Book of Mormon is indeed outstanding.
My sister recommended Curious, but have yet to get there.
Saw One Man Two Guvnors which was also very good, and saw Les Miserables again in October.
Next one to see is “The Play that goes wrong”, which is in April.
Musicals are just films for thick people who can’t follow plots unless they are explained in song.
I recommend the Royal South Hants over the General
Mrs C_S says I’m not allowed to go to the theatre anymore because I usually fall asleep. Fine by me tbf.
She and the kids saw the two harry potter plays the other day and was raving about them - the plays, not the kids.
I’ve watched a couple of operations in theatre.
On reflection I think the eye one was more scary than the one where the bloke shoved a little camera up a guy’s todger. 
The surgeon tried to show me the DVD close-ups of the eye op with him hacking away at the retina - so I just looked over the top of the screen at the blank wall and nodded politely.
I came back to post about a play and found this comment. Bit late to this. Anyway I had 3 eye operations as a kid. I woke up in the middle of one of them. Always fun.
We went to see Glengarry Glen Ross the other week.
here’s a bit of the blurb as I cannot be bothered to think about it. “Lies. Greed. Corruption. It’s all business as usual. Glengarry Glen Ross takes place in the office of a group of cut-throat Chicago salesmen, willing to go to any lengths to get sales, legal or not. Pitting against each other, it’s a high-stakes competition to get one up on each other, and soon the increasingly desperate four employees are fighting to win. But as time and luck begin to run out, one thing becomes clear: close the deal and you win; blow the deal and you’re out.”
Stars Christian Slater, Kris Marshall, Robert Glenister, Stanley Townsend and Don Warrington.
We quite enjoyed it. It’s not massively long which is a bonus.
It’s also a 1992 film with a actor who is now fallen from grace.
It’s a really good film. Mamet wrote it in the 80’s and it’s as relevant now as it was then. Kevin Spacey had a minor role tbh. One of Jack Lemmon’s last roles, “Levine the Machine” is one of his best. No one can write dialogue like Mamet.
I was thinking of going see the Book Of Mermen cos I love those South Park Guys. Will I genuine enjoy it? It’s important cos theatre tickets are are a v.serious investment to me. So expensive! I’m worried that I will be v.bored after about 32 minutes, because every time I’ve been to theatre before, I have been v.bored after i.e. 32 minutes.
These are the theatre musicals I have seen before in my whole life for reference. I thought they was all v.boring. If the Mermen one is no better than these let me know pls and I Won’t Bother:
Miss Saigons
Avenue Q
Olivers!
The one with the roller skates or whatever it was
Chitty Shitty Bang Bang
I was treated to a trip to Phantom of the Opera for my birthday last month. I’d seen most of it approx 25 times when it was at the Mayflower when I worked there. So it was nice to sit down for the whole show and watch it. The tunes are quite catchy and the scenery is so well done. It’s started a musical thing in the house. So last night we headed to Les Miserables. Really excellent cast and how they change the sets was impressive.
Went to the Lyttleton Theatre at the National Theatre tonight for the first time to see Tartuffe by Molière. Its a version by an old mate John Donnelly. Loved the set and the modern twist to it. Its on until end of April.
Nice theatre that. Was the set on a revolve?
It was tilted up at the back and at one point moved further up. It is a nice theatre with big seats.
Recommend the play after all its rewrite is by a fellow sotonian.
There seems to be a good year planned at the Pinter Theatre. We went up town for an overnighter last year and saw The Birthday Party there, which featured some fine actors, Toby Jones, Zoe Wanamaker, Stephen Mangan all turned in good performances. Appreciate Pinter isn’t to everyone’s taste, but Betrayal is on for 12 weeks from March and the list of actors appearing this year on their website promises some fine performances.
More locally, the Duchess has booked tickets for The Shadow Factory at the Nuffield City sometime in the next couple of weeks. I haven’t been there yet but am looking forward to seeing the venue and the play. Also going to see Alan Johnson there in March, hopefully that will be amusing.
Visited the Barbican Centre last night. What a great theatre. I had an excellent seat, centre, 5 rows back. Comfy seats and plenty of leg room.
I went to see Maxine Peake in “Avalache: a love story” which is a one woman dialogue about IVF. Sounds maybe a little dull or sad but there was a lot of humour in it. It was about a hour and 20 mins with no interval. In awe of people who can remember all those lines and just go and act. Only one until Sunday but if it comes around worth a visit.
My new offices sit in front of the Barbican centre. Absolutely love the stuff they put on there. The whole complex is so Brutalist, but it works. Miserable in the winter. A joy on a warm day.
I need to go back and explore on a much less rainy day.
It ain’t good.
The sad thing about it is that the whole place was built to rent for locals. Then Thatcher introduced right to buy and it’s criminal to see what they were bought for (by the people who needed them), what small profit they made and what they go for now. There are very few lower income people there now.
Thatcher has a lot to answer for, but unfortunately/ fortunately she’s dead.
Another theatre trip on a non working day. I bought a ticket up in the gods but got an upgrade to the stall. Bonus. I thought it was a possibility on a matinee as not many people go on a Wednesday.
I went to see Rosmersholm at the Duke of York with Tom Burke (Three Musketeers / Strike, also I bumped into him in Islington one time), Hayley Atwell (Avengers) and Giles Terera (Hamilton).
The play was written in 1886 by Norwegian Ibsen. The subject matter is relevant today. Set with an an imminent election the following day there is a pull of left and right and how things can be manipulated. It covers the polarisation of people.
The Guardian did give it a good review.
I really enjoyed it. But one of the pensioners behind me was snoring. So maybe he didn’t as much.
On until 20th July.