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Post by robertb213 on Mar 26, 2024 14:45:51 GMT
Can someone spoiler-tag the plot please? See the post last night from esteveyb, that pretty much covers it.
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 26, 2024 10:47:18 GMT
Matt will be good, to be fair. He's got that "cheeky chappie swagger" vibe to him and a great voice.
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 25, 2024 23:31:25 GMT
Times were 7.40 to 8.50 and then 9.10 to 10.10. It just felt longer.
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 25, 2024 23:13:21 GMT
esteveyb You should probably put the above in Spoilers for anyone with tickets for tomorrow!!
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 25, 2024 22:37:51 GMT
It's dreadful.
The first act is a bad American version of Eastenders. The second is a bad version of The Twilight Zone, and more of the soap opera drivel.
You know when you've been single for a long time, and your mates bore you to death with every detail of their tedious love lives and you just want to slap them? This is that. With mostly-forgettable Bryan Adams soft rock songs that are all a minute too long, repeat lyrics endlessly, and contain far too many "aaaaaaaaaaah/"oooooohhh" where they don't actually sing anything.
Bloggers will say the usual "fabulous"/"iconic" nonsense that they say with everything new these days, but this is ONLY (barely) worth seeing for Jamie, Oliver and Rachel (and to be honest I felt even she was miscast, she doesn't read as the "carefree arty bisexual" type).
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 25, 2024 21:11:18 GMT
Jamie hasn't done anything yet! But yes Rachel and Oliver their usual standard.
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 25, 2024 21:08:55 GMT
Thank god most of them can sing, that's all I can say.
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 25, 2024 20:55:43 GMT
Currently very glad this was only £15 🤣
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 25, 2024 18:04:26 GMT
I'm in tonight, grabbed a £15 front Upper Circle seat earlier today.
The album on Spotify from last year is only 45 minutes so I guess it could be a reasonably earlyish finish unless new material has been added.
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 22, 2024 22:58:27 GMT
The Hippodrome circle was half empty when I went (Thursday 14th). The show was in good shape though.
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 22, 2024 19:30:07 GMT
What are the main script changes since the Palladium days? I've seen it 10 times so you'd think I'd remember, but I'm getting old 🤣 I know "Sweaty Eddie" changed to "Steady Eddie", and Mary Robert's origin being lost when "How I Got The Calling" got replaced, but has much else changed?
I agree it's still fab entertainment, Beverley and Ruth were on top form, and the audience loved it. Also, Deloris now has her own Glinda-bubble! That was fabulous 😁
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 22, 2024 17:59:59 GMT
Bit early for Sister Act’s press night isn’t it? Or was it some sort of gala performance? Editing to say it was press night, just seen Beverley mention it on her socials. Yeah it was press night, it's the same production that's been touring and most of the cast have played it before so I guess it didn't need long for previews 😀
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 21, 2024 22:30:41 GMT
Sister Act tonight- James Corden, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Louise Redknapp, Todrick Hall, Kelly Holmes, Dr Ranj, Sam Tutty, The Vivienne, Cassidy Janson and Marisha Wallace.
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 6, 2024 19:11:08 GMT
Bristol and Edinburgh teasing too.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 29, 2024 13:45:27 GMT
It's in Leicester Curve's listings for October too.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 29, 2024 13:34:57 GMT
I'm there for press night on Tuesday 😁
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 16, 2024 13:08:31 GMT
Does anyone know if Press Night is on 21st March? I’m asking because the evening performance starts at 19:00 rather then 19:30? Yes it's the 21st as far as I know, I'm on the list to hopefully review and the 21st is my birthday!
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 5, 2024 22:17:29 GMT
Here's the fruit of tonight's Googling, hope it's helpful to some of you! 😁
Songs For A New World - ADC Cambridge, 6-10 February
Just So - Bridewell Theatre London, 5-9 March
The Wizard Of Oz - Loughborough Town Hall, 5-9 March
Bad Girls - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton, 5-9 March
Sweeney Todd - ADC Cambridge 13-23 March
A Chorus Line - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton, 19-23 March
The Secret Garden - Little Theatre Leicester, March/April
Priscilla - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton 30 March-6 April
Footloose - Loughborough Town Hall 9-13 April
Legally Blonde - Little Theatre Leicester, 16-20 April
Beauty & The Beast - Abbey Theatre Nuneaton 17-20 April
Made In Dagenham - ADC Cambridge, 23-27 April
Grease - Little Theatre Leicester, 21-25 April
Love Never Dies - Wolverhampton Grand, 1-4 May
Oklahoma - Lichfield Garrick, 7-11 May
Hello Dolly - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton 21-25 May
Kinky Boots - Lichfield Garrick, 21-25 May
Grease - Belgrade Coventry, 23-26 May
The Producers - ADC Cambridge, 30 May-8 June
Rent - Leicester Curve, 4-8 June
Oliver - Abbey Theatre Nuneaton 4-8 June
Calendar Girls - Lichfield Garrick 2-6 July
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown - Bridewell Theatre London, 9-13 July
Made In Dagenham - Loughborough Town Hall 3-7 September Beauty & The Beast - Little Theatre Leicesterz 17-21 September
Wind In The Willows - Loughborough Town Hall 1-5 October
Oliver - Loughborough Town Hall 15-19 October
Nativity - Wolverhampton Grand, 13-17 November
The Color Purple - Bridewell Theatre London, 20-30 November
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 21, 2023 14:14:24 GMT
Another spreadsheet here. Show titles in rows, years in columns. Stupidly I track ticket prices too which is terrifying. 1041 shows and counting.... 😁
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 16, 2023 21:57:04 GMT
Saw Cinderella at Milton Keynes and Snow White at Wolverhampton last week. Doing my first shift for the Northampton Derngate's Snow White tomorrow. And I don't even like panto 🤣
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 16, 2023 21:52:07 GMT
I think I've now seen every English-speaking series and season that there is to see. I'm ready for more. Bring on 3rd January.
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 16, 2023 21:40:35 GMT
They don't get many votes overall do they. This is supposed to be a TV audience of millions.
And of course Cher sounded good, she was miming! I do wish she'd sing live every now and again.
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 12, 2023 19:00:32 GMT
Bingo!
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 12, 2023 17:24:01 GMT
He does have solos, he does Younger Than Springtime in the first act and Ten Minutes Ago in the second.
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 12, 2023 11:17:01 GMT
Yeah just got Row S Stalls for £57 direct through LWT 😁
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 11, 2023 14:23:44 GMT
I guess the people in the know can make the use of it then, I'll just have to see if dynamic pricing kicks in tomorrow.
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 11, 2023 12:36:16 GMT
I didn't see any 😭 guess I'm not on the right lists!
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Post by robertb213 on Nov 22, 2023 23:07:51 GMT
Alex Lodge has posted that he's playing Henry between 4th and 6th December, if anyone wants to catch him in the role.
He's also posted the code TWWCAST for anyone looking for discounts.
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Post by robertb213 on Nov 17, 2023 21:35:44 GMT
Caught the matinee yesterday, some good music in there and Nicole Raquel Dennis and Sam Ferriday are great, but otherwise it feel like a very lethargic slog and a chore to get through. I didn't feel it told the story well and the pace dragged a lot.
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Post by robertb213 on Nov 17, 2023 21:33:45 GMT
I literally saw the last 20 seconds and that was enough to make me wince. It's my era and I should love everything about it but it looks like a car-crash waiting to happen. I'll be reviewing in Milton Keynes in March so I'll make sure they throw some wine in to numb the pain 🤣
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