Little Shop of Horrors Regents Park

That is true i like you way of thinking! 

thankfully it didn't rain today so we get to see the whole show, yay!

I enjoyed it, for the most part. mainly because its one of my favourite shows, I think its really well written, tight, and a good lesson in how to use your time most effectively for a show.

I liked the new physical design and idea of greyscale and adding colour throughout. Some bits and bobs were eh? but I liked the idea and most of the execution. I didn't mind the skyscrapers in the trolleys and thought it was a good way to keep the stage moving and interesting with the lack of different locations and space limitations. at first I was confused why it was a drive in sign framing the stage but they're very American skyline-ey and also as a small homage that it was a b-movie first?

it was overly choreographed and some of the direction was odd which I thought was a shame, almost as if they didn't trust the material. I liked the cast and only felt that they suffered a little from the direction and not their limitations (minus Audrey and Mushnicks weaker vocals). Vicky Vox was wonderful and i thought it was really good interpretation breaking out of the classic mould.

I thought the addition of Mean Green Mother as an encore was really good and certainly made everyone leave on an energised high!

Overall a good production trying to do lots of new things and break out of the classic traditional way of the show, some worked some didn't. Id give it 3.5*

What a disappointment. After On The Town was really looking forward to this.Found it overblown and underacted.Poorly directed.Very difficult to hear the lyrics at times.Band overpowering. Energetic cast.Strange set of shopping trolleys with skyscrapers being pushed around endlessly even during Somewhere thats Green.Really couldn't hear Audrey 2.Didnt make sense to have it played in drag and largely inaudible.I thought it was over choreographed. Not for me but I must admit (apart from the couple next to me who didn't come back for act Two)a lot of the audience were enjoying themselves.When it ended in a shower of latex balls the thought did cross my mind that it was just a load of balls.

Yes and yes - at different points. I trust you are now clarified or at least well rendered.

I saw this last night and loved it.
It’s a ridiculous and camp musical - that’s how it should be. I thought the vocals were great, Jemima’s not as strong but worked for the character. Vicky Vox as the plant I adored, it adds such a new dimension to the role and makes it more interesting to watch.
The shopping trolley skyscrapers weren’t amazing but I didn’t hate them.
Matt Willis was serviceable, his vocals were fine for the role and his Act II roles were funny.

Some of the vocals were slightly drowned out but it didn’t spoil my enjoyment. Thought everyone onstage was giving so much energy and joy to the piece.

Always love the Regents Open Air, creative and imaginative!b

They definitely sold them for JCS last year as there were 3 nuns sat there the night I went. I remember because I thought it was an odd show for nuns to want to see!

Well no, it isn't like Glyndebourne, because this isn't an opera venue...?

Below nursery level? The lack of intelligent thought here is a little bit annoying!

I think some context wouldn’t go a miss here. Hello Dolly and Crazy For You are completely different shows to Little Shop. Little Shop is not at all serious - un-subtle, over the top, loud and crass in its nature. I love the show, and loved this production - did I think it was perfect? No - the sound design (even though someone above said it was good?) was terrible, ‘let’s run everything through one speaker and turn it up really loud’ does not constitute as good sound design. I thought the set was a little flimsy and it wasn’t overly well acted on the whole. BUT as far as a night out at the theatre goes, it was fun and the audience loved it (even the lady two rows ahead doing her knitting). The cast had heaps of energy and the three street urchin girls were stand out. The production overcomes the challenges of an open air theatre really well.

Don’t go expecting Glyndebourne and you won’t be disappointed.

Also

What do comments like

“Heaps of energy”

Actually mean??

A group of toddlers running about
Also have “heaps of energy”

I do think the acceptance of things

Which are “mediocre”

And then pretending they were good

Is a scourge of modern society

And applies to food clothing jobs housing etc etc

I had very low expectations of this production.
I didn’t much like Matt Willis when I saw him in Wicked, thought Forbes Masson was a very strange piece of casting for Mushnik and didn’t warm to the notion of the plant being played by a drag queen ( I also found the advertising artwork really offputting).

I have to say, I was very pleasantly surprised to find all my reservations were unfounded ( except maybe the advertising artwork, wonder why it didn’t feature Vicky Vox?).

I absolutely loved this production. I saw the very first one in London with Ellen Greene and Barry James and several other versions since ( including the Menier one which I hated so much that I left at the interval), but this one was a fresh and really inventive reimagining of the original.

The design concept was great and I’m surprised to hear people complaining about the sound,because it was faultless on the night I saw it.

My opinion of Matt Willis was overturned. I thought he did a great job of Orin and various other characters in Act 2. The guy has funny bones, who knew? And he was in fine voice.

The three urchins were outstanding, Marc Antolin was adorable and Forbes Masson made a good enough fist of Mushnik. I liked Jemima Rooper’s performance ( she did a really touching rendition of ‘Somewhere That’s Green’). It’s hard to rid oneself of Ellen Greene’s definitive performance on stage and screen, but it was good to see that Jemima Rooper wasn’t just doing an impression of her, which I think many subsequent Audreys have done.

I thought the way Maria Ahberg had integrated Vicky Vox into the part of Audrey 2 was excellent. The combination of that powerhouse performance with the set design for the character worked like a charm and never got overly camp or off message.

Obviously this version didn’t work for everyone, but I thought it was really innovative and absolutely delightful. A perfect production for the Open Air setting ( particularly during Act 2 as it got dark) with a joyous finale that was a perfect
uplifting antidote to the rather dark space the real world seems to be inhabiting right now. Highly recommended- 10/10 from me.

It’s the vehicle your batman uses to meet and bonk your partner in whilst you are busy attending the first half of every new show. Wipe clean seats if you get the right model.