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Post by TallPaul on May 18, 2022 17:14:44 GMT
Great news, I was to see it on the day all theatres closed their doors in 2000. Why did they close for the Millennium? There was a bug going around. 😉
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Post by edi on May 18, 2022 17:26:47 GMT
Great news, I was to see it on the day all theatres closed their doors in 2000. Why did they close for the Millennium? I really don't know why but I always confuse the years between 2000-2009 with 2010-2019... and I just lost the plot beyond 2020. Maybe it's wishful thinking - as I am getting older I cannot believe we are already in the years 2020...
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Post by partytentdown on May 18, 2022 17:44:47 GMT
Did we ever work out if this is supposed to have THE in the title
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Post by Rory on May 18, 2022 18:02:43 GMT
I think it is definitely 'The Upstart Crow' to distinguish it from the telly version.
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Post by edi on Oct 9, 2022 9:12:19 GMT
Yesterday afternoon I bagged a £35 front row ticket for the evening show.... and I am so glad I did. This was the very show that I was meant to see on the day the lock-down started.
I've not laughed this much in the theatre for ages. I do not watch the TV series and my school years are long gone and i cannot recall properly most of the plays which were referenced... but even a superficial knowledge of Shakespeare's work & style is sufficient to enjoy this.
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Post by orchidman on Nov 8, 2022 14:35:26 GMT
Unbelievably lame . Some truly terrible ‘panto-style’ performances - over-pitched played directly to the audience with EVERY WORD stressed. One actor almost completely incomprehensible. Low production values - panto back-cloths flown in and out to suggest a change of scene . Couple of drab bay-trees for the Malvolio scene . When ticket prices are this high , you at least expect a production to look decent . This looked like a budget of £80 had been splashed on it . Elton’s script had its moments - but actors had been directed to overplay almost everything -and chucking huge chunks of King Lear in not only exposed a Mitchell as a second -rate Shakespearean actor but also reeked of padding . This director has a history of mauling productions with over-blown physical comedy and end-of-the-pier naffness. When a non-speaking dancing bear gets the biggest laughs of the evening , you know that something isn’t right . There’s a really funny play to be written about Shakespeare and his efforts to write for the theatre . This wasn’t it . Save your money . Watch the Box Set. Yes, everyone coming out of last night's entertaining performance seemed bereft to have discovered that David Mitchell is, in fact, not Laurence Olivier.
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