Comments on: Wicked

By: Beth Ridley

Beth Ridley — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:43:15 +0000

I have had no personal involvement with the G and S society before this matter, but as a fan of the show, it disappointed me when I saw such a poor performance. I do happen to know about the effort involved in preparing a musical as I have been in many myself, however this was simply not up to parr. Many hgad failed to learn their words, which cannot be overlooked. In reviewing Wicked, I wasnt expecting to see a professional production, but I was expecting to see something which could entertain, enlighten and enthuse me - thus I was disappointed. I am not alone in these thoughts, I witnessed others fleeing in the interval’

No harm is meant by my opinions to any individuals, it is essentially, solely MY opinion, as are yours, solely yours.

I hope this clears a few things up.

By: James Armstrong

James Armstrong — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:36:42 +0000

I wasn’t able to attend the performance, but as a former member of the Gilbert & Sullivan Society I know how much hard work goes into delivering a production in just 8 weeks: Singing, Blocking, Building an entirely new set, Costumes, Props, Lighting, Sound, Orchestra…

I don’t know if the society pulled off this performance, but I think that they should be congratulated for coming up with something year after year in one term, when everyone else is worrying about exams or inflating their egos by writing reviews which will become tomorrows fish and chip wrappers.

It is also worth mentioning that the Gilbert and Sullivan Society allow everyone an opportunity to participate in their productions without audition and they appreciate that the role of a campus society is to enrich the lives of members of campus. Something which this article fails to realise.

By: Fiona Constantine

Fiona Constantine — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:44:32 +0000

This review does interest me. I saw Wicked on the Sunday night, and I had tears in my eyes. Not in the way you mean it, but because I thoroughly enjoyed York G&S’ production of a musical I don’t happen to like very much.

Set and costumes, both good (especially on a budget). Chorus, well-trained and (for the most part) accurate. Principals, stunning. Band, wonderful. The comments made about the band are, in my opinion, very unfair since with the acoustics of the lecture theatre, the slight balance problem was unavoidable.

This review leads me to wonder if at one time you were not cast as something in the G&S society, and have a personal vendetta. That is the only reason that I can think of for such a scathing review.

By: Kate Shenton

Kate Shenton — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:02:31 +0000

I agree! This is unnecessarly nasty. There nothing wronge with giving a play 1 star, but the comments in this are just rude!

By: Will Seaward

Will Seaward — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:35:13 +0000

All this is surely just a wee bit unnecessary?

Couldn’t you have just said you didn’t like the show without laying into the people involved? Perhaps you thought, they being from nursery and all, that they wouldn’t be able to read it? I happen to know that they did, and a lot of them were really quite hurt.

Any chance you could post something here saying you didn’t mean it, or something? You’re a student, writing about students. You’re not a critic, and they’re not proffessionals. Give them a break. All they’ve done is spent months working on a show they hoped you’d like. And I did like it, and so did a lot of other people.

It’s completely understandable to get caught up in journalistic fervour, and I’m sure you didn’t mean to be nasty. Just say so, because they, and pretty much everyone else who read the review, might think you did.