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Post by alece10 on Feb 23, 2018 19:28:26 GMT
The Muppets are coming to the 02 this summer.
Is it wrong to want to go?
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Post by hulmeman on Feb 23, 2018 19:36:47 GMT
Absolutely not - get thee hence. A great cultural event!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 19:47:44 GMT
It makes my dream of a muppet stage musical come a little true however I don't think will be seeing this as the tickets are a bit too high, but I do love the muppets so I might change my opinion.i did watch the promo video if Kermit and Miss Piggy and if I'm honest Kermit sounded like he and a frog in his throat and it didn't sound like the Kermit I know.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 20:21:53 GMT
If only it had been Sooty and Sweep...  Or Pinky and Perky... Or the Flowerpot Men... Or Andy Pandy... Basil Brush... “Mr. Nixon!” Oh, now the memories won’t stop...  |
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Post by theatremadness on Feb 23, 2018 22:47:40 GMT
Reading the title I thought Trump and his team had announced an arena tour!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 24, 2018 8:34:01 GMT
I remember a stage show in the 80’s it was amazing
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Post by QueerTheatre on Feb 24, 2018 10:08:58 GMT
It makes my dream of a muppet stage musical come a little true however I don't think will be seeing this a s the tickets are a bit too high, but I do love the muppets so I might change my opinion.i did watch the promo video if Kermit and Miss Piggy and if I'm honest Kermit sounded like he and a frog in his throat and it didn't sound like the Kermit I know. I was looking for prices but couldn't find any - would you mind linking me? Thanks  |
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Post by alece10 on Feb 24, 2018 11:50:40 GMT
Seriously on this, I can't see it being much fun for those outside the front 10 rows, seeing those puppets at all. If you are going to have to look at the huge screen all the time, you may as well wait for the tour DVD? That was my thought too. |
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Post by anthony40 on Feb 24, 2018 14:57:13 GMT
The Muppets are coming to the 02 this summer. Is it wrong to want to go? No. I want to go too. Fozzie was on The One Show last night. A wakka wakka wakka! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 15:20:18 GMT
It makes my dream of a muppet stage musical come a little true however I don't think will be seeing this a s the tickets are a bit too high, but I do love the muppets so I might change my opinion.i did watch the promo video if Kermit and Miss Piggy and if I'm honest Kermit sounded like he and a frog in his throat and it didn't sound like the Kermit I know. I was looking for prices but couldn't find any - would you mind linking me? Thanks I saw it on a tweet by the O2 replying to someone saying they are £45-£100, cant find it but it was from their official twitter. |
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Post by theatreian on Feb 24, 2018 17:25:48 GMT
According to ticketmaster prices including fees are £53 and £113 including fees. There are 3 shows available.
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Post by david on Feb 24, 2018 21:36:30 GMT
If these are a rough indication of prices, then they seem a bit steep, particularly if you want to take your kids. Maybe they might do a family ticket. I have to agree with the Monkey’s comment about viewing the show. I certainly wouldn’t want to pay good money to be sat in the Gods or at the very back rows just to watch it on the big screens.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 25, 2018 21:19:56 GMT
Would kids know who the Muppets are?
I see this more of a trip down memory lane and audience members in their 30s to 50s
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Post by The Matthew on Feb 25, 2018 21:43:55 GMT
There was a new Muppets movie not long ago so they're still fairly well known.
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 26, 2018 17:58:19 GMT
Still expensive though isn't it?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2018 18:23:19 GMT
The reviews from the shows in the US were good, but I am not sure that my four year old will really enjoy it (she is resisting all attempts to share my love of Miss Piggy) and at those prices...
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 27, 2018 12:37:33 GMT
plus booking fees of £6.50 per seat. Quite apart from the price of the tickets, in what universe does it cost £6.50 per seat to sell tickets online, with almost no human involvement. Are the O2's computer servers made from pure gold, or summat? |
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Post by alece10 on Mar 27, 2018 13:04:13 GMT
plus booking fees of £6.50 per seat. Quite apart from the price of the tickets, in what universe does it cost £6.50 per seat to sell tickets online, with almost no human involvement. Are the O2's computer servers made from pure gold, or summat? And that's probably for the privilege of printing your own ticket using your own paper and ink. |
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Post by kathryn on Mar 27, 2018 13:04:51 GMT
Seriously on this, I can't see it being much fun for those outside the front 10 rows, seeing those puppets at all. If you are going to have to look at the huge screen all the time, you may as well wait for the tour DVD? I swear this is why a lot of arena shows are no longer selling out. Once you've been to one and realised that watching the DVD is actually a better experience than any seats costing less than £100 - because from the 'cheap' seats you're watching it all on a screen anyway, and those barns have no atmosphere - why would you fork out again? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 15:39:39 GMT
"my 5ft 7 height"
So more a theatregorilla really, or an exceptionally tall theatreorangutan.
