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Post by terrylondon79 on Jun 12, 2016 0:44:20 GMT
Oh and they need to do something about the running time .. Started ten mins late. But didn't finish till 11:15. Was seriously worried I'd be getting nightbus home!
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Post by terrylondon79 on Jun 12, 2016 0:42:07 GMT
Tonight was the first preview as they cancelled Fridays show.. Was interesting, not Ridley's best.
Nice set. Unfortunately enjoyment was hampered by one scene where there was a mic issue meaning you couldn't hear most the dialogue.
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Post by terrylondon79 on May 27, 2016 6:30:03 GMT
Just been looking at the westend love news and noticed that The Wedding Singer is on the bill. Does any one know of that means a new production of it is happening, as I can't find any info on it?
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Post by terrylondon79 on May 18, 2016 16:24:36 GMT
Note that tickets for most of the Grand Circle for Press Night on 15 June are available and they are at a lower price than the same seats for other nights. Note the earlier start time and 'be seated by 6.30' request. Cheers for posting that, got a couple half decent tickets on the Disney ticket link.. Delfont didnt have many left.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 29, 2016 18:06:13 GMT
If I'm not mistaken the production I'm the venue had a live band behind the wall where the bar was...
The version in the Leicester Square basement definitely used the backing tracks..
I never saw it when it was in its own club under London Bridge.. Or when it was in the Queens theatre.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 29, 2016 13:36:49 GMT
Hi, does this production have a love band, or are they using the backing tracks like the production in the basement of Leicester Square theatre?
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 28, 2016 18:45:45 GMT
Bit that's my point the Eno doesn't have to provide understudies to the standard they did. Anyone with an equity card could be drafted in. The understudies aren't listed on the Eno website prior to the show. That argument is creating a strawman though and it's quite offensive to understudies too. Whether it's Glenn Close, the second violin, or the conductor who needs a stand-in, they're going to provide someone of a suitable professional standard, not a couple of children dragged in off the street wearing giant coats and hoping you won't notice the orchestra is now an iPod. Waving the "well by YOUR logic" card around doesn't magically change the fact that at the end of the day the audience is still going to see a professional quality semi-staged production of Sunset Boulevard. And it's not "by YOUR logic", it's by the legal terms and conditions, so.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 28, 2016 18:36:36 GMT
Is this going to be happen . As I'm sure I read it in a brochure they had out in the studio, (caberet festival?) I can't seem to find out any details about it on there website. Seem to remember it was going to be on in December?
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 28, 2016 18:34:30 GMT
The worst thing is, judging from terms and conditions that people tick on the Eno website, (does anyone ever read them??) they can change the production and/or cast without notice. So you could book for Sunset Boulevard starring Glenn Close, and get Barry Chuckle and Sue pollard, with a busker from the south bank playing the score on his casio keyboard.
I know it's extreme, but acceptable to the people defending the Eno and this production.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 28, 2016 15:37:35 GMT
And with the Sunset Boulevard matter, which is obviously what all this is about, there's quite a lot of money been spent and a lot of excitement built up for a particular "star"... you simply can't dismiss this as you are trying to. Or dismiss it if you will, but at least acknowledge that not everybody feels as you do. Feelings come into play as well, not just facts. Life isn't all about facts, as clearly acknowledged by some of the kinder theatres and producers who have, in some circumstances, exchanged tickets for other shows. Feelings come into play as far as people's disappointment is concerned but they have absolutely nothing to do with what people are entitled to get, and what has me riled up about this is the number of people who are saying things like "it's false advertising" or "it's no different from a concert". Those statement are factually incorrect, and it's the facts that matter. False advertising is defined in law, and no matter how disappointed you are you don't get to decide what the law says and you don't get to decide what you're entitled to. The whole point of having such things defined in law is so businesses can operate without having to bow to every whim of the customer. It's great if the business goes further than it needs to in order to keep the customer happy, but too many people are treating the fact that some businesses do that as setting a precedent that means they get to tell the business how it has to respond when they don't get exactly what they want. In regards to false advertising, I'm currently waiting to see of the asa get back to me. I still feel the Eno should make you at least display the T and c's you agree to. It is possible to click the check box without opening the pop up box. I'm also pretty sure they have reworded there terms and conditions to expressly mention cast illness in the last week or so.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 28, 2016 13:52:08 GMT
That's the thing, from a good will point of view the Eno. And its producers have shot themselves in the foot. Four no shows from Glenn Close, say theatre was 3/4 booked. Probably 6000 people with tickets. If at least half of them were disgruntled by the handling of the issue, that's a lot of people just at that those performances pissed off.
The difference is the way at were handling it at the playhouse when Matthew Perry was off, was yes people were upset, but I didn't see anyone annoyed. They could even make a joke about the illness in the play, and get a laugh. I'm not sure how a flu joke would have gone down at sunset boulevard.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 26, 2016 11:43:24 GMT
Great show, fun, totally un pc. Managed to capture the sprit of the film, without coping it. (Storyline in finding quite different)
Plus it's so nice going to the Southwark Playhouse, without having to worry about getting there super early, incase they get a crazy queue!
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 26, 2016 11:40:16 GMT
Lots of disappointed Matthew Perry fans needn't of worried. Understudy was good, even if he was just doing a chandler impression for two hours. Has anyone seen Matthew Perry in the role, as the whole show felt like a mediocre sitcom.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 25, 2016 21:51:18 GMT
New song, according to their twitter feed they put a new song in tonight. I Tonight, our Double Bubble Duchess becomes the QUEEN OF POP, debuting a new song in tonight's #CharlieChoc show! t.co/mauLcKPwLT
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 25, 2016 18:20:09 GMT
Just stood outside the playhouse at the moment, watching peoples reaction to finding out Matthew Perry isn't on.
