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Another triple hit day, I don't think I've found a day across four years yet ... but I'm sure there must be, y'know, probability and all that!
Anyway, Before The Lockdown on this day ...
On this day I was in London to see Rent at the Shaftesbury Theatre. I would actually see this same production again later in the year, for the last performance and then again a couple of years later with a new touring cast.
The main motivation for this trip was to see Joe McFadden who had so impressed in recent TV successes The Crow Road and Sex, Chip, and Rock'n'Roll.
It had been a smash hit in the US but apparently didn't work quite so well in London, but I remember enjoying it and although McFadden wasn't perhaps the most convincing lead he had enough charm to carry it off and I thought, as a whole it worked well, and there were certainly some very powerful and effecting moments.
Over the years I have become familiar with the Bristol Old Vic taking well known stories and, in today's parlance, re-imagining them. I think this was the first of such productions I'd seen, Juliet and Her Romeo.
In this version we are not witness to the waywardness of young love in Verona, but the possibility of love at an old age for those living their final years in a "retirement home".
With very few actual changes to the text this magnificent cast of established actors, including such luminaries as Siân Phillips, Michael Byrne, Michael Medwin, and Dudley Sutton worked surprisingly well and while it may have upset Shakespearean purists it gave us a very useful reminder that age cannot wither them.
Culture Show - Juliet and her Romeo from Nicole M Cannon on Vimeo.
In Bath for this one, Outside Mullingar at the Ustinov Studio.
I have only vague recollection of this one; a pretty faithful recreation (as far as I could possibly tell) of an old Irish farmhouse as two established families contemplate the future. Two, now middle-aged, children who have been tied to the land (whether they wished it or not), unrequited love and some dark mysterious past. Lot's of wordplay between characters who cannot really express themselves until the final act where they have to reveal their true feelings.
A thoughtful production but not one that burnt itself into my memory.
Anyway, Before The Lockdown on this day ...
in 1999
This is the furthest I have gone back so far and it's quite an interesting one.
The main motivation for this trip was to see Joe McFadden who had so impressed in recent TV successes The Crow Road and Sex, Chip, and Rock'n'Roll.
It had been a smash hit in the US but apparently didn't work quite so well in London, but I remember enjoying it and although McFadden wasn't perhaps the most convincing lead he had enough charm to carry it off and I thought, as a whole it worked well, and there were certainly some very powerful and effecting moments.
in 2010
This one is a little odd, I definitely saw this, I have the programme but can't find any ticket stub so can't be absolutely certain if this was today or, possibly yesterday. 🤔
In this version we are not witness to the waywardness of young love in Verona, but the possibility of love at an old age for those living their final years in a "retirement home".
With very few actual changes to the text this magnificent cast of established actors, including such luminaries as Siân Phillips, Michael Byrne, Michael Medwin, and Dudley Sutton worked surprisingly well and while it may have upset Shakespearean purists it gave us a very useful reminder that age cannot wither them.
Culture Show - Juliet and her Romeo from Nicole M Cannon on Vimeo.
in 2015
I have only vague recollection of this one; a pretty faithful recreation (as far as I could possibly tell) of an old Irish farmhouse as two established families contemplate the future. Two, now middle-aged, children who have been tied to the land (whether they wished it or not), unrequited love and some dark mysterious past. Lot's of wordplay between characters who cannot really express themselves until the final act where they have to reveal their true feelings.
A thoughtful production but not one that burnt itself into my memory.
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