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Post by Dannyboi on Apr 14, 2019 18:33:33 GMT
Great review,Sir.I bought the CD after the show and have been playing it ever since.Agree that the show would probs work better in a smaller venue packed full of people.A concert venue like Rock City in Nottingham would have been great.A friend of mine at work knows the guy who plays the wounded soldier character and he says that the cast are having a fab time touring the show.Great camaraderie apparently. Why thank you alltheworld, makes a change to be complimented on a post I make on here instead of criticised! Funnily enough I was thinking Rock City would be a perfect venue myself. Send my compliments to the Soldier lol, he had exactly the right body type to spend the entire show either in his y fronts or topless right in front of my face, no complaints from me!! And of course he’s a very talented actor and musician lol.😂😂 xx
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 18:49:36 GMT
Yes,sir,I know exactly what you mean about the negative criticism comment.I sometimes re-type a post 3 or 4 times and read it through wondering if anyone will mis-construe,mis-represent or misunderstood my words and even then I usually get it wrong.Also my caustic sense of humour doesn’t always translate well in writing. I will pass on your kind words via my friend at work.Josh(the soldier)is indeed a finely-sculptured Adonis of a man 🤪 lol
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 18:57:00 GMT
Yes,sir,I know exactly what you mean about the negative criticism comment.I sometimes re-type a post 3 or 4 times and read it through wondering if anyone will mis-construe,mis-represent or misunderstood my words and even then I usually get it wrong.Also my caustic sense of humour doesn’t always translate well in writing. I will pass on your kind words via my friend at work.Josh(the soldier)is indeed a finely-sculptured Adonis of a man 🤪 lol Ha Im the opposite. I hammer the keyboard, hit post and then deal with consequences of offending or enraging atleast one person haha.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 19:09:44 GMT
I like your style,Serial Shusher.Wish I had your self-belief/nerve/confidence.People do seem to take offence very easily and sometimes things do feel rather toxic. By the way,it took me 4 goes to get this right in case it offended you or anyone else...only joking...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 19:22:31 GMT
I like your style,Serial Shusher. Wish I had your self-belief/nerve/confidence.People do seem to take offence very easily and sometimes things do feel rather toxic. By the way,it took me 4 goes to get this right in case it offended you or anyone else...only joking... I think its probably more ignorance on my part haha Wait, ARE YOU CALLING ME TOXIC? How dare you even think of replying to me in that.... joke!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 20:00:26 GMT
Lol.Good one,Sir.Thanks for the chat.Kind Regards to you👍
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Post by kzf on Apr 15, 2019 12:41:06 GMT
Saw this in Blackpool a while ago and was very pleasantly surprised. Thought this was totally not my cup of tea and only booked due to a £10 premium ticket deal. Really energetic show and an excellent cast. Had some passing familiarity with the American Idiot album but none of Green Day's other work. Cast album has been on repeat since, though I haven't gone as far as to look into their back catalogue!
However the atmosphere in Blackpool was awful with 90% of the theatre empty. Felt terrible for the cast facing that, needed fewer days at the venue or finding a smaller venue.
Enjoyed it so much I went again in Manchester, much busier and more responsive audience and the show was the better for it. Agreed with the above posters that smaller venues would have worked much better for this tour. Definitely work checking out even if the music isn't what you normally plump for, especially since there'll probably be more half-empty venues with heavy discounts...
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Post by eliza on Apr 20, 2019 19:19:55 GMT
I'm a massive Green Day fan but had somehow managed to avoid this until today! I thought the cast were great and were clearly having a great time.
I wish it was a bit less reliant on the songs to tell the story and perhaps had a bit more talking.
Also the audience were sooooo bad. Way too much singing along and chatting the whole way through. Already posted this in the bad behaviour thread but the women behind me kept talking even after I asked them to stop and we ended up moving and were then in front of more people chatting and singing but at least they were quieter about it and not basically shouting.
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Post by talkstageytome on Apr 24, 2019 12:30:16 GMT
Any offers cropping up for this one in Wimbledon?
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 24, 2019 12:32:03 GMT
Any offers cropping up for this one in Wimbledon? I just looked for Saturday night and both shows have the Upper closed and are maybe a third sold. So I imagine we will see comps or offers going out. I'd be really surprised.
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Post by talkstageytome on Apr 26, 2019 11:58:50 GMT
Any offers cropping up for this one in Wimbledon? I just looked for Saturday night and both shows have the Upper closed and are maybe a third sold. So I imagine we will see comps or offers going out. I'd be really surprised. Thanks! Yeah that's what I thought. Working with a lower budget because I'm bringing a non-stagey friend (it's the call of Green Day!), so I'd hate to buy a cheap seat and then end up stuck behind swathes of empty seats. TOTAL vibe killer. Especially for something as high octane as AI. Anyway I'll keep an eye out...
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Post by lightinthedarkness on May 2, 2019 8:37:29 GMT
Reading doesn't seem to be selling very well at all - 3/4 empty for tonight! They're still selling at full price though - anyone know of any offers for these? I'd like to go but they're a tad too expensive when I include travel.
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Post by rjschess on May 2, 2019 13:53:43 GMT
I loved this show when I seen it a while back. The songs are fantastic and the cast were great. It's a shame it doesn't sell better, but it's overlooked by a lot of musical theatre fans and maybe the older audience as they don't know much about it and it's generally not their cup of tea, but I think a lot of people would enjoy it if they gave it a go. It's a simple, but good story. Smaller venues would be better for it, but it's still great to see it in any venue.
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Post by Dr Tom on May 16, 2019 8:43:34 GMT
Saw this in Wimbledon last night, having previously seen this at the Arts a few years ago and on tour.
It is a strange venue. For some reason, there were very few seats sold in the first few rows, then a big block of people behind. I was sat in the front row, which tends to be sold as restricted view, but usually has a perfect view. I suspect some of it is due to the most of the front section being premium seating.
No real changes from the previous tours. It comes across as a much longer show with the interval and they seemed to have stretched out some of the segments between songs. The cast works hard and you will know if you enjoy the style of music or not. The (generally older) audience seemed reasonably receptive of it, although the venue was far from full.
Not so many names in the current tour, but the group of former X Factor contestants handled their roles fine.
I heard a couple of younger people talking as I was leaving, who hadn't really figured out what the show was about or why the trio of leads wanted to leave home. It's all about the aftermath of 9/11, but I guess this comes across a bit of a historical piece if you weren't there. When I saw the Mountview version of this last year, they dropped all the 9/11 references and perhaps this needs a bit of reinvention now to appeal to a younger audience?
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Post by bengal73 on May 16, 2019 9:39:09 GMT
Run in Eastbourne next week has been shortened and lots of availability
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Post by stuart on May 17, 2019 18:31:51 GMT
Tickets for Glasgow are on Itison. Band A for £20, Band B for £15.
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