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Post by cezbear on Jul 15, 2022 10:51:53 GMT
Luke Latchman was surprisingly sweet, and I'll opt to say nothing at all on the other Luke. Oh, please do - I'm intrigued!
Oh, well, I mostly just found him rather smug without the vocals to back it up. He was definitely the weakest, his song could potentially have been a big moment but didn't do much for me.
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Post by JJShaw on Jul 15, 2022 20:19:42 GMT
The WOS review sounds very fair and balanced, I haven't seen the show and the set tour put me right off, but it seems to have some fans.
To me, and I am on the tail end of the millennial generation, the marketing online has been doing a detriment to itself; for the past two years since it's been workshopped the ONLY thing I have seen about it is an avocado emoji... that's it. That article and joke were tired and embarrassing when it came out years ago and it now reads incredibly dated and not something strong enough to hinge your entire brand on. I get that its trying to take a negative and "stick it to the man" but it just reads and immature and petty, something my generation is frequently accused of so... i guess strong branding?!
I also find it odd and uninspired to just name the show Millennials, you are automatically not going to reach any older generations who might take something from the show (or at the very least buy a ticket for a song cycle) and the visuals for it look more like its pandering to gen Z. The bulk of millennials are 30 now, who is this show for? The novelty of sitting in a ball pit would only work if those tickets were £5 for me. please give me a nice chair, ok just a chair with a backrest.
I am glad that people online are enjoying it, and some are already repeat viewers, so its always good when a show has supporters, but unfortunately nothing is really tempting me to go and try it out.
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Post by Mark on Jul 15, 2022 21:34:34 GMT
I did enjoy this tonight. Although I’m not sure how much of it I identified to as a “millennial” (aged 31). There’s no denying any of the performers - they all excel and the vocals were brilliant. I must give a shout-out to Rob Madge and “Don’t be a dick” which was the highlight. At an hour in length it did feel a bit short. Definitely a different kind of musical.
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Post by LaLuPone on Jul 15, 2022 21:42:02 GMT
Do some people actually have to sit in the ball pit for the entire show and that is their “seat”? How much would they have paid for that?
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 16, 2022 7:34:42 GMT
Do some people actually have to sit in the ball pit for the entire show and that is their “seat”? How much would they have paid for that? Yes, and they will have queued up early as those prime positions go first! Up to £35, I think, depending how savvy they are at booking cheaper seats. From the date I attended, the people in the ball pit were all female and too young to be millennials (which was the same with most of the audience).
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Post by LaLuPone on Jul 16, 2022 17:58:58 GMT
Do some people actually have to sit in the ball pit for the entire show and that is their “seat”? How much would they have paid for that? Yes, and they will have queued up early as those prime positions go first! Up to £35, I think, depending how savvy they are at booking cheaper seats. From the date I attended, the people in the ball pit were all female and too young to be millennials (which was the same with most of the audience). Sounds hideous! I won’t be checking this out but if anyone on here was planning on going, tickets are reduced to £15 until tomorrow using the code Avo15 on The Other Palace website.
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Post by austink on Jul 17, 2022 10:36:44 GMT
Is it not selling? I would have thought with names, leveraging Heathers footfall and a small house it would sell well even if it wasn’t my type of show and the mediocre reviews. £32 was punchy but thought they would keep the discount less extreme. Yes, and they will have queued up early as those prime positions go first! Up to £35, I think, depending how savvy they are at booking cheaper seats. From the date I attended, the people in the ball pit were all female and too young to be millennials (which was the same with most of the audience). Sounds hideous! I won’t be checking this out but if anyone on here was planning on going, tickets are reduced to £15 until tomorrow using the code Avo15 on The Other Palace website.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 17, 2022 13:25:30 GMT
It isn’t selling all that well. There are lots of offers (not all public).
I think they’ve made a huge mistake with the show times. Millennials ends after Heathers has started. If they started Millennials 30 minutes earlier, you’d have people watching both (myself included). But a trip to The Other Palace for just a one hour show really isn’t appealing (at least for this show watcher, who only just falls outside the Millennials age bracket).
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Post by Mark on Jul 17, 2022 13:50:10 GMT
It isn’t selling all that well. There are lots of offers (not all public). I think they’ve made a huge mistake with the show times. Millennials ends after Heathers has started. If they started Millennials 30 minutes earlier, you’d have people watching both (myself included). But a trip to The Other Palace for just a one hour show really isn’t appealing (at least for this show watcher, who only just falls outside the Millennials age bracket). Agreed on timings. They should have done a 5pm show to line up with the two show crowd, then a more standard 8pm show. I used the Avo15 offer and felt it was worth that price, but £32 is a bit steep for a one hour show.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 17, 2022 13:53:40 GMT
It isn’t selling all that well. There are lots of offers (not all public). I think they’ve made a huge mistake with the show times. Millennials ends after Heathers has started. If they started Millennials 30 minutes earlier, you’d have people watching both (myself included). But a trip to The Other Palace for just a one hour show really isn’t appealing (at least for this show watcher, who only just falls outside the Millennials age bracket). Not selling well? Shock horror.
