On Tuesday night James and I went to see Monkey: Journey to the West, at the Palace Theatre in Manchester. It was a-m-a-z-i-n-g! The music was composed by Damon Albarn and all the costumes, set design, illustrations and animations were designed by Jamie Hewlett, who both worked together on the Gorillaz. (Sorry if you already knew that!) It tells the story of Monkey who accompanies characters Tripitaka, Pigsy, Sandy on the road to enlightenment. They encounter gods, demons and lots of weird creatures on their way.
A combination of opera, martial arts, music, animation and circus acrobatics, it was truly spectacular. The performers were unbelievably agile and there were so many jaw dropping things going on you didn't know where to look in case you missed something else. Giant unicycles, back flips-a-plenty, contortionists, cast members flying through the air, spider women, buddhas, sea creatures, people balancing on eachothers heads- some using only one hand for support, imaginitive, funny and gorgeous costumes and magical music.
Haha, I haven't been paid to write this but was very impressed. It really is worth going to see- last night tomorrow then it moves on to Paris.
3 comments:
Looks like a fantastic show, glad to hear you had a good time.
Toby wanted to go, just looked for tickets but its all sold out for last night tomorrow.
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Monkeys! I want to see Monkeys! Want want want! I probably shouldn't be confessing to this but I'm old enough to have watched Monkey on the telly. It was fab. Those posters are great too, I particularly like the group shot. I wonder if you can buy them anywhere? Google, here I come!
oh! I wanted to go and see that!!-hope it comes to Glasgow!!!
Saw a bit of it on telly a while ago and it does look great.
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