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Post by jaqs on Dec 17, 2021 14:33:21 GMT
Cancelled tonight and tomorrow.
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Post by Mark on Jan 4, 2022 23:11:45 GMT
Thoroughly enjoyed this tonight and was particularly impressed with Amber Davies. Got rush in row D from TodayTix which was a great place to watch from. The music was very and the whole cast had a fantastic energy.
4 stars and strong recommendation!
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Post by jamb0r on Jan 5, 2022 13:03:05 GMT
I was there last night in row D too. Absolutely LOVED this production.
Saw the British Theatre Academy production a few years ago and fell in love with the show then, and have been longing for a professional production ever since. I already knew I would love the songs, but the star of the show really is the choreography - the cast were on fire and so precise. Was pleasantly surprised with Amber, and Louis did a few gymnastics and had a decent voice, though he did look noticeably too old for the role.
A highlight for me was Jal Joshua playing the part of La Cienega - I noticed in the programme they are part of the ballroom scene (and as a huge fan of Pose and Legendary this made me excited), which explained their brilliant floor and hair work! Between this and Cabaret it's been great to see more trans representation on stage recently.
Really surprised there isn't more buzz about this show online - it really deserves it. In my opinion it's head and shoulders above something like Heathers which seems to be much more popular. I looked at booking tickets for Woking to take my niece later in the year and they've barely sold any tickets at all. It was priced crazy high to begin with in London, and it looks like it's been priced very high in Woking too, which I presume is what is putting some people off?
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Post by duncan on Jan 10, 2022 13:13:37 GMT
Tour cancelled
The touring production of Bring It On has been cancelled.
Producers Selladoor Worldwide said today: "Cancelling 13 performances has resulted in an overwhelming loss of income for the production during a peak period that would otherwise have provided a vital financial backbone of the tour. This lost income, amounting to hundreds of thousands of pounds, has sadly rendered the remainder of the tour financially unsustainable. It would be irresponsible for us to continue, and we therefore have no option but to cancel the remainder of the tour. We have not taken this decision lightly and have explored every possible alternative to avoid cancellation. Selladoor remain incredibly proud of this fantastically received production and are grateful to everyone who has worked so hard on it, and to all the audiences who have cheered us on. We are only too aware of the impact this will have on our wonderful cast, crew, musicians and creative team – as well as our audiences, venues and suppliers we had been due to work with during the tour. We are heartbroken that we have been forced into this position, but the impact of these cancellations caused by Omicron has left us with no other choice."
Seems a risky finance model to me and I'm sure nothing to do with weak ticket sales - looks to have sold about 50 tickets for a Friday night performance that is still on sale, Edinburgh have already zapped the buy tickets button from the website.
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Post by fiyerorocher on Jan 10, 2022 13:16:16 GMT
So I won't be seeing it tomorrow...?
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Post by cezbear on Jan 10, 2022 13:17:47 GMT
Oh that's a shame, I had hoped to catch this at some point.
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Post by jamb0r on Jan 10, 2022 13:18:06 GMT
Such a huge shame! Feel so sorry for everyone involved. The rest of the Southbank Centre run is going ahead and the final performance is now 22nd Jan.
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Post by duncan on Jan 10, 2022 13:18:36 GMT
So I won't be seeing it tomorrow...? Performances at the Southbank Centre are unaffected by this cancellation – the show will conclude its run on 22 January 2022.
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Post by djdan14 on Jan 10, 2022 13:25:02 GMT
I am destined to never see this show. 2nd time a tours been cancelled after I’ve booked to see it. And that doesn’t include the rescheduling of this tour due to covid.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 10, 2022 13:26:54 GMT
That’s a shame, I was thinking of seeing it in Manchester but hadn’t got as far as booking.
Surprised to hear that 13 performances were propping up the finances for a pretty extensive tour. One of our insiders was saying in another thread that touring shows tend to make their money in 12 or 13 venues and often run at a loss in the rest but just 13 cancelled shows made the walls come tumbling down here? All sounds very tenuous.
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Post by fiyerorocher on Jan 10, 2022 13:29:53 GMT
So I won't be seeing it tomorrow...? Performances at the Southbank Centre are unaffected by this cancellation – the show will conclude its run on 22 January 2022. Ah okay, thank you! Glad I'll be able to catch it
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Post by ABr on Jan 10, 2022 13:34:48 GMT
That’s a shame, I was thinking of seeing it in Manchester but hadn’t got as far as booking. Surprised to hear that 13 performances were propping up the finances for a pretty extensive tour. One of our insiders was saying in another thread that touring shows tend to make their money in 12 or 13 venues and often run at a loss in the rest but just 13 cancelled shows made the walls come tumbling down here? All sounds very tenuous. I think unfortunately it hasn't sold as well as they had hoped, which is the same with some lesser well known shows that are currently on sale at the moment. And with cancelled performances and proably the London run possibly not being as visited as much as originally anticipated, it all sort of adds up. Like others of said, people may have been weary to buy tickets for this, in the fear that like the last planned tour (that granted never even got off its feet before it was cancelled), were waiting until it was out on the road, or closer to the time to book, I know I would be the same if I wasn't able to see it during the Southbank run. Its a shame, but with the current climate, it don't blame them!
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Post by Mark on Jan 10, 2022 13:39:41 GMT
A tour like this was always going to be a hard sell, not least in the current climate.
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Post by LaLuPone on Jan 10, 2022 13:46:41 GMT
How awful for the cast! I’m so glad I can catch it in London at some point this week. I really hope Amber Davies walks into another leading role as well, she really deserves it.
