Mrs Harris Goes To Paris is a pleasant comedy drama about a widowed cleaning lady who dreams of going to Paris to buy a Dior dress, and the friends she makes along the way to fulfilling her dream.
9/10
Month: September 2022
This play was first written and performed in 2018/2019. However, it has many parallels with covid.
I got a £25 day seat through TodayTix rush tickets. It was a good central seat in the stalls, that were a little bit far back. Photos of the stage are banned at the Old Vic, so there is no seat view.
It is an issues-based comedy set in a progressive private school that tries to value everyone’s views. When a mumps epidemic arrives, it pits differing opinions against each other. It includes a hilarious online meeting chat projected onto the scenery, which was so funny the audience’s laughter drowned out what those on stage were saying.
9/10
I got a £30 day sest from the officisl Phantom of the Opera website. The seat was over half price.
The theatre and effects felt a bit dated, but we’re good based on the age of the show. Despite the face value the seat was a partially restricted view but had great legroom.
It isn’t the type of musical I normally like but I enjoyed it more than I thought and was pleasantly surprised by the fact there were some laughs.
7/10
George Clooney and Julia Roberts star in this funny rom-com as a divorced couple who join forces to try to stop their daughter from marrying after a whirlwind romance in Bali.
9/10
This was the world premiere performance of this play a caption of the book that was tuned into a blockbuster film. The stars of the play included Hayley Mills, Rula Lenska and Paul Nicholas.
There were some minor problems with the play not pausing for laughter or clapping to stop, which meant some lines were missed and it started a few minutes late resulting in it over running- this wasn’t helped by everyone in the fill stalls and circle having to leave by the main entrance rather than emergency ones.
However, the negatives did not spoil the night at all. The play is about a group of Brits who, for various reasons, decide to spend their twilight years in India at the Marigold Hotel. It was funny and poignant, like the film, and I got a bargain seat special offer using my Ambassadors Theatre Group card. It was also interesting to be there for a first public performance of a new play and also for a recorded performance with cameras in 2 of the boxes and at least another couple in the stalls.
9/10
