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Post by theatreian on Apr 4, 2020 22:21:42 GMT
The above concert is also on youtube.
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Post by jerryspringer on Apr 4, 2020 22:40:37 GMT
She's just brilliant isn't she? That voice! Still the biggest star of the West End in my opinion.
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Post by theatreian on Nov 19, 2020 10:23:29 GMT
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 19, 2020 22:06:40 GMT
She's just brilliant isn't she? That voice! Still the biggest star of the West End in my opinion. I mean, she’s not really though is she? 🤣
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Post by theatreian on Mar 3, 2021 17:13:28 GMT
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Post by Rozzi Rainbow on Mar 14, 2021 20:07:41 GMT
I've just watched this (I only found out about it a couple of days ago). Brought tears to my eyes, hauntingly beautiful. The accompanying video of all the empty theatres is gut-wrenching. Very clever lyrics.
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Post by theatreian on Oct 29, 2021 15:59:29 GMT
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Post by theatreian on Mar 26, 2023 12:35:20 GMT
Kerry has just posted her new single from her forthcoming album.
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Post by newda on May 10, 2023 11:07:45 GMT
Ouch, I'm working so thought of going to one of the other venues on what was going to be a tour but found they'd all been quietly taken off sale.
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Post by filendile on May 10, 2023 21:18:53 GMT
She should have booked a Saturday night in a smaller venue. I'm hoping to make it to the adelphi but who wants to go to a concert on a tuesday?
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Post by justsaying113 on May 11, 2023 13:24:52 GMT
Sadly, this crop of musical theatre performers are not headline names away from the sector. Elaine Paige could sell-out big tours in major venues and did so for decades here and all over the world, and Michael Ball still can. But who else? John Barrowman - he struggled. It's a shame as we have some wonderfully talented people but (a) things have changed and (b) they simply aren't the draw they (or their managements) think they are.
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Post by shady23 on May 17, 2023 12:44:59 GMT
Ouch, I'm working so thought of going to one of the other venues on what was going to be a tour but found they'd all been quietly taken off sale. Yeah I was booked for the one in Salford and had paid for travel and accommodation that couldn't be refunded so had a lovely mini break there anyway.
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Post by filendile on May 21, 2023 18:54:35 GMT
I went last Tuesday to the Adelphi. First half where she played the new album was great. I really like the album, some strong original material which os rare for MT stars, and her voice is in amazing shape. Second half was disappointing. It opened with London Show Choir doing 5 (!) songs without Kerry (should have been 2 max) and then some overdone covers (Queen) mixed with better moments (Shallow duet with a talented guest who's name I forget). She was quite funny during her audience interaction moments and vulnerable also, mentioning she briefly questioned if her career was finished recently.
Stalls and Circle were reasonably full and Upper Circle was closed. Definitely an older audience than I expected. 12 years ago the audience would have been full of teenage girls but I saw none.
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Post by Nelly on May 22, 2023 11:30:00 GMT
I went last Tuesday to the Adelphi. First half where she played the new album was great. I really like the album, some strong original material which os rare for MT stars, and her voice is in amazing shape. Second half was disappointing. It opened with London Show Choir doing 5 (!) songs without Kerry (should have been 2 max) and then some overdone covers (Queen) mixed with better moments (Shallow duet with a talented guest who's name I forget). She was quite funny during her audience interaction moments and vulnerable also, mentioning she briefly questioned if her career was finished recently. Stalls and Circle were reasonably full and Upper Circle was closed. Definitely an older audience than I expected. 12 years ago the audience would have been full of teenage girls but I saw none. Also caught this and echo what you have said. She was sounding fantastic and the songs from her album were very good. The start of the second half was quite frankly bizarre and seemed to come out of nowhere and agree, went on for far too long. I was also disappointed that the great band didn't come back until the last song for the second half.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 26, 2023 12:48:53 GMT
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Post by newda on Oct 26, 2023 16:17:34 GMT
Brave move considering how well the last tour sold.
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Post by anthony40 on Oct 26, 2023 17:11:10 GMT
When I was at the Musicals.Con event, there was a stand selling the new CD's for Rachel Tucker, Kerry Ellis and a third person- a male (who's name for the life of me I cannot remember right now).
