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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2017 18:01:09 GMT
Of all the things that gets a transfer from Southwark, why this? Where's Grey Gardens, where's the amazing Carrie?? I left The Toxic Avenger at the interval. I am totally ready for Carrie to transfer, I missed it and it is a life regret!
But I want to see Side Show somewhere! If Louise isn't doing Finding Neverland, once she has had that child, get her into Side Show again!
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Post by jgblunners on Apr 20, 2017 18:11:46 GMT
But I want to see Side Show somewhere! If Louise isn't doing Finding Neverland, once she has had that child, get her into Side Show again! I second that! But I'm also very glad this is transferring - it's the one thing I'm really miffed I never got to see at Southwark after hearing rave reports about it.
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Post by Michael on Apr 20, 2017 18:22:59 GMT
Really happy to see this return to London, but would be even happier if they had brought Xanadu back.
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Post by partytentdown on Apr 20, 2017 19:35:55 GMT
Do we reckon we should hold off for discounts then?
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Post by westendwendy on Apr 20, 2017 19:55:27 GMT
Crazy prices. From 20 pounds at Southwark (which is a nicer space) to 60 at the crumbling sticky floored Arts?! What a joke.... Great to see it has a future life but a bad move making it three times more expensive.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 21, 2017 9:55:15 GMT
We have some discounts in the TheatreBoard ticket shop for this. Click the Toxic Avenger advert at the page or the "tickets" link in the main menu.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 10:21:03 GMT
We have some discounts in the TheatreBoard ticket shop for this. Click the Toxic Avenger advert at the page or the "tickets" link in the main menu. typo?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 10:32:12 GMT
I am now leaning towards a visit to surprise my other half for his birthday as he LOVED the show, don't know whether to book or wait and risk it for discounted tickets!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 10:54:26 GMT
No "set up" trial. The system defaults to that while they are loading, and resolves soon. Was going to say... I'd hope they'd include a programme for that price! hah
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 21, 2017 15:26:56 GMT
No "set up" trial. The system defaults to that while they are loading, and resolves soon. Was going to say... I'd hope they'd include a programme for that price! hah Nibble box and a glass of warm Chardonnay... inspired by ATG pricing
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2017 10:38:11 GMT
I paid £14 to see this last year. Charging £60 premiums for a show at the Arts is laughable.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Aug 30, 2017 7:53:47 GMT
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Post by Deal J on Sept 26, 2017 12:02:00 GMT
This opens on Thursday and I'm really looking forward to seeing it on Saturday given I missed out the first time around.
It doesn't look like it's selling particularly well, though - hardly surprising at those prices. I got a decent deal via Amazon tickets.
Fingers crossed for them that they get a lot of last minute bookings...
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Sept 26, 2017 12:12:42 GMT
It's hard to know what's more toxic about this at the Arts Theatre - the protagonist or those prices!
It was £15.50 for a slightly abridged version of the same production at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Post by jamb0r on Sept 29, 2017 8:59:15 GMT
Went to the first preview of this at the Arts last night and thought it was absolutely fantastic. I missed it at Southwark, but the guy sat next to me said it was completely different to how he remembered it at Southwark, in a good way. Sat the other side of me was the full creative team, so it was fascinating to hear them talk about the show also, they were commenting how the 'grungey' feel of the Arts suited the show. There was one 5 minute stop only a few minutes in where someone knocked the power to the sound board out, but the cast handled it brilliantly and other than that it felt really smooth for a first preview. I did hear the creative team saying that the 'LED Mapping' that is in the floor and the walls of the stage hasn't been switched on yet, but should be ready by next Monday and will be pretty impressive in the big numbers. It really reminded me of Urinetown (which I thought was genius) and loved how they even hold up a Urinetown t-shirt at one point.
It says in the programme that it was the professional debut of the guy playing 'White Dude' and he was the stand out star for me - I'm sure we'll be seeing more of him.
Will definitely be going back before the run ends!
(Definitely avoid the front row if you're not a fan of audience participation!)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2017 9:19:29 GMT
Looking at the seating chart for this weekend, it would appear those outrageous prices are putting people off.
Probably not helped by the other cult comedy movie musical opening down the road on the same night!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 29, 2017 9:38:47 GMT
I think you can get some decent deals now on Today Tix and the like.
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Post by adrianics on Sept 29, 2017 9:40:03 GMT
Just had a quick look on TodayTix and despite absolute swathes of unsold seats for tonight's show (go ahead and have a look for yourself, it looks desperate), they're still charging £32.50 per seat if you want more than one, or £20 for a single seat.
