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"Some Girls Are Bigger..." musical in London
posted by davidt on Tuesday July 05 2005, @10:00AM

 Recorder Girl writes:
Saw the above on Saturday at Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith. Some Smiths/Morrissey fans in the audience. Very odd, not for purists (I felt a bit strange!) although fairly good string quartet arrangements of 20 Smiths songs:

Last Night I Dreamt ...
Rubber Ring
Unloveable
How Soon Is Now?
Shakespeare's Sister
Oscillate Wildly
This Night Has Opened My Eyes
What She Said
I Started Something ...
I Won't Share You
Barbarism Begins At Home
Back To The Old House
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
There Is A Light ...
Miserable Lie
I Know It's Over
Asleep
Please Please Please ...
Well I Wonder
Some Girls ...

Has anyone else seen this surreal show?
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someraincoatedlovers also sends the link:

Stop me if you think you've heard this one before - Financial Times
By Sarah Hemming
Published: July 4 2005 03:00 | Last updated: July 4 2005 03:00

Andrew Wale and Perrin Manzer Allen first met while performing in a German production of Les Misérables. "We sat around making up ridiculous ideas for musicals," recalls Wale. "Perrin said: 'What about doing a musical of The Smiths?' I said: 'That's the worst idea I've ever heard in my life!'" Ten years later, they're doing it.

 
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i saw it, and well... (Score:2, Informative)
a couple of numbers were almost interesting, almost moving...but overall it was a pointless mess. i can't fault the performers...neither the actors or the string quartet. the problem was the whole idea...there was no narrative, and the scenarios and images weren't strong enough to hold my attention a lot of the time. i note that i went on the second night, and quite a few people around me got up to leave early into the show...i was a bit more patient and forgiving.
i have a hard time imagining it would be terribly interesting to anyone who didn't know the tunes.
Anonymous -- Tuesday July 05 2005, @01:11PM (#169882)
I saw it... (Score:1)
on the 2nd night, luckily we had cheap tickets.
I think if there had been an interval we would have left.
I thought the medley of There is a light, Still Ill and William... worked quite well but in general it was pretty scary.
The hand that rocked the cradle was verging on peverse.
I don't think Mozzer would have lasted through the whole thing.
On the bright side, the man in the bunny sit was quite fit. :-)
MyMelody -- Thursday July 07 2005, @04:46AM (#170233)
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 ...don't make fun of me later... cos I'm just lost...

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