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Post by danb on Apr 16, 2023 6:30:36 GMT
I can’t wait for this show to close for the goss to abound. …why wait!?!?
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Post by danb on Apr 15, 2023 22:39:27 GMT
I’d love any of us to try doing an eight show Elphaba week and not be peeling bits of our shredded uvula off the ceiling of the Apollo Victoria…for there not to be 2 scheduled alternate shows is quite frankly, madness.
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Post by danb on Apr 15, 2023 21:57:25 GMT
We saw an incredible amateur KB this evening at The Playhouse in WSM. I hated this at the Adelphi, quite liked it on tour but watching Weston Operatics tonight perform their last of 4 performances added many new dimensions. 6 great varied angels, an absolutely phenomenal Lola (didn’t get a programme so no idea of their name) and the bits that grate when they shoehorn in every last member into ensemble numbers, made perfect sense and just gave it a bit more ooomph.
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Post by danb on Apr 13, 2023 19:36:36 GMT
They aren’t ticketing any of it are they? Just 120 seats on a first come first served basis. I can’t really risk a 150 minute journey on the hope that there is still space. I’d be happier to pay for tickets and know I’m getting in.
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Post by danb on Apr 13, 2023 19:25:15 GMT
…as if more reasons were required to not attend.
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Post by danb on Apr 12, 2023 18:24:23 GMT
…and assuming Glenn Adamson is the cover Galileo? There has to be some benefit to going from leading a ‘west end’ show to an ensemble role.
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Post by danb on Apr 11, 2023 12:00:00 GMT
They just need to stick it into a big top and tour it like a circus or in arenas for one night only. Its criticised if it isn’t a spectacle and it closed because everyone had seen it…yet now we want it back bigger & better than ever do we? No doubt with 20p day seats and a free bag of candy floss? The insurance premiums alone would be crippling so I suspect we will never see Starlight as it was ever again.
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Post by danb on Apr 11, 2023 7:56:21 GMT
It’s akin to me saying that Sunset is coming back to the Adelphi in its original form, because I had the thought in my head. 🤦♂️
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Post by danb on Apr 11, 2023 6:30:53 GMT
Jeez, can you imagine the racket the skates would make on all that makeshift scaffolding! Its noisy enough with thirty lads & lasses stomping around it.
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Post by danb on Apr 9, 2023 13:49:49 GMT
People who say soundtrack instead of cast recording should really learn the difference. UGH. The case for bringing back corporal punishment starts here.
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Post by danb on Apr 7, 2023 17:11:43 GMT
Another vote for ‘Tommy’ here. I remember it as one of the most vital and uplifting shows of my theatre going life…we spent so much time in the Shaftesbury in the 90’s we actually owe them some rent still. I’d say that I’d like to see the Hope Mill ‘Rent’ revived but I think its too linked to lockdown to work outside of its time.
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Post by danb on Apr 6, 2023 6:04:28 GMT
Dammit! Bristol is Melodys last tour stop!
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Post by danb on Apr 4, 2023 18:49:08 GMT
Is that video the entertainment at a Haven holiday park?
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Post by danb on Apr 4, 2023 14:26:53 GMT
Jason Manford however…
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Post by danb on Apr 4, 2023 12:04:33 GMT
Well, the Shaftesbury is firmly back on the map after ‘Hairspray’ and ‘& Juliet’ so theres no reason why this can’t find a decent sized ‘once and done’ audience to keep it afloat at least through the Summer. However much I loves me some 80’s/90’s cinema, I still only saw the movie once.
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Post by danb on Apr 4, 2023 5:57:10 GMT
A quality ripe brie full of flavour, depth & ability vs Aldi’s own brand Dairylea knock off (that’ll just give you heartburn).
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Post by danb on Apr 3, 2023 20:28:00 GMT
There is an upstairs section of the foyer but it's a bit hidden It's closed at present (or at least was last weekend) What was it he said…”still has all of the costumes from the last production up there”? Perhaps PTM can convince some past cast members to come and tidy it up a bit?
