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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 19, 2018 14:40:14 GMT
If an older person isn't clapping, I just assume they have arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome or any health ailment really that would make it painful to hammer your hands together over and over and over again. Sure, younger people could have such ailments too, but they're much more common in older people, and it's just easier for me to assume people have good reasons to do the things they do rather than wasting my time getting angry about someone not doing a thing that I think they should do but really it's none of my business whether they do or not. Well yes, but now I’ll whinge. I had a recent outing to the ROH for the opening night of Lohengrin, sat next to a pair even older than I am. It is customary to applaud the Conductor to his rostrum, and also at the end of each act. It sets the scene and heightens anticipation and enjoyment (for most). Well they sat on their hands and did I imagine they looked rather smug? This continued until well into the applause at the end when it became clear that the audience wanted to show their particular appreciation for Jenifer Davis who had taken over the lead female role and had something of a triumph. As the roar went out, perhaps to show they were in the know as to what has happened, they suddenly remembered how to clap, smile and be an audience member. I’ll let it rest. As you say none of my business but ….
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 19, 2018 12:10:05 GMT
* one thing I will add not about the show and it is not quite bad behaviour. Opposite me an older couple were sat and through out the show they kept nodding off and not clapping not even at the curtain call or after the songs. I understand people may have something like narcolepsy but if you do I would not suggest sitting front row esppeicaly at the Southwark where the actor said can see you. MMM give them a break it was very hot the day we went and I doubt anyone goes to a show with the intention of catching up with their beauty routine. (Personal plea really, it happens despite my very best intentions). BUT I do agree about people who never clap. Why go if you are not going to join in? It's saying so I've paid - entertain me but no matter how good, no matter how hard you've worked on this; I won't acknowledge your efforts, encorage you, or be in the slightest way impresseed. This is how I behave!
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 19, 2018 7:10:16 GMT
A little surprised no one's suggesting Eddie Mair. His style is the only one that doesn't harangue the 'guests'. To hear Eddie pause after an answer is to have the time to think "yes I heard that, total BS".
If they want to really change QT, to where people actually listen to what's said, go with Eddie. That said, I doubt they want to change it to a thoughtful show.
(PS his only black mark was the time he presented Tonight in the days when they were looking for a new presenter. He changed his style and pummelled an unfortunate politician ala Paxman, it didn't work. Oh and of course his love of modern Country Music!!!!)
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 15, 2018 21:01:00 GMT
Thanks my snow 👍 is elephant and castle multi storey and safe ? And open till after matinee ? Would you know ... partner has expensive car I have a little Adam ... that not a euphemism lol 😆 thinking if better to use my 4 yr old basic car and park on road ? Or his £££ and park Waterloo car park and walk x Sorry don't know any more. Without wishing to tempt fate, car cime in London is not at all what is was. When Stereo's could be pulled from a dashboard or dirty rings on a windscreen indicated an early expensive TomTom or just plain old keying the paintwork - I dont worrry anymore and I live in the inner city. Good luck.
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 15, 2018 13:09:05 GMT
Parking any advice ?? Sat matinee I know there is some on street parking on side roads and round the back is it safe ? Looked on parkopedia. Car parks close don’t look too good 😟. Says Waterloo is good and around £12 anyone been says 25 min walk thanks in advance I've parked in the street at the back a no of times. NOt that many spaces but arrive early and go and eat. Elephant and Castle, pick the right exit and its more like a 2 min walk., wrong one and I still think 5 mins covers it. There's a large 'food garden' opposite which is a decent place to scoff prior.
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 11, 2018 19:32:08 GMT
... then the opening of the second act was generally spoiled by the noise of the attendants collecting the trays when the play began again. They probably did away with it when they heard t'internet would be kept busy discussing "Bad behaviour at a show" and "The greed of producers"!
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 11, 2018 19:26:29 GMT
The best afternoon tea I ever had was at the Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai. My partner and I enjoyed it so much we went again the following day. Although I wasn’t alone I would have been fine by myself. +3 Thanks for the memory. Only time we've ever booked a 5* Hotel. this was a treat for the last 2 nights of our trip to India, accompanied by a 90 year old in a wheelchair. Everything about it was brilliant. The afternoon tea was unlimted - everything including Dim Sum, Indian Treats and the full Cucumber Sandwiches, Scones and cakes all with a view over the Gataeway of India and Elephant Island . Stunning.
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 9, 2018 8:11:30 GMT
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 6, 2018 15:29:43 GMT
Loved Minder and to this day “her indoors” will shake her head when I express my admiration for a particularly fine culinary effort with “well superior nosebag, Tel.”
