Legally Blonde - Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Hi, correct you can bring your own snacks and food with you.

The writing is a little hard to understand but certainly never had an issue taking own drinks into the theatre at other productions.

Can I bring my own food to the theatre?
Although we would prefer you to purchase food and drink at the theatre as this revenue further supports our productions, you may bring your own picnic to eat on the picnic lawn or in Queen Mary's Gardens next to the box office in Regent's Park (please do not bring sharp knives). Hot food purchased elsewhere may not be brought onto the premises.

Those purchasing food may be given priority to tables at the theatre and, though drinks purchased from our bar may be taken into the auditorium, food is not permitted in the auditorium.

Thanks!  

I don't think Legally Blonde is old enough as a show to justify reinvention. It makes sense to do say Cabaret and Oklahoma! differently because there have been many productions and I think with the right creative team can breathe new life into a show but I get the feeling the Open Air wanted to tap into the Six/Heathers audience with Legally Blonde and clearly it hasn't worked out. 

I saw it last night and wasn’t hugely impressed, I definitely preferred the Lucie Jones tour 5 years ago. The costumes really are so cheap looking, most of what Courtney has been given especially. If anyone watches RuPaul’s Drag Race, the dress she changes into at the end of the opening number (“this one’s perfect” no it is not!) is reminiscent of the pink rag Baga Chipz made in this year’s design challenge! The man sitting next to me audibly gasped at how bad the outfit was. As people have said, Isaac as Margot was awkward because of the harmonies and sounded strained on the higher notes when they were singing their solo lines. Representation is important, but should it hinder the quality?
I wasn’t hugely impressed with Courtney either, she sang the songs well and was funny enough but she didn’t fully give me what I want from an Elle, I’d be interested to see the show again with Vanessa Fisher as Elle if she gets the chance to go on. Nadine Higgin was very good as Paulette to be fair, great voice and brilliant comic timing, and Lauren Drew as Brooke was also a highlight.
I actually thought the twinks dressed up as dogs were one of the best decisions in the end, hilarious!

Legally Blonde is a camp show anyway so to take it even further perhaps doesn't work. This sort of diverse cast would work superbly in a show like Rent more from my mindset.

Here and can't stop laughing as the set is truly awful

Wait til you see the cozzies and a few of the performances.

One of the worst.

I wonder why they didn't cast someone male/non-binary/transgender who has a good falsetto voice? Then they could have the visual they are presumably after without having to compromise on the singing keys. Of course the sound wouldn't be exactly the same as a woman singing but it'd be closer than singing an octave down.

Isaac’s voice is great. Even if it wasn’t, about half the words in every song are inaudible anyway due to the horrible sound mix, so it wouldn’t matter.

The biggest laugh in the first half was reserved for the appearance of a dildo!

In all seriousness, it is much better so far than I feared. But it would work better on a much smaller stage.

Due to downpour show has paused, am soaking wet!

See as a gay man I thought the dog was hilarious and just a bit of fun, no worse than “Gay or European” for sure, but then of course I don’t speak for the entire community so can see others may not like it. It is kind of ironic I guess that this production makes every effort to be “woke” but then making fun of gays is still allowed.