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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 18:33:28 GMT
Rather enjoyed this today. Reminds me of the sort of new plays I saw when I first started theatregoing in the 1980s. No bad language and aiming for light intellectual discussion. Nicely performed, staged and directed, and I learned a good deal about a subject I know nothing about. Easy 4 stars. Will burble more on my site next week. Further proof that theatre is equally valuable when it falls into the 'I had a nice interesting afternoon out' than as when it 'changes the face of x or y'. Both have their place. Wish I could have seen it. Even if Rog's bald cap is a TRAVESTY that I cannot forgive. |
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Post by learfan on Jun 16, 2018 19:22:03 GMT
Rather enjoyed this today. Reminds me of the sort of new plays I saw when I first started theatregoing in the 1980s. No bad language and aiming for light intellectual discussion. Nicely performed, staged and directed, and I learned a good deal about a subject I know nothing about. Easy 4 stars. Will burble more on my site next week. Further proof that theatre is equally valuable when it falls into the 'I had a nice interesting afternoon out' than as when it 'changes the face of x or y'. Both have their place. Wish I could have seen it. Even if Rog's bald cap is a TRAVESTY that I cannot forgive. Exactly! Not every experience has to be "life changing". |
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Post by andrew on Jun 17, 2018 11:36:17 GMT
I was having a bit of a forum hiatus when I saw this a month ago so I'll pop my threadbare thoughts on here now. It is rather refreshing to see something a bit old-fashioned and comfortable, actors in armchairs or sipping lemonade in the manicured gardens, rather than POST APOCALYPTIC RAVE THEN PEOPLE CLIMB INTO DISHWASHERS, THE SET IS MADE OF WET MUD, THE CAST ARE ALL NON-DIAGETICALLY NAKED, TWO PEOPLE STARE AT EACH OTHER WHILST THROWING PASTA INTO THE AUDIENCE FOR THREE HOURS, PROSTITUTES WALKING IN CIRCLES ALL EVENING, OH DEAR GOD NO THEYRE DOING AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION, OOPS THE RUNNING TIME IS 9 HOURS HOPE YOU BROUGHT A SANDWICH, MARTI PELLOW, PEOPLE ARE CLIMBING GARBAGE PALM TREES, THE MAIDS or other mildly alarming genres of theatre. I was gently wooed from my discounted seat into a splendid little world of opera, and I enjoyed it all very much.
I've been telling my friends and colleagues that indeed it sounds and looks boring, and it's not anything more than it's advertised as being, it's just that it's quite good all the same. I've been trying to get people to go, but nobody ends up fancying it. This is why I don't work in marketing one presumes, but also I don't look very good in a suit. I didn't realise until now this had been expanded since Hampstead, having given it a miss there. Whatever they've done, it works very well.
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Post by dlevi on Jun 18, 2018 9:47:51 GMT
So does he actually travel by public transport? I did wonder... He does! I saw him standing looking befuddled at the Highbury and Islington Station last year. He didn't appear approachable but I was tempted to walk over and ask if he was lost. |
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Post by orchidman on Jun 23, 2018 1:45:37 GMT
Incredibly mediocre, how this made it to the West End is the biggest question it provokes.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2018 7:12:44 GMT
I was pretty nonplussed by this, and I left thinking that it wasn't really for me. It’s very traditional, but I feel like I can’t really criticise it for not being the sort of theatre that I like. My teacher (70) enjoyed it far more than me, she was really affected by their relationship.
I did think it was mean to make the female lead appear dressed as little bo peep for the final scene and encore. Especially as we had the treat of a practice theatre evacuation at the end of the matinee, and so she ended up waiting across the road, chatting to fans dressed like that.
Also, if there had been a fire, those of us in the front stalls would have been burnt to a crisp.
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Post by lynette on Jun 23, 2018 11:45:23 GMT
Incredibly mediocre, how this made it to the West End is the biggest question it provokes. Exactly what I thought. I saw it at Hampstead. Love Allam. But def on auto pilot here. |
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 23, 2018 12:54:37 GMT
But def on auto pilot here. He starts filming the next series of Endeavour once this closes, so perhaps he's already dreaming of spires! |
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Post by vegas on Jun 23, 2018 14:08:42 GMT
I would watch Roger Allam read the phone book. This was slightly more interesting, so I can't complain.
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