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Post by jason71 on Feb 15, 2018 10:23:47 GMT
Don't think I've seen this play mentioned here. Has anybody seen it? Is anybody here planning on watching it?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 11:07:28 GMT
I've booked to see it on tour, so I'd be interested in any early feedback from Kingston or wherever.  |
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Post by showgirl on Feb 15, 2018 15:59:11 GMT
Odd that there seem to be no reports so far; I was considering this as something to do in the evening last Saturday after spending the day nearby with my sister, but she postponed the trip as the engineering work put her off. So now I've missed the chance to see it nearby. it'd have to be really good to make me travel further and it doesn't sound at all my normal sort of thing - but trying something different can be rewarding.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 16, 2018 19:20:16 GMT
2 stars from Essential Surrey, which calls it "hammy" and 3 from WOS, which compares it unfavourably to the original production with 2 leads, one of whom was SRB.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 16, 2018 19:31:57 GMT
I saw the RSC production in 1991 which had Roger Allam as Jekyll and SRB as Hyde. Remember it as pretty good, some cool illusions for the change. Dont really like Daniels so fiving this a miss
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Post by david on Mar 31, 2018 17:59:08 GMT
Saw this today at the Grand Theatre in Blackpool. Overall, an enjoyable afternoon’s entertainment. As it is the first time I’ve seen a version of this, I’ve no other versions to compare it to. I thought Phil Daniels played the dual role well, though I must admit, I thought his Scottish accent at times did verge on Rab C Nesbitt at times but it didn’t detract from the show in anyway.
The lighting in this production in my opinion really helped bring out the gothic horror of the story and the sound effects during the murder of one character really were too realistic, causing the audience (including myself) to wince!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2018 18:00:33 GMT
2 stars from Essential Surrey, which calls it "hammy". That's me sold then! |
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Post by Jane Parfitt on May 10, 2018 22:40:06 GMT
Seen in Cambridge this evening, one of the worst things I've seen at the theatre and two hours of my life I'll never get back.
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Post by dramallama on May 11, 2018 8:57:37 GMT
I saw this on tour a couple of weeks ago and it was pretty dire. I don't remember too much of it but what I remember is that a) I don't like Phil Daniels (I was blissfully unaware of him up until this point) and b) never ever use doorknobs in a production where people have to go through doors a lot (honestly, the amount of actors who ran into doors was insane and in the scene where they "break" through the door, you can see them turn the doorknob after which made me burst out laughing - not the effect you want).
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 9:18:01 GMT
It was not very good. I appreciated the opportunity to see some regular Globe actors on a different stage, but that's not much of an upside compared with how much the entire play was a downside.
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