Romeo & Juliet
Sun, 22 Dec 2002, 01:22 pmWalter Plinge1 post in thread
Romeo & Juliet
Sun, 22 Dec 2002, 01:22 pmEmily Brennan as performing understudy was fantastic.
She was one of the strongest in the proffessional cast.
Funny. Vulnerable. Energised. Youthful and Commited.
And for her first performance on stage in the park on a horribly stormy night, hers was one of the strongest voices, second to George's, as it carried through the windy surrounds of Kings Park and battled a death scene scored by music Fraser's Restaurantm - "Build Me Up Buttercup" - which i must say was a novel experience for me, thanks Fraser's, most kind!
Heath Miller transformed to play the lovestruck Romeo - full of energy, smiling brilliantly and wittier on stage than many performers allow the teenage lover space to be!!!
Sadly only George showed the experience of his age and training expected of the professional cast members to distinguish himself further than the two leads. His voice is an instrument finely tuned and his presence on stage both comfortable and commanding of attention. As for Andrew Hale: i have never seen a more valium struck Tybalt, every fight move showed a bored relaxation of someone rehearsed (and it was the acting at fault, not the choreography, that was splendid). Maybe his choice of cool arrogance was creative but i found it uncompelling, and consequently his death a happy one and not surprising. His scene with Capulet during the party did however raise the stakes closer to where they should have been but it seemed only a residue of Death Of A Salesman riding through this next performance of his - shouty, coarse and insensitive. Tybalt again drew no sympathy from the crowd, one dimensional villain!
She who played the nurse and i believe Gregory however was a delight to watch - fabulous comic ability, voice, restraint of body yet expression in abundance. A gem!
Her Sampson and all purspose however was not as good - no voice to speak of or hear, a limited pallet that made every joke the same and delighted in adding the old (and i mean old as in unoriginal, done and fucking naff boring) pelvic thrust and crotch grabbing to every obvious play on word Shakespeare has set down!
Benvolio - a beautifully reined in, witty wonder! Some lines ussually of nothing, for example "Stop there! Stop there!" were made hilarious by his choices and brave comic lisence. Charming.
Capulet - strong and varied, great. Montague/Peter - wonderful change, lightness, lovely. Lady Capulet - this lady has balls, she demanded Romeo's death with all the violent hunger the words demand, beautiful, and the awkward relationship with her daughter finely presented.
Angela Chaplin has put together a solid show with some interseting choices, please go and see it, i'm suprised it hasn't already been reviewed.
Thou dankish motley-minded ratsbane!
ps: "i know nothing!!!"
She was one of the strongest in the proffessional cast.
Funny. Vulnerable. Energised. Youthful and Commited.
And for her first performance on stage in the park on a horribly stormy night, hers was one of the strongest voices, second to George's, as it carried through the windy surrounds of Kings Park and battled a death scene scored by music Fraser's Restaurantm - "Build Me Up Buttercup" - which i must say was a novel experience for me, thanks Fraser's, most kind!
Heath Miller transformed to play the lovestruck Romeo - full of energy, smiling brilliantly and wittier on stage than many performers allow the teenage lover space to be!!!
Sadly only George showed the experience of his age and training expected of the professional cast members to distinguish himself further than the two leads. His voice is an instrument finely tuned and his presence on stage both comfortable and commanding of attention. As for Andrew Hale: i have never seen a more valium struck Tybalt, every fight move showed a bored relaxation of someone rehearsed (and it was the acting at fault, not the choreography, that was splendid). Maybe his choice of cool arrogance was creative but i found it uncompelling, and consequently his death a happy one and not surprising. His scene with Capulet during the party did however raise the stakes closer to where they should have been but it seemed only a residue of Death Of A Salesman riding through this next performance of his - shouty, coarse and insensitive. Tybalt again drew no sympathy from the crowd, one dimensional villain!
She who played the nurse and i believe Gregory however was a delight to watch - fabulous comic ability, voice, restraint of body yet expression in abundance. A gem!
Her Sampson and all purspose however was not as good - no voice to speak of or hear, a limited pallet that made every joke the same and delighted in adding the old (and i mean old as in unoriginal, done and fucking naff boring) pelvic thrust and crotch grabbing to every obvious play on word Shakespeare has set down!
Benvolio - a beautifully reined in, witty wonder! Some lines ussually of nothing, for example "Stop there! Stop there!" were made hilarious by his choices and brave comic lisence. Charming.
Capulet - strong and varied, great. Montague/Peter - wonderful change, lightness, lovely. Lady Capulet - this lady has balls, she demanded Romeo's death with all the violent hunger the words demand, beautiful, and the awkward relationship with her daughter finely presented.
Angela Chaplin has put together a solid show with some interseting choices, please go and see it, i'm suprised it hasn't already been reviewed.
