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Post by dominion99 on Nov 26, 2019 17:57:45 GMT
Seven piece band. Neil MacDonald/keyboard and MD Rob Parsons/percussion with drums Howard McGill/ Alto sax/cl/ bs cl Pablo Mendelssohn/Tr Paul Moyman/db bass Nick Rees/guitars Tom Dunnett/tr
band on stage throughout. Deployed in various ways inc. split level. Excellent sound balance with piano coming thru' strongly.
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Post by greenswan on Nov 28, 2019 8:18:20 GMT
I saw this yesterday Y3 with the TodayTix rush. Excellent value - it’s quite far away but good legroom and rake. The stalls looked about 90% full. The tube noise is a bit distracting. And the audience- picture taking in the middle of songs, popcorn eating - and that was just in front of and next to me.
Strong production of weak material- great singing and the chorus was energetic and synchronised. The book hasn’t met a cliche it didn’t want to include. It drags on a bit in places. But I did love the ending with the snow - a good dose of (pre)holiday cheer.
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Post by showoff on Nov 29, 2019 11:05:36 GMT
I just bought my tickets, there was a good offer on, some of the tickets are heavily discounted so they were £108 and they're £50 on Londontheatredirect and I got two tickets in row C dress circle.
I'm looking forward to this, I'm hoping for old fashioned, cheesy musical that's easy to watch. And Claire tapping, what's not to love?
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Post by robertb213 on Nov 30, 2019 20:52:09 GMT
Not bad this afternoon. As it's Christmas I went to 4 stars, but it's about 3.5 really. Edwards stops the show, the rest is variable. Halse is better than Hope (Hope maybe edges the vocal, Halse is the all rounder), the boys do fine, and there's some nice cameos. One for the older generation who don't fancy panto, I think. Interestingly I preferred Hope, I thought she was flawless. Halse verged a little towards the nasal side for me, although her dancing was expectedly outstanding 😀
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Post by HereForTheatre on Dec 3, 2019 18:47:06 GMT
Does anyone know how much the baubles are?
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Post by Dr Tom on Dec 5, 2019 8:54:45 GMT
Made a return visit last night, although in a much cheaper seat thanks to TodayTix rush. This does seem to be selling very well. The Stalls were very full and there were people upstairs, although I couldn't see how many. There were also long queues to pick up tickets so I didn't have much time to spare when I made it to my seat.
The Rush ticket was off to the side of Stalls Row Z. Much further back than I'd like, but there was a clear view of the stage and it was interesting to see the big numbers from that distance. The sound is clear there also.
Not much to add really to my previous comments. All of the leads were on (don't know if they've missed any shows yet) and Michael Brandon has improved since first time around. Brenda Edwards still steals the show. The same young girl was on as Susan as last time and she was particularly confident.
I won't get back this year, but hopefully this production will run again somewhere next year. I would say the Dominion would be perfect to host this every year, but they have a big budget show coming in which I'm sure they will be hoping lasts beyond December 2020.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Dec 5, 2019 9:08:17 GMT
Made a return visit last night, although in a much cheaper seat thanks to TodayTix rush. This does seem to be selling very well. The Stalls were very full and there were people upstairs, although I couldn't see how many. There were also long queues to pick up tickets so I didn't have much time to spare when I made it to my seat. The Rush ticket was off to the side of Stalls Row Z. Much further back than I'd like, but there was a clear view of the stage and it was interesting to see the big numbers from that distance. The sound is clear there also. Not much to add really to my previous comments. All of the leads were on (don't know if they've missed any shows yet) and Michael Brandon has improved since first time around. Brenda Edwards still steals the show. The same young girl was on as Susan as last time and she was particularly confident. I won't get back this year, but hopefully this production will run again somewhere next year. I would say the Dominion would be perfect to host this every year, but they have a big budget show coming in which I'm sure they will be hoping lasts beyond December 2020. I was in at the matinee and that seemed pretty full in the dress circle. Good seat via the today tix rush, very happy with it. Enjoyed the show again but think I preferred Emma Williams to Danielle Hope. But preffered Clare Halse to Monique Young.
