Mrs Doubtfire - Manchester Opera House / Shaftesbury

I saw this recently with discounted tickets and it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. Gabriel Vick gives a fantastic performance. So impressive. His accents and comedy timing are spot on, so I enjoyed it for him, rather than as a whole. With somebody less talented, it really would have been a struggle.

Selling very well so I doubt it.

Also agree with the majority on here, glad I saw this eventually but aside from Gabriel Vick’s excellent performance and his very welcome monologue at the end, nothing much else stood out.

I hated the stereotypical gay couple (and the shouting!) and can’t believe one-dimensional characters like that are still being written. Also the pantomime elements didn’t work for me, it’s supposed to be San Francisco but they’re making British political/telly jokes!

Interestingly unlike some other posters on here and reviews I’ve read, I think there is a really interesting story to tell, but maybe that’s my nostalgia for the original film talking. The music is utterly forgettable and pretty much completely unnecessary, but I’m guessing I’m not the target audience.

Hilariously a friend of mine who goes to a lot of shows and lives in London, but obviously not that familiar with the film, had got confused from the posters and thought Mrs Doubtfire was Mrs Brown and couldn’t work out why several of his friends had suggested seeing something so terrible 🤣

Finally I hadn’t been in the Shaftesbury since the early days of Hairspray and was very impressed by the renovation. Also whilst the lottery gave me Row Q of the stalls, which sounded too far back, it really was a great view and I had nothing to worry about (other than the chattery French girls directly behind me).

It never bloody works! I just do not understand why they do it. Nobody's going to come out of this show and say their favourite bit was that joke about the toilets at Glastonbury. 

I still cringe when I think about how they overdubbed Joan Rivers on the red carpet in Shrek 2 with Kate Thornton for the "enjoyment" of UK audiences.  

Sam Freeman (joining & Juliet) posted he's leaving May 12th.

Mrs Doubtfire is a funny musical. I personally am not a fan of film adaptations because the musical has to miss out so many parts. However Pretty Woman and Doubtfire do well. The transformation on stage of Mrs Doubtfire was unexpected and so clever. The audience loved it.

But a good light weight, light hearted family watch. I enjoyed my afternoon.

I kept pulling my visit foward because it was an open run… Better sort it out on my next trip now!

Surely Burlesque is next in the ATG pipe-line.

This was my guess.

Oh yeah silly me lol. I forgot this was different. My fault for not double checking the above

This will sell well on tour.