I saw Whistle Down The Wind 3 times in its first UK incarnation at the Aldwych Theatre, twice with the original cast and then with new leads. I thoroughly enjoyed the show and thought it worked extremely well being reset in the American Bible Belt instead of the north of England. It somehow made the story more believable.
A local amateur theatre company recently staged their version. I was set to go and see it until I found out that they were using the songs which so obviously fit America's deep south but had moved the story back to the north of England. This seemed almost sacrilegious to me. I couldn't fathom at all how it could work and I just couldn't drag myself along to support it. Not surprisingly it didn't get glowing reviews.
By the way Radiomaster, the Monty Python thing you're referring to is Spamalot which has been one of the biggest award winning shows on Broadway. It starred Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Show) and he's reprising the role for the West End. I love Monty Python and would dearly love to see that show.
Diane
|