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Post by westendfan1 on Sept 24, 2023 19:00:39 GMT
Natasha Hodgson gives the most forced and unfunny performance I’ve ever seen on a stage. Is this the forum equivalent of clickbait? Or a genuinely held belief? If the latter, I am honestly baffled. I have never disagreed with a statement on here more. |
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Post by theatregoer22 on Sept 24, 2023 20:30:58 GMT
Natasha Hodgson gives the most forced and unfunny performance I’ve ever seen on a stage. Is this the forum equivalent of clickbait? Or a genuinely held belief? If the latter, I am honestly baffled. I have never disagreed with a statement on here more. Even as someone who agrees with the rest of mrbarnaby's points about the show, I definitely disagree with that one - the acting wasn't the problem at all. |
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Post by theatregoer22 on Sept 24, 2023 20:34:10 GMT
Just don’t get the hype about this show. I was bored rigid and found it woefully unfunny. It’s like a musical for people who like The Play that Goes wrong etc. Absolutely witless. Natasha Hodgson gives the most forced and unfunny performance I’ve ever seen on a stage. David Cumming lovely to watch though- can see him being a brilliant Miss Trunchbull Also the Fortune is the most uncomfortable theatre I’ve ever been in. Absolutely not fit for purpose. Agree with all of your points about the show apart from Natasha, who I thought did the best with the material she had. |
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Post by BVM on Sept 24, 2023 20:55:59 GMT
Just don’t get the hype about this show. I was bored rigid and found it woefully unfunny. It’s like a musical for people who like The Play that Goes wrong etc. Absolutely witless. Natasha Hodgson gives the most forced and unfunny performance I’ve ever seen on a stage. David Cumming lovely to watch though- can see him being a brilliant Miss Trunchbull Also the Fortune is the most uncomfortable theatre I’ve ever been in. Absolutely not fit for purpose. Agree with all of your points about the show apart from Natasha, who I thought did the best with the material she had. Same! Thought she was fine. But the show itself I thought was very overrated. But it has clearly hit some kind of cultural niche like Six did as people love it. But yeah. Enjoyed it once. No desire to go again. Nothing I could hum (that ever repeating problem 😱). |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 24, 2023 22:11:46 GMT
Natasha Hodgson gives the most forced and unfunny performance I’ve ever seen on a stage. Is this the forum equivalent of clickbait? Or a genuinely held belief? If the latter, I am honestly baffled. I have never disagreed with a statement on here more. It’s my genuine opinion. I thought that performance was dreadful. It takes more than putting on a deep voice to make me laugh. Others disagree… that’s fine! Also can’t remember a single song from it. FIGHT ME! 😘 |
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Post by mike1968 on Sept 26, 2023 12:41:04 GMT
Just don’t get the hype about this show. I was bored rigid and found it woefully unfunny. It’s like a musical for people who like The Play that Goes wrong etc. Absolutely witless.[ Michael Ratcliffe in the Observer also used the word witless in his similarly vitriolic review of the premier of Les Miserables. Opinions eh! |
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Post by seeseveryshow1 on Sept 26, 2023 16:56:15 GMT
Insufferable sophomoric nonsense. Tedious 2-1/2 hours. 90 minutes without an interval would have been too long. Thin story drawn out. Poor material, pointless gender blind casting was not amusing.
And what was the fire drill at the end, which forced the audience to exit the house in a rush? Is that part of the show? What a rude way to end a show.
If it isn’t obvious, I hated it.
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Post by partytentdown on Sept 26, 2023 17:17:36 GMT
No fire alarm when I saw it!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 26, 2023 17:40:09 GMT
Insufferable sophomoric nonsense. Tedious 2-1/2 hours. 90 minutes without an interval would have been too long. Thin story drawn out. Poor material, pointless gender blind casting was not amusing. And what was the fire drill at the end, which forced the audience to exit the house in a rush? Is that part of the show? What a rude way to end a show. If it isn’t obvious, I hated it. It sounds like that was an actual fire alarm not part of the show |
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Post by kyvai on Sept 26, 2023 18:53:47 GMT
Is this the forum equivalent of clickbait? Or a genuinely held belief? If the latter, I am honestly baffled. I have never disagreed with a statement on here more. It’s my genuine opinion. I thought that performance was dreadful. It takes more than putting on a deep voice to make me laugh. Others disagree… that’s fine! Also can’t remember a single song from it. FIGHT ME! 😘 Can’t remember a single song? I had “Making A Man” as an ear worm for WEEKS! (Aaaaaaand now it’s back again, thanks!) “Dear Bill” was great as well, in a very different way. And “All The Ladies” did get a bit Six-esque but forgive it. I like “Useful” as well. I find it a great soundtrack to have on whilst cooking or something, to sing and bop along to. World would be a dull place if we all liked the same things! 😎 |
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Post by yeahyeahyeahs on Sept 26, 2023 20:11:49 GMT
The difference is that they have a hit and you don't.
