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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2021 12:33:28 GMT
Running 27 November to 1 January at the Birmingham REP - directed by Sean Foley, before transferring to Theatre Royal Bath from 11 to 22 January.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2021 12:23:01 GMT
This opened last week. So far surprise guests have been Kara Tointon, Denise Welch and last night…Tom Hiddleston!
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Post by marob on Dec 4, 2021 12:48:52 GMT
Wow, Tom Hiddleston’s quite a coup for a guest star, especially outside London.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2021 22:13:15 GMT
Wow, Tom Hiddleston’s quite a coup for a guest star, especially outside London. Apparently he was there at both the matinee and evening performances today. Might have to book this now as I wonder who else they’ll get for the rest of the run! |
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Post by drowseychap on Dec 5, 2021 2:51:27 GMT
Saw the first performance of this last week it’s in really great shape already …. 15 years or so since I last saw it in the west end 🎭
It will only get slicker and tighter as it goes really worth catching they have £15 sets for most of the performances too
Kara was good fun as the first guest … I wasn’t expecting same level of guest as London used to get of course …. But then Tom H the other day …. Maybe 🤔 to get sales up …. Then will go back to loose women and surely Alison Hammond will pop up at one point 😁
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Post by Dr Tom on Dec 22, 2021 21:47:44 GMT
Enjoyed this tonight, having not seen the original run.
A very witty script and a much more diverse audience than you see in London (although the house was not as full as it could have been). This is particularly strong on the visual gags.
Still Open All Hours star Sue Holderness was the special guest. Very ready to get involved and they had perfect gags for her (although I get the impression she’s been the guest turn a lot during the run so this is quite polished by now).
Surprised how short this is. The first half is only about 30 minutes, the second half 40 minutes, with a long interval.
The audience lapped it up, with several people near me keen to offer punch lines to their friends before they were announced (not normally with the same punchline). The refurbished Rep looks great too.
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Post by Phantom of London on Dec 22, 2021 22:38:39 GMT
Enjoyed this tonight, having not seen the original run. A very witty script and a much more diverse audience than you see in London (although the house was not as full as it could have been). This is particularly strong on the visual gags. Still Open All Hours star Sue Holderness was the special guest. Very ready to get involved and they had perfect gags for her (although I get the impression she’s been the guest turn a lot during the run so this is quite polished by now). Surprised how short this is. The first half is only about 30 minutes, the second half 40 minutes, with a long interval. The audience lapped it up, with several people near me keen to offer punch lines to their friends before they were announced (not normally with the same punchline). The refurbished Rep looks great too. Just out of interest what time did you get out of the theatre? I am in Stratford in the afternoon, so might go in the evening, all depends if I can get home though? |
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Post by Dr Tom on Dec 22, 2021 22:54:12 GMT
Just out of interest what time did you get out of the theatre? I am in Stratford in the afternoon, so might go in the evening, all depends if I can get home though? All done by 9:15pm. I’m staying over in Birmingham, on to Sheffield tomorrow, then onwards to see family. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 5, 2022 17:06:46 GMT
Out on tour later this month.
Theatre Royal Bath from 12 January then Shrewsbury, Salford, Chichester, Malvern, Cambridge and Sheffield.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 5, 2022 17:23:05 GMT
Surprised to see it going to The Lowry. They had Eric and Ern at Christmas on in December which I didn’t see but sounds like a very similar show.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2022 15:46:02 GMT
Tom Hiddleston announced to appear in Bath dates from tonight with Charles Dance and Sue Holderness. Also will be filmed for BBC broadcast later this year (date tbc).
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Post by talkingheads on Jan 13, 2022 19:04:10 GMT
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Post by emsworthian on Feb 13, 2022 11:28:55 GMT
We saw it at Chichester yesterday with Adrian Lester as the guest star. The 1st half of the show I found the comedy a bit hit and miss but I loved the second half. An article in the local paper said that they shoehorn in a couple of jokes regarding the star each performance but I was surprised by just how many jokes they managed to get in about Adrian. I particularly liked the reference to the TV show "Trigger Point" being the follow-up to a character in "Only Fools and Horses."
Adrian LesDennis, as they called him at one point, was a good sport and I was so glad that the guest star wasn't one of the "Loose Women" crowd.
