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Post by Jon on Aug 16, 2019 13:11:33 GMT
Looks identical to Troubadour Wembley. They are large spaces and anything intimate will suffer, I think. They are also fairly permanent - Wembley will be there for at least 7 years, White City for 3. Trying to find plays or entertainment that can fill these spaces is easier said than done. It's odd that the Kings Cross Theatre and the other theatres in that vicinity was able to be successful with In The Heights and The Railway Children plus Lazarus and the Donmar Kings Cross season but Peter Pan which I would have thought was a fairly safe bet couldn't succeed in White City.
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Not always very high value in terms of ticket yield or donations
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Post by Xanderl on Aug 16, 2019 14:53:35 GMT
Yes, all three Kings Cross spaces were relatively small.
Plus Lazarus was a limited run with the original Broadway star of David Bowie's last work. Very different from a revival in a huge barn of a show which was on at the National only a few years ago (and I'm not aware of a particular buzz about the original). A real shame for everyone involved though.
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Post by Marwood on Aug 16, 2019 20:37:31 GMT
The fact that this was dreadful when it was on at the NT has probably done it no favours when it came to selling tickets.
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Post by Jan on Aug 17, 2019 9:35:01 GMT
The fact that this was dreadful when it was on at the NT has probably done it no favours when it came to selling tickets. Seemed an odd time to be putting it on, during the school summer holidays, so no school parties and lots of local kids away on holiday, would have thought starting in November and running over Xmas was a better bet.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Aug 19, 2019 11:19:21 GMT
I think it was a brave and probably unwise choice for the first show at a new venue, and the early giveaway promotion needed to get people (like me) in didn't bode well for commercial success.
Something like Oliver or maybe Bugsy Malone would have drawn the crowds more than a slightly bizarre play/musical hybrid staging of a pantomime favourite.
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Post by bordeaux on Aug 19, 2019 12:03:32 GMT
The fact that this was dreadful when it was on at the NT has probably done it no favours when it came to selling tickets. A shame. It was pure unadulterated pleasure when it was on at the Bristol Old Vic. The casting, perhaps? Or the wrong space?
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Post by peterbrook on Aug 28, 2019 22:14:40 GMT
Having booked tickets before the reviews for the current production, I was fearing the worst when I turned up for today's matinee - with a group which included under 10 year olds.
But all of us thoroughly enjoyed it. Not perfect. But there was far more flying than you usually get in Peter Pan, and more expertly executed, and there was enough to keep up the interest of even the six year old. Well worth seeing before it ends this weekend.
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Post by intoanewlife on Aug 28, 2019 22:59:50 GMT
The pricing on this was ridiculous, that's what stopped me and a lot of people from going I'm sure.
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Post by latefortheoverture on Aug 29, 2019 20:39:05 GMT
Anything here will be a hard sell I imagine.
War Horse will probably chug through, its a popular show. Would be great if Small Island could have another life in one of these, but highly doubt it. The only guaranteed way to get a few bums in, is a recognisable musical with a name in sadly.
Do they have the money to mount a big musical with names?
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