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Post by Rory on Mar 15, 2024 22:01:50 GMT
I wasn't madly impressed by the Comic Relief performance.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 15, 2024 22:02:15 GMT
Really not sold on it at all after that Comic Relief performance. Yeah don’t bother. It’s worse than that over 2.5 hours
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Post by ceebee on Mar 15, 2024 22:02:52 GMT
5000 people currently queuing to book on the Old Vic site for the handful of tickets that are left in the current run...
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Post by ceebee on Mar 15, 2024 22:08:19 GMT
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Post by theatrefan62 on Mar 15, 2024 22:20:44 GMT
I wasn't madly impressed by the Comic Relief performance. You're not alone, based on social media
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Post by A.Ham on Mar 15, 2024 22:21:06 GMT
I quite enjoyed the Comic Relief performance… always hard for musical theatre to come across well on TV, but the medley gave a good flavour of the show. I’m glad this’ll have a further life in the West End and will look forward to finding out where it’s going and when.
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Post by Rory on Mar 15, 2024 22:50:58 GMT
I wasn't madly impressed by the Comic Relief performance. You're not alone, based on social media I see what you mean! Yikes. I'm sure Opening Night is grateful for the deflection.
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Post by ceebee on Mar 15, 2024 23:04:09 GMT
I quite enjoyed the Comic Relief performance… always hard for musical theatre to come across well on TV, but the medley gave a good flavour of the show. I’m glad this’ll have a further life in the West End and will look forward to finding out where it’s going and when. Agree - looking forward to the transfer and the show reaching a wider audience. Shows rarely shine on TV and the social media haters will always drop their pearls of poison regardless. I'm pleased for all involved that it'll have a longer life.
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Post by max on Mar 15, 2024 23:43:17 GMT
Even admirers of 'Just For One Day' may laugh at this social media reaction to the Comic Relief performance:
Audiences at the Live Aid musical : “Just give us our f**king money back”.
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Post by lotster on Mar 15, 2024 23:54:21 GMT
What do we think the time frame might be for a West End transfer? This year? Next year? I wonder if it'll be the same cast or if some of them already have other work lined up. For me the current casting on this show is great.
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Post by bigredapple on Mar 16, 2024 0:05:35 GMT
Following the mass ticket sales post comic relief, they’re now selling standing “listening only” tickets for 15 quid. Christ.
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Post by ceebee on Mar 16, 2024 0:08:11 GMT
What do we think the time frame might be for a West End transfer? This year? Next year? I wonder if it'll be the same cast or if some of them already have other work lined up. For me the current casting on this show is great. I would hope this summer - the website is up, albeit a holding page to sign up for info. Any longer and I think they'd lose momentum, though a 2025 transfer would coincide with the 40 year anniversary of the concert. Tonight's performance created a queue of 5000 people on the OV site immediately afterwards, so hopefully they'll move quickly and announce the dates and theatre.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 16, 2024 6:26:39 GMT
A queue of 5000 and still it’s not sold the handful of tickets left in the run? Hmmmm
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Post by ceebee on Mar 16, 2024 6:32:43 GMT
A queue of 5000 and still it’s not sold the handful of tickets left in the run? Hmmmm I'd have taken a screen grab for you if I'd known it mattered that much. The point is that the TV appearance clearly provoked interest and increased traffic to the Old Vic site. Out of curiosity I just checked - apart from two pairs of house seats released for today's shows, all that is left is the odd single scattered across a few performances. That's not unusual for a successful show.
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Post by Rory on Mar 16, 2024 7:03:08 GMT
It did generate interest. I went to the Old Vic site just after their performance to check the casting and there was a queue of 2 600 at that point.
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Post by drmaplewood on Mar 16, 2024 7:49:58 GMT
Following the mass ticket sales post comic relief, they’re now selling standing “listening only” tickets for 15 quid. Christ. What!
