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Post by Jonnyboy on Aug 17, 2018 11:02:33 GMT
Seeing this tomorrow! Any tips about where to sit?
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Post by Jonnyboy on May 11, 2018 7:10:47 GMT
Ball of Wax from Ghost.
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Post by Jonnyboy on May 1, 2018 20:27:32 GMT
This must have a good chance of a transfer surely? I would have thought so! Hope Mill is one of the best things that’s happened to Manchester in years!
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Post by Jonnyboy on May 1, 2018 18:13:51 GMT
Wow just wow, slightly lost for words, what a performance, pitch perfect, high energy and so emotional, everything I wanted it to be and more! The acting, lighting, staging were top notch and the angry jarring choreography a sight to behold, can't recommend this enough. Also agree with BurlyBear the Song of Purple Summer was the best version I've heard. I was there too! Were you front row face on? I have a feeling I saw you! I wish I’d booked for an earlier performance so I would have time to go back again. Sadly, once will have to suffice. The staging, lighting and cast are phenomenal. I found the first half more compelling, dealing with the build-up. For some reason, the second half left me a little cold, maybe because so much happened so fast that I couldn’t emotionally connect. But that’s the fault of the musical and not the Hope Mill. Another huge hit, nevertheless. I love the soundtrack too, having never heard it beforehand. Currently listening to the German version on Spotify. Is there no English version available on Spotify? I might have to buy the CD instead... Oh and I took advantage of the programme and mug deal
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Post by Jonnyboy on May 1, 2018 18:04:05 GMT
Oh dear! Well, I watched A Quiet Place partly on your recommendation, so shall we call it even? It Follows may lose its way a little towards the end but I found the premise highly original and the scares in it genuinely... well, scary.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 28, 2018 7:13:20 GMT
Saw last night. Bloody brilliant, with a remarkable central performance from Jessie Buckley, the girl from the Nancy search, and I recall seeing her in A Little Night Music. She’s going to be big in Hollywood after this.
The more I think about it, the more ambiguous the ending is. Deliciously dark!
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 26, 2018 19:46:59 GMT
I saw this the second time, against my better judgement and because of todaytix doing a £15 offer, I forgot how painful this was when I saw it in previews, the score resembles fingernails and a blackboard. A second time? Are you a sadist? The score was problematic for me too, but the humour was a bigger sticking point. When everyone around you is roaring with laughter at a dead man with a pig’s trotter stuck in his mouth (and why in god’s name would it be left in there for burial?), you just wonder if you’re missing something that others can see and you can’t.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 19, 2018 22:36:36 GMT
They shouldn’t bring the Lulu character out last at the curtain call, even if someone excellent played her.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 19, 2018 22:34:58 GMT
Saw tonight. Brilliant and for £20 a bargain! How David Haig does this twice a day on matinée days I have no idea.
Cast uniformly good. Real tension and emotion even if we know the outcome. Quite remarkable and well deserving of its transfer.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 19, 2018 22:32:52 GMT
I guess shows can’t be for everybody. Personally, this has quickly become my favourite show (out of many many MANY shows!). I think I’d agree with the quote about the best British score, I think the cast is remarkable, the singing / harmonies / arrangements simply chillingly beautiful, the staging and set are immersive and creative, and I love the story. I’m sorry some people don’t enjoy it, but we can’t all enjoy everything. I’m really gutted I won’t get to see it again after 5 May! I think life is all the more wonderful when two people can coexist with such opposing points of view
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 18, 2018 22:02:59 GMT
This ain’t going to make me popular on here but this was one of the most excruciating things I’ve ever sat through.
I booked after the excellent press reviews, word of mouth and extension. Surely it could not fail to impress in some way? Erm...
The set was good and I liked the puppetry.
Here endeth the positives.
The funny bits just weren’t funny. Admittedly everyone around me was lapping it up and laughing their socks off, but I just didn’t get it. I’ve felt this way once before. Urinetown, another show I detested.
The humour was too predictable in its off the wall nature, too knowing which made it unfunny. Too at odds with the moving bits, which weren’t all that moving.
I read one review hail it as the best British score in years. What? WHAT?!
There was so little music in it! And they were more snatches of songs than complete pieces. And the singing? My god, some of it was just wailing.
Much of it was amateur in nature. It felt at times like students putting on a show at Christmas for friends.
Please don’t get me wrong. I love smaller, intimate musicals. Most of what the Hope Mill has done, for example, I’ve adored. But this just made me feel like I was in a different audience from everyone else. What could I not see? What could I not hear that everyone else could?
Right it’s off my chest. But does anyone else feel the same way?!
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 18, 2018 7:42:05 GMT
I loved this last night! The dancing is incredible!
Lulu’s role isn’t a big one. It doesn’t make all that much difference whether she’s good or not. The true stars of the show still shine brightly.
And I met Ashley Day afterwards. He’s delightful.
