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Post by londonmzfitz on Nov 27, 2023 10:46:30 GMT
I've promised myself I won't watch until I chuck my tree up next Sunday - then I will indulge with fairy lights and chilled fizz. The clips I've seen look so much fun (I'm a huge Ted Lasso fan) and I can't wait.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Nov 17, 2023 13:33:34 GMT
It's not just the incident though, is it? You spend the whole of the rest of the show on edge, worrying that they'll kick off again. Completely ruins it. And (if you are anything like me) will constantly replay it in your head to see what else you could have done / could have said etc. It's just blooming horrible, being in a situation like that. I'm sorry, AKH, this happened. I had a situation years ago (1994 says Google) in "She Loves Me" at The Savoy, fairly senior woman next to me was very loudly and purposefully running a big chunky pearl bracelet through her fingers, over and over and shaking her wrist with it clacking away. Quite a few people were turning and looking (it was bloody intolerable for me next to her, but I was to shy to say something plus she was giving off a very definite angry vibe); her companion whispered something in her ear, to which she loudly responded "well *you* wanted to come here" ... and they left at the interval. Mare. 29 years ago, if I knew where she was buried I'd dance on her grave.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Nov 13, 2023 23:08:38 GMT
Saw this on Twitter last night. I saw it last night too - Twitter this morning / all day has been raging with it! I'm hoping the charity gets big bucks on the back of this. I probably watched this a couple of dozen times and it's still making me smile.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Nov 13, 2023 12:01:06 GMT
Goddess.
@movingamputees
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Post by londonmzfitz on Nov 10, 2023 13:45:21 GMT
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Post by londonmzfitz on Nov 8, 2023 14:01:15 GMT
Serious goosebumps. I've seen this every year, I couldn't imagine not going to see this now - it's such a joy. I'm there Saturday night too ...
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Post by londonmzfitz on Nov 8, 2023 10:14:41 GMT
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 31, 2023 10:46:06 GMT
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 29, 2023 9:34:02 GMT
Matthew Perry's work with Aaron Sorkin in Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip was superb - if you get the chance please check it out (there used to be full episodes on YouTube). He was in a couple of episodes of The West Wing,too, gave a great performance. In Friends, and in these, his delivery timing is everything.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 29, 2023 0:43:49 GMT
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 20, 2023 11:01:17 GMT
The link leads to - quote "Six headshots showing the cast members, supplied and distributed by the production" .. someone needed the edit button on that.
Lucca Chadwick-Patel - saw him last year in the Alex Parker Sondheim concert, he was excellent! Alex Parker always delivers a great concert.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 17, 2023 16:43:41 GMT
Kings Cross on Monday, 8am (yesterday) - Christmas Tree.
I found my Spamalot programme yesterday with the lovely Hannah as Lady of the Lake. She was so good.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 17, 2023 11:53:14 GMT
Both matinee and evening performances on YouTube - full sets (not linking but you can search there or Twitter) posted by someone called Rachael today.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 16, 2023 19:15:02 GMT
Man that was something else! Exceeded expectations (although I honestly don't know what I should have expected, like that bloke John at the 2.30) ... Isn't Darren Criss just the loveliest guy! I was a bit "eek" at the opening "God Save The King" thing on the piano, but the rest of the show was terrific. Some Glee stuff, some show stuff, some personal stuff (I loved the "Walk Of Shame"). I *was* that 60+ woman in with the (beautifully behaved) fan girls, DC was at pains to say how inclusive he wanted the show to be, something for everyone, which was lovely. He was chatty, friendly, and I'm certainly going to look up more about him and, like above, got to go find out about this Very Potter Musical. Lovely performance too from Carrie Hope Fletcher.
I inwardly howled at the "please feel free to take photos and dance" announcement over the PA as the lights went down. But I took exactly 5 photos towards the end - and I did a dance too. Excellent evening and I won't hesitate to see DC again if he's here. Twitter (refuse to call it the other thing) has some amazing photos!
