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Post by tonyloco on Nov 25, 2017 12:44:06 GMT
I thoroughly enjoyed Cinderella at the Hackney Empire. It didn’t reach the heights of some previous pantos at that venue but was nevertheless very good with a very strong cast and a wonderful script ny Susie McKenna who also played the wicked stepmother very effectively. There was not one ounce of smut in the script but the ugly sisters (Cat B and Tony Whittle still managedto be very funny for the adults as well as for children. As usual at Hackney for a matinee there were a lot of school groups of young children and they all seemed to be having a whale of a time. Next to me on the front row I had two toddlers with their parents on one side and five teenagers on the other and they all remained engrossed in the show from beginning to end - and I loved it as well, so I reckon that for a suburban panto, that is job done!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2017 13:55:20 GMT
I thoroughly enjoyed Cinderella at the Hackney Empire. It didn’t reach the heights of some previous pantos at that venue but was nevertheless very good with a very strong cast and a wonderful script ny Susie McKenna who also played the wicked stepmother very effectively. There was not one ounce of smut in the script but the ugly sisters (Cat B and Tony Whittle still managedto be very funny for the adults as well as for children. As usual at Hackney for a matinee there were a lot of school groups of young children and they all seemed to be having a whale of a time. Next to me on the front row I had two toddlers with their parents on one side and five teenagers on the other and they all remained engrossed in the show from beginning to end - and I loved it as well, so I reckon that for a suburban panto, that is job done! Just to recap: you had no-one in front of you, toddlers on one side, teenagers on the other but... did you LOOK BEHIND YOU?!?!?   Sounds a treat, tony! |
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Post by tonyloco on Nov 25, 2017 15:15:22 GMT
Hello Caiphas,
I can’t seem to make Quick Quote on my phone because my computer is still dead....
Anyway, I enjoyed your joke but the fact is that it was the American woman who borrowed my programme who was behind me — the ghost was just in front of me up on the stage! But good on you for getting into the panto spirit. Not long now before we all get to see Charlie Stemp’s you-know-what! Oh no it’s not! Oh yes it is! Now look what you’ve started C!
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Post by tonyloco on Nov 25, 2017 17:30:06 GMT
Apologies for misspelling your name Caiaphas but I am suffering from a dying computer and I find it quite a challenge to deal with TheatreBoard on my phone. Maybe I will get a new computer next week, but will I be able to use it?  ? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2017 17:41:50 GMT
Think nothing of it, toneloko! Yes, not long now til we see Charlie’s—  I’ve made my very own advent calendar to count down to my date! In each window is a different— Oh, don’t get me on buying new gadgets... Every new gadget I buy (or should I say, have to buy, as gadgets now seem to have a very limited life-span) has more and more buttons/knobs/dials to confuse me. And it doesn’t take much! Good luck with your new purchase. |
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Post by tonyloco on Nov 29, 2017 15:30:43 GMT
Still computerless but I had to take to my iPhone to hurl down curses on Sam Marlowe for a damning two-star review of ‘Cinderella’ at Hackney in the Times. He praises a number of things but then decides it is no good, presumably as an adult show as he makes no mention of how the children in the audience enjoyed it. Maybe there were not many children in on press night. Anyway, as a show aimed at children it is a complete success in my view to judge by the response of the many youngsters there last Friday afternoon and Marlowe is way out of order advising Times readers not to go to see it. I may have to write a letter to the Editor about it. Hrrrumph!!
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Post by Mr Snow on Nov 29, 2017 20:00:42 GMT
Still computerless but I had to take to my iPhone to hurl down curses on Sam Marlowe for a damning two-star review of ‘Cinderella’ at Hackney in the Times. He praises a number of things but then decides it is no good, presumably as an adult show as he makes no mention of how the children in the audience enjoyed it. Maybe there were not many children in on press night. Anyway, as a show aimed at children it is a complete success in my view to judge by the response of the many youngsters there last Friday afternoon and Marlowe is way out of order advising Times readers not to go to see it. I may have to write a letter to the Editor about it. Hrrrumph!! I think you should write that letter. And if published I promise to buy a ticket and go. Haven’t been to one at The HE since Clive Rows days when my daughter was young. Do I have a bet? |
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Post by tonyloco on Nov 29, 2017 23:54:17 GMT
Thanks for the encouragement, Mr Snow, but without a computer I am feeling rather all mouth and no trousers and a letter to the Times is more than I can manage pecking away at my mobile phone. I am off to John Lewis tomorrow on my quest to choose something but I am feeling very
nervous about what lies ahead!
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 30, 2017 10:25:05 GMT
a letter to the Times is more than I can manage pecking away at my mobile phone Surely a letter to The Times should be handwritten on the finest Basildon Bond, sealed with wax and delivered in person? "I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant." |
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Post by dani on Nov 30, 2017 11:06:07 GMT
Still computerless but I had to take to my iPhone to hurl down curses on Sam Marlowe for a damning two-star review of ‘Cinderella’ at Hackney in the Times. He praises a number of things but then decides it is no good, presumably as an adult show as he makes no mention of how the children in the audience enjoyed it. Maybe there were not many children in on press night. Anyway, as a show aimed at children it is a complete success in my view to judge by the response of the many youngsters there last Friday afternoon and Marlowe is way out of order advising Times readers not to go to see it. I may have to write a letter to the Editor about it. Hrrrumph!! Sam Marlowe is a woman. Also, the show is advertised as 2 hours and 45 minutes, which sounds on the long side for something aimed at children. |
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 30, 2017 11:31:47 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 30, 2017 12:18:16 GMT
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Post by tonyloco on Nov 30, 2017 12:32:51 GMT
Hi dani,
This is the 19th panto Susie McKenna has written for the Hackney Empire for audiences consisting mainly of parties of school children and after a succession of highly succesful shows she has honed her craft to write only what she knows the children will enjoy. The proof of the pudding can be found by attending a matinee and observing the behaviour and response of the children, for whom the show is intended,0 which it seems Ms Marlowe did not do.
I am still amazed at her headline actually
telling readers not to go and in many years of reading bad reviews, this is a new one on me!
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Post by dani on Nov 30, 2017 17:10:55 GMT
Hi dani, This is the 19th panto Susie McKenna has written for the Hackney Empire for audiences consisting mainly of parties of school children and after a succession of highly succesful shows she has honed her craft to write only what she knows the children will enjoy. The proof of the pudding can be found by attending a matinee and observing the behaviour and response of the children, for whom the show is intended,0 which it seems Ms Marlowe did not do. I am still amazed at her headline actually telling readers not to go and in many years of reading bad reviews, this is a new one on me! Fair enough, I'm going and will see for myself. |
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Post by tonyloco on Nov 30, 2017 17:46:36 GMT
That’s great! I’m looking forward to seeing another member of TheatreBoard reviewing this panto.
When will you be there?
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