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Post by danb on Apr 3, 2023 18:22:33 GMT
This is a bit of a conundrum isn’t it? I was excited to see this having only seen ‘some’ of the film. The pedigree of the people involved promised something visually spectacular, but it was really quite ‘lo-fi’ and more like music hall than a musical. I loved Barney Wilkinsons’ Jack and the wee Scottish lass playing ‘little red’. The rest were what I call ‘zeros’; neither good nor bad, just there and perfectly functional. I was really pleased to see it but, given the level of excitement I’ve seen for other productions in Bath, it didn’t have anywhere near the buzz required to power a successful London run, and it was nowhere near a sell out…not without a shed load of PR, tv spots and dare I say it, a couple of tv names. Furthermore it was ‘exactly’ what I thought it would be in terms of what it looked like and the performances, which I also can’t imagine would please the critics.
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Post by danb on Apr 1, 2023 21:27:48 GMT
Lets hope it returns a bit nearer to full fat ‘Bat’ than the Vegas/threadbare ‘Bat’ that has turned me off from something I loved.
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Post by danb on Mar 31, 2023 21:02:21 GMT
Remember going to buy this from the record shop in Stockton Heath aged 7. I wasn’t taken with the waistcoat but loved TTLOYF…the album as a whole took some time to like. Several high points made it worthwhile but its not classic LW is it?
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Post by danb on Mar 29, 2023 20:30:31 GMT
Shrek looked horrendous. I wish Six would sing a different song, but I understand why they always sing the Finale. They did…. …and it went OFF! The big ravey number really suited the arena setting.
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Post by danb on Mar 28, 2023 22:29:03 GMT
They’ve released the Easter performance schedule. They don’t get Easter Sunday off ? That’s a Bank Holiday isn’t it ? No, it’s just a ‘holy day’, and quite often the only other day other than Xmas day that businesses shut. I get why big family friendly musicals might stay open but couldn’t see ‘A Little Life’ setting the Easter Sunday box office on fire. Good Friday & Easter Monday are the bank holidays.
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Post by danb on Mar 28, 2023 22:23:54 GMT
There’s no denying that the marketing proved to be great. The main pink poster represented the show wonderfully…in retrospect. At the time we were all ‘what on earth is this? Another jukebox? Yet it made it through covid and several extensions generated by lots of fantastic word of mouth. It defied description almost. It’ll make an absolute killing on tour.
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Post by danb on Mar 28, 2023 18:52:39 GMT
Listening to the US cast album and the Romeo sounds like he IS a weedy voiced ex-boybander with zero handle on the ‘character’ or certainly without the self-effacing, but peacocking campness of JLG. Love Juliet though, fab voice.
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Post by danb on Mar 26, 2023 14:06:52 GMT
Everything was very clipped and ‘simple’ but she certainly didn’t disgrace herself. If she can dodge her way through ‘I Have Nothing’ it might be worth a punt.
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Post by danb on Mar 26, 2023 12:12:49 GMT
Her Satine was pretty much the only good thing about MR when I saw it. The Bodyguard is very slight but certainly good entertainment, and Zoe has already proven herself in the role.
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Post by danb on Mar 25, 2023 22:50:08 GMT
I suspect that Dev from Corrie may have directed the Shrek segment. Very broad strokes.
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Post by danb on Mar 25, 2023 22:42:39 GMT
From Bristol. Lovely old London centric arrogance there…
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Post by danb on Mar 25, 2023 22:34:19 GMT
I think that I enjoyed this today. Started 20 minutes late due to some bit of kit needing to be rebooted. then quite possibly needed doing again after the extended interval. I much preferred the sweeter first act to the rather noisy, shouty second. Elliot Evans has a phenomenal voice and would have been a shoo-in to take over as Evan Hansen if it were still going…perhaps he’ll be remembered for the tour. So, nice enough few hours and got to meet our wonderful viserys too. Bugger to get to though isn’t it, Battersea?
No side aisles apart from the first 2 rows.
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Post by danb on Mar 23, 2023 6:13:21 GMT
If I turned up to my job 65% of the time I was meant to be there I'd get sacked...just to put this all into perspective. What? Your dream job that you know you’ll only be doing for a year? 😂🤦♂️
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