Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Blackadder goes fourth at Neath Little Theatre (review)


Blackadder goes fourth at the Neath little theatre. 
The set was very good, and the show consisted of three episodes of the the 1989 tv series. Captain Cook, Major Star, and Goodbyeee.
It's always difficult to put on a play based on a tv series, everybody knows the stars and the jokes and the stage show is always compared to the original, and inevitably there will be shortcomings.
The Neath little theatres show followed the episodes very closely, there were a few minor changes to accommodate the stage setting, but it didn't affect the story at all. 
The cast did a good job, and from personal experience I know how hard Blackadder is on the cast, most of the lines are not normal conversation like other plays, it's more short monologues, so much harder to learn and remember, there were one or two small "fluffs" but again nothing major and the actors recovered well, and to be fair considering it's three episodes of hard going dialogue it was pretty damn good effort.
All in all a good evenings entertainment.

Waynes rating, it's impossible to rate fairly as I'm a fan of the original series and anything else no matter how well done will always be a poor companion.  That said I enjoyed the evening and it was well done.
So well worth the £7 entrance fee.

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