The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 5, 2011
Closed May 12, 2011
Opened Mar 5, 2011
Closed May 12, 2011
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Twenty year old French auto mechanic Guy Fouchier has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève vow to remain lovers. After discovering she is carrying Guy's child she must choose between waiting for his return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
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RE:So sad to say this....but it is unbelievably bad
I could not believe how poor this was. I went with no expectations, totally open-minded, ready only to enjoy a night of theatre. But with the exception of the flittering moments of fun at the start & intermission of the show which themselves were not executed with the skill necessary to make them truly entertainingI just felt SORRY for the actors/dancers/musicians. Watching the dancers I wondered what they felt as they went through the routines they had been asked to or watched the principal characters deliver such scenes. "Embarrassment" came to mind. I understand how hard it is to make a living in the theatre so I feel so sorry for all those involved.
The blame must lay with the director, the individual who had this concept, the people who didnt say at the very start "what? what are you doing? this is awful!". The umbrellas of cherbourg should only be opened again to shield the people, truly responsible for this, from the rotten fruit that should be thrown in honest response!Awful
Reviewed by N.R.S.L
on Sunday, Mar 13th, 2011
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Kneehigh's elegant, often curious adaptation of Jacques Demy's bittersweet, pastel-hued film musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, now at the Gielgud Theatre, feels a little at sea on a West End stage. Adapter and director Emma Rice retains much of the film's plot as well as Michael Legrand's score, but the results don't always match the film's charms.
It begins inauspiciously with an introductory sequence in which the cabaret artist Meow Meow clambers over seatbacks, puffing on a cigarette. She is the evening's narrator and translator, here to give the audience a brief French lesson before informing them that Cherbourg is the French equivalent of Hull.
While this device seems awkward and [...]