Thursday, 17 January 2013

The Magistrate, The National Theatre (The Olivier)

Present: Nic, Brian, Gill, Pierre-Yves, Luuk, Barbara, Nicola DL

It didn't get rave reviews in the press but we all heartily enjoyed this - a clever moving set that was repositioned around a chorus who sang "Gilbert and Sullivan"-ish songs that foretold the coming chaos on the next scene.  The boy, who didn't know he was a man, was entertaining yet oddly and comedically sinister and John Lithgow struck a quite excellent upper class English accent to play the worn-down magistrate.  Comic capers and entertainment for post-Christmas, blue January.  And a celebrity spot off stage as Felicity Kendall was in the audience - old Rosemary scrubs up well after the gardening.

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