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burntcopper) wrote2008-02-12 11:22 pm
burntcopper) wrote2008-02-12 11:22 pm
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Nutcracker (aka Matthew Bourne on crack), mooncup
wearing mooncup for first time. Pretty sure it's not in right, as I can feel it every time I move positions. And oh god it was an utterly painful experience trying to remove it earlier to cut the stem - completely tensed, which didn't help -, so, um, just going to leave doing that until I've watched at least one ep of Supernatural. (I have, like 31mb of disk space left) Mind you, am wondering if it's partially due to not being relaxed when inserting it. Is it possible to shove it too far up? (I know you can't lose it) Wondering if I did that due to being used to using tampax entire life.
Nutcracker.
Really good, utterly cracktastic due to there being no coherent story. (orphanage, girlie dreams of getting out, casts all the orphanage lot in sugar land - sugar land being where it gets *really* cracky) Great dancing, we spent a large amount of it going '...wtf?', though utterly adoring the madness and overly cracked-out caricatures Bourne specialises in for sugar land - dolly birds, sexed up sleaze boys, overly macho lads who love themselves, flamenco dancers, geeky cupid twins, and the orphanage scenes were great ensemble dark acting out on the kiddy level. Also the front row (yes, us) got choked by the dry ice coming off the front of the stage (seriously over-cranked the machine) during the sugar land ice skating scene - second time it happened at the beginning of the second act, as soon as it appeared at the start of the second act at the back of the stage, (though not as bad the second time round) first row all raised their programmes in preparation to fight it off.
Me and Taz, being the Matthew Bourne addicts that we are, did apologise a bit for the sheer crack to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
snowballjane, who's a Matthew Bourne virgin, telling her that it's not normally like this. And pouting somewhat because it was Brick Shithouse's night off, so he was only standing around as one of the orphanage governors in the first act. Adam Galbraith was playing Nutcracker instead - last seen him as things like Edward Scissorhands and the Prince in Swan Lake (along with Scott Ambler - they share the leads along with Alan Vincent, aka our beloved BSH) Was kind of funny since in all the parts where Nutcracker is macho, it's very, very clearly choreographed for BSH, and we're used to seeing Scott and Adam playing the sensitive, sweet roles. Playing macho and some scenes where, um, if it was BSH everyone who'd hit puberty would be swallowing and dribbling due to brains having melted from sheer hotness rather than going 'awww, how cute and trying to be grown up'. *Especially* the end scene where she wakes up from the dream back in the orphanage. :muses: Mind you, Adam played the kids-in-orphanage scenes for his character adorably, and I'm not sure how BSH would've handled those.
Did a lot of rest of company spotting - we're wondering if Michela Meazza ever gets to play anything but the oversexed or spoilt characters, Kerry Biggin and Gemma Payne were fun again, spotted the little blond boy who was one of the gay pair in Car Man (and I missed him splitting his trousers in the orphanage scene, dammit!), and then blinked a lot at the programme. They'd used the company's kiddie photos for their headshots, and we were pointing and laughing a lot at BSH's. 'And what are you going to be when you grow up, boy who looks completely normal? A ballet/modern dancer who makes people with even a vague attraction towards those with a Y chromosome's brains melt out of their ears due to sheer macho sex appeal, with a tendency to seduce men and women in your roles. Ooooooo-kaaaaaaaayyyyyy.'
Nutcracker.
Really good, utterly cracktastic due to there being no coherent story. (orphanage, girlie dreams of getting out, casts all the orphanage lot in sugar land - sugar land being where it gets *really* cracky) Great dancing, we spent a large amount of it going '...wtf?', though utterly adoring the madness and overly cracked-out caricatures Bourne specialises in for sugar land - dolly birds, sexed up sleaze boys, overly macho lads who love themselves, flamenco dancers, geeky cupid twins, and the orphanage scenes were great ensemble dark acting out on the kiddy level. Also the front row (yes, us) got choked by the dry ice coming off the front of the stage (seriously over-cranked the machine) during the sugar land ice skating scene - second time it happened at the beginning of the second act, as soon as it appeared at the start of the second act at the back of the stage, (though not as bad the second time round) first row all raised their programmes in preparation to fight it off.
Me and Taz, being the Matthew Bourne addicts that we are, did apologise a bit for the sheer crack to
snowballjane, who's a Matthew Bourne virgin, telling her that it's not normally like this. And pouting somewhat because it was Brick Shithouse's night off, so he was only standing around as one of the orphanage governors in the first act. Adam Galbraith was playing Nutcracker instead - last seen him as things like Edward Scissorhands and the Prince in Swan Lake (along with Scott Ambler - they share the leads along with Alan Vincent, aka our beloved BSH) Was kind of funny since in all the parts where Nutcracker is macho, it's very, very clearly choreographed for BSH, and we're used to seeing Scott and Adam playing the sensitive, sweet roles. Playing macho and some scenes where, um, if it was BSH everyone who'd hit puberty would be swallowing and dribbling due to brains having melted from sheer hotness rather than going 'awww, how cute and trying to be grown up'. *Especially* the end scene where she wakes up from the dream back in the orphanage. :muses: Mind you, Adam played the kids-in-orphanage scenes for his character adorably, and I'm not sure how BSH would've handled those.Did a lot of rest of company spotting - we're wondering if Michela Meazza ever gets to play anything but the oversexed or spoilt characters, Kerry Biggin and Gemma Payne were fun again, spotted the little blond boy who was one of the gay pair in Car Man (and I missed him splitting his trousers in the orphanage scene, dammit!), and then blinked a lot at the programme. They'd used the company's kiddie photos for their headshots, and we were pointing and laughing a lot at BSH's. 'And what are you going to be when you grow up, boy who looks completely normal? A ballet/modern dancer who makes people with even a vague attraction towards those with a Y chromosome's brains melt out of their ears due to sheer macho sex appeal, with a tendency to seduce men and women in your roles. Ooooooo-kaaaaaaaayyyyyy.'
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