[JWC]

Oh dear! I don't think I've ever seen quite so many people walking out/leaving early from a show. Much of the problem lies with the Royal Albert Hall's marketing of this event as it was quite obvious from overheard discussions in the (extremely long) interval that folk were expecting the usual Dame Edna show. I bought my tickets back in Feb and it was only yesterday morning that i twigged it was a rehash of an old show (which I'd already seen and banished to the recesses of my memory!) The new opening monologues to both halves were razor sharp and extremely funny but the rest should have died in the early 80s when it was first tried out. Some aspects evidently underrehearsed too. Just wanted it to be so much better than it was but didn't feel I could be rude enough and just leave thereby disturbing others ... or was that just rank cowardice? Do hope this is a temporary blip

[Jan Brock]

Yes, a strange decision to revive this as it had poor reviews the first time round too. But, we are promised a more conventional show from this performer of genius next year (the John Lahr book about him is very good).