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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 25, 2020 12:52:48 GMT
Press night is Wednesday 11th March.
Personally I would wait for offers later. A 12 week run in Manchester is a long time for a new show and there are loads of tickets to shift later in the run. The only caveat to this if it gets rave reviews then these tickets will go at full prices and the local press can be very kind!
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Post by cheesy116 on Feb 27, 2020 15:05:51 GMT
Does anyone know all the understudies in this show or can post a picture of the understudy list in the programme ?
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Post by whoafrabjousday on Feb 27, 2020 15:12:21 GMT
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Post by intoanewlife on Feb 27, 2020 16:33:50 GMT
Looks very cool! Where is this going in London? The Dominion?
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Post by dippy on Feb 27, 2020 16:36:54 GMT
Does anyone know all the understudies in this show or can post a picture of the understudy list in the programme ? I'll post a photo of the programme tonight when I'm home unless someone beats me to it.
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Post by david on Feb 27, 2020 18:20:06 GMT
Does anyone know all the understudies in this show or can post a picture of the understudy list in the programme ? Cast list for you cheesy116 - postimg.cc/jWkfrw6h
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Post by thebroadwayboy on Feb 28, 2020 7:13:29 GMT
Will this go to Broadway? is it good enough?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 29, 2020 11:11:33 GMT
Im selling a single ticket for Thursday night for £25 if anyone is interested. Full details on the noticeboard.
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Post by bengal73 on Feb 29, 2020 14:50:54 GMT
Will this go to Broadway? is it good enough? Define good enough? There is plenty of tripe both on the west end and Broadway. Is pretty woman good enough or is frozen good enough for the west end or are you suggesting the west end is sub standard anyway and doesn't deserve good shows yet is responsible for supplying broadway with the crene de la crenw
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Post by Dr Tom on Feb 29, 2020 15:14:20 GMT
Made the trip to Manchester to see this last night. It’s very much a loving send-up of a well-loved film, which will do very well.
The theatre was very busy. The cast board is hidden behind the queue to pick up tickets, so almost impossible to see. No other notices up about cast, triggers, run times etc. I did manage to move (bemused) people and photograph the cast board and all the leads were on. Quite a few loud bangs that I could have done without, but these are bearable.
You can tell this was a crowd that doesn’t go to the theatre much, so it’s a show that’s drawing them in. It is overacted throughout, think Rocky Horror, with pauses for the audience to compete the lines, then pauses for applause after the lines and big moments. Character heckling. Applause and cheers for scene changes. The famous characters get entrance applause. I would like to say it’s just this Friday night audience, but I think the show is designed that way.
Only one show stop, about 20 minutes in. There was about a 30 second pause with the curtains closed later in the show, but looks like they solved that without needing an announcement. This is a long show at nearly three hours (including the 5 minute show stop) and could be trimmed (does every minor character really need a song about their motivation in the first half?)
Lots of neat touches. When you arrive, the curtain shows 2020 and lots of social apps popular in Manchester (Snapchat, Facebook, Grindr etc). Then when time reverses to start the show and return to a simpler time, you watch all the apps disappear. Lots of product placements, so you see old style Diet Pepsi etc all around.
The leads for this are strong and know how to ham it up. The on-stage guitar playing isn’t very convincing. But the real strength of this one is nostalgia and the special effects, which all look the part.
It is incredibly cheesy. Singing and the stage suddenly filled with guys in top hats and tails or beautiful girls. Just that style of musical. No tap scene though, so an opportunity missed.
My front row ticket was a bargain at under £20. The stage is high, so you can’t see some of the floor activity (skateboards etc), but otherwise you’re up close and get lots of legroom. This is a very loud show from the front row. One thing to watch is the seats aren’t all that well secured, so if you have a large person next to you (as I did), you’ll feel every foot tap vibrate along the row.
Everyone was on their feet for the standing ovation at the end before the curtain opened, so I guess that says it all.
