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[songanddanceman2]

No, and i hope it stays that way, i found the show tedious

[mallardo]

But wouldn't it be good to see it in another production? Trevor Nunn's take on it was alienating, at least to me. I still think it's one of ALW's best scores.

[peggyb2]

I agree.I think Evermore Without You is one of the best songs he's ever written.

[Princeton Returns]

i agree, but it needs a traditional and smaller scale staging.

[songanddanceman2]

Hated the production and sadly hated the score

[Phantom of London]

I loved some parts of Woman in White, several great songs and several not so great songs, problems lay with the book, some of the lyrics, leaden projection which the production over relied on and poor direction.

I have read the book by Wilkie Collins and it's a very beautifully written book and is nothing like what I witnesses on stage, there was no fight at the end and Sir Percival Glyde was not killed by the morning express train after running in the tunnel, (it did give a amazing special effect in the theatre though).In fact Sir Percival Glyde actually perishes in a fire, after he tries to burn a church down, where his birth register is housed and where he faked his entry into it, (he didn't want his secret to get out) that he was illegitimate, therefore not entitled to his parents estate and title, so that was the secret and the shame was he was using a title he wasn't actually entitled to take, which was a very bad thing to do, to carry yourself off as county gentry when not entitled.

Wilkie Collins booked tried to point out the dangers of arranged marriages which was common in the upper class to protect their wealth and that people with money and influence could have sane people locked up for life in the Victorian asylum system, as Sir Percival Glyde did.

A beautiful book poorly translated for the stage.

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According to a poster on the Whats On Stage Forum, the Menier Chocolate Factory are to mount a production of "The Woman In White" directed by Maria Friedman:

http://www.whatsonstage.com/board/index.php?/topic/67533-woman-in-white-chocolate-factory/

[rosscoe(au)]

Was Trevor Nunn really the problem with the last production?
Webber seems to over produce his shows when he doesn't work with Cam Mac, the man never says no to anything. Sunset is a perfect example.

[jaqs]

I dont think I could cope with the choc factory bum numbers for this. Id be curious, but not enough to suffer the potential duel discomfort.

[abitoftap]

The seats now aren't too bad...no worse than most WE theatres....don't know the show though, so can't comment on that!!!

[jaqs]

The seats were super uncomfortable at Merrily.

[abitoftap]

We were only there on Sunday and at least Row C was fine...decent leg room (I'm 6') and reasonable support. Maybe it depends where you are and how big the other people on the row are!

[bob8rich]

The seats at the Menier are criminally uncomfortable lol. Such a shame as I love the venue and they do such fantastic work there.

I have a serious back problem and I am not exaggerating when I say that sitting in their seats is excruciatingly painful (whoever designed the seats has clearly never had a bad back!). The leg room is also VERY poor - though that's only become a problem for me the last year or so since the arthritis in my knees has gotten worse. I can just about manage it if I get a front row seat and can stretch my legs out - but anywhere else I honestly could not sit through a show there.

(Though to be fair the Olivier is not much better! Have suffered serious pain during the last 2 things I've seen there - leg room is non-existent!)