Theatre

Im going to see The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov tomorrow at the Barbican.

Nah it actually wasnt that bad. It was done in a good way by Simon McBurney, I just found it a tad complicated and a bit ridiculous in places.

Not complaining but I dont understand why one of the girls in the play spend the entire second half running around stage naked?

This has started a new run, I went to see it last night.

I thought it was absolutely brilliant, one of the best things I've seen at the theatre if not the best. I'd got about halfway through the book beforehand which gave me a pretty good way in to the basic premise of the play, and I think I'd have struggled without it.

The staging was incredible, the best melding of live action and video/effects that I've seen, and the way it's choreographed and the way most of the 'set' was just done by lighting was really impressive.

The acting was a bit of a mixed bag - Margarita was perhaps a bit too GCSE-Drama melodramatic at times (and missed a couple of cues) and the guy from Green Wing who played the poet took a while to get into it. And it was really warm. Apart from that it was breathtaking though, and the Soviet-style 10 minutes of applause at the end seemed well-deserved and fitting.

Highly recommended if you can get tickets.