Comments for Theatre in Scotland http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:03:45 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Review: Legally Blonde the Musical by Linda MacFarlane http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/2011/08/review-legally-blonde-the-musical/#comment-67 Linda MacFarlane Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:03:45 +0000 http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/?p=699#comment-67 Saw this at the Kings last night and it certainly lived up to the title 'hottest ticket in town'. Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous! 'Gay or European?' had us laughing so much it hurt. Love it :-) Saw this at the Kings last night and it certainly lived up to the title ‘hottest ticket in town’. Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous!

‘Gay or European?’ had us laughing so much it hurt.

Love it :-)

]]> Comment on Review: Les Miserables by Jean http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/2010/04/review-les-miserables/#comment-64 Jean Sat, 23 Apr 2011 13:29:19 +0000 http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/?p=77#comment-64 can anyone tell me who played inspector javert in this production. I seen a matinee and he was unbelievable - i am trying to buy an album with him on it. can anyone tell me who played inspector javert in this production. I seen a matinee and he was unbelievable – i am trying to buy an album with him on it.

]]> Comment on Review: Rob Drummond: Wrestling by Will Donnelly http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/2011/02/review-rob-drummond-wrestling/#comment-20 Will Donnelly Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:22:14 +0000 http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/?p=351#comment-20 Hi guys, massive wrestling fan, undertook a bit of training a couple years back. In response to wrestling choreography. A wrestling match is structured in and around 8 parts. Tag matches were so so so popular in the 80s and 90s, because they told the story in the simplest way. 2 good guys versus 2 bad guys. First stage, establish who the heels and faces are. Second stage: faces get their "shine". Can be done in a variety of ways, generally both good guys get a quick upperhand with singles or tag team moves. This leads into the cut off, where the heels take over for Stage 3: the Heat. This can last any amount of time depending on crowd reaction...if the crowd is hot, this can last forever as long as it is intersperced with "hope", stage 4. Hope is when the face in peril maybe gets some moves or strikes, but the heels invariably cut him off again. Eventually a face might get one big desperation maneouver, which leads into Stage 5, the double down, where both the heel and face are down in the ring, the ref counts both men down. In tag matches the double down works very well, allows the crowd to get behind the face in peril so he can get the tag for Stage 6 - the hot tag! This is the part which differentiates tag wrestling from singles, Big Daddy was used SO well in this way in Britain as he got older. He'd typically have a small partner who would get beaten up and Daddy would eventually make the tag to perform Stage 7. The comeback! Here the face would clean house, leading into Stage 8 the finish. Now in tag matches the good guys don't always win, so the finishes vary, can sometimes have alot of false finishes etc. but this is the general formula for tag matches. Any time you have a 10 min + tag match you'll see this type of formula, especially in WWE. Some of the stages may be in different orders, or may be extended. Thats the basic structure of a tag match, I may have ruined wrestling for you guys lol this is generally how a tag match is structured. I'd have personally liked to have seen Drummond take the heat in the match up, but I imagine he perhaps wasn't physically able to. That may also answer why it was a tag match and not a singles match lol Either way, I loved the show, I think I enjoyed it more than my wee boy though lol I wonder if this will tour though, I doubt they'd be able to have the reveal etc. but you never know! Hi guys, massive wrestling fan, undertook a bit of training a couple years back. In response to wrestling choreography. A wrestling match is structured in and around 8 parts. Tag matches were so so so popular in the 80s and 90s, because they told the story in the simplest way. 2 good guys versus 2 bad guys. First stage, establish who the heels and faces are. Second stage: faces get their “shine”. Can be done in a variety of ways, generally both good guys get a quick upperhand with singles or tag team moves. This leads into the cut off, where the heels take over for Stage 3: the Heat. This can last any amount of time depending on crowd reaction…if the crowd is hot, this can last forever as long as it is intersperced with “hope”, stage 4. Hope is when the face in peril maybe gets some moves or strikes, but the heels invariably cut him off again. Eventually a face might get one big desperation maneouver, which leads into Stage 5, the double down, where both the heel and face are down in the ring, the ref counts both men down. In tag matches the double down works very well, allows the crowd to get behind the face in peril so he can get the tag for Stage 6 – the hot tag! This is the part which differentiates tag wrestling from singles, Big Daddy was used SO well in this way in Britain as he got older. He’d typically have a small partner who would get beaten up and Daddy would eventually make the tag to perform Stage 7. The comeback! Here the face would clean house, leading into Stage 8 the finish. Now in tag matches the good guys don’t always win, so the finishes vary, can sometimes have alot of false finishes etc. but this is the general formula for tag matches. Any time you have a 10 min + tag match you’ll see this type of formula, especially in WWE. Some of the stages may be in different orders, or may be extended.

Thats the basic structure of a tag match, I may have ruined wrestling for you guys lol this is generally how a tag match is structured. I’d have personally liked to have seen Drummond take the heat in the match up, but I imagine he perhaps wasn’t physically able to. That may also answer why it was a tag match and not a singles match lol

Either way, I loved the show, I think I enjoyed it more than my wee boy though lol I wonder if this will tour though, I doubt they’d be able to have the reveal etc. but you never know!

