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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 21:45:09 GMT
Some of the prices are a joke. £85 for mid-stalls? Who the hell is going to pay that?!? Matilda is just as bad for charging West End prices for national tours.
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Post by richey on Aug 28, 2018 15:21:17 GMT
Bit of promotion in Manchester yesterday as they got Elphaba (whoever is playing her on tour, they didn't announce her name) to perform Defying Gravity on the main stage at Pride. Very impressive performance but can't believe they brought her over from Ireland for just one song!
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Post by sophizoey on Aug 28, 2018 15:24:02 GMT
Bit of promotion in Manchester yesterday as they got Elphaba (whoever is playing her on tour, they didn't announce her name) to perform Defying Gravity on the main stage at Pride. Very impressive performance but can't believe they brought her over from Ireland for just one song! It was Standby Elphaba Nikki Bentley! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 20:22:31 GMT
I can’t be the only one who feels the tour has been in Dublin forever? Dunno why they got it longer than any other venue.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 20:39:10 GMT
I can’t be the only one who feels the tour has been in Dublin forever? Dunno why they got it longer than any other venue. I am not sure if Dublin is getting it for longer than other venues but if it is maybe it is due to the fact Dublin is the only venue in the Republic of Ireland. (i.e - the only venue in the whole country) so the demand is going to be a lot greater than other venues. You have people traveling 3/4/5 hours from other places in Ireland to get to Dublin to see the show so a longer sit down period is justified. |
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Post by shady23 on Aug 28, 2018 21:05:42 GMT
Plus harder and more expensive to ship the set and equipment all the way over there.
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Post by welsh_tenor on Aug 28, 2018 21:07:19 GMT
I’m going out on a limb to say it’s maybe a day or so longer but I’m sure martello736 will be able to tell us... |
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Post by sophizoey on Aug 28, 2018 21:35:13 GMT
The tour has been in Dublin for 7 weeks, which makes it a week longer than Zürich and two weeks longer than Edinburgh. I think it's gone quite quick considering I wasn't able to pay a visit to Dublin. (That might be me wishing Sunderland to be sooner because the theatre is a mere 20 minutes away)
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Post by deej4life on Aug 28, 2018 22:09:52 GMT
The run in Dublin has been from 17th July - 1st September. I don't find this run particularly long. I think also because it's the only venue for all of Ireland the stay is quite justified. Two weeks ago when I was attending the show I met a large group who traveled down from Belfast to catch the show. For me personally it's a three hour bus to get to Dublin, and another three hour bus home, so the length the tour has stayed has been perfect to allow me to catch it a few times and manage it around work and a social life.
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Post by martello736 on Aug 28, 2018 22:32:54 GMT
The run in Dublin has been from 17th July - 1st September. I don't find this run particularly long. I think also because it's the only venue for all of Ireland the stay is quite justified. Two weeks ago when I was attending the show I met a large group who traveled down from Belfast to catch the show. For me personally it's a three hour bus to get to Dublin, and another three hour bus home, so the length the tour has stayed has been perfect to allow me to catch it a few times and manage it around work and a social life. I'm genuinely really surprised to hear that a Wicked fan whose closest venue is Dublin doesn't think the tour has been in Dublin for too long  Conversely, the tour isn't stopping in my front room for anywhere near long enough  |
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Post by tcodd1 on Aug 29, 2018 4:32:33 GMT
It seems that everyone’s favourite YouTube troll (the one who uploaded a video of Laura Pick apparently slaughtering the Wizard and I) is at it again, commenting harshly about Amy R’s performance when she’s never seen her live! This is on a recently uploaded video of Nikki performing at Pride...
Benjamin Yates has noticed and stepped in, giving her a piece of his mind! Then she has the audacity to continue slagging Elphies off to him before saying ‘PS You are a fab Fiyero’. Goodness me. And she calls herself a ‘fan’?! A disgrace!
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Post by shady23 on Aug 29, 2018 7:05:06 GMT
I am certainly not defending the trolls but this is the Internet! On any and every video you get the same. Not every comment is going to be "omg absolutely amazing".
In giving this misguided person attention it gives her (in her eyes) the green light to continue.
Her and all the other trolls are absolutely desperate to be noticed, to get attention and to get a reaction. Whether good or bad
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Post by welsh_tenor on Aug 29, 2018 20:42:36 GMT
Great to see some of the covers finally getting to go on... Jason Broderick made his Boq debut last week and Hannah Cadec was on for Nessa today.
