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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2021 20:04:33 GMT
Everyone around me kept them on last night. Same yesterday afternoon. All very well behaved on the mask front. At Friday evening’s performance there were four individuals around me who flouted the rules with their masks. Not exempt, just inconsiderate. They sat down wearing them, removed them to drink, then continued to keep them off for most of the duration. It was the same at Six. The ushers in Nimax theatres don’t appear to be as thorough as those at the Criterion last week, who were very attentive.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 6, 2021 20:05:44 GMT
Well done to those guys who started all this. What an amazing story and achievement.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 6, 2021 20:16:12 GMT
How to ruin the mood. Khan isn't adding anything.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 6, 2021 20:18:18 GMT
Laura Pick was rather wonderful. First I’ve heard of her. Is she (normally) the the main Elphaba in the show?
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 6, 2021 20:18:36 GMT
How to ruin the mood. Khan isn't adding anything. Yeah, he’s a wet lettuce.
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Post by danb on Jun 6, 2021 20:18:53 GMT
How to ruin the mood. Khan isn't adding anything. How is he detracting? Could we not just keep this positive for once?
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Post by jampot on Jun 6, 2021 20:19:11 GMT
Laura Pick was rather wonderful. First I’ve heard of her. Is she (normally) the the main Elphaba in the show? Yes..
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 6, 2021 20:20:00 GMT
Well done to those guys who started all this. What an amazing story and achievement. It really is. An incredible achievement and I really think they should be recognised by the Oliviers with a special award for all the money they have raised.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 6, 2021 20:21:07 GMT
The founders need to be nominated for the honours list.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jun 6, 2021 20:21:29 GMT
Is Sadiq going to sing in the finale?
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Post by danb on Jun 6, 2021 20:22:44 GMT
Is Sadiq going to sing in the finale? His ‘Corner of the Sky’ is 🔥!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 6, 2021 20:28:16 GMT
That song always brings a tear to my eye.
One of the best late Queen tracks
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 6, 2021 20:37:07 GMT
I really enjoyed it. Towards the end there it did bring tears to my eyes at points.
What a great achievement and celebration of theatre. I can't wait to be back in London seeing shows next month (hopefully) and back in a theatre to watch a show for the first time since last feb on Wednesday!
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Post by david on Jun 6, 2021 20:49:38 GMT
That was a fantastic concert. So many great performances over the 2.5hrs. A really great opening number from Bonnie and Trevor to that stunning Queen classic as a closer. For me, Mazz Murray won it for me. Her rendition of "Winner" tonight for me has to be the best stage version of that song I've heard sung since Mamma Mia! opened. She totally owned that song and stage. Though that preceding TINA performance came a close second. Seriously, someone needs to get TINA the musical on a UK tour ASAP.
I wasn't keen on the Pretty Woman performance and I didn't get much from the POTO Raoul, just not much emotion in his singing I'm afraid, just a bit too shouty for me.
Having now raised a million pounds, that is absolutely great news in these difficult times. Well done to everyone involved.
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Post by ceebee on Jun 6, 2021 20:51:55 GMT
I will never tire of hearing John Owen Jones sing Bring Him Home. It was beautiful.
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Jun 6, 2021 21:10:58 GMT
Laura Pick was rather wonderful. First I’ve heard of her. Is she (normally) the the main Elphaba in the show? She was incredible!
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Post by danb on Jun 6, 2021 21:14:27 GMT
Showing how much better Elphaba is when you sing her to score.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 6, 2021 22:58:29 GMT
That was a fantastic concert. So many great performances over the 2.5hrs. A really great opening number from Bonnie and Trevor to that stunning Queen classic as a closer. For me, Mazz Murray won it for me. Her rendition of "Winner" tonight for me has to be the best stage version of that song I've heard sung since Mamma Mia! opened. She totally owned that song and stage. Though that preceding TINA performance came a close second. Seriously, someone needs to get TINA the musical on a UK tour ASAP. I wasn't keen on the Pretty Woman performance and I didn't get much from the POTO Raoul, just not much emotion in his singing I'm afraid, just a bit too shouty for me. Having now raised a million pounds, that is absolutely great news in these difficult times. Well done to everyone involved. That Raoul guy was awful! Poor Lucy!
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Post by ceebee on Jun 7, 2021 10:49:48 GMT
That was a fantastic concert. So many great performances over the 2.5hrs. A really great opening number from Bonnie and Trevor to that stunning Queen classic as a closer. For me, Mazz Murray won it for me. Her rendition of "Winner" tonight for me has to be the best stage version of that song I've heard sung since Mamma Mia! opened. She totally owned that song and stage. Though that preceding TINA performance came a close second. Seriously, someone needs to get TINA the musical on a UK tour ASAP. I wasn't keen on the Pretty Woman performance and I didn't get much from the POTO Raoul, just not much emotion in his singing I'm afraid, just a bit too shouty for me. Having now raised a million pounds, that is absolutely great news in these difficult times. Well done to everyone involved. That Raoul guy was awful! Poor Lucy! Totally agree - was seriously unimpressed by him. I do hope this isn't some attempt to detract from band reductions by putting mediocre singers/actors in certain roles. The (unchallenging) score seemed to challenge his range and he seemed a bit lost. Maybe Lucy just outshone him - she's very charismatic.
