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Post by theatrekiwi on May 12, 2023 12:06:05 GMT
Unexpectedly found myself in the city yesterday so snatched a ticket before this closes. The above post is very similar to my thoughts. I didn't go in with high expectations, but was hoping for some light-hearted entertainment as a fan of the TV show.
Despite some great individual performances, I found this painful to sit through. The humour falls flat, the narrative is weak, I can't recall a tune from any of the songs this morning. At one point in Act 2 I found myself rolling my eyes and regretting not leaving at the interval.
2 stars from me.
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Post by starlight92 on May 12, 2023 21:36:49 GMT
Saw this tonight and I completely disagree with the last two reviews, I loved it! I didn't expect to like it as much as I did, was bracing myself a little in case it qas a cringefest. It was at times incredibly heartwarming, and a moment later completely silly and hilarious. Some fantastic vocals in the cast too, especially from the actors playing Babs, Ben and Gemma.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on May 12, 2023 22:35:02 GMT
This show has surpassed My Fair Lady as both my and my better half's favourite musical ever. I've seen it seven times at the Noel Coward and we will be there for the closing performance tomorrow evening. If it were continuing I'd make a weekly visit always in the front row. I so hope it goes on tour with as many as the current cast as possible.
It has everything I want from a musical, catchy songs beautifully performed and with great lyrics, likeable and interesting characters, plenty of funny moments, a superb ensemble cast, an uplifting feelgood credible storyline (with a couple of minor exceptions!) and- while initially disappointing perhaps -the absolutely right ending.
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Post by kyvai on May 13, 2023 4:03:49 GMT
I hadn’t realised it was closing today! I’d just snagged a very nice TKTS deal on a good royal circle seat for the matinee today as I am at a lose end and need to clear out of the house for a bit as partner working from home, and I enjoyed this enough that a return visit took my fancy. Now I know it’s last day I wonder if there’ll be any muck up matinee touches.
Life would be dull if we all liked the same things, but this made me chuckle out loud, tear up in a few places (‘Grow’ and ‘My Dad’) and was a thoroughly enjoyable evening - happy to be seeing it one more time today! I’ve been listening to the cast recording a few times as well, there’s some good tunes in there.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on May 13, 2023 8:43:22 GMT
I hadn’t realised it was closing today! I’d just snagged a very nice TKTS deal on a good royal circle seat for the matinee today as I am at a lose end and need to clear out of the house for a bit as partner working from home, and I enjoyed this enough that a return visit took my fancy. Now I know it’s last day I wonder if there’ll be any muck up matinee touches. Life would be dull if we all liked the same things, but this made me chuckle out loud, tear up in a few places (‘Grow’ and ‘My Dad’) and was a thoroughly enjoyable evening - happy to be seeing it one more time today! I’ve been listening to the cast recording a few times as well, there’s some good tunes in there. Please post if you do notice any little changes at today's matinee. I did ask on Thursday if the matinee would be different at all and the usher said he wasn't aware but I'm not sure he really understood what I meant. We have the cast recording but I am disappointed there's no physical CD.
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Post by greatauntedna on Sept 24, 2023 14:15:35 GMT
I hadn’t realised it was closing today! I’d just snagged a very nice TKTS deal on a good royal circle seat for the matinee today as I am at a lose end and need to clear out of the house for a bit as partner working from home, and I enjoyed this enough that a return visit took my fancy. Now I know it’s last day I wonder if there’ll be any muck up matinee touches. Life would be dull if we all liked the same things, but this made me chuckle out loud, tear up in a few places (‘Grow’ and ‘My Dad’) and was a thoroughly enjoyable evening - happy to be seeing it one more time today! I’ve been listening to the cast recording a few times as well, there’s some good tunes in there. Please post if you do notice any little changes at today's matinee. I did ask on Thursday if the matinee would be different at all and the usher said he wasn't aware but I'm not sure he really understood what I meant. We have the cast recording but I am disappointed there's no physical CD. Hi, I know this is late but I made a note of some changes in the final matinee.
{Spoiler - click to view} The biggest one was that Dezza sang "Celebrate good times, come on!" after the bakers told Gemma "You're going through to the final!"
Ben blew a party blower in Gemma's face, I think just before he kissed her, after she said she's not good enough.
And Phil said "Tommy Hilfiger" instead of "Calvin Kleins"!
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