Post by sistermoon on Mar 18, 2012 10:36:51 GMT
The Leeds Amateur Operatic & Drama Society performed well in this, but they had a hard job to do. You have a musical by the male half of Abba and Tim Rice about an international chess tournament - gosh, how much universal appeal is that going to get? ;D
This does have 'One Night In Bangkok' and 'I Know Him So Well' as hit songs, but I was longing for the British leg of the tournament to involve a Skinner, Baddiel and Statto-like trio and ridicule the more highfalutin' seriousness of it all! A back-projection with a train track stretching back made me want to yell out 'Special guest star - Martin Orford!'
Never mind - we have 'Swallows & Amazons' next week with music by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy! He knows about sporty concept albums having done one on cricket as part of the Duckworth Lewis Method.
This does have 'One Night In Bangkok' and 'I Know Him So Well' as hit songs, but I was longing for the British leg of the tournament to involve a Skinner, Baddiel and Statto-like trio and ridicule the more highfalutin' seriousness of it all! A back-projection with a train track stretching back made me want to yell out 'Special guest star - Martin Orford!'
Never mind - we have 'Swallows & Amazons' next week with music by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy! He knows about sporty concept albums having done one on cricket as part of the Duckworth Lewis Method.