tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post7778311132620164607..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Theatre - The Luvvies March OnBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-86563321049367295962009-06-02T07:31:34.909+00:002009-06-02T07:31:34.909+00:00Last play I walked out of was the National's reviv...Last play I walked out of was the National's revival of the terrible Royal Hunt of the Sun. <br /><br />But last week I saw those old hams Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in Godot, and they came close to restoring my faith in luvvies. They even overcame the colossal handicap of having Simon Callow in the cast.Hugh Pearmanhttp://www.hughpearman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-21099965237984067522009-06-01T12:53:04.781+00:002009-06-01T12:53:04.781+00:00I went to A Disappearing Number one Saturday in 20...I went to <I>A Disappearing Number</I> one Saturday in 2007. I was with a friend - a dear friend - and returning from somewhere decided to visit some old haunts in the City. We got to the Barbican, unplanned, just after 6pm, which is when we remembered what was on, so I went to check if there were any last minute tickets. They were just opening the desk and there were just two. Something like Richard Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005416556432927671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-71323160660925867522009-06-01T12:31:11.327+00:002009-06-01T12:31:11.327+00:00I have had the longest and most miserable nights o...I have had the longest and most miserable nights of my life in theatres.wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-32248087005383683372009-06-01T12:27:44.059+00:002009-06-01T12:27:44.059+00:00I LOVE the theatre. When it's good, it's very very...I LOVE the theatre. When it's good, it's very very good. When it's bad...Well, it's pretentious. But a big part of it has to do with your willingness to suspend disbelief while you're there. If you can't do that, you can't enter the magic.<br /><br />I can't watch "House" anymore -- that same plot just bores me to death. And I'm so glad I don't live in Princeton, N.J., where so many people get Susan B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-69775194673728133592009-06-01T09:45:28.941+00:002009-06-01T09:45:28.941+00:00I go rarely, but isn't most of the fun of theatre ...I go rarely, but isn't most of the fun of theatre in the dressing up, the interval drinks, the atmosphere of the place etc? The play must generally be endured, unless it's funny.<br /><br />Much as I've loved reading Shakespeare (and some films are good) I don't think I've ever been to a live performance where I wasn't glad when it was over. That was my dirty little secret - your theatre-bashing Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-90577985669175742062009-06-01T08:52:42.239+00:002009-06-01T08:52:42.239+00:00Hmmm. As someone who says he hardly ever goes to t...Hmmm. As someone who says he hardly ever goes to the theatre, you aren't really in a position to write off an entire art form, are you? Here, it's clear that you have a view about this particular play (and one I share, by the way) but I don't see how that proves that theatre is crap. Some theatre is crap. Some poetry is crap. Some art is crap. But you are in the same position as someone who Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647405720597546140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-25936559719467703832009-06-01T08:51:27.966+00:002009-06-01T08:51:27.966+00:00I don't know much about Eric Clapton but I saw him...I don't know much about Eric Clapton but I saw him on the telly the other night playing with Steve Winwood at the Albert Hall and thought the show was completely amazing. I agree Clapton makes playing the guitar seem effortless, but no way was he dull.Sophie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212037697701712380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-24046746048679594442009-06-01T08:49:18.965+00:002009-06-01T08:49:18.965+00:00Quite right Bryan. I spend a good deal of my life ...Quite right Bryan. I spend a good deal of my life upsetting one of my greatest friends, a theatrical agent, by expressing my lack of due deference for the 'magic' of the theatre in which her clients do their 'best' work. It's a nineteenth century medium whose relevance is fast fading in the 21st century.<br /><br />Juliet Stevenson. Urrggghhh. She sums up everything that is wrong with an Recusanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446741817585462393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-46609923278670908552009-06-01T08:40:33.913+00:002009-06-01T08:40:33.913+00:001950s tv drama on an iPod.
LOL, Ian.<I>1950s tv drama on an iPod</I>.<br /><br />LOL, Ian.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-156224309914419002009-06-01T08:35:46.498+00:002009-06-01T08:35:46.498+00:00Can you not write a post now without involving God...Can you not write a post now without involving God?! He, he, yes, probably the most boring guitarist ever to make the big time. Paxo is saying, go to the gallery, see pictures! I'm afraid House won't do...<br /><br />I went to the theatre once... it was like watching a 1950s tv drama on an iPod.Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-24757758137222402922009-06-01T08:19:36.047+00:002009-06-01T08:19:36.047+00:00Many years ago I saw Yasmina Reza's Art, much laud...Many years ago I saw Yasmina Reza's Art, much lauded and the winner of Olivier's, Tony's etc. It was crap. I vowed never to visit a theatrical production again, unless of course it was a Christmas pantomime.Spongebobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-56033545512993196762009-06-01T07:15:00.711+00:002009-06-01T07:15:00.711+00:00Isn't it terrible? We went with some friends and a...Isn't it terrible? We went with some friends and all four of us fell asleep. Forty winks for a £40 ticket did not strike me as a bargainNick Cohennoreply@blogger.com