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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2019 0:00:36 GMT
Yeah, I was at the front of the balcony for Shrek last year and I struggled to make out faces. I couldn’t find the cast board (supposedly in the foyer, but I wasn’t looking hard enough) so I just had to guess which cast members were performing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2019 7:45:46 GMT
I'm hoping that the sound issues will be ironed out for Edinburgh. It is a huge theatre, and anyone that is in the Balcony will not hear a word due to both the height and the size of the building. Keep in mind people are paying up to £50 for the balcony, more than any other show that has toured to the Playhouse (well, except maybe Shen Yun). Heck, even Wicked was cheaper! General opinion in this thread is that the sound on this run of the show is a marked improvement on that of the West End production, which itself received a re-design and has reportedly improved. Any issues now are likely to be venue specific rather than production specific.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2019 9:23:53 GMT
In fairness to my own sound issues- I was in a side balcony, practically over the orchestra, so I wasn't getting the 'ideal' sound mix. But that and not being best placed angles wise to lip read either meant I missed a LOT in the songs. Which fine- I chose restricted view after all.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2019 23:35:56 GMT
The show seems to be in a state of disrepair in Edinburgh. I was in tonight and we had two show stops due to technical difficulties, with the second of which lasting for about 20 minutes. We didn’t get out of the theatre until about 22:45.
It wasn’t just tonight - the matinee also got held up, as have several other performances in Edinburgh according to the ushers.
Overall, I did enjoy it - cast were brilliant, particularly Elliot as Trunchbull - but I feel like it really shows that it’s been out on the road for over a year.
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Post by theatregod on Apr 14, 2019 10:15:15 GMT
I saw the show on press night in Edinburgh...it was amazing and hardly in disrepair! (Neglect)
...live theatre love, deal with it.....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 11:27:52 GMT
Yes, I get that, it was the fact that it had supposedly happened over several performances up here that made me say that...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 12:04:50 GMT
What exactly caused the show stop?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 12:29:07 GMT
We weren’t told. I think it may have been sound (I struggled to make out the words of Matilda and the parents at points, but it did improve as the show went on), but the ushers were telling people that it was automation playing up.
It first got stopped right in the middle of Miracle, and again after School Song. I’m glad they were able to rectify the problems to give us a performance, but it did kind of disturb the flow.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 12:38:02 GMT
Sound is deliberately quiet for Miracle, allowing it to grow through the show. School Song is quite hard to follow if you don't know the lyrics because of the complexity of the vocabulary used, so I'd be tempted to say it was an automation issue. Probably more likely its an automation/mechanical issue than sound.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 12:46:57 GMT
An interesting discussion.Made me wonder at what point can you legally get up and ask/demand a full refund on the basis that your enjoyment of the show has been totally compromised?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 12:53:15 GMT
An interesting discussion.Made me wonder at what point can you legally get up and ask/demand a full refund on the basis that your enjoyment of the show has been totally compromised? Personally I love a good show stop. At a production recently a rather excessive use of smoke cause a building-wide fire alarm, resulting in evacuation (someone hadn't isolated the sensors). It was interesting to see how the staff responded and (generally) how well they coped. The show was 2mins from the end of the first act. Once the all clear was given, they gave the audience an extended interval and picked up from the top of Act 2. To my knowledge, no-one complained despite missing a smidge of the show. Fun standing outside with the cast in costume and seeing which muso's had brought their instruments with them and which hadn't!
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Post by No. on Apr 14, 2019 12:54:20 GMT
Probably automation, the whole set relies on it really. A similar thing happened in London a few weeks ago I believe with the desks not coming up/going down
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 13:08:11 GMT
I’m not sure if we really missed anything. When they restarted Miracle, it was from the bit where the Doctor takes off his coat and turns into one of the parents, and then we went straight into Miss Honey’s classroom after the second stop.
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Post by shady23 on Apr 15, 2019 9:21:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 21:14:42 GMT
A friend was in tonight and said they were still experiencing serious technical based problems...., and I have read on Twitter that some of the other performances this week have been the same. It doesn’t really bode well. I wonder what’s going on. I really hope they can get whatever is wrong fixed for Bristol and beyond.
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Post by xanady on Apr 27, 2019 21:43:21 GMT
Sounds like a shambles.If for example,this is the first ever theatre visit for a youngster who might get ‘hooked’ on theatre and this is their sub-standard experience of the medium then it doesn’t bode well.Not to mention extortionate theatre prices!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 21:51:07 GMT
I received a half-hearted automated apology email from ATG on behalf of the RSC saying it was due to unpredictable computer glitches. If they are getting to the point where they have to stop almost every performance for the safety of the cast (which I agree is paramount in this situation) maybe they should reconsider even running the show at all.
I really feel for the cast. They are what made the production great in my opinion, and are doing their very best to keep it all together considering how poor circumstances have been recently.
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Post by theatregod on Sept 1, 2019 8:31:06 GMT
Will this tour again ?
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