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Post by westended on Nov 15, 2019 15:52:45 GMT
Bournemouth Pavilion in March 2021
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Post by raiseitup on Nov 15, 2019 18:15:44 GMT
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Post by stevej678 on Nov 15, 2019 18:45:54 GMT
Hopefully this will see the show reverted to the glorious Leeds Playhouse incarnation and not the Will Young ladened car crash that (dis)graced the West End!
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Post by justfran on Nov 15, 2019 19:10:11 GMT
Hopefully this will see the show reverted to the glorious Leeds Playhouse incarnation and not the Will Young ladened car crash that (dis)graced the West End! Definitely! I was wondering which version of the show this might be, I thought it was great in Leeds. |
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 15, 2019 21:47:54 GMT
This will without doubt be an actor muso show, given that CRH is directing it. God help us
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Post by partytentdown on Nov 15, 2019 23:32:38 GMT
This is so odd.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 2:09:56 GMT
Really not liking this. Craig Revel Horwood, meh. Yeah, he's knows about Ballroom and Latin. But Drew McOnie's choreography was the best thing about it in London. In what world can you make Strictly Ballroom an actor-muso show? God, I hate actor-muso shows hahaha.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Nov 16, 2019 9:56:08 GMT
Well for one, we don't know it's going to be an actor muso. Just because some of his shows in the past have been doesn't mean this one will be and it would be very hard to do that. Again people writong off shows and assuming they know eveything about a show before it's even been announced this time, let alone hit the stage.
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Post by xanady on Nov 16, 2019 12:07:21 GMT
^Agreed,Andy H,let’s wait until the show is in situ on stage before we make unfounded random judgements of a negative flavour.
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 16, 2019 13:33:29 GMT
From the various websites:
It's been a while, but I don't remember most of those being in the Leeds production, so will this be the West End version?
Phil McIntyre produces.
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Post by raiseitup on Nov 16, 2019 13:52:41 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 14:10:49 GMT
From the various websites: It's been a while, but I don't remember most of those being in the Leeds production, so will this be the West End version? Phil McIntyre produces. Phil McIntyre... Can't wait... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 14:17:56 GMT
Ok so looking at the dates... It doesn't look great. Tours that try to fit into every theatre in the UK just aren't all that. They have create a show that will fit on the smallest stage so they end up feeling swallowed by the bigger theatres it visits. Take the Ipswich Regent for example, one of the small stages in the UK but a capacity of over 1000. So it appeals to producers. They have to make a show that will fit onto its stage that has zero wing space and very minimal backstage space but look pathetic on a stage the size of the Bournemouth Pavilion... I can see the crew pushing set pieces off already... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 14:38:23 GMT
Ok so looking at the dates... It doesn't look great. Tours that try to fit into every theatre in the UK just aren't all that. They have create a show that will fit on the smallest stage so they end up feeling swallowed by the bigger theatres it visits. Take the Ipswich Regent for example, one of the small stages in the UK but a capacity of over 1000. So it appeals to producers. They have to make a show that will fit onto its stage that has zero wing space and very minimal backstage space but look pathetic on a stage the size of the Bournemouth Pavilion... I can see the crew pushing set pieces off already... