24 September, 2005 | Leave a Comment
I wanted to see a play on the West End today, but by the time I got around to purchasing tickets, there wasn’t much to choose from. My choices were A Few Good Men starring Rob Lowe and The Woman in Black, a ghost story that has been performed at the Fortune Theatre for the past 15 years. Well, I didn’t come all the way to London to see Rob Lowe in anything, so I settled on The Woman in Black, which I thought might be cheesily fun. After about 20 minutes I knew the play was awful, but it was awful in a campy way, which made it bearable. There were a lot of empty seats (shocker) and the people in the crowd were behaving as if they were at the cinema, loudly chomping on Maltesers and opening bottles of soda. Most of them seemed bored as hell. I’m not even scared! a tourist from Japan sitting near me complained loudly during intermission. In fact, the scariest part of the whole experience was the upper circle of the Fortune Theatre – the bleacher seats, if you will, which still cost me £14.50. This section of the theatre was so steep that one clumsy move could have sent me tumbling down a flight of stairs and possibly over the railing into the seats below. I’m not kidding. The sign outside said “A truly nerve-shredding experience.” If they were talking about the theatre, I agree.
View of the stage
Anglofille said @ 8:37 pm | arts & leisure |
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Since The Woman in Black was a disappointment, does this mean you’ll see A Few Good Men with Rob Lowe next time? Is this play based on the movie that starred Tom Cruise and Demi Moore?
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Anglofille Says:
September 26th, 2005 at 1:23 pmYes, A Few Good Men is based on the movie, but I don’t plan on seeing it. There are a few new plays opening this week and I will get my tickets early from now on! Though I didn’t really like The Woman in Black, it gave me the theatre bug!
