Little Shop Of Horrors Tour

A very intelligent and articulate interview from Rhydian Roberts here. Getting great reviews so I'm really looking forward to seeing it in Belfast.

Tickets for Belfast as well, bring on Tuesday.

Saw this last night. Lots of fun.

I just rocked up and purchased a ticket at the door.

Although I live in London, I am nowhere near Wimbledon, but the journey was worth is. A small but generally hardworking cast.

I have been to this theatre several times previously however what notice last night was the amount of people taking pics of the set before the show started without the ushers saying anything. Is this acceptable because it's 'off West-End"?

I truly love this show. Ever since I was 17, sitting in a darkened cinema in Sydney I just loved it. Bought the LP and video. Then the soundtrack on CD and then on DVD. Even met Ellen Greene once (I have a photo) who signed my DVD cover. An image of Audrey II singing at a seated Seymour was my screensaver at wrk and an image of Rock Moranes as Seymour holding the plant os the current screensaver on my phone- honesty!

But I digress.I was great to see Audrey II growing and its designs. As clever as it was (and it really was) at times, I could help thinking :it looks like a great big green fish". Also the way it ate people.

I apologis in advance that I don't know the names of the actors but for me the weakest link was the guy playing Mr. Mushnik. Vocally nothing special and he just looked scruffy with the hair and beard.

The guy playing Seymour has excellent vocals and despite the costume (in my opinion) wasn't geeky enough.

The girl playing Audrey was excellent. Apart from the whole 'look' I remember thinking, as much of a fan as I am of Ellen Greene in the role, in her singing I actually heard words in the lyrics last night that I had never picked up on in the film.

And Rhydian was certainly working as the sadistic Dentist and as they should be, the audience were lapping it up.

And the three doo-wapp girls- Rodents, Chiffon and Crystal- were excellent and just seemed to get better- vocally and acting wise- as the show progressed.

The set has a certain cartoon aspect capturing the Skid Row feel.

Because it was a warm evening, the queue for the ice-cream at intermission was, literally, our the door.

From where I was in the stalls, it was pretty full, though the seat next to me was empty.

There was a pretty unanimous standing ovation last night as the cast danced out to a combination of Don't Feed The Plants and Mean Green Mother from Outta Space.

Finally, leaving the theatre hearing people, younger and obviously familiar with the film saying "I don't remember the (Audrey and Seymour) being eaten in the end.

I think they care more when there's no front cloth. Like I tried to get one when I saw King Charles III but was told to put my phone away.

When I saw Groundhog Day yesterday someone next to me was told off for taking a photo of the front TV screens - even though no one told me off for doing so a few minutes before! And looking through Twitter and Instagram I'm clearly not the one who has.

Unless the pre-show set is revealing something big that spoils the whole show, then I don't really think people should be told off for taking pictures. I'm sure directors and designers know by now that many people will be taking photos of the pre-show set and spreading it over social media, so they should consider a front cloth or even just use the house curtain if they're not happy with it.

Someone was blatantly filming the finale of Little Shop of Horrors yesterday afternoon. Nobody said a thing.

Im seeing it tonight...just missing you lol

I laughed, I cried and everyone died.

I completely forgot the ending was changed for the movie...but I loved it.

The cast was perfect.

After seeing Sam Lupton as Boq for so long, I forgot how good a singer he is. He was the stand out for me.

Stephanie Clift as Audrey was fantastic. She reminded me alot of Morrello from Orange is the New Black, except blonde.

Rhydian was fantastic given the personal circumstances that he announced on twitter this morning...a real trooper.

The rest of the cast were great. And Audrey 2 was brilliantly done.

Sorry its not an indepth review but I am sitting in a train station with a dying battery...but all in all a brilliant show.

Counting down the days, anyone found out how much the brochures are yet? I'm pretty sure the merchandise for this shows going to break me.

I'm going to Saturday's matinee. Can't wait to see it a few friends went tonight and said it was fantastic.

Loved the show. The pace of the show was great as were the performances.

I wasn't in love with Stephanie as Audrey though. Her singing was fine and she was entertaining but I felt she was trying too hard to make Audrey funny. She reminded me of how hyper Glinda is during 'popular' in Wicked. Just my opinion but I think Audrey needs to be slightly more realistic for the comedy to work.

Overall loved the show and I'm very glad I got to see it.

I forgot all about that...there was really no need for it at all.  It was as if they didn't trust the audience to have the brainpower to imagine the life Audrey wants.

Here are a few audio recordings from the current tour if anyone is interested;