Muriel’s Wedding - UK Tour / West End (Rumour)

I might finally get to see this.

How weird that I will be sitting in a theatre on the other side of the world, seeing a show set in my home town!

I have the cast recording #youreterriblemuriel

I wonder if the creative team will remain?

I think the film succeeded off the back of Toni Collette’s fantastic performance so whoever takes the role is going to have to go some to get anywhere close. Do I want to see a pale imitation? Not so sure.

I may have said this before, Toni Collette saw the show and highly recommended it to me. I saw the second production in 2019 with a new lead and loved it so much I booked a return visit. It does follow the film but makes a few different turns as it’s a stage show.

This time I’ll order the personalized mug.

I've listened to a few songs on the cast recording and the original songs are pretty good.

The cast recording mysteriously vanished from Spotify etc, and there was a new workshop in NYC last year, so I assume it had some heavy rewrites.

Beautiful city. I was there for a month for Mardi Gras in 1998. I always thought it had a very cosmopolitan European vibe and a sprinkling of the best of the US all complimenting the down to earth Aussie attitude. I remember eating bugs and gyros and of course Kangaroo - delicious. Probably the best holiday I ever had.

I lived in Melbourne for a few years. There’s no comparison between the two, Melbourne is a hot pot of art and culture and food and just about everything you want in a city. We came back to the UK due to my mother-in-law’s untimely death, had it not been for that we would happily still be there.

I saw the original show at STC and I think it’s high quality and will fit nicely in the UK. Nice one!

Do you see doubtfire closing within the next year or two to make room?