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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 16, 2018 13:50:23 GMT
I'd love to see revivals of Grand Hotel and Me and My Girl Oh I forgot about Me and My Girl, which would be playing it ultra safe, this one would guaranteed to be box office gold - given the demographic of the Chichester audience, would have a fantastic chance of a West End transfer.
I could see Chichester going for this one and me the first in the queue for a ticket.
I haven't seen this show.
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Post by rumbledoll on Jan 16, 2018 14:22:25 GMT
Just make the flipping announcement! Dont see why we always have to wait til half term every year. Worry not, we all will recieve a couple of emails with announcement of the upcoming Announcement first..
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Post by emsworthian on Jan 16, 2018 14:24:36 GMT
I'd love to see revivals of Grand Hotel and Me and My Girl Oh I forgot about Me and My Girl, which would be playing it ultra safe, this one would guaranteed to be box office gold - given the demographic of the Chichester audience, would have a fantastic chance of a West End transfer.
I could see Chichester going for this one and me the first in the queue for a ticket.
I haven't seen this show.
I saw "Me and My Girl" in the 80s and loved it. It was supposed to star Karl Howman but he was ill and the understudy went on instead. The additional dialogue by Stephen Fry is witty and it is a fun, if undemanding, evening.
If you wish to see "Grand Hotel", they are doing it this year at the Shaw Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake (The Shaw is also doing three plays by Stephen Fry) but Canada is quite a long way to go.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 14:46:57 GMT
No, they can't revive 'Me & My Girl' until Charlie Stemp is ready. It's like the perfect marriage of show and star.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 16, 2018 15:59:27 GMT
I'd discount Camelot as an option for now to be honest. When chatting with the lovely Mr Evans after the post-'Quiz' quiz, he said that the book of Camelot would need a lot of work before it would be good enough for a new staging. In fact, he was quite surprised that a lot of the shows we were suggesting for revival were so old, which makes me think that his inclination is towards more recent musicals. Which explains Caroline, or Change, of course. And of course Fiddler is very new!
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 16, 2018 16:01:36 GMT
^ As were his very successful Show Boat and My Fair Lady at Sheffield. The ink was barely dry!
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Post by theatreian on Jan 16, 2018 16:11:58 GMT
My Fair Lady was superb in Sheffield. It was my first time at that venue and loved it.
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Post by alicechallice on Jan 16, 2018 16:24:12 GMT
I'd discount Camelot as an option for now to be honest. When chatting with the lovely Mr Evans after the post-'Quiz' quiz, he said that the book of Camelot would need a lot of work before it would be good enough for a new staging. In fact, he was quite surprised that a lot of the shows we were suggesting for revival were so old, which makes me think that his inclination is towards more recent musicals. Which explains Caroline, or Change, of course. And of course Fiddler is very new! I meant going forward of course. Maybe he felt Sheffield was the right place for big classic revivals but Chichester has already had plenty so a new direction would be nice. Fiddler and Caroline were rather ghetto for them really.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 16, 2018 18:23:35 GMT
I'd discount Camelot as an option for now to be honest. When chatting with the lovely Mr Evans after the post-'Quiz' quiz, he said that the book of Camelot would need a lot of work before it would be good enough for a new staging. In fact, he was quite surprised that a lot of the shows we were suggesting for revival were so old, which makes me think that his inclination is towards more recent musicals. Which explains Caroline, or Change, of course. And of course Fiddler is very new! Any show is a crapshoot. I saw My Fair Lady and thought it was excellent, it could’ve got a West End run, but it was done at the wrong time and no suitable theatre was available. Show Boat got excellent reviews, I found it very good, but ultimately didn’t find its market. Also when a producing house looks for a show many factors are taken into account, obviously top of this would be availabity, then cost to produce, impact on the producing house box office and the shows legacy, where the artistic will listen to producers and theatre owners, what they likely to option if done well. I would stick my neck out here and say that Chichester knows what musicals it wants to do next year and would have started on the first rung of the ladder of producing it and they would have a good idea for the following year also.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 16, 2018 18:59:11 GMT
And of course Fiddler is very new! Any show is a crapshoot. I saw My Fair Lady and thought it was excellent, it could’ve got a West End run, but it was done at the wrong time and no suitable theatre was available. Show Boat got excellent reviews, I found it very good, but ultimately didn’t find its market. Also when a producing house looks for a show many factors are taken into account, obviously top of this would be availabity, then cost to produce, impact on the producing house box office and the shows legacy, where the artistic will listen to producers and theatre owners, what they likely to option if done well. I would stick my neck out here and say that Chichester knows what musicals it wants to do next year and would have started on the first rung of the ladder of producing it and they would have a good idea for the following year also. I would be very surprised if they werent forward planning in the way you suggest, seems obvious. After all they tend to only do one mainhouse musical each year. The Minerva has given them that less risky venue to put on shows that otherwise wouldnt get done at all.
