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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 18:39:20 GMT
There's no audience participation. If you are front row centre on platform 1 you might get a bit of extra attention in one song towards the end. Nothing major and you don't actually have to do anything though. Slightly off centre. As long as I don't have to do anything I'll be OK. Haha. Steffi's completely correct. A slight spoiler, Graffiti Pete attempts to "peddle" his "hand-designed" shirts to several audience members on Platform 2 (from my personal experience it's everyone in the rows A and B and seats 30-37) as well but as a general thing, after unsuccessfully offering them to the main characters. He gets up pretty quickly after it too, so if you turn the other way or give him a polite smile it's all part of the act. Also during "When You're Home", some of the ensemble sit down against the stairs (you'll get what I mean when you see it) and from what I could gather Sonny, Graffiti Pete and a dude in green (he has no name but he's pretty hard to miss) were eyeing up the audience. xD All in all no audience participation at all, but certain performers might choose you to focus on.
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Post by flyingfree on Feb 21, 2016 18:46:19 GMT
Saw this last night and really enjoyed it, thought all the cast were really strong, which made me more sad that we had to leave as the finale began in order to catch the last train home. Shame they can't start the show any earlier because we weren't the first to start leaving either.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 21, 2016 19:16:48 GMT
There's no audience participation. If you are front row centre on platform 1 you might get a bit of extra attention in one song towards the end. Nothing major and you don't actually have to do anything though. Steffi, on that front row is there plenty of legroom or is there some sort of obstruction in front?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2016 19:27:01 GMT
There's no audience participation. If you are front row centre on platform 1 you might get a bit of extra attention in one song towards the end. Nothing major and you don't actually have to do anything though. Steffi, on that front row is there plenty of legroom or is there some sort of obstruction in front? As far as I'm aware there isn't any on either. I could be wrong but both platforms are pretty similar and the only obstructions I had were performers coming out from the wings/dancing in the aisles/etc. The best seats if you want to avoid this are the ones in the middle. If you're super tall/have really long legs you're gonna have to fold them up a bit but not that uncomfortably. There IS enough space and you get a warning at the beginning to tuck your legs in and you can tell when someone's gonna come up and jump on stage in front of you.
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Post by Steffi on Feb 21, 2016 19:43:17 GMT
Rooftoppes is right. Good legroom in the front row but you will have to make space for performers passing by now and then. I'm quite small and my view wasn't obstructed even when a performer sat down on the edge of the stage in front of me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2016 16:17:20 GMT
Little questions for anyone who's stagedoored the show, if I may? The context for my visit would be a Saturday night show, so the matinee-rest rule doesn't apply!
-Did you catch any cast in the bar before they went outside? -Are they comfortable with being stopped/ how would you approach them? -Who tends to come out first? -Are the cast alright with a quick chat? -Does the bar go straight outside where the stagedoor is or do you have to find it yourself? -Who, in your opinion, is the best to try and talk to, and who's always in a rush?
Thanks guys!
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Post by Steffi on Feb 23, 2016 18:18:43 GMT
Little questions for anyone who's stagedoored the show, if I may? The context for my visit would be a Saturday night show, so the matinee-rest rule doesn't apply! -Did you catch any cast in the bar before they went outside? -Are they comfortable with being stopped/ how would you approach them? -Who tends to come out first? -Are the cast alright with a quick chat? -Does the bar go straight outside where the stagedoor is or do you have to find it yourself? -Who, in your opinion, is the best to try and talk to, and who's always in a rush? Thanks guys! The "stage door" is a side exit that leads to the passage the audience uses too so basically if a performer leaves through there he/she will walk out through the normal entrance/exit by the box office. However, quite often the cast wil come into the foyer after the show. They often have friends in and will meet them there. General rule: Everyone I've spoken to has been lovely (Sam, Joe, Lily, Victoria - who's not there now, obviously -...). Just be respectful and you'll be fine. No guarantee they will come into the foyer, of course but I would suggest to wait there and not stand in the cold outside. Especially because they are unlikely to be in a rush if they come into the foyer. :-) And all of them are usually pretty quick - anyone who's not in the foyer 15 minutes after the show has finished has most likely left through the side exit.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 26, 2016 10:55:56 GMT
It's the last day to enter our In The Heights competition to win a pair of Tickets. Make sure you get your entries in by 5pm today to be in with a chance! Click Here Competition Page
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Post by RudyGrey on Feb 26, 2016 20:18:59 GMT
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Post by d'James on Feb 26, 2016 20:32:20 GMT
Ageist!!! Haha.
I got mine for £15 so can't complain.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 21:13:04 GMT
That video is really cute. I have never said "aw" so many times out loud.
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Post by d'James on Mar 1, 2016 1:30:20 GMT
I saw this tonight. I really enjoyed it. So much energy. Will definitely try and see it again.
Anyone know how it works with The Railway Children. We asked one of the staff and what she said wasn't very clear. How often do they have to take the In The Heights set down? Or does it slide off somewhere?
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Post by stageyninja83 on Mar 1, 2016 7:56:13 GMT
Shame there was no Best Actor Oliver nod for Sam Mackay, thought he deserved to be there.