]]> Comment on Review: Rob Drummond: Wrestling by Colin Chaloner http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/2011/02/review-rob-drummond-wrestling/#comment-19 Colin Chaloner Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:33:37 +0000 http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/?p=351#comment-19 Hopefully it'll tour. It'd be interesting to see how it changes. Hopefully it’ll tour. It’d be interesting to see how it changes.

]]> Comment on Review: Rob Drummond: Wrestling by Gary http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/2011/02/review-rob-drummond-wrestling/#comment-18 Gary Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:02:06 +0000 http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/?p=351#comment-18 Thanksfor the reply! I'm a little torn. I'm curious to see what it would have been like with a different style of match. A mirror of the monologue, watching Drummond slowly get into the match and stare at his boots being antagonised some more before stepping in the ring. The way it played out was exciting but it was is Rob got the upper hand too soon. I'm not sure if thats typical wrestling choreography or not. Thanksfor the reply!

I’m a little torn. I’m curious to see what it would have been like with a different style of match. A mirror of the monologue, watching Drummond slowly get into the match and stare at his boots being antagonised some more before stepping in the ring. The way it played out was exciting but it was is Rob got the upper hand too soon.

I’m not sure if thats typical wrestling choreography or not.

]]> Comment on Review: Rob Drummond: Wrestling by Colin Chaloner http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/2011/02/review-rob-drummond-wrestling/#comment-17 Colin Chaloner Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:14:46 +0000 http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/?p=351#comment-17 Hi David, just read your piece, and I think I'm with you for the most part. When I say "elemental thrill of wrestling", I do include the ongoing backstage drama that is particularly important in WWE and other televised formats, and Wrestling managed to replicate some of this - I loved that Rob was committed enough to do every interview for weeks with the sling on. Also Gary, I share your frustration with "polite audiences sitting on their hands analyzing and looking deeply (perhaps too much) into everything being said" and would prefer theatre to be "entertaining" as Polly says. Theatre shouldn't be a licence to bore people, and many theatre makers could learn a lot from massively popular art-forms like Wrestling. I want there to be more shows like Wrestling, I want there to be more directors like Rob Drummond, and if I was reviewing this show solely on its intentions then I'd give it 5 stars. However, in the end, after months of anticipation, I felt like it was a bit short on "overproduced theatre with flashing lights, loud music, and over the top banter". The wrestlers / machines / locations all felt a bit under-utilised, which I guess is why I suggested paring it down. You didn't think there was more that could've been drawn out and woven in? I could've done with a bit more from the bad guys. Hi David, just read your piece, and I think I’m with you for the most part. When I say “elemental thrill of wrestling”, I do include the ongoing backstage drama that is particularly important in WWE and other televised formats, and Wrestling managed to replicate some of this – I loved that Rob was committed enough to do every interview for weeks with the sling on.
Also Gary, I share your frustration with “polite audiences sitting on their hands analyzing and looking deeply (perhaps too much) into everything being said” and would prefer theatre to be “entertaining” as Polly says. Theatre shouldn’t be a licence to bore people, and many theatre makers could learn a lot from massively popular art-forms like Wrestling. I want there to be more shows like Wrestling, I want there to be more directors like Rob Drummond, and if I was reviewing this show solely on its intentions then I’d give it 5 stars. However, in the end, after months of anticipation, I felt like it was a bit short on “overproduced theatre with flashing lights, loud music, and over the top banter”. The wrestlers / machines / locations all felt a bit under-utilised, which I guess is why I suggested paring it down. You didn’t think there was more that could’ve been drawn out and woven in? I could’ve done with a bit more from the bad guys.

]]> Comment on Review: Rob Drummond: Wrestling by Gary http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/2011/02/review-rob-drummond-wrestling/#comment-16 Gary Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:22:13 +0000 http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/?p=351#comment-16 I think the line that gets me here is the concept of the show being over produced, or wrestlers being under unfamiliar lights. I'm not the most knowledgable on the world of wrestling, but surely it's essentialy overproduced theatre with flashing lights, loud music, over the top banter and the list goes on. I didn't wuite know what to expect but I've been to theatre with polite audiences sittin on their hands analyzing and looking deeply (perhaps too much) into everything being said. This was what it should be at it's core. Fun. And it was a delight to see theatre goers on their feet losing themselves in the battle as Drummond became what he felt a man should be. The wrestlers themselves seemed completely in their element. However, I have walked away questioning whether they'll never be praised for their efforts of jumping into another art form. I think the line that gets me here is the concept of the show being over produced, or wrestlers being under unfamiliar lights. I’m not the most knowledgable on the world of wrestling, but surely it’s essentialy overproduced theatre with flashing lights, loud music, over the top banter and the list goes on.

