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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Aug 4, 2016 19:00:51 GMT
Ahh, I didn't think of trying that! I think the tickets I got were alright though. (and my code is HHQCI )
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2016 19:12:20 GMT
Ahhhh perfect! Well since you guys are putting your codes haha; mine is AOITD
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2016 22:03:13 GMT
Dont believe all you read about discount seats on Today Tix. I booked that offer and despite them telling me i had save money on my tickets, none of it was true.
Make sure you're in the premium seats to ensure you get the offer
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Aug 6, 2016 2:41:48 GMT
Mine was the seats that would normally be £29.50, down to £22, rather than the 'offer' they keep promoting of £39.50 down to £29.50, which, as you say, are nothing of the sort.
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Post by freckles on Aug 6, 2016 14:48:35 GMT
Tuesday matinee this week. Which works well for me so decided to have a return trip.
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Post by westendcub on Aug 6, 2016 14:57:49 GMT
Tuesday matinee this week. Which works well for me so decided to have a return trip. I have taken the afternoon off and taking my mother, another forum member in the audience!!!
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 6, 2016 22:50:38 GMT
What a wonderful piece. Wonderful. I loved it in at Southwark, thought the staging there was better, but the ensemble harmonies, oh, I'm so impressed. Wonderful.
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Post by westendcub on Aug 9, 2016 20:08:50 GMT
Just wow...took my mother to the matinee today (afternoon off) and it flawed even more than last week!!
Let's just say I had tears from Act 1...wow what a full matinee (this being a extra one they put in for the last week) really surprising mixed audience and close to full - standing ovation immediately at the end...if ever I have wanted to see a show transfer with this cast then this is the one...it's a stunning piece, wonderfully staged, beautiful score and the cast all work their socks and hearts off playing multiple roles....I would adore a cast recording with this talented cast!!
Oh at the end I was practallty stage door(ing) by error whilst waiting for mother to come back from the loo, I was standing by the door they all need to come out of!! When we come up there was a big crowd all waiting for Niall...was quite a mid-week stagey lot in at the performance...if I wasn't in Devon this weekend I would try be there for closing night!!
Sail on
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Post by d'James on Aug 9, 2016 20:16:53 GMT
I was there too, I agree with everything you say. This cast is pretty much perfect and I, too, would love it to transfer and a cast recording.
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Post by max on Aug 9, 2016 21:46:16 GMT
I was also at today's matinee. Agreed! Superb staging with a spot-on cast. Great voices. The awkward Theatre space really worked (and was worked) for this. The art deco odd balconies felt part of the stage design when house lights were up.
The musical is perhaps necessarily heavy on 'this is who I am' songs in Act 1 as there's really nothing much that can happen on the ship - til it hits the iceberg. But there are so many good ones (and a few a bit facile lyric wise). But, it's a really fine show deserving a transfer.
Just shows its been the naff programming that has lowered the esteem of this venue, not the space itself. Thom Southerland's involvement is a great move.
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Post by longinthetooth on Aug 9, 2016 22:44:09 GMT
Totally agree with the recent comments above. I absolutely love this show. Sadly have only managed to see it twice, but took OH the second time last week. He is ultra fussy (i.e., hates almost everything, but comes with me on high days and holidays as he knows I love theatre - just don't mention Mamma Mia ....) but even he loved Titanic!!!! I'm now desperately trying to arrange things to fit in another visit on Saturday - I don't want this show to end.
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Post by d'James on Aug 9, 2016 22:52:03 GMT
If it did transfer or there was a new production in a couple of years, what would you add/take away?
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Post by freckles on Aug 10, 2016 7:07:18 GMT
Was at the stagey matinee too and loved the show just as much second time around. If a show can make me cry like that twice, they are doing something very right. What I would change is speak-singing odd sentences like "the sea looks calm tonight" etc, it's not consistently done and I'd much prefer wholly spoken dialogue and sung musical numbers. Otherwise it seems mannered and unnecessary. It's a lovely score on the whole though. Very moving.
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Post by cmcphail on Aug 10, 2016 10:37:12 GMT
I went last night and was surprised about how much I enjoyed it. It took me a few minutes to get into it, but it really grew on me. I particularly liked Barrett and Bride's duet.
I spent my morning at work convincing my colleagues to go see it before it closes, it really is the kind of production that sticks with you.
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Post by max on Aug 10, 2016 11:05:41 GMT
If it did transfer or there was a new production in a couple of years, what would you add/take away? Hate to say it, but what a producer may (need to) add is some general public 'name recognition' in the cast. Then again, lots of people don't know this is on, so maybe the phenomenon of 'the Titanic' and great pull quotes is enough. But it wouldn't be cheap to run in the West End (though the doubling was very artfully done, and band sounded bigger than they were). Maybe a tour is its next life. It certainly deserves to be seen more widely.
