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Post by drfootlights on Apr 19, 2023 15:07:12 GMT
Autumn.
Produced by Bill Kenwright.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 19, 2023 15:55:25 GMT
and using the left over sets from Murder on the Nile and Whistle down the wind
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Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 19, 2023 21:00:02 GMT
All roles played by Jenny Seagrove
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 19, 2023 21:04:30 GMT
All roles played by Jenny Seagrove This made me howl |
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Post by Mark on Apr 19, 2023 22:42:35 GMT
Love this show so much. Even the stripped down first tour was good.
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Post by Seriously on May 12, 2023 10:16:52 GMT
Looks like it's starting in Windsor, 30th August.
7th November: Leeds Grand
21st November: Darlington Hippodrome
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Post by anthony40 on May 12, 2023 10:21:03 GMT
Love this show so much. Even the stripped down first tour was good. Was the pun intentional? |
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Post by Mark on May 12, 2023 10:24:19 GMT
Love this show so much. Even the stripped down first tour was good. Was the pun intentional? It wasn’t actually! Speaking of this show, I saw a wonderful amateur production of it last night in Chelmsford. Well worth a visit. |
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Post by Dr Tom on May 12, 2023 12:24:05 GMT
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 12, 2023 13:00:13 GMT
This is very much a show of diminishing returns now.
So many amateur groups have done it over the past couple of years. Some have sold well, sone have struggled
The tour will have names, and that helps. But like Spamalot, it tends to get a smaller audience each time it revisits a theatre
It will need big names to overcome this. Too many people have seen it already and that tends to depress audience numbers
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Post by theatreprince on May 12, 2023 13:26:36 GMT
This looks like the play rather than musical, however. |
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Post by Dr Tom on May 12, 2023 14:47:44 GMT
This looks like the play rather than musical, however. Well spotted. That explains it! |
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Post by TallPaul on May 20, 2023 11:43:13 GMT
The email I received from Hull Theatres promises "a re-imagined book and new music." There's *that* word again. It's even infected the East Riding!
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Jun 23, 2023 13:33:14 GMT
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Post by theatreliker on Jun 23, 2023 13:58:59 GMT
What's the collective noun for a group of Mrs Johnstones?
A Kenwright of Mrs Js?
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Jun 23, 2023 15:45:03 GMT
*awaits the casting of Sean Jones as the boisterous schoolboy Tommo*
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Post by Being Alive on Jun 23, 2023 17:13:01 GMT
Marti Webb as Sophie Louise Dann? I'm alright ta
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Post by hannechalk on Jun 23, 2023 17:57:47 GMT
*awaits the casting of Sean Jones as the boisterous schoolboy Tommo* I have it on good authority he's tied to Blood Brothers till end of October. 😂 Jordan Alexander is MD on Calendar Girls, and he used to be keys 2 on Blood Brothers, so it's a whole reunion. |
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Post by Mark on Sept 6, 2023 11:17:15 GMT
Anyone been yet? I'm off there tonight!
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Post by Mark on Sept 7, 2023 7:38:25 GMT
Possibly one of my most disappointing nights at the theatre I’ve ever had, to the point that I was pretty angry upon leaving how they have turned this wonderful show into what I saw last night. This was/is one of my favourite shows - I saw the West End production 5 times including closing night. Enjoyed the first tour when it went out, and really enjoyed an am dram version my sister did earlier this year. What I saw last night was a shadow of what “The Girls” was that it’s almost unrecognisable.
Firstly - Tommo, Danny, Jenny (the three kids), the Mrs Wilson’s, Laurence (photographer), and Brenda (speech giver) have all been cut.
Here we have a cast of 9 - the 6 girls, Marie, and then John and and Annie’s husbands.
The opening number bears hardly any resemblance to “Yorkshire”
Who wants a silent night - cut
Of course with the characters gone, Protect me less and Girls are cut (including the ever funny Jaws/never see all of the shark line).
Did the performers make up for it? Well, no. I just felt zero warmth from anyone. And the vocals left an awful lot to be desired. Even the calendar scene only triggered light chuckles and applause from the audience. A real let down.
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Post by theatrecatlady on Sept 7, 2023 10:45:09 GMT
Possibly one of my most disappointing nights at the theatre I’ve ever had, to the point that I was pretty angry upon leaving how they have turned this wonderful show into what I saw last night. This was/is one of my favourite shows - I saw the West End production 5 times including closing night. Enjoyed the first tour when it went out, and really enjoyed an am dram version my sister did earlier this year. What I saw last night was a shadow of what “The Girls” was that it’s almost unrecognisable. Firstly - Tommo, Danny, Jenny (the three kids), the Mrs Wilson’s, Laurence (photographer), and Brenda (speech giver) have all been cut. Here we have a cast of 9 - the 6 girls, Marie, and then John and and Annie’s husbands. The opening number bears hardly any resemblance to “Yorkshire” Who wants a silent night - cut Of course with the characters gone, Protect me less and Girls are cut (including the ever funny Jaws/never see all of the shark line). Did the performers make up for it? Well, no. I just felt zero warmth from anyone. And the vocals left an awful lot to be desired. Even the calendar scene only triggered light chuckles and applause from the audience. A real let down. Gosh...that sounds terrible...the West End production was such a beautiful show...this sounds like a travesty... How on earth did the show work without Laurence (the photographer)? |
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Post by Mark on Sept 7, 2023 10:54:21 GMT
Chris’s husband is now the photographer.
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Post by BVM on Sept 7, 2023 11:09:47 GMT
Possibly one of my most disappointing nights at the theatre I’ve ever had, to the point that I was pretty angry upon leaving how they have turned this wonderful show into what I saw last night. This was/is one of my favourite shows - I saw the West End production 5 times including closing night. Enjoyed the first tour when it went out, and really enjoyed an am dram version my sister did earlier this year. What I saw last night was a shadow of what “The Girls” was that it’s almost unrecognisable. Firstly - Tommo, Danny, Jenny (the three kids), the Mrs Wilson’s, Laurence (photographer), and Brenda (speech giver) have all been cut. Here we have a cast of 9 - the 6 girls, Marie, and then John and and Annie’s husbands. The opening number bears hardly any resemblance to “Yorkshire” Who wants a silent night - cut Of course with the characters gone, Protect me less and Girls are cut (including the ever funny Jaws/never see all of the shark line). Did the performers make up for it? Well, no. I just felt zero warmth from anyone. And the vocals left an awful lot to be desired. Even the calendar scene only triggered light chuckles and applause from the audience. A real let down. Sad to say it, but this all sounds typical Kenwright. Absolutely loved the original run at The Lowry and then the pretty much identical West End version. The first main tour I found very basic, set wise etc, but the warmth and message of the piece still came through. This sounds awful. As a more general point does make me sad how there are so many musicals that end up doing tours that just get cheaper and cheaper with every incarnation. |
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Post by david on Sept 7, 2023 11:39:02 GMT
Thanks for the post Mark. I was going to book for Liverpool, but will give it a miss if this version is a really diluted version of the first tour. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 7, 2023 19:57:45 GMT
Who wants a silent night - cut I'm surprised about that. It's the only song I found memorable from the West End production. |
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