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Post by ABr on Oct 5, 2019 9:24:19 GMT
This is great news! I really hope Rebecca returns to the role, as haven't seen her in anything since Show Boat, so would love to see her again!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 5, 2019 9:29:41 GMT
Pleased for the HM/Aria but I didn’t like it.
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Oct 5, 2019 11:09:59 GMT
Yes! Love this show and didn't get to see it in Manchester, excellent news!
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Post by Dr Tom on Oct 5, 2019 11:23:19 GMT
It's also advertised in Mame programme (Rags - London - 2020).
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Oct 14, 2019 9:27:28 GMT
Transferring to the Park Theatre from 9th January to 8th February 2020.
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Post by fossil on Oct 14, 2019 9:31:00 GMT
Park Theatre. 09 January, 2020 – 08 February, 2020 Online booking for this event opens at 10:00 on 17 Oct 2019
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 14, 2019 10:36:48 GMT
Great news, didn’t catch it in Manchester.
Hope Mill are having tremendous success with transfer, so good luck to them, Joseph and William have done a brilliant job!
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Post by raiseitup on Oct 14, 2019 10:45:20 GMT
Great news! Really want to see this musical.
Does this mean Rebecca won't be reprising her role though? She's in the Old Vic's Christmas Carol, which runs until 18th Jan.
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Post by learfan on Oct 14, 2019 16:56:07 GMT
Great news! Really want to see this musical. Does this mean Rebecca won't be reprising her role though? She's in the Old Vic's Christmas Carol, which runs until 18th Jan. Yes, i wondered about that, she is amazing
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Oct 17, 2019 12:14:28 GMT
Bumped as this is now on general sale. Got a front row seat at first preview for a very reasonable £18.50.
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Post by ABr on Oct 17, 2019 12:16:35 GMT
Any news on casting?
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Oct 17, 2019 19:37:36 GMT
Any opinions in seating at this theatre? Never been there before!
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Post by ABr on Nov 1, 2019 7:59:45 GMT
With Rebecca being announced to be returning to City of Angels, and there is some time between these two, do you think it'll still be likely that she'll return with this as well?
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Post by sophie92 on Nov 1, 2019 10:05:42 GMT
With Rebecca being announced to be returning to City of Angels, and there is some time between these two, do you think it'll still be likely that she'll return with this as well? As previously mentioned, she’s in A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic which runs until 18th Jan, so she’d need to be leaving that early to be in Rags.
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Post by ABr on Nov 1, 2019 10:11:18 GMT
With Rebecca being announced to be returning to City of Angels, and there is some time between these two, do you think it'll still be likely that she'll return with this as well? As previously mentioned, she’s in A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic which runs until 18th Jan, so she’d need to be leaving that early to be in Rags. Urgh completely missed that info! Sorry!
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Post by raiseitup on Dec 2, 2019 11:39:58 GMT
Carolyn Maitland is replacing Rebecca Trehearn
Dave Willetts as Avram, Sam Attwater as Bronfman, Debbie Chazen as Anna, Alex Gibson-Giorgio as Sal, Rachel Izen as Rachel, Samuel Jones and Jude Muir as David, Martha Kirby as Bella, Oisin Nolan-Power as Ben and Jeremy Rose as Jack. Completing the cast are Arthur Boan, Angela Caesar, Adam Crossley, Drew Dillon, Matthew Gent and Natasha Karp.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 27, 2019 16:29:25 GMT
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Dec 27, 2019 21:20:41 GMT
Love Schwartz, but £60 is a lot to take a chance on with no cast announced yet.
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Post by Dr Tom on Dec 28, 2019 20:55:04 GMT
Love Schwartz, but £60 is a lot to take a chance on with no cast announced yet. Is it not a cast of one?
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Jan 1, 2020 15:29:33 GMT
Love Schwartz, but £60 is a lot to take a chance on with no cast announced yet. Is it not a cast of one? "Some of Stephen Schwartz's favourite compositions will be performed by artists from previous Aria Entertainment and Hope Mill Theatre productions"
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Post by raiseitup on Jan 8, 2020 12:04:45 GMT
Love Schwartz, but £60 is a lot to take a chance on with no cast announced yet. Alice Fearn, Emma Hatton, Carolyn Maitland, Natalie Green, Simbi Akande, Soophia Foroughi, Laura Harrison, Luke Bayer, Genevieve Nicole
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Jan 9, 2020 19:18:49 GMT
Anyone else here tonight? I'm completing a Hope Mills transfer double bill following Mame at Northampton this afternoon.
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Post by raiseitup on Jan 9, 2020 23:48:24 GMT
I was there tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it! Was gutted the transfer wouldn't include Rebecca Trehearn but Carolyn did a wonderful job. Was quite teary-eyed throughout the second act. It's a powerful story that still resonates today.
