musicals – T E Shepherd https://shepline.com author | illustrator | digital designer Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:45:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://shepline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-shepline-white-on-green-square_512-32x32.jpg musicals – T E Shepherd https://shepline.com 32 32 There’s a whisper down the line at 11.39 https://shepline.com/2008/04/28/theres-a-whisper-down-the-line-at-11-39/ https://shepline.com/2008/04/28/theres-a-whisper-down-the-line-at-11-39/#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:39:00 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/theres-a-whisper-down-the-line-at-11-39/

There’s a whisper down the line at 11.39 when the night mail’s ready to depart
Saying Skimble, where is Skimble, has he gone to hunt the thimble? We must find him or the train can’t start

Cats, was, as always fantastic and brilliant, and so, so magical and clever. That said, in this touring production they’ve tinkered with it (since I last saw it a year and a bit ago). Mungo Jerry and Rumple Teezer, have had their tune completely rewritten, and not at all for the better. It really, really, doesn’t work anymore.

The Rum Tum Tugger and Skimbleshanks stole the show by a whisker mile! ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]> https://shepline.com/2008/04/28/theres-a-whisper-down-the-line-at-11-39/feed/ 0 The day after the weekend before https://shepline.com/2008/04/28/the-day-after-the-weekend-before/ https://shepline.com/2008/04/28/the-day-after-the-weekend-before/#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:08:00 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/the-day-after-the-weekend-before/ 1. Firstly, happy birthday to my brother.

2. It’s a gorgeous, sunny day today; bright and warm and nice. Just the kind of day to have a nice bicycle ride into work. Well, that was the plan. I was near to the ringroad when my car broke down. Something went ‘ping’ and shortly after my chain came off. I tried to get it back on, but it wouldn’t stay. I think the wheel bearings might have gone รขย€ย“ the back wheel is rocking awfully. So I had to walk my silver steed all the way back the Park & Ride, lock it up to the back of my car get the bus into work.

3. I’m going to see Cats for the third time tonight (just one short of Jane’s record. I also get to see Em tonight! ๐Ÿ™‚

]]> https://shepline.com/2008/04/28/the-day-after-the-weekend-before/feed/ 0 Come with me. To the Emerald City. https://shepline.com/2007/02/24/come-with-me-to-the-emerald-city-2/ https://shepline.com/2007/02/24/come-with-me-to-the-emerald-city-2/#respond Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:59:00 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/come-with-me-to-the-emerald-city-2/ Took the coach to London this evening – c/o of works social committee – to see Wicked. Arriving in the West End, we disembarked from the bus to find the Apollo Victoria very obvious, lit up in it’s irridescent green lights. The stage was designed around the clockwork workings of Oz, and the the production values excellent, and magical, and wicked!

Kerry Ellis’ Elphaba – the wicked witch of the west – was incredible with, by far the best voice on the stage. She stole the show. The music was truly outstanding when it was good, but I did find that it was quite the entire whole package that some musicals are. Far from the prequel that Wickedis often described as, it started off as a a prequel but then worked through the duration of The Wizard of Oz, ending after that story, with a twist… ๐Ÿ˜‰

A great evening!

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