I have been a bit quiet, minus the odd link here and there.
I must get cracking and write a couple of reviews, saw Cabaret, though I am a little under enthused to write about that. Oh sod it, here goes.
I hadn’t seen the film, yet my other half has and is a big fan. So we went to see the new London production of Cabaret, the posters caught my eye and I also saw some production shots the characters in black leather. Also a work friend highly recommended the show, so off we went.
The theatre was tiny, and you go in on ground level through the doors and your in the circle, the people in the stalls go further down. We were lucky to have front row seats, so had a nice view. The staging of the show was very good, i really liked the costumes and sets, the way things were happening in the background when the main focus is on the two main characters was very nice. Lots of ladders were used and they slid around, so someon might slide by hanging off a ladder during a dialogue scene.
The story was quite basic, set in Berlin an American…. sod it, every time i try to write this i get distracted. This is my third attempt. It must be a sign.
Lets summarise then, nice sets. Performances were all fine, I really liked the Sally character, others thought she was no Liza. But the songs were pretty poor and the story a little too uneventful. Not really my bag I’m afraid.
Oh well. It was a pretty long time ago as well, so i can’t remember much.. I must try to get these things down faster.