4,631 posts
|
Post by Phantom of London on Apr 26, 2018 23:10:48 GMT
Americans must pity the state of West End theatres, when this takes up London’s most famous theatre.
|
|
4,305 posts
Member is Online
|
Post by Being Alive on Apr 26, 2018 23:20:30 GMT
I think Clare would be a lovely shout if she’s done in 42nd Street - can you imagine the rap routines!!!! But equally, the ballet routines with Leanne Cope - she can certainly sing!
|
|
2,763 posts
|
Post by daniel on Apr 26, 2018 23:49:53 GMT
I'd be very surprised if this wasn't blokes on knees.
Snow White and the Seven Lord Farquaads.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2018 23:55:05 GMT
On Priority Sale from Wednesday 2 May, 10am
On General Sale from Friday 4 May, 10am
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 0:01:48 GMT
Who says they need Seven Dwarfs? The title just says Snow White, cut the little bastards.
|
|
2,763 posts
|
Post by daniel on Apr 27, 2018 0:24:03 GMT
What's Danielle Hope doing at the moment? She was Snow White for Qdos a couple of years back and was very very good!
|
|
9 posts
|
Post by ToshiBoy on Apr 27, 2018 0:59:21 GMT
Americans must pity the state of West End theatres, when this takes up London’s most famous theatre. If you do your research, London's most famous theatre was known to be famous for Variety and Pantomime, infant, I very long history of Pantomime! www.its-behind-you.com/palladium.htmlJesus, pantomime is a historic British tradition, get over it.
|
|
694 posts
|
Post by cheesy116 on Apr 27, 2018 1:04:08 GMT
What's Danielle Hope doing at the moment? She was Snow White for Qdos a couple of years back and was very very good! I put the money on it being her or Samantha Barks
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 1:11:06 GMT
I wonder if Nigel will come in on his knees as a dwarf trying to get stage-time. I can understand them using Julian again but thought Paul Zerdin may have gone to a new location and anchored his own panto as he has done before. They haven't announced who the good fairy is going to be either, could Elaine take on that role?
|
|
4,631 posts
|
Post by Phantom of London on Apr 27, 2018 1:11:42 GMT
Americans must pity the state of West End theatres, when this takes up London’s most famous theatre. If you do your research, London's most famous theatre was known to be famous for Variety and Pantomime, infant, I very long history of Pantomime! www.its-behind-you.com/palladium.htmlJesus, pantomime is a historic British tradition, get over it. It is great entertainment for the provinces, sadly not for the West End.
|
|
1,404 posts
|
Post by showtoones on Apr 27, 2018 3:54:53 GMT
What's Danielle Hope doing at the moment? She was Snow White for Qdos a couple of years back and was very very good! I put the money on it being her or Samantha Barks Sam Barks will be doing Pretty Woman on Broadway so she’s out. How are Cynthia Erivo?
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 6:23:29 GMT
I put the money on it being her or Samantha Barks Sam Barks will be doing Pretty Woman on Broadway so she’s out. How are Cynthia Erivo? Shed be great but can’t see her doing panto!! I like this cast but I’m kinda surprised to see Paul again. It’s 3 years now and gonna be same script
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 6:30:58 GMT
Rachel John could be a good idea for Snow White? She kind of had a breakthrough in Hamilton. If not, Miriam-Teak Lee? She is young and had a breakthrough. Clare Halse would be good. They haven’t cast the henchman yet either
|
|
|
Post by firefingers on Apr 27, 2018 7:08:12 GMT
I wonder if Nigel will come in on his knees as a dwarf trying to get stage-time. I can understand them using Julian again but thought Paul Zerdin may have gone to a new location and anchored his own panto as he has done before. They haven't announced who the good fairy is going to be either, could Elaine take on that role? Qdos (and other producers) often do Snow White without a good fairy, guessing because it is only a small part and gives a bit more stage time for others. The dwarfs always get squeezed for time too, last time I did Qdos they spent most of the show playing pool as they were only in it for 15 minutes (roll call scene, 20 seconds finding snow white, a number and a brief scene in the cottage, and then finding her asleep with the Prince ready to sort the whole thing out). They had a blast doing a half hours work a day!
|
|
721 posts
|
Post by hulmeman on Apr 27, 2018 7:10:37 GMT
If you do your research, London's most famous theatre was known to be famous for Variety and Pantomime, infant, I very long history of Pantomime! www.its-behind-you.com/palladium.htmlJesus, pantomime is a historic British tradition, get over it. It is great entertainment for the provinces, sadly not for the West End. Well tell that to QDOS when they are counting the box office receipts.
