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Post by danb on Nov 17, 2023 18:34:51 GMT
Two outer stalls seats booked for the first preview for £9.50 each; my son will still be there next year so I’ll have a place to stay or just give them to him if I change my mind.
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Post by AddisonMizner on Nov 17, 2023 18:59:21 GMT
I am tempted to book this, as Nottingham Playhouse is my local theatre.
However, I really didn’t like this show in London and the more I have thought about it, the more I have HATED it! The film did not solve any of its problems either. The book is incredibly weak, particularly the second act, the music is catchy but uninteresting and not very sophisticated and I found the central performance in London not great either.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 17, 2023 19:23:43 GMT
I am tempted to book this, as Nottingham Playhouse is my local theatre. However, I really didn’t like this show in London and the more I have thought about it, the more I have HATED it! The film did not solve any of its problems either. The book is incredibly weak, particularly the second act, the music is catchy but uninteresting and not very sophisticated and I found the central performance in London not great either. Small tip. Don’t book. |
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Post by danb on Nov 17, 2023 19:46:23 GMT
I’m just hoping that this revision scales it correctly, so that the tiny show that it actually is, is no longer overwhelmed with screens & bombast. It is a human story of flawed people doing stupid, misguided things, miguidedly relying on over-amplification to tell you when to feel. Tell the story, with the songs and let us decide if we care.
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Post by dan on Nov 17, 2023 19:46:37 GMT
Two outer stalls seats booked for the first preview for £9.50 each; my son will still be there next year so I’ll have a place to stay or just give them to him if I change my mind. Exactly the same! Snap! Outer seats for £9.50 for first performance  I love those seats at the Playhouse. |
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Post by danb on Nov 17, 2023 19:48:08 GMT
Two outer stalls seats booked for the first preview for £9.50 each; my son will still be there next year so I’ll have a place to stay or just give them to him if I change my mind. Exactly the same! Snap! Outer seats for £9.50 for first performance I love those seats at the Playhouse. Are they ok? I was just being a cheapskate. |
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Post by dan on Nov 17, 2023 19:49:49 GMT
Exactly the same! Snap! Outer seats for £9.50 for first performance I love those seats at the Playhouse. Are they ok? I was just being a cheapskate. For £9.50 they’re incredible! I was in them at the weekend and they’re very close, not too wide either, so just miss a snippet of that side of the stage. Such great value. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 18, 2023 7:42:18 GMT
I’m just hoping that this revision scales it correctly, so that the tiny show that it actually is, is no longer overwhelmed with screens & bombast. It is a human story of flawed people doing stupid, misguided things, miguidedly relying on over-amplification to tell you when to feel. Tell the story, with the songs and let us decide if we care. This production may work in Nottingham but after that it's sadly going to lots of barns which is not doing the piece any favours. |
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Post by marob on Nov 18, 2023 9:46:39 GMT
I’m just hoping that this revision scales it correctly, so that the tiny show that it actually is, is no longer overwhelmed with screens & bombast. It is a human story of flawed people doing stupid, misguided things, miguidedly relying on over-amplification to tell you when to feel. Tell the story, with the songs and let us decide if we care. This production may work in Nottingham but after that it's sadly going to lots of barns which is not doing the piece any favours. It always gets me when small-ish shows go to the 2300+ capacity Liverpool Empire, but their next option would be the Playhouse which only seats about 700. Saw Hope Mill’s Hair at the Empire with at most maybe 200 people. |
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Nov 18, 2023 10:04:07 GMT
I’m just hoping that this revision scales it correctly, so that the tiny show that it actually is, is no longer overwhelmed with screens & bombast. It is a human story of flawed people doing stupid, misguided things, miguidedly relying on over-amplification to tell you when to feel. Tell the story, with the songs and let us decide if we care. This production may work in Nottingham but after that it's sadly going to lots of barns which is not doing the piece any favours. I thought Amelie did a fairly decent job scaling to larger venues after opening in the watermill of all places, so think there's hope |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 18, 2023 11:10:45 GMT
True. I'd forgotten about Amelie
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 18, 2023 11:12:49 GMT
I remember seeing Amelie in the 1800 seat New Theatre in Oxford and spending the whole show trying to work out why they hadn't gone with the 650 seat Playhouse instead - it looked like a postage stamp on that massive stage.
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Post by marob on Nov 18, 2023 13:27:10 GMT
Interesting Amelie went to the larger option in Oxford as when was in Liverpool it went to the smaller Playhouse. Just the right size for it.
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Post by bigredapple on Jan 25, 2024 23:10:31 GMT
Cast 29.01
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Post by andrew on Jan 26, 2024 0:51:23 GMT
They better get Marcus Harman.
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Post by sph on Jan 26, 2024 1:54:13 GMT
They better get Marcus Harman. With it being an entirely new production with new direction etc, I expect they won't want to bring any cast from the former production. They'll probably want to start afresh. |
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Post by westendfan1 on Jan 29, 2024 12:50:55 GMT
Announced this morning that they're basically holding open auditions on TikTok for this...
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 29, 2024 13:14:28 GMT
Christ, as if it couldn't get any worse
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 29, 2024 13:47:55 GMT
Gimmick.
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Post by littlefan on Jan 29, 2024 14:43:04 GMT
This feels like it's going to be an utter disaster. I hope I'm wrong.
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 29, 2024 14:56:12 GMT
You won't be - this is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Jan 29, 2024 15:05:39 GMT
To be honest this just screams PR job to me, grab some headlines and publicity for the show. Then end up casting via usual routes
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Post by sph on Jan 29, 2024 15:10:43 GMT
To be honest this just screams PR job to me, grab some headlines and publicity for the show. Then end up casting via usual routes Yes, this is 100% a publicity stunt. We have plenty of capable professional actors in this country who can play these roles. There's no way they're actually so short on talented candidates that they have to resort to a nationwide search. Also, assuming they're looking for someone to play Evan, that's a pretty big sing and quite heavy emotionally. Eight times a week (six if there's alternates)? They'll want someone trained and/or experienced. |
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 29, 2024 15:23:55 GMT
Watch them cast Alana from an open call (is that what she's even called) or a standby and then the rest be MT people
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 29, 2024 18:02:21 GMT
But everyone who “auditioned” on TikTok will buy tickets (actually mum will buy them) to the show so they can sneer at the people who actually got the job.
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