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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 15:29:55 GMT
I could see it taking over the Charing Cross Theatre like Yank did, once Woman in White closes in February.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 18:16:47 GMT
I mean, if that's what Brad Judge wants to go onto stage wearing, I'm game.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 25, 2017 20:34:59 GMT
Hello Brad!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 22:47:06 GMT
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Post by anniel on Aug 25, 2017 22:47:57 GMT
Just in from the first preview of this and I am so pleased to report that it was in really good shape. Superb singing - although at times the band was a bit loud. A great Pippin and Leading Player - both excellent. Lovely harmony singing from the chorus too - it is such a great score.
Really effective staging and choreography. Lots to see.
The Grandmother almost stole the show!
It really is a great evening. Those boys at Hope Mill have got another cracker!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 25, 2017 23:03:49 GMT
How is the seating arranged anniel?
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Post by anniel on Aug 25, 2017 23:09:42 GMT
How is the seating arranged anniel ? It's a (cough) thrust! Quite a long thrust with the band on stage at the back of it ( not by the lighting desk as usual). Audience on 3 sides. We were lucky enough to get seats at the front but there is a lot to see at all sides.
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Post by d'James on Aug 25, 2017 23:15:39 GMT
Does anyone remember the new song that was in the Menier version?? I really liked it and would like to hear it again. I wonder why they abandoned it.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 26, 2017 5:54:19 GMT
I don't (shame on me!) who sang it and at what point in the the show ? Please and ta 😄
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Post by d'James on Aug 26, 2017 11:40:18 GMT
I don't (shame on me!) who sang it and at what point in the the show ? Please and ta 😄 It was near the beginning, I think most of the cast sang it. It was something to do with family the lyrics I remember were 'back in the bosom of the family.' It replaced a song but I'm not 100% sure which one.
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Post by notmymuse on Aug 26, 2017 14:09:54 GMT
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Post by d'James on Aug 26, 2017 16:39:16 GMT
Brilliant. Thank you!!! I thought I was going mad as I couldn't find anything on Google. Also Googling Pippin and Bosom is not something I want my browser history full of.
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Post by justafan on Aug 30, 2017 16:00:02 GMT
Shenton gave this 5*
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 30, 2017 16:11:18 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 30, 2017 16:15:44 GMT
Photo credit Anthony Robling
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2017 17:26:09 GMT
Goddamn, Brad Judge does it for me everytime. Bravo!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2017 17:32:11 GMT
Definitely attending this Friday.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2017 23:16:48 GMT
Back from this evenings performance. The show was enjoyable, but not 5*s. It was tip-toing a bit too close to the edge of panto for my liking at times. Theres a fine line between vaudeville (which the troupe seemed to be emanating) and pantomime; with the audience participation and overt emphasis on provoking a laugh it wasn't particularly to my taste.
There were a few other questionable direction choices made, such as having 3 cast complete a dance routine directly in front of a projected movie almost completely masking the projection, defeating the point of including the video. I wasn't a fan of the use of accents, particularly between Charles (Welsh) Catherine (Glasgow?) and their son Lewis (Stiff-upper-lipped Southern). The execution of the accents were good, but why would each member of a family have a completely contrasting accent? Maybe there was a point and it went over my head. As a company the cast were great, strong singers and actors and JC as Pippin was adorable.
The lighting really was brilliant, perfect colour palette, apart from a few moments where principals lost their spot during moments moving from one lit area to the next, I was surprised by how much lighting production had been supplied for the show. Perhaps they could reduce the lighting budget marginally and supplement the audio as the speakers were pushed to their limit on occasion struggling with the more dynamic parts of the show.
I recognise that this is early on in its run yet, and I hadn't seen Hope Mills' Yank or Hair to compare, but I don't think this is transfer material.
I experienced a few issues early on with the venue which tainted my evening, and as a result hampered my enjoyment of the show. I was really quite annoyed, after noting online, in printed materials and been told on collection of tickets it was "unallocated seating" to then walk into the auditorium to find 30+ seats with reserved signs on. I think its quite unfair to promote it as unallocated and then allocate more than two rows to one specific group. As other people began to realise this there was some pushing past and general rudeness as people wanted to get what was left of the "better" seats.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 2, 2017 4:46:57 GMT
They have a membership/friends of scheme where for an annual fee you get a few benefits including the ability to reserve seats.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 8:38:04 GMT
Also, shout out to the rather awkward ending. Blackout on an overblown high note from a trumpet (noticeably sharp) and awkward silence for a solid 3 seconds before the director (or whoever it was sat on the back row of the tier taking notes throughout) initiated the applause.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 8:41:59 GMT
They have a membership/friends of scheme where for an annual fee you get a few benefits including the ability to reserve seats. Thats fair, I get that they promote a 'friends of' scheme. Given they're doing the coloured card scheme for ease of access (50 people at a time, when the colour of your card is called) why not automatically give friends/members the first batch, so they get first access to the auditorium. I think its a bit off to literally take out two whole rows and sell it as 'unallocated'.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 2, 2017 9:59:49 GMT
Also, shout out to the rather awkward ending. Blackout on an overblown high note from a trumpet (noticeably sharp) and awkward silence for a solid 3 seconds before the director (or whoever it was sat on the back row of the tier taking notes throughout) initiated the applause. Cringe. I hate that. Thanks for the heads up, I'll take it upon myself when I go now I know.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 11:27:08 GMT
Also, shout out to the rather awkward ending. Blackout on an overblown high note from a trumpet (noticeably sharp) and awkward silence for a solid 3 seconds before the director (or whoever it was sat on the back row of the tier taking notes throughout) initiated the applause. Cringe. I hate that. Thanks for the heads up, I'll take it upon myself when I go now I know. When you going?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 2, 2017 11:30:23 GMT
I'm going with friends week after next, but I *might* nip in on my own before then at some point.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Sept 2, 2017 14:46:53 GMT
Only a handful of seats marked as reserved today (just five as far as I could see).
First visit to the Hope Mill Theatre and loving both the show and the atmosphere of the venue so far. Hugely impressive cast.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 12, 2017 21:44:14 GMT
Well, I loved it.
I absolutely LOVED the design and staging. The flexible space at the Hope Mill was never used to better effect. It's more of a catwalk than a stage, and they use every centimetre of it to full effect.
The cast are young, fresh and gorgeous. I'm not going to single anyone out because I can't really (although the girl playing Fastrada and Bertha went down a bomb with the audience).
I loved the nods to previous productions (jazz hands and curtains!). I think I actually enjoyed this more than Hair. Totally deserves a transfer and good luck to it.
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Post by WireHangers on Sept 14, 2017 16:05:21 GMT
Goddamn, Brad Judge does it for me everytime. Bravo! I went to uni with Brad (also made out with him once in our younger years) I'm definitely screenhotting your comments and sending them to him, he'll absolutely piss himself 😂
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 14, 2017 17:05:00 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 17, 2017 11:15:31 GMT
#gratuitous
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