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Not very recently but I have seen Guy Masterson twice in the last year. First performing a Christmas Carol and then Under Milkwood.
These are solo performances where he plays every character with virtually no props, and they are absolutely brilliant. He seems to do small threatres and I can't see any up and coming tours but definitely worth seeing if you get the chance.
These are solo performances where he plays every character with virtually no props, and they are absolutely brilliant. He seems to do small threatres and I can't see any up and coming tours but definitely worth seeing if you get the chance.
The only time I have ever walked out of a theatre midway through the production - Wicked.
What a load of banshee-waling tripe.
The worst of it was, the sister-in-law had bought us tickets and bigged up the show, the mother in law had been to see it multiple times and had raved on. My wife was all for leaving 20 mins in, but I wanted to give it another chance after the interval. Big mistake! What the heck do people see in it?
Anyway - I took my Mum and daughter to see Hamilton last week and it was amazing!
What a load of banshee-waling tripe.
The worst of it was, the sister-in-law had bought us tickets and bigged up the show, the mother in law had been to see it multiple times and had raved on. My wife was all for leaving 20 mins in, but I wanted to give it another chance after the interval. Big mistake! What the heck do people see in it?
Anyway - I took my Mum and daughter to see Hamilton last week and it was amazing!
thepawbroon said:
The only time I have ever walked out of a theatre midway through the production - Wicked.
What a load of banshee-waling tripe.
The worst of it was, the sister-in-law had bought us tickets and bigged up the show, the mother in law had been to see it multiple times and had raved on. My wife was all for leaving 20 mins in, but I wanted to give it another chance after the interval. Big mistake! What the heck do people see in it?
Anyway - I took my Mum and daughter to see Hamilton last week and it was amazing!
I took a friend and her daughters to see Wicked in the West End back in 2017, the girls were both thought it was brilliant and their eyes never left the stage, I was less sure, the audio in the theatre wasn't brilliant and though we had good seats I wouldn't even put it in my top 20,What a load of banshee-waling tripe.
The worst of it was, the sister-in-law had bought us tickets and bigged up the show, the mother in law had been to see it multiple times and had raved on. My wife was all for leaving 20 mins in, but I wanted to give it another chance after the interval. Big mistake! What the heck do people see in it?
Anyway - I took my Mum and daughter to see Hamilton last week and it was amazing!
Ticket sales stats don't lie though, so it must be us who're wrong lol
Cotty said:
Baldchap said:
I'd like to see the Back to the Future stage show.
Luckily we'd also booked the back to the future musical which we, after the first five minutes, thought was for kids and we'd leave at the interval (as we did with Wicked), but we stayed with it and both thoroughly enjoyed it.
Whenever I am forced to go to the theatre it always reminds me of this.
I just sit there looking around thinking "Am I the only one who thinks this is a load of w
k". It seems to me the audience is tourists and people who think they are doing something cultured.
I watched some parts of Only Fools and Horses on YouTube and I just think WTAF, people pay to watch this crap?
I just sit there looking around thinking "Am I the only one who thinks this is a load of w
k". It seems to me the audience is tourists and people who think they are doing something cultured.I watched some parts of Only Fools and Horses on YouTube and I just think WTAF, people pay to watch this crap?
thepawbroon said:
The only time I have ever walked out of a theatre midway through the production - Wicked.
What a load of banshee-waling tripe.
The worst of it was, the sister-in-law had bought us tickets and bigged up the show, the mother in law had been to see it multiple times and had raved on. My wife was all for leaving 20 mins in, but I wanted to give it another chance after the interval. Big mistake! What the heck do people see in it?
Anyway - I took my Mum and daughter to see Hamilton last week and it was amazing!
We (two couples) went to New York and had tickets to Wicked. I looked round to see my wife's friend frantically flicking through the programme for a run-time. Then she fell asleep.What a load of banshee-waling tripe.
The worst of it was, the sister-in-law had bought us tickets and bigged up the show, the mother in law had been to see it multiple times and had raved on. My wife was all for leaving 20 mins in, but I wanted to give it another chance after the interval. Big mistake! What the heck do people see in it?
Anyway - I took my Mum and daughter to see Hamilton last week and it was amazing!
It was woeful.
Joey Deacon said:
Whenever I am forced to go to the theatre it always reminds me of this.