We were central stalls, but just wanted to post a warning about the extreme side stalls seats, they seemed particularly restricted for this production. Large grates/fence panels are slid around the stage and left facing the audience for several parts of the show, so those at the ends of the side stalls are left to watch the show through them. This was evident mostly on the right side, the left side is left behind the family dining table so stuck with the cast blocking lots of the show. I sat in them for Gently Down the Stream and thought they were great value, less so for this show.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Jan 10, 2020 1:37:25 GMT
I was there tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it! Was gutted the transfer wouldn't include Rebecca Trehearn but Carolyn did a wonderful job. Was quite teary-eyed throughout the second act. It's a powerful story that still resonates today. We were central stalls, but just wanted to post a warning about the extreme side stalls seats, they seemed particularly restricted for this production. Large grates/fence panels are slid around the stage and left facing the audience for several parts of the show, so those at the ends of the side stalls are left to watch the show through them. This was evident mostly on the right side, the left side is left behind the family dining table so stuck with the cast blocking lots of the show. I sat in them for Gently Down the Stream and thought they were great value, less so for this show. I thought this was a superb show and firmly intend to see it again. Would love to see it transfer to the West End. All the cast performed so confidently I would never have guessed it was the first preview but Carolyn Maitland was just wonderful and the lad playing young David is a future leading man. Engaging, thought-provoking story and some beautiful musical numbers. I was sitting centre stalls front row and the view from there was perfect. While the audience are on three sides the show is mainly played to the front and I wouldn't choose any part of the side stalls over the central block. First visit to the Park Theatre, nice intimate venue and it took me no longer to get back to Victoria than it does from a West End venue. Left the theatre at 22.13, on a tube at 22.18 and back at Victoria 22.33
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Post by Dr Tom on Jan 10, 2020 8:28:40 GMT
Also enjoyed this last night and I echo much of what paul26 and raiseitup have said. Carolyn Maitland was excellent and the only giveaways it was a first preview were the odd near miss with people walking across the stage (and a trip in the dark), suitcases falling over etc.
You definitely want to sit in the three rows at the front. I could see some people at the edges and they must have spent most of the show looking at actors from behind. I did sit upstairs for another show and wasn't too keen on that view either (but this does look to be selling well, so you may not have that much choice).
If, like me, you saw this at Hope Mill, everything is essentially the same. The sound quality at the Park Theatre is very good and I think they do as well as they can with this particular show. It's worth heading the few stops out of central London to visit.
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Post by cheri78 on Jan 10, 2020 23:23:08 GMT
Fully endorse the last post. Superb production of a show with a troubled past. I saw a production many years ago in a temporary theatre in Spitalfields, and though the score is strong, the book wasn't. This rework messes with your head if you're used to the OBC recording, as songs are given to others, some missed out totally, some with just snippets or themes heard and some new ones added, but it's all the better for it. Having Children of the Wind as the 11o'clock number is inspired and it's delivered with spine tingling emotion. A stunning production of a rarely seen show, I feel a lot of love and thought it has gone into the Hope Mill's version and would urge you to go. Beautiful lighting design and use of simple set. 2nd preview and in very good shape. Cheers at the bows says it all. BTW, although Dave Willetts doesn't get much chance to show off his powerful voice, hang onto your wigs for the line in Act 2 which blows the roof off the theatre! Mame in Northampton tomorrow, so I'll be faced with Tracey doing the same I think.
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Post by theatre241 on Jan 10, 2020 23:41:54 GMT
Also enjoyed this last night and I echo much of what paul26 and raiseitup have said. Carolyn Maitland was excellent and the only giveaways it was a first preview were the odd near miss with people walking across the stage (and a trip in the dark), suitcases falling over etc. You definitely want to sit in the three rows at the front. I could see some people at the edges and they must have spent most of the show looking at actors from behind. I did sit upstairs for another show and wasn't too keen on that view either (but this does look to be selling well, so you may not have that much choice). If, like me, you saw this at Hope Mill, everything is essentially the same. The sound quality at the Park Theatre is very good and I think they do as well as they can with this particular show. It's worth heading the few stops out of central London to visit. The space seems quite different to the hope mill because the stage at the park seems wider, are there any subtle differences?
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Post by Dr Tom on Jan 11, 2020 19:27:49 GMT
The stage is a different shape but the staging is true to what they did in Manchester. I really can’t remember all the details. There are some scenes played from the Circle level by the two singing antagonists, which I think were on the ground at Hope Mill but nothing else stands out.
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Post by gussiemwra on Jan 15, 2020 0:42:32 GMT
For those that have seen this new production of Rags... how long is the first act?
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Post by Dr Tom on Jan 15, 2020 8:12:01 GMT
For those that have seen this new production of Rags... how long is the first act? I think it was 70 minutes, but there’s a chance I might be thinking of another show I’ve seen recently. It wasn’t overly long.
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