After last week at "Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard" I'm beginning to wonder if theatres should be held more accountable for their advertising.
Unlike the Eno, they are offering exchanges if available dates. The atmosphere here is very different to the Eno. People are happier as they can make the decision that weather to see the show, or wait, rebook and see "the star".
I understand that you buy a ticket it isfor the production. However many first time theatregoers may not.
It is quite understandable that people will expect to get what they see on the posters etc.
I can't think of another instant where you can advertise a product contains one thing and give you another.
If a show is sold on the promise of a star, how can they expect people not to kick off, when they don't provide it.
It is very different, like at the barbican last year when Benediction Cumberland, was is Hamlet . His name was under the play title, in small type, and the production imagery was not just a big picture of him.
If you booked that, it was quite clear it was a production of Hamlet. That happened to have someone famous in. The adverts where not misleading you into thinking it was the Benedict Cumberback show.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 23, 2016 16:28:32 GMT
I've already logged a complaint with the advertising standards authority. As I was advised to by trading standards. They have lost a lot of good will on this. Any producer that bases a whole marketing campaign on the star and expect to be able to get away with a understudy, is a con artist. If they were selling the production, advertise as such.
If anything can't come out of this it's more honest promotional material it they attempt another production in the future.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 22, 2016 16:14:14 GMT
She was really struggling at Wednesday's matinee. Would people rather see her sing it terribly and possibly do herself real damage than not see her?! Honestly Nope rather the producers gave you the option of deciding whether to see a understudy or not.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 22, 2016 15:25:14 GMT
They probably know they going to get hate mail either way, last night's audience complaining more if she's well enough for tonight. Tonight's audience going mental if she not on again. Not that they care they parroting the same thing to everyone..
The producer (who will only appear with safety of the pit between him and you) will not offer refunds or exchanges.
It's a bit perplexing really. If it's not a problem that she's off, like they tell you. Why bother letting you know on twitter, posters in venue.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 22, 2016 12:47:03 GMT
But they are fully staged operas, not a semi-staged production. Also show me one of those that features the lead star on all its promotional imagery. By your logic why did they book her, just advertise her, sell it on her name, but book a minimum wage lookalike to play oart? I mean, that's sort of the point. They're charging more for the second and third price for shows without a big ol' famous name, so it's sort of misleading to suggest they're charging more just because Glenn Close. And Sunset may officially be semi-staged but I've honestly seen fully-staged productions with less fancy sets. Aaaaand I'm going to leave the rest of your post alone, 'cos it seems to have gone very rude all of a sudden. Sorry didn't mean to come across rude. I also was not implying that Ria Jones isn't a good actress. She was good last night. If we were offered the choice of seeing the show with her, or rebooking. We probably would have chosen to see it with her anyway. My issue is with the producers, I was implying that they could book anyone... As long as they had a Equity card. However suitable for the job they were. You would had no option but to see what they chose to put on instead.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 22, 2016 11:55:32 GMT
For clarity: a randomly selected performance of Sunset Boulevard has stalls seats available for £150, £105, and £75. A randomly selected performance of Madam Butterfly at the same venue has stalls seats available for £125, £115, and £99, as does a randomly selected performance of Tristan & Isolde. Yep, Sunset Boulevard is expensive, and £25 is quite a jump in top price (though I'd argue if you're able to drop £150 on a theatre ticket then £25 isn't going to be the difference between starving and survival), but it's not unheard-of, unspeakably-expensive for the venue. But they are fully staged operas, not a semi-staged production. Also show me one of those that features the lead star on all its promotional imagery. By your logic why did they book her, just advertise her, sell it on her name, but book a minimum wage lookalike to play oart?
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 22, 2016 9:42:55 GMT
My main issue is, yes I know people aren't robots. But but that logic, of the Eno Orchestra got food poisoning, would a cassette tape being played, (It's a great recording) be a acceptable substitute. Or could the whole cast be played by school kids making there acting debut. According to the booking terns and conditions, they could do either of those and not give you your money back. When the advertising is the star, that is the product. Yes Ria Jones was good, but she is not what hundreds of people had paid for.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 11, 2016 18:33:55 GMT
Did anyone get emails about tonight's cancellation, box office claim they sent out emails to everyone swing it tonight. Judging by the amount of people in theatre they were trying to fob off with comps to wonderland.. I doubt they did...
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 7, 2016 23:02:46 GMT
Saw in a brouchure for the St James theatre that they are doing a new production of rent this Christmas
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Post by terrylondon79 on Mar 12, 2016 18:40:28 GMT
Swartz apologised and said they'd try and keep it down in act 2. I was quite angry at the time.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Mar 12, 2016 18:26:48 GMT
Really wanted to like this. Just didn't quite work. Feels like the team just couldn't quite get it to work. One of the writers (his first piece) was in front of us the whole time frantically jotting stuff on his ipad. Checked online and it looks like this is now the third version of the show they've put on in less than a week! Some good songs and after the start where there was a lot of off notes, the cast seemed to hit their stride. Hopefully they sort our there problems and have success.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Mar 12, 2016 16:06:31 GMT
I hate it when your watching a sho... And it's the production crew behaving badly. Watching miss atomic bomb, and the couple in front of me are both constantly on there ipads trying to fix the show. When you've got a paying audience in why not at least stand at the back!
Same thing happened in pipped at the meniee a few years back, Stephen Swhartz was chatting all the way through the first act. Told him he was being rude, when people have paid to see the show I don't want to listen to the crew dissecting loudly in front of you.
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