Musings of an Idiot

The Winter's Tale

I just got back from seeing 'The Winter's Tale' at Aotea Centre - courtesy of Shuzhen. This wIt was an awesome experience as the seats were 2nd row from the front which is one of the best seats you can get in theatre - the farther away from the stage you are the lower the price of the tickets. Add to it the show itself was pretty good.

It's shakespeare so some of the dialogue is hard to catch at times but the performances from most of the cast made up for it. I especially liked the older actors as they brought so much gravitas to their roles and it was amazing looking at them even when they had no dialogue and off the younger actors Ethan Hawke was superb. Rebecca Hall was good but did not carry the same gravitas as the older actors but she is still stunning to look at. The production was awesome and everything done on-stage and behind the stage just enhanced the play. It was definitely one of the most lavish productions I've seen. All in all I was a happy chappy at the end of the play.

So this rounds up a long but exciting week of a world class movie premiere and a world class theatre play.

That's me for now.
Amit

Labels: Theatre

posted by Amit @ 8:42 PM