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Post by boybooshka on Apr 4, 2016 17:05:08 GMT
Glad to read that I'm not the only person obsessed with Edmin on here, I do love myself a good Ed Fringe spreadsheet, I must admit I've never yet laminated mine though lol. With regards to leaving time free for going to see things you come across up there I'm a bit ambiguous about that. We've tried it both ways, and I tend to find that we watch much less if we leave time free because it's much harder to decide what to see when you are up there and faced with all that choice, than it is in the comfort of your own home armed with the brochure and various coloured highlighters . What we did last year, which felt like an happy medium, was to book the things we were definite about and those we felt were likely to sell out, and then plan everything else but not book it until a couple of days before. This allowed us to sack off shows if we heard negative things about them, or something that sounded better came up. If you are going as I a couple I can't recommend becoming a friend of the fringe strongly enough, it's £35 and as well as giving you up to 15 shows at 241 you get to use the dedicated friends box office, which is obviously much quieter, and also has its own Virgin half price hut desk. Not all shows do the friends 241s but a good majority of them do, it's mostly stand ups that don't.
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Post by boybooshka on Apr 1, 2016 10:10:05 GMT
Any story I see posted this morning I always assume is an April Fool. I like Kerry, is this a cruel joke to get me excited and then dash hopes? I must admit I thought that myself, so I looked for pre April 1st corroborating evidence before I posted. Not a good day to release news, it makes everyone suspicious, like a Daily Mail reader spotting a Burka at the airport.
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Post by boybooshka on Apr 1, 2016 9:56:40 GMT
I'm intrigued by the enriched Vip experience with private bar and special guests, but it's £65! I think I'm more intrigued by the Friday 5pm matinee with a £35 top price
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Post by boybooshka on Apr 1, 2016 8:16:12 GMT
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 29, 2016 19:28:25 GMT
I do so agree re Barbara Marten: she was absolutely stunning and I couldn't wait to look up who it was who had played the roles of the doctor and mother. Where has she been all my theatregoing life and more to the point, why isn't she a household name or at least the theatrical equivalent? She's a pretty familiar theatre face here oop North. Always good, saw her in a production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf a few years back, great performance.
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 27, 2016 9:17:55 GMT
I watched the matinee yesterday, and thought it was well worth the trip to Sheffield. I thought it was very funny, if mostly in an obvious way, which going from he couple of other things I have seen by Richard Bean appears to be his style. The story and characters engaged and I even got gripped by the snooker, which I really didn't expect to happen.
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 18, 2016 0:20:52 GMT
Hmm he was ok I guess if you like that kind of thing, no Kevin Bacon. Though of course neither is Kevin Bacon anymore, more Kevin Beefjerky.
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 17, 2016 9:34:34 GMT
I went to watch it last night, it was fine. An undemanding, entertaining night at the the theatre. The understudy was on for the lead, and whilst he sang well he didn't really sell as any kind of rebel. Generally I thought the cast where pretty good, even the Nolan, though her accent was pretty ropey. Gareth Gates though, wtf! It was like he was in another show. Perhaps a musical sequel to Of Mice and Men as covered by Wither The Arts!
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 17, 2016 9:20:14 GMT
You've convinced me, and I've somehow managed to convince the OH. Thanks
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 16, 2016 13:55:29 GMT
I just can't not buy them, no matter the price. I love to browse through the collection every now and then. I work at a music venue and compared to the brochures you get on a lot of the bigger name and/or flashier tours most theatre programmes are cheaper/ better value for money.
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 16, 2016 13:46:24 GMT
Very tempted to see this, sounds great.But i have only have one possible sslot for it, and it's a toss up between this and seeing Billy Elliot for a final time before it closes. decisions decisions.
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 16, 2016 13:40:36 GMT
Well, not really, other dissenters thought it would be nice to leave the tribute thread as a tribute and so took their dissenting voices to the other War Horse thread: www.theatreboard.co.uk/thread/410/important-start-time-matinee-horse No one asked them to, they just thought it would be a nice thing to do, and I agree, it was very classy and very nice of them. Oh right! They are puppets you know, they've not died!
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 16, 2016 0:09:13 GMT
This thread is so desperately in need of a dissenting voice, I'm happy to oblige.
The puppets and their operation undoubtedly deserve all the superlatives heaped up on them and more. The staging and the use of music in the show are also excellent but the narrative itself is, for me, a bit meh. The whole thing is reminiscent of a so so gift in stunningly beautiful gift wrap.
