They Remember it Well…

…well, not so well actually.

In fact the Whingers remember very little these days and are frequently at odds with each other about who was in what and whether they fled at the interval or not. No wonder Andrew is frequently entreating Phil to “Write it down!“.

But they can still remember the delightful Regent’s Park Open Air production of Gigi, but then they did see it only last Tuesday.

So to whet your appetite for the production, here’s the famous song “I Remember it Well” performed in what the Whingers consider its definitive version:

Review – Gigi, Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park

There are some things in the theatre that hack the Whingers off even more than everything else: the lack of a DBE, the absence of a proscenium arch, anything in the round, square or traverse staging.

But to be fair there are some things over which producers and directors have no control: the weather.

Well, we assume they have no control although the Whingers are convinced that Nicholas Hytner or Kevin Spacey might have some sway and they are entirely certain that Dame Judi Dench could help them forget it, whatever it was.

All of which is, of course, a pointless preamble to the fact that for many weeks the Whingers have – through their weatherproof wallets – been clutching tickets for Gigi at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre (or, as the publicity insists on having it: Lerner and Loewe’s Gigi).