So I went last night (26.06.2012) to see The Hitchhiker's Guide Live Radio Show at the Woking Victoria and the question is, did I enjoy it?
The answer is that I did, the cast had fun, the drummer of the band was having fun and the audience also appeared to have fun. I think I have read somewhere that Dirk Maggs was asked what his plan was for the show and what did he want the audience to come away with, well if it was some 2 hours of entertainment with some great verbal and also visual comedy, then I have to say that he did it, and did it well.
Most of the audience got most if not all the jokes and everyone like what they saw and heard.
The great thing about a live show is that you can never know how that nights performance is going to go, and so it was with last nights, some of the mistakes were very funny and had not only other cast members and director laughing but the audiance as well, I think its great also that everyone was relaxed about any errors, if you could call bring the house down in fits of laughter an error, me I don't think so I think the errors were great.
Was it worth the money?
Yes
Would I go again?
No, Once seen why dilute something that is already great and never to be repeated exactly the same.
It makes me wonder just how good a live radio show of say comic book hero's would be?
part from the sad fact that getting permission would never happen or the costs would be so high so as to make it not worth doing I think that Dirk could do such a project, perhaps one day...
I am looking forward to being able to purchase a copy of last nights performance so that I can hear it again in the car and enjoy it all over again but in its original format.
If you can catch the tour before it ends please do so, its a treat for your ears.
I will when I get chance add some more stuff on the live tour to the Dirk Maggs website when I have the stuff I want to put on it.
Hear hear to that. I saw the following night's preformance and was thoroughly entertained. Clive Anderson even switched the 'topical' joke aboout Jimmy Carr to Bob Diamond.
ReplyDeleteI only hoped that the cast enjoyed it as much as we did. The whole show was full of life.
"Life? Don't talk to me about life!"
Glad the night 2 was just as good as night 1
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