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Post by max on Mar 16, 2024 8:15:16 GMT
Following the mass ticket sales post comic relief, they’re now selling standing “listening only” tickets for 15 quid. Christ. What! The Old Vic has always had some seats that are so restricted they class them as suitable for listening only. - though maybe this production hadn't put them on sale til now? They might turn into 'singalong seats' unofficially.... Re. them adding the queueing system to get into the website last night - I tried it, and it wasn't the case at 10pm. There's only one ticket available for today's matinee, and a handful for the evening performance. So it's obviously selling very well for the final fortnight. Will be interesting to see if it comes off TodayTix (whatever size allocation they've had til now).
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Post by shownut on Mar 16, 2024 8:49:56 GMT
A queue of 5000 and still it’s not sold the handful of tickets left in the run? Hmmmm Exactly. Not to bust anyone's bubble but a queue of 5,000 isn't an impressive number for a West End show ticket line. Those tickets sold would be roughly 4-5 performances for a regular sized West End theatre. Certainly not enough to ingite desire or excitement around a transfer.
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Post by ceebee on Mar 16, 2024 9:18:53 GMT
A queue of 5000 and still it’s not sold the handful of tickets left in the run? Hmmmm Exactly. Not to bust anyone's bubble but a queue of 5,000 isn't an impressive number for a West End show ticket line. Those tickets sold would be roughly 4-5 performances for a regular sized West End theatre. Certainly not enough to ingite desire or excitement around a transfer. Clearly there's enough desire and excitement to give the producers the confidence to transfer it. 5000 people voluntarily choosing to check out the show after a ten minute TV appearance is good enough for me. They went with no carrot dangled for seat offers, new booking period etc. They went because they were interested. At 10pm on a Friday night. Clearly the producers have a good idea how well this will sell - it has outsold Groundhog Day measured over a similar timespan. Not bad for a new musical.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 16, 2024 9:24:36 GMT
I quite enjoyed the Comic Relief performance… always hard for musical theatre to come across well on TV, but the medley gave a good flavour of the show. I’m glad this’ll have a further life in the West End and will look forward to finding out where it’s going and when. Agree - looking forward to the transfer and the show reaching a wider audience. Shows rarely shine on TV and the social media haters will always drop their pearls of poison regardless. I'm pleased for all involved that it'll have a longer life. Why are they haters dropping pearls of poison because they don’t like the look of a show - or didn’t like the show after they saw it - just because you like it? Please respect other people’s opinions
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Post by mrnutz on Mar 16, 2024 9:44:06 GMT
The Comic Relief performance made this look even worse than it does on stage. No mean feat 😂
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Post by danb on Mar 16, 2024 9:52:17 GMT
Anyone know what time the performance was on Comic Relief? I watched McFly, and a bit more, than glazed over. I can whizz through it on iplayer.
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Post by theatreismagic on Mar 16, 2024 10:45:42 GMT
Agree - looking forward to the transfer and the show reaching a wider audience. Shows rarely shine on TV and the social media haters will always drop their pearls of poison regardless. I'm pleased for all involved that it'll have a longer life. Why are they haters dropping pearls of poison because they don’t like the look of a show - or didn’t like the show after they saw it - just because you like it? Please respect other people’s opinions Exactly. Whilst Comic Relief is wonderful and I'm sure everyone participating was doing it with good intent, it is obviously promotion for the show - that's why they announced its transfer on there. People are free to express their opinions on that promotional performance. I didn't enjoy it but I can see it having a strong pull based on nostalgia alone.
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Post by lou105 on Mar 16, 2024 11:11:29 GMT
Anyone know what time the performance was on Comic Relief? I watched McFly, and a bit more, than glazed over. I can whizz through it on iplayer. About 9.20
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Post by ceebee on Mar 16, 2024 11:16:52 GMT
Agree - looking forward to the transfer and the show reaching a wider audience. Shows rarely shine on TV and the social media haters will always drop their pearls of poison regardless. I'm pleased for all involved that it'll have a longer life. Why are they haters dropping pearls of poison because they don’t like the look of a show - or didn’t like the show after they saw it - just because you like it? Please respect other people’s opinions I didn't say I didn't respect their opinion. Anybody is entitled to a view on anything. Even when based on 10 minutes TV coverage in a charity fundraiser. However, I'm so much more interested in those who want to find out more, potentially buy tickets and pour money into this fantastic industry we all love so much, entertaining many whilst sustaining creative livelihoods. That's far more interesting than the view of Angry Andy from Andover, who's feeling bolshy on his socials after a couple of Stella's and probably hates all musical theatre anyway.
