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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 7:31:44 GMT
Welcome, lilyrose. Would love to see your Children of Eden photographs.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 19, 2020 15:18:37 GMT
I was just catching up on last weeks Graham Norton podcast where one of the guests was Sir Cameron Mackintosh.
GN asked if the rumour that CM was reviving Martin Guerre in 2021 was true. CM’s reply was that no it isn’t, he isn’t doing it but he said one of the countries greatest directors is doing it and has a theatre for it and “I think workshops might even be underway at the moment”. CM is the last guest and this is in the the very last couple of minutes of the interview.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 15:29:05 GMT
I was just catching up on last weeks Graham Norton podcast where one of the guests was Sir Cameron Mackintosh. GN asked if the rumour that CM was reviving Martin Guerre in 2021 was true. CM’s reply was that no it isn’t, he isn’t doing it but he said one of the countries greatest directors is doing it and has a theatre for it and “I think workshops might even be underway at the moment”. CM is the last guest and this is in the the very last couple of minutes of the interview. Very much hope this is true. One of my 1990s theatre regrets of things I missed. An imperfect endlessly re-written show, but am such a huge fan of Les Mis and Miss Saigon, it is definitely one I would like to experience beyond just listening to the CD. (Oh and if someone could re-mount my other missed regrets, Moby Dick and Children of Eden, on a slightly bigger scale than The Union versions, that'd be great :-) Cheers!)
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 19, 2020 15:31:19 GMT
Coliseum 2021?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jan 19, 2020 15:40:51 GMT
I rather took it as a director who has a theatre, as in, an artistic director of a theatre, rather than a director who's found a theatre for it. No?
So probs a regional thing.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 19, 2020 15:45:07 GMT
I rather took it as a director who has a theatre, as in, an artistic director of a theatre, rather than a director who's found a theatre for it. No? So probs a regional thing. Hmm. Maybe yes. I guess it could be either really.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 16:09:29 GMT
the old vic?
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Post by ceebee on Jan 19, 2020 16:18:41 GMT
Old Vic 2021.
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Post by learfan on Jan 19, 2020 17:02:44 GMT
I was just catching up on last weeks Graham Norton podcast where one of the guests was Sir Cameron Mackintosh. GN asked if the rumour that CM was reviving Martin Guerre in 2021 was true. CM’s reply was that no it isn’t, he isn’t doing it but he said one of the countries greatest directors is doing it and has a theatre for it and “I think workshops might even be underway at the moment”. CM is the last guest and this is in the the very last couple of minutes of the interview. Very much hope this is true. One of my 1990s theatre regrets of things I missed. An imperfect endlessly re-written show, but am such a huge fan of Les Mis and Miss Saigon, it is definitely one I would like to experience beyond just listening to the CD. (Oh and if someone could re-mount my other missed regrets, Moby Dick and Children of Eden, on a slightly bigger scale than The Union versions, that'd be great :-) Cheers!) Moby Dick was really bad, im afraid
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Post by learfan on Jan 19, 2020 17:03:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 17:15:37 GMT
Very much hope this is true. One of my 1990s theatre regrets of things I missed. An imperfect endlessly re-written show, but am such a huge fan of Les Mis and Miss Saigon, it is definitely one I would like to experience beyond just listening to the CD. (Oh and if someone could re-mount my other missed regrets, Moby Dick and Children of Eden, on a slightly bigger scale than The Union versions, that'd be great :-) Cheers!) Moby Dick was really bad, im afraid Bad, but fabulous!
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Post by ali973 on Jan 19, 2020 17:16:06 GMT
Someone knows something and they are withholding information. We need to know. Bring him back. I love MG. However, we'll need it with a giant orchestra. That overture was everything.
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Post by learfan on Jan 19, 2020 17:19:17 GMT
Moby Dick was really bad, im afraid Bad, but fabulous! Er no just bad!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 19, 2020 17:31:25 GMT
Someone knows something and they are withholding information. We need to know. Bring him back. I love MG. However, we'll need it with a giant orchestra. That overture was everything. As I said. Coliseum, ENO Orchestra. Director............. Lonny Price 🙂
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 18:01:05 GMT
Moby Dick was really bad, im afraid I loved it. I thought it was alot of fun and saw it 3 times. I still listen to the cast recording too. Maybe its because i was young and loved everything i saw back then, but i have very fond memories of seeing it, although the Union production was a poor imitation of the original. I prefered it to Martin Guerre. Who doesn't love 3D magic live on stage??
