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nineveh_uk) wrote2019-04-22 07:27 pm
nineveh_uk) wrote2019-04-22 07:27 pm
We have an injured rabbit also.
I am back from spending the Easter weekend with my parents in Edinburgh. I had a lovely time, marred only by the fact that I had packed conservatively for the weather and thus had insufficient T-shirts and had to wear a coat on the way home today, and that a sinus infection* kicked off on Wednesday evening, too late for me to grab anything not OTC from home to treat it with. But the weather was glorious, other people did the cooking, and it was a delightful and relaxing few days. Highlights in addition to family included a good walk, finally getting to Black Ness castle, fish and chips, and on Thursday night a musical adaptation of the film Local Hero.
This is a new musical co-produced with the Old Vic in London, and I definitely recommend it. Set in the early 1980s, the story involves a young oil executive, 'Mac' MacIntyre (of the Hungarian MacIntyres) who is sent to the west coast of Scotland in order to attempt to buy up the entire village of Ferness where the oil company wants to build a refinery. The community leaps at the chance of some filthy lucre to make a tough life that bit easier, but as he gets to know the place and the people, Mac begins to have second thoughts that he's doing the right thing...
The music is largely charming rather than going to set the world on fire, but as a piece as a whole it was delightful - funny, humane, and well acted and sung. Like a lot of musicals the second act is a bit weaker than the first, in this case for reasons that ultimately relate to mechanics of adapting the original film, but we all enjoyed it, as did the sold out audience. The Edinburgh run ends on 4th May, but it moves to London at some point in the not too distant future. For those who haven't seen the film, then I recommend that, too.
This is a new musical co-produced with the Old Vic in London, and I definitely recommend it. Set in the early 1980s, the story involves a young oil executive, 'Mac' MacIntyre (of the Hungarian MacIntyres) who is sent to the west coast of Scotland in order to attempt to buy up the entire village of Ferness where the oil company wants to build a refinery. The community leaps at the chance of some filthy lucre to make a tough life that bit easier, but as he gets to know the place and the people, Mac begins to have second thoughts that he's doing the right thing...
The music is largely charming rather than going to set the world on fire, but as a piece as a whole it was delightful - funny, humane, and well acted and sung. Like a lot of musicals the second act is a bit weaker than the first, in this case for reasons that ultimately relate to mechanics of adapting the original film, but we all enjoyed it, as did the sold out audience. The Edinburgh run ends on 4th May, but it moves to London at some point in the not too distant future. For those who haven't seen the film, then I recommend that, too.