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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 6, 2018 14:54:50 GMT
Yeah but none of them ever attempted that weird, multi-accented dog-rough Jessica Rabbit vibe he's going for. (I think he was going for vintage glamour)... Old northern club drag does everything with its tongue firmly in-cheek, knowingly 'rough' and that's the charm. If they looked like they were too try-hard, the gag would never have landed... Not sure what the other three in the show said, due to lack of diction, but their image was a bit more on the mark (Scottish one aside). Coco? Like no 'north' I know. I thought he was going for some sort of brunette Mae West type. It was dreadful anyway. The scottish one reminded me of Trinity Taylor, having fallen on very hard times.
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Post by hulmeman on Jul 6, 2018 15:30:59 GMT
I wrote to Vue asking why the variance of price and their reply was that they employ "dynamic pricing", which strikes me as being legalised profiteering!
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Post by hulmeman on Jul 7, 2018 9:48:45 GMT
Watched Jamie for the third time last nigh, this time form Moscow! (The price in Moscow was about £10 with our average cinema tix price being £3-6). We had a rather quiet sound for the most of the time and it obviously didn’t feel as engaging as watching the show from the sedond row of the theatre. But the close ups and the intimate scenes worked well, only the bigger numbers left me a bit underwhelmed, as I knew how they work nicely in the actual theatre. Had a great evening and cried, like, five times! I like this show despite all its flaws and imperfections. Very happy I got a chance of sharing the experience with my friends who can’t afford coming to London (currently visas are almost £100 and flights are around £250) I just realised the significance of this post. Stasia, do I understand you saw this in a cinema in Moscow? If so, I salute you and you friends if the suppression of LGBTi rights in Russia is as hard as I think it is.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 10:21:14 GMT
I can't help but think this returning to cinemas is a big mistake. Because surely the general public going to see this in the cinema will make them not go to the West End production? The option of a ticket to the cinema being cheaper than a theatre ticket, I know which one would be more tempting if I wasn't intensely a theatre fan.
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Post by Stasia on Jul 7, 2018 10:28:42 GMT
Watched Jamie for the third time last nigh, this time form Moscow! (The price in Moscow was about £10 with our average cinema tix price being £3-6). We had a rather quiet sound for the most of the time and it obviously didn’t feel as engaging as watching the show from the sedond row of the theatre. But the close ups and the intimate scenes worked well, only the bigger numbers left me a bit underwhelmed, as I knew how they work nicely in the actual theatre. Had a great evening and cried, like, five times! I like this show despite all its flaws and imperfections. Very happy I got a chance of sharing the experience with my friends who can’t afford coming to London (currently visas are almost £100 and flights are around £250) I just realised the significance of this post. Stasia, do I understand you saw this in a cinema in Moscow? If so, I salute you and you friends if the suppression of LGBTi rights in Russia is as hard as I think it is. Yep. I think it was the closest to promoting the freedom of being who younwant to be we got here in ages. The screening was marked as 18+ to cover up from “promoting lgbt to underaged” which is illegal in Russia (and omg I can’t think of a bigger bulsh*t). Hope there will be repeated screenings and more people will be able to make it. (This one didn’t have surtitles and started late due to the time difference).
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Post by Stasia on Jul 7, 2018 10:29:59 GMT
I can't help but think this returning to cinemas is a big mistake. Because surely the general public going to see this in the cinema will make them not go to the West End production? The option of a ticket to the cinema being cheaper than a theatre ticket, I know which one would be more tempting if I wasn't intensely a theatre fan. I think it actually worked the other way round. Judging by comments of “not stagey” people quite a few decided to see the show live after thr screening!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 10:31:43 GMT
I can't help but think this returning to cinemas is a big mistake. Because surely the general public going to see this in the cinema will make them not go to the West End production? The option of a ticket to the cinema being cheaper than a theatre ticket, I know which one would be more tempting if I wasn't intensely a theatre fan. I think it actually worked the other way round. Judging by comments of “not stagey” people quite a few decided to see the show live after thr screening! I agree. If people see it and love it, many will still want the 'real' experience. Even as a theatre fan there's been a couple of NT Lives that have made me then want to see it 'live-live' (like out-out but for theatre).
