Friday Night on BWW — Page 2

Someone over on the WOS board has done a blog entry about his top five West End costumes. It's kinda inspired me to do a blog entry on the top five West End puppets. And I think I'm going to appall people by putting 'Avenue Q' at 3 and 'The Lion King' at 4. XD 'Lord of the Rings' and 'War Horse' absolutely PWN for puppetry.

I also think I have an unhealthy thing about horses onstage. My favourite LOTR puppet was the Ringwraith's horse, and I think my feelings on the disturbingly sexual nature of the 'Equus' horses have been well documented. ^_^

EDIT: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/warhorse - GET BOOKING. ALL OF YOU. It's... probably the best show about a horse you'll ever see. ^_^

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Updated On: 8/29/08 at 05:58 PM

Everyone needs a fetish Weez..yours is just slightly more rare than a a fetish for young topless male dancers which erm i believe is a fetish that a "friend" of mine chooses to endulge in...*shifty eyes*

whos at number 2 weez?

'War Horse' is my number one (here's that link again, for maximum pluggage! http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/warhorse ) for puppets, 'Lord of the Rings' is my number two. I got very annoyed at the audiences making unnecessary amounts of noise at the Shelob puppet though. Yes, you don't like spiders, it's a tense moment, I get it, now STFU!

And I started running out of puppets, so I'm having Audrey II as my number five even though I've (don't hurt me) never seen 'Little Shop'.

I think you'll find that my fetish combines beautifully with your *ahem* "friend"'s fetish; it's only the 'Equus' horses I find sexy, and they're dancers in tight tops. The other horses? I just think they're awesome. :3

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Never seen Little Shop? Me niether..! lol
Awh i think my erm "friend" is slightly annoyed about missing Equus. Daniel Radcliffe AND dancers in tight tops!
i like your bonding of the fetishes they do seem to go very well together!
aggh War Horse, theres so many tickets i wanna book, but im kinda scared about going to the theatre on my own..ive never done it before.. :S is that wierd?

:O yes Acaila welcome :) hello!
but Weez i havent been here long, and i feel ive missed out on the interorgation it seems like an important innitiation test that ive not been put foward for.. *cheeky grin*

Eek, my cover is blown!
I was trying not to look too new and all!
Well, I'm female, 21, drama student from Edinburgh at the moment though originally a bit more rural (far far away from the Mecca that is the West End) and I swing for hot revolutionary students, rangers from the north who turn out a little more regal, and Russian grandmasters (partic. when played by Josh Groban <3).
My favourite things? Well, raindrops on roses and whiskers on...ahem...
Musical wise, my favourites are: Les Mis, Chess, We Will Rock You, LOTR, JCS, Spamalot, Hair, Time, Urinetown. Favourite plays are a big crazy mixture.
(and I've still never seen Little Shop either!)

Anything else? Heh, I sense one of those "What's your favourite show/song/recording/actor/actress/theatre" moments coming on!

Congrats sam, I'm sure an Olivier will be winging its way to you in no time!

My first West End experience was Mary Poppins. My first professional theatrical experience was The Will Rogers Follies.

Before that the exposure that I had was mainly tv and movies (The tv recording of Into the Woods and the film of Little Shop of Horrors really grabbed my attention at a young age).

The first cast recording I bought was Into the Woods on cassette.

Three big theatrical experiences stand out in my head. Deaf West's production of Big River, a puppet version of Japanese ghost stories called Kwaidan, and Punchdrunk's The Masque of the Red Death.