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Post by emsworthian on Jan 28, 2018 22:23:11 GMT
Chichester season to announced in 3 weeks time according to a tweet from Daniel Evans.
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 28, 2018 23:00:54 GMT
Always seems to be half term!
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 2, 2018 13:20:57 GMT
Announcement date confirmed as Thurs 15th Feb!
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 2, 2018 15:24:01 GMT
Yes thank god! Still two weeks away, though i imagine we will get more leaks now.
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 2, 2018 15:47:29 GMT
We got very few leaks last year and this year looks the same. I guess we will just have to wait. No idea even what the "big" musical is in the main house!
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Post by lewis on Feb 2, 2018 16:13:20 GMT
present laughter directed by sean foley.
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 2, 2018 16:41:12 GMT
present laughter directed by sean foley.
Hmm. Very soon after the Bath production.
Any idea who might be playing Gary?
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 2, 2018 21:52:26 GMT
present laughter directed by sean foley. Gawd!!
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Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 3, 2018 3:29:31 GMT
Yes thank god! Still two weeks away, though i imagine we will get more leaks now. To be expected, at your age.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 3, 2018 8:31:42 GMT
Yes thank god! Still two weeks away, though i imagine we will get more leaks now. To be expected, at your age. Considering your previous attempts, thats actually funny.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 10, 2018 23:03:00 GMT
317 days until Christmas.
6 Days until the announcement at Chichester.
I suspect everyone on here cares about the later.
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Post by meister on Feb 13, 2018 18:26:19 GMT
I'd love to see revivals of Grand Hotel and Me and My Girl Oh I forgot about Me and My Girl, which would be playing it ultra safe, this one would guaranteed to be box office gold - given the demographic of the Chichester audience, would have a fantastic chance of a West End transfer.
I could see Chichester going for this one and me the first in the queue for a ticket.
I haven't seen this show.
Start queuing Phantom....
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Post by emsworthian on Feb 14, 2018 12:03:21 GMT
Just to let you know that according to Chichester Festival Theatre's twitter feed, Daniel Evans will be on online tomorrow at 12.30 to take questions on the new season. If you aren't free at that time tomorrow, you can post your questions in advance.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 6:08:23 GMT
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 15, 2018 7:06:18 GMT
Interesting mix. I had been wondering about Mrs Harris! Might have to join the Friends.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 8:44:09 GMT
Can Chichester handle Mike Bartlett's Cock? It gets about a bit though doesn't it...
Oh it's all too easy. (and the jokes)
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 15, 2018 8:57:01 GMT
I have this lovely vision of a Chichester lady of a certain age going to the box office and saying "I'd like to see Cock" and the Box Office Assistant responding "Wouldn't we all".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 9:00:15 GMT
I have this lovely vision of a Chichester lady of a certain age going to the box office and saying "I'd like to see Cock" and the Box Office Assistant responding "Wouldn't we all". "It's been 85 Years...." But part of me does LOVE the idea of the ahem, older demographic of Chichester, who book for everything having to ring up and ask for "2 for Cock"
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 15, 2018 12:48:54 GMT
It would Ben more fitting if she took her trilby hat off first.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 12:53:34 GMT
I have this lovely vision of a Chichester lady of a certain age going to the box office and saying "I'd like to see Cock" and the Box Office Assistant responding "Wouldn't we all". Talking of cock, is anyone else getting fed up with Picasso’s cock in the ad on this website?! Great big thing in the woman’s face... Sometimes it’s replaced with Hyundai cars. Puts you off your stroke...
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