I just sit there looking around thinking "Am I the only one who thinks this is a load of wk". It seems to me the audience is tourists and people who think they are doing something cultured.
I watched some parts of Only Fools and Horses on YouTube and I just think WTAF, people pay to watch this crap?
My dislike of theatre and subsequent sleeping episodes were as a result of The Snowman about a decade ago. When the Snowman came onto the stage I looked and thought: "It's just a bloke in a really really bad shaggy bear suit - that looks like nothing in the cartoon film or drawings!" Then a minute later the Snowman rose in the air to a rapturous applause from a standing audience who mainly seemed to be tourists. I looked around in disbelief at the throng applauding thinking what do you see that I'm missing - bloke in shaggy bear suit pretending to fly with really thick wires. It was crap. Yet to everyone else it was good. Does paying money to see something make you think it's good?I just sit there looking around thinking "Am I the only one who thinks this is a load of w
k". It seems to me the audience is tourists and people who think they are doing something cultured.I watched some parts of Only Fools and Horses on YouTube and I just think WTAF, people pay to watch this crap?
vikingaero said:
My dislike of theatre and subsequent sleeping episodes were as a result of The Snowman about a decade ago. When the Snowman came onto the stage I looked and thought: "It's just a bloke in a really really bad shaggy bear suit - that looks like nothing in the cartoon film or drawings!" Then a minute later the Snowman rose in the air to a rapturous applause from a standing audience who mainly seemed to be tourists. I looked around in disbelief at the throng applauding thinking what do you see that I'm missing - bloke in shaggy bear suit pretending to fly with really thick wires. It was crap. Yet to everyone else it was good. Does paying money to see something make you think it's good?
I didn't mind too much when you used to be able to get really cheap last minute tickets pre Covid. We got front row tickets to School of rock for £26 each and that included a voucher each to get a coffee and cake from some cafe nearby.Then the prices started to edge up, soon it was £50 then £60 for "Bat out of hell" . Buying tickets on my girlfriends birthday for "Mary Poppins" was over £100 each, the b
d at the counter knew I had no choice but to pay it. What an utter waste of money.I haven't been recently, but I am guessing you get fleeced £150 a ticket now to watch this crap? I am sure they could come up with a music about working in an office with a musical number about putting paper in the printer and people would rave about it.
Honestly, it's a massive case of the emperors new clothes as far as I am concerned.
You can get better value if you go to the regional theatres where there will be travelling versions of some West End productions. The downside is that the sets are less sophisticated as they need to be transportable.
As for "Wicked", I saw it last year and genuinely enjoyed it. I am easily pleased though.
Some amateur companies have good reputations (including the one I'm a member of) so it is worthwhile having a look to see what your local amateur groups may be up to. Our most expensive tickets are around the £20 mark these days so not bad value compared to full-on professional productions.
The last show we did (Rent) had quite a few principals who were professionally trained (been to and qualified from drama school) so it looked and sounded very professional.
As for "Wicked", I saw it last year and genuinely enjoyed it. I am easily pleased though.
Some amateur companies have good reputations (including the one I'm a member of) so it is worthwhile having a look to see what your local amateur groups may be up to. Our most expensive tickets are around the £20 mark these days so not bad value compared to full-on professional productions.
The last show we did (Rent) had quite a few principals who were professionally trained (been to and qualified from drama school) so it looked and sounded very professional.
Joey Deacon said:
I am sure they could come up with a music about working in an office with a musical number about putting paper in the printer and people would rave about it.
9 to 5: The MusicalAnother vote for "Book of Mormon" here. It's the only show I've ever been to more than once - have seen it 3 times with my wife, and we thoroughly enjoyed it on each occasion, as did the different friends/family we took with us.
Recently we were booked to go to "The Crucible" at the Gielgud Theatre. Read the book in preparation, and we were both looking forward to it. Unfortunately I came down with Covid, so Mrs CnC went on her own and thought it was great. Whilst she was there, I watched the Digital Theatre video of the production at the Old Vic directed by Yaël Farber, starring Richard Armitage as John Proctor, which was also excellent, and thoroughly recommended.
A few months ago, we went to "Wicked" mainly because Mrs CnC wanted to see it. She enjoyed it, as did most of the rest of the audience. It's not really my thing, so it's not one I'd wish to see again, but it was still quite enjoyable and definitely wasn't bad enough to consider walking out IMHO.
