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Post by freckles on Feb 19, 2017 17:03:13 GMT
It may not be "Lear level acting" but skills are still required, people don't train for years for nothing.
Though I wish we'd thought to put Burly Bear forward sooner, just to see...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2017 17:10:35 GMT
It may not be "Lear level acting" but skills are still required, people don't train for years for nothing. Though I wish we'd thought to put Burly Bear forward sooner, just to see... I'm not saying it isn't an insult to those who are trained (but aren't there some trained ones in the mix? I'm not paying that much attention) I'm just saying it probably won't be the worst thing in the world because of the acting as in it won't be too much of a stretch for those without training. As noted above, a lot of people can act a little bit, therefore enough to get by in something that sounds...shall we say not very deep. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2017 17:59:16 GMT
At least they'll all be able to sing, unlike every member of Take That.
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Post by danielwhit on Feb 19, 2017 19:47:57 GMT
One of the panel last night referred to it as a touring musical. Not having followed it from day one is this a change because that to me makes it sound like an officially improved version of Never Forget It has always been marked down as a touring new musical. Written by Barlow, with the songs of Take That. Has he ever crafted a book before? Never Forget at least had the "we'll take the mickey out of ourselves in the process" vibe to it. I wouldn't have gone back, but it was a respectably silly evening when I saw it on tour. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2017 20:02:43 GMT
One of the panel last night referred to it as a touring musical. Not having followed it from day one is this a change because that to me makes it sound like an officially improved version of Never Forget It has always been marked down as a touring new musical. Written by Barlow, with the songs of Take That. Has he ever crafted a book before? Never Forget at least had the "we'll take the mickey out of ourselves in the process" vibe to it. I wouldn't have gone back, but it was a respectably silly evening when I saw it on tour. I think I read somewhere that Tim Firth wrote the book. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2017 20:24:10 GMT
It has always been marked down as a touring new musical. Written by Barlow, with the songs of Take That. Has he ever crafted a book before? Never Forget at least had the "we'll take the mickey out of ourselves in the process" vibe to it. I wouldn't have gone back, but it was a respectably silly evening when I saw it on tour. I think I read somewhere that Tim Firth wrote the book. There was a really good interview with Firth & Barlow in the Times yesterday, they're from the same village and have been friends since Barlow was 15 and, although he didn't confirm it, Firth intimated he was writing the book. IIRC they said it'll be called "The Band" |
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Post by daniel on Feb 19, 2017 23:31:27 GMT
I think I read somewhere that Tim Firth wrote the book. There was a really good interview with Firth & Barlow in the Times yesterday, they're from the same village and have been friends since Barlow was 15 and, although he didn't confirm it, Firth intimated he was writing the book. IIRC they said it'll be called "The Band" Yep it's called The Band (not sure what I think of that). Tour starts in September! |
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Post by shady23 on Feb 20, 2017 0:42:01 GMT
At least they'll all be able to sing, unlike every member of Take That. Outside, now! 😉 |
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Post by kathryn on Feb 20, 2017 11:38:16 GMT
It may not be "Lear level acting" but skills are still required, people don't train for years for nothing. Though I wish we'd thought to put Burly Bear forward sooner, just to see... I'm not saying it isn't an insult to those who are trained (but aren't there some trained ones in the mix? I'm not paying that much attention) I'm just saying it probably won't be the worst thing in the world because of the acting as in it won't be too much of a stretch for those without training. As noted above, a lot of people can act a little bit, therefore enough to get by in something that sounds...shall we say not very deep. If it's anything like Never Forget, the audience won't care about acting anyway. They'll just treat it as Take That kareoke night. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 11:40:02 GMT
kathryn well I didn't want to generalise...but yes...
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Post by shady23 on Feb 22, 2017 12:15:22 GMT
Alfie and Michael are recording a Les Mis medley to be broadcast as part of Saturday's final.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 22, 2017 14:38:22 GMT
Alfie and Michael are recording a Les Mis medley to be broadcast as part of Saturday's final. That seems somewhat out of character with the rest of this fiasco. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 15:09:31 GMT
*Balls and Boe Klaxon*
They do seem a bit classy for this though.
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Post by shady23 on Feb 22, 2017 15:11:47 GMT
Alfie and Michael are recording a Les Mis medley to be broadcast as part of Saturday's final. That seems somewhat out of character with the rest of this fiasco. It's totally out of character, so much so they're filming it a day earlier than the show. I can forgive them anything this week, Robbie Williams is the guest judge! 😍 |
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Post by stanne on Feb 23, 2017 21:43:45 GMT
*Balls and Boe Klaxon*
They do seem a bit classy for this though.
Really??
Classy??
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Post by infofreako on Feb 24, 2017 5:36:18 GMT
I think we have our first song title for our "50 Shades" musical, there, emicardiff. Just think of the merchandising potential |
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Post by shady23 on Feb 24, 2017 10:03:34 GMT
Dannii Minogue was chatting about the show on radio 2 this morning and said the show will do a year long tour before going to the west end.
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Post by shady23 on Feb 24, 2017 16:16:55 GMT
The show opens in Manchester on September the 8th.
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Post by infofreako on Feb 24, 2017 23:48:44 GMT
That seems somewhat out of character with the rest of this fiasco. It's totally out of character, so much so they're filming it a day earlier than the show. I can forgive them anything this week, Robbie Williams is the guest judge! 😍 He has pulled out due to illness and been replaced by Peter Kay |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 25, 2017 0:18:15 GMT
The show opens in Manchester on September the 8th. Oh God. Please no. |
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Post by daniel on Feb 25, 2017 0:26:24 GMT
The show opens in Manchester on September the 8th. Oh God. Please no. Shady is right, it's playing the Opera House...I can sense that you're tingling with excitement BB. |
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Post by d'James on Feb 25, 2017 0:30:22 GMT
Theatreboard Meet Up??
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Post by infofreako on Feb 25, 2017 0:45:45 GMT
Good idea. Great opportunity to take the meet ups on the road |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 25, 2017 1:25:06 GMT
Good idea. Great opportunity to take the meet ups on the road I repeat Oh God please no.  |
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Post by d'James on Feb 25, 2017 1:26:05 GMT
Good idea. Great opportunity to take the meet ups on the road I repeat Oh God please no. Who said you were invited?! :-p |
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