Thought I would start a thread for those of us who have seen it.
I could talk about this show for hours but I'll start with...
Toby. The first time I saw it, when he comes on stage for the Macbeth scene - even I did a double take and I had quite a good view of the stage. So I leaned forward ... and thought is that Reece...no it's not. My friend also leaned forward to check!
So if you were sitting higher up, did you realise that wasn't Reece? Because if you didn't, it would be quite confusing. Of course Toby then goes off and Reece comes in having purchased his bag of nuts and this time wearing glasses. Then I thought I must've been mistaken and it must've been Reece all along!
I also thought the way they swapped them out at the end was amazing. I mean you can't hear a thing and they are having to do that in pitch dark.
Next... Bloody Belle and the widower ghost. Neither of these are actually "true" in ghost lore. It doesn't surprise me at all that they've been created because the director is Simon Evans. I think he wrote and directed "Vanishing Man" and at one stage, the Internet was full of people who thought Hugh Cedar was a real person. I'm fairly sure he's not....
I haven't checked to see if Wyndham's actually staged a production of "Terror in the asylum", but I don't think they did.
I have heard that some people were disappointed to have 20 minutes of an episode basically recreated on stage. But I thought the way they did it was amazing. Especially Steve just "disappearing"....
It was much more joyful and emotional than I was expecting it to be. I'm really glad about that because I came out of there feeling totally uplifted both times.
really interested to hear all thoughts!
There's currently one seat available for tonight! I was tempted but there's lots of seats available for the tour which would work out cheaper even with travel!
my money is on Derek Jacobi and Bernie Clifton for the last two shows. I imagine Bernie Clifton would be having a go at Steve for ruining his ostrich!