Theatre

[saffronlie]

Recently I saw the STC's production of Our Town. As the script directs, the play was performed on a bare theatre stage, with no set, and chairs and ladders forming the majority of the props. The directions of the Stage Manager character and the audience's imaginations supply the rest. Does the story suffer for all this? Hell no. It's such an

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[mothergoddamn]

you shoulda threw rocks!

[saffronlie]

What? No. I mean... no.

[templa_otmena]

I saw John Barrowman in his final matinee performace of Jack in Jack in the Beanstalk (high brow days) ;) which was of course a panto and they went all ouit with the gags and mucking around because it was the last day. As a group of fangirling, 18-20 year old students we didn't think much of it but throughout they actually had one or two shout outs from the audience reminding them that it was a family show. It was said in good humour, but it was quite extraordinary- even for a panto, I felt ;)

Hairspray sounded like an experience. I love musicals and I love ott but, you know, you can go too far- sounds like a bit of a painful caricature of the movie. What did you go off to see when I saw you in London, again

[saffronlie]

Hee, that sounds fun. One of the leads in Hairspray was a bit Barrowman-esque, looks-wise. Hawt. I saw Legally Blonde that day! I'm trying to think if I would take a child to see it, and I'm really not sure. I don't know how you'd explain to a kid the whole 'bend and snap' thing.

LOL. Yes, I've been guilty of bare-stage productions myself. When done well, it's excellent, but when done badly, it's so, so wrong. I'm sorry that Haworth is a little theatrically deprived. Will meet you in London for a show any time. x

[saffronlie]

I saw Hairspray in London with a real set, and it was fine. The only thing you didn't get was the "atmospheric" additions like ringing bells, which I could really have done without. If you need gimmicks to set the tone of the scene, then you have a problem.

Yeah, I liked him as Link too. I had no idea that he had been on SYTYCD until after! He was great. Also liked Corny Collins, whoever he was. Yeah, we got a bit of ad libbing too, and there was a similar thing in London as well, so it must be written in: *ad lib here*. Hehe. But Ashley and Piro were great together.

Yeah, I'm not overly excited by STC's choices. I'd like to see both Brecht shows, although two Brechts in one season may be a bit much. I'd love to see Miranda Otto on the stage, but am not so enthused about the play she's doing. Which ones would you like to see?