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Post by apubleed on Jul 8, 2018 20:23:06 GMT
surely the general public going to see this in the cinema will make them not go to the West End production The evidence is certainly there that screenings help, not hinder the box office. The Miz film gave the show a boost, for example; and I've heard from various sources that they try to let shows run as long as possible after the live showing to reap the benefit. It also was apparently true for Chicago...but I wonder if it's more true for *film adaptations* than *filmed versions*. It's a little different when what you are watching is literally what is shown on stage vs adapted from stage.
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Post by Rozzi Rainbow on Jul 8, 2018 21:23:13 GMT
I saw the cinema screening, having never seen the show before, and absolutely loved it. Somewhat surprisingly, I wasn't even aware of it when it was in Sheffield, the first I heard of it was via an email list when it transferred to town - I thought it looked interesting and so I then started following this thread. I liked how they kept the northern location and accents.
I thought it started very strongly with the school scenes, I thought the songs were catchy and I loved The Wall in My Head. And those shoes - wow!! I don't think I could even walk in them, let alone dance. There were a lot of issues covered I wasn't necessarily expecting, especially in the second half, which was very moving - there were a good few sniffles among us in the back row. I thought it would have been nice to have seen when he started to wear his mum's clothes, and how they both reacted to it, but I suppose that was a good while ago in the story and they had to start somewhere.
*SLIGHT SPOILER* (Sorry, don't know how to do the tags) I think it's interesting that there are no (that I'm aware of) issues with girls wearing 'male' clothes - I live most of the time in jeans - yet there's still a stigma in places when this is reversed. I wondered if one of the girls going to the prom had felt uncomfortable wearing a dress, whether the teacher would have made such an issue out of her wearing a suit. (I did agree that Jamie going in full drag may have been seen to be too much, but if the dress he wore was fine for the girls, it should have been fine for him.) I loved how the rest of the class stood up for him.
I'd wanted to see this in London for a while, but that takes a lot of time and money and I'm also a bit wary of making the trip to London to risk seeing a show I've not seen before, especially with others there I know I'll like, so I was really glad of the cinema option for this. I probably won't see it in London now, as there are others shows there I want to see, but would certainly try and see it nearer home if it toured now I know I'll enjoy it. I thought this was very similar in parts to Kinky Boots, which I also like.
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Post by sophizoey on Jul 9, 2018 6:50:48 GMT
The pre-recorded version that is being released in cinemas is likely going to be slightly different and was planned. When I went to enter the todaytix lottery on Tuesday 3rd, it was unavailable due to filming, same on the Thursday. (Not that I mind I ended up winning the Kinky Boots lottery)
So additional takes and scenes have been recorded.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 7:12:10 GMT
The pre-recorded version that is being released in cinemas is likely going to be slightly different and was planned. When I went to enter the todaytix lottery on Tuesday 3rd, it was unavailable due to filming, same on the Thursday. (Not that I mind I ended up winning the Kinky Boots lottery) So additional takes and scenes have been recorded. Or they could just have been filming the close-up material that requires manned cameras on stage, which would - obviously - not be possible with an audience in.
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Post by graham on Jul 9, 2018 9:38:34 GMT
The pre-recorded version that is being released in cinemas is likely going to be slightly different and was planned. When I went to enter the todaytix lottery on Tuesday 3rd, it was unavailable due to filming, same on the Thursday. (Not that I mind I ended up winning the Kinky Boots lottery) So additional takes and scenes have been recorded. Or they could just have been filming the close-up material that requires manned cameras on stage, which would - obviously - not be possible with an audience in. It may just have been that they took so many rows out at the front to make room for the track-mounted camera that they chose not to sell lottery tickets. (That camera was really annoying as it whipped backwards and forwards!!)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 10:52:37 GMT
Ah yes graham - Mis-understood the post, which to me implied Tuesday's performance was cancelled to record additional takes and new material, but like you say, the performance went ahead and the lottery tickets were just unavailable due to seats removed for the the camera track.