Latest thing we've seen was this weekend just gone. Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House. As someone else mentioned, no chance of falling asleep given the cost of the tickets, and although I'm not the biggest fan of opera, it was absolutely brilliant. Amartuvshin Enkhbat was superb as Rigoletto, as was Pretty Yende as Gilda.
On a much smaller scale, from time to time, we'll go to a local theatre group - East Lane Theatre which is based just round the corner from where we used to live in Sudbury Town, North West London. We first saw a flyer for it in winter years ago and decided to give it a try. The outside was less than inspiring, looking like an old portacabin behind some iron railings, and I said to Mrs CnC to take a warm coat, and expect a few hard plastic chairs. When we arrived, the door was opened by an elderly gentleman in black tie and it was like walking into a different world. There was a small, but cosy bar area, decorated like an old theatre. When the bell rang, we went through another door to find a wonderful 80 seat theatre with proper tiered seats. The play was "The House of Bernada Alba", and they did a wonderful job. We later saw the same play at the National Theatre, and we both agreed the East Lane production was better. Since then we've seen many plays at ELTC, and as it's an amateur group, some productions are better than others, but many are really good, and it's always an enjoyable evening out.
Recently we were booked to go to "The Crucible" at the Gielgud Theatre. Read the book in preparation, and we were both looking forward to it. Unfortunately I came down with Covid, so Mrs CnC went on her own and thought it was great. Whilst she was there, I watched the Digital Theatre video of the production at the Old Vic directed by Yaël Farber, starring Richard Armitage as John Proctor, which was also excellent, and thoroughly recommended.
A few months ago, we went to "Wicked" mainly because Mrs CnC wanted to see it. She enjoyed it, as did most of the rest of the audience. It's not really my thing, so it's not one I'd wish to see again, but it was still quite enjoyable and definitely wasn't bad enough to consider walking out IMHO.
Latest thing we've seen was this weekend just gone. Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House. As someone else mentioned, no chance of falling asleep given the cost of the tickets, and although I'm not the biggest fan of opera, it was absolutely brilliant. Amartuvshin Enkhbat was superb as Rigoletto, as was Pretty Yende as Gilda.
On a much smaller scale, from time to time, we'll go to a local theatre group - East Lane Theatre which is based just round the corner from where we used to live in Sudbury Town, North West London. We first saw a flyer for it in winter years ago and decided to give it a try. The outside was less than inspiring, looking like an old portacabin behind some iron railings, and I said to Mrs CnC to take a warm coat, and expect a few hard plastic chairs. When we arrived, the door was opened by an elderly gentleman in black tie and it was like walking into a different world. There was a small, but cosy bar area, decorated like an old theatre. When the bell rang, we went through another door to find a wonderful 80 seat theatre with proper tiered seats. The play was "The House of Bernada Alba", and they did a wonderful job. We later saw the same play at the National Theatre, and we both agreed the East Lane production was better. Since then we've seen many plays at ELTC, and as it's an amateur group, some productions are better than others, but many are really good, and it's always an enjoyable evening out.
Edited by C n C on Monday 23 October 13:48
GliderRider said:
Joey Deacon said:
I am sure they could come up with a music about working in an office with a musical number about putting paper in the printer and people would rave about it.
9 to 5: The MusicalGliderRider said:
Joey Deacon said:
I am sure they could come up with a music about working in an office with a musical number about putting paper in the printer and people would rave about it.
9 to 5: The MusicalUtter s
te.Quite fancy The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre with Mark Gatiss as Sir John Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton.
Looked this morning and tickets for a decent seat were nearly £200.
Could go for a lot less, but seems pointless if you're not going to get a decent view of the performers.
Not really a theatre goer to be honest, but this has a certain appeal.
Last time we were dragged to a theatre it was for a musical with a load of singing kids, Whistle Down the Wind.
Looked this morning and tickets for a decent seat were nearly £200.
Could go for a lot less, but seems pointless if you're not going to get a decent view of the performers.
Not really a theatre goer to be honest, but this has a certain appeal.
Last time we were dragged to a theatre it was for a musical with a load of singing kids, Whistle Down the Wind.
Edited by vixen1700 on Monday 23 October 14:12
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