June 2010 - Reviews - London
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:26 pm
Have split off the following posts from the May thread to create this thread for London June reviews. (ERinVA)
June 1, 2010
Billy - Rhys Yeomans
Michael - Joe Massey
Debbie - Fleur Houdijk
Having seen Genevieve in Sydney, it was great to see her back on stage again. I agree that her acting is great and she puts in a lot of special touches. I especially like the way she says, "That is complete b...sh.. and you know it" to Billy. It's just funny to me how she delivers that line. I remember feeling the same way back in Sydney.
The crowd really loved Joe Massey and I think he's great as well. But he was cracking up a bit as Billy walked off down the aisle as the curtain came down in the final scene and also has been riding off on the bike before the curtain is all the way lowered. Maybe he's been told to do that, but it's much better to me when Michael stays put until he is out of sight at the end.
It was my first time seeing Rhys and he is a very solid Billy. He was in perfect form during the closing flourish of Solidarity (which not many Billy's hit perfectly) and did a 'wicked' job of skipping rope in b2b. He really seemed to like the new version...as best I could tell. He had one of the longest pauses ever after Fleur asked him the big question...quite funny.
It was my final night in London for the year and I wasn't planning to go to BETM tonight. I had a Row A ticket for Oliver!, but once I saw that a Billy that I hadn't seen was on.....I had to skip out on Dodger and the gang and buy a last minute ticket for Billy. I'm glad I did, of course.
June 1, 2010
Billy - Rhys Yeomans
Michael - Joe Massey
Debbie - Fleur Houdijk
Having seen Genevieve in Sydney, it was great to see her back on stage again. I agree that her acting is great and she puts in a lot of special touches. I especially like the way she says, "That is complete b...sh.. and you know it" to Billy. It's just funny to me how she delivers that line. I remember feeling the same way back in Sydney.
The crowd really loved Joe Massey and I think he's great as well. But he was cracking up a bit as Billy walked off down the aisle as the curtain came down in the final scene and also has been riding off on the bike before the curtain is all the way lowered. Maybe he's been told to do that, but it's much better to me when Michael stays put until he is out of sight at the end.
It was my first time seeing Rhys and he is a very solid Billy. He was in perfect form during the closing flourish of Solidarity (which not many Billy's hit perfectly) and did a 'wicked' job of skipping rope in b2b. He really seemed to like the new version...as best I could tell. He had one of the longest pauses ever after Fleur asked him the big question...quite funny.
It was my final night in London for the year and I wasn't planning to go to BETM tonight. I had a Row A ticket for Oliver!, but once I saw that a Billy that I hadn't seen was on.....I had to skip out on Dodger and the gang and buy a last minute ticket for Billy. I'm glad I did, of course.