Bliss Today....

[gness]

....Warhorse again! This time at MK Theatre....I do love that place.

A fantastic production which still makes me cry and leap to my feet at the end. Partly the story and partly today because of where my life is going and remembering so many....and so many very young men....who had no life.
Remembering how my grandad and father-in-law came back from that war.

A brilliant audience....so many school parties of all ages who behaved so well and listening to their chatter in the interval....or playtime as we still call it...and at the end was so heartwarming......x

[Patsy33]

Yes gness, it's on my lists to do. I'll probably go with my daughter as not sure my husband would want to see it. I'll let you know when I see it!..x

[gness]

Please do....daughter just messaged me to say she's seeing it again.....we saw it in London then I took my moaning minnies group to see it.....I'll be a Warhorse groupie before I know it.....

We have booked for Les Mis at MK next year....that show's a bit sad.... and funny..... ;-)

[andres]

Saw it in London a few years ago. Front row seats. Marvellous production. So glad that we had the chance to it. So well done that you actually forgot that puppeteers were actually working the horses.

[gness]

You do forget that there are people working the horses don't you, andres......that was one thing the children were saying....

I have seen it close up.....there is something different to see wherever you sit in the theatre....

From where you were sitting the scene where the Geordie and the German guy toss the coin for the horse must have been so good....the banter from both sides in their trenches set just beneath you?.....x

[andres]

Gness--I felt almost as though we were taking part and the audience was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. The coin scene was memorable. So glad that we had the opportunity to see it.

[gness]

When I saw it in London I thought that those in the front must feel part of it......and yes.....the stillness and the silence from the audience has been one of the things I'll remember from every performance I have seen....x

[hereIam]

Nope, still wouldn't want to see it. So sorry if my opinion is different to yours - it's what makes the world go round you know ....

[bainbrig]

No, hereiam, worse than that. I’ve not seen the show either, but the descriptions of it I’m reading here do not put me off or make me think it’s about glorifying war or violence. On the contrary.

The suffering of animals in man’s (rarely women’s) wars points up the awfulness of war, which can only be a good thing.

BB

[horselady]

I've seen the film a couple of times and love it. My cynical teenage grandson went to the stage production with his school and was completely awestruck.