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Ever wanted to know what the usher really thinks of a performance? Are they just being nice when you ask them if it’s any good so as not to spoil your experience before it has even started? Or is it something more sinister? A clause in their contract to only speak positively about a show perhaps? Of course it is!
Well now everything has changed, here you can read real opinions from real ushers and get to know what those working day in and day out at arts venues really think about the work they witness. Ask The Ushers is a new and unique anonymous platform, based primarily in London.
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Thoughts on MT Fest #50days, Turbine Theatre ★★★
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://asktheushers.wordpress.com/2021/05/20/thoughts-on-mt-fest-50days-turbine-theatre/
#50days is a Grime Musical which tells the story of the period when the very foundations of England were shattered. It is December 1641 and King Charles is about to be formally challenged by a handful of MPs and radical commoners, who share the belief that ALL men are born equal. Many in England, now a Protestant country, are enraged by the notion that the French-born Catholic Queen Henrietta and King Charles are ruling over them. One of these critics is John Pym, a Member of Parliament and prominent opponent of Kingship, who issues a challenge to the King’s power. In a world ruled by men, who are the women in this story? What are they fighting for? Through propaganda and shrewd political manoeuvring, the nation is about to be plunged head first into a conflict that pitted neighbour against neighbour and shattered the very core of our constitution. -
Ask The Ushers Review: You Are Here, Southwark Playhouse ★★★★
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://asktheushers.wordpress.com/2021/05/18/review-you-are-here-southwark-playhouse/
You Are Here is the UK premiere of an intimate, hilarious and heart-breaking tour-de-force musical that will leave you cheering for the resilience of the human spirit. July 20, 1969. On the night of the moon landing, Chicago housewife Diana (Wendi Peters) walks out of her comfortable suburban life for no real reason. She sees the astronauts taking that great step and is struck by the realisation that some people lead exciting lives. Suddenly alone in a fast-changing world, she finds a series of unexpected encounters can turn one small step into a giant, life-changing leap.
You Are Here was originally produced and presented as a world premiere at Goodspeed Musicals in 2018.