Wasia Project at Heaven
I got tickets for the last night of this sold out tour just the day before, and I was pleased I did. The band all performed beautifully, William Gao got to show off his piano playing, there were great sax solos and Olivia Hardy's voice holds up as well live as in recording. We were near the back, mainly because we didn't want to queue for hours, and also because we were too short to get lost in the sea of taller people jumping up and down. I found out afterwards that I have continued my run of failing to spot famous faces, as evidenced by Twitter/X full of photos of Kit Connor just feet from where we were standing. Overall though a lovely midweek treat.
Vanya
I missed this at the theatre so I am so pleased to have seen it. This is an acting masterclass from Andrew Scott as he pretty seamlessly plays all of the characters from Chekov's play without taking a breath, costume change or a single wobble as far as I could see. Although I am not really in a position to compare, I think this is one of the times that I think the NTLive experience is possibly better than the theatre, and that's mainly because of the abilities of close up to pick up the micro expressions that distinguish the characters from each other. I historically have a problem with Chekov, but actually, this was so fascinating to watch, it won me over.
Wicked Little Letters
A sweary romp through a real life story of poison pen letters in Littlehampton in a world recovering from the first world war. Not quite as funny as it thinks it is, but all of this starry cast look like they are having an absolute blast, and I will never tire of sweary Olivia Coleman and bolshy Jessie Buckley.
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