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Post by David J on Jul 15, 2017 17:48:52 GMT
Really good this
A simple one man musical with heart. About a divorced father fighting to be able to see his daughter
It's the usual proving yourself a superhero in the less literal sense story, but it has sincerity thanks to Michael Rouse portraying the fathers trials with some touching music
It's running for one more week. Don't miss this
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Post by Steffi on Jul 15, 2017 18:10:25 GMT
Yes! I saw this last weekend and loved it. Michael Rouse was my reason for booking - have seen him in several shows since 1999 and always enjoyed his performance.
Thought this was well written and wonderfully performed. Works really well in such an intimate space.
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Post by lonlad on Jul 15, 2017 18:29:16 GMT
Saw it a few nights ago -- absolutely wonderful: one of the genuine surprises of the year. Rouse is completely thrilling.
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Post by dippy on Jul 16, 2017 13:16:08 GMT
Oh no, how did I not know about this? I'd have loved to see it but unless I'm allowed to leave work early one day this week there's no chance I'll see it since I'm busy on Saturday.
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Post by Steve on Jul 16, 2017 17:09:11 GMT
By the little guys, about a little guy, a little gem of a musical, staged in the Little. Some spoilers follow. . . If I have a reservation about this one-man musical, it's that it's littleness tends towards cutesiness. It's subject is a fathers-for-justice type campaigner, who stunt climbs, in a superhero costume, the kind of building that risks getting him shot as a terrorist. The take of this musical is entirely sympathetic, and portrays him as a gentle character driven to extremes by injustice. If Martin Scorsese made a movie of this, by contrast, one can imagine the character's stated motivations would remain the same, but the character himself would be revealed as delusional, a Travis Bickle or Rupert Pupkin, with psychological issues in play beyond the simple story he tells himself. But these first time musical makers (Michael Conley, Joseph Finlay and Richy Hughes) are themselves "little" guys, and empathise so completely with their flawed, placid, loving, little guy lead character that this feels like a Disney portrait of the truth. And that's a plus, in a way, as Disney could do way worse than hire this team to adapt one of their stories. Everything about show is loveable. The lead character, Colin, is loveable, his mildness, his chirpiness, his humour, his loving nature, even his mistakes, emolliated by modesty, are loveable. The book is loveable, the lyrics are loveable, the music is loveable, even quoting "If I loved you" from "Carousel" at one point. In fact, my mind was so thoroughly disneyed by this "superhero," that instead of questioning his insanity, I shed a tear or two, against my better judgement. Michael Rouse is absolutely fantastic, his mild-mannered Colin goes from soft-voiced defeatism to self-mocking wit to soaring emotional triumphalism. It's a terrific performance. This show teams with love, and is a superb calling card for the team involved. Other than "the Clockmaker's Daughter," I can't recall a British musical, emerging on the Fringe, that I enjoyed this much. If you go to the Southwark, Little is better than Large. 4 stars  |
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Post by Backdrifter on Aug 7, 2017 8:08:12 GMT
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