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Post by d'James on Aug 10, 2016 11:42:58 GMT
Interesting point max about stunt casting. I'm trying to think which characters could be played by a name. Edgar Bean maybe as he's got the most obvious comedy lines. The actor playing him was so brilliant though, I wouldn't want to not have him in he cast if he was available.
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Post by Anniek on Aug 10, 2016 11:56:49 GMT
Don't agree. This cast is super! Doesn't need a famous name just because. I want this cast to be there for a hopefully next revival, as for quite some of them it's already their third time doing titanic, but they still seem so fresh! (e.g Victoria Serra playing Kate is so moving, and she hits every emotion and depth in her character to the fullest)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2016 12:13:47 GMT
If they took Victoria Serra out I'd boycott haha.
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Post by westendcub on Aug 10, 2016 12:18:51 GMT
I too don't think it needs star names, it's a pure ensemble piece - there is no star bow at the end, all the cast are equal - not saying a 'star' wouldn't fit to that ethos - there was a big crowd waiting for Niall do a star in stagey circles is in it currently!!
I would say it need to remain the chamber piece version - it doesn't ever need to go back to a big cast, the multiple roles really adds to the theatrical experience and the strong vocals in this cast it sounded like a chorus of 40!!
Also keep the set simple like it is now, sometimes less really is more.
It's just wonderful, I hope to see it soon (would travel to see it)
Sail on.......
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Post by d'James on Aug 10, 2016 12:26:37 GMT
I really agree. I honestly can't think of anything I'd change. Obviously they'd have to make the set a bit bigger for certain theatres but it wouldn't need to be any more complicated.
There are some cast members who I would absolutely keep the same and some others I wouldn't mind if they were different, but that's probably just the roles.
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Post by max on Aug 10, 2016 13:25:02 GMT
I wouldn't change anything either. But, the leap to viability on tour or West End is potentially a tricky one.
Hoping for more, but at the very least film this cast.
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Post by mallardo on Aug 10, 2016 14:04:36 GMT
If they took Victoria Serra out I'd boycott haha. The trouble with Ms Serra is that if you know nothing about her, then you won't always notice her immediately - but once you notice, you keep seeing her. If you are already a fan, then she's pretty much impossible NOT to watch. I think she has that very rare thing called "stage presence."
I also think she has that rare thing called "utter gorgeousness".
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Post by westendcub on Aug 10, 2016 17:23:01 GMT
Listening to the Broadway cast recording, I noticing that the 2nd class eloping couple (green grocers son) duet is missing??
If I'm listening right was this added when it became a 'chamber piece'?
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Post by d'James on Aug 10, 2016 17:28:15 GMT
Oh. What was their song called?
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Post by westendcub on Aug 10, 2016 17:28:22 GMT
Found it, in 'New Moon' for some reason I thought it was earlier in the act...wow this is such w good song, so much going on and foreboding
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Post by d'James on Aug 10, 2016 17:28:56 GMT
Ignore me then haha.
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Post by westendcub on Aug 10, 2016 17:29:04 GMT
Oh. What was their song called? I just located it, it's within the number 'New Moon'
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Post by theatre-turtle on Aug 10, 2016 21:42:29 GMT
I was here tonight and thought it was fab - used a random poster's TodayTix discount so they'll get a nice £10 surprise in their account when they see it . The theatre itself is VERY hot at the moment, and I was sweating throughout. I can't imagine how it must have been for the actors under the lights. It think the musical is pretty strong as a book musical - with a well integrated score and book. Having said that there weren't too many stand out numbers and as an ensemble piece I can see it being a bit forgettable. The staging was simple but generally effective, though I think some of the things like going in and out of the double doors brought me out of the action. The vocals were generally good but some of the cast members sounded pretty croaky - maybe fatigue from the long run. I've heard better from some of the cast, like Niall Sheehy. Rob Houchen is lovely - his voice makes me melt.
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Aug 10, 2016 22:06:59 GMT
God, yes, it was boiling in there tonight, wasn't it! (and someone used my TodayTix code tonight, if that was you skildpadde, thank you)
I really enjoyed it. I think it's a good ensemble piece - interestingly, and unusually for me at least, I found the ensemble numbers much stronger than the solo/duet songs. Partly the volume and the excellent harmonies, which create a real wall of noise, but also I think those songs are more striking and memorable. The show's strength is in its ensemble cast, but that's also its weakness too, in that it means we only get a shallow amount of characterisation on a lot of the characters, which has the result that the songs (particularly the love duets between the various couples) fell rather flat for me.
My favourite part was the scene where they manhandle the women into the lifeboats - I thought that was exceptionally well done, in the music, the acting and the staging.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2016 22:44:37 GMT
Is the elderly lady play Ida Straus singing again? When i saw it she spoke and their song 'Still' became a solo
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