I didn’t wuite know what to expect but I’ve been to theatre with polite audiences sittin on their hands analyzing and looking deeply (perhaps too much) into everything being said. This was what it should be at it’s core. Fun. And it was a delight to see theatre goers on their feet losing themselves in the battle as Drummond became what he felt a man should be.

The wrestlers themselves seemed completely in their element. However, I have walked away questioning whether they’ll never be praised for their efforts of jumping into another art form.

]]> Comment on Review: Rob Drummond: Wrestling by David Jackson http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/2011/02/review-rob-drummond-wrestling/#comment-15 David Jackson Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:21:46 +0000 http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/?p=351#comment-15 I'm afraid you've mis-understood the show. The claim "it would be wonderful to see this fully merge with the elemental thrill of wrestling" shows this: the show, in fact, is completely in kayfabe. Everything you see <i>is</i> wrestling. Also, it is simply not true that wrestling is always performed in one ring (I would direct you to WCW's 'War Games'). With that in mind, but wary of not actually knowing you, my feeling from this review is that you're not that knowledgable about wrestling. Of course, you are free to review this as theatre, which it is, but doing that will lead to something of a missing of the the point we have seen here. Wrestling is not simply theatre, but a unique form of theatre, with unique conventions of it's own, and they must be considered, as they are here: <a href="http://rtvwrestling.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/rob-drummond-wrestling-not-as-theatre-but-as-an-art-of-its-own/" rel="nofollow">http://rtvwrestling.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/rob-drummond-wrestling-not-as-theatre-but-as-an-art-of-its-own/</a> I’m afraid you’ve mis-understood the show. The claim “it would be wonderful to see this fully merge with the elemental thrill of wrestling” shows this: the show, in fact, is completely in kayfabe. Everything you see is wrestling. Also, it is simply not true that wrestling is always performed in one ring (I would direct you to WCW’s ‘War Games’).

With that in mind, but wary of not actually knowing you, my feeling from this review is that you’re not that knowledgable about wrestling. Of course, you are free to review this as theatre, which it is, but doing that will lead to something of a missing of the the point we have seen here. Wrestling is not simply theatre, but a unique form of theatre, with unique conventions of it’s own, and they must be considered, as they are here: http://rtvwrestling.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/rob-drummond-wrestling-not-as-theatre-but-as-an-art-of-its-own/

]]> Comment on Review: Rob Drummond: Wrestling by Colin Chaloner http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/2011/02/review-rob-drummond-wrestling/#comment-14 Colin Chaloner Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:24:29 +0000 http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/?p=351#comment-14 I'm glad you enjoyed it Polly. I didn't think it was quite four stars, but Rob got lots of positive reviews and I'm sure he isn't too worried about it: http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/stage-visual-arts/rob-drummond-wrestling-arches-glasgow-1.1085287 http://entertainment.stv.tv/onstage/227420-wrestle-and-be-thankful/ http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/101478-wrestling-the-arches-11-feb I’m glad you enjoyed it Polly. I didn’t think it was quite four stars, but Rob got lots of positive reviews and I’m sure he isn’t too worried about it:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/stage-visual-arts/rob-drummond-wrestling-arches-glasgow-1.1085287
http://entertainment.stv.tv/onstage/227420-wrestle-and-be-thankful/
http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/101478-wrestling-the-arches-11-feb

]]> Comment on Review: Rob Drummond: Wrestling by Polly McKay http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/2011/02/review-rob-drummond-wrestling/#comment-13 Polly McKay Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:24:22 +0000 http://www.theatreinscotland.co.uk:/front/?p=351#comment-13 There was only one wilted plant at the arches - Colin Chaloner. Oh no! Wait! he is a dead weed. Was he at the same show as I and hundreds others attended? The purpose of theatre is top entertain, The purpose of going to theatre is to be entertained. This show was extremely entertaining and fulfilled another purpose - that of attracting wrestling fans to a theatre! If it had been performed in a wrestling arena, the wrestling fans would not have gone to the Arches. Don't listen to his nonsense, Rob Drummond. This was a great show, NOT slow, Not AWKWARD and we LOVED the fact it was 'episodic' - that kept us on our toes and kept the show moving. Chaloner, wake up! If ou want a wrestling match go to Bellahouston Sports Centre on 26th February. Perhaps you would care to perform too? There was only one wilted plant at the arches – Colin Chaloner. Oh no! Wait! he is a dead weed. Was he at the same show as I and hundreds others attended? The purpose of theatre is top entertain, The purpose of going to theatre is to be entertained. This show was extremely entertaining and fulfilled another purpose – that of attracting wrestling fans to a theatre! If it had been performed in a wrestling arena, the wrestling fans would not have gone to the Arches. Don’t listen to his nonsense, Rob Drummond. This was a great show, NOT slow, Not AWKWARD and we LOVED the fact it was ‘episodic’ – that kept us on our toes and kept the show moving. Chaloner, wake up! If ou want a wrestling match go to Bellahouston Sports Centre on 26th February. Perhaps you would care to perform too?

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