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paplazaroo, on 07 February 2013 - 06:41 PM, said:

He's having a pop at Lord ALW in that... Hmm, odd for somebody who's going to be in a second run of musical written by the same Lord ALW, and produced by his company.

I'm not sure how he knows he been autotuned anyhow.  How would anybody know what each note sounded like in one particular performance of theirs?

DanielWhit, on 30 September 2012 - 09:36 PM, said:

The Sunday O2 was 7.30pm.

Distant_Cousin, on 28 September 2012 - 12:57 PM, said:

Yes, but the motivations and that stuff aren't in the Bible.  All you'll get there is a telling of, "X went to Y and did Z."  That's really the point of the whole musical: pointing out what the motivations of the characters may have been, according to Tim Rice, with a modern slant on the thinking.  So I don't think that's something which would have really been covered in RE at school.

I would have thought the basic stuff about Jesus - getting the disciples together; Mary Magdalene = reformed prostitute; one of his followers - Judas - turns him in; politcal ping-pong between Pharisees, Pilate, Herod; crucifixion... is all general knowledge anyhow, for most people?  Don't know that and there's a gap in general education, I would have thought.

Having said that, the "plot" does come over much more clearly in the film version.  As I said, in this version I was more watching the spectacle than following the plot anyhow.

The original thing was already a double-decker sandwich - we have the historical events in vision, and a modern interpretation of the thought processes on the soundtrack.  What this new production tried to do was add a third layer to the sandwich - a modern updating of the visuals (while leaving the words alone).   That's just over-egging the cake a little.  And, yes, if this production was your first exposure to the JC story, you ain't gonna know what the frig is going on.

Seasoned veterans have "ways" of getting alcohol into practically any "non alcohol" event.  I've done it myself countless times.  Pop concerts and football matches are a must - you certainly don't want to be sober in those!

A third-bottle of vodka down the front of the trousers is  good one.  Nobody ever frisks you there, and you just look rather, er, well hung.

A bottle of soft drink (e.g. coke) with half the drink poured away and refilled with vodka - most places let soft drinks in.  Even if it's a water-only policy - half lemonade, half vodka. Looks just like water.

Even when alcohol is allowed, some people do these things to avoid the huge expense of purchasing the equivalent amount of drink at venue prices.

Kathryn2, on 24 September 2012 - 11:50 AM, said:

Knowing what had been said, I deliberately kept my eye out for people leaving.  The stalls and main Tier 1 had very few empty seats.  It's one of the best turnouts I've ever seen for any event, actually.  The weather yesterday was absolutely atrocious, so I was expecting more no-shows.  The two Tier 4 levels were only about 1/3 occupied even at the start, certainly no sell-out of tickets up there.  A few people may have left there, but nothing which yelled out to me.