Backbeat

So...Glasgow is currently (till next weekend) hosting the first run of the stage play adaptation of Backbeat, the 1994 movie about erstwhile Beatles bassist Stuart Sutcliffe and the decisions he made in his tragically short life.

Admittedly I've never seen said movie. And I'm kind of glad, because earlier tonight I went to see the play. And I fucking loved it. The characters were believable and well played, and the actors could actually play guitar and sing. They'd done a couple of warm-up gigs in MacSorley's before the play opened - I missed them but heard lots of good things. They did not disappoint, merely added to the performance, and I'm delighted to have seen it.

Ohhh...I wanna see it again...