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Post by BVM on Mar 16, 2024 12:47:02 GMT
Speaking of haters - the 12 one stars for this came early (like, most in the first week) and have not budged for ages. Meanwhile the three, four and five star ratings have surged ahead as the run has continued.
Is this a social phenomenon or has the show got much better?
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Post by ceebee on Mar 16, 2024 14:02:28 GMT
Speaking of haters - the 12 one stars for this came early (like, most in the first week) and have not budged for ages. Meanwhile the three, four and five star ratings have surged ahead as the run has continued. Is this a social phenomenon or has the show got much better? Probably a bit of both. My view (and I know others disagree and are perfectly free to do so!) is that the show has a definite audience appeal, perhaps to people who might see the occasional jukebox musical. Provided the cast can sing and dance, the band can play, and the lights and sound work, then most people are happy and feel entertained. The risk with "going early" in previews is that so much can change - in my eyes this is a very different show to the one I saw at the first preview, which was long, clunky, but still showed enough promise to make me believe in it. Others perhaps don't share this view, but the risk with being wedded to a view is that it becomes harder to manouver or change if things improve. Also, as a generalisation, some people have a more critical mindset that sometimes revels in failure or pointing out the inadequacies of shows, situations, people etc. Personally, I tend to be more generous in my scores whilst still keeping an open mind for what can be improved. So yes, as somebody who has seen this production many times, I would say it has definitely improved. The right cuts were made early on, and the attention to detail on music, light, sound etc is impressive - so many "micro changes" have happened that only a geek or frequent visitor would notice. Personally, I find it impressive that somebody as notoriously impatient and outspoken as Bob Geldof has sat through this show many times now. If nothing else, this demonstrates the love and commitment to the show, source material, artistic integrity and authenticity of what they have tried to deliver on stage. I'd also like to reiterate that I do respect the views and scores of others and certainly don't wish to be bombastic in my bias towards this show. Apologies if my enthusiasm for the show gets interpreted as disregarding the views of others - it certainly isn't my intention. I gave this show five stars... In my heart, is it on a par with Guys and Dolls? Sunset Boulevard? Of course it isn't. But there's plenty there for me to justify a generous score, knowing that it isn't highbrow or earth-shattering. It is slighty life affirming (if enough people want it to be) and surely everybody should cheer any show that attempts to be a commercial success as well as raise money for charity in the process. Even if they hate it.
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Post by bigredapple on Mar 16, 2024 14:32:29 GMT
Had no interest in this, but just caught up with the comic relief performance
Wouldn’t entice me to see it at all. The “Irish accent” for bob is questionable too.
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Post by punxsutawney on Mar 16, 2024 15:14:09 GMT
Personally, I find it impressive that somebody as notoriously impatient and outspoken as Bob Geldof has sat through this show many times now. If nothing else, this demonstrates the love and commitment to the show, source material, artistic integrity and authenticity of what they have tried to deliver on stage. Above being impatient and outspoken I'd argue Bob Geldof is notoriously a bit full of himself, so it checks out to me...
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Post by manchestertheatrefan on Mar 16, 2024 17:33:02 GMT
I wasn't entirely sold on this show before, and for me it is one of the worst charity performances I have seen - they make me feel like there is no real plot or character development - but it is hard to judge the show on that performance considering I enjoyed Mrs Doubtfire when I saw it in Manchester and London and the performance last year was dodgy and didn't sell the show well.
I would be interested in a cast recording, just to see if it sells the show to me.
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