This site's tickets are £25 per seat for restricted view, £38 each otherwise. This is absolutely not a criticism of this site, to make myself completely clear. I also have it on very good authority that they're papering every show this weekend.
I used this show as an example in the Where Has the Audience Gone thread, and it's so sad to see that this naked greed is causing such pitiful audience numbers. I've heard nothing but amazing things about this production and am very eager to see it, but I refuse to pay such outrageous prices when it barely takes any effort at all to discover how low the demand is. It's such a shame that this will have such a negative effect on all the creatives, who I have no doubt are brilliant.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 15:10:08 GMT
I love BoM and have seen it a few times. I loathed The Toxic Avenger and left at the interval.
Mormon was clever and smart, Toxic Avenger was just stupid.
I felt £12 at Southwark Playhouse was over priced but the west end prices for it are ridiculous.
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Post by firefingers on Oct 4, 2017 15:26:31 GMT
Well the reviewers seemed to have liked it
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Post by Michael on Oct 4, 2017 15:42:01 GMT
Mormon was clever and smart, Toxic Avenger was just stupid. Interesting. I felt that both had similar "South Park" (American Frat Boy) type humour, myself. While I wouldn't call Toxic Avenger stupid, I do agree with @tbfl that Book of Mormon's humour is much smarter. I really liked TA back at the Southwark Playhouse (and look forward to seeing it in November at the Arts), but BoM is a completely different level.
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Post by shady23 on Oct 4, 2017 16:02:25 GMT
I do fancy seeing it but not at those prices or at that theatre.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 16:51:55 GMT
That's alot of 4 and 5 star reviews! Did this production play in Edinburgh??
This type of campy schtick just isn't my thing. I think i was the only one here who didn't like Xanadu.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Oct 4, 2017 17:01:38 GMT
That's alot of 4 and 5 star reviews! Did this production play in Edinburgh?? Yes, an abridged (75 minute) version of it played at Pleasance Courtyard at the Fringe this summer.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 4, 2017 17:32:00 GMT
Please PLEASE tell me this isn’t anything like my show nemesis BOM.
I’m going later this month 😭
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Post by Ade on Oct 4, 2017 23:28:33 GMT
Please PLEASE tell me this isn’t anything like my show nemesis BOM. I’m going later this month 😭 I didn’t like BoM at all (actually because I felt it wasn’t smart with its humour at all) but loved this (not that this is smart either, but it doesn’t rest on two jokes played over and over like BoM).
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Post by HereForTheatre on Oct 5, 2017 7:27:47 GMT
I loved this last night. Although I felt it veered too much into play that goes wrong territory in the second act when in the first there were only a few nods to breaking the fourth wall and things going wrong here and there. In the second we had stage hands on stage, missed ques, missed lighting, trips ect, set fails and all and I just thought it seemed a bit of a change.
But still thought it was a riot.
I couldnt help thinking that the guy who plays Toxie sounds a lot like Ben Platt and also has the baby-face geeky look going on...so just saying.
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Post by bellboard27 on Oct 5, 2017 16:05:02 GMT
I enjoyed this very much.
For anyone who wants a serious exploration of the issues concerning the appropriate ways to manage hazardous waste sustainably, I cannot recommend it enough!
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 6, 2017 16:45:04 GMT
I saw this in NY years ago and had a great night. I was really excited to hear it was coming to Southwark, saw it and had a great time, so went back a second time with friends and enjoyed it just as much. So I was excited to take a big group of friends to the latest version at the Arts - and I was really disappointed. There are still some great moments, but the comedy in this has become so broad and crude that it's almost become something different. Some jokes which used to be clever and subtle have now been totally blown over the top. Don't get me wrong, I love a good cock joke, but the old 'wink to the audience' style was much more entertaining in my eyes than just a long line of wanking and blow job jokes.
The character of Sarah has lost any kind of realism and is now basically a fairly offensive caricature, the Mayor is so overblown that she's barely recognisable as a real person rather than a monster. Both are hugely talented singers and dancers but I have to say that by stripping any realism or smartness from them, there's no sense of loyalty or affection to the characters.
I actually felt a little embarrassed that I'd raved so much to the people I brought, but they were first timers and were generally swept up by the chaos of the second act (which now closely resembles the backstage farce of 'The Play that Goes Wrong') and so had a generally enjoyable night.
Which I guess is the point of moving it to the west end.
Sorry to sound like a grump...
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 6, 2017 16:45:59 GMT
Also fascinated to know how they cut this down to 75mins for Edinburgh, did anyone see it there?
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