I am a big fan of theatre and stage, and on a bit of a theatre high having just done a show. I'm partly making this thread so I can find out who else on this forum is, and so we can share good things we have watched and reccomend, or criticise shows. Unfortunately, theatre has become very expensive, especially the West End with its grandiose musicals, so it isn't something which I go to nearly as much as I'd like. When I do go, it tends to either be with my school (it costs like £8 this way) or to a preview.In a way this is also my attempt to make the most pretentious thread on the forum 
But that's actually something that very much annoys me: how so many people view at is as so and how it has become an activity mostly for the rich. But that's for a later time
In 2016 the best show I watched was probably the Grinning Man. It was entertaining, wonderfully weird and had some impressive performances too, notably from Julian Bleach, and some great singing. It was, however, 3 hours long, and it could have been much less.
The best show I have seen in my lifetime is by far Complicite's The Encounter. It was absolutely outsanding, it completely immersed me through its incredible use of sound. It is going Down Under soon, and I very much reccomend anyone who lives in any cities it is going to (Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide) to watch it. It's going to Cali next year in LA and San Francisco too, so if you live there then I seriously suggest you spend those $25 or whatever (in Edinburgh it was closer to £10, but hey) and go watch. It's in MI too.
Now I leave it to anyone else who wants to add something they'd seen too.
But that's actually something that very much annoys me: how so many people view at is as so and how it has become an activity mostly for the rich. But that's for a later time
In 2016 the best show I watched was probably the Grinning Man. It was entertaining, wonderfully weird and had some impressive performances too, notably from Julian Bleach, and some great singing. It was, however, 3 hours long, and it could have been much less.
The best show I have seen in my lifetime is by far Complicite's The Encounter. It was absolutely outsanding, it completely immersed me through its incredible use of sound. It is going Down Under soon, and I very much reccomend anyone who lives in any cities it is going to (Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide) to watch it. It's going to Cali next year in LA and San Francisco too, so if you live there then I seriously suggest you spend those $25 or whatever (in Edinburgh it was closer to £10, but hey) and go watch. It's in MI too.
Now I leave it to anyone else who wants to add something they'd seen too.
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