Well done Lambert Jackson.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 7, 2023 21:25:03 GMT
Not provoking argument, honest, but - I have protested, but not in a way to put people at risk. Do you really expect a pregnant woman to use the underground? What if her waters had broke, what if she has had complications with pregnancy in the past? During the early protests blocking slowing down the traffic, there was a woman that had a stroke, she was stuck in the traffic, and due to that the damage caused by the stroke was life changing. The doctors had said that if she got there a few hours earlier she would have made a full recovery, but couldn't due to being stuck in traffic. During an interview the protestors highlighted that the impact to the earth is more important - no empathy or compassion at all. Yes the family are aware of the impact to the planet, but they are also aware of the impact to their loved ones put at risk by the protests that have resulted in no positive impact more. I think my narrative doesn't quite cover the visual - link to daily mail article with the full video (behind ads). www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12314541/Just-Stop-Oil-activist-punched-floor-kicked-ground-boyfriend-pregnant-woman-car-crashes-protest-football-star-Chris-Kamara-held-different-demo-group.htmlThat oaf who crashed his car - he didn't just attack the Just Stop Oil protester, he physically threatened a passer-by who intervened as Mr Oaf kicked the JSO cameraman in the head; Mr Oaf didn't comfort his obviously distraught partner, just pointed at the door of the car to her. Crashed his car and took it out on a nearby target. Incidentally, Mr Oaf is driving a 15 year old Mercedes with 167g/km emission in Central London. (My 5 year old Toyota Aygo is, by comparison, 93g/km). *Anything less than 100g/km can be considered low – or good – CO2 emissions. Quote - The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has said that further bold action is urgently needed to tackle London’s filthy air, as new analysis by researchers from Imperial College London shows air pollution contributed to over 1,700 hospital admissions for asthma and COPD between 2017 and 2019. < Source - www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/cleaner-air-would-help-150000-breathe-easier. But maybe Mr Oaf and his pregnant partner don't live in London and won't be raising their kid somewhere where they need to be concerned about air pollution. Likewise the woman taking her kids in a cab across London to catch a flight for a holiday. Again - *I am not condoning the actions of Just Stop Oil*. I am very concerned for our future - I'm not talking about the personal use of oil for heating, for running a car, but this Government has given the green light for a new coal mine in Cumbria and Mogg wants fracking to be reinstated.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 6, 2023 16:26:50 GMT
Maybe the thread feels one-sided because most rational people think JSO are a bunch of antagonistic self-serving disruptive a-holes. Not provoking argument, honest, but have you ever felt so passionate about something you've signed a petition, or taken to the streets to make your feelings known? My point being, are people only allowed to protest about something you personally feel strongly about? Is it JSO - their tactics - their targets? One of the vids I saw online was a woman being driven to a hospital appointment and held up in traffic, demanding JSO stop their slow march because she was pregnant (where her partner, the driver, had crashed into another vehicle, got out in a temper and smacked one of the JSO to the ground). Wouldn't the tube have been easier? One of the vids I saw online was a woman in an Uber taking her kids across London to catch a flight, demanding JSO stop their slow march because they were going to miss their flight and disrupt the kids holiday. People on this forum might know about the dangers to our planet, but it seems to be completely missed on some.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 6, 2023 12:24:14 GMT
Note - Young people are allowed to have an opinion / protest. Middle aged people are allowed to have an opinion / protest. Retired old has-beens are allowed to have an opinion / protest. People named Tarquin or Jemima are allowed to have an opinion / protest.
In summary. This thread has collectively called the JSO protestors Losers Pathetic attention seekers Imbeciles YouTube pranksters self-serving scrotes absolute bunch of arseholes / need to be dragged out by any means necessary attention-seeking tossers / a bunch of disruptive hi-vis middle class fannies / spineless either silly little student kids or retired old has-beens flaccid little Tarquin and Jemima sorts, or retired pensioners from the home counties selfish brats
and further said JSO is a doomsday cult
I don't agree with their tactics, I really don't. They seem to be passionate about the cause and that's something I can get behind, that passion, that cause.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 6, 2023 11:21:19 GMT
Screw that! Supplying incriminating evidence of their actions to the Police? In the week of the C4 Partygate documentary where people got fines of £10,000 while the (bloody hell, can't even find a word that doesn't contain expletives) did the WTF (Wine Time Fridays)? Screw that!
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 5, 2023 8:42:10 GMT
Les Mis? Book of Mormon surely with it's higher carbon footprint, sending all those Missionaries around the Globe ... Frozen with a dig at Global warming ... Mamma Mia with a nod to the fires in Greece in the Summer ...
I'm very uncomfortable with the comments that "if I were there >violence<" etc. Like most of us, I guess, I've seen the vids online of the protestors (middle-class yuppies??) in traffic in London being physically attacked. Christ - bigger picture, the enemy is this Government and the backtracking on the commitment to achieving net zero. Quoting Al Gore two weeks ago: "I find it shocking, really disappointing, I think Rishi Sunak has done the wrong thing.. Fossil fuel companies have used their wealth to slow things down.. They're much better at capturing politicians than emissions.. You can tell when they've captured one"
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 4, 2023 20:56:49 GMT
Carl Woodward has posted vid on Twitter. Audience booing.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 3, 2023 8:41:22 GMT
Saw Imelda in Guys and Dolls at The National in 1997, playing Miss Adelaide. Sex kitten + 26 years. I think she'll be amazing.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Sept 29, 2023 9:59:05 GMT
Lols at the hardboard area of Wickes.
Saw it Wednesday matinee with the Old Timers £ ticket. I loved Patsy Ferran with her Mr Bean eyes! Her expressions were the highlight for me. Fabulous. Couldn't warm to Higgins. Ham and eggs. Too hammy, over egged. And once that thought was in my head I couldn't get away from it.
