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Post by alicechallice on Apr 23, 2024 14:51:07 GMT
Stacey won Strictly and danced on that tour so her performing background is slightly there but no acting credits I'm aware of. Cheryl was likewise. Lily Allen had done bits of acting and is from an acting family. Laura Whitmore had done the one Peter James play. Giovanna had done some acting training and been in a couple of stage roles despite being best known on here as CHF's sister in law. What will we get next Alison Hammond in a gender neutal casting of Othello. Hugh Edwards, Philip Schofield and Matt Hancock in Art? Seann Walsh is in the new tour of 'Art' so you're not so far off in suggesting a dream cast of secretive wick-dippers!
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 19, 2024 17:30:57 GMT
It is depressing when theatres have to constantly rely on stuff like Heathers and 2:22 for a filler. Nothing from Bath, Chichester or other regions? In terms of costs and marketing, it’s not worth it to transfer anything for is a fairly short run. It’s either that or theatres are dark and no one wants dark theatres It would be lovely if the theatre industry had the capacity to surprise us in such an unexpected way like the music industry does (I'm riding high on my Swiftie-cloud today)... Following all the rave reviews last night, we suddenly discover that the RSC 'Love's Labours Lost' is going to the Gielgud for 10 weeks, straight from Stratford. We'd all fall off our perches in surprise!
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 19, 2024 12:49:12 GMT
I may be wrong, but I had never heard of this book probably because ballet was not a part of growing up for me. There will be those who do have fond memories of it but it probably doesn't have universal appeal. I'd never heard of it until the BBC did an adaptation back in 2007, with Emma Watson as one of the girls.
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 18, 2024 19:41:36 GMT
Do we think this show will be a tough ticket? There are loads available at CFT. Treat yourself to somewhere with less smog!
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 18, 2024 15:21:48 GMT
I wonder how long it's been in the works for.
I know we now live in the age where ticket sales are enough to justify a Broadway transfer but it being such a straight shot for the West End, hopefully it's something special. I expect it was being planned back when Daniel Evans was in charge. He'd also programmed it when in Sheffield (Xmas 2013; Tom Edden as Fagin, replacing an indisposed Phil Davis).
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 18, 2024 15:06:43 GMT
I think it's a shame that it's transfer has been announced so early, it takes the shine off it being a success for Chichester in the first instance.
The Half a Sixpence WE transfer wasn't announced until after it had finished at CFT.
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 18, 2024 14:18:46 GMT
It was suggested that My Neighbour Totoro had Gillian Lynne from early 2025.
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 18, 2024 11:29:23 GMT
Heathers I can't imagine both Drury Lane and the Gillian Lynne being closed over the winter... A theatre with that number of seats needs something to command some great ticket sales, and speculating about what could be coming that could command as much as Frozen is a wild guessing game... Whatever is gonna be announced in the near future could be a bombshell for sure. The autumn/winter season in a grand old theatre is always great for something spooky... Beetlejuice, then?
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 18, 2024 11:28:10 GMT
Father Ted?
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 18, 2024 9:45:23 GMT
Cast looks great, bet Carrie HF is fuming not to be Nancy Can’t we celebrate the casting without dragging down other actors? They're not dragging down an 'actor'.
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 17, 2024 19:57:44 GMT
It's probably about Oliver! going to be the Gielgud as Martin Guerre he's not involved with. I wonder if a return season of Old Friends might also be a possibility? Would he really announce Oliver before if it's started the Chichester run?
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 15, 2024 22:27:53 GMT
Enter at your own risk: www.tiktok.com/@sweatyoracle(uh, i think he got cancelled or something at one point. and he's really annoying. just annoyingly seems to be correct fairly often) Duck me! Is he homeless?
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 15, 2024 19:10:34 GMT
Just forced myself to sit through two and a half minutes of the shouty tiktok man to find out more (ouch) He seems to know for a fact that it'll be Sam Gold directed, playing on bway. W/ music by Jack Antonoff Drives me insane. Why does he always have to shout Who are talking about?
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 15, 2024 10:52:32 GMT
I went to see this exhibition yesterday too, it was gorgeous.