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Post by cheesy116 on Jul 12, 2018 15:30:08 GMT
Sorry if this is already posted about or I have missed it but Melissa Jacques (Kinky Boots, Wicked) tweeted Alex Gaumond congratulations about his casting in Company and also said that they'll be 'neighbours', whilst tagging the page for this show. Has they're been announcement for her casting in the show ? Or am I misinterpreting what she's saying ? Her twitter handle is @melissajacque12 and his is @alexgaumond if you want to see the interactions between them.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 12, 2018 15:39:12 GMT
And she's also tweeted that she has seen the show twice this week.
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Post by ensembleswings on Jul 12, 2018 17:15:34 GMT
I jumped to the same conclusion you did cheesy116 I can't see any other reason for her seeing the show twice in this past week and saying they'll be neighbours (whilst also tagging the show in the tweets) if she isn't going into the show.
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Post by jgblunners on Jul 13, 2018 10:25:42 GMT
New cast announced - Rebecca McKinnis (previously understudy Margaret and Miss Hedge) to take over as Margaret and Lee Ross (who?) will play Hugo/Loco. Link to WOS articleReally glad to see Rebecca promoted - I've not seen Josie in the role but Rebecca was fantastic when I saw her!
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Post by cheesy116 on Jul 13, 2018 10:53:36 GMT
(In regards to me messages just up the page) I'm not sure what Melissa was meaning then since they've just announced the new casting and she isn't in it. Maybe she is getting involved with the production backstage rather than on stage since she does pretty much say that she will be involved with the show in her tweets.
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Post by jgblunners on Jul 13, 2018 10:59:02 GMT
(In regards to me messages just up the page) I'm not sure what Melissa was meaning then since they've just announced the new casting and she isn't in it. Maybe she is getting involved with the production backstage rather than on stage since she does pretty much say that she will be involved with the show in her tweets. She could be replacing Rebecca as cover for Margaret and Miss Hedge? At a quick glance, there doesn't seem to be anyone in the main body of the new cast announcement that isn't listed as a named character and fits the age range.
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Post by Stasia on Jul 13, 2018 11:27:47 GMT
(In regards to me messages just up the page) I'm not sure what Melissa was meaning then since they've just announced the new casting and she isn't in it. Maybe she is getting involved with the production backstage rather than on stage since she does pretty much say that she will be involved with the show in her tweets. Personally I read her messages as just congratulating someone who will work in the neighbourhood
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Post by ensembleswings on Jul 13, 2018 14:31:15 GMT
Really pleased for Rebecca, she was my first (and only) Margaret and I really enjoyed her performance, looking forward to going again at some point over the summer
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Post by anthony on Jul 15, 2018 11:29:45 GMT
Eventually saw this yesterday (matinee). I... didn't like it. I don't think the story is interesting and I don't think their execution of the telling the story is particularly interesting, either. It just seems to be all written around getting cheap pops from the audience. From the moment the word 'prom' is mentioned, you know every single thing that is going to happen throughout.
