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Post by mrbarnaby on May 2, 2024 19:19:18 GMT
Soon to be announced- opening at a custom built venue in London early 2025
A mix of UK/NYC creatives….
Could be huge…
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Post by showtoones on May 2, 2024 19:57:18 GMT
Will this be immersive and the venue be similar to an arena? And will this be in Zone1 or further out?
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Post by kyvai on May 2, 2024 20:01:48 GMT
A custom built venue?!? For why?
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Post by alece10 on May 2, 2024 20:03:51 GMT
I heard Marcus Brigstocke will be reprising the role of Barnum.
He might even get across the titerope this time.
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Post by Steve on May 2, 2024 20:23:00 GMT
It WILL be.
Everybody I know, 90 percent of whom never go to the theatre, LOVE the soundtrack to that movie and go around singing it! |
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Post by danb on May 2, 2024 20:24:10 GMT
I’m sure audience behaviour will be exemplary.
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Post by Steve on May 2, 2024 20:24:41 GMT
A custom built venue?!? For why? Presumably with the anticipation of keeping the show open forever, without coughing up for a major West End Theatre, like the Abba Voyage thing. :0 |
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Post by danb on May 2, 2024 20:31:08 GMT
Or one of the cheap as chips circus tents sat empty somewhere? Would make sense.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 2, 2024 20:37:22 GMT
Hated the film so it’s a very hard pass for me.
Enjoy the Prosecco.
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Post by anthony40 on May 2, 2024 20:44:21 GMT
Loved it!
My sister and I were at the very first UK preview screening.
Love the soundtrack!
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Post by showtoones on May 2, 2024 20:54:50 GMT
I heard Marcus Brigstocke will be reprising the role of Barnum. He might even get across the titerope this time. Funny enough - he did it in 2 tries when i saw it... |
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Post by Mark on May 2, 2024 21:10:31 GMT
Or one of the cheap as chips circus tents sat empty somewhere? Would make sense. Isn’t it Disney who are doing it? If so I’d be expecting very high quality. |
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Post by SuttonPeron on May 2, 2024 21:13:29 GMT
They couldn´t pay me enough to see this. I bet tix are tremendously expensive too.
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Post by Being Alive on May 2, 2024 21:31:08 GMT
Or one of the cheap as chips circus tents sat empty somewhere? Would make sense. Isn’t it Disney who are doing it? If so I’d be expecting very high quality. You saw Aladdin right? |
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Post by theatreian on May 2, 2024 21:47:02 GMT
If done right this will do very well. It helps that the soundtrack is so well known. It was the best selling album in 2018 in the UK so has a massive base on which to build. Audience members generally like knowing the songs and if it is a spectacle then it could do very well. It could be very expensive to mount though to come across as big as the film.
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Post by Dave B on May 2, 2024 22:03:01 GMT
The last 'custom built' was Dock X which was just horrible so I hope this one is a bit better.
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Post by ptwest on May 3, 2024 5:36:34 GMT
I’ve absolutely no doubt that this will find its audience. I enjoyed the film but have since heard “This Is Me” far too many times since then to the point that it now makes me want to run for the hills!
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Post by danb on May 3, 2024 6:28:12 GMT
Isn’t it Disney who are doing it? If so I’d be expecting very high quality. You saw Aladdin right? …and the ‘Beauty & The Beast’ tour plywood set? |
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Post by alece10 on May 3, 2024 8:06:26 GMT
I'm probably the only person in the UK who still hasn't seen it. Recorded the film ages ago when it was on TV and still haven't got around to watching it.
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Post by ladidah on May 3, 2024 8:17:45 GMT
I expect it will be a giant circus tent style venue?
I loved the movie, but it's been so overplayed for me to enjoy the songs anymore.
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Post by TallPaul on May 3, 2024 12:35:17 GMT
I'm probably the only person in the UK who still hasn't seen it. Until last Saturday night there were two of us, when I spotted it in the E4 schedule. Apart from General Tom Thumb and the fire scene, this is going to be the easiest film to stage transfer in the history of film to stage transfers. |
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Post by BVM on May 3, 2024 15:26:47 GMT
The soundtrack is 40 mins long so they’ll need some more music!
Never seen the film but now associate the songs SO much with the abysmal Britain’s Got Talent and diabolical audiences that think would also be a hard pass for me…..
No doubt it will run for years though! Decades probs.
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Post by danb on May 3, 2024 16:13:00 GMT
Lock it in the Roundhouse for the rest of time…I don’t go on the Northern Line if I can help it so it’ll never bother me.
But realistically, this has Drury Lane all over it if the Palladium is clogged up with Dolly. It would sit well in the Dominion too.
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Post by shownut on May 3, 2024 16:18:17 GMT
I’m sure audience behaviour will be exemplary. I certainly won't be there to find out. I thought the movie was appalling but clearly I am in the minority on this one. Just glad they are reportedly going for a purpose built venue and not clogging up a West End house. |
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Post by blamerobots on May 3, 2024 16:19:57 GMT
Lock it in the Roundhouse for the rest of time…I don’t go on the Northern Line if I can help it so it’ll never bother me. But realistically, this has Drury Lane all over it if the Palladium is clogged up with Dolly. It would sit well in the Dominion too. Drury Lane being Greatest Showman for the foreseeable next 10 years is something I don't want to think about...! It being in a custom-built venue I think is definitely a deliberate strategy. A venue, that Disney own fully, that they can put anything on in sounds like the kind of thing they'd be SO into. |
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