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Post by Steffi on Mar 1, 2016 14:36:29 GMT
I saw this tonight. I really enjoyed it. So much energy. Will definitely try and see it again. Anyone know how it works with The Railway Children. We asked one of the staff and what she said wasn't very clear. How often do they have to take the In The Heights set down? Or does it slide off somewhere? The In the Heights set can stay put from Sunday eve to Tuesday eve. On Wednesday they have to get the Railway Children set back in and Thursday to Sunday they have a Railway Children matinee and In the Heights evening performance. That's the regular schedule. Railway Children is doing extra performances around Easter so that will mean even more set changes. When In the Heights first started at the theatre there used to be delays to the start time regularly on days with a Railway Children matinee because it took them longer than expected to change the set. They redecorate the foyer for In the Heights too. It's not a huge set but the backstage crew sure does a great job switching between shows that quickly. :-)
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Post by d'James on Mar 1, 2016 14:41:10 GMT
Wow. So they actually dismantle it and remantle ( ;-) ) it when they do different shows?! They must be really slick!
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Post by theatre-turtle on Mar 1, 2016 15:17:00 GMT
Shame there was no Best Actor Oliver nod for Sam Mackay, thought he deserved to be there. I agree he's a hugely likeable and sympathetic Usnavi. I think I prefer his performance to Lin Manuel
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Post by freckles on Mar 1, 2016 16:10:42 GMT
Isn't Jade coming back?
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Post by Steffi on Mar 1, 2016 16:43:52 GMT
She said she was hoping to be back soon but that was more than a month ago. I have no idea how long a broken nose needs to heal enough for her to be able to perform.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Mar 1, 2016 16:45:21 GMT
Well she was at the recent Aladdin showcase/launch and performed. It hardly seems worth her going back now.
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Post by d'James on Mar 1, 2016 16:45:50 GMT
She said she was hoping to be back soon but that was more than a month ago. I have no idea how long a broken nose needs to heal enough for her to be able to perform. Oh no. How did she break it?
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Post by Steffi on Mar 1, 2016 20:03:00 GMT
She said she was hoping to be back soon but that was more than a month ago. I have no idea how long a broken nose needs to heal enough for her to be able to perform. Oh no. How did she break it? I was at the show when it happened. She accidentally got hit in the face by one of the dancers during Blackout (act one finale). She carried on until the interval, Jocasta Almgill took over as Vanessa for act two.
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Post by d'James on Mar 1, 2016 21:21:03 GMT
Oh dear. I was worried it might've been something like that. I bet they felt awful. Good for her carrying on.
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Post by d'James on Mar 2, 2016 15:26:50 GMT
Just listened to 'Enough' on the soundtrack. Very underwhelmed after Josie Benson's performance on Monday. The recording lacks so much oomph in comparison.
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Post by charliec on Mar 5, 2016 16:56:26 GMT
Went to this again last night, first time seeing any understudies (Michael Cortez on for Sam McKay and I think Jocasta on for Jade Ewen) and impressed by both. It's just really nice to have this wonderful, uplifting show in London for a good chunk of time. Audience were really enjoying it and there were only a few empty seats. Lots of whooping at the balcony scene at the top of act 2 which I haven't experienced before- must be the Friday night crowd!
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Post by panda on Mar 6, 2016 16:09:08 GMT
I saw the show on Friday, having listened to a coupe of songs and watched a few videos from the show. I came with a group of friends I had encouraged to see the show based on what I know of it and some of the amazing reviews on here. I have to admit to feeling hugely underwhelmed by the interval and incredibly disappointed. Michael was on for Usnavi, Philippa for Daniella, Jocasta for Vanessa and Spin for the Piragua Guy. I was sat on the back row a little out to the side on Platform two and really felt like this was the sort of show I wanted to be seated much closer for.
Whilst the energy the cast were putting into the show was up there with the best of the West End, the performances just weren't reaching the back of (what is essentially) a small venue. The sounds was unbalanced and the choreography, whilst great in many ways, but as with many promenade performances felt somewhat contained and constrained. Jocasta was stunning vocally with a sincere performance to match. Philippa sounded fine, I felt she needed to crank it up a little. Michael was, well, just a bit dull. I love the song 'Breathe' but Lily sounded like she was struggling through much of the material that called for her to sing in a softer tone without belt. I guess, as this song comes so close to the start of the show, this set up a felling of slight disappointment.
It wasn't really until Josie's Enough' at the start of act two that I began to care about any of the characters and by the end of the show I was standing along with an ovation by many in the audience.
I felt as though the stage felt a little empty during some of the scenes involving the whole company and wondered if there would normally be more people on stage had there not been so many covers?
Overall I enjoyed it and think I'll give it another try later in the run when Sam is back.
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Post by d'James on Mar 6, 2016 16:16:04 GMT
Philippa's really the main Daniela as whatsername is on maternity leave. I think they just announce her as an understudy because they haven't reprinted the programmes, but on the website she's listed as Daniela.
Are they looking for new actors as Jade will be leaving soon surely, even though she's been indisposed recently?!
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Post by Steffi on Mar 12, 2016 18:15:39 GMT
Just heard that Jade is not coming back. Don't know if Jocasta is being promoted or if they are getting someone new for the role though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2016 18:19:49 GMT
Just heard that Jade is not coming back. Don't know if Jocasta is being promoted or if they are getting someone new for the role though. I thought we knew Jade wasn't coming back? She only has two months left until Aladdin begins previews so no doubt she will want a short break before going into the hardcore rehearsals and tech etc...
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Post by Steffi on Mar 12, 2016 23:34:23 GMT
Well, she hasn't officially left the cast. She was supposed to stay until mid April and has been off injured since mid January.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2016 23:37:58 GMT
Well, she hasn't officially left the cast. She was supposed to stay until mid April and has been off injured since mid January. Ah fair enough. I wonder if she will come back then?
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