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Post by Jon on Apr 25, 2024 18:57:36 GMT
Could be Ardal O'Hanlon or Ben Miller too. Personally I think Kris would be a good choice. I think age wise, Kris and Ralf would work.
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Post by Jon on Apr 25, 2024 18:50:54 GMT
I think Corden should The Odd Couple with another big name actor and have the gimmick of them alternating the role of Oscar and Felix. Matthew Horne, David Walliams, David Tennant, one of the guys who have been lead in Death in Paradise? Which one Kris Marshall or Ralf Little?
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Post by Jon on Apr 25, 2024 18:17:55 GMT
I think Corden should The Odd Couple with another big name actor and have the gimmick of them alternating the role of Oscar and Felix.
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 23:07:11 GMT
It might be tricky to stream or broadcast in cinemas because of rights issues. Netflix owns The Roald Dahl Story Company but I think Warner Bros stills own some screen rights to The Witches as well.
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 14:00:38 GMT
I'm not seeing Challengers until this weekend but my expectation is entertaining romp and if I get that, I'm more than happy.
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 12:15:27 GMT
Is this Sheader's first show or Longhurst's final show?
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 11:52:22 GMT
Surely Matilda being an RSC production would have replaced the Les Mis royalties? Well it was an additional to the Les Mis royalties as the original production ran until 2019, now they just have Matilda, and Totoro tops them back up. Am I right in thinking that the royalties from Les Mis weren't much and had got smaller over the years before Cameron Mackintosh decided to replace it with the 'new' production?
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 11:36:10 GMT
Seven months is not really enough time for a large scale musical like The Witches to recoup, I think Just For One Day which has a lot of commercial producers attached plus slightly easier to transfer has a better shot of going in for a limited run.
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 10:59:37 GMT
Surely Matilda being an RSC production would have replaced the Les Mis royalties?
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 10:58:07 GMT
Standing at the Sky's Edge didn't originate at the National TBF it originated at the Sheffield Crucible which is smaller than the Olivier.
Just because theatres have similar layout does not mean they have similar stages or backstage capacity.
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2024 14:54:44 GMT
People forget this is show business, not show charity. Producers pick people who they think can put bums on seats although personally I can't see Stacey Dooley being a huge draw to audiences.
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2024 14:17:52 GMT
I wonder given the success of the TV adaptation if we might finally see the original version go to the West End since it was postponed due to the pandemic.
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2024 14:07:02 GMT
Hannah's next big film is The Fall Guy although she's only supporting.
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2024 12:45:26 GMT
And Cheryl wasn't trolling us? This knows what it is (nonsense) and plays to it - if people are daft enough to give it money, good luck to them 😂 I agree, I'm not a fan of the show but if the alternative is a dark theatre which no doubt people would moan about and say the West End was in crisis, I'd go for 2.22 any day.
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2024 12:36:57 GMT
A lot of musicals haven't aged well like Flower Drum Song for example but some shows don't lend themselves to reinvention.
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Post by Jon on Apr 22, 2024 13:30:40 GMT
Some key figures from the annual accounts of Crossroads Pantomines Ltd for the year ending 31 March 2023. 24 pantomines Gross profit margin of 18.2% Turover of £39.64 million Gross profit £7.23 million Operating profit of £1.73 million Profit before tax of £1.66 million Theatre tax relief of £2.91 million Total profit for the year of £5.30 million Just shows why Crossroads are the panto kings.
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Post by Jon on Apr 22, 2024 12:36:40 GMT
The Pinter is more likely given it's free from June.
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Post by Jon on Apr 22, 2024 11:46:37 GMT
Birmingham Hippodrome's panto is six weeks and that starts later than other pantos. Some are only three weeks which to me seems not financially viable but depends on the theatre.
Some pantos like the Lyric Hammersmith and the Theatre Royal Newcastle panto start in November which seems a tad early.