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Post by JJShaw on Jul 17, 2022 14:16:00 GMT
I'm surprised it isn't selling well considering surely the capacity has been chopped significatly with all the unconventional seating?
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Post by austink on Jul 17, 2022 14:20:46 GMT
Gotcha. I wrongly assumed they were aligned on timing so you could see both on a night. Bit of an owned goal then! It isn’t selling all that well. There are lots of offers (not all public). I think they’ve made a huge mistake with the show times. Millennials ends after Heathers has started. If they started Millennials 30 minutes earlier, you’d have people watching both (myself included). But a trip to The Other Palace for just a one hour show really isn’t appealing (at least for this show watcher, who only just falls outside the Millennials age bracket).
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Post by cezbear on Jul 17, 2022 14:38:07 GMT
When I saw it you could definitely make heathers directly after, I saw a guy in front of me so just that as I exited.
The capacity in there is so small though, I'm surprised they can't fill it.
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Post by xanady on Jul 17, 2022 14:50:12 GMT
Thinking of going in the ball pit…anyone got a crane to get me in and out lol
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 17, 2022 15:20:37 GMT
Ball pits are dirtier than your average public lavvy. Literally teeming with germs. Enjoy! 🙂
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 17, 2022 15:57:09 GMT
Spread that virus!
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Post by shady23 on Jul 17, 2022 16:10:10 GMT
£32 for an hours show is a lot.
Also, the timings, six thirty start means you'll be out at half seven and can't see anything else. If they started earlier you could see another show afterwards.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 17, 2022 18:25:01 GMT
They're still advertising this at 1 hour 15 minutes, although in practice it's more like 55 minutes, so if it starts on time you could just make a 6:30pm showing of this and a 7:30pm showing of Heathers, but it's incredibly tight. I might risk it sometime, but I hate the idea of joining another show late (even though I know Heather really well, so I wouldn't feel like I'd missed anything).
Even the Sunday performance (6pm) doesn't line up with the two Heathers showings that day (1pm and 5:15pm).
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Post by FJ on Jul 18, 2022 15:35:15 GMT
Saw this last night, as others have said it is advertised as 75 minutes but actual run time last night was 57 minutes. Worth it for discounted tickets but I think full price at £32 for less than an hour is a bit steep.
Actually really enjoyed myself though, really like the set design of the studio, very in your face but works great with the piece.
I was put off by the whole standing/ball pit/sitting on the floor element, but there is actually lots of space in the form of 'leaning' platforms, similar to a bus stop seat, which was absolutely fine for me for a show less than an hour.
Stand out performances for me were Hannah, Georgina and Luke Latchman. Some great songs in the mix, and a fun evening, but I don't know how much potential this sort of 'song cycle' has in the long run. But glad I saw it and enjoyed myself.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 23, 2022 7:38:09 GMT
Nipped back for the 6:30pm performance last night with a very good ticket deal. This is much more polished now than when I saw the first preview (and much less chaotic too).
I was there early, so got a good choice of locations. The ball pool was already taken and I decided against the bath (one lucky person ended up getting the whole bath to themselves and didn't have to share), so I got a prime stool spot. The show was much fuller than last time, so lots of people sat on the floor.
A much better view of the band and the stage too (no poles in the way) and everyone has worked out their moves to avoid any accidents on the trampoline. One possible downside of being in the centre was the lovely Hiba Elchikhe pulling me up to dance, but I make enough of a fool of myself normally anyway.
And finally, to answer the question, can you see this at 6:30pm and Heathers at 7:30pm? Just about! I did mention this to the lovely usher (it's The Other Palace, all the staff are lovely) and he got me up to the back stairs right as the short reprise after the bows finished. So, about 7:28pm. Someone had to let me through the security gate in the wrong direction, but I was in my seat at Heathers by 7:30pm (and there's another minute of grace before this actually starts). You are very dependent on there being no delays to Millennials.
I also spotted someone who sat near me at Millennials being ushered into Heathers about 10 minutes in, so if you hang around, you'll miss the start. Of course, it's possible he might have only decided to buy a ticket after Millennials ended.
The crowd for Millennials seemed a bit older in general than my previous visit as well, but not sure if that means anything. I'd recommend combining with a visit to Heathers if you're there on a Friday or Saturday.
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Post by xanady on Jul 23, 2022 7:47:54 GMT
A top poster,Dr Tom,always great to read his views. As for the over-lap,surely even a 15 minute gap between the two productions ending/starting times would be better for stress levels and better for (show) business?