Saying that, the cast were amazing. Although we were sat in front of a lady who had obviously saw it a few times and continued to sob from the moment the first song started because she was going to 'miss' some of the departing cast members. Literally snivelling her way through the entire thing from beginning to end. Ugh.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 15, 2018 11:38:57 GMT
Saying that, the cast were amazing. Although we were sat in front of a lady who had obviously saw it a few times and continued to sob from the moment the first song started because she was going to 'miss' some of the departing cast members. Literally snivelling her way through the entire thing from beginning to end. Ugh. 🙄
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Post by showtoones on Jul 15, 2018 17:00:22 GMT
Saying that, the cast were amazing. Although we were sat in front of a lady who had obviously saw it a few times and continued to sob from the moment the first song started because she was going to 'miss' some of the departing cast members. Literally snivelling her way through the entire thing from beginning to end. Ugh. 🙄 Why do you have to call out Megan Markle like that?!? Leave her alone 🤗
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Post by Stasia on Jul 15, 2018 21:25:53 GMT
Eventually saw this yesterday (matinee). I... didn't like it. I don't think the story is interesting and I don't think their execution of the telling the story is particularly interesting, either. It just seems to be all written around getting cheap pops from the audience. From the moment the word 'prom' is mentioned, you know every single thing that is going to happen throughout. Saying that, the cast were amazing. Although we were sat in front of a lady who had obviously saw it a few times and continued to sob from the moment the first song started because she was going to 'miss' some of the departing cast members. Literally snivelling her way through the entire thing from beginning to end. Ugh. Personally I find that experiencing deep emotions in the theatre (such as sobbing) is much better than bitching about it. Yes, people do cry in the theatres. And you can’t fake that meaning the tears are genuine and emotional and many other things. And this is what theatre is for. I can cry even being at home and remembering how touchi g and strong and vulnerable Josie Walker was in it. And I din’t like people making fun of others being more empathetic and having deeper feelings than them. For all of us who cry in the theatres — JUST. DON’T.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2018 22:27:25 GMT
it's fine to cry if you find a story moving, but to cry because someone is leaving the cast soon, when you're not a cast member.... I agree with Anthony. ugh.
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Post by Stasia on Jul 16, 2018 6:27:01 GMT
it's fine to cry if you find a story moving, but to cry because someone is leaving the cast soon, when you're not a cast member.... I agree with Anthony. ugh. It is not what he said. He said a person was crying from the first song. I did that (from the second song though) in Moscow during the cinema screening. Because I was overwhelmed. Seriously, he didn’t know why a said person was crying in these particular moments. And chances are higher it was because of the rendition of the certain numbers and undrstanding you won’t hear them again as they were performed. And crying because your favourite performer won’t sing these lines anymore is also normal. Much more normal than posting 8 lines about the show 4 of which are dedicated to a person who was watching the same show and living through it 10 times better.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2018 6:42:37 GMT
Obviously I wasn't there, I don't know that woman etc etc But I too dislike making fun of a woman for having emotions at the theatre.
Firstly, I cried during the first song in Jamie, I don't even know why I just did and that was the first time seeing it. Similar to that lady I cried my way through the opening monologues of Angels in America the last time I saw it because I too was going to miss, if not the cast member (well yes that too) the show.
People experience a range of emotions at the theatre. People get attached to shows and the performers in them for all sorts of reasons. And for one would expect better of people who spend their time on a theatre forum than to judge someone for feeling emotions at the theatre.
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Post by viserys on Jul 16, 2018 6:48:17 GMT
As long as the lady wasn't loudly sobbing, sniffling and howling and thereby disturbing others around her, it's nobody else's business how overwhelmed or not she was.
Some people are better at keeping their emotions in than others. Crying can be a healthy cathartic. Personally I tend not to cry in the theatre except maybe tears welling up in my eyes a little bit at particularly sappy moments. But I know I might cry when I have to say "goodbye" to a particular performer later this year and I'd hate to think of someone sitting next to me judging me when he (or she) has no idea why and how this performance has come to mean so much to me. Like Stasia says, sometimes someone touches your heart with a performance and when that performer is gone, the show will not be the same anymore.
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Post by anthony on Jul 16, 2018 8:06:33 GMT
As I have stated, the lady was crying from the first song because she was upset that it was the last time she was going to see the current cast and she was said they were leaving. I know this, as she proceeded to tell everyone who would listen at the interval.
And it was loudly sobbing. It wasn't discreet. It was literally sniffling, gasping, fiddling with plastic hankey packets from the very beginning to the very end. Literally two and a bit hours of this continuously. She was disturbing others around her -- again, I know this because other people around us were talking about how loud the crying was also.
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