chocolates are distributed to the final bows. I was in stalls front row A and that placed me just above stage level. The audience included a lot of students who were clearly enthralled and no chatter but some laugh out loud moments a little tension and a couple of quite moving scenes I understand it's touring North America next so a London transfer is some way off but hopefully one day. Oh and the Bristol Old Vic is a splendid old theatre.

It seemed to take nothing like as long for Malory Towers to be set up with a tour so why not this, which has surely had even better reviews? Is the staging really complicated or what?

Saw it at the Wanamaker and the staging was almost non existent.

This was the first musical I went to as I end up seeing most things at the Wanamaker and it was magical, began the melting away of my blinkered opinion on musicals and an now not so dismissive of the genre.

Deserves its second life and would be an excellent addition to London’s musical landscape.

Small world, Caerphilly is my second home, was there last night after Romantics Anonymous, love the town and Wales generally, would move there permanently if not so far from London theatre

That's a shame, coach operators charge higher fares for journeys to/from airports than between cities, and peak time travel into London on weekdays is very expensive.

From where I live in Kent advance fares for "via London" journeys to places like Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester aren't too bad, even leaving early in the morning, but on Saturdays it's usually cheaper to buy separate tickets. That said it was only when I qualified for a senior railcard that frequent rail travel to matinees became affordable and even then it has to be on inflexible advance tickets.

Brilliant. One of my favourite new shows of the last years.

Fantastic news Neil.. such a great show....

I'm so happy about this as I loved the show in London but couldn't get to Bristol to see it in January. 

I don't know for sure, but I think the Thursday performance is targeted at viewers in the South West and Wales. Maybe you need to book via one of the partner theatres in that London?

It seems they're doing a 'virtual tour' - the 24th is being hosted by Bristol Old Vic, Poole Lighthouse, Exeter Northcutt, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Theatre Royal Bath and Theatr Clwyd, but many more are involved in the run according to the WOS article.

Source WhatsonStage: Venues featuring include Belgrade Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival, Bristol Old Vic, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Curve Theatre Leicester, Derby Theatre, Eden Court Highlands, Exeter Northcott, HOME, Lighthouse Poole, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, Marlowe Theatre, New Zealand Festival, Norwich Theatre Royal, Oxford Playhouse, Royal & Derngate, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Singapore Repertory Theatre, Spoleto Festival USA, St. Ann's Warehouse, Storyhouse, The Festival Theatre, The Lowry, The Old Vic (where Wise Children are a Company in Residence), Theatr Clwyd, Theatre Royal Bath, Theatre Royal Nottingham, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts and York Theatre Royal.

Maybe the other nights aren't yet on sale, or a search of the What's On listings for the above venues may turn up those hosting the Saturday performance.

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