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In recent years I have been able to see much more theatre and these Before The Lockdown memory posts might serve to emphasise what I am missing but I would like to think of them as a warm blanket of nostalgia while we wait out this cold winter of isolation and look forward to a heady summer of new cultural delights.
Anyway, on this day...
In London, returning to the Royal Court for the second time that year after a four year gap to see Instructions For Correct Assembly. A witty and smartly staged comment on what is an age-old desire - that the people we love could be 'better' and more attuned to our own needs.
With obvious reference to such familiar tales as The Stepford Wives and more recent TV dramas like Humans it asks what might happen if a family could replace a troublesome child with a 'perfect' synthetic?
In London again, this time at The Arcola to see a new stage musical of one of my favourite films, Little Miss Sunshine.
It's often difficult to see another interpretation of a much-loved story and, to be honest, this didn't quite hit the very high bar set by the film but it was enthusiastically performed by likeable cast and the VW camper road trip very cleverly represented in such a small space-van road very cleverly stage.
As with the film you leave buoyed up by the family's victory in adversity but the journey itself didn't come across as quite as challenging as it should have been and the child beauty pageant wasn't quite as cringe-inducing creepy and unpleasant as it could/should have been - though I imagine that might be more difficult to achieve in a feel-good family musical.
Anyway, on this day...
In 2018
With obvious reference to such familiar tales as The Stepford Wives and more recent TV dramas like Humans it asks what might happen if a family could replace a troublesome child with a 'perfect' synthetic?
In 2019
It's often difficult to see another interpretation of a much-loved story and, to be honest, this didn't quite hit the very high bar set by the film but it was enthusiastically performed by likeable cast and the VW camper road trip very cleverly represented in such a small space-van road very cleverly stage.
As with the film you leave buoyed up by the family's victory in adversity but the journey itself didn't come across as quite as challenging as it should have been and the child beauty pageant wasn't quite as cringe-inducing creepy and unpleasant as it could/should have been - though I imagine that might be more difficult to achieve in a feel-good family musical.
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