lonelywombat
August 28th, 2010, 11:35
Our companion at drinks almost exploded when I mentioned the drag queens at the Venue.
He almost drowned me with his G&T admittedly only a half and happy hour as well.
THEY ARE NOT DRAGS, THEY ARE LADY BOYS he sniffed and departed.
I mentioned I am glad I never stated my poor opinion of the male dancers who are rather old for the role and one "boy" has the hairiest legs, which is not a good look in shorts.
Of the venues the Venue stands out for quality of presentation , the music, the costumes, the layout but suffers as it is anti social like a theatre you cannot have a conversation and it is difficult to get a refill except between shows. Sight lines are annoying because of those two pillars.
Copa is clearly second. Also very professional but has good table service and pillars not as intrusive. Enough time between shows for drinks, chat or pay bar bill and move on.
I had written Wildwestboys off after my 2 previous visits this year. The shows were awful and during showtime almost no farang , mainly asians in attendance. They have wasted some money on the viewing area , reduced the size of the stage, placed an unnecessary curtain that does little except to further reduce sight lines of the stage.
It is desirable to get there early so as to get a seat facing the stage and if you do so, you will not be disappointed.
Finally my experience of Wonderland was spoilt by PR photos interfering with the show.
http://www.suneeplaza.info/cgi-bin/page.pl?p=Wonderland Free plug.
The stage is side on to most viewers and it hard to work, but it was not as bad as a few hinted. Overall better than I had hoped for and will obviously improve.
Back to the subject that upset my elderly friend
The Venues 4 lady boys are beautiful, stunningly dressed and can dance as needed with polish.
On the night I thought Wonderland had the next most attractive lady boys, slim well dressed and I rated them as my second.
Wildwestboys may surprise you but I preferred their lady boys to Copa, who I rated fourth, almost inclined to use the term drag here.
Last and not surprising, I rated the drags at Bondi last by a long margin.
But it is the male/boy dancers rather that the lady boys I go to these shows for and
both Venue and Copa backing dancers are well drilled as support dancers and Wonderland might improve but their stage is limiting.They are mostly limited in what they do but Copa boys are younger and seem more enthusiatic than the Venue.
But Wildwestboys male dance troup are not just backing dancers but have 2 and sometimes 3 numbers with male dancers only in each show.. They tend to dance bare feet and topless most of the time .There is a new face who might be the new dance captain who has put a lot of variety into their routines. I class the WWB male dancers number 1 of the 4 venues .
As for comedy routines [ugh those fat and/or ugly drag routines] most leave me for dead. But several of the comedy routines at WWB get very close to the bone almost shocking. I really enjoyed their take on the old Japanese song where a beautiful boy is stolen from an ugly middle aged woman by a stunning girl.The fights on stage with a twist at the end were well done.
Summing up The Venue is totally professional, extremely well dressed,well drilled and in my opinion let down by male dancers that do not match the quality of the show. Drink service is very sloppy.
Gopa is similar on a lower scale, the younger boy dancers balancing the older female stars.
WWB is work in progress but I prefer it to Copa and it will be interesting to see how it is sorted out between the two,in high season.
Wonderland might survive there seems to be a serious attempt it make it work.
I have intentionally not included or considered BBB
He almost drowned me with his G&T admittedly only a half and happy hour as well.
THEY ARE NOT DRAGS, THEY ARE LADY BOYS he sniffed and departed.
I mentioned I am glad I never stated my poor opinion of the male dancers who are rather old for the role and one "boy" has the hairiest legs, which is not a good look in shorts.
Of the venues the Venue stands out for quality of presentation , the music, the costumes, the layout but suffers as it is anti social like a theatre you cannot have a conversation and it is difficult to get a refill except between shows. Sight lines are annoying because of those two pillars.
Copa is clearly second. Also very professional but has good table service and pillars not as intrusive. Enough time between shows for drinks, chat or pay bar bill and move on.
I had written Wildwestboys off after my 2 previous visits this year. The shows were awful and during showtime almost no farang , mainly asians in attendance. They have wasted some money on the viewing area , reduced the size of the stage, placed an unnecessary curtain that does little except to further reduce sight lines of the stage.
It is desirable to get there early so as to get a seat facing the stage and if you do so, you will not be disappointed.
Finally my experience of Wonderland was spoilt by PR photos interfering with the show.
http://www.suneeplaza.info/cgi-bin/page.pl?p=Wonderland Free plug.
The stage is side on to most viewers and it hard to work, but it was not as bad as a few hinted. Overall better than I had hoped for and will obviously improve.
Back to the subject that upset my elderly friend
The Venues 4 lady boys are beautiful, stunningly dressed and can dance as needed with polish.
On the night I thought Wonderland had the next most attractive lady boys, slim well dressed and I rated them as my second.
Wildwestboys may surprise you but I preferred their lady boys to Copa, who I rated fourth, almost inclined to use the term drag here.
Last and not surprising, I rated the drags at Bondi last by a long margin.
But it is the male/boy dancers rather that the lady boys I go to these shows for and
both Venue and Copa backing dancers are well drilled as support dancers and Wonderland might improve but their stage is limiting.They are mostly limited in what they do but Copa boys are younger and seem more enthusiatic than the Venue.
But Wildwestboys male dance troup are not just backing dancers but have 2 and sometimes 3 numbers with male dancers only in each show.. They tend to dance bare feet and topless most of the time .There is a new face who might be the new dance captain who has put a lot of variety into their routines. I class the WWB male dancers number 1 of the 4 venues .
As for comedy routines [ugh those fat and/or ugly drag routines] most leave me for dead. But several of the comedy routines at WWB get very close to the bone almost shocking. I really enjoyed their take on the old Japanese song where a beautiful boy is stolen from an ugly middle aged woman by a stunning girl.The fights on stage with a twist at the end were well done.
Summing up The Venue is totally professional, extremely well dressed,well drilled and in my opinion let down by male dancers that do not match the quality of the show. Drink service is very sloppy.
Gopa is similar on a lower scale, the younger boy dancers balancing the older female stars.
WWB is work in progress but I prefer it to Copa and it will be interesting to see how it is sorted out between the two,in high season.
Wonderland might survive there seems to be a serious attempt it make it work.
I have intentionally not included or considered BBB