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Post by tal on Sept 8, 2022 13:16:06 GMT
So the slips are the best seats in that price band then? I've never been to this venue so don't know what's good. Other seats in that price band are in the back of the circle, and the circle in that theatre is a really long way from the stage. The slips are at the same level from the first rows of the circle, but closer to the stage. Obviously they have a side view, but I usually don't mind that in concert productions, as the actors tend to be center stage.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 8, 2022 19:16:38 GMT
Now Amara has been announced - consider me interested in this.
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Post by actorsinger on Sept 11, 2022 13:22:00 GMT
Now Amara has been announced - consider me interested in this. Exactly this! They missed a trick by not announcing all three together. Why they thought this unknown American would get people interested is beyond me. Whereas Amara and JLG are great casting choices and they’re Brits. New young producers wanting to push American/Broadway performers over here for their concerts really grinds my gears. Support the homegrown talent we already have!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2022 14:04:33 GMT
While she might not be a homegrown talent, Elena played Clara on the original tour and has a history with the show.
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Post by theoracle on Oct 26, 2022 12:03:29 GMT
Further cast announced
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Nov 9, 2022 13:57:09 GMT
Less than 3 weeks to go and still about half unsold. I do want to see this but not prepared to pay £133.50 for a front stalls seat. Hopefully there will be some discounting (or better...) soon.
Otherwise I'll be booking a £29.00 seat on the day in the Circle if any remain.
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 9, 2022 15:16:15 GMT
Alex Parker is notorious for not reducing prices I'm afraid.
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Post by cezbear on Nov 9, 2022 15:22:37 GMT
Shame, I'd quite like to go but a 'quite like' doesn't get me to part with the kind of money they're asking. Would be a shame to leave seats unsold rather than chuck an offer out!
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Post by pomegranate on Nov 11, 2022 12:05:11 GMT
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 12, 2022 0:01:10 GMT
Alex Parker is notorious for not reducing prices I'm afraid. He deals with ticketing as well? 😂
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Nov 27, 2022 14:33:40 GMT
Shame, I'd quite like to go but a 'quite like' doesn't get me to part with the kind of money they're asking. Would be a shame to leave seats unsold rather than chuck an offer out! I've been checking the website and my emails regularly. No seat filling promotions, no last minute rush of bookings but, as predicted by Being Alive, no price reductions so I'm out. You Tube beckons... Wishing everyone going tonight a great evening, hopefully the people in the "cheap seats" will be allowed to move to fill the centre stalls which is currently(14.30) about two thirds empty.
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Nov 27, 2022 17:46:47 GMT
Seem All That Dazzles on Twitter has made the point re the pricing too. Had alluded but not mentioned TLITP
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Post by cezbear on Nov 27, 2022 17:57:32 GMT
Seem All That Dazzles on Twitter has made the point re the pricing too. Had alluded but not mentioned TLITP What's the other factor he's hinting at but won't mention?
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Post by LaLuPone on Nov 27, 2022 18:47:38 GMT
Seem All That Dazzles on Twitter has made the point re the pricing too. Had alluded but not mentioned TLITP What's the other factor he's hinting at but won't mention? I don’t know but if he couldn’t say what the factor is, he shouldn’t have mentioned the existence of this “other factor” at all! That second tweet just screams “look at me I know more than everyone else hahaha”.
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Post by cezbear on Nov 27, 2022 18:52:14 GMT
What's the other factor he's hinting at but won't mention? I don’t know but if he couldn’t say what the factor is, he shouldn’t have mentioned the existence of this “other factor” at all! That second tweet just screams “look at me I know more than everyone else hahaha”. What absolutely out of character behaviour!
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Post by robertb213 on Nov 27, 2022 20:09:56 GMT
I don’t know but if he couldn’t say what the factor is, he shouldn’t have mentioned the existence of this “other factor” at all! That second tweet just screams “look at me I know more than everyone else hahaha”. What absolutely out of character behaviour! Yep, standard unfortunately. More vague-Tweeting has followed. But he doesn't do negativity, remember. I guess we should just be grateful Andrew Lloyd Webber didn't write it, we'd never hear the end of it.
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Post by tal on Nov 27, 2022 20:21:06 GMT
I can confirm they did close the circle and upgraded everybody to stalls seats.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Nov 27, 2022 20:22:44 GMT
I'm in the interval and it's really great. More blocking and staging than I was expecting and everyone sounds incredible, as does the orchestra (the vocals are occasionally overpowered by the music and there have been a couple missed mic cues but otherwise pretty seamless). Only a few people who aren't off-book as well.
At the start, Alex Parker said this is likely to be the last Quick Fantastic concert for the time being due to the current climate around producing these kinds of things in theatre right now, perhaps that's what the other factor referred to above is? They've closed the circle so I've been upgraded to the fourth row of the stalls which is nice but sad to see it's sold so poorly, though it was inevitable with those prices.
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Post by alece10 on Nov 27, 2022 21:50:31 GMT
I'm in the interval and it's really great. More blocking and staging than I was expecting and everyone sounds incredible, as does the orchestra (the vocals are occasionally overpowered by the music and there have been a couple missed mic cues but otherwise pretty seamless). Only a few people who aren't off-book as well. At the start, Alex Parker said this is likely to be the last Quick Fantastic concert for the time being due to the current climate around producing these kinds of things in theatre right now, perhaps that's what the other factor referred to above is? They've closed the circle so I've been upgraded to the fourth row of the stalls which is nice but sad to see it's sold so poorly, though it was inevitable with those prices. At those prices surely everyone should be off book. I get annoyed when that happens at concerts as people have paid a lot of money. Take a note out of Bonnie & Clyde's book. No one had s script.
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Post by Mark on Nov 28, 2022 11:57:52 GMT
I think this is a combination of timing, venue, show, casting and pricing just not coming together and appealing to people in a way that other shows have.
Bonnie and Clyde sold out pretty much immediately. The recent drury lane concerts did well (albeit Kinky Boots less so than Treason/Chess).
Do a one night concert of Waitress with Bareilles and you’d sell out in a heartbeat. People were not crying out for another concert version of Light in the Piazza, at a hard to get to location, on a Sunday evening, and at very high prices.
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 28, 2022 13:16:13 GMT
I can confirm they did close the circle and upgraded everybody to stalls seats. Oooooooft
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Post by doornumberthree on Nov 28, 2022 13:33:15 GMT
It was such a shame to see so many empty seats but can’t help but be amazed at the audacity of charging over £100 to seat half your audience on metal school assembly chairs (half of which were empty)
Most of the cast were outstanding, Amara was a stunning Clara, Amy DiBartolomeo gave an incredible performance. I thought Jordan was out of his depth but did his best, his fans seemed to be very happy with his performance.
I thought Elena Shaddow did a fantastic job with Margaret, having previously seen Lucy Schaufer, Jasna Ivir and Renee Fleming in the role, all giving very different yet brilliant performances, Elena had a more youthful quality and impressed me a lot.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 28, 2022 14:50:30 GMT
Hopefully this will spell the end of these overpriced and under rehearsed vanity projects.
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Post by sprampster on Nov 28, 2022 15:24:15 GMT
Hopefully this will spell the end of these overpriced and under rehearsed vanity projects. THIS Exactly :-)
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