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Post by xanady on Jul 20, 2019 18:31:01 GMT
^Been looking for clips for you,but sadly only the Hollywood movie is out there unless other posters can help? Obvs only legal clips.
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Post by zinone on Aug 14, 2019 14:09:42 GMT
Bizarre piece of 'stunt casting' for the Dublin run. Supposedly the guy playing Grandpa is well-known, but he reads 5-7 years max older than the Dad so it's just strange.
Quite enjoyed the show overall. Gabriel Vick in particular was excellent, I thought.
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Post by ruthieh on Aug 20, 2019 21:24:46 GMT
I saw this tonight at oxford playhouse and had no expectations, but actually really enjoyed it. The Young Olive we saw was absolutely brilliant, but I thought the whole cast did really well. Lovely theatre to see it in too.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 20, 2019 21:56:20 GMT
I too was in the Playhouse for tonight's performance. Utterly charming show - very strong performances, crisp direction and an outstanding Olive.
4 stars!
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Post by robertb213 on Aug 20, 2019 22:26:59 GMT
Basee on these reviews I'm gonna try and catch it in Leicester the week after next 😀
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Post by drowseychap on Aug 21, 2019 0:16:12 GMT
Basee on these reviews I'm gonna try and catch it in Leicester the week after next 😀 I saw it in Birmingham again no expectations but was really taken by it really charming and excellent cast deserves bigger audiences 👍👍
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Post by drowseychap on Aug 22, 2019 0:19:29 GMT
Just had an email from Malvern theatre half price tickets next week with code sunshine .... looks like I’m going again 👍 .... looked and at moment sales really low so hope it picks up now for them well they have sold another 4 at least sorry 5 taking dad too 😎😆
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Post by drowseychap on Aug 31, 2019 21:19:21 GMT
Just back from Malvern enjoyed it more second time round we all really enjoyed it such a talented cast a really neat little musical ..... smaller theatre than Birmingham sadly an even smaller audience which was sad to see only 20 in circle and around quarter full in stalls ... some jokes and subject matter fell flat on some of the elderly audience of Malvern .... but heard great comments when leaving and audience gave very enthusiastic applause at the end
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Post by steve10086 on Aug 31, 2019 22:01:59 GMT
Seeing the show again in two weeks. Feels so long since it was at Arcola, and I have missed it. Can’t wait for Cardiff.
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Post by squidward on Sept 1, 2019 14:15:48 GMT
The production company for this tour must have very deep pockets. I imagine with such low attendance in so many of the venues, they must have lost a lot of money. I still can’t work out why anyone would have thought touring this particular show would be a good idea. In my humble opinion, it’s a poorly written adaptation of a not very recent niche movie.
I think some of the dates have been pulled already, so I hope they manage to finish the tour without too many further instances of this happening. Touring the country and playing to very small audiences can be a really demoralising experience for cast & crew.
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Post by ruggerlad on Sept 7, 2019 8:16:29 GMT
Saw this last night at the Haymarket in Leicester Sadly very quiet, looked like everyone was moved down into the stalls, which made it maybe 2/3 full. Really enjoyed it overall, it’s a swift running time done by 9.35 with an interval. I’ll hold my hands up and say that my Holby City crush on Mark Moraghan is shining bright after last night. He’s got a great set of pipes, as well as guns , and I was genuinely impressed with him on stage. Paul Keating, I realised he’s the person I’ve seen most on stage, Tommy/Shoppe/Closer and now this, and he gave a great amusing performance and was possibly the most rounded gay character I’ve seen on stage. Rest of the cast were excellent and the ‘Olive’ we had was great. Imelda Warren-Green has two scene stealing characters as Linda and Miss California, the latter is genuinely a make you cry with laughter moment. Sad that it’s another under performing tour and it does make you worry for shows getting out into the country. But go see if it’s anywhere close to you
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 7, 2019 9:03:27 GMT
Saw this last night at the Haymarket in Leicester Sadly very quiet, looked like everyone was moved down into the stalls, which made it maybe 2/3 full. Really enjoyed it overall, it’s a swift running time done by 9.35 with an interval. I’ll hold my hands up and say that my Holby City crush on Mark Moraghan is shining bright after last night. He’s got a great set of pipes, as well as guns , and I was genuinely impressed with him on stage. Paul Keating, I realised he’s the person I’ve seen most on stage, Tommy/Shoppe/Closer and now this, and he gave a great amusing performance and was possibly the most rounded gay character I’ve seen on stage. Rest of the cast were excellent and the ‘Olive’ we had was great. Imelda Warren-Green has two scene stealing characters as Linda and Miss California, the latter is genuinely a make you cry with laughter moment. Sad that it’s another under performing tour and it does make you worry for shows getting out into the country. But go see if it’s anywhere close to you Personally i think that theatre needs to do a far better job of advertising their wears. I think we've talked about this before. But even if you walk past on street level you;d not know what was on or even that there is a theatre really there. I mean i only found out half these touring shows were even at the Haymarket by chance when i looked at the website for something else.
