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Avoid We Will Rock You at all costs!!!!!!!!!

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whatsthestoryinbalamorytoday · 25/03/2006 00:04

Awful musical!!!

Waste of money-only thing we enjoyed was watching this nutcase sitting next to us going absolutely mental and screaming, clapping out of time and actually crying!!!!!

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essbee · 25/03/2006 00:07

Noooo!! I went to see this when it first open and loved it! I'm not a huge queen fan either!

whatsthestoryinbalamorytoday · 25/03/2006 00:10

Maybe the difference is in the cast, although I doubt it.

Crap aimless storyline, loud music to compensate for it....If I wanted to see a Queen tribute I would have gone to the pub karoke night!!!

Billy Elliot-now that's what I call a FANTASTIC musical!!!

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essbee · 25/03/2006 00:12

Oh I agree the storyline was appalling! Quite hysterical in fact! The way the music was presented and the singing made up for it imo. Mind yyou I had had a couple of drinks first... hmmm...

whatsthestoryinbalamorytoday · 25/03/2006 00:15

the music and the way they incorporated the songs was great, but that was all it was!!!!

Lots of loud music and flashing lights in the hope that no-one would notice that the musical as a whole was CRAP !!!

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essbee · 25/03/2006 00:22

So it wasn't all bad then?? Grin hehehe

Skribble · 20/05/2006 00:18

I went to an abba one like that it was shocking, the tribute band were OK but after a song it would cut to video of the actual band talking rubbish, I too had a loony jumping about next to me, shame she was with our group Grin.

suzywong · 20/05/2006 00:21

You don't say?????

Skribble · 20/05/2006 01:26

This thread has went wonky I thought it was a recent one %*#"$

sharklet · 29/05/2006 16:04

i always suspected it was a bad musical when my psycho ex flatmate started raving about it!

moondog · 29/05/2006 16:07

Balamory,what the effing hell were you doing there at all??
(Please see my recent thread devoted to deconstruction of crappy musicals in which a collection of naff tunes is loosely hung together to create a highly dubious story line by
jaded old entertainers.)

nailpolish · 29/05/2006 16:21

i hate ALL musicals

walked out of Les Mis and went to the pub next door with one friend while other 2 friends stayed behind til the end

NEVER AGAIN

i do like film musicals, like seven brides or that christmas one with whats-his-name but at the theatre its all so different

lahdeedah · 29/05/2006 16:53

god they're all awful

In a recent issue of Time Out there is a list of things that make Londoners laugh about London - including "The fact that people actually pay to watch West End musicals". so true, so true...

nailpolish · 29/05/2006 16:56

im so glad someone agrees with me

NotQuiteCockney · 29/05/2006 16:57

I'm not a big fan of stage musicals. But DS1 does love the "we will we will whack you statue", as he calls it.

crunchie · 29/05/2006 17:10

I love musicals, that's why it would never occur to me to see We will rock you et al. :) They are NOT musicals by any strech of the imagination. As Moondog said it is an excuse for a bad night out.

However if you want a REALLY GOOD musical,try to see Sunday in teh Park with George at teh Wyndhams (limited run, Sondheim doing great stuff) :)

crunchie · 29/05/2006 17:14

But bear in mind I am married to an actor who also adores musicals, in fact he should be gay, he loves musicals, hates football :)

I have seen some amazing shows in my life, my parents started taking me when I was a kid. I saw Cats when Elaine Paige was in it, Evita with David Essex! I have seen Les Mis, and know almost every word to every song! My kids can sing songs from RENT (good songs, crap production) Guys & Dolls with Ewan McGregor was great, but not becasue of him and I preferred the version I saw years ago! Chicago is far better on stage than on film, even with Claire Sweeney in it (when I saw it!)

Good Musicals will have you laughing and crying far better than the films will, the raw emotion is there in the room. But like I say I love live Theatre, especially musicals :) I even listen to musicals in the car!

sallystrawberry · 29/05/2006 17:24

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