September 4, 201212 yr Looks like a full house for opening night of Cabaret, starring Will Young and Michelle Ryan Sent 11 mins ago From web He's wrong about it being opening night but pleased the theatre's looking pretty full tonight. :cheer:
September 4, 201212 yr A few lovely tweets from peeps in the interval...Julie @JulieTT06 @will_young31 wow, am in the audience for #cabaret, you are brilliant! Great show x Sammy Park@sparkyler92 Watching @will_young31 in cabaret, amazing so far! Natalie Carr@natfrog5 @will_young31 is so in his element in this! Soooo good! #Cabaret I'm going again tomorrow and matinee Thursday... :yahoo: Luv.Diz.X. Edited September 4, 201212 yr by dizzydzin
September 4, 201212 yr Wonder if we'll get a review? A fantastic press night performance of #cabaret tonight, were you there to see the fabulous @will_young31 Sent 13 mins ago Twitter for iPhone
September 4, 201212 yr Some lovely tweets from tonight's performance :dance: @will_young31 great show tonight absolutely loved it, thanks for autograph too at the end :) Expand @will_young31 Cabaret was amazing #lovedit well done!! Expand Well, I kinda just met @will_young31 ! Closest I've managed to get in 10 yrs! No photos allowed tho =( Gutted much #Cabaret Expand @will_young31 Fabulous as ever darling! Expand "@mayflower: A fantastic press night performance of #cabaret tonight, were you there to see the fabulous @will_young31" @quoodle :-) x Expand 10m Mayflower Theatre Mayflower Theatre @mayflower A fantastic press night performance of #cabaret tonight, were you there to see the fabulous @will_young31
September 4, 201212 yr More @will_young31 Cabaret . . . . Fantastic! LOVED it!@will_young31 Wow will young just watched u at the mayflower u was amazing and alittle cheeky at the end lol ;-p well done great show x I haven't seen one single negative tweet so far :dance:
September 4, 201212 yr Really enjoyed Cabaret at the @mayflower - Michelle Ryan was outstanding and Will Young superb. Sent 2 mins ago Twitter for iPhone From a presenter on Wave 105.
September 4, 201212 yr Hi Mary -thanks for the Tweets. I was wondering when we would get press reviews. :dance:
September 5, 201212 yr I love this tweet...but as Mary has said, they've all been fantastic and not one negative one.... This is his profile... Editor in Chief of @dailyecho newspaper in Hampshire, UK. Southampton. UK Mind you, he should know how to spell Cabaret with that job... :D Ian Murray@editorianmurray Brilliant production of Caberet at Southampton Mayflower with Will Young as Emcee. Saw it last night. He steals the show. Luv.Diz.X.
September 5, 201212 yr Author I love this tweet...but as Mary has said, they've all been fantastic and not one negative one.... This is his profile... Editor in Chief of @dailyecho newspaper in Hampshire, UK. Southampton. UK Mind you, he should know how to spell Cabaret with that job... :D Ian Murray@editorianmurray Brilliant production of Caberet at Southampton Mayflower with Will Young as Emcee. Saw it last night. He steals the show.Luv.Diz.X. Yes that's a really good one apart from his spelling! :cheer: Sine they use a K instead of a C in the show I think it will be open season how you spell the word! :lol:
September 5, 201212 yr There's a great review in the Chichester Observer today---sorry I can't post a link yet :)
September 5, 201212 yr There's a great review in the Chichester Observer today---sorry I can't post a link yet :) Look forward to reading that. :D
September 5, 201212 yr Thanks for letting us know. Sponsored byREVIEW: Cabaret, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, until September 8. Published on Wednesday 5 September 2012 08:43 Wisely the production gets the sight of Will Young in his little lederhosen out the way early. After that, it’s straight into the serious business: a seriously-impressive of revival of Kander and Ebb’s landmark musical, with a devastating conclusion which chills to the core. Previous revivals seem to have dragged the film along, albatross-like, behind them, never quite able to shake it off or let it go,–but not this one. Rufus Norris’’ double Olivier-award winning production is a bold re-imagining, and it works mesmerisingly well. The production creates the decadence and it recreates the looming spectre of Nazism which eventually overwhelms it; by the end, you understand why Cliff must go and yet Sally must stay. Life is a cabaret, Sally sings, and Michelle Ryan superbly brings out the emptiness of the charade Sally knows she’s condemned to continue playing. Ryan’s is a superlative performance, sexy, sassy and tragic; the show will go on, but at huge personal cost. The beautiful Maybe This time has never seemed more poignant. Will Young never eclipses her as the Emcee in a hugely-skilled performance which makes you realise that the character doesn’t have to have the sinisterness he usually exudes. Young’s take on it all underlines that the Emcee is a victim too as the final knockings of 20s decadence are engulfed by the rising tide of fascist brutality. The balletic thuggery, to which Cliff (the excellent Matt Rawle) falls victim, is a compelling image. Tomorrow Belongs To Me doesn’t quite have the impact here that it has in the film (If You Could See Her certainly doesn’t); but different mediums offer different challenges; and there’s no doubting the cleverness of the invention in this production - particularly in the most chilling of final scenes which underlines in the most graphic way imaginable just what is at stake. Just as importantly, the closing moments leave you reflecting just how much such dangers still exist – a tribute to a piece which is played beautifully by the ensemble. It’s certainly not the Will Young show. The doomed love of Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz is movingly played out, by Sian Phillips and Linal Haft respectively. Phillips makes you understand Schneider’s pragmatism (What Would You Do); Haft is touching in his naïve hope. Put it all together, and Cabaret is undoubtedly the highlight so far in a year already full of treasures at the Mayflower. Visually it is stunning; Javier De Frutos’ choreography is slick but vibrant; and the performances all round leave you convinced that an important musical, with the most important of messages, has been done rich and glowing justice. Phil Hewitt http://www.chichester.co.uk/lifestyle/cine...ber-8-1-4222908 Edited September 5, 201212 yr by truly talented
September 5, 201212 yr Thanks TT, that's a very good review, I can read between the lines there and see he's probably not a fan of Will Young but he's praised the performances and the show as a whole. :cheer: Edited September 5, 201212 yr by suggy
September 5, 201212 yr Thanks TT, that's a very good review, I can read between the lines there and see he's probably not a fan of Will Young but he's praised the performances and the show as a whole. :cheer: That's my impression to suggy, though he has to concede Will gives a hugely skilled performance. :D Shall I pin a thread for all the reviews so we can comment in here but keep all the reviews separate?
September 5, 201212 yr A good review but as Suggy says, he comes across as not being a Will fan in particular. He certainly liked Michelle but from a lot of the tweets I've read, she's not evryone's cup of tea in the role, so I'll see what I think when I see the show in London. Will seems to have got universal praise so far, hope it carries on through the Savoy run, because I think after 8 years in the acting game, he might just have the role now that propels him to greater things with that side of his career. :D
September 5, 201212 yr That's my impression to suggy, though he has to concede Will gives a hugely skilled performance. :D Shall I pin a thread for all the reviews so we can comment in here but keep all the reviews separate? That's a good idea TT, hope we get lots of good ones as I'm sure we will. :D
September 5, 201212 yr That's a good idea TT, hope we get lots of good ones as I'm sure we will. :D Done. :) If they are altogether it's easy if anyone wants to print them off.
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