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Post by Steve on Dec 5, 2019 16:43:52 GMT
Clare Halse and Dan Burton tapping, Brenda Edwards belting, and Danielle Hope and Danny Mac hate-flirting: these are a few of my favourite things, but the story is one the least gripping I have ever experienced. Best seen as a variety show! Some spoilers follow. . . Never ever begin with World War 2 if you intend to ignore it! The opening that speaks to the end of a war, that saw some 80 million people die, suggested to me that the musical would in some way be about getting over the war, that someone somewhere would carry some war trauma that the story would deal with in some way. It doesn't, at all, and that makes the crap about a winter hotel that's too sunny, about petty assumptions about mistaken motivations and whatnot, all feel mind-numbingly insignificant. It's not simply that nothing here has any dramatic bite, but that by raising the issue of the war, the lack of dramatic bite feels crass. Anyway, once I got over the fact that I'd better ignore the whole story, I did find ONE, just one, aspect of the plot that had some dramatic traction, and that is the comedic hate-flirting going on between Danielle Hope and Danny Mac. Those two are really charming, with Mac being the more sulky, and Hope being the more chippy, and between the two of them, their romance is actually completely winning. Mac is a great Buble-style crooner, with a tad more machismo, and a terrific dancer, and he has the acting chops to launch into his swooning and crooning from a brooding sulking place that makes it all seem doubly charming. Couple that with the way Hope drops the chip on her shoulder, when Mac isn't looking, to swell with beaming admiration, and you get a totally winning acting-singing-dancing triple threat romance. Unfortunately, the story too often is concerned with other trivial nonsense (the hotel, the sun, the contracts, the general's finances, the squawking lady fan girls), and if you think about it any of it one second, you'll feel embarrassed to allow that story into your brain. Luckily, the sight and sounds of Clare Halse and Dan Burton tap dancing in an approximately 16 person ensemble to "I Love a Piano" (my absolute highlight of the show, despite their threadbare "characters"), the sound of Brenda Edwards belting "Let Me Sing And I’m Happy," the sheer smooth grace of the ensemble and Danny Mac's "Blue Skies," was enough to sufficiently crush my cerebrum for at least two thirds of the running time. Ultimately, this is one of the worst stories I've seen on stage, told exuberantly and exceptionally! Have several drinks if you see this, to suppress the part of your brain that thinks. 3 stars.
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Post by Sam on Dec 8, 2019 12:04:54 GMT
Is the rush only Monday to Friday?
Any other offers on at the moment?
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Post by Mark on Dec 8, 2019 12:21:23 GMT
Is the rush only Monday to Friday? Any other offers on at the moment? I got it Sat 23rd
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Dec 8, 2019 19:42:28 GMT
Would seem to be touring next year. Already on sale as the Curve production "direct from the West End" at the Marlowe Theatre Canterbury from Tues 17 - Sat 21 November 2020.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Dec 8, 2019 19:48:47 GMT
Interesting. I wonder if the set will be adapted. I don't think it was designed for touring.
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Post by justfran on Dec 13, 2019 13:08:20 GMT
Announced for next Christmas at Edinburgh Playhouse. I saw the tour years ago in Sunderland, 2009 or 2010 I think and really enjoyed it.
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Post by showoff on Dec 20, 2019 15:26:53 GMT
I saw this the other day, it was just nice and pleasant, and pretty much what I was looking for after the effects of the GE, nice escapism.
I loved the tapping in particular, and some of those classic songs, it was pure feel good stuff.
The only part I absolutely hated was that grunting man with the beard. I have never felt to out of sync with the general populace as when he would come on and people were in hysterics and I was cringing for it to be over and he leave the stage.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Dec 20, 2019 16:36:24 GMT
He does have a feel of 'creepy man who lives in the woods in a tatty old caravan'
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Post by showoff on Dec 20, 2019 19:00:36 GMT
He does have a feel of 'creepy man who lives in the woods in a tatty old caravan' He does, and I just found it cringe worthy, I don't really understand where the humour was at all, but some were killing themselves at a man grunting. Different strokes and all that, but for me, I could have done without him, he added nothing and I found it embarrassing.
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Post by anita on Dec 21, 2019 11:10:28 GMT
I actually preferred the show 5 years ago at the Dominion with Aled Jones, Tom Chambers & Wendi Peters.
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Post by zsazsa on Dec 21, 2019 23:49:05 GMT
Saw today’s matinee and absolutely adored this production. The cast is excellent and this is the best thing I have seen Nickolai Foster direct. Some nice moments that I have not seen in previous versions.
Can’t wait for this to come to Edinburgh next year.
I also want a production of ‘South Pacific’ with Clare Halse as Nellie and Danny Max as Cable.
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Post by anita on Dec 30, 2019 10:20:44 GMT
Any news on the CD?
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Post by Sam on Dec 30, 2019 13:42:38 GMT
Enjoyed this the other week. Watched the film over Christmas, and definitely preferred the show.