First half I enjoyed a lot, second half was way too shouty and pouty. I've given it a 3* on balance, but overall it's probably worth a 2*.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Sept 29, 2023 9:47:34 GMT
Sunday 15 October 2023 lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/darren-criss/I looked yesterday and could have bagged a front row for the evening performance, but was put off at the thought of being the aged 60+ woman there for the tunes amongst the fans. And spend the day regretting it. So got a lovely seat for the matinee this morning. I've been tempted every time I've seen announcements about Darren Criss performing and have always put my bank card away ... But this time I'm going. Read through some other threads on here and I'm hoping for a good set.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Sept 5, 2023 20:43:16 GMT
Well, it's all kicking off on Twitter with Shenton and Lily Allen! Pretty unprofessional for a director to say "f*** the critics". Also pretty goddamn unprofessional for a "critic" to impugn a show's quality (and the quality of a specific actress's performance) after smugly declaring he hasn't seen them. *Also pretty goddamn unprofessional for a "critic" to impugn a show's quality (and the quality of a specific actress's performance) after smugly declaring he hasn't seen them.* That was my take from reading all this last night/this morning. And it's in The Metro too. Dripping contempt, never attractive.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 28, 2023 18:31:39 GMT
Jeremy Brier further tweeted = The couple who refused to get up ultimately had to - but proceeded to shower abuse at the people passing, yelling they'd fight one of them outside later & trying to trip them - & this was at The Crucible which (sorry if presumptuous!) one assumes might be a thoughtful crowd?!
I've said earlier in this thread I think it's a TikTok thing, a Twitter thing, where the go-to emotion is confrontation/anger. I don't think it's going to be long before tickets come with a "Rules of Behaviour" - which, honestly, I'd welcome.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 25, 2023 20:51:59 GMT
Um, I met Mr Dazzles on Saturday evening at Groundhog Day (was sat a couple of seats away from me) and he was lovely! All enthusiasm for GHD and spoke with enthusiasm about his upcoming trips inc Love Never Dies - not a bad word out of him. I've followed him on Twitter for a while, he has posted on there he was approached by Staff and moved at LND, he didn't ask to be moved (going from his tweet). BVM stating "getting the LMT staff to upgrade him" would appear to be incorrect.
Further, I haven't felt any ALW hate from him / his tweets. I do think there is a lot of disrespect from ALW towards creatives / casts ... We are on a LND thread - remember how he brought the last performance forward a week back in 2011? Just knocked those last 7 performances on the head, cancelled them! Saying how the Australian version was better than the London version - I absolutely think that ALW - probably unintentionally - doesn't consider the feelings of the people employed in his shows. And I think justifiably Phans don't like it. But I guess it's open to interpretation.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 25, 2023 12:09:08 GMT
No mid-show standing ovation on Monday evening for Celinde although big applause. Guy behind me was giving it the big Wooops! but I (checking Twitter the next day) discovered he's Spanish (back of my head in one of his photos).
Q from above - "It's just intended to provide a couple of hours of wonderful music and singing and transport us away from life".
For £125 of my hard earned moolah. As such I'll say again, for what could be described as a two hander (OK, two and a half for the kid) I'd expected something a bit more from one of them. Orchestra was flaming lovely though.
4.5* from me.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 23, 2023 22:32:27 GMT
Starts September 28th in Shanghai, from Niall Sheehy's Twitter.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 23, 2023 22:18:07 GMT
I have that poster on my living room wall (signed by Ramin at Stage Door between the last matinee and the last performance). I love it.
12 years on Love Never Dies is still dividing opinion - West End Whingers review comments in 2010 on the 53 pages of the old WOS forum of "largely negative posts" about the show and that was prior to opening night!
The enjoyment of what seems to be the majority on here of the music and (mostly) the performances would suggest it could have a future life - but I think it needs a proper orchestra - having the musicians on the stage on the 3 performances was, I think, such a delight, rather than what seems to be the norm of a reduced pit and soundtracks for current shows in the West End. If it did a tour honestly I think the reviews would be the death of it. The book - and I speak as someone who loathed the first performance, listened to the cast recording and went back possibly every month - 6 weeks to closing - the book is mad/bad. Maybe a couple of months at Manchester or similar -?- over Christmas to get the bums on seats -?-
I said in my post earlier on this thread, I just wasn't feeling Norm's performance Monday evening. I can forgive forgetting words for a short run gig, but his voice wasn't making it. There's 2 main roles and one was outstanding and the other one wasn't. It's an expensive ticket and I feel a bit let down that Norm wasn't great. My opinion (stone cold sober, btw).
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 23, 2023 16:37:18 GMT
www.loveneverdies.com/Apologies, I've done a search on the International Board but can't see this (apparently been out there since June 2023?). Shanghai But I've seen a lot of posts on Twitter about casting - Niall Sheehy as Raul was the one that struck me - I've enjoyed seeing him years ago in Les Mis, he was the understudy for Chris (Alistair Brammer) in Miss Saigon (saw him, loved him).
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