My future husband. Ahem.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 17, 2018 13:58:53 GMT
They went to SA5 first and then turned to me in SA4. Be prepared!
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 16, 2018 21:48:27 GMT
I enjoyed this tonight. A veneer of sheer lighthearted entertainment but with serious points lurking beneath.
Front row stage seats well worth it. I declined the Bullseye segment when we were seated but still I was approached unexpectedly for the Yes-No section. I was so stunned I almost forgot where I’m from. I was the one muttering something about Manchester. There was a bit of awkwardness later on with the winning pub quiz team named BJ!!!
My dad said afterwards that both halves were manipulative in gaining the respective votes the playwright wants. I said isn’t that one of the points? That we were manipulated too.
Shame that most reviews reveal the outcome of both votes so the live votes lose their impact somewhat.
Worth seeing. More thought provoking than you might think.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 14, 2018 8:09:40 GMT
Yes that was a good bit! But I was kind of prepared for that after the trailer.
Have you seen It Follows? I found that modern horror film scarier.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 13, 2018 22:58:31 GMT
Bit slow, not as scary as it’s made out to be. I enjoyed this but I just don’t get the hype. Such a great premise but it’s that old thing again where seeing the monster itself makes it less terrifying. I preferred Ghost Stories.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 8, 2018 10:15:52 GMT
I don't want this thread to end negatively, so would someone please post something positive!!! Okay! I bloody loved it!
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 4, 2018 18:32:07 GMT
Looking forward to this. I wholeheartedly support the Hope Mill but not terribly impressed with their latest email saying the show has had 4s and 5s across the board. False advertising doesn’t sit well with me.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Mar 31, 2018 20:52:14 GMT
Now on Netflix if anyone’s interested. Looking forward to watching it!
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Post by Jonnyboy on Mar 31, 2018 20:35:24 GMT
Hi Jonnyboy, and I was at the same performance, on a jolly over from Manchester. Where were you sat? I can imagine it being even more tender in a smaller space, but heck, I was in that room, enjoying every smile, every held silence, willing the gents to stay together. I was with a German friend and had to explain what a Mystery play was and that we were unlikely to have any dead bodies. But everyone was fantastic, even if the smaller characters didn't particularly have their own arcs, but the John and George story was achingly moving. A lovely production, please go. Aww I was over from Manchester too! My first visit to the Crucible! I was on the front row of seats - the temporary ones - and the view was perfect. I loved the whole thing. Impeccably acted and so so moving. The two male leads are still going round and round my head. And I have a mega crush on JB now. Very cute and such a fine actor. I just wish I could see it again. Outstanding.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Mar 31, 2018 14:22:16 GMT
Interval. This is achingly beautiful. I adore it already.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Feb 12, 2018 22:34:00 GMT
I enjoyed it — kind of - but I’d had a few drinks beforehand. Sober I suspect it would have left me totally cold. Not a patch on Parade and the gorgeous Little Women. No stand out songs apart from the one used in the trailer. The leading lady very good, the men cute.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Feb 11, 2018 8:25:05 GMT
Not showing in Manchester at all. Why?! Why make a film with big names that would surely attract an audience and then limit its release so much?
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Post by Jonnyboy on Jan 29, 2018 22:49:11 GMT
Thinking of starting a Justgiving Page so I can see this show.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Jan 29, 2018 18:49:19 GMT
Onstage seating now on sale. People who are (understandably) unhappy about the trials of buying a single seat at some theatres should take some ironic pleasure from the fact that the front row of stage seating is a row of three seats, so you can’t buy for a couple, only one or three... A three and a four on each side. I just snagged four front row stage seats together.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Jan 28, 2018 13:08:50 GMT
Ticketmaster are looking into this fault. While that’s my hopes dashed for a cheap ticket! Unless £89.50 is good for a front stalls end of row ticket...
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Post by Jonnyboy on Jan 28, 2018 12:45:34 GMT
I’ve found seats that are £37.50 stalls then when I add them to the basket they are £90?? I don’t understand! They clearly say £37.50ea before I put them in the basket, which I thought was very cheap!
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Post by Jonnyboy on Jan 25, 2018 18:48:05 GMT
Just read a stinker of a review in The Times. Seeing Saturday. Has anyone here seen it yet?
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Post by Jonnyboy on Jan 6, 2018 10:40:42 GMT
I've noticed on the Delfont Mackintosh website that it not only categorises this piece as a musical, but also blatantly announces a gunshot within the show! Hope that's not a big spolier alert like it would be in {Spoiler - click to view} The Ferryman Looking forward to seeing this soon.The Twitter handle is @dylanmusical so they’re going down the musical route. Don’t worry about the gunshot. I loved the show but don’t even remember a gunshot!
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Post by Jonnyboy on Jan 5, 2018 9:30:03 GMT
I took a friend to Little Women and she was so impressed she’s asked to see this with me, so I’ll be giving it a whirl! Great to see the Hope Mill team inside the top 100 Stage list too!
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