See it if You like beautiful acting, the show challenges notions of love in a demonstrative, yet delicate way. Very well done.
Don't see it if Monologue-ish pieces are not your thing.
See it if you like intimate, up close and personal theater experiences
Don't see it if you like musicals or straight forward dramas with simple plots.
See it if You like chamber theatre, with the emphasis on the written and spoken words.
Don't see it if You are expecting a traditional theatre production.
See it if Enjoy vignette or monologue style contemplations of love and self, for the apt and original songs nicely woven in throughout
Don't see it if Don't enjoy being crammed into a space of uncomfortable and loud chairs, looking for a through plot and realistic stories
See it if If U like shows in a place so intimate U may need a shoehorn 2 wedge yourself into your seat, w/ actors so close they make deep eye-contact.
Don't see it if If U dislike monologue-storytelling dominating dialogue, British accents, romance without physical intimacy, & a singer that steals the show
See it if love the idea of cabaret seatin but too many seats provided for the small space . Singer/pianist excellent as well as 3 of the Brit actresse
Don't see it if coninued.. dreamy supernatural subconscious thoughts... should do 3 tales in each perf. as to see all 6 you must catch 3 perf Love the Brits
See it if you enjoy short narration-drive stories that express humanity and ask thought-provoking questions; some more captivating than others
Don't see it if you dislike monologues/on-stage narration; you need more than simplistic staging; you dislike table seating
See it if you enjoy cabaret mixed with futuristic leanings. Attractive performers tell stories. The pianist plays and sings familiar and original
Don't see it if you need closure. Most of the stories drift off rather then end. The cabaret set up makes for squashed seating areas without table service?
"If this is a new genre of ‘theatre-cabaret,' as some reviewers have suggested, then I would like more of it! This is work at a sophisticated creative level, where everything depends in a very pure, basic sense on the players themselves…Great credit then to all the players and to James Phillips for his direction, quite apart from his luminous yet precisely calibrated writing."
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"A sublime, atmospheric and enchanting cabaret drama, with two hours of love, hope and delight…Rosabella composed the music for this show and what a brilliant composition it is! A perfect match in my opinion to the stories and one could be totally forgiven to be completely absorbed and lost within its layers of beauty…In essence this evening delivered exactly what it promised...This show, cast, composer, writer and director are a match made in heaven!"
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"In all the stories the dialogue is, I suppose, lyrical, and probably works on paper, but on stage sounds mannered and phoney...Characters are underdeveloped and used simply as a conduit for the many, many words...What’s clever about 'City Stories' is the way it interweaves songs with stories, and I certainly can’t fault either the music or the voices of the various singers. But overall, I found it a draining experience."
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