Once Upon A Time

[Mike]

a mainstream review of the talked a bit about (on here) reworking is posted here

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ent...rss=yes?rss=yes

interesting reading with it coming from a mainstream view

[Paul-s]

"We meet Danny, played by Richard Oldham, who gives a totally believable performance and captures exactly the Casino's individual style of dance, although he and his partner Suzanne, Laura Bonnah, never quite make it in the relationship stakes.

There's another good performance from Suzanne's best friend Maxine, Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi, who is in love with Bolton butcher's boy Eugene, played by Rupert Hill from Coronation Street. He really should get rid of his designer stubble, which is at variance with the times.

This world premiere has been re-commissioned by the Octagon and playwright, Mick Martin, was asked to rework his original piece, which I've already seen twice before. Sadly, it's at the expense of the meatier material.

Casino

Although there's still references to the drug scene, which ultimately caused the closure of the Casino, the original addiction scenes and the deterioration of the relationship, which gave the show a harder edge, have been lost.

For those who love Northern Soul, musical director, Howard Gray and his terrific band play 60's and 70's music with terrific vocals from ex-Flying Picket, Paul Kissaun."

Sounds great...trust me!

"Directed by Mark Babych, it's all great fun, even with the irritating anachronisms, although for me, the very slickness of this happy/clappy production, distilled the raw energy of the original and I missed the wonderful tinny sound of the music."

Says it ALL. Mick and the Octagon removed the reality of the piece to make it into a superficial piece of nothingness. Designer stubble corire stars and cleaned up reality's. I taught Rick to dance (took f--king ages!ha! ) and he's the only one mentioned. I feel Bolton have done nothing to improve on the original and their laziness and lack of insight is reaping its rewards! Total B-llocks!

Edited June 10, 2008 by paul-s

[nubes]

Exactly what most of us on the scene knew would happen....Delxxx