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Post by Being Alive on May 10, 2024 17:43:52 GMT
This is seemingly in a bit of a mess from what I've heard too - sounds like a very unhappy team on both sides.
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Post by BVM on May 10, 2024 18:15:11 GMT
First preview tomorrow night has just been cancelled "due to the technical aspects of the production needing further preparation". Considering they just fired a member of the creative team yesterday and Tom is extremely unhappy, I’m not surprised. Who have they fired? Why is Tom unhappy? |
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Post by Jon on May 10, 2024 19:44:34 GMT
I get cast and creative being unhappy during a show's run but before it takes the biscuit!
One has to wonder if this might end up being Jamie Lloyd's Opening Night.
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Post by normasturban on May 10, 2024 20:06:39 GMT
It’s not going to be Jamie Lloyd’s Opening Night because despite what could go wrong with the production, the text is strong.
ON was a colossal misfire on all fronts, material most of all.
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Post by marob on May 10, 2024 20:28:41 GMT
Didn’t he already have his Opening Night with Doctor Faustus?
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 10, 2024 20:34:09 GMT
Oh dear, this isn’t good.
Maybe someone shot down the drone?
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Post by parsley1 on May 10, 2024 20:47:18 GMT
I do think JL is a director of the highest calibre and have always felt an affinity to his work
But with recognition and popularity
Comes ego
And with increased output
Standards inevitably drop and ideas become old
And the fashion changes
I will be interested to see where he goes in the next 10 years and if he develops his style and evolves
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Post by Jon on May 10, 2024 20:56:54 GMT
I do think JL is a director of the highest calibre and have always felt an affinity to his work But with recognition and popularity Comes ego And with increased output Standards inevitably drop and ideas become old And the fashion changes I will be interested to see where he goes in the next 10 years and if he develops his style and evolves In the Sunset Boulevard programme, the minimalist look is Jamie Lloyd wants to do, I'm sure he'll go back to doing traditional productions in the future. I think this is the first production that Jamie Lloyd has done since The Jamie Lloyd Company became independent from ATG which isn't good for him if things aren't going well on R&J |
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Post by nash16 on May 10, 2024 22:40:32 GMT
First preview tomorrow night has just been cancelled "due to the technical aspects of the production needing further preparation". Considering they just fired a member of the creative team yesterday and Tom is extremely unhappy, I’m not surprised. Just heard about this too. Sounds tense in there. They still seemed to be loading set in this afternoon, so they can’t have even started technical rehearsals fully yet either. Oh well. We’ve got the drone to look forward to for the gimmick this time. |
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Post by takeabow on May 11, 2024 12:16:26 GMT
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Post by A.Ham on May 11, 2024 12:20:17 GMT
There’s already the issue of accommodating all those booked for tonight elsewhere in the run so if any further previews get cancelled that problem will only be made worse.
Apparently ATG’s form is to issue a voucher for the price paid which can then be used as a credit to rebook for the same show. Not hugely helpful if you managed to get a reasonably-priced ticket originally as that credit won’t go far against the £250 seats remaining!
If further performances are cancelled then surely they’ll have to add dates at the end of the run, or slot in some additional matinees? What’s at the DOY after this and has a start date been confirmed?
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Post by blamerobots on May 11, 2024 12:26:52 GMT
The tense atmosphere of Sunsets gone by finally catches up, maybe?
I don't like to talk about show drama often because it can be real reductive and rude to assume things about people's personal lives (thinking back to 2021-2022 Broadway season and the revolving door of shows coming in and out and actors leaving and joining and the various things people were saying then, literally as the industry was recovering post-pandemic.)
But I say this genuinely, I didn't know that the first preview was literally today. Didn't the set only start getting loaded in like, a WEEK back? For some reason in my mind the first preview was like in a week or two from now? With the star power on the marquee, I can imagine people getting pretty stressed now we're down to the wire.
I'm anticipating a shaky bunch of previews.
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Post by greenandbrownandblue on May 11, 2024 12:40:54 GMT
They were definitely still loading in last Saturday. I saw set being constructed (or adjusted) in the back of a lorry parked on St Martin's. And the foyer was full of not-yet-rigged lighting.
Now a new production can be loaded in and teched in a week. Jude Law's Hamlet was loaded in to the Wyndham's on a Saturday night straight after the final performance of Madame de Sade (remember that?!), and the first preview was on the following Friday. Now that was a technically pretty simple production, but for a starry Shakespeare, it can be done!
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Post by Dave B on May 11, 2024 12:57:55 GMT
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Post by Dave B on May 11, 2024 12:59:56 GMT
Picture of rigging up on the roof of DoY if preview does not come through. |
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Post by dillan on May 11, 2024 13:07:45 GMT
I have no idea how they’re going to accommodate everyone with new dates and tickets unless they add extra dates in.. (unless it’s not as sold out as they’re making it out to be)
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Post by A.Ham on May 11, 2024 13:16:10 GMT
All this talk of a set being loaded in and the amount of time that entails… have we all forgotten it’s a Jamie Lloyd production?! 😂
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Post by Always@thetheatre on May 11, 2024 14:01:23 GMT
Daily mail have photos of Tom arriving and leaving the theatre, he doesn't look happy 😔
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Post by solotheatregoer on May 11, 2024 14:09:24 GMT
All this drama doesn’t bode well at all does it? Wish they’d hurry up and confirm if performances early next week are going ahead so I can make other plans.
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Post by ceebee on May 11, 2024 14:20:52 GMT
Picture of rigging up on the roof of DoY if preview does not come through. surely that's never going to hold one man in a Spiderman costume? |
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 11, 2024 15:17:01 GMT
All this talk of a set being loaded in and the amount of time that entails… have we all forgotten it’s a Jamie Lloyd production?! 😂 At a push it might be a couple of chairs. |
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Post by parsley1 on May 11, 2024 15:21:09 GMT
I think part of the drama has been inflated and exaggerated
Technical issues happen
What I would comment though
As an avid opera goer
They don’t have previews and press review the first night
Yes they have rehearsals and dress etc
But most operas have way more personnel to manage than a theatre show
So it does strike me as poor judgment and lack of planning as this sort of issue is common place for theatre stage shows
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Post by theatrefan62 on May 11, 2024 15:28:52 GMT
Daily mail have photos of Tom arriving and leaving the theatre, he doesn't look happy 😔 Normally, I'd say you have to take the daily mail with a huge pinch of salt. But the video of his arrival going around social media he doesn't look that happy at all, especially for him. Usually, it is one for smiling and waving, etc. (even if it's just an act) The mail can also be quite good at trying to hint at things that they can't say. So seems there is truth to the unhappy rumours |
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Post by Jon on May 11, 2024 17:17:06 GMT
Is it just The Jamie Lloyd Company producing or are there other producers? Considering JL's other productions last year were fine and went without a hitch, it's strange that things have gone wrong.
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Post by peopleplaces on May 11, 2024 17:50:27 GMT
Is it just The Jamie Lloyd Company producing or are there other producers? Considering JL's other productions last year were fine and went without a hitch, it's strange that things have gone wrong. Didn’t he just very recently part ways with ATG to go solo? |
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