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Post by intoanewlife on Sept 10, 2023 11:52:42 GMT
Went last night. Older audience in the stalls but upstairs sounded a bit livelier.
Not a single incidence of 'bad behavior' (so that's 15 out of 15 for not ever witnessing the supposed nightmare that is Six crowds) unless you consider opening a bag of crisps during the only ballad in the show bad behavior.
I loved Boleyn, thought she was hilarious. The rest were all in fine voice, but yeah the magic of the original cast is still missing here and most of the joke sections are still not what they used to be. But there have been quite a few improvements since last time I saw it and as someone who had gone off the show a bit I thought it was MUCH better than the last few times I've been.
It was great fun and the relatives (aged 43 - 70) all loved it.
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Post by intoanewlife on Sept 19, 2023 13:30:46 GMT
Any news on the film they shot last year ever being released?
I'd have thought the Xmas market would be a winner for them and it's obviously been completed by now.
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Post by emsworthian on Oct 15, 2023 9:25:49 GMT
I eventually caught up with this yesterday at the Kings Theatre, Southsea, having booked to see it at Chichester early 2020 on what turned out to be the night of storm Brendan when local trains were cancelled.
I went to the 4 pm performance and, as other have commented, there were lots of primary school age children. Many of the little girls were wearing plastic crowns or coronets, which was cute, but as has been noted, made me uneasy with some of the lyrics. There were loads of teens and the merchandise was selling well.
It was a full house and no bad behaviour to report but with all the cheering and whooping there were times when I felt I was at the meeting of a cult, of which I am not a member.
I have mixed thoughts about the show. I love the title song and enjoyed "Heart of Stone" but I thought the other songs were a bit meh. The performers gave it their all but I think my main problem with the show's concept; to me it tried to be clever-clever and succeeded only in behing sixth-formish. Towards the end when one of the Queens asks: "Who knows the name of Henry VII's wife?", I felt like shouting out: "Elizabeth of York". The plot, such as it was, felt very contrived; the "competition" and then at the end the feminist point which ignores facts from history.
I'm sorry if this makes me a pedantic bore. I am pleased that others loved it but I'm afraid it wasn't for me.
Perhaps this belongs to the Theatre Amnesty thread in general chat but noting how well the merchandise was selling at the theatre, I wondered if, when a musical goes on tour, the theatre takes a percentage of mercahndise sales. Can anyone tell me, please?
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