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Post by zahidf on May 3, 2018 14:37:19 GMT
Sounds like a lot of fun!
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Post by bellboard27 on May 3, 2018 15:12:21 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2018 15:20:31 GMT
Oh smashing. I've been wasted many times at the Southwark Playhouse. Can't wait. Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy I've come home, I'm so cold Let me in through your window I hope they do that one. Complete with interpretive Kate Bush dance.  |
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Post by ali973 on May 3, 2018 16:10:22 GMT
Another handheld microphone musical.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 3, 2018 16:28:54 GMT
Sounds dreary AF.
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Post by zermatt on May 3, 2018 18:23:30 GMT
Admin of a Theatreboard being catty about the announcement a new show. How supportive of the industry. We moan about the lack of new shows and then people come up with comments like this the minute a new one gets announced? No wonder the industry is awash with revivals and jukebox deadwood. |
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Post by ceebee on May 4, 2018 14:35:26 GMT
I'm not admin but I think it sounds bloody dreary.
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Post by sf on May 4, 2018 16:46:02 GMT
When I saw the title of this thread I was hoping for a musical adaptation of the Kate Tempest play. Oh well.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2018 17:25:55 GMT
Yes come on people our Mods are entitled to an opinion as much as the next person....
And to borrow someone's comment from another thread, new musical or no, just because you can doesn't mean you should....
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Post by sf on May 4, 2018 17:36:00 GMT
I suppose it's too much to hope that it'll include a song based on Victoria Wood's Bronte Burgers monologue?
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Post by woobl on Jul 30, 2018 17:43:45 GMT
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Sept 7, 2018 12:10:27 GMT
Anyone planning to get Wasted at Southwark Playhouse now that this has started previews?
Tempted to book because of the rather fabulous cast but holding off doing so until the first reports are in!
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Post by showgirl on Sept 7, 2018 13:49:53 GMT
I was tempted until I listened to a track to which the theatre posted a Twitter link; it was (imo, obviously) absolutely horrible, to the extent that I couldn't sit through the whole song. So now I'm awaiting reports/ reviews.
Does seem odd programming for the theatre to have a musical in both spaces; can't recall that happening before.
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Post by Mark on Sept 7, 2018 14:14:02 GMT
A friend went last night and said it was way too long.
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Post by Dr Tom on Sept 10, 2018 14:01:25 GMT
Tomorrow's matinee has been cancelled due to technical difficulties.
(this evening and tomorrow evening still seems to be on though)
I've rebooked to attend in a couple of weeks.
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Post by westendcub on Sept 10, 2018 17:06:19 GMT
Mixed feelings on this one!
Friend and I rocked up on Saturday afternoon & got us a preview price ticket an hour before curtain up (I would say only 50% full).
Now the performers are all solid, the on stage band are great along with a simple but clever stage & props & I learnt many things about the Bronte family.
There’s some great songs in the mix but also some very middle of road ones and most aren’t memorable- however I did love the Act 1 closer ‘5 years time’ & there’s a fantastic recurring one about them all being in the same room (I was so disappointed they didn’t reprise it at the end for the finale as would have been rousing and logical) actually the final song ‘Wasted’ just didn’t work & hope this changes prior to opening.
It’s too long & whilst it has good elements and moments as described it’s one of those I would find hard to recommend to others.
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Post by woobl on Sept 11, 2018 11:37:20 GMT
I went last night. Looked to be about a third full.
I was a bit on the fence when it started but I actually really enjoyed the show. It's certainly not your average 'musical' as the music swings between rock and other similar music. The cast are great and Natasha Barnes especially has a storming number in Act 2. The story is very much about the Brontes' lives and there's some comedic moments around the brother who didn't amount to much. I quite enjoyed the idea that they didn't know how famous their work was until after they died. Definitely fits in with the current trend of strong female led shows like Six. Worth a look if you fancy something a bit different.
P.S. Someone earlier mentioned it being too long in an earlier preview but last night seemed to nip along. I guess they've made cuts since then?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 11, 2018 15:14:18 GMT
Were the lives of the Brontes really interesting then? I thought it was a case of born, moved t’Parsonage in t’Howarth, wrote a book, got consumption, died.
The End.
