Aspects of Love w/ Michael Ball - Lyric

I really think Steve should be doing the promo for this to be honest. I was already excited to go (one of my long time favourites) but now with a lot less trepidation!

I don't how much enchanting and passionate and rapturous I can take! The score always made me feels queasy enough on its own!😂

About two and a half hours total, including interval.

Is this selling well? I hear they're papering

Hands down the worst thing I’ve ever seen in the west end. Embarrassingly bad.

Very very good tonight, viewed from the very rear corner at the back of the stalls. There was a pillar in view, but for £20 I can't complain at that.

Less welcome were the surrounding people. Continual crew who moved around, opening doors, swapping positions, taking notes, checking radios, leaning on pillars right next to me etc. I know they're making sure all the kinks are ironed out, but very distracting. That, plus the late arriving nurses immediately at front who couldn't keep still, really took some of the magic away. You could tell they'd only booked to see Michael Ball when one said "I didn't know there'd be a story" during the interval.

I also had Andrew sitting a few rows in front, right at the end, who managed to slip in almost unnoticed right at the start, and again at the end of the interval.

Anyway, the show sounds fantastic. Michael Ball is perfect and it's as if the show was written with George as the lead role. Laura Pitt-Pulford is wonderful too. Jamie Bogyo tried his best as Alex, mostly very good, but some parts are challenging to sing. Very odd having Alex announced as being from Maine. I thought they made Jenny come across as older, but perhaps playing her too young is just too controversial in 2023.

They do some great stuff with screens and projections, especially using these to cover scene changes. The only bit I didn't think worked very well was Journey of a Lifetime.

Finished about 22:10 tonight, may have started a few minutes late. Definitely running longer than the advertised 2 hours 20 minutes.

I shall certainly go back and plan to see this from a better seat.

Was there again tonight and the interval was very long, I think around 26-27 mins

I saw it tonight and loved it. I did not know the score (except for "Love changes everything" and "The first man you'll remember") and enjoyed it so much (I think it is Andrew Lloyd Webber at his best). Michael Ball is in great form (so moving to hear/see him revisit both of his old hits--"The first man you remember" acquires a new meaning) and all the ladies were excellent, too (let's not forget Rosemary Ashe whom I hadn't seen for a long time!). First time I'd seen Jamie Bogyo. I thought he was quite good but he seemed to be struggling at some points--perhaps he'll improve during the previews.
The designer and the video/projection designer did a great job, too!

I really enjoyed this last night. 4 stars.

Wonderful melodies, romance, a very talented cast.
I particularly liked the painted backdrops, the red Lautrec-like one of the audience was divine.

Let down by a bit sh*t plot, when the cousin romance thing happened, I was like ehhhh....
am I missing something... aren't they cousins?.....

There's nothing like it in the West end, a fun light-hearted show

I would respect a negative opinion if it was well reasoned and fair or simply stating "sorry this wasn't for me".

The hyperbolic expressions used here "worst thing I've ever seen on a west end stage", "15 people complaining","audience laughing how bad it is" just sounds like trolling and ALW-bashing and I can't take it seriously.

Probably Chanson D’enfance - the (wonderful) version as recorded by Sarah Brightman includes a ‘middle eight’ that is basically If Only from WDTW. I assume they’ve retained this version in the show.

I just think there are people who expect a completely different style of show. I'd struggle to call it light-hearted.