Present: Nic, Helen
Date: June 27, 2012
Drinks: Post-theatre at the Propstore.
Kate was sadly too jet-lagged from her transatlantic travels to join us for this one and missed a treat. Although the reviews were mediocre, we enjoyed it immensely. Perhaps it didn't dig deep into the American psyche or seek to find reasons for, and answers to, societal malaise but it presented two differently dysfunctional couples and their catastrophic effect on each other through great acting and an astonishing set, with humour and pathos.
Entertaining theatre and that's what we go for.
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Thursday, 21 June 2012
Yes, Prime Minister; Trafalgar Studios
Present: Nic, Brian, Pierre-Yves, Luuk, Nicola DL, Barbara
Date: June 20, 2012
Dinner: Pre-theatre at Jom Makan, Trafalgar Square (Nic, Gill, Brian, Nicola)
Decent, not exceptional, food in quiet surrounds that suggested the restaurant wouldn't last, despite some dishes and rinks that we declared most authentic.
Yes, Prime Minister was funny but this was decent-ish, not exceptional theatre. The star of the show was Sir Humphrey Appleby, of course, with some great lines that really did echo the classic TV show - a couple of brilliant, verbose monologues - verbal sleight of hand. It was natural that this wouldn't live up to the classic TV series and it didn't and, sadly, when many of the cast of this production transferred to a new version of the TV show later the same year, it fell flat, feeling more two-dimensional and false than this stage version.
Date: June 20, 2012
Dinner: Pre-theatre at Jom Makan, Trafalgar Square (Nic, Gill, Brian, Nicola)
Decent, not exceptional, food in quiet surrounds that suggested the restaurant wouldn't last, despite some dishes and rinks that we declared most authentic.
Yes, Prime Minister was funny but this was decent-ish, not exceptional theatre. The star of the show was Sir Humphrey Appleby, of course, with some great lines that really did echo the classic TV show - a couple of brilliant, verbose monologues - verbal sleight of hand. It was natural that this wouldn't live up to the classic TV series and it didn't and, sadly, when many of the cast of this production transferred to a new version of the TV show later the same year, it fell flat, feeling more two-dimensional and false than this stage version.
Friday, 1 June 2012
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