Do you remember that scene in the Rita, Sue and Bob Too film where they go on a school trip to Haworth and they girlsend up having a fight in the street 😆
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Sept 11, 2018 16:08:07 GMT
Were the lives of the Brontes really interesting then? I thought it was a case of born, moved t’Parsonage in t’Howarth, wrote a book, got consumption, died. The End. Do you remember that scene in the Rita, Sue and Bob Too film where they go on a school trip to Haworth and they girlsend up having a fight in the street 😆 Watch Sally Wainwright’s ‘To Walk Invisible’, a really good couple of hours or so TV version that fills in a lot of detail. Branwell is the catalyst, the favoured son who squandered everything whilst the daughters cleared up his mess (sometimes quite literally). |
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Post by dlevi on Sept 12, 2018 23:17:12 GMT
Saw this tonight and quite enjoyed it. It's messy and clearly needs cutting ( especially the second act which could've ended at any point ) but Natasha Barnes is terrific as is the band and the overall production. I hope it finds an audience during its brief run. But with Sylvia and Six also playing it seems like audiences have too many choices for proto-feminist rock musicals all of which owe a considerable debt ( creatively and commercially) to Hamilton.
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 25, 2018 17:17:42 GMT
Nearly left this at the interval today, and if it wasn't so bloomin' cold out there and London's coffee shops weren't so expensive, I would have.
It's very much a case of strong voices singing terrible songs. There are a handful of good/ok ones (literally 4 max) but the rest is either forgettable or just painful. Singing into handheld microphones got very irritating, with not being able to understand half of what the case were singing and them constantly faffing with the cables. It also felt very long (2 hours 40 including interval, although 10 minutes of that was a show stop).
I'm glad I finally saw Natasha Barnes in something, she was fantastic, but as a whole I can't say I particularly enjoyed it! A bargain though as always 😀
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Post by Dr Tom on Sept 25, 2018 21:38:25 GMT
Also there this afternoon (rearranged from the previous cancellation).
The 10 minute stop was about 20 minutes in. I notice two people left at that point and didn’t return. More left at the interval. Slightly under one third full, but the whole concept of an unknown concept rock musical must be a hard sell. Still finished in the announced 2 hours 40, so not sure where it was cut (the interval didn’t seem particularly short).
The sound was terrible and it was hard to make out a lot of the words. I did piece the story together. Thankfully the Brontes didn’t have that exciting a life to try and follow (or if they did, it didn’t come across).
Credit to the hard working cast of four (and the band who also joined in some of the singing). This is bare stage, held microphones with cables, modern items used as props they looked nothing like.
I am glad I stayed until the second half as things picked up then. I think there’s a decent one act musical in there somewhere.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2018 22:24:00 GMT
For some reason I thought this was a thread about how the Southwark Playhouse is wasted. I assumed it was empty or something.
Terrible name for a musical...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2018 23:19:17 GMT
For some reason I thought this was a thread about how the Southwark Playhouse is wasted. I assumed it was empty or something. Terrible name for a musical... You are not alone. I thought the same up to a few days ago. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 26, 2018 6:48:20 GMT
Sounds like it IS wasted on this production.
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Post by jgblunners on Sept 26, 2018 10:32:53 GMT
I was also there yesterday afternoon - I seriously considered leaving during the show stop, but I'm glad I stayed as while Act One was pretty abysmal, Act Two was actually quite good. I agree that if they made some heavy cuts and took it down to a one act show it could have real potential. As it stands, transitions between songs and scenes are not smooth at all, a lot of the lyrics are clunky (and hard to hear despite great diction from the cast) and while the lighter music is very pleasant, the heavier rock songs are really quite terribly written. The programme notes begin by comparing the Brontës to the Beatles, and I can't help but think this show would work much better with Bealtes-style music rather than heavy rock. Credit to the performers though, who worked very hard for a small crowd. I could listen to Natasha Barnes sing for the rest of time and some of the best moments of this show were when she was allowed to really let rip with her voice. Molly Lynch's soprano is beautiful and she surprised me with the strength of her belt too, and while Siobhan Athwal seemed to be channelling some odd hybrid of Kate Bush and Gollum, she had a solid voice too. I loved the lighting, and the set was pretty standard for Southwark but a good use of the space nonetheless (although the wired microphones were just awkward, the cast were constantly fighting to untangle them).
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