Cyrano de Bergerac Reviews

Stuart grundy from Kendal England

EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES

It was simply abysmal , I contemplated leaving after a mere 30s !!! As we’d only paid £18 .50 each to see the screened version ,and it was raining outside ,we agreed to stay We’d gone to see a show but alas no costumes, effects ,props , music , lighting ( as they proceeded to inform us - the power of words only!) But who’s words ? Ronstatds or Crimps ??? Sadly the later James McAvoy gave a brilliant performance ( as he is a brilliant actor ( he should by rights be at least nominated as the next bond legitimately on the basis and strength of this performance alone!) HOWEVER this was not enough!!!? I saw him interviewed by the BBC when he said When he first met Martin Crimp that he thought it was unlikely that ‘Here was an ambassador who could convey a reworked contemporary version of the original ‘ I fear his initial trepidation was correct And I for one am inclined to agree with his intuition Maybe my age (56) will condemn my review as irrelevant BUT ‘ The Man wasn’t wearing a nose!)

Stuart ( corrected version of previous review) from Kendal England

EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES

It was simply abysmal.I contemplated leaving after a mere 30s! As we’d only paid £18.50 each to see the screened version, and it was raining outside we agreed to stay. We’d gone to see a show but alas no costumes,effects , props ,music ,lighting ( as they proceeded to inform us - the power of words only!)But who’s words exactly??Rostands or Crimps??? Sadly the latter. James McAvoy gave a brilliant performance ( as he is a brilliant actor) He should by rights be considered for the part of the next James Bond on the strength of this performance alone.However this sadly was not enough! I saw him interviewed by the BBC when he said that when he first met Martin Crimp he doubted that he had encountered the the next ideal ambassador who could convey a contemporary version of the original.I fear his initial trepidation was justified and I for one am inclined to agree with his intuition.Maybe my age ( 56) will condemn this review as irrelevant BUT ‘ The Man wasn’t wearing a nose!’

Ellie Hughes from London, England

JAMES MCAVOYS BEAUTIFUL MONOLOGUE THE ONLY BEARABLE PART

It was like a school production of Shakespeare's sonnets as rap, even that would be better than this as it would have more rhythm to the words. I like modern adaptations & having never seen the original there is no comparison skewing my opinion, it was rapped with no meaningful intonation, rhythm or emphasis. Someone must of told the actors, "Speak the words in the most broken up, irritating way possible". The actual words, that the set and other things were removed to help you focus on, were crap. It was lazy and self-indulgent writing. I am not against the vulgarity & its use to shock like other reviews. My issue is this play was written completely for the ego of the writer and not for the audience AT ALL. Anyone who enjoyed this is simply scared of sounding uncultered by telling the truth that it was terrible. Many people left at the interval. A hit and a miss. James McAvoy's professional performance also highlighted that the female lead was the only other decent actor.

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