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Post by Steffi on Feb 22, 2016 14:44:28 GMT
Anyone booked to see this? Casting has just been announced. I'm looking forward to seeing this. I've liked all of Drew McOnie's choreography work so far. Intrigued to see a physical dance adaption of this story too. www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2016/jh/
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Post by Honoured Guest on May 17, 2016 12:18:05 GMT
Fingers crossed this'll surpass Frankenstein, which was widely panned for poor dramaturgy.
Really hope J&H succeeds in breaking Matthew Bourne's monopoly on popular narrative dance.
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Post by profquatermass on May 20, 2016 12:14:29 GMT
I wonder what it's doing for ticket sales to have both at the same time. is anyone seeing both?
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 20, 2016 12:24:10 GMT
Fingers crossed this'll surpass Frankenstein, which was widely panned for poor dramaturgy. Really hope J&H succeeds in breaking Matthew Bourne's monopoly on popular narrative dance. Anything has to got be better than Matthew Bournes mime shows
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Post by foxa on May 21, 2016 22:01:22 GMT
I preferred Frankenstein to this - though this was fairly diverting and it was very warmly applauded at the end (partial standing ovation) by others.
The deal: One hour 50 with a 20 minute interval. Set in the 1950s. Dr Jekyll is a florist. It reminded me of 'Little Shop of Horrors' (lots of dancing with flowers) with a touch of West Side Story (lots of fire escapes.) Overall it felt like a musical - without songs or dialogue. The best bits were the Jekyll to Hyde transformations and the lighting was excellent. And there were tonnes of props - which were giving them some grief. A slip only in the programme announced that the Hyde understudy was on, which meant a bit of shifting amongst the cast, but I would never have known. Hyde was very strong and had to do some scary stuff - like a jump from a ledge to almost on top of a dancer prone on a bed. The music was serviceable but not special. We had great £10 PWC seats in the dress circle (row E), and the show was fine, but we'd somehow had expected something more powerful/cutting edge. I'm not really sure what they wanted to say with this production - the funny bits weren't quite funny enough and the scary/eerie bits (with a couple of exceptions) weren't alarming enough. But I'll be interested to hear what others think.
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Post by stageyninja83 on May 22, 2016 9:34:31 GMT
Saw it last night and thought it was brilliant! To be fair though I saw The Maids for the matinee so anything would seem brilliant after that pile of tosh!
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2016 9:14:38 GMT
It's an interesting one. A very "family-and-friends" audience who were completely onside before the show started.
The cast are great, but the story-telling less so. I loved the design, though it was a was a tad confused. They're dressed for the 1950's, yet the set looks Victorian. The score however is gorgeous.
One of my favourite theatrical experiences was DRUNK and this, unfortunately just doesn't match up. Not as bold or exciting, and after having seen just about everything McOnie has done in the last 18 months, is nothing new!
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Post by profquatermass on May 24, 2016 12:38:43 GMT
It's an interesting one. A very "family-and-friends" audience who were completely onside before the show started. The cast are great, but the story-telling less so. I loved the design, though it was a was a tad confused. They're dressed for the 1950's, yet the set looks Victorian. The score however is gorgeous. One of my favourite theatrical experiences was DRUNK and this, unfortunately just doesn't match up. Not as bold or exciting, and after having seen just about everything McOnie has done in the last 18 months, is nothing new! I have no idea who or what McOnie is and I thought this was great. Maybe it's nothing new, but I suspect a lot of people (like me) are not regular ballet attenders and wouldn't have been aware of this at a different venue.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2016 19:25:41 GMT
It's an interesting one. A very "family-and-friends" audience who were completely onside before the show started. The cast are great, but the story-telling less so. I loved the design, though it was a was a tad confused. They're dressed for the 1950's, yet the set looks Victorian. The score however is gorgeous. One of my favourite theatrical experiences was DRUNK and this, unfortunately just doesn't match up. Not as bold or exciting, and after having seen just about everything McOnie has done in the last 18 months, is nothing new! I have no idea who or what McOnie is and I thought this was great. Maybe it's nothing new, but I suspect a lot of people (like me) are not regular ballet attenders and wouldn't have been aware of this at a different venue. He's never done ballet. This isn't ballet. He's a musical theatre choreographer.
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Post by d'James on May 24, 2016 19:37:16 GMT
Didn't he win the Olivier for Best Choreography this year?
I bet the cast from In The Heights will be there tomorrow.
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Post by sweeneytodd on May 24, 2016 20:14:27 GMT
I have 1 ticket for Jeckyll and Hyde for this Saturday 28th but unfortunately I can't go due to change of plans. Happy to sell for £25 - bought it for £45 - good seat in the stalls
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Post by sweeneytodd on May 24, 2016 20:17:14 GMT
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Post by Steffi on May 25, 2016 7:04:31 GMT
Didn't he win the Olivier for Best Choreography this year? I bet the cast from In The Heights will be there tomorrow. Some of them will be, yes. ;-)
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Post by Honoured Guest on May 25, 2016 10:35:19 GMT
Well, this is quite an achievement. And very promising for a future of popular story dance shows. Which would be very welcome in the West End and around the UK. The audience seemed to respond very well yesterday afternoon. Yay!
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Post by greenswan on May 25, 2016 19:15:58 GMT
I actually saw it last Saturday. Quite a friendly audience then as well, particularly the gentleman sitting next to me.
I thought it was ok. Several dancers were apparently substituting according to the note out front but that didn't matter as I though they were all very good. The choreography is very repetitive though. I know someone further up mentioned they don't like Matthew Bourne's stuff but I actually prefer his shows. The variety within the choreography is much bigger there and they entertain more. Although it finished at 9.30pm, I felt it dragged a bit.
Had a PWC seat in W somewhere in the middle with a great view so no complaints about that.
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Post by liverpool54321 on May 28, 2016 16:18:46 GMT
Saw the matinee today and thought it was awesome. Totally seamless, funny sad, macabre and a score that really worked for me. Revolving set was great keeping the story line always on the move. Definitely worth catching final show tonight.
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Post by bellboard27 on May 28, 2016 22:08:31 GMT
I also caught the matinee. However, my reaction was quite different. The dancers are indeed good and while some of the choreography is a bit repetitive, there are some good touches, such as the first transformation. However, my main issue is with the story. Why take a great gothic horror with masses of dramatic potential and turn it into a terrible story of a put upon florist? Just as serious drama arose, it would be punctuated with a funny turn breaking up the flow of the story. For example, after Hyde first kills we were subjected to Jekyll judging a flower competition where the guys brought on their increasing large (phallic) flowers followed by the girls with their (I kid you not) nicely trimmed little bushes! Overall, it was all too much “feed me, Seymour” for me.
The opening post wanted this to surpass Frankenstein – some hope! And as for challenging Matt Bourne – not with this, I’m afraid.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2020 19:56:00 GMT
Just watching this on YouTube as the Old Vic have put it on until Wednesday as part of their "Your Old Vic" project.
I never had much interest in dance before but I'm really enjoying this! Incredible energy from everyone especially Jekyll. Also loving the Little Shop of Horrors florist take on the story and the awesome music by Grant Olding (does anyone know if it was played live?).
I'd definitely see more like this when theatre returns!
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