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Post by TallPaul on Feb 12, 2024 13:56:07 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 12, 2024 13:31:24 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 8, 2024 17:48:46 GMT
Do you get a discount if you book 5, 6, 7 or 8 tickets?
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 7, 2024 20:59:05 GMT
The Shaftesbury now has that partnership with the producer whose name I have temporarily forgotten. I don't think he's involved in this, is he?
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 6, 2024 15:02:04 GMT
Sorry if this is a controversial view in 2024, but men prefer to go to the toilet surrounded by other men, and women overwhelmingly prefer to be surrounded by other women.
Let's face it, men are mucky buggers. I am one! If there was space in most marital homes, there would, 100%, be his 'n' bathrooms.
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 6, 2024 14:49:06 GMT
Are there no other employable directors out there? This is a Jamie Lloyd Company production ? It’s open to all the other directors out there to set up their own production companies, recruit big name stars, and book West End theatres, and then direct the plays themselves. But hardly any of them can, they have to wait to be employed by other people who’ve done all those things. I'm sure it helped that, until a few days ago, Jamie Lloyd was employed by ATG, the multi-national theatre owner and producer.
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 6, 2024 14:16:33 GMT
Lots of support for Layton and Nikita on the tour.
They have 13 wins versus five for Ellie and Vito.
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 4, 2024 10:09:33 GMT
Erm… don’t wanna be that person but it’s not Sue, it’s Soo. Distant relative of your, BurlyBeaR? And you could never be that *person*. 🙂
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 3, 2024 15:09:47 GMT
That's showbusiness!
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 2, 2024 20:00:36 GMT
I think I prefer the old name. At least you kinda knew what it was going to be about.
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 30, 2024 13:47:47 GMT
Whereabouts in the north are we talking? Blackpool Thank you. I was half expecting it to be Watford! 🙂
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 30, 2024 7:56:19 GMT
Whereabouts in the north are we talking?
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 26, 2024 17:25:29 GMT
Shall we all guess what was BurlyBeaR's first Drury Lane show? I'm going for the original production of My Fair Lady. Being so much younger, mine was the revival, in 2003. 😁 I can remember it as though it was yesterday. Tickets from the TKTS booth, then a quick McDonald's when it was on the corner of its current home, rather than the side.
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 26, 2024 13:39:59 GMT
Threads merged.
I'm afraid some of the gags were first used in autumn 2020. Awks!
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 25, 2024 13:55:48 GMT
To give SeatPlan the benefit of the doubt, the Old Vic does change it's layout quite regularly, so the photo I took at Lungs, for example, wouldn't be much use to someone booking A Christmas Carol.
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 24, 2024 18:03:22 GMT
Shakespeare’s Globe has unveiled its forthcoming summer season for 2024, featuring a number of Shakespeare productions, returning creatives and a brand-new play. This could catch on. Noel Coward plays at the Noel Coward Theatre...Ivor Novello musicals at the Novello...
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 23, 2024 13:39:20 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 23, 2024 13:35:28 GMT
C'mon ladies, where's your announcement?! It was last Thursday afternoon, in the foyer of Leeds Playhouse.
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 23, 2024 13:33:25 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 22, 2024 13:43:13 GMT
Interesting article here: Greene RoomIs it named for Sally Greene?
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 20, 2024 15:08:46 GMT
No, I definitely meant the characters aren't likeable.
I'm pleased Oliver gets his better life, but he's the only one, and at what cost.
Mr Brownlow is one of those people who thinks he can buy everything and everybody, waving his bedsheet sized £5 notes about.
Sorry to be so controversial. It is just a musical, and this is a very good production of it.
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 20, 2024 12:41:56 GMT
Why do characters have to be likeable? Because we spend 2 hours 40 minutes in their company. Just my opinion, of course.
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 20, 2024 10:43:04 GMT
This is a very good production...the problem is it's a very good production of Oliver, which now joins the list of 'classic' musicals I don't need to see ever again. There isn't a single likeable character, even Nancy if we're being honest.
Jenny Fitzpatrick can certainly hold a note. I was a little concerned the roof was going to fall in by the end of 'As Long As He Needs Me'.
This is how Fagin should be played from now on.
The in the round staging really works.
Excellent sound design and mixing. I was central, but almost at the back, and everything was crystal clear.
Leeds Playhouse must have filled its coffers over the last two months. Extra seats, full houses and a small adult cast.
Credit where it's due. The Box Office happily printed me out a paper ticket, and there are still ushers to show you to your seat. They even have torches for latecomers. With a child-friendly 7pm start, there were quite a few, including the mother and son next to me. Shame they didn't arrive closer to the end. I might have enjoyed the show more!!!
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 19, 2024 13:39:37 GMT
Cast announced:
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 18, 2024 16:44:11 GMT
So here I am, loitering in the foyer of the Leeds Playhouse.
The matinee of Oliver ended 15 minutes ago and the cast have come out to meet their family and friends.
A young woman, who I'm afraid I don't recognise, has been having a 'private' discussion with her agent.
"I've got you a job you're going to hate me for...Off-stage swing...It's better than it sounds...16 weeks at the Ambassadors.... You'll be covering Rebecca Hyde(?) and whoever replaces Jodie."
If only I had bigger ears!!!
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 18, 2024 13:56:10 GMT
Due entirely to so many positive reviews on TheatreBoard, I'm currently on my way to see Oliver at the not even slightly famous Leeds Playhouse.
It 'only' takes 1 hour 18 minutes on the slow train. ☹️
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 17, 2024 13:49:24 GMT
There's no shortage of talented dancers in the UK, and nowhere near enough work for most of them. Our david being a perfect example!
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 15, 2024 13:47:14 GMT
Does anyone think we might get an actual DVD of the film? Let's hope so, anita. I don't think I've ever mentioned that I've got a small part!
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 10, 2024 18:37:51 GMT
What's good is very good, the rest is just...average.
It can't be Irving Berlin's fault, so the blame must lie with the transfer of the film to stage.
Stuart Neil is still freely sharing his perspiration with anybody and everybody. What he needs is a tour of duty to the Falklands! Wet through, he were, as was anyone sitting further forward than Row G. I was in A1.
I'm not sure it was such a good idea to build the wooden staircase of Columbia Inn right out into the side aisle. I arrived with only a few minutes to spare, so rather than go the long way round and disturb everybody, I decided to vault into my seat. The woman following behind chose to crawl under the stairs, on hands and knees, to reach hers!
Sandra Marvin is a marvel. Grace Mouat's American accent is perfectly credible, despite reports elsewhere to the contrary.
I'm pleased I went, though once was enough. 3 and a half stars.
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 10, 2024 13:33:28 GMT
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