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Post by ruggerlad on Sept 7, 2019 9:06:34 GMT
Saw this last night at the Haymarket in Leicester Sadly very quiet, looked like everyone was moved down into the stalls, which made it maybe 2/3 full. Really enjoyed it overall, it’s a swift running time done by 9.35 with an interval. I’ll hold my hands up and say that my Holby City crush on Mark Moraghan is shining bright after last night. He’s got a great set of pipes, as well as guns , and I was genuinely impressed with him on stage. Paul Keating, I realised he’s the person I’ve seen most on stage, Tommy/Shoppe/Closer and now this, and he gave a great amusing performance and was possibly the most rounded gay character I’ve seen on stage. Rest of the cast were excellent and the ‘Olive’ we had was great. Imelda Warren-Green has two scene stealing characters as Linda and Miss California, the latter is genuinely a make you cry with laughter moment. Sad that it’s another under performing tour and it does make you worry for shows getting out into the country. But go see if it’s anywhere close to you Personally i think that theatre needs to do a far better job of advertising their wears. I think we've talked about this before. But even if you walk past on street level you;d not know what was on or even that there is a theatre really there. I mean i only found out half these touring shows were even at the Haymarket by chance when i looked at the website for something else. It’s a massive problem. I wonder if they are driving local opportunities? Radio Leicester are a big supporter of Curve and local Am Dram companies Are you catching it in Leicester ?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 7, 2019 9:15:19 GMT
Personally i think that theatre needs to do a far better job of advertising their wears. I think we've talked about this before. But even if you walk past on street level you;d not know what was on or even that there is a theatre really there. I mean i only found out half these touring shows were even at the Haymarket by chance when i looked at the website for something else. It’s a massive problem. I wonder if they are driving local opportunities? Radio Leicester are a big supporter of Curve and local Am Dram companies Are you catching it in Leicester ? No sadly not, been away this past week and back at work today so not had the chance. In theory, The Haymarket as much better placement than Curve, it's right in the centre of town on a busy street. Yet Curve just seems to be much more of a presence despite being tucked away a little down a side street. To be fair i can imagine that Curve has a much higher budget for advertising and such and a much bigger presence in the theatre world being a big production house but even so, i do still think The Haymarket Theatre could do a better job selling what they have got to offer.
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Post by ruggerlad on Sept 7, 2019 10:01:02 GMT
It’s a massive problem. I wonder if they are driving local opportunities? Radio Leicester are a big supporter of Curve and local Am Dram companies Are you catching it in Leicester ? No sadly not, been away this past week and back at work today so not had the chance. In theory, The Haymarket as much better placement than Curve, it's right in the centre of town on a busy street. Yet Curve just seems to be much more of a presence despite being tucked away a little down a side street. To be fair i can imagine that Curve has a much higher budget for advertising and such and a much bigger presence in the theatre world being a big production house but even so, i do still think The Haymarket Theatre could do a better job selling what they have got to offer. It’s easy to forgot the turbulent first couple of years of Curve, getting called a white elephant during it’s construction to start with. Took time for it to bed in and become the success it is now. Talking to a friend last night and really it’s under the stewardship of Nikolai that it’s become the force it is. Curve now effectively has a build in audience, the Curve Members who will go to see a high majority of it’s shows. The Haymarket will have no budget for marketing I’d imagine but they really should be driving their shows via social media. They’ll be trailers etc that they can use for content and get the awareness out there that it’s back and open for business. Are you going to this years Sunday At The Musicals there ? Last years show was amazing.
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Post by AddisonMizner on Sept 8, 2019 6:12:47 GMT
I saw this in Leicester yesterday afternoon in a practically empty theatre. I can’t say I was that enamoured with it. Musically, I felt that the songs didn’t really go anywhere (Grandpa’s song about the joys of sex was embarrassing). I also felt that it was a little muted and flat in delivery, only really coming to life in the pageant.
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