Recently, I spent 100 pounds (the most I've ever spent) on two Evita stalls, (Adelphi Theatre, London) because the new acclaimed Argentian "star" Elena Roger got such rave reviews. Imagine my surprise to find a really 3rd rate understudy playing "Evita": she couldn't sing, dance or act and no under-study had been announced. At the interval, I found the manager and asked what was happening. He airily said "Oh, everyone knows Elena Roger doesn't perform at matinees or Mondays!! You should have been told!"
Of course, I hadn't been told, neither had a theatre full of people, including a dozen other angry customers who all walked out at the interval. Would you term this a fraudulent practice and a flouting of The Trade Description Act?
I have written Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber requesting my hundred pounds back. (Some hopes!)
How do you solve a problem like "Evita"??????
2006-09-07
21:23:52
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