I don’t know if this is a show a normal person would see twice, but I would go back to see how it’s developed if it ends up in London. As I said, it’s not sophisticated in any way, but it’s a musical with mass appeal and it will do well.
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 29, 2020 18:11:22 GMT
Didn't have you down as a foot-tapper, BurlyBeaR. Kind of Dr Tom to call you a "person", though! 🙂
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Post by undeuxtrois on Feb 29, 2020 21:06:54 GMT
Central stalls row R for just under 20 quid on the 18th March. Best to keep checking for price changes like this since on other nights that seat is worth almost £70!
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Post by sparky5000 on Mar 1, 2020 8:19:55 GMT
Looks like this show is Carl Woodward’s new show to be snarky and bitchy about which already makes me like it!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 1, 2020 10:02:41 GMT
Didn't have you down as a foot-tapper, BurlyBeaR . Kind of Dr Tom to call you a "person", though! 🙂 I haven’t been yet 😑
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Post by stokerob on Mar 1, 2020 16:56:37 GMT
Saw BTTF at the matinee yesterday. Totally loved it. It needs pruning but it is great fun throughout. My full blog review can be found if you search for It's A Rob's Life blog, I'm not allowed to post a link. The critics and theatre queens will pull it to pieces (too much fun on stage) but the general public are obviously adoring it and that is what will give it the longevity I think it will have. I want to go again.
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Post by mattm on Mar 1, 2020 18:21:00 GMT
I attended the evening performance last Wednesday and thoroughly enjoyed it. The lighting was absolutely phenomenal and used in very clever ways throughout, the projections are used really well too and blends in perfectly with the set, and the turntable at the OH is used effectively. The leads were all excellent particularly Roger Bart as Doc and Hugh Coles making his professional debut as George Mcfly. The dialogue is well written and brilliantly funny in parts, large chunks lifted verbatim from the film delivered perfectly by the cast. The special effects are spectacular too, best I've ever seen in musical theatre, the first appearance of the Dolorean received rapturous applause from the audience, as did the final sequence which, although brilliantly done, is not groundbreaking. The new songs fit in well with the story, played by an excellent band with crystal clear (and loud) sound, although not as memorable as I would have hoped, there are some stand out new numbers. For a 20 pound seat in the front of the dress circle (F19) it's nothing short of 5* and I can see this easily doing a few years in the west end.
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Post by thebroadwayboy on Mar 2, 2020 1:15:01 GMT
I guess what I meant is . Will be good for awards and become a hot ticket?
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Post by londonmzfitz on Mar 2, 2020 14:33:30 GMT
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Post by musicalfloozie on Mar 3, 2020 14:42:28 GMT
Went yesterday to see this and loved it more than I thought I would. The cast were amazing, especially Hugh Coles as George McFly for a professional debut he was phenomenal. I've never applauded for a 'stage prop' but the entry of the delorean was worthy of it! A slight halt to the show with the curtain coming down but only a small delay. The most well behaved audience I have ever encountered while surprised me. Have booked again for later in the run and cant wait to go back.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 3, 2020 22:50:46 GMT
Huge fun. I haven’t seen the film but I found myself with a daft smile on my face through most of it. It’s very engaging, and that’s a lot down to the performances all of the leads are excellent, Roger Bart was great (forgot the lyrics to the final song and had to be helped by Marty much to their mutual amusement but no-one cared) and Olly Dobson was so relaxed and effortless it was a pleasure to watch him. A special mention to Hugh Coles as Marty’s nerdy and painfully awkward dad George, a real scene stealer.
It started 5 late and came down at 10.15 so they’re shaving time off, there are still too many songs though. I loved the Act 2 Opener, stunning lighting! But there are at least 3 songs that just stop the action from progressing and could be taken out with no harm done.
Ensemble great too. I was sure I spotted Oliver Ormson in there and I was right. Looking good!
Stunning visuals in Act 2. We were sat under the speaker on the front row and the sound effects were fantastic and LOUD. it’s all very cleverly done and the audience lapped it up.
🧸🧸🧸🧸 from me, loses a 🧸 for the superfluous songs.