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 9, 2016 9:06:19 GMT
Oh God, I nearly forgot about Paradise Found. Or Carry On Vienna as me and my friend renamed it. We and another couple stayed for the second half thinking, well it must get better. What a sight - people actually looked shell shocked leaving the Menier. My prized memories are the cast trying to negotiate the scenery (often taking bits with them unintentionally) and a candle being perilously close to setting a negligee alight (still Mandy's sweat would have out it out). I had taken my friend to the Menier to show her how fab it is - she's never been since. Methinks if this was on Broadway it would have closed after the first performance. Carry On Vienna, perfectly sums that horrible mess up. I've never been able to watch Mandy in anything since without thinking about his sweaty gurning face in that! Not a big memorabilia collector and don't stage door, so don't have a lot apart from programmes and tickets both of which I like to browse through occasionally. I do however own the foam cover off Liza Minnelli's microphone from last time I saw her, lol. We was sat in the front row, it came off in her hand, she asked me if I wanted it and then threw it to me. I am of course planning clones at some point! A similar thing happened when I saw Joan Rivers but with a pot plant, they have both of course unfortunately died since.
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 5, 2016 12:31:11 GMT
Anyone tempted to exchange tickets will be missing an incredible performance by Natasha Barnes. She blew the roof off last night and the audience loved it. I was there last night too and totally agree, she was fab. I wasn't disappointed to miss Sheridan, though that said I will be making a trip to the Savoy, lol.
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 4, 2016 9:42:24 GMT
I saw this at the Royal Exchange in Manchester a couple of weeks ago. Whilst the subject matter is very harrowing, they play has a beautiful lightness of touch and in fact contains a lot of humour, and although yes it can be heartbreaking it is ultimately quite uplifting. A brilliant show, probably the best thing I've seen so far this year.
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Post by boybooshka on Mar 4, 2016 9:32:49 GMT
It doesn't take much to get me to cry to be honest, it happens a lot. Due to sadness, happiness, feeling particular connection to a character, song, theme or scene, or just because of the sheer damn thrill of live theatre. A good, well played overture can get me started, as can a character flying and weather on stage, particularly rain or snow.
Cynthia Errivo is responsible for giving me many very wet faces. I was an absolute mess after The Color Purple, walking out of the theatre I looked up at the usher stood by the door and we just laughed and then cried more as we saw reflected in each other's face how much emotional impact the show had.
Billy Elliot, my favourite show, can have me weeping from joy and sadness too, particularly Grandma's song, and billy leaving at the end.
They are loads thoug, I could list examples all day.
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Post by boybooshka on Feb 24, 2016 11:50:12 GMT
I saw this on the tour it did before it went into London. It was good, well staged and well performed. But, as is often the case with stage (play not musical) adaptations of films I just left feeling that there was really no point apart from the potential financial gain for the writer/ producers. It really offers nothing beyond doing it's best to recreate the film on stage. I'd prefer to stay at home and watch the dvd. Damn, I really got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning
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Post by boybooshka on Feb 24, 2016 11:35:44 GMT
It was ok, had a much longer run than it deserved. The issue with Dury Lane is it's size, any show that goes in there needs mass appeal to succeed and unfortunately that so often seems to equate with mediocrity.
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Post by boybooshka on Feb 18, 2016 12:44:34 GMT
I really Like Louise but Samantha Spiro is a much more exciting proposition in that role I think.
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Post by boybooshka on Feb 18, 2016 12:28:49 GMT
Would kind of like to see this, but it doesn't fit in to a pre-planned London trip and i don't quite want to see it enough to make a special trip for it.
Ultimately glad that they have decided to introduce reserved seating, though I did quite like watching the disappointment of groups arriving at the last minute and realizing they had to sit separately. At Grey Gardens a group of five arrived about three minutes before it started and I thought one of them was going to literally explode when they were told that they couldn't do anything about arranging for them to sit together. She made a right show of herself at the top of her voice, kinda fitting for the show, lol.
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Post by boybooshka on Feb 8, 2016 15:00:32 GMT
I agree, excellent play and beautiful central performance.
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Post by boybooshka on Feb 8, 2016 10:12:40 GMT
Personally the only mistake like that I can remember making is going to palace theatre in Manchester instead of the Opera house to watch Beauty and the Beast, only discovering the mistake when they couldn't find my tickets in the collects.
As a House manager at a music venue I do however have to deal with mistakes like these all the time. Wrong day, wrong show, wrong time, wrong seat etc etc. I recently struggled to find seating information on the ticket of a latecomer I was dealing with, searching and searching to the cusp of thinking I was going mad, I then looked at the artists name and venue and realised they where in the wrong venue, lol. I've also had people complain that we were selling the wrong programmes, the truth being they were actually at the wrong show.
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