tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284638041442876804.post5658393775519071583..comments2011-07-16T23:17:22.248+01:00Comments on Peches de Vieillesse: Cardiff Miserablescurzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05739148306934419721noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284638041442876804.post-26870646806929387762010-01-06T19:32:05.165+00:002010-01-06T19:32:05.165+00:00Having also seen this production, and the London o...Having also seen this production, and the London one, I would agree with everything you have written.<br />The use of the Hugo paintings was intriguing and has potential but the supporting set was very functional without the punch of the original Napier designs.<br />The whole production had large orchestrations which I did not mind and big sound, which was sympathetically mixed but everything else was too busy IMHO the storyline was lost in stark operatic lights and lots of scene shifting.<br />I visited London,after Cardiff, and the contrast between the productions only highlighted how good the original is and why it has been running for 25 year. This is because Cameron Mackintosh pulled such talented team together.<br />I look forward to seeing the London show celebrate it's 25th anniversary in October, as it is well deserved, and hope the tour allows people to see it who otherwise wouldn't but I hope they don't think that it is the production that everyone has raved about over the last two and a half decades.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06966035962913360621noreply@blogger.com