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Post by seeseveryshow1 on Sept 26, 2023 22:15:59 GMT
The fire alarm…
On entering, we were handed a slip of paper that advised of a fire alarm test at the conclusion of the performance. I thought it was a gag.
But when the show ended, lights flashed and sirens sounded all of which I suspected was to provide some authentic 1940’s air raid feeling to the show on stage.
There was no evidence of fire or police authorities on the street. If they wanted to clear the house in a hurry, if that was the intention, they succeeded.
By the by, it’s a grungy dirty little venue, overdue for renovation. They say the entire theatre can fit on the stage of the glittering Drury Lane across the street.
I was last there for that awful ghost thing that played for decades.
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Post by daniel on Sept 26, 2023 22:26:11 GMT
The fire alarm… On entering, we were handed a slip of paper that advised of a fire alarm test at the conclusion of the performance. I thought it was a gag. But when the show ended, lights flashed and sirens sounded all of which I suspected was to provide some authentic 1940’s air raid feeling to the show on stage. There was no evidence of fire or police authorities on the street. If they wanted to clear the house in a hurry, if that was the intention, they succeeded. By the by, it’s a grungy dirty little venue, overdue for renovation. They say the entire theatre can fit on the stage of the glittering Drury Lane across the street. I was last there for that awful ghost thing that played for decades. West End theatres are required to carry out regular(ish) audience evacuation drills as part of their licensing conditions. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 26, 2023 22:27:36 GMT
Seems odd to do it at the end of a show though. Never heard of that before.
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Post by fiyerorocher on Sept 26, 2023 22:58:44 GMT
Fire alarm practise at the end of a show is a fairly standard thing, isn't it? I've been part of them on both sides - audience and FOH. Allows the building to see how quickly they can actually empty the auditorium, and allows the FOH team to practise with actual people. Obviously not part of the show at all. Just a drill.
And the gender blind casting isn't supposed to be funny. That's the point of it.
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Post by doornumberthree on Sept 26, 2023 23:19:18 GMT
Seems odd to do it at the end of a show though. Never heard of that before. For ATG it is always at the end of a show, the show will end and the duty manager will come on stage and say their scripted part and then the ushers will get everyone out of the fire exits and then check it’s all clear. Once that’s all done, they’ll let audience members who have stuff in the cloakroom back in to collect their items (worth nothing many of the ones I were part of had an evacuation time of 3-5 minutes, so they aren’t actually delaying patrons too much there) |
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Post by firefingers on Sept 26, 2023 23:20:20 GMT
Yeah, we did one on the show I'm working on last week. Audience prewarned etc. That was an ATG house as well, so maybe they are all reassessing and implementing new policies?
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Post by NorthernAlien on Sept 27, 2023 9:19:48 GMT
yeah - I saw Hamilton earlier this year and they did a Fire Drill at the end. Sounds like the exact same procedure, albeit half of the audience had ignored the piece of paper asking you to stay in place, and so the auditorium was already half-way empty by the time the siren sounded.
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Post by maggiem on Sept 27, 2023 12:06:57 GMT
Same at Liverpool Playhouse last July when I saw One Man two Guv'nors.
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Post by dip on Sept 28, 2023 15:32:14 GMT
Won the ballot and have booked for April
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Post by Matt on Oct 12, 2023 10:58:16 GMT
Christian is making his 2nd cover debut as Charles tonight
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Post by anthony on Oct 16, 2023 14:01:26 GMT
I've won the lottery but cannot attend. First person to reply here can have the link  |
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Post by althea on Oct 16, 2023 14:07:57 GMT
Yes please to the lottery x
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Post by anthony on Oct 16, 2023 18:05:20 GMT
Looks like the link still works - you can buy up to 6 tickets, guess it doesn't need to be in 1 transaction. If anyone else wants the link, first to post here... |
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Post by dontdreamit on Oct 16, 2023 18:14:45 GMT
Yes please!
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