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Posts posted by Merthyr Imp
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March 1993 and a play that I do remember.
A group of people in a hotel room in Italy (I think) watching the England v West Germany World Cup semi-final on TV - some interested in football, some not. I particularly remember the part when it came to the description of the penalty shoot-out - '...and Stuart Pearce steps to take the crucial penalty...' A rueful groan went up from the audience! But then the play went off into what Captain Mainwaring would describe as the realms of fantasy.
It was really good, but I don't believe the play ever gets performed these days, as it wouldn't be as topical as it was in 1993 when memories were still fresh and Gary Lineker was still playing.
Theatre was nearly full.
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To the Concert Hall in October 1992 for a concert by what now had to be called 'The Magic of Gilbert & Sullivan' rather than D'Oyly Carte with the latter company now active again.
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In September, a play from Edwardian times. As usual, can't remember anything about it. Theatre was only about one fifth full, perhaps due to the presence of no bigger star names than Tenniel Evans, Frank Middlemass and Ron Pember.
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Is it true that Waterloo Station is going to have to be demolished?
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July saw an adaptation of a story by Ruth Rendell. A very strange sort of play as I remember. Theatre only a quarter full.
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On 23/08/2017 at 7:15 PM, TBI said:
a bloke whose hobby was photographing telecom masts.
Ooh that sounds good. I wonder if the masts have numbers you can underline in a book?
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Opera North later in May produced Rossini's 'The Thieving Magpie'. You can't go wrong with Rossini.
Musical theatre of a different kind then came with a three-week run of '42nd Street' - the stage adaptation of the 1930s film with musical numbers interpolated from other films involving Warren & Dubin.
Marvellous stuff. I normally couldn't stand Bonnie Langford but I had to admit: 'That kid sure can dance!'.
Theatre was not far short of being full.
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In May was this comedy. Again, not a bad house of at least 50% full.
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Various places mentioned here:
http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/showbiz-legend-bruce-forsyth-died-348569
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4 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said:
Can't say he made me laugh either!
He used to make me laugh when I was about 14.
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Opera North's autumn visit produced 'L'Etoile', a fairly obscure comic opera by Chabrier and 'Don Giovanni'. Theatre was nearly full for the latter but only about two thirds so for the less well-known piece.
The next week was this play about C. S. Lewis, now forgotten by me. Theatre was only about one quarter full but for some reason I had to sit in the Balcony seat I'd paid for.
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September 1991 and the play about Mozart.
One or two notable names in the cast, including Helen Baxendale before she was famous - 'Helen has just completed a three year acting course at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School'.
And who else remembers Terence Longdon as Garry Halliday?
I remember being impressed by the piano playing of Richard McCabe as the composer.
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Author of the 'Doctor in the House' etc books - died last week aged 95. To be honest, he was one of those people you hadn't realised had still been alive.
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1 hour ago, catfan said:
First film shown Jill was "Limelight" & the last one was "Up the Junction" !
I always like films about railways.
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At the end of May I saw Opera North's production of 'Faust' by Gounod - theatre not quite full. For some reason I didn't see 'Carmen' - can only think it was given in French.
More opera came the following month with two new productions by D'Oyly Carte - 'Iolanthe' and 'The Gondoliers', the latter being rather controversial, not say eccentric. I also found it didn't lend itself to repeated viewing - servce it right the theatre was no more than three quarters full. 'Iolanthe' did better.
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I always found it very annoying when people got in the way while I was trying to take a photo of a bus.
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Later in February it was Opera North which meant just 'Cosi Fan Tutt'e for me - an almost full theatre.
Then in April it was another of those plays I can remember nothing about:
Theatre was about three quarters full so I had to sit in the seat I'd paid for.
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The following month, and what I think was a cut down and modernised version of 'Don Giovanni'. I say 'I think' because I've completely forgotten it! Theatre was only about one third full.