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 4, 2022 16:51:35 GMT
Mater's verdict on yesterday's matinee: "I thought it would be funny. It wasn't."
It took some doing, but we eventually decided that Tamzin Outhwaite is this week's special guest. "She's only on stage for five minutes."
I think we've found Baz's replacement. 😂
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2022 12:14:03 GMT
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Post by talkingheads on Dec 18, 2022 20:24:57 GMT
Tried to watch this on BBC4. No hyperbole, it is one of the worst, most cringeworthy attempts at comedy I have ever seen. I have never seen two people try so hard to be funny and fail. Truly abysmal.
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Post by nottobe on Dec 18, 2022 20:44:18 GMT
Also tried to watch this in bbc4 and also stopped as it was not good. Was with my parents who are of the Morcombe and Wise generation they where of equal opinion.
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Dec 18, 2022 23:01:03 GMT
STAY FOR ACT TWO
I watched Act One and very nearly switched off - it was trying way too hard and was baffling to watch. But Act 2 really leans into being an actual Morcambe and Wise love letter, it is genuinely really fun and has plenty of laughs.
Also their work with the guest star (the filmed version having Tom Hiddleston) is great - it’s always funny to have talented actors read awful dialogue and getting their surnames wrong
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Post by mkb on Dec 18, 2022 23:14:14 GMT
I don't remember much from when I saw this on the stage many years ago, but really enjoyed the filmed recording tonight: great fun, lots of laughter, and a lovely homage to Morecambe & Wise.
However, the vision mixing was poor: they kept cutting to a close-up when the action needed a wide shot. And that BBC FOUR logo on the screen the whole time was intrusive and annoying.
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Post by bimse on Dec 19, 2022 0:03:38 GMT
I saw this on stage years ago (Charles Dance as guest) and got some good laughs from it, I don’t remember the first act being so manic and confusing . The set up of the Morecambe and Wise theme was lost in the frenzy. I nearly switched off , but the second act was much better. A nice and humorous tribute, just as I expected.
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Post by alece10 on Dec 19, 2022 8:37:05 GMT
I'm afraid I gave up as either I didn't get it or it just wasn't funny. I found it quite cringe worthy and quite amateur.
I did record it so might just watch the ending but I was really disappointed.
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Post by anita on Dec 19, 2022 11:28:34 GMT
I loved this when I saw it in London years ago but it was awful last night. I turned it off after 10 minutes.
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Post by kathryn on Dec 19, 2022 23:51:32 GMT
The bits with actual Tom Hiddleston are great.
The rest of it is thoroughly meh.
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Post by kathryn on Dec 19, 2022 23:53:11 GMT
. Also their work with the guest star (the filmed version having Tom Hiddleston) is great - it’s always funny to have talented actors read awful dialogue and getting their surnames wrong Hiddleston has genuine comic chops. |
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Post by imstillhere on Dec 20, 2022 11:18:30 GMT
BBC: How terrible do you want to make this filmed performance?
Sean Foley: Yes
This show just didn't transfer to screen one bit. It felt like like how people who hate theatre imagine theatre to be.
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Dec 20, 2022 12:30:33 GMT
. Also their work with the guest star (the filmed version having Tom Hiddleston) is great - it’s always funny to have talented actors read awful dialogue and getting their surnames wrong Hiddleston has genuine comic chops. I don’t know how well he’d do in a comedic part, but he was fantastic as the Morcambe-and-Wise celebrity straight man. He has some great facial expressions and doesn’t have an ego about looking silly |
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Post by theatrefan62 on Dec 20, 2022 12:58:48 GMT
Wow this was awful, maybe it doesn't translate to the screen very well, but even the audience was pretty subdued. It was also more muddled as a piece than I expected.
Tbh I didn't think Tom was all that funny either. Yes it livened up in the second act and some jokes by the others at his expense did raise a smile, but not so much that I'd say it would be worth the cost of a ticket.
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Post by alece10 on Dec 20, 2022 17:37:46 GMT
I tried to finish it last night and skipped through to the Tom Hiddleston bit but I also gave up after 5 mins as it wasn't any funnier even with a good actor in it.
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