Highly recommended! Lovely carrot cake.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 28, 2024 18:06:21 GMT
Freema seems too much a big name for the nurse role? If this were 2009, I'd agree with you.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 27, 2024 20:26:47 GMT
Were you in said audience? That's me third from the right! Have you got any plans at the weekend?
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 27, 2024 17:51:38 GMT
Do you actually get to see some willy in the finale? At the world-premiere, in Sheffield, the overwhelmingly female audience got rather more than a quick view. Image in spoilers for those of a nervous disposition. Were you in said audience? I'd be slightly cynical and suggest that some modesty pouches may have been used in shooting of that promo shot, taken from behind.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 27, 2024 17:13:33 GMT
Can I ask an appallingly vulgar question about this play?
Do you actually get to see some willy in the finale?
I'd assumed we would - hats away, quick flash, lights out but it must be a nightmare trying to police people with phones...
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 27, 2024 0:21:42 GMT
Worth pointing out that this is summer 2025! Exciting news, though. The announcement could be for 2035 and I’d still be super excited. I could argue Bath might now be a more exciting regional theatre than Chichester Steady on, dear.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 21, 2024 14:34:49 GMT
Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker. That was fabulous. A quick search of my emails reveals I only paid £10 for a Monday night ticket as well! Cos it was a Royal Court production I assume.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 21, 2024 14:30:59 GMT
There was zero atmosphere and it wasn't well served being in a typical proscenium arch West End theatre - if the audience had surrounded the action and we'd been in a less traditional space that would have helped a bit for me. This is a good shout - if it had been staged in a non-traditional theatre space I think everything would have worked so much better. You've just reminded me of the time I watched a play starring Toby Jones and Imelda Staunton in a community centre in Haggerston! Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker. That was fabulous.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 21, 2024 11:32:22 GMT
Puts me in mind of the incredibly short thread length of the Bob Marley musical at the Lyric, considering how long it ran... We may have a slight diversity issue on this board. May we? Or maybe people just didn’t fancy seeing it and/or commenting on it, irrespective of ethnicity, age, sexuality or gender? Too many to mention now (though I'd be happy to do the research), I have noted for a long time that productions with primarily black casts don't get as much discussion on here as their counterparts. I'm not using it as a stick to bash anyone with, I'm in the same boat as everyone else but it is noticeable.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 21, 2024 10:33:05 GMT
New Diorama to Royal Court and then two full on West End runs and this thread doesn't exceed a single page...
Puts me in mind of the incredibly short thread length of the Bob Marley musical at the Lyric, considering how long it ran... We may have a slight diversity issue on this board.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 21, 2024 10:27:35 GMT
I think someone said it was going into a new theatre? mrbarnaby said Gillian Lynne early 2025.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 20, 2024 0:42:17 GMT
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 19, 2024 11:26:53 GMT
I agree about the UK/American mix, sometimes it didn't work. It never bloody works! I just do not understand why they do it. Nobody's going to come out of this show and say their favourite bit was that joke about the toilets at Glastonbury. I still cringe when I think about how they overdubbed Joan Rivers on the red carpet in Shrek 2 with Kate Thornton for the "enjoyment" of UK audiences.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 16, 2024 11:17:16 GMT
Having listened to a dozen or so of these last year, I'd forgotten about Douglas Schatz and his commentaries on current productions. He is always well-prepared, gets very good guests and gives them plenty of space and time. Here, he talks with director Matthew Dunster about this production of The Homecoming. Plenty of insights and interpretations emerge. The ideal companion for a session with the eyebrows or mounting another Munro >> I'm also a huge fan of this podcast.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 14, 2024 12:26:28 GMT
This now has a UK release date - 3rd May.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 11, 2024 11:59:39 GMT
It’s a shame And perhaps telling of the dearth of quality new writing That we are being presented with revivals less than a decade after they premiered Surely this a 'remount' rather than a 'revival', as it's the same production team behind it? Similar to Jerusalem with Sir Mark. I'm grateful anyways because I didn't catch it on the first two attempts.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 11, 2024 11:51:25 GMT
I think considering the massive tumbleweed that blew through the ceremony last year when they debuted 'The Little Mermaid' trailer, which by all means appealed to the children and gays watching at home, wasn't particularly relevant for those attending, it was better to not have this exclusive.
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