Aspects of Love w/ Michael Ball - Lyric

What is more perplexing is how they ever thought a six month run realistic, given its niche appeal. This revival will play as long as the original Stephen Ward production did, which feels about right.

I think Aspects would have sold better if they'd announced the shorter run from the start. And if the logo/artwork/promotional material didn't look like one of those tacky Valentine's Day compilation CDs.

Spitting Image even with the puppets likely cost less to run not to mention Avalon has deeper pockets.

I suspect the advance for September and October was so low for Aspect, they decided to cut their losses.

Also Aspects is dreadful. So there is that also.

Oh I like the score.
This production is dreadful I should have said.. IMO

What on earth were you doing? Did anyone see and complain?

I finally caught up with this a couple of nights ago, I've always liked a couple of the songs but have always found the show wanting in other departments. it's a show about selfish people who live for sex - there is no love on that stage just lust. I think Jonathan Kent has done a decent job with keeping things moving along, but in truth he's just polishing a turd. Michael Ball's voice remains terrific but his acting? He's just not up to the task. And while Lara Pitt-Pulford gives it her best shot ( and gives the best performance on the stage) the performances by and large are either too broad or too wooden for me to care about anything that happens. ( Mr Bogyo's abs are impressive though) . I think this is probably the last major revival of the show for at least a decade - it hasn't aged well and clearly there isn't an audience demand for it.

Yeah, wasn’t sure about this comment. I don’t think it would go down well if a reviewer suggested that a positive of a poor performance is “she had enormous boobs”… 😂

I’m not laying into for him for this (as I haven’t seen it, the tour with David Essex and the two-piano Southwark version was enough for me) but he was absolutely terrible in Moulin Rouge and I can’t imagine him becoming excellent overnight. Someone up the chain likes him, which I suppose is all that matters when it comes to casting decisions.

It isn’t hate. Its apathy. It’s ‘look at all these people that could have done it a million times better’. For him to have dragged the same wet blanket with him to ‘Aspects’ has me concerned that he will have go-to status when they’re casting some really important stuff in the near future.

I asked the question. I did not state a fact.

last scheduled dave willetts george show today :/ (but nimax have already lowered their prices for the day!)