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Post by timothyd on Jul 9, 2018 19:07:10 GMT
Just a heads up that Disney has ticket offers for 29 pounds for a ticket. Good seats as well!!!! I already bought my ticket back in February.... so now I'm going twice  ! Guests: Kylie Minogue, Steps, David Tennant, and others. |
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Post by centaured on Jul 14, 2018 15:37:35 GMT
I went last night taking advantage of the £29 offer and it was as expected, silly fun, and David Tennant and Kylie Minogue really got into the spirit of it. Kylie singing Rainbow Connection with Kermit nearly made me cry. Don't hold it against me!
It was a really really lovely show but you could clearly see it was the adults that wanted to go and not the kids....
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Post by ellie1981 on Jul 15, 2018 12:28:39 GMT
I went last night. Wish I’d caught Kylie the previous day but it was still very very funny.
We got Peter Davison (as Doctor Who), Anthony Head in an amazing showdown with Pepe and Adam Hills with the Swedish Chef (trying to make a Haggis).
It was definitely more tailored to the adults. So many jokes the kids wouldn’t even understand, and the evening show seemed to be light on children in attendance. I particularly loved the Statler & Waldorf joke wishing they were in a box in Highgate rather than at The O2!
I could watch the Muppet Netflix parody sketches as a series in itself.
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Post by timothyd on Jul 16, 2018 11:59:16 GMT
Really enjoyed it! But there were some minor annoyances.
I went twice. The afternoon show was good/okay, but there were a lot of technical hiccups. I was seated in one of the first rows and you could barely hear the dialogue due to an echo on the mics. The crowd didn't seem much into it (thought it was because there were a lot of kids and the humour wasn't aimed at them) but maybe I just couldn't hear the applause and laughter due to the echo and the sound.
Didn't get why Steps were there. They were on stage for two minutes and it looked like they didn't want to be there.
A lot of video hiccups as well. Videos started late, started twice, wrong videos that started. Lots of empty stage time. Too much videos (half an hour) in general.
And then the evening show was great. No technical hiccups. Seats weren't as good as the afternoon but we could hear everything. The audience was amazing as well. Laughter, a lot of applause, some crying at the songs. Goosebumps at Rainbow Connection, Moving Right Along and the opening. The Electric Mayhem, Wayne and Wanda, Gonzo, Rowlf and Pepe were great. Everything with the puppeteers was really really good.
Awesome to see the Muppet performers doing what they do best.
And no Steps in the evening.
What bothered me was the fact that the events they announced beforehand were absent. No live music, street food or Muppet Movies. O2 said in a DM on Twitter that they couldn't organise them despite still being advertised on the day itself.
In conclusion: Great to see the Muppets and loved being there, but it could have been organised better.
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Post by timothyd on Jul 16, 2018 14:49:40 GMT
Luckily not!!!!
For everybody in the upper deck it probably was (although they closed that during Sat eve show and got everyobdy better seats). We were seated quite close to the stage in the afternoon and had fantastic view. That evening we were seated at the last row of one of the 100 fields and had good view as well. I didny have to look much on the screens.
Fun thing was that you couldnt see the puppeteers on screen. There it was just like on tv, with the magic being performed live on stage. Wonderful and much respect for the puppeteers.
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Post by tonylast on Jul 17, 2018 16:04:44 GMT
In conclusion: Great to see the Muppets and loved being there, but it could have been organised better.
Yep, would agree with the conclusion having gone along on Friday night.
Pleased I/we went, but am a little bit annoyed having purchased tickets in the lower tier in the pre-sale at fairly premium prices to hear and read that those that had seats in the upper tier were upgraded to far better seats in the arena - risk of any ticket purchasing, I guess...
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Post by timothyd on Jul 17, 2018 16:09:11 GMT
Not only that but Disney and AXS sold first row tickets for 29 pounds a few weeks ago. Genuinly annoyed with that since I paid 112 per ticket and the lack of events they promised surrounding it.
But oh well. Saw the Muppets live. A dream come true!
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Post by tonylast on Jul 17, 2018 16:22:28 GMT
Not only that but Disney and AXS sold first row tickets for 29 pounds a few weeks ago. Genuinly annoyed with that since I paid 112 per ticket and the lack of events they promised surrounding it. But oh well. Saw the Muppets live. A dream come true!
Bit cheeky to sell off front row tickets for £29, but I guess that means there wasn't a full allocation of Meet and Greet tickets taken up...unsurprising at c.£300 a ticket! Ours were just shy of a hundred each, which got us front row of Block 111, so I'm guessing yours were either floor level or closer to the stage.
Absolutely agree with your last line...and it was telling on the way home we found ourselves reeling off plenty of 'that [x] bit was good' and 'I thought [y] was great', so there's far more positives than negatives to take out of it - similar to the Monty Python Almost Live show four years ago, I'll look back in the future and think 'I'm glad I was there'.
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Post by timothyd on Jul 17, 2018 16:28:04 GMT
Same here! Everything was forgotten when the theme song started.
And Rainbow Connection Live.... wow
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