Vicious!
Tonight we went to a recording of a brand new sitcom at the ITV studios on the South Bank.
"ITV is delighted to welcome VICIOUS, a brand new studio sitcom for 2013. Respected luminaries of British stage and screen, Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi head a formidable cast, joined by Frances De La Tour as well as some surprise star cameos in this unashamedly wicked new comedy.
Written by Gary Janetti, the Emmy nominated writer/producer behind hit shows Family Guy and Will & Grace, Vicious tells the story of ageing partners, Freddie (Ian McKellen) and Stuart (Derek Jacobi) who have lived together in a Covent Garden flat for nearly 50 years. In their prime, budding actor Freddie met bartender Stuart, but now as the golden years have crept up upon them they do little else besides reading, walking their dog and bickering. Feisty best friend Violet (Frances De La Tour) is always on hand to help calm their quarrels, entertaining the pair with her outlandish love affairs, she’s young at heart with a delicious sense of humour.
Resigned to the familiar comforts of their life together, the arrival of a new neighbour, young, handsome and endearingly green - their world is turned upside down."
Here's Adrian with our drag-queen coloured wristband
as we were waiting to get in.
Amazingly, despite the long queue we didn't have to wait much at all. The guy that checked the tickets was very pleasant and rather flirty, and not just with us, and we were placed in a separate queue who went in first! (He commented on my 'lovely wrist'! LOL!)
The audience was very gay, and not just because they were laughing a lot.
We really enjoyed the recording, although it's always tough to sit for hours (about 3hrs 15 min)
It's great to have a prime time TV show where the protagonists are a gay couple in their golden years.
The funniest line was one that came out of Marcia Warren who plays a sweet and rather scatterbrained old lady. A young lady in a club approaches Derek Jacobi and she butts in: "He only likes dick.". We laughed for ages!
"ITV is delighted to welcome VICIOUS, a brand new studio sitcom for 2013. Respected luminaries of British stage and screen, Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi head a formidable cast, joined by Frances De La Tour as well as some surprise star cameos in this unashamedly wicked new comedy.
Written by Gary Janetti, the Emmy nominated writer/producer behind hit shows Family Guy and Will & Grace, Vicious tells the story of ageing partners, Freddie (Ian McKellen) and Stuart (Derek Jacobi) who have lived together in a Covent Garden flat for nearly 50 years. In their prime, budding actor Freddie met bartender Stuart, but now as the golden years have crept up upon them they do little else besides reading, walking their dog and bickering. Feisty best friend Violet (Frances De La Tour) is always on hand to help calm their quarrels, entertaining the pair with her outlandish love affairs, she’s young at heart with a delicious sense of humour.
Resigned to the familiar comforts of their life together, the arrival of a new neighbour, young, handsome and endearingly green - their world is turned upside down."
Here's Adrian with our drag-queen coloured wristband
as we were waiting to get in.
Amazingly, despite the long queue we didn't have to wait much at all. The guy that checked the tickets was very pleasant and rather flirty, and not just with us, and we were placed in a separate queue who went in first! (He commented on my 'lovely wrist'! LOL!)
The audience was very gay, and not just because they were laughing a lot.
We really enjoyed the recording, although it's always tough to sit for hours (about 3hrs 15 min)
It's great to have a prime time TV show where the protagonists are a gay couple in their golden years.
The funniest line was one that came out of Marcia Warren who plays a sweet and rather scatterbrained old lady. A young lady in a club approaches Derek Jacobi and she butts in: "He only likes dick.". We laughed for ages!