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Post by Mark on Jan 10, 2022 13:51:06 GMT
How awful for the cast! I’m so glad I can catch it in London at some point this week. I really hope Amber Davies walks into another leading role as well, she really deserves it. She'd be great for Mean Girls.
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Post by FJ on Jan 10, 2022 13:53:12 GMT
Really sad, I loved this show. Such amazing energy from the whole cast. Will definitely be seeing it again before it closes next week, and will be encouraging everyone I know to as well.
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Post by sph on Jan 10, 2022 14:36:20 GMT
That’s a shame, I was thinking of seeing it in Manchester but hadn’t got as far as booking. Surprised to hear that 13 performances were propping up the finances for a pretty extensive tour. One of our insiders was saying in another thread that touring shows tend to make their money in 12 or 13 venues and often run at a loss in the rest but just 13 cancelled shows made the walls come tumbling down here? All sounds very tenuous. Even the biggest shows in London are reducing to a six-show week as ticket sales are pretty bad in the current climate. I imagine for a show like this it's ten times harder and sales for future venues aren't looking good enough to prop the show up.
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Post by christya on Jan 10, 2022 14:50:50 GMT
I'm sorry for those involved, but having booked to see this first in 2017, which didn't go ahead even without COVID, I'll hesitate to book anything Selladoor are producing again. Seems like they've been sailing close to the wind even before All This.
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Post by hannechalk on Jan 10, 2022 15:30:06 GMT
I'm sorry for those involved, but having booked to see this first in 2017, which didn't go ahead even without COVID, I'll hesitate to book anything Selladoor are producing again. Seems like they've been sailing close to the wind even before All This. Their awful production of Flashdance still haunts me. Such a talented cast, but a horrendous production.
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Jan 10, 2022 15:30:11 GMT
I'm sorry for those involved, but having booked to see this first in 2017, which didn't go ahead even without COVID, I'll hesitate to book anything Selladoor are producing again. Seems like they've been sailing close to the wind even before All This. Did Selladoor produce the last one?
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Post by ABr on Jan 10, 2022 15:40:11 GMT
I'm sorry for those involved, but having booked to see this first in 2017, which didn't go ahead even without COVID, I'll hesitate to book anything Selladoor are producing again. Seems like they've been sailing close to the wind even before All This. Did Selladoor produce the last one? No that was the producer that did the Wonderland tour, that collapsed towards the end, at the same time as Bring it On was about to start, then that collapsed also!
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Post by ABr on Jan 10, 2022 15:42:25 GMT
I'm sorry for those involved, but having booked to see this first in 2017, which didn't go ahead even without COVID, I'll hesitate to book anything Selladoor are producing again. Seems like they've been sailing close to the wind even before All This. I think that's a bit harsh to say, they've had successes with multiple tours of Footloose, then they were associated with Amelie, Falsettos at The Other Palace, and then the most recent Fame tour that was filmed. So I'd hardly say they were 'sailing close to the wind', its been a challenging time for everyone in the industry. Also the 2017 production had nothing to do with Selladoor, as said above.
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Post by christya on Jan 10, 2022 15:49:52 GMT
12 days of cancelled performances enough to sink a tour and that isn't considered close to the wind? I'd already cut them slack prior to this after sitting through the same godawful Flashdance production mentioned above. Not inclined to cut them any more.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jan 10, 2022 16:24:07 GMT
Gutted at this news. Feels like touring theatre might be little other than very safe choices and periods of darkness the way things are going, especially with platforms like the Vault Festival not available for new work to emerge. I'd booked to see Bring It On in Manchester but have now booked for the last weekend of the Southbank run following today's announcement. I'm sorry for those involved, but having booked to see this first in 2017, which didn't go ahead even without COVID, I'll hesitate to book anything Selladoor are producing again. Seems like they've been sailing close to the wind even before All This. Why would you hesitate to book anything Selladoor are producing again because the 2017 Bring It On tour, which had nothing to do with them, didn't go ahead?
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Post by LaLuPone on Jan 10, 2022 17:01:40 GMT
Would also like to add their Little Shop of Horrors tour in 2016 to the list of good productions they’d put on, was well cast and reasonably priced with a decent Audrey II puppet. I think they usually come through when you want to produce a small production of a show.
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Post by h86 on Jan 10, 2022 17:16:10 GMT
Touring productions have got it hard with different laws in England, Wales, Scotland, NI, Republic of Ireland. Not sure if/when the tour was due to head outside England but with theatre currently not allowed in Scotland and Wales (not sure of NI or Ireland) And no idea when it’ll open up again, there is potentially quite a bit of lost revenue from these venues.
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Post by properjob on Jan 10, 2022 17:28:24 GMT
The 13 cancelled shows which must be about 2 weeks worth, may well have been the large straw that broke the camels back. Especially if they know or suspect they will have other completly lost weeks elsewhere. If producers were making massive margins such that they could lose all the takings from 2 weeks (out of what 20, 30 weeks?) then I'm sure plenty here would be complaining about ticket prices and profitering!
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Post by duncan on Jan 10, 2022 17:29:41 GMT
Not going by the ticket sales for Aberdeen, would have been cheaper to tour it round the buyers houses by the looks of it.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jan 10, 2022 21:55:42 GMT
What's the running time for this? Can't find any mention of it on the Southbank Centre website.
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Post by amp09 on Jan 11, 2022 0:06:19 GMT
What's the running time for this? Can't find any mention of it on the Southbank Centre website. Approx 2 hrs 25 mins when I went last week.
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