When: Thursday 20th
February
Where: Troxy
Why: FREE tickets thanks to
postponed London Grammar gig
Firstly: Shadwell is terrifying. I’ll just leave that there.
Yeah it was good considering it was free. I don’t think I’d pay for it
in future, unless it was a film I LOVED – essentially if they did a Sense and Sensibility one and I got to
go home with a young Hugh Grant, that kind of thing. I think getting into the
venue was the most entertaining part, lurking round the side entrance of the
Troxy yelling potential passwords at a monkey doorman. Apparently we should
have actually known the password but thanks to an email I didn’t get, it took
longer than expected to guess the right one… Once inside though it was clear
that the venue was perfect for the show, very retro and with plenty of dark
corridors for Jessica Rabbit to lurk in.
It was a bit like going to an ambiguously themed student ball. Lots of
balloons, uninspiring food, and ‘crazy’ thesps dressed as various movie
creatures running around causing havoc. The film started quite suddenly just as
we were settling into the entertainment, and from then on it was essentially
just a very fancy cinema trip. There definitely could have been more done with
the characters acting out scenes from the film, although they did do a bit
(mainly Jessica Rabbit walking seductively from one side of the auditorium to
the other every now and then). The night ended on a high though with the entire
cast and audience up on the stage dancing (it has long been my dream to jive
with a monkey in a suit. I mean, not really, but it should have been).
Brixpig x
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