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Post by mrbarnaby on May 30, 2017 8:07:39 GMT
Yes sadly she just looks weird now and it's distracting. A big pulled face.
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Post by alece10 on May 30, 2017 10:48:02 GMT
Winsome to a faretheewell, La Kendal now looks like a dwarfish chipmunk. Sorry to say it but it's true. That's a bit cruel but she is shorter than I expected and the wig is awful. |
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Post by lonlad on May 31, 2017 15:30:20 GMT
She has been wigged and costumed to look absurd/grotesque -- a few years ago in HAY FEVER she looked fine.
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Post by zak97 on Jun 2, 2017 8:46:32 GMT
Saw Love in Idleness yesterday and really enjoyed it. An understudy was on for Eve Best, you'd have never known as she was absolutely fantastic. Enjoyed the plot, although there were definitely a few lulls in pacing, and still some really engaging moments - I feel it is a very Rattigan play of the period in that sense. At 2 hours 45 minutes I was concerned about half an hour in how they would drag it out to that length, but the last 30 minutes flew by. Set-wise, very good and quite elaborate. The transition to Baron's Court could have, perhaps, been better - you could see (and hear) the people changing the set behind the curtain and over the video.
For me, Charlotte Spencer is the absolute star of this piece - her comedy is perfection and it was when she was onstage that the speed of things really picked up. Sadly, the grand circle was closed and dress about 3/4 full.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2017 9:01:23 GMT
The menier have tweeted that the building is closed today on police advice and today's performance of L&L is cancelled
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Post by alece10 on Jun 4, 2017 9:04:50 GMT
The menier have tweeted that the building is closed today on police advice and today's performance of L&L is cancelled BBC live broadcast from just down the road. You can see Menier. |
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Post by lonlad on Jun 4, 2017 12:11:46 GMT
Interestingly, both shows are going ahead today at the Globe, which is 5 mins from the Menier (and Borough Market)
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Post by n1david on Jun 4, 2017 12:14:57 GMT
The Menier is actually within the cordon area, and I guess they don't know when that will be lifted, so don't want people to travel.
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Post by alece10 on Jun 4, 2017 14:28:52 GMT
The Menier is actually within the cordon area, and I guess they don't know when that will be lifted, so don't want people to travel. And BBC have been live all morning from Southwark Street and the road is closed off. You can clearly see Menier so it's well within the cordoned off area. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 8:54:30 GMT
Menier is closed again today
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Post by raiseitup on Jun 6, 2017 11:47:29 GMT
Also closed today
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 7, 2017 16:20:56 GMT
Good to see on Twitter that the Menier will be open tonight. I do hope they have cancellation insurance which covers being closed due to terrorism.
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Post by dlevi on Jun 8, 2017 14:12:00 GMT
Saw Lettice over the weekend and was very unimpressed. Almost no laughs. I remember the original with Dame Maggie being hilarious, thin but hilarious. This was simply deadly.
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Post by olly2288 on Jun 11, 2017 2:02:51 GMT
I saw Love in Idleness tonight and thought it was wonderful - chemistry between Tony Head and Eve Best is fantastic. Lots of laughs all round and Eve in particular is excellent. The theatre was incredibly quiet though for a Saturday night. We got upgraded to the stalls, which was an upgrade from several tiers above - I urge you to book a cheap ticket if you can make it, you never know where you might end up sitting and it's well worth it!  |
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Post by joem on Jun 13, 2017 17:04:11 GMT
Ok, so I've got tickets. What's the running time for Lettice anyone?
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Post by Marwood on Jun 13, 2017 18:23:52 GMT
About two hours forty five minutes from what I remember
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Post by johng on Jun 15, 2017 7:18:25 GMT
I saw in on 28 May and it ran 2 hours 30 minutes (Out by 6pm at a 3:30pm matinee)
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Post by alece10 on Jun 15, 2017 12:49:22 GMT
Ok, so I've got tickets. What's the running time for Lettice anyone? It's 2 hrs 40. With a 5 minute intermission for scene change and then 15 minute interval. Can stretch to 2hr 45 if lots of people nip to the loo in the 5 min intermission. |
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Post by alece10 on Jun 17, 2017 6:08:31 GMT
Finally got to see Love in Idleness last night. What a gem. Really enjoyed it and found it a lot funnier than I expected. Great cast especially Eve Best.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2017 9:03:24 GMT
Saw Lettuce & Lovage a few weeks back. Not as deadly as I had feared, if not a real winner.
I probably had the advantage of not seeing Dame Maggie before: I did go to a performance that she was supposed to be in but both leads were off that night and I was bemused that it was supposed to be a comedy as it was so dire. The understudies knew their lines but the timing was so off everything fell flat. I know it was bad as I remember it so well (I remember the good and the bad, but often the middle range become forgettable in time).
Having seen clips of Maggie Smith thought I'd give it another go. I don't dislike Felicity Kendall, but she was a too, well.... Felicity Kendall for my taste. Sort of fluffy and cute.
I did like Sam Dastor though, and the audience seemed reasonably appreciative which helped. Oh, and a nice meal with my friends in the restaurant beforehand, so not a bad trip on the whole.
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Post by joem on Jun 18, 2017 22:31:24 GMT
Well, I was pleasantly surprised by this. This might have been written by Alan Bennett, light but amusing fare.
It must have tightened up a fair bit from the early reviews and the previews which inspired them - it came in at just about 2hrs 30 min. No discernible prompts needed, one stumble on the carpet and some spilled drink. I get the feeling some of the criticism of Felicity Kendal was simply because she isn't Maggie Smith - but then, who is?
Pretty amusing, some laughs, and a full audience loved it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2017 7:59:05 GMT
TodayTix has £15 tickets for any Love in Idleness performance this week, including Saturday, only bookable today. Just tried and was offered row C of the stalls. Or £5 with a referral code such as SEZCE (other referral codes are available  ) |
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Post by Mr Crummles on Jun 19, 2017 9:42:41 GMT
I believe the play was written specifically for Maggie Smith, so it will always be hard to cast someone else as Lettice. If the actress playing the part cannot replicate the same level of exuberant and colourful wryness that is so natural in Maggie Smith, then I think the play can become very uninteresting. I think Judi Dench, however, would have been able to pull it off. It was a memorable show at the time, as far as I can remember it. The first act was especially funny. Like many other Peter Shaffer plays – such as Equus and Amadeus -, it’s about imagination, beauty and romance and this incredible characteristic human beings have of creating a wondrous world that exist only in our souls, and what a crime it is to kill it with suffocating rules and sterile pragmatism.
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Post by peggs on Jun 19, 2017 11:45:50 GMT
What is the set like for Love in Idleness please? Sight issues from row A?
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Post by alece10 on Jun 22, 2017 9:11:11 GMT
I am probably one of the last board members to see Lettice and Lovage. Thought it was ok and had its funny moments. For me it was overly long and I was bored half way through. But I'm not a lover of plays anyway. You could tell that the Lettice character was written for Maggie Smith as so many of the lines had her name written all over it and you could imagine her saying them. A friend I went with had seen her in the role and remarked how wonderful she was. Both leads were fine in their roles. Wouldn't want to see it again. I had seen Love in Idleness a few days before and really enjoyed it. Not that I should be comparing the two.
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