|
|
472 posts
|
Post by bimse on Apr 27, 2018 7:20:06 GMT
If you do your research, London's most famous theatre was known to be famous for Variety and Pantomime, infant, I very long history of Pantomime! www.its-behind-you.com/palladium.htmlJesus, pantomime is a historic British tradition, get over it. It is great entertainment for the provinces, sadly not for the West End. There’s a history of pantomime, this unique British theatre tradition, throughout the west end , not just at the Palladium. The Victoria Palace (Paul O’Grady in Snow White, John Inman and Arthur Lowe in Mother Goose), the Prince Edward (when it was the Casino) Twiggy, Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett (Steptoe & Son) in Cinderella, the Phoenix Theatre (Dana in Snow White), Strand Theatre (Marti Caine in Snow White), the Dominion (Keith Harris in Humpty Dumpty, Michael Barrymore in Aladdin) and these are just some recent ones off the top of my head, prior to these seasons several west end theatres regularly presented pantomime. Of course Drury Lane always had pantomimes, many years ago. It’s fantastic to see pantomime back in the west end , in such spectacular style, show cased in the heart of Britain’s theatre industry. Why wouldn’t pantomime be presented there? And as hulmeman says, tell Qdos pantomime shouldn’t be presented in the west end when they are counting the takings.
|
|
18,698 posts
|
Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 27, 2018 7:25:23 GMT
Americans must pity the state of West End theatres, when this takes up London’s most famous theatre. They’re probably too busy raving over “Spongebob Squarepants” to care.
|
|
4,358 posts
|
Post by shady23 on Apr 27, 2018 7:25:58 GMT
The west end is more in need of a panto than anywhere else.
Regional theatres generally don't book touring shows over Christmas and put the panto in.
In London it's business as usual.
|
|
20 posts
|
Post by sydneyboi on Apr 27, 2018 7:35:44 GMT
I'm excited about this BUT I have seen the last 2 and I really do not want to see Julian Paul and Nigel again! Lilly savage as the evil queen would have been amazing but happy to be seeing Dawn onstage for the first time,
|
|
472 posts
|
Post by bimse on Apr 27, 2018 7:45:20 GMT
Americans must pity the state of West End theatres, when this takes up London’s most famous theatre. They’re probably too busy raving over “Spongebob Squarepants” to care. Don’t forget quite a few American actors have not been averse to appearing in this lucrative entertainment. David Hasselhof, Pamela Anderson , Linda Gray, Micky Rooney , Jerry Hall, Steve Guttenberg, Priscilla Presley, the late Verne Troyer, George Takei , Henry Winkler . With varying degrees of success , it must be said . I’m not sure why the Americans (in general) should be a benchmark of good taste in this matter.
|
|
5,495 posts
|
Post by Baemax on Apr 27, 2018 7:53:47 GMT
Theatre snobbery is incredibly boring. There's no law that says that the West End is sacred and Broadway is hallowed and therefore only The Most Deadly Serious Art may be performed there and anything else is the end of all civilisation. I'll take fifteen pantomimes and a full week of SpongeBob SquarePants over only ever watching the most tedious po-faced humourless garbage that has been deemed by the critics to be Worthy of the Great Honour of playing London's Glittering West End or whatever.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 8:40:54 GMT
Sam Barks will be doing Pretty Woman on Broadway so she’s out. How are Cynthia Erivo? I'd love to be a fly on the wall when the poor person who draws the short straw has to deliver that offer.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 9:00:40 GMT
|
|
2,763 posts
|
Post by daniel on Apr 27, 2018 9:08:30 GMT
fair enough Qdos! Genuinely expected them to go for blokes on knees again.
|
|
5,203 posts
|
Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 27, 2018 9:19:05 GMT
Amanda Holden will play Snow White
|
|
724 posts
|
Post by basdfg on Apr 27, 2018 9:57:42 GMT
Would have been rightly controversial and offensive. Paul Zerdin is using the same puppet again so I suspect it will be more of the same.
|
|
|
Post by d'James on Apr 27, 2018 10:04:22 GMT
Should’ve kept one of them back for Prince Charming.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 10:05:53 GMT
Should’ve kept one of them back for Prince Charming. I'm thinking Blake Lisle, rocking the Errol Flynn look.
|
|
2,302 posts
|
Post by Tibidabo on Apr 27, 2018 17:00:44 GMT
Absobloominlootely loving this cast.🕺
(Makes up for the Chessfiasco.)
|
|
264 posts
|
Post by squidward on Apr 27, 2018 18:58:30 GMT
Americans must pity the state of West End theatres, when this takes up London’s most famous theatre. They’re probably too busy raving over “Spongebob Squarepants” to care. SpongeBob has about as much in common with a pantomime as Thriller has with Hamilton! I’m not sure how much raving there has been about Spongebob really but as one of the only Brits on the board who has seen it (as far as I can tell), it deserves every one of the 22 award nominations it’s received from The Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk. It’s so not the cynical corporate money spinner that people seem to dismiss it as being. I’m not a fan of the cartoon particularly but in my opinion,the show is one of the most life-affirming, joyous, clever, and uniquely creative productions I’ve ever seen. Anyway, back to this year’s QDos offering...
|
|