Don’t think this has been done on here before, but thought a threatre thread might work. Here we go darlings…
Went to watch The Lady From The Sea at the Bridge Theatre last night. Stunning adaption starring Andrew Lincoln and Alicia Vikander in a modern, purpose built, venue. I love the old West End theatres and their sense of history but, as a 6ft 5in tall bloke, being able to fit into seats and not cramp up during a performance, made for a much more enjoyable experience.
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I’m by no means a huge theater guy but this last weekend my girlfriend, her parents and i went to see a small local production of Girshwin and Ludwig’s Crazy For You. For such a small town- Elkader, Iowa, poulation 1200, it was all incredibly well done. Acting, ensemble singing, big dance numbers, sets, costumes, lighting, etc all, to my unrefined theater going self, were on par with what I’d expect from a professional company in an urban center. Bravo to the theater.
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Nice, well if we are doing musicals, then The Harder They Come at Theatre Royal Stratford East is meant to be great. Just got my tickets. I used to hate musicals, but my daughter got me into them.
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I get to the theatre a fair bit as my wife is a big theatre goer. Mind you last thing I saw was with a mate: Romans, A Novel at the Almeida. Absolute madness. Great acting, Kyle Soller especially, and a crazy story of brotherhood and masculinity across three different time periods. It was hard to work out if it was genius or absolutely piss takingly terrible. I enjoyed it though.
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Never imagined I’d share this on here but I once played a Norwegian undertaker in an amateur production, in 2012. Had so much fun with the cast & wish I’d done more.
Saw many plays as a kid, but in more recent years gravitated to standups. Sadowitz is arguably the funniest man I ever saw on stage with John Cooper Clarke not far behind.
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Jerry Sadowitz is the only comedian I’ve seen who left me aghast at times. A true one off.
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I hate most musicals but I love the film version of Oliver! with Oliver Reed as Fagin- obsessed with it as a kid.
Don’t go to the theatre that often but last thing I saw live was an adaptation of The Crucible
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It never gets old, a great film.
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Don’t know why it took me so long to realise that Annie is basically just Oliver Twist with a girl lead
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The Mrs and I started going to the theatre because we semi-retired from clubbing every weekend but still wanted to, you know, go out and do something- and together.
For the first few months the price of tickets really annoyed me and stuck in my throat but then I realised that I was previously chucking £100+ at a night out that I couldn’t really remember .
I’m still feeling my way into the whole concept of the thing but when it delivers it is amazing.
Still on in London are (I think) ‘Stereophonic’, ‘Punch’,Mary Page Marlowe’ and ‘Oliver’.
Whats really punishing in all this is the cost of a babysitter to add to the bill…
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Saw Punch at the Young Vic. Excellent.
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Strong recommend for The Line of Beauty at the Almeida. Brilliant adaptation of the novel about 1980s decadence. Some top 80s clobber and tunes.
Trigger warning: lots of Tories and Thatcher makes an appearance.
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Oliver is fantastic. Think how those songs have endured for nearly 60 years. I loved the film as a kid too. We saw a great version a couple of years ago in Leeds with the bloke who used to do Lenny Beige as Fagin. Absolutely magical night.
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Also an unashamedly massive fan.
I love Dickens and I’ve always felt it’s more Dickens than Dickens.
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I read Great Expectations at school and it took me ages to get it, but when the twists all came together at the end, I realised just how clever it was.
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Makes me quite emotional when it pops up on telly- can’t really explain why… just resonates with me remembering being young…
I dunno, there’s just a purity to it- and yet at the same time it has that grit that most musicals lack
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Ditto 
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Not a very Dickensian version but …
My kids are 22 and 25, its still a christmas must watch.
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