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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 14, 2022 22:43:11 GMT
It’s incredible. I very rarely see musicals and this is just an instant and obvious hit.
The dancing and choreography are particular highlights. It’s also just very very funny. You can tell it’s a James Graham script and if you like James Graham’s plays go see this, because he puts his stamp on it more than perhaps book writers generally do.
There are quite a few costume changes and the costumes are all bang on for the time period, as we move through the 70s and 80s. It’s a very colourful production.
I was also sitting behind Emilia Clarke who seemed to like it!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 14, 2022 22:04:00 GMT
Anyone worried they didn’t get tickets, don’t be. This is going to run in the West End for about a million years.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 9, 2022 11:33:51 GMT
If you google “Samuel Whiskers” you’ll see the big fat theatre-going rodents are exceptionally well-dressed!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 4, 2022 11:25:47 GMT
The casting choice is splitting their audience. CHF’s fans tend to be younger girls who likely have a limited interest in Brecht. And do Brecht fans want to see an influencer and MT performer who has no training or straight acting experience? I was desperate to see this when it was first announced because I love Brecht but CHF’s name has given me serious reservations; I’m going to hold off on booking until reviews or at least forum posts start to come in. I have quite a few friends who love Brecht and would have booked straight away if there’d been a respected stage actor in the lead (or even an unknown) but are wary of the stunt casting, and what it might indicate for other changes.
Otoh she’s a name so clearly people will see it for her, or out of curiosity to see her first straight acting role.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 2, 2022 12:07:18 GMT
No, generally starts at 7pm not 7.30 (but presumably not since it’s a date change), lots of critics in the audience, probably some celebs, little sheep pen in the middle of the foyer with critics drinking bad wine.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 1, 2022 12:52:00 GMT
Since when is being on TodayTix a sign of anything? Practically everything (except very small shows or productions in smaller venues) is on TodayTix. Prima Facie was on Today Tix and that was like hen’s teeth.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 29, 2022 18:36:04 GMT
RSC. Richard III. 200 school children walking in halfway through the first half. 200 children eating their packed lunches and chatting non-stop. Barely made it to the end without a murder charge.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 29, 2022 18:26:26 GMT
If the RSC want to be more attractive to audiences may I suggest a) Not encouraging 200-person schools groups (maybe have special performances just for huge school groups?) b) Not permitting 200-person schools groups to enter in the middle of a scene. If you’re very late you have to wait for the interval or a suitable break. C) Actually enforcing their supposedly strict no food rule rather than ignoring the fact 200 children are happily munching their packed lunches and ripping bags of crisps open all throughout Richard III even though actual literal feeding time at the elephant house at the zoo is quieter.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 24, 2022 12:06:44 GMT
The way they’ve treated Jewish playwrights and other Jewish artists over the past six months has been appalling. They clearly think they’ve ticked off “do anti antisemitism” now and don’t ever need to think about Jews ever again.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 19, 2022 22:44:52 GMT
Anyone spot all the references in the dentist scene? Do you mean the names of all the dentists whose names are shown next to the door buzzers when Saoirse Ronan rings them all because she doesn’t know which dentist Sam Rockwell (supposedly) went to? If so, I missed the references because they went by too fast. Care to share in a spoiler? I only recognised one Norman Gale which is the name of a character in Agatha Christie’s ‘Death in the Clouds’, a character who is a dentist and turns out to be the killer. . I read that they’re all the name of dentist characters from other works of fiction.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 18, 2022 19:05:09 GMT
Anyone spot all the references in the dentist scene?
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 13, 2022 10:38:05 GMT
No. This is not North Korea. I will absolutely not be forced to “respect” something I believe is actively evil.
Obviously I wouldn’t do something that actively intrudes into someone else’s right to mark their own political beliefs eg playing music or talking. I personally would read a book.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 13, 2022 9:57:03 GMT
It’s outrageous that anyone should feel pressured or judged into standing for a political statement.
I wouldn’t stand if I had a gun to my head. I feel very very strongly about that - it’s a complete abuse of my rights as a person living in what is supposed to be a democracy.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 11, 2022 10:53:22 GMT
There’s tradition and tradition, though. Much of the spectacle of monarchy are traditions going back centuries.
However, Meghan has been widely slammed for not following “traditions” invented by Diana which are at most 40 years old.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 10, 2022 23:32:51 GMT
I would have done the same as a deliberate anti-monarchal statement.
I have strong antipathy towards everything the Queen stood for. I can acknowledge that an elderly woman with a family died and her death is as sad as that of any other elderly mother and grandmother, but I would very very strongly resent being requested or emotionally blackmailed to do anything to mark the passing of someone who who meant nothing to me.
IMO mourning should always be a personal choice.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 9, 2022 22:11:51 GMT
Does Jermyn Street Theatre have a stage door or do the cast exit through the bar? Asking for a friend!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 8, 2022 18:05:29 GMT
RIP. End of an era.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 8, 2022 17:59:37 GMT
If it’s not actually about snails in a house share then I’m not interested.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 8, 2022 17:58:53 GMT
I’ve taken the P out of this for a long time but when I finally actually saw it, I really really enjoyed it!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 8, 2022 17:29:43 GMT
She sued the Mail for copyright and privacy violation because they printed a private letter which allegedly had murkier skullduggery going on behind it. She didn’t sue them for libel, though they have objectively libelled her (since they’ve been forced to print retractions). And she and Harry also sued a pap agency for taking pictures of their child illegally.
She’s never sued anyone for libel, has she? Made complaints (which all the younger royals do - the Cambridges are far more aggressive in making legal threats and complaints about press coverage) but not actually taken anyone to court. So why would she start now?
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 8, 2022 16:56:29 GMT
Having read Tom Bower’s book about her I don’t think she deserves a break. This is the same Tom Bower who has written hatchet jobs on Corbyn, Boris, Blair, Prince Charles and many others and yet has never been sued. Even since the publication of Revenge, the extremely litigious Meghan has been silent. That says everything. The book has already been debunked as full of lies. Two of the people directly involved in events the book heavily discusses are on record as saying it’s lies. Bower has also said very racist things about black women other than Meghan - his comments about the Caribbean female politicians and women living in that area re the disastrous Cambridge tour were awful. Bower peddles lies and hate - the book was written specifically to be a hatchet job. The reason he hasn’t been sued is because no one wants to give him ammunition and attention. Not being sued doesn’t mean someone is right or truthful. Plenty of people and publications have made up lies about Meghan and not been sued. It isn’t really true that she’s litigious - the very rare times she’s sued have been insert extreme circumstances.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 6, 2022 13:10:13 GMT
The director was involved in a racism scandal a few years ago over a play about minorities that didn’t have a single minority in the cast or crew, where minorities were threatened for raising concerns. Not the hands I’d most trust with this particular story.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 5, 2022 12:33:42 GMT
Charles Edwards is not returning as Gore Vidal due to (presumably) a scheduling clash. Amazon's Rings of Power season 2 begins production in October. Rehearsals for the play start around the same time, ready for a November start. Aww man gutted!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 3, 2022 18:54:23 GMT
I’ve been told he’s been joining in via Zoom. And that he’s been fairly active and involved over the course of the past few years. I don’t know what “hands on” means but it sounds like he’s been more involved than he allegedly was on Prada. However, if this turns out to be the James Graham and Jake Shears show (with a lil bit Elton) that would be fine by me.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 2, 2022 10:58:27 GMT
The latter. It’s nothing to do with any previous work about Tammy.
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