[tara]

Am I the only person that didn’t enjoy The 39 Steps . After reading all the reviews of best comedy on the west end , hilarious etc , I thought I’d go .

How I wish I’d never bothered , I didn’t find the humour funny at all , it was the sort of humour that would make my grandparents laugh but did nothing for me, the best part of the play was when I fell asleep .

I hear that it has been extended so either people are loving it and spreading it by word of mouth or the posters and advertisements are doing there job.

Is it just me or did anyone else not think much of it ?

[bananafrit]

it's also going on uk tour starting this autumn

[Marlowe]

Am I the only person that didn’t enjoy The 39 Steps .

YES YOU ARE.

I thought it very funny. However, I am probably an old fart who enjoys silly pieces of well crafted theatre. Humour is subjective - each to his own.....but the extensions to the run and the tour perhaps tell you that lots of people enjoy this.

[hedge_hog]

YES YOU ARE.

I thought it very funny. However, I am probably an old fart who enjoys silly pieces of well crafted theatre. Humour is subjective - each to his own.....but the extensions to the run and the tour perhaps tell you that lots of people enjoy this.

I thought it was hilarious too.

[QuincyMD]

I loved it, it's a farce not a comedy.

[Laughingmonsta]

just like to pint out i am not an old fart, i thought this piece was a 1st class peice of directing and ensamble performance and hilarious some moments had me in stitches! a great show

[Ian66]

I kept nodding off too, but I find that happens if I sit far away from the stage with plays. I had the same problem with 'Death of a Salesman' which I was really looking forward to, and the play Juliette Lewis was in, which was just rubbish....
I need to be closer to feel any connection with plays I think. I saw 'Rock 'n' Roll from the 3rd row and I'm convinced that's why I enjoyed the play.

[Outrider]

I saw this at the Tricycle and just sat there in the first half wondering when I was going to laugh. That was torture enough. I didn't make it back to the auditorium for the second half.

I'm told its popularity with producers is down to its threadbare runnning costs. They'd rather have seats sold at half price and a half empty theatre than a completely dark house, which would cost money anyway as owners always have overheads to pay.

[tara]

I saw this at the Tricycle and just sat there in the first half wondering when I was going to laugh. That was torture enough. I didn't make it back to the auditorium for the second half.

I'm told its popularity with producers is down to its threadbare runnning costs. They'd rather have seats sold at half price and a half empty theatre than a completely dark house, which would cost money anyway as owners always have overheads to pay.

So I'm not the only one then , and to make it worse I paid full price .

[armadillo]

Why did you pay full-price? Top price tickets have been available for £10 for ages.

I'd have been more amused if hadn't seen dozens of similar student productions. But most of the audience enjoyed it which is all that matters - who cares if it has threadbare running costs (surely you can say that about any small-cast show?) and when I saw it, all three levels were open and fairly busy so that's a good audience for something that has been running for months, even if lots of people had cheap tickets. The success of this and Hound of the Baskervilles shows there is clearly an audience for this sort of show even if it isn't to everyone's taste. I assume there'll be a few more before the fad is over.