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Post by Jon on Apr 21, 2024 20:41:45 GMT
BurlyBeaR we need a title change now it's been confirmed. Baz mentioned the priority sale is on April 25th
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Post by Jon on Apr 21, 2024 20:32:22 GMT
How is the Crossroads Robin Hood done normally? Isn't it just a reskinned Babes in the Woods?
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Post by Jon on Apr 21, 2024 20:26:27 GMT
Julian as Robin is interesting casting, Jane as Marian will be a hoot although I wonder if she was asked to play the Sheriff and turned it down and they offered her Marian instead.
The Spirit of Sherwood I'm guessing is similar to Spirit of the Bean in Jack and the Beanstalk.
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Post by Jon on Apr 21, 2024 18:37:19 GMT
I know the Palladium especially isn't bothered about panto in its more traditional sense. But the problem with American names is more often than not they don't 'get it'. There is an art to doing panto well. Apart from Donny Osmond, there hasn't been many American stars in panto in the last few years.
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Post by Jon on Apr 21, 2024 17:51:08 GMT
I believe American stars like The Hoff were paid top whack by First Family Entertainment years ago.
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Post by Jon on Apr 21, 2024 16:07:57 GMT
Baz will spill the beans tonight I would imagine.
A female Sheriff could work although I wonder if they could go for someone like Amanda Holden who hasn't done panto in 8 years.
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Post by Jon on Apr 19, 2024 20:52:45 GMT
It’s Robin Hood. I’d also heard a few weeks back that Gary Wilmot has retired from panto and won’t be returning this year. Not sure if there’s any truth in that. Robin and Marian being the couple in question I'm guess. The heart referring to the Heart of Sherwood Forest. I think you could get away with casting say Louis Gaunt as Robin Hood but have a name for the Sheriff. Julian as Little John would be inspired and maybe Nigel Havers as Friar Tuck.
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Post by Jon on Apr 19, 2024 19:57:01 GMT
Watched Back to Black and while I liked it, I think Mitch Winehouse and to an extent Blake Fielder-Civil were portrayed in a less negative light than compared to the 2015 documentary Amy which was very critical of Mitch.
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Post by Jon on Apr 19, 2024 18:13:08 GMT
Strange question but in 2021, 2.22 and The Windsors: Endgame went to the Noel Coward and Prince of Wales because their current shows at the time were not ready to return but what happened to the sets of those shows, did they go into storage or did they build a set in front of another set?
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Post by Jon on Apr 19, 2024 17:04:07 GMT
It does sound like "Beauty and the Beast" except Richmond Theatre is already doing it and Crossroads tends not to do the same panto in the same region to the point Richmond had to change their panto from "Jack and the Beanstalk" to "Goldilocks and the 3 bears" in 2022 as the Palladium decided to do "Jack and the Beanstalk" as their annual panto If the Palladium panto is Beauty and the Beast then Richmond would probably have to change to Sleeping Beauty or Snow White.
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Post by Jon on Apr 19, 2024 17:02:58 GMT
Chess would have to be a non profit run as it would never do good business commercially That's what they once said about a remount of FUNNY GIRL. Enter, Lea Michelle. The difference between Funny Girl and Chess is that Funny Girl ran longer in its original run.
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Post by Jon on Apr 19, 2024 16:59:37 GMT
Would we rather than empty dark theatres rather than have shows that can fill in at short notice? For all other things to transfer, they need time both in terms of having a chance to recoup and also marketing. Something like Just For One Day is not going to be able to come in for eight weeks because it is financially unviable in the timeframe of making the show suitable for the Gielgud and getting a cast ready by the end of May, start of June.
Opening Night is closing because audiences aren't interested and the ones who did go for the most part didn't like it. It's show business at the end of the day and Delfont Mackintosh can't be choosy at the end of the day since they had it booked out until the end of July. In terms of Heathers @sohoplace, it's on Nica Burns for having to scramble to find a show to replace Red Pitch not the producers of Heathers.
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