A good night out.
Good family entertainment, if you can afford it (mercifully, I was spared any info relating to the actual expense of this night out)...
The music is good, not great.
Andrew Lloyd Webber knows how to create memorable musical moments and use them well.
Verdi or Puccini he is not.
The story line is very basic - trains racing against each other - and eventually the good guy wins.
The main difference between the Vector production and the West End production is that in the West End the trains (cast) whizz around over your head, whereas at Vector they perform amazing acrobatic feats on a thrust stage and 2 half-pipes - very impressive.
Very little acting is required - it's all stereo-typical characters, tho enjoyable - Lord Lloyd Webber's pastiches of popular musical styles over the last 5o years (c'n'w, hip-hop, gospel) is highly enjoyable.
My favourite bit was the 3 hip-hoppers - quite a gutsy, muscly song, underscored by some very impressive body-popping and break-dancing.
Tho Poppa, the gospel train, was very impressive with his rendition of "Light at the End of the Tunnel".
If you really want to be moved, I recommend getting out to the concert version of Madame Butterfly (hopefully the soloists won't disappoint), or sit at home with some good Verdi (Otello is going thru his self-doubt/lack-of-trust issues as I type - it's heart-breaking!).
Just by the way, tomorrow at MRBC Fred and the elders will be praying for me and "my" cancer...if you would like to add your prayers to theirs please do!
Service is at 10am and lasts no more than one and a half hours.
Love to youse all,
G.
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