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Post by dip on Jun 7, 2021 10:59:10 GMT
I found the song choices a little dull but I've got a feeling this was aimed at an audience who live & breathe the west end, rather than someone who hasn't seen a majority of the shows before
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Post by scarpia on Jun 7, 2021 12:40:35 GMT
That was a fantastic concert. So many great performances over the 2.5hrs. A really great opening number from Bonnie and Trevor to that stunning Queen classic as a closer. For me, Mazz Murray won it for me. Her rendition of "Winner" tonight for me has to be the best stage version of that song I've heard sung since Mamma Mia! opened. She totally owned that song and stage. Though that preceding TINA performance came a close second. Seriously, someone needs to get TINA the musical on a UK tour ASAP. I wasn't keen on the Pretty Woman performance and I didn't get much from the POTO Raoul, just not much emotion in his singing I'm afraid, just a bit too shouty for me. Having now raised a million pounds, that is absolutely great news in these difficult times. Well done to everyone involved. That Raoul guy was awful! Poor Lucy! He was very wooden and the voice wasn't really there. I think Killian, talented though he is, is miscast too in the title role...so I'm not sure this the strong-enough casting there needs to be to sell the new-but-not-new-it's-the-original-but-not production. I would have thought by now that JOJ would be thoroughly bored with singing BHH but obviously not. He still interprets it brilliantly without ever once seeming bored or mechanical.
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Post by richey on Jun 7, 2021 16:08:26 GMT
Really enjoyed catching up with this and pretty much agree with most of what's already been said. Loved the opening song. The Raoul was dreadful, if that's the way he's going to be portrayed as a character then it's no wonder Christine ran back to the Phantom as described in LND. Mazz sounded amazing but I was a bit distracted by her hand gestures. After seeing that performance I'd love to see what she's going to do in Sunset. Olly was cute but didn't really sell Back to the Future for me (if I hadnt already seen it that wouldn't have convinced me) but I really liked it when the choir joined in and livened it up. JOJ amazing as always, that man never seems to get any older!
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Post by alece10 on Jun 7, 2021 16:57:39 GMT
It's now up to 362,000 views. Thats pretty amazing in 20 hours.
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Post by christya on Jun 7, 2021 18:32:53 GMT
I was actually disappointed with the Phantom piece overall. I was looking forward to hearing Lucy, but I still don't feel like I've really heard her Christine. Similar with Lion King, it felt as though they needed a longer slot as they'd barely got going.
Overall, some odd choices aside (the ending of 'When I Grow Up' was changed and just...petered out) it really was a fantastic show. A couple of shows I hadn't intended seeing might have moved up my list a bit (not you, Six) and it was a treat to see John Owen Jones and Mazz Murray especially. Both songs so well known that I sometimes think it's actually more difficult to really pull people in with them.
Looks like they've made a good amount from this, fingers crossed it'll continue to go up!
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Post by FairyGodmother on Jun 7, 2021 20:29:50 GMT
I'm watching tonight.
I loved the opening song.
I'm just up to the Disney bit. There's definitely a family resemblance between Bonnie and Zizi! Although how somebody so slim found such an unflattering dress I do not know.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Jun 7, 2021 22:03:43 GMT
Raoul sounded a bit bored to me. He's meant to be declaring his love and convincing her, and it sounded like he was just repeating something he'd been told to say by somebody else. I think Lucy will be good though.
There didn't seem to be much chemistry. It was no Michael Ball and Claire Moore having a snog in the middle! (Although I do appreciate that that probably isn't very COVID safe.)
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Post by ruby on Jun 8, 2021 11:18:01 GMT
Olly was cute but didn't really sell Back to the Future for me (if I hadnt already seen it that wouldn't have convinced me) but I really liked it when the choir joined in and livened it up. JOJ amazing as always, that man never seems to get any older! Olly sold it for us - pretty much the first thing my (74 year old) friend said afterwards "We are definitely seeing Back to the Future, he was lovely!!"
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Post by richey on Jun 8, 2021 12:40:50 GMT
Olly was cute but didn't really sell Back to the Future for me (if I hadnt already seen it that wouldn't have convinced me) but I really liked it when the choir joined in and livened it up. JOJ amazing as always, that man never seems to get any older! Olly sold it for us - pretty much the first thing my (74 year old) friend said afterwards "We are definitely seeing Back to the Future, he was lovely!!" He was great in the role when we saw it in Manchester, I just thought he seemed a bit half hearted when he started singing on Sunday
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Post by alece10 on Jun 8, 2021 15:18:33 GMT
Olly sold it for us - pretty much the first thing my (74 year old) friend said afterwards "We are definitely seeing Back to the Future, he was lovely!!" He was great in the role when we saw it in Manchester, I just thought he seemed a bit half hearted when he started singing on Sunday He performed it brilliantly on Saturday and played a bit with the audience. He got a huge ovation.
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Post by ruby on Jun 8, 2021 16:51:10 GMT
He was great in the role when we saw it in Manchester, I just thought he seemed a bit half hearted when he started singing on Sunday He performed it brilliantly on Saturday and played a bit with the audience. He got a huge ovation. Yes, we were there Sat eve
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