{"id":5290,"date":"2014-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/2014\/07\/30\/london-2014\/"},"modified":"2014-07-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T00:00:00","slug":"london-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/?p=5290","title":{"rendered":"London 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--single.php--><\/p>\n<p><!--loop-->\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t        <!--navigation--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!--post title--><\/p>\n<div class=\"postspace2\">\n\t<\/div>\n<p><!--content with more link--><\/p>\n<p>New York may have Broadway. But London has it\u00b4s West End. And the theatre they produce here is truly world-class! My London-week was filled with input. We\u00b4ve had theatre-meetings, but part of working in the theatre is to go see shows too. You always learn something from a show, good or bad. It\u00b4s been 3 years since I was in London for more than a day, so I had quite a bit of catching up to do! The repertoire had almost completely changed. Let me share some of it with you:<\/p>\n<p>First up was the musical&amp;amp;nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.londontheatre.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/search.cgi?mytemplate=tp2&amp;method=all&amp;10000001=10002517\">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/a>. This was the show I had the biggest expectations for, and which I was most disappointed in. Not because it was bad, but the music was so forgettable. The set was pretty awesome, and the costumes were nice, especially the oompha-loompas\u00b4. The story is fun of course, like Roald Dahl often is, and some of the kids playing in it, were really, really talented! Nevertheless, it was actually a bit\u2026 boring, to be honest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Charlie-and-the-Chocolate-Factory-musical28\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Charlie-and-the-Chocolate-Factory-musical28-450x253.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\"><\/p>\n<p>The next show was anything but boring! The dramatization of Shakespeare\u00b4s&amp;amp;nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.londontheatre.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/search.cgi?mytemplate=tp2&amp;method=all&amp;10000001=10004121\">Richard III<\/a> with Martin Freeman (Watson in Sherlock) as the violent king. And if there is any doubt: yes, he IS a magnificent actor!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"19924_full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/19924_full-450x254.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\"><\/p>\n<p>The show is staged in the winter months of 1979, the winter of dis-content, filled with political unease in Britain, and with a big, general strike.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"cast-of-richard-iii-photo-marc-brenner1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cast-of-richard-iii-photo-marc-brenner1-450x253.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\"><\/p>\n<p>Next up is&amp;amp;nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.londontheatre.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/search.cgi?mytemplate=tp2&amp;method=all&amp;10000001=10002291\">The Book of Mormons<\/a>. A fun-filled feel-good laughter-bomb with catchy music and never a dull moment. Absolutely well worth the time, and I\u00b4d like to see it again. the brilliant thing about it, is that the humor is not putting anyone down, it\u00b4s more self-irony than viciously laughing on someone else\u00b4s behalf.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18305\" alt=\"The_Book_of_Mormon_poster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/The_Book_of_Mormon_poster.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>The set here was also pretty awesome. Downside: Insanely expensive tickets!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18313\" alt=\"BroadwayShot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/BroadwayShot-450x274.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"274\"><\/p>\n<p>In the evening we caught a traditional fares by Oscar Wilde:&amp;amp;nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.londontheatre.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/search.cgi?mytemplate=tp2&amp;method=all&amp;10000001=10004042\">The importance of being Earnest<\/a>. I don\u00b4t like farces, never have. But this one as the best one I\u00b4ve seen. In other words: for a fares, it was good. I even laugh a couple of times. And the set was a delight, a traditional, realistic set with historically correct costumes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18306\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" alt=\"6a0133ec96767e970b01a73dea94e4970d-800wi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/6a0133ec96767e970b01a73dea94e4970d-800wi.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\"><\/p>\n<p>Next up is what turned out to be my favorite this week:&amp;amp;nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.londontheatre.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/search.cgi?mytemplate=tp2&amp;method=all&amp;10000001=10003879\">The curious incident with the dog in the night-time<\/a>. It was a strong story about a boy with Asberger\u00b4s decease. His deception to play a detective in solving a mystery, results in uncovering more secrets than he can handle. And it truly shows how \u201cpeople can be confusing\u201d, to use his own words.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The_Curious_Incident_of_the_Dog_in_the_Night-Time_(play)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/The_Curious_Incident_of_the_Dog_in_the_Night-Time_play-450x252.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"252\"><\/p>\n<p>I don\u00b4t think I\u00b4ve ever seen such a well-polished co-ordination of set-, light-, film- and sound-design. They mix together perfectly, and invites the audience into the main-character\u00b4s perception of what goes on around him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"award-winning-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/award-winning-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time1-450x299.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\"><\/p>\n<p>Finally:&amp;amp;nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.londontheatre.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/search.cgi?mytemplate=tp2&amp;method=all&amp;10000001=10003717\">Shakespeare in Love<\/a>, the dramatization of the movie. A lovely stage-version, where the musicians where in roles as musicians on stage. Sweet, romantic, and with a relatively realistic ending (which honestly is kind of a relief in the sugar-coated Disney-versions a lot of entertainment concludes with today)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20870_full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spindelmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20870_full-450x254.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\"><\/p>\n<p>Such a super treat to see so much theatre! And such great productions! Excellent actors, truly talented designers, talent both on- and back-stage. The London-stage really is THE place for experiencing excellent theatre, be it for tourists or professionals, \u2013 the talent is undisputed.<\/p>\n<p>                       <!--for paginate posts--><\/p>\n<div class=\"postspace\">\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!--all options over and out--><\/p>\n<p>\t<!--include comments template--><\/p>\n<p><!-- You can start editing here. --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- If comments are open, but there are no comments. --><\/p>\n<p>        <!--do not delete--><\/p>\n<p><!--single.php end--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York may have Broadway. But London has it\u00b4s West End. And the theatre they produce here is truly world-class! 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