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End of a era?
So, earlier this month Tivoli informed the London Toast Theatre that this year's Crazy Christmas Cabaret will be the last in Glassalen. Next december the venue will be hosting a Tinka musical, of all things.
The showrunner has stated that they're looking for another venue - hopefully one with better chairs - but I must admit, there's a part of me that's not entirely optimistic. Most venues the appropriate size that I can think of already have their own Christmas traditions. But maybe. Hopefully.
Hopefully this won't be the last year of Crazy Christmas Cabaret.
So I'm sad, but the most frustrating thing? Having settled down a bit, I can kinda see where Tivoli's coming from.
First, Vivienne McKee very much is the Crazy Christmas Cabaret, and while the lady is not a day over thirthy, at this point, I'm very impressed that she's still keeping up - and they've tried a couple of years where she's not on stage, and it's just not the same. And from what I can tell, she hasn't really positioned somebody to take over when she retires.
Hell, a couple of years before Covid McKee herself announced that this was the last show - triggering a small lovestorm of "please don't cancel Christmas" comments, until they reconsidered.
My point is that from Tivoli's point of view it's just a matter of a few years anyway before they'll need to find something new to fill those seats anyway. Possibly with less notice than they'd like.
And also: who goes to see the CCC? Well, adult theatergoers, mostly. A number of teenagers chaperoned by their English teachers, but very few younger kids - partly because the humor is too risque to have that much child appeal, and partly because frankly it's a show in a foreign language. So mostly adults. The show is as old as me and many, many people go every year, so - yeah. Adults.
And what do they do in Tivoli apart from the show? Not that much, I suspect. Wander around to see the same Xmas market they've seen 20 times already. Have a pre-show dinner, unless they do that somewhere else. Get some glögg and æbleskiver, like me and my friends sometimes do.
What I'm saying is: yeah, I can see why Tivoli might prefer to fill those seats with families, kids who'll insist on trying some rides and bellies to be filled with overpriced snacks and junkfood. And capitalizing on an extremely popular children's franchise? I see where they are coming from.
Doesn't mean I have to like it.
The showrunner has stated that they're looking for another venue - hopefully one with better chairs - but I must admit, there's a part of me that's not entirely optimistic. Most venues the appropriate size that I can think of already have their own Christmas traditions. But maybe. Hopefully.
Hopefully this won't be the last year of Crazy Christmas Cabaret.
So I'm sad, but the most frustrating thing? Having settled down a bit, I can kinda see where Tivoli's coming from.
First, Vivienne McKee very much is the Crazy Christmas Cabaret, and while the lady is not a day over thirthy, at this point, I'm very impressed that she's still keeping up - and they've tried a couple of years where she's not on stage, and it's just not the same. And from what I can tell, she hasn't really positioned somebody to take over when she retires.
Hell, a couple of years before Covid McKee herself announced that this was the last show - triggering a small lovestorm of "please don't cancel Christmas" comments, until they reconsidered.
My point is that from Tivoli's point of view it's just a matter of a few years anyway before they'll need to find something new to fill those seats anyway. Possibly with less notice than they'd like.
And also: who goes to see the CCC? Well, adult theatergoers, mostly. A number of teenagers chaperoned by their English teachers, but very few younger kids - partly because the humor is too risque to have that much child appeal, and partly because frankly it's a show in a foreign language. So mostly adults. The show is as old as me and many, many people go every year, so - yeah. Adults.
And what do they do in Tivoli apart from the show? Not that much, I suspect. Wander around to see the same Xmas market they've seen 20 times already. Have a pre-show dinner, unless they do that somewhere else. Get some glögg and æbleskiver, like me and my friends sometimes do.
What I'm saying is: yeah, I can see why Tivoli might prefer to fill those seats with families, kids who'll insist on trying some rides and bellies to be filled with overpriced snacks and junkfood. And capitalizing on an extremely popular children's franchise? I see where they are coming from.
Doesn't mean I have to like it.