Somehow we managed to lose our programme on the way home though! :C
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Post by Dr Tom on Dec 30, 2019 18:13:10 GMT
Found myself back in London for a few days so made an extra visit to today’s matinee. Busy in the theatre but managed to get a great rush seat in grow P Stalls with a clear view.
All the leads were on and in form with perhaps a little tiredness from the Christmas schedule evident in some of the big numbers.
I like the fact they’re still making small visual tweaks and changes (or I’m picking up on things I missed before).
Good audience near me with the exception of three mobile phones going off in the closing twenty minutes.
I was too far back to be snowed upon but it certainly feels like they’ve cut back on the volume of snow since the start of the run.
With that, Christmas is over for me, but I hope to catch the tour next decade. I’m sure closing night will be great fun for anyone able to make it.
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Post by tmesis on Jan 4, 2020 11:49:40 GMT
I'm so glad I caught this last night, just before it closes. I found it hugely enjoyable but those who care about plot or motivation should look elsewhere. It's really just an excuse to wallow in some of Irving Berlin's classiest numbers and, compared to the film, this stage version aggrandises the original score brilliantly. High production values - probably the most impressive since 42nd Street - with some brilliant choreography and pretty good singing, although, as with the recent Blues in the Night, the songs aren't always delivered as idiomatically (or charismatically) as they could be. The one exception here being Brenda Edwards.
Tip-top band and sound balance and strangely, the excellent production made this aircraft hanger of a theatre feel quite intimate.
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Post by gmoneyoutlaw on Jan 5, 2020 20:46:14 GMT
I was fortunate to see White Christmas on December 23rd and it was delightful. I can't say it's a classic but the dancing was sublime. The music by our greatest composer was magical. When you think about other composers stop thinking as no one can do it like Irving Berlin. I also loved the flubs and the brilliant Brenda Edwards. You can't get any better than this and I'm so happy that I was able to experience it one more time.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Dec 17, 2020 15:23:55 GMT
The Curve production is touring next year!
ATG have dates listed for Woking (28-30 Oct), Bristol (1-6 Nov) and Manchester (22 Nov - 4 Dec) with presumably more to be announced.
Wonder where it's rocking up for Christmas?
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Post by CG on the loose on Dec 17, 2020 15:52:21 GMT
If I recall correctly from a conversation with Dan Burton back in January, that was the original plan for this year, though not with him and Danny Mac, and for the next few after that too - I will be very happy to see it again if it heads anywhere in my general direction.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 13, 2021 12:09:53 GMT
NEW VICTORIA WOKING Thursday 28 – Saturday 30 October 2021 BRISTOL HIPPODROME Monday 1 – Saturday 6 November 2021 THE MARLOWE THEATRE, CANTERBURY Wednesday 10 – Saturday 20 November 2021 MANCHESTER PALACE THEATRE Monday 22 November – Saturday 4 December 2021 PLYMOUTH THEATRE ROYAL Tuesday 7 – Saturday 11 December 2021 EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE Tuesday 14 December 2021 – Sunday 2 January 2022
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 2, 2021 20:43:09 GMT
Dan Burton, Emily Langham, Duncan Smith, Jessica Daly, Matthew Jeans & Sheila Ferguson
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 18, 2021 21:46:33 GMT
Sally Ann Triplett also joins the cast as Martha Watson.
Dan Burton as ‘Phil Davis’, Matthew Jeans as ‘Bob Wallace’, Jessica Daley as ‘Betty Haynes’, Emily Langham as ‘Judy Haynes’ and Duncan Smith as ‘General Waverly’.
Phillip Bertioli, Imogen Bowtell, Isabel Canning, Freddie Clements, Meg Darcy, Adam Denman, Beth Devine, Kirsty Fuller, Ashton Harkness, Sam Holden, Matt Holland, Samuel John-Humphreys, Aoife Kenny, Ella Kemp, Joshua Lovell, Martin McCarthy, Benjamin Munday, Oliver Ramsdale, Kayleigh Thadani and Kraig Thornber.
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Post by wardrobemistress76 on Oct 18, 2021 23:21:56 GMT
He’s a lovely chap, but isn’t ‘Duncan from Blue’ WAY too young to play General Waverly? Saying that, I recently read that he had some terrible back trouble and now walks with a stick. I remember when Ken Kercheval from Dallas played the role back in the 2007. I recall loving that production.
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 18, 2021 23:28:26 GMT
He’s a lovely chap, but isn’t ‘Duncan from Blue’ WAY too young to play General Waverly? Saying that, I recently read that he had some terrible back trouble and now walks with a stick. I remember when Ken Kercheval from Dallas played the role back in the 2007. I recall loving that production. ...he's not in it though? That's Duncan James 😂😂
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