Posted by RogerW on January 19, 2012 at 01:44:06 user RogerW.
In Reply to: Re: A not so good review of the musical posted by Alan Hakim on January 18, 2012 at 06:12:10:
I went to see the show last night and am pleased to say that the theatre was almost full. As it seats 1200 I would guess around 1000.
Alan has given a good account as he saw it. I thought that the staging showed amazing imagination and what is more it worked! The cast were tremendously hard-working and managed the clockwork-like precision required. The adaptation was what you would expect — some necessary liberties, some not necessary — but on the whole the adaptation was remarkably close to the original. For the battle in houseboat bay there was a nice bit of audience participation throwing squares of foam at Captain Flint (who was good) and the passage of the model boats sailing away over the heads of the audience at the end was a triumph. There was a very good dream sequence when Titty is in Amazon, and a splendid dance with the Charcoal Burners. Susan was a delight, she moved well and acted naturally and wore a simple dress that suited the character.
So much for the plus. I found the Amazons chin out posturing in the first half irritating and I could give an accurate word-picture of Roger but it is best unsaid. Still I expect the under-10s loved him.
Not as satisfying as the stage play at the Mayflower in Southampton but much more inventive. I thought the AR Trust display excellent. I did not see any TARS forms although I looked