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Post by sirdaniel on Sept 26, 2017 9:36:01 GMT
I think it’s just worded badly. She’s taking over in January it seems.
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Post by barrowside on Sept 26, 2017 9:40:27 GMT
I saw it last week in Dublin and thought it was lovely. Not exceptional but very well done with a lovely simplicity and exuberance. The design was lovely and worked really well. I do wish the smaller tours like this would go to the Gaiety or Olympia (where they would be more intimate) as they struggle to fill the Bord Gais Energy Theatre. The energy between the stage and the house in the Bord Gais is always wonderful though even when its not full. Caroline Flack was fine but Charlotte Wakefield was great.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2017 9:42:20 GMT
I think it’s just worded badly. She’s taking over in January it seems. Ah there you go-I was sure that's what I'd read on twitter earlier but the wording there seemed to suggest otherwise. Anyhoo Claire Sweeney. She'll be as fine as Flack was I'm sure!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2017 16:38:39 GMT
Certainly badly worded, looked as if Caroline had pulled out/had been replaced. She was never advertised for 2018 dates so a replacement was always going to come.
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Post by dannypc on Oct 15, 2017 20:51:23 GMT
Saw this yesterday at Bristol Hippodrome. Have seen lots of actor-musician shows over the last few years including A Little Night Music this year and Calamity Jane, Chess and Sunset Boulevard but this just doesn't work.
Crazy for You should be big and lavish- hell Susan Stroman choreographed the original Broadway version.
Thought this looked small and even tacky on the big Hippodrome stage... disappointed.
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Post by moelhywel on Oct 27, 2017 10:50:30 GMT
Saw this on Wednesday afternoon at the B'ham Hippodrome and was rather disappointed by it. Good scenery and I thought the actor musicians were very good but the whole thing was too small scale and not enough dancing (not enough people to be able to do this). Tom Chambers was very good, as was Charlotte Wakefield, but selling it with Caroline Flack as one of the leads is rather misleading. We were "treated" to an extra at the end when Tom Chambers spoke to the audience and told us that his granny,who was sitting in the audience, was 95 that day and then proceeded to ask us to sing Happy Birthday to her!
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Post by musicalfloozie on Oct 31, 2017 14:24:03 GMT
Just had an email from Sheffield about Flackers being replaced on medical grounds due to an injury. Hollie Casser is the replacement. Looking forward to this next week.
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Post by theatremadness on Oct 31, 2017 17:57:31 GMT
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Post by Dr Tom on Oct 31, 2017 19:53:12 GMT
When I saw the show at the Birmingham Hippodrome, I heard the couple next to me chatting during the interval surprised that she hadn't been on yet. It isn't the biggest or most memorable part. (and we were all sat on the front row!)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 21:57:19 GMT
The Flack was apparently replaced mid matinee last Thursday in Birmingham and didn't perform the rest of the week. I'd seen it earlier in the week and chatting to Charlotte Wakefield afterwards, she said some of the cast had been unwell and they'd had to get a specialist replacement drummer in. I didn't realise Caroline had an ongoing back injury,
Someone else had said they were walking to a car park after the show on Wednesday night and Caroline shot past them the other way walking at a rate of knots having departed the theatre very quickly.
The show certainly belonged to Tom and Charlotte though.
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Post by grannyjx6 on Nov 9, 2017 19:30:33 GMT
I've just seen it today in Sheffield and although initially disappointed with the quite small cast, I really enjoyed it. Definitely Tom Chambers is the star of the show but Charlotte Wakefield has such a lovely voice and could dance her socks off. I was sitting in the gods, so wasn't 100% sure if Caroline Flack was on, but as others have said, it's a small part anyway, but if it was her, she was perfectly ok without being outstanding.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 9, 2017 19:34:55 GMT
Someone else had said they were walking to a car park after the show on Wednesday night and Caroline shot past them the other way walking at a rate of knots having departed the theatre very quickly. Get well soon, Caroline.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2017 22:10:02 GMT
It was a back issue apparently, she was advised by her Dr to pull out. Must be an injury as I don't think the stamina of doing shows would have been an issue as she did the hard Strictly training. Show did a 16 week straight run up to last night, so an ongoing injury would be hard to rest up.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Dec 5, 2017 18:13:59 GMT
Opening night cancelled in Liverpool tonight due to problems with the safety curtain.