Whilst not huge roles you have to take your hat off to Iddon and Emily, 10 months without missing a show until now!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2018 21:06:27 GMT
Emily, 10 months without missing a show until now! Sorry to sound picky welsh_tenor but Emily has actually missed some shows during the Edinburgh run. Grace Chapman (1st U/S) went on for Emily. I saw Grace in Edinburgh and can say without a doubt she is the BEST Nessa I have ever seen! She was amazing!!! I take it Steven Pinder hasn't missed a show too? I haven't heard of any missed shows ... |
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Post by deej4life on Aug 29, 2018 21:06:45 GMT
I was meant to be at the show today but couldn't make it due to illness, even more upset after finding out Hannah went on as Nessarose!
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Post by welsh_tenor on Aug 29, 2018 21:14:34 GMT
Emily, 10 months without missing a show until now! Sorry to sound picky welsh_tenor but Emily has actually missed some shows during the Edinburgh run. Grace Chapman (1st U/S) went on for Emily. I saw Grace in Edinburgh and can say without a doubt she is the BEST Nessa I have ever seen! She was amazing!!! I take it Steven Pinder hasn't missed a show too? I haven't heard of any missed shows ... Ah sorry I missed that, I sit correctly! Definitly not heard about any Wizard/Dillamond debuts yet either for this cast... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2018 21:34:34 GMT
Definitly not heard about any Wizard/Dillamond debuts yet either for this cast... Howard Ellis went on for Wizardmond in Birmingham. |
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Post by welsh_tenor on Aug 29, 2018 21:38:29 GMT
You lot need to get better at posting the u/s activity haha 😂
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Post by sophizoey on Aug 29, 2018 22:00:15 GMT
Definitly not heard about any Wizard/Dillamond debuts yet either for this cast... Howard Ellis went on for Wizardmond in Birmingham. Where did you get this info, I follow all of them on all the social media and never saw a word about this 😱😱😱 (just if it is true he needs a green tick on my nerdy tour spreadsheet) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2018 22:05:31 GMT
Howard Ellis went on for Wizardmond in Birmingham. Where did you get this info, I follow all of them on all the social media and never saw a word about this 😱😱😱 (just if it is true he needs a green tick on my nerdy tour spreadsheet) Rukaya’s vlog from when she saw the show in Birmingham. |
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Post by shady23 on Aug 29, 2018 22:09:27 GMT
It's not like London when an understudy goes on and everyone RUNS to the AV to get a tick on their top fan bingo card.
Attendance at the tour is very sporadic.
As is finding the cast board!
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Post by sophizoey on Aug 29, 2018 22:13:02 GMT
It's not like London when an understudy goes on and everyone RUNS to the AV to get a tick on their top fan bingo card. Attendance at the tour is very sporadic. As is finding the cast board! Oh playing the find the castboard game is my favourite, remember when Leeds didn't even bother to put it in the theatre 😂 |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2018 22:14:52 GMT
It's not like London when an understudy goes on and everyone RUNS to the AV to get a tick on their top fan bingo card. Attendance at the tour is very sporadic. As is finding the cast board! Oh playing the find the castboard game is my favourite, remember when Leeds didn't even bother to put it in the theatre 😂 Wasn’t it in the box office - which isn’t connected to the main theatre? What is the point of that?!? Hopefully it will actually be in a logical place in the Empire. |
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Post by shady23 on Aug 29, 2018 22:22:30 GMT
The cast board in the Empire is always through the "stalls" door and then just after the bar on the right hand side (just before the stairs and the merch stall).
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Post by anthem on Aug 29, 2018 23:19:39 GMT
Wicked is such a machine; it feels a bit futile to even bother reviewing it. I’ve seen it three times now- twice on its current stint in Dublin (one ticket was a gift) and once when it stopped by here a few years back. I don’t think I’d sit through it again any time soon.
There’s lots to enjoy- the story, humour, visual effects and set pieces especially, and there are some superb musical moments. Amy Ross as Elphaba was really incredible, and Helen Woolf as Glinda was very good.
However, it is flawed in a number of respects. The supporting characters are very poorly written so as to make it almost impossible to care what happens to them. Fiyero is such an insipid character (maybe that’s the point). I couldn’t warm to Nessarose either. Basically, a lot of it felt like inconsequential padding and I actually nodded off at one point in the second half. I know it’s not a long show (or not longer than any other show I’ve seen) but I did feel it drags in parts. There’s nothing in the second half to match Defying Gravity (which is, admittedly iconic), though For Good is a beautiful song.
So, whilst it is a decent show, it doesn’t click with me the way it does with others. Still, it is wildly popular and my opinion of it won’t change that!
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