What a shame London isn’t going to see this. *sigh* (of course London could always get on a train 😉)
going back later in the run and will see it from further back which I think is going to be even better.
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Post by mattm on Mar 5, 2020 14:52:28 GMT
What a shame London isn’t going to see this. What do you know that we don't???
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 5, 2020 14:56:02 GMT
What a shame London isn’t going to see this. What do you know that we don't??? Well, just that every time someone suggest a theatre it might be going to someone else says it isn’t, or that the producers “don’t want that one” or are still looking for one. I find it hard to believe that a show of this scale hasn’t had its transfer buttoned down for some time but hey, what do I know? so as it looks like there is no theatre, there seems to be a good chance it isn’t happening? Or won’t be happening for a very long time which I also find hard to understand because they’ll surely want to cash in on the Manchester buzz.
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Post by theatre241 on Mar 5, 2020 15:09:18 GMT
Will I miss much from the last seat of the circle in row b do you think
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Post by danb on Mar 5, 2020 16:19:23 GMT
I don’t know about for this show, but the Bat set had a lot going on and was very restricted from the end of the circle rows.
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 5, 2020 16:41:28 GMT
What do you know that we don't??? Well, just that every time someone suggest a theatre it might be going to someone else says it isn’t, or that the producers “don’t want that one” or are still looking for one. I find it hard to believe that a show of this scale hasn’t had its transfer buttoned down for some time but hey, what do I know? so as it looks like there is no theatre, there seems to be a good chance it isn’t happening? Or won’t be happening for a very long time which I also find hard to understand because they’ll surely want to cash in on the Manchester buzz. We shall have to see what happens, but the London theatre landscape could look very different in a few months. Shows that have been just about ticking over, in the hope of a summer uplift, could call it a day, but if there are far fewer people about, would producers be brave enough, at the current time, to fund their replacements?
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Post by mjh on Mar 5, 2020 19:15:30 GMT
Cast board saying Will Haswell is on for Marty this evening - will this be the first time he’s gone on?
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Post by richey on Mar 5, 2020 20:55:07 GMT
Will is indeed on as Marty. He seems a bit old for the role. Show stop just before car arrived but soon restarted. Not sure this is potential West end material. It's great fun but there's a lot of forgettable filler songs.
Had to get up to let latecomers into the middle of our row, turns out it was Keith Lemon
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Post by david on Mar 5, 2020 22:25:31 GMT
Will I miss much from the last seat of the circle in row b do you think I was sat in C41 of the Circle and missed a bit of the video screen projection and (only for brief periods) some of the cast and the car when they where on the left hand side of the stage. The guy who was in the end seat must have missed the same amount if not slightly more. i would imagine row B would have similar issues that I encountered in row C. Overall, I felt that it didn't spoil my enjoyment of watching the show and for the price I paid £19.55) was a fair price for the view from my seat.
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Post by richey on Mar 6, 2020 8:46:14 GMT
So some further thoughts after my interval posting last night. This is definitely a show of two halves. The first act is a bit too long and takes a while to get going. The second act is fabulous however. Things I loved: Roger Bart is great as the Doc- he adds just enough of his own traits whilst still channelling Christopher lloyd. His song about 'The Dreamers' in act 2 is lovely Act two opener song. Whilst it is totally irrelevant to the plot it's a great catchy number and spectacular. The special effects are amazing. I loved the lights coming out from the stage and when the car appears and disappears. Hugh Coles' performance as George is briliant. Loved his dancing when Marty is teaching him.
Things I didn't like so much: The appearance of dancing girls in some of the Docs big numbers. Why? Slow start- the first ten minutes or so drag. Some of the sets looked cheap compared to the big special effects. It looks like they'd spent money on the big pieces and then used when they had left for the others.
However I really liked it. Great buzz from everyone coming out of the theatre. Think I'd like to go back again to see Olly as Marty.
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on Mar 6, 2020 11:05:23 GMT
It’s a weird meta on the show that George also understudies Marty
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