They were also selling, amongst other thing, 2024 Calendars with the same image on the CD cover.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2023 17:58:35 GMT
She is doing more intimate venues just looking at the Midlands dates so maybe going to some of the secondary theatres and smaller venues will be a better fit for her.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 27, 2023 18:48:41 GMT
The one nearest Manchester is so ‘intimate’ that it’s virtually in your nan’s front room. No disrespect to The Forum in Stockport (actually not Stockport but the residential suburb known as Romiley) but this isn’t even a second tier venue.
Romiley is a place the slow stopping train between Manc and Sheffield stops at. I looked at how to get there and back on public transport from Manchester City centre and it’s just a total pain in the arse so I guess this one is for the yokels locals and metropolitan showgays with cars only.
She could do great business on the “Evening At The Musicals” circuit but I suppose she wants to push her own albums. Good luck with that in Romiley, Kerry.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2023 22:22:17 GMT
The Midlands venues are all easy to get to but certainly smaller than she played on the last tour. Kerry has done a fair number of "Evening at the Musicals" type shows in the past but not in recent years. I agree she'd be great at those and could perform the greatest musical numbers at bigger venues.
The show producers have put on a lot of tours for "heritage" pop acts and a number of spoken word tours and a lot have played these more "intimate" venues so they probably have things set at the right level. I expect it feels much better to play a smaller venue which is sold out or nearly full than a half full bigger town/concert hall. Plus the smaller venues are no doubt cheaper to hire.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2023 18:39:53 GMT
I did have a quick look at how to get to The Forum in Stockport, but after seeing I would have to go from the get to the Airport train station, then into Manchester and then another train out, or up to 3 buses, I gave up.
I quite like Kerry performing, although do find she is somewhat overrated and she has built up a bit of an ego as a result.
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Post by anthony40 on Oct 28, 2023 19:45:29 GMT
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Post by marob on Oct 28, 2023 22:51:47 GMT
I like how it’s called the Queen of the West End tour. Almost 10 years I’ve been going to the West End and I’ve only seen her once… in Liverpool.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2023 0:23:56 GMT
I've met Kerry a few times and she has always been nice and friendly. I think doing those tours with Brian May might have made her think she is bigger than she is if anything has given the Queen fanbase has always been huge and would turn out to see Brian play. Plus she had the Wicked fangirls who would in varying numbers go to a lot of her shows. Those fans have probably aged out or have families now and other priorities so her actual current fanbase might not be what it was.
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Post by Scswp on Oct 29, 2023 14:09:14 GMT
I've met Kerry a few times and she has always been nice and friendly. I think doing those tours with Brian May might have made her think she is bigger than she is if anything has given the Queen fanbase has always been huge and would turn out to see Brian play. Plus she had the Wicked fangirls who would in varying numbers go to a lot of her shows. Those fans have probably aged out or have families now and other priorities so her actual current fanbase might not be what it was. I’ve booked, probably wrongly, on the assumption that most of the material will be songs from the musicals - certainly, that’s the impression given by the title and description. I think it’s rather misleading if it’s just to push her new album (which isn’t musical theatre-based, is it?) Is this the same concert that she did at the Adelphi? I like Kerry, but I don’t think her voice is what it was and, like I’ve said in a previous post, she has largely been ‘replaced’ by women who have equally ‘big’ voices, but who are far more technically-gifted at acting through song. Anyway, for £30, it’ll still be a cheap-ish night out.
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Post by amyja89 on Oct 29, 2023 15:02:56 GMT
Must admit I never truly got the hype on Kerry. Saw her a good few times during the Wicked 'golden days' but always preferred the likes of Alexia Khadime and Rachel Tucker as Elphaba. She was good as Nancy in Oliver!, but much to my surprise I found that Jodie Prenger left a far greater impression.
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Post by anthony40 on Oct 29, 2023 15:19:17 GMT
Must admit I never truly got the hype on Kerry. Saw her a good few times in during the Wicked 'golden days' but always preferred the likes of Alexia Khadime and Rachel Tucker as Elphaba. She was good as Nancy in Oliver!, but much to my surprise I found that Jodie Prenger left a far greater impression. I concur wholeheartedly!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 29, 2023 16:07:37 GMT
She got some well deserved cred for her turn in Anything Goes but I can never forget how someone on here years ago described her as “Foghorn Kerry Ellis”.
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 29, 2023 22:48:00 GMT
She was fabulous in Anything Goes. But whenever I see her in anything now, I’m just waiting for her to nervously tuck her hair behind her ears
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Post by Playbill99 on Nov 9, 2023 14:56:30 GMT
Edit as I realise I was breaking the forum rules
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