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Post by cezbear on Jul 24, 2022 9:34:55 GMT
Does anyone know who's replacing Rob and Hiba in this? They're listed as leaving early, though it seems odd to bring replacements in for one week.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jul 25, 2022 18:47:04 GMT
This is extending by four weeks until 4 September 2022.
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Post by cezbear on Jul 27, 2022 12:03:06 GMT
Does anyone know who's replacing Rob and Hiba in this? They're listed as leaving early, though it seems odd to bring replacements in for one week. Answering myself but I see Luke Friend and Kia-Paris Walcott are the replacement cast.
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Post by Matt on Jul 28, 2022 20:53:36 GMT
Saw this tonight, I’ll start with the positives 😅…
The songs are definitely catchy, well written, enjoyable, and the talent is on a great level. I was entertained and I’ve definitely got some tunes stuck in my head.
BUT, I’m 36 so I guess I’m a millennial right? I just couldn’t relate to this at all though. I don’t know any millennials who dress like the cast do, the set and seating area does not give me millennial vibes, the millennials in the audience looked like they were also giving off “the songs are great but the rest, I just don’t get it” vibes. 90% of the audience were literally all Gen Z and they LOVED it. They related and connected to the show a hell of a lot more than the actual millennials did.
So why not just rebrand it and call it Gen Z’s? I’m sure the songs can still relate as they certainly didn’t relate to me.
BUT, even though I say all this I was definitely entertained for an hour. I sat on the stool directly in the “prime spot” so of course I got picked on a lot. I didn’t hate it, but I was definitely confused 😅. I think if you go in and just try not to take it all too seriously then you’ll enjoy it.
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Post by southstreet on Jul 29, 2022 11:52:15 GMT
I said the same things to my friend that I went with, I enjoyed it but there was nothing 'Millenial' about it, not even sure if all of the cast fell in that age bracket. So thought they should have called it Twenty-somethings instead and it would have delivered what the title suggested more.
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Post by lightinthedarkness on Jul 30, 2022 12:07:50 GMT
This has to be the shortest guest stint in theatre ever surely?
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Post by Steve on Jul 30, 2022 22:49:48 GMT
I really enjoyed this tonight. You could put each and every song in this at the climax of an episode of a teen drama and it would make it better. It's a peppy heartwarming short but uplifting show! Some spoilers follow. . . I admit I only booked this cos it was the only show (9pm start) that I could confidently book to turn a Chichester matinee into a two show day lol. But I enjoyed every song, such is the infectious earnestness and enthusiasm of both the songs and performers. The strongest voice was Georgina Onourah, and the way she built her song, "Remember the Feeling," from tender broken hearted marshmallow softness to mighty belted triumph had me bopping in my boomer seat in the Gallery (no way was I gonna risk any kind of interactivity on the lower level lol)! How I wish I'd seen gone to Cinderella one more time just to see her in it! Hannah Lowther had the most moving moment of the show. Her "Masterpiece" is a wonderfully constructed song: the idea of a tender vulnerable person desperate to be validated as a "masterpiece" of creation is tremendously moving, and Lowther really opened up to allow us to feel the wounded gaping hole of yearning that the song so beautifully and repeatedly fills. Rob Madge hit the funniest notes of the night with their song, "Don't be a Dick," (aka Four Little Words), carefully camply overplaying the moments they accused audience members of being "a dick," so as not to genuinely bruise anybody's feelings, and getting bigger laughs for playing it that way. God forbid anyone actually got their feelings hurt in a musical that is all about healing the open wounds of experience! All the players had their moments, from Luke Latchman's self-immolating gentleness to Luke Bayer's infectious buoyant enthusiasm to Kia-Paris Walcot nailing the emotion of "Count my Blessings." Although I couldn't make head nor tail of any narrative throughline, and although the emotional vulnerabilities of the characters have nothing to do with Millennials as such, and although the Avocado stage design references the pointless statistic that Millennials are one percent more likely to report eating avocados than non-Millennials, the fact that these songs are earnest, heartfelt and involving, and so peppily delivered by such an inclusive and inspiring lineup of singers made me end up enjoying this song cycle more than I ever enjoyed "Six" or "Fantastically Great Women who Changed the World," for example. Short and sweet, and the perfect combo with a longer show for a two show day, if you don't want to wear yourself out, but want to go home with a smile on your face. 4 stars from me.
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Post by Matt on Jul 30, 2022 23:00:23 GMT
You know what, even after my comments the other day, I feel like I wanna see it again 😅. Purely for the songs, I’ve had most of them stuck in my head for 2 days now. But if I could go and remain out of all the participation part of it then that would be better.
Actually the best result of this would be a cast album.
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Post by djdan14 on Aug 2, 2022 15:48:02 GMT
New Cast for extension
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