About 10 years before that I used to paddle around Trowlock Island Teddington in my canoe and a well meaning chap sitting in his garden deckchair with a can in hand, just taking in the rays, would always greet me. It was a fall off the chair moment when he turned up as Dave the barman.
Happy days and as you say , seemed a really nice guy. RIP
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 6, 2018 8:26:46 GMT
The one in The Rink with the "AW Mah!" chorus. I do believe several examples are edited out in the current Southwark production, but why stop there?
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 6, 2018 7:27:48 GMT
Was I alone in thinking the story becomes unbalanced with the handling of Dino. He starts as an interesting character with a nice song in Blue Chrystal, but becomes irrelevant and is seriously underwritten. I wouldn’t have known he was a damaged Vet if one of the ladies hadn’t said he’d changed (underacting?). The “reconciliation” is similarly pointless. If he’d remained just a memory, he would have been more effective and the focus could have been on their relationship alone.
It may be second rate Kander And Ebb, but we both really appreciated the chance to see a Star like Caroline O’Connor and a really well done production, up close in a small space. So pleased we went.
Ps The original Broadway Cast Album can be picked up for a couple of Quid on eBay in the DeAgostini Musicals collection. Although I thought the orchestrations were better at SP.
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 2, 2018 16:47:14 GMT
Basic economics suggests they charge it because people will pay it. Many businesses have the same amount of inflation to cope with, but with more competition to prevent them raising their prices, they have to find other ways of coping with it.
Mega successful shows like Hamilton and Phantom set new price levels and the rest get dragged along. Ironically Today's tix maybe encoraging this developemnt. Sell as many as possible to "out of towners" at top price and then shift the rest on the day. Regarding these 'tourists' or occasional visitors, if you're only going to a show in London's fabulous West End once, your perception of prices and what you're prepared to pay is very different to the regular attendee's from this site.
Sadly I can't see this development stopping soon.
PS the one that bugs me is the revival of Chicago. Would love to see it again (once Cuba has been freed), but top of the range prices for secondhand goods is not for me.
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Post by Mr Snow on May 29, 2018 9:06:13 GMT
Wedding speeches mostly rely on our having goodwill to the unfortunate having to make one, but are still often boring in life and on screen…but not that one!
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Post by Mr Snow on May 28, 2018 11:12:34 GMT
^^^^^ Said with tongue firmly in cheek. Talking over the overture is my pet peeve. Overture starts - volume of conversation goes UP! For Me this is the start of the show and should be respected as such. Similarly audiences leaving during the playoff at the end and no one even applauding the orchestra/band. Always make a point of clapping at the very end. Genuine question - has the band playing at the conclusion of a musical always been while the audience leave or was there ever a time when people remained seated til the last note? I would love the opportunity to remain seated and savour last note but live in fear of being trampled in the stampede. Good point about the overture. I don’t understand why people feel the need to keep talking. Once the house lights are dimmed and the music starts this signals the start of the show. I want to hear the overture not people’s conversations. i think the situation of the music playoff at the end is a difficult one. Personally I stay to listen to the music. Sometimes I stay in my seat, other times I will get the edge of the auditorium and listen from there. Some people I would imagine would need to get transport home and therefore not bother at the end. Though I feel giving the band an applause at the end is an appreciative gesture from me for their hard work during the show. I want to agree but...It used to be the lights were only half dimmed for the overture. It was a time to allow the audience to settle, to allow forhte "she loves the theatre, but always comes late" brigade.
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Post by Mr Snow on May 26, 2018 8:57:17 GMT
The Liza Minneli film is on Talking Pictures TV tonight at 9.00pm i don't often wish I was younger but I can't help feel envious of anyone who is about to see this for the first time.
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Post by Mr Snow on May 25, 2018 13:50:16 GMT
Does anyone actually, deep down, really enjoy eating olives or, like Shakespeare, everybody just pretends? I've never been a crowd follower, and I despise both! Me! and they are particulary tasty when speared and bathed in Gin with just a hint of Vermouth.
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Post by Mr Snow on May 22, 2018 8:00:56 GMT
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Post by Mr Snow on May 19, 2018 13:19:53 GMT
Why do their shows get listed in plays on here Because it really is a play, and the music is more "incidental" than driving the plot, I'd say. I take your point. But if I was being argumentative you could say the same about nearly every Musical before Showboat or Oklahoma. But the sun is shining and I'm never argumentative (well, hardly ever ).
