Magic Goes Wrong
Feb. 22nd, 2022 02:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitOn Sunday I went up to London to meet the daughter and go to see Magic Goes Wrong, which we'd had to re-arrange after I tested positive for covid.
The travel there and back was horrendous, and ended up with GWR abandoning passengers in Swindon, so I had to get SM to drive over and pick me up. However, I am not going to dwell on that here.
Daughter and I had an excellent lunch in a Bella Italia, including a cocktail, as well as a limoncello shot at the end of the meal. We also did a lot of catching up. It was lovely to see her.
I didn't find this Goes Wrong play as good as the other two I've seen (The Play and Peter Pan). The first half relied purely on tricks not working, but without any finesse. The action in the previous plays has flowed along from one scene to the next, whereas here there were separate 'acts'. However, the second half was much better - although the tricks didn't work as stated, something else of a magic line would happen and the illusion was real and clever.
Definitely a day of good and bad, but worthwhile to spend some time with the daughter.
The travel there and back was horrendous, and ended up with GWR abandoning passengers in Swindon, so I had to get SM to drive over and pick me up. However, I am not going to dwell on that here.
Daughter and I had an excellent lunch in a Bella Italia, including a cocktail, as well as a limoncello shot at the end of the meal. We also did a lot of catching up. It was lovely to see her.
I didn't find this Goes Wrong play as good as the other two I've seen (The Play and Peter Pan). The first half relied purely on tricks not working, but without any finesse. The action in the previous plays has flowed along from one scene to the next, whereas here there were separate 'acts'. However, the second half was much better - although the tricks didn't work as stated, something else of a magic line would happen and the illusion was real and clever.
Definitely a day of good and bad, but worthwhile to spend some time with the daughter.
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Date: 2022-02-24 05:31 pm (UTC)Also, Bella Italia is yummy. :D
Sorry about the travel hassles, though. And the disappointing production. It's always somehow extra disappointing when a planned treat ends up being less treat-like. :(
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Date: 2022-02-24 05:35 pm (UTC)The travel was a total pain, but I saw the Daughter which was good.