Saw Dr Strangelove last night. Knew nothing about it having not seen the film but really enjoyed it. Very clever. Much funnier than I thought it was going to be. Great theatre and great seats. Used some theatre vouchers.
Also saw Les mid for the 48362th time last week but not been for at least 10 years. Loved it. Hideously expensive to sit in decent seats though so sat up high. Still loved the show but cannot believe it’s that much but tourists clearly pay it! Mum wants to see the Ball and Boe Les mis tour but it’s not in London only up north which is disappointing.
Funnily enough I saw Alfie Boe in Les Miserables in New York. I had seen it previously in London and going into it I thought it would be crap being all sung. I ended up being impressed with the whole thing as a show, impressed but not touched. However at the end of the show in New York I was moved to tears, and that was from the cheapest, highest, furthest seats when I knew what was going to happen in the musical. Hard to explain.
Saw Dr Strangelove last night. Knew nothing about it having not seen the film but really enjoyed it. Very clever. Much funnier than I thought it was going to be. Great theatre and great seats. Used some theatre vouchers.
Also saw Les mid for the 48362th time last week but not been for at least 10 years. Loved it. Hideously expensive to sit in decent seats though so sat up high. Still loved the show but cannot believe it’s that much but tourists clearly pay it! Mum wants to see the Ball and Boe Les mis tour but it’s not in London only up north which is disappointing.
Will aim to get to Dr Strangelove based on these reviews.
Got a few coming up: Importance of being Earnest at NT with Nkuti Gatwa Elektra at Duke of York with Brie Larson and Stockard Channing Chekhov’s Three Sisters at The Globe
Will aim to get to Dr Strangelove based on these reviews.
Got a few coming up: Importance of being Earnest at NT with Nkuti Gatwa Elektra at Duke of York with Brie Larson and Stockard Channing Chekhov’s Three Sisters at The Globe
Many thanks for posting this. The reason I say it is because I had no idea that ‘Three Sisters’ was coming up at the Globe. Saw the Cherry Orchard at the Donmar earlier this year, and will see The Seagull at the Barbican in March. All I need now is to find a credible Uncle Vanya coming up soon, and with the Three Sisters tickets (hope they’re not sold out) that will be all of Chekhov’s major plays within a year!
It’ll be a tiny version of ground hopping or doing the 92😀 Going to an RSC production of Midsummer Nights Dream at the Barbican as soon as my nephew scores me the free tickets he has been promised by his company. Chekhov is derided and criticised by many, but like Shakespeare endures for a reason.
Heads up for those who are not aware, the National Theatre's "Nye", with Micheal Sheen, is available for free on You Tube from tonight at 7PM until the 11th.
Went to the Old Vic last night to see A Christmas Carol. John Simm is playing Ebenezer Scrooge this year. I thought his performance was fantastic and worth the ticket price alone. We go every year so there is not exactly anything much new to think about except each new lead brings a slightly different personality to the character. An excellent production based in a part of London not million miles from where Dickens based his novel. At the end of the performance Simms, as with all previous leads we have seen, makes a short speech about poverty and the unbelievable amount of people in this country who are stuck in poverty and hardship. The Old Vic supports a local charity every year and this year it was a local food bank who helped 25,000 people last year, for which there is a collection at each show. Over a 150 years since Dickens wrote Scrooge, many things have changed for the better but not for everyone.
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I had seen it previously in London and going into it I thought it would be crap being all sung.
I ended up being impressed with the whole thing as a show, impressed but not touched.
However at the end of the show in New York I was moved to tears, and that was from the cheapest, highest, furthest seats when I knew what was going to happen in the musical.
Hard to explain.
Excellent and throughly recommend. Only on until early January I believe so ticket options may be limited.
Importance of being Earnest at NT with Nkuti Gatwa
Elektra at Duke of York with Brie Larson and Stockard Channing
Chekhov’s Three Sisters at The Globe
Saw the Cherry Orchard at the Donmar earlier this year, and will see The Seagull at the Barbican in March. All I need now is to find a credible Uncle Vanya coming up soon, and with the Three Sisters tickets (hope they’re not sold out) that will be all of Chekhov’s major plays within a year!
Going to an RSC production of Midsummer Nights Dream at the Barbican as soon as my nephew scores me the free tickets he has been promised by his company.
Chekhov is derided and criticised by many, but like Shakespeare endures for a reason.
John Simm is playing Ebenezer Scrooge this year. I thought his performance was fantastic and worth the ticket price alone.
We go every year so there is not exactly anything much new to think about except each new lead brings a slightly different personality to the character.
An excellent production based in a part of London not million miles from where Dickens based his novel. At the end of the performance Simms, as with all previous leads we have seen, makes a short speech about poverty and the unbelievable amount of people in this country who are stuck in poverty and hardship. The Old Vic supports a local charity every year and this year it was a local food bank who helped 25,000 people last year, for which there is a collection at each show. Over a 150 years since Dickens wrote Scrooge, many things have changed for the better but not for everyone.