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Post by Mr Snow on May 19, 2018 7:54:31 GMT
Sorry to be a party pooper but found this very ho hum. Was it a comedy? A pastiche? Ground breaking? Charming? Heart rendering? A. You do get bits but None of the above really.
Plus to be frank if you are going to put new songs alongside classics form the 30’s they’d better be rich and strong, merely pleasant will not do. One lyric mentioned Brando who was 14 in 1938. Then to bring in an electric guitar and rock beat. Oh dear.
On the plus side, almost enough to save the evening the really beautiful singing of Jos Slovic who thankfully is given most of the songs.
Saw their Flying Lovers of Mtensk earlier this year and loved it. It had lots of things that were weak or missing here. Real charm, tenderness, lightness of touch, and purpose.
Q Why do their shows get listed in plays on here? I think stylistically they fit the Musicals category far better.
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Post by Mr Snow on May 19, 2018 7:36:17 GMT
Today I am resolute in my total indifference.
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Post by Mr Snow on May 18, 2018 14:53:04 GMT
Can this really be true? Where the "drinks are free"?
Can Ryan get a season ticket?
So many questions....
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Post by Mr Snow on May 15, 2018 18:20:01 GMT
Is this topic now a bunch of trivial annoyances rather than unpopular opinions? We need more people declaring a liking for something most people dislike. I have a good one - I was on Heather Mills’ side. How long have you worked for Mischcon de Reya? Lawyers... pah!
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Post by Mr Snow on May 15, 2018 6:08:53 GMT
Possibly but I think he was attracted by another feminine conquest as much as her wealth, and the financial deal was her way of keeping him interested. She's quite the sophisticated lady and she's fully aware, where as Joey is just a man thinking with his "little brain". "Lost my heart but what of it? My mistake, I agree He's a laugh, but I love it Because the laugh's on me" A similar case in point was the recent An American in Paris. Several on here said they felt uneasy about the 4 guys chasing the uninterested girl. No one commented on the older lady who was clearly modelled on, but not nearly as deeply drawn, as Mrs. Simpson. I felt she was as predatory as the men. I was being *slightly* mischievous. But as for "the financial deal was her way of keeping him interested". Weinstein might have said the same; and he might have been "aware", too. Read more: theatreboard.co.uk/thread/4807/when-book-work?page=2#ixzz5FVLoMYwMNow you've lost the plot. To the best of my knowledge Weinstein was sex if you want the contract. Joey and Mrs Simposn were an item i.e. they both enjoyed the situation. The 'contract' was because she was trying to maintain the situation when his head got turned by the new kid in town. Not the same at all. As I said, perhaps the time is not right for this material. We live in a time of headlines and such subtleties would get lost.
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Post by Mr Snow on May 14, 2018 6:32:01 GMT
It’s been a loooong time since Dennis Lawson and Sian Philips hooked me into musical comedy with a WE revival of Pal Joey. I thought is so good I went about 5 times in one summer. It doesn’t get revived despite some of the best songs ever, Bewitched, I could write a book (Lady is a Tramp in the film version) etc. I read an interview where Hytner said he wanted to do it but couldn’t work out a ‘fix’ the second half. I’ve never quite understood that. I’m sure just one more Rogers & Hart song added after the interval is needed. Also when it was first produced they were wary of the fact the main character is something of a ‘heel’. Today we are used to plots featuring this and an ending showing Joey, down on his luck until some new woman has the misfortune to meet his considerable charm could show the cyclical behaviour of such characters and end on a bittersweet upnote. (Although in the age of “Me Too” the timing might not be right for a musical about a “loveable rogue”. There’s no suggestion of coercion, but a womaniser he remains.) I think you are blinded by "Me Too" to what's going on in Pal Joey. Mrs Simpson is a rich predatory woman who makes Joey sleep with her before she will fund his night club. Or is it all right if a woman does it? Possibly but I think he was attracted by another feminine conquest as much as her wealth, and the financial deal was her way of keeping him interested. She's quite the sophisticated lady and she's fully aware, where as Joey is just a man thinking with his "little brain". "Lost my heart but what of it? My mistake, I agree He's a laugh, but I love it Because the laugh's on me" A similar case in point was the recent An American in Paris. Several on here said they felt uneasy about the 4 guys chasing the uninterested girl. No one commented on the older lady who was clearly modelled on, but not nearly as deeply drawn, as Mrs. Simpson. I felt she was as predatory as the men.
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Post by Mr Snow on May 11, 2018 15:53:23 GMT
Excellent find. Sadly can't make it. Here's a local one for you. Same co. that did the excellent Onegin. I dont think bookinng is open yet. www.operaupclose.com/maria-stuarda
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