Thou dankish motley-minded ratsbane!
ps: "i know nothing!!!"
Walter PlingeSun, 22 Dec 2002, 01:22 pm
Emily Brennan as performing understudy was fantastic.
She was one of the strongest in the proffessional cast.
Funny. Vulnerable. Energised. Youthful and Commited.
And for her first performance on stage in the park on a horribly stormy night, hers was one of the strongest voices, second to George's, as it carried through the windy surrounds of Kings Park and battled a death scene scored by music Fraser's Restaurantm - "Build Me Up Buttercup" - which i must say was a novel experience for me, thanks Fraser's, most kind!
Heath Miller transformed to play the lovestruck Romeo - full of energy, smiling brilliantly and wittier on stage than many performers allow the teenage lover space to be!!!
Sadly only George showed the experience of his age and training expected of the professional cast members to distinguish himself further than the two leads. His voice is an instrument finely tuned and his presence on stage both comfortable and commanding of attention. As for Andrew Hale: i have never seen a more valium struck Tybalt, every fight move showed a bored relaxation of someone rehearsed (and it was the acting at fault, not the choreography, that was splendid). Maybe his choice of cool arrogance was creative but i found it uncompelling, and consequently his death a happy one and not surprising. His scene with Capulet during the party did however raise the stakes closer to where they should have been but it seemed only a residue of Death Of A Salesman riding through this next performance of his - shouty, coarse and insensitive. Tybalt again drew no sympathy from the crowd, one dimensional villain!
She who played the nurse and i believe Gregory however was a delight to watch - fabulous comic ability, voice, restraint of body yet expression in abundance. A gem!
Her Sampson and all purspose however was not as good - no voice to speak of or hear, a limited pallet that made every joke the same and delighted in adding the old (and i mean old as in unoriginal, done and fucking naff boring) pelvic thrust and crotch grabbing to every obvious play on word Shakespeare has set down!
Benvolio - a beautifully reined in, witty wonder! Some lines ussually of nothing, for example "Stop there! Stop there!" were made hilarious by his choices and brave comic lisence. Charming.
Capulet - strong and varied, great. Montague/Peter - wonderful change, lightness, lovely. Lady Capulet - this lady has balls, she demanded Romeo's death with all the violent hunger the words demand, beautiful, and the awkward relationship with her daughter finely presented.
Angela Chaplin has put together a solid show with some interseting choices, please go and see it, i'm suprised it hasn't already been reviewed.
Thou dankish motley-minded ratsbane!
ps: "i know nothing!!!"
She was one of the strongest in the proffessional cast.
Funny. Vulnerable. Energised. Youthful and Commited.
And for her first performance on stage in the park on a horribly stormy night, hers was one of the strongest voices, second to George's, as it carried through the windy surrounds of Kings Park and battled a death scene scored by music Fraser's Restaurantm - "Build Me Up Buttercup" - which i must say was a novel experience for me, thanks Fraser's, most kind!
Heath Miller transformed to play the lovestruck Romeo - full of energy, smiling brilliantly and wittier on stage than many performers allow the teenage lover space to be!!!
Sadly only George showed the experience of his age and training expected of the professional cast members to distinguish himself further than the two leads. His voice is an instrument finely tuned and his presence on stage both comfortable and commanding of attention. As for Andrew Hale: i have never seen a more valium struck Tybalt, every fight move showed a bored relaxation of someone rehearsed (and it was the acting at fault, not the choreography, that was splendid). Maybe his choice of cool arrogance was creative but i found it uncompelling, and consequently his death a happy one and not surprising. His scene with Capulet during the party did however raise the stakes closer to where they should have been but it seemed only a residue of Death Of A Salesman riding through this next performance of his - shouty, coarse and insensitive. Tybalt again drew no sympathy from the crowd, one dimensional villain!
She who played the nurse and i believe Gregory however was a delight to watch - fabulous comic ability, voice, restraint of body yet expression in abundance. A gem!
Her Sampson and all purspose however was not as good - no voice to speak of or hear, a limited pallet that made every joke the same and delighted in adding the old (and i mean old as in unoriginal, done and fucking naff boring) pelvic thrust and crotch grabbing to every obvious play on word Shakespeare has set down!
Benvolio - a beautifully reined in, witty wonder! Some lines ussually of nothing, for example "Stop there! Stop there!" were made hilarious by his choices and brave comic lisence. Charming.
Capulet - strong and varied, great. Montague/Peter - wonderful change, lightness, lovely. Lady Capulet - this lady has balls, she demanded Romeo's death with all the violent hunger the words demand, beautiful, and the awkward relationship with her daughter finely presented.
Angela Chaplin has put together a solid show with some interseting choices, please go and see it, i'm suprised it hasn't already been reviewed.
Thou dankish motley-minded ratsbane!
ps: "i know nothing!!!"