Theatre - anything on worth seeing?

[WomblingFree]

Making one of my periodic attempts to resurrect this thread?saw The Shark is Broken last week and thought it was great. It?s an imagining of the conversations/personality clashes of the three stars of Jaws behind the scenes while they?re waiting for the mechanical shark to be fixed.

Not sure there?s much depth to it, but it?s very funny, especially if you?re into films. And co-writer Ian Shaw plays his dad Robert (Quint in the film) and being now a similar age the resemblance is scary.

[ontheedge]

Think it?s nearly finished but Pride & Prejudice sort of , was a real feel good show, very funny with an excellent cast. When I?m went there was a very diverse audience and all seemed to leave with a smile on their face. You don?t need to know the book to follow it

[MrsR]

I have enjoyed Dear Evan Hansen and Come From Away recently (I love a musical!)

Am hoping to see Life of Pi soon...

[Siduhe]

I really enjoyed Come From Away too - not that much of a musical fan but it's really well staged and the music comes from a live band on stage which was great. And the fact that it's based on a true story is both incredible and pretty heartwarming.

[ed_pete]

Went to see Jerusalem last night. Very, very good and Mark Rylance is outstanding.

[Chick]

Middle at the National.

[BrandNewGuy]

ed_pete Wrote:

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> Went to see Jerusalem last night. Very, very good

> and Mark Rylance is outstanding.

Agreed. I'm not the biggest theatre fan, but this was outstanding.

[ed_pete]

Just been to see Giant at the Harold Pinter theatre. Fabulous. I can see why John Lithgow won an Olivier.

[malumbu]

Cheers, we tend to go to the National now as much better value than the West End and no issues with restricted views .  I'll message you separately about this play.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I saw "A Man for All Seasons" at Canterbury a few months ago.  It was superb and surprisingly, Gary Wilmot was excellent.

It is coming to London in the autumn and is well worth a trip.

Wed, 6th August 2025 to Sat, 6th September 2025

Harold Pinter Theatre
 

[ed_pete]

Went to see the Tony-Winning Stereophonic last night, the play that is apparently not about the recording of Rumours but is set in a recording studio in Sausalito in the late 70's and features a band with three Brits (two men, one woman) and two Americans (one man, one woman).

It was good but I wasn't blown away, wasn't helped by the number of people chomping on noisy snacks throughout the performance !

[Spartacus]

22 minutes ago, ed_pete said:

 Wasn't helped by the number of people chomping on noisy snacks throughout the performance !

Don't you just hate that at theaters and cinemas 

I know food and drink sales help keep ticket prices down but nothing is more off putting then a badly timed crunch of crisps after frantic rattling of plastic.

[malumbu]

On 08/06/2025 at 17:53, ed_pete said:

Went to see the Tony-Winning Stereophonic last night, the play that is apparently not about the recording of Rumours but is set in a recording studio in Sausalito in the late 70's and features a band with three Brits (two men, one woman) and two Americans (one man, one woman).

It was good but I wasn't blown away, wasn't helped by the number of people chomping on noisy snacks throughout the performance !

Would be XX rated if it was Rumours, but no doubt one hell of a party

[Sue]

On 08/06/2025 at 18:19, Spartacus said:

Don't you just hate that at theaters and cinemas 

I know food and drink sales help keep ticket prices down but nothing is more off putting then a badly timed crunch of crisps after frantic rattling of plastic.

This drives me absolutely mad.

Why is all the food they sell there so effing noisy? Popcorn, nuts, crisps.

Why can't they just sell stuff like rolls and ice cream? Is it because those are harder to store and more perishable?

It's so inconsiderate to other people, like having your mobile on loudspeaker on public transport.