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Jan 19, 2020 18:13:46 GMT
Moby Dick was really bad, im afraid I loved it. I thought it was alot of fun and saw it 3 times. I still listen to the cast recording too. Maybe its because i was young and loved everything i saw back then, but i have very fond memories of seeing it, although the Union production was a poor imitation of the original. I prefered it to Martin Guerre. Who doesn't love 3D magic live on stage?? I'm senior-railcard old but still love everything (well 99% of) I see. Helps justify all the money I spend on theatre going. Being non-critical and easily pleased does have certain advantages. Really want to see Martin Guerre on stage, great CD.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 19, 2020 18:34:52 GMT
It's a show I never got to see either. Think it was on whilst living abroad and on my short visits to London there were always other things I wanted to see more. So I am looking forward to seeing it. Something that Sir Trev might direct?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 18:40:49 GMT
Moby Dick was really bad, im afraid I loved it. I thought it was alot of fun and saw it 3 times. I still listen to the cast recording too. Maybe its because i was young and loved everything i saw back then, but i have very fond memories of seeing it, although the Union production was a poor imitation of the original. I prefered it to Martin Guerre. Who doesn't love 3D magic live on stage?? I also still listen to the CD. Everything I have ever found out about this show, I just know 16 year old me (as I was in 1992) would have totally loved it!
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Post by ceebee on Jan 19, 2020 19:00:11 GMT
No, I'm working on the basis that if I say it enough times then it will happen. I think Matthew Warchus would do a fantastic job with it.
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Post by learfan on Jan 19, 2020 19:24:40 GMT
I loved it. I thought it was alot of fun and saw it 3 times. I still listen to the cast recording too. Maybe its because i was young and loved everything i saw back then, but i have very fond memories of seeing it, although the Union production was a poor imitation of the original. I prefered it to Martin Guerre. Who doesn't love 3D magic live on stage?? I'm senior-railcard old but still love everything (well 99% of) I see. Helps justify all the money I spend on theatre going. Being non-critical and easily pleased does have certain advantages. Really want to see Martin Guerre on stage, great CD. Fair play to you, im almost that age but i dont understand the non critical bit. Soz
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Post by theatreian on Jan 19, 2020 22:37:40 GMT
Yes I loved MG too saw it many times at Prince Edward and in it's reincarnation with new songs at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. It has a great score and I really hope it comes back , with the original score. Some fantastic melodies in the score, All I know is one of my favourites.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Jan 20, 2020 0:50:29 GMT
I'm senior-railcard old but still love everything (well 99% of) I see. Helps justify all the money I spend on theatre going. Being non-critical and easily pleased does have certain advantages. Really want to see Martin Guerre on stage, great CD. Fair play to you, im almost that age but i dont understand the non critical bit. Soz What I mean is that I just enjoy every minute of every musical. I rarely think about things like who performed less well or who stole the show, whether there was a meaningful or even sensible storyline etc. I just take it all in and it makes me happy to have seen the show and usually wishing I could see it again asap. I have no discernible talent of any kind and have nothing but admiration and respect for those who do and share it in live entertainment. I couldn't write a critique if my life depended on it. I've always had a positive outlook on life, nothing stresses me or bothers me and I have zero interest in politics or issues that trouble many people. Maybe I should but I don't. Shallow but harmless, just the way I am.
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Post by anita on Jan 20, 2020 9:56:30 GMT
I saw the original production at the Prince Edward. - Lovely music but it just didn't work.
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 20, 2020 10:44:16 GMT
19 hours in and nobody has brought up James Corden's small part. Outrageous!!!
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Post by viserys on Jan 20, 2020 10:46:49 GMT
I saw the original production at the Prince Edward. - Lovely music but it just didn't work. The godawful whiny "heroine" aside, I think the movie Sommersby, that came out around the same time, showed how this story needed to be told: In Sommersby the audience was left guessing {Spoiler - click to view} to the end whether the returned man was really the husband or not, which kept the viewers engaged. In the musical, we knew straightaway it wasn't him, so the stakes were gone.
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Post by crabtree on Jan 20, 2020 13:46:43 GMT
And that viserys, is exactly the problem with the show, and one they have not tried to repair. There is no mystery or suspense for the audience. They can rejigged the order of the songs as much as they like but when the central conceit is revealed, the show is dead in the water. But a ravishing score and wonderful staging in its various forms.
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Post by danb on Jan 20, 2020 16:37:03 GMT
19 hours in and nobody has brought up James Corden's small part. Outrageous!!! I thought that discussing the size of Cordens ‘part’ was banned? It doesn’t really fit with the otherwise wholesome identity of the board. 🤣
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Post by ceebee on Jan 20, 2020 17:37:01 GMT
Who is the imposter here?
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Post by anita on Jan 20, 2020 17:47:53 GMT
19 hours in and nobody has brought up James Corden's small part. Outrageous!!! I thought that discussing the size of Cordens ‘part’ was banned? It doesn’t really fit with the otherwise wholesome identity of the board. 🤣 It's at times like this I really miss Ryan.
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Post by danb on Jan 20, 2020 19:19:43 GMT
Are we assuming that ‘x’ had previous with JC’s diminutive part? I thought he was a chap of some taste? (Countdown to a warning no doubt, to not discuss board members who are no longer present...).
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