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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2016 15:39:22 GMT
She is one of my favourite actresses and feel really lucky that I saw her in Gypsy. I love all her rolls like in that day we sang, pride and Harry Potter. I sadly did not see her in Sweeney Todd but from what I have listened to she was brilliant!
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Post by Deal J on Aug 10, 2016 15:46:39 GMT
I love her and wish I'd seen her in the Original London Cast of "Into the Woods", she makes a great Baker's Wife on the OLC recording.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 17:07:19 GMT
I saw her on the final Chichester matinee in Sweeney Todd. Easily one of the best, if not THE best (along with Michael Ball) performances I have ever seen in a musical. I also saw the Gypsy TV broadcast, she was again brilliant in that.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2016 23:41:21 GMT
she makes a great Baker's Wife in Sweeney Todd. Easily one of the best, if not THE best If the acting work dries up, she could get a job in Greggs. |
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Post by whygodwhytoday on Aug 13, 2016 10:17:51 GMT
I love her. I found her performance in Gypsy a tad overrated, but I just adore everything else she's been in. Sondheim sings her praises in a few interviews x
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2016 18:16:26 GMT
I've enjoyed everything I've ever seen her do- from Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz to Gypsy. A class act, in my opinion. Oh, and she threw us her garter once in Guys and Dolls!
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Post by westwaywanderer on Aug 18, 2016 21:54:32 GMT
She is one of my favourite actresses and feel really lucky that I saw her in Gypsy. I love all her rolls like in that day we sang, pride and Harry Potter. I sadly did not see her in Sweeney Todd but from what I have listened to she was brilliant! So jealous, I only wish I could have seen her alongside Lara Pulver in Gypsy! |
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Post by alece10 on Aug 19, 2016 8:55:15 GMT
I sat next to her and her husband once at La Cage Aux FolLes and we had a lovely chat about Cranford.
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Post by schuttep on Aug 19, 2016 14:30:12 GMT
I've been lucky enough to see her in Wizard of Oz (RSC), Guys and Dolls, Into the Woods, and Gypsy, as well as being my first Diva at the Donmar.
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Post by zak97 on Aug 19, 2016 15:09:26 GMT
Imelda really has remarkable commitment to her stage work. Correct me if I'm wrong, but she didn't take any holiday and only missed two or three performances of Gypsy due to illness.
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Post by theatremiss on Aug 24, 2016 10:25:36 GMT
I saw her a few times in Sweeney, Good People and Gypsy (a few times at Chichester and Savoy), she is a powerhouse and I think she is superb
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Post by theatremiss on Aug 24, 2016 10:27:42 GMT
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Post by Mark on Jul 8, 2023 11:36:37 GMT
It seems Imelda’s next big and permanent role will be…. Professor Umbridge! This time in the new major ride at Universal Epic Universe theme park, opening in 2025. It will focus on the trial of Dolores Umbridge, set after the original Harry Potter trilogy, and take place inside the Ministry of Magic, on a next generation ride system. It will use projection mapping onto an animatronic to make it appear that she is actually there - all sounds very impressive.
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Post by anthony40 on Jul 8, 2023 18:15:52 GMT
She lives up the road from me, as does Emma Thompson.
If fact I've actually stopped and spoken to Imelda Staunton in the street on a couple of occasions.
I've actually seem both Imelda and Jim Carter (Carson from Downton Abbey and her husband) food shopping in my local M&S.
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Post by Jon on Jul 8, 2023 23:15:12 GMT
It seems Imelda’s next big and permanent role will be…. Professor Umbridge! This time in the new major ride at Universal Epic Universe theme park, opening in 2025. It will focus on the trial of Dolores Umbridge, set after the original Harry Potter trilogy, and take place inside the Ministry of Magic, on a next generation ride system. It will use projection mapping onto an animatronic to make it appear that she is actually there - all sounds very impressive. Nice pay day for her although assuming she'll get royalties for using her likeness. I'm more intrigued how they'll make a trial into a ride. She lives up the road from me, as does Emma Thompson. If fact I've actually stopped and spoken to Imelda Staunton in the street on a couple of occasions. I've actually seem both Imelda and Jim Carter (Carson from Downton Abbey and her husband) food shopping in my local M&S. I remember seeing her and Jim Carter in the audience at both The Importance of Being Earnest at the Pinter and at Wife at the Kiln. |
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Post by Mark on Jul 9, 2023 5:56:51 GMT
Jon according to the podcast I listened to (theme park stop), you’ll be in a moving elevator sort of ride vehicle on a moving platform, going around the different departments of the ministry.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 9, 2023 9:42:49 GMT
Glenn Close appears in the pre show of the Guardians of the Galaxy ride at Disney Hollywood Studios (I think?). Must be incredibly lucrative for them. They’re being seen by thousands of people a day.
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Post by jek on Jun 15, 2024 6:31:21 GMT
There is nothing like a Dame! King's birthday honours announced this morning.
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Post by Jan on Jun 15, 2024 10:25:32 GMT
There is nothing like a Dame! King's birthday honours announced this morning. A good choice. I saw her quite a lot in the 1980s at the NT and RSC. For example in one of the casts of their famous Guys and Dolls production, and in the brilliant RSC Fair Maid of the West. |
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Post by Fleance on Jun 15, 2024 21:59:33 GMT
My most memorable singing moment of Imelda Staunton's is her performance of "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? at the RSC/Mermaid, in the 1980s.
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Post by Mark on Aug 4, 2024 8:50:15 GMT
About 4 minutes in on this video. As mentioned further up the thread, Staunton is back as Umbridge. Looks great
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Post by theatrefan62 on Aug 4, 2024 15:51:55 GMT
Jon according to the podcast I listened to (theme park stop), you’ll be in a moving elevator sort of ride vehicle on a moving platform, going around the different departments of the ministry. I love Theme Park Stop. Although I don't know what she's going to do when Epic Universe has opened haha |
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Post by Mark on Aug 4, 2024 17:27:11 GMT
Jon according to the podcast I listened to (theme park stop), you’ll be in a moving elevator sort of ride vehicle on a moving platform, going around the different departments of the ministry. I love Theme Park Stop. Although I don't know what she's going to do when Epic Universe has opened haha Universal GB  |
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