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Post by paddy72 on Jan 20, 2018 23:30:10 GMT
Saw a matinee of this today in Canterbury. Sold out House of mostly older folk and grandchildren who loved it and I Get why. You get a lot for your money especially compared to some of the stuff in the West End. It’s a really really lovely production. A young enthusiastic multitalented cast. Great lead in Tom Chambers who works so hard. Beautiful set and costumes. We all came out humming the tunes and feeling genuinely happy. Biggest surprise of all was Claire Sweeney. Always saw her as a tv actress but she is sensational in this. This gets my vote for sleeper hit of the year.... so far.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 22, 2018 9:09:56 GMT
Anyone want to catch this in Dartford this week. You can get £10 off with promotion code C4UOFFER.
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Post by anita on Jan 22, 2018 10:26:23 GMT
Anyone want to catch this in Dartford this week. You can get £10 off with promotion code C4UOFFER. Where? Orchard website?
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 22, 2018 11:45:50 GMT
Yeap Orchard website
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Post by anita on Jan 22, 2018 14:32:31 GMT
Is it top price tickets only cos I tried & didn't work for me.?
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 22, 2018 18:43:05 GMT
It didn’t work for me either, so spoke to the box office and they said it’s only valid on the 2 Top price tickets, Wed-Sat only. 2 of you go and you save £20, better than a kick in the knackers.
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Post by anita on Jan 23, 2018 10:26:49 GMT
It didn’t work for me either, so spoke to the box office and they said it’s only valid on the 2 Top price tickets, Wed-Sat only. 2 of you go and you save £20, better than a kick in the knackers. Oh well. I won't be going then.
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Post by Bickers on Feb 11, 2018 22:31:11 GMT
I took my mum to the Wycombe Swan yesterday to see this, her favourite show after Oklahoma. It was our first times seeing an actor-musician production, and I enjoyed it for the most part. I can't imagine it working as well for all shows but it certainly suited this production. A great time was had by all, the cast seemed to work well together mostly and the music is timeless.
Charlotte Wakefield had a gorgeous voice. I've not seem her in any other roles but I'd definitely go and see her in something else.
Claire Sweeney surprised me. I know her role isn't a huge one but I was pleasantly surprised by her singing.
A few small observations - the understudy was on for Zangler and, though mostly great, he was slightly out of synch for parts of What Causes That. As that's his big scene, it was a shame but not enough to completely spoil the number, but having seen it done better in other productions it was noticeable (my 5th time seeing the show since the original London production).
Tom Chambers is a very sweaty man! I know he had a physical role but the amount of sweat I could see on his clothes from the circle made me wonder if there needed to be waterproofs provided for the front few rows! Ew! Unless you like that kind of thing. Who am I to judge? A nice voice though and I did like his dancing. He worked his socks off for sure.
Having instruments on stage can be a hazard. At the end of Act 1 as the cast were leaving the stage, the double bass fell and broke. A cast member tried to save it but to no avail. Good job they had another one around for Act 2!
Having not been to the Swan for about twenty years, it was a pleasant experience. The seats were comfortable, decent leg room for me (though I'm only 5'3) and the rake in the circle was great, no issues with heads in front of me at all (we were in row K). I'd be happy to go there again anyway, if there's something worthwhile when I'm back this way.
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Post by romeo94 on Mar 1, 2018 23:19:02 GMT
Are there any discount codes floating around for New Wimbledon next week?
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Post by JJShaw on Mar 2, 2018 12:14:31 GMT
Are there any discount codes floating around for New Wimbledon next week? no discounts right now but i checked the matinees and 8 seats have been sold in the upper so if you grab one now no doubt youd get a cheeky upgrade
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