The songs of Jacques Brel

[ringbark]

Just got back from a magnificent show at the Barbican. Carousel: The Songs of Jacques Brel. I only found out it was on after it had sold out, which could have been a problem. Returns only, but a lady fortunately had a spare. I paid her, she got her money back, I saw the show, everyone wins

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[ringbark]

It would seem that some people didn't enjoy the show as much as I did. To be fair, of the six acts, I would say they were, in order, excellent, reasonable, dreadful, excellent, pretty good and reasonable. Here are a couple of other reviews:

http://paulinlondon.blogspot.com/2009/10/rubbish-music-carousel-songs-of-jacques.html

"We had a band that drowned out the singers, half the singers sounding as if they had spent a bit too long at the bar, and a concert that looked and sounded like it needed to have a tech run and a rehearsal."

http://blogs.whatsonstage.com/2009/10/23/barbican-brel-less-than-brill/

"Jacques Brel is far too important an artist to be thrown at this lot. Where was the quality control? Why hadn’t Diamanda Galas been asked to leave the building? Why was the onstage orchestra so poor and the amplification system so dreadful?"