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Post by anthony40 on Nov 19, 2016 17:05:26 GMT
I entered too and as above I was unsuccessful. In fact I've enter on several occasion for varying shows via this app and have never one.
Does this thing even work?
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Post by d'James on Nov 19, 2016 17:11:40 GMT
I've heard of a couple of people on here winning (obviously not for this show). I guess we'll never know how many people enter each time, and so what the odds are. It'll only get worse as the app gets more and more popular.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 19, 2016 17:44:51 GMT
The first time I entered the todaytix lottery I won - but never been lucky since!
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Post by anthony40 on Nov 19, 2016 18:13:03 GMT
The first time I entered the todaytix lottery I won - but never been lucky since! Grrr! |
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Post by wickedgrin on Nov 19, 2016 18:30:34 GMT
Never won a lottery either!! Dreamgirls will be impossible as it's completely sold out for the first weeks / months!
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Post by ali973 on Nov 19, 2016 20:49:02 GMT
Intermission. It's fabulous. Amazing vocals including Lessi. Riley is a force of nature. Creative team in the audience taking notes.
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Post by Mark on Nov 19, 2016 21:00:58 GMT
It's rather incredible.
Instant standing ovation after And I Am Telling You
Amber is a STAR!
The whole audience almost collectively took in a breath when those first chords of "it's all over" started.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 19, 2016 21:20:46 GMT
Hold the front page.. the creative team are actually there. AND taking notes!! Intermission. It's fabulous. Amazing vocals including Lessi. Riley is a force of nature. Creative team in the audience taking notes. |
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Post by thebearofwestend on Nov 19, 2016 21:59:10 GMT
any more reviews
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Post by udotruc on Nov 19, 2016 22:01:45 GMT
I entered too and as above I was unsuccessful. In fact I've enter on several occasion for varying shows via this app and have never one. Does this thing even work? I have been incredibly lucky for quite a few shows - won tickets for The Bodyguard - 15£, No Mans Land-20£, The Entertainer-15£ and somehow, front row tickets for Wicked anniversary. Just keep entering - matinee shows are usually the ones that I score!  |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 19, 2016 22:06:34 GMT
Lissi? Are you sure it's her? She was terrible vocally in the dress rehearsal. Intermission. It's fabulous. Amazing vocals including Lessi. Riley is a force of nature. Creative team in the audience taking notes. [be |
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Post by jaqs on Nov 19, 2016 22:22:02 GMT
The stage is very high so losing the lottery might be no bad thing.
Thought all the women and the CJ were fabulous. I'd nod off whenever Curtis sang and that was way way too much. It drags when the women are not on stage.
Annoying whoops so not able to hear the money notes. I'll go back on a midweek matinee. Strange not to cover the girls tattoos, they jarred and I wasn't right up front.
Despite that I loved it, costumes great, supporting cast terrific. The big numbers fab.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2016 22:27:23 GMT
How is Listen as a duet? So used to hearing it just sung by Deena in the movie!!
Is the set good? Tim did a great job with The Bodyguard set so I have high hopes for this!
Can't wait for some production pics and a trailer!
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Post by ali973 on Nov 19, 2016 23:00:14 GMT
Silly monkey, barnaby The set is very simple in 2016 standards with little to no tricks or spectacle. In fact, anything could have been staged during the period in which the show is set. The design is actually quite similar to the original Bennett production, mainly utilizing skeletal structures with big lighting fixtures attached to them. Choreogrpahy very good, though it needs to get tighter. Vocally, the show is stupendous and has the best power belting in London. Three standing ovations, one for And I Am Telling You, I Am Changing, and Listen. The book is identical to the recent 2009 US tour, though luckily the staging is completely different. Listen sounds great as a duet, and it has some lyric changes from the US tour as well. Okay, so maybe creative team taking notes not groundbreaking as news, but Sonia Friedman was drunk off her ass and in act two sat in the box and was being rowdy and cheering the audience on. She had her head on the palm of her hands on top of the rail and was staring at the audience regularly. She seems like a person I'd love to cackle with. I said hi to Casey Nicholai and thanked him and told him it's fabulous. Liisi LaFontaine is okay, maybe slightly boring and vanilla, but she can sing just fine. Ibionabo Jack steals the non-Efffy moments and kills it with her humor. Accent spot on. Lily Frazer as Michelle was horrible and could barely get any sound out. Shame, because she has one of my favorite moments, "now watch your mouth watch your mouth miss Effie White.." I think there's a new song woven into I'm Somebody as an Act II opener, and the Vogue sequence is now gone. I think Amber mucked up some of the passages in I Am Telling You, but need to double check. It certainly isn't obvious if you don't know the song word by word. So yes, fabulous show. Needs to be tightened during the previews, but it's beautifully sung and really well executed. |
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Post by Mark on Nov 19, 2016 23:37:34 GMT
Back home! Still can't quite find the words, what a wonderful evening! Was surprised how similar to the film this was, expected it to be vastly different.
Amber - Wow, always been a fan but she kills it here! She was born to play this role.
Liisi - I agree slightly vanilla but isn't that the point of Deena? She did really shine during Listen.
Ibionano - FIERCE! Her number in act two was great. Already nailing it.
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Post by jaqs on Nov 20, 2016 12:01:54 GMT
Programmes were £8 not quite full brochure size. I saw tshirts but not sure what other merchandise.
Still reliving And I am telling you and One night only, it's really staying with me. Hope to go back in the new year.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Nov 20, 2016 12:30:45 GMT
Any ideas from the people who went what moment these quotes from a Casey and Sonia interview could be referring to?
"Lastly, for Casey, what are some of the moments or one moment that you think are really going to blow the audience away?
Casey: Well there is one, but I’m not going to tell you what it is. Honestly, there is one, but I’m not telling what it is.
Sonia: What I can say is, when Casey presented this moment to us, and I’m not going to say what it is, in the design presentation the whole room was blown away."
Though use spoiler tags!!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 20, 2016 13:44:42 GMT
Any ideas from the people who went what moment these quotes from a Casey and Sonia interview could be referring to? "Lastly, for Casey, what are some of the moments or one moment that you think are really going to blow the audience away? Casey: Well there is one, but I’m not going to tell you what it is. Honestly, there is one, but I’m not telling what it is. Sonia: What I can say is, when Casey presented this moment to us, and I’m not going to say what it is, in the design presentation the whole room was blown away." Responses in spoiler tags please! |
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Post by Mark on Nov 20, 2016 14:05:15 GMT
I have an idea! I believe they may be referring to the "I am changing" costume change, it is truly magical.
Light closes in on Effies face and then within an instant she's in a stunning sparkling gown. |
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Post by ali973 on Nov 20, 2016 16:30:35 GMT
{Spoiler - click to view}
The I Am Changing scene change was done in the Bennett version as well but this version is very very slick. |
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Post by ihearttheatre on Nov 21, 2016 1:58:14 GMT
{Spoiler - click to view}
SPOILER: Perhaps the moment to which he was referring is the crystal curtain during the final number? It's a gorgeous moment and received enthusiastic applause. |
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Post by westendcub on Nov 21, 2016 13:46:44 GMT
So who's in the ticket lottery today??
I've teamed up wit h someone I know on Twitter to increase our chances!!
Got to be in it to win it!
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Post by littlesally on Nov 21, 2016 14:42:19 GMT
Does anyone know approximate running time please?
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Post by Mark on Nov 21, 2016 16:34:47 GMT
Does anyone know approximate running time please? Around 2 hours 30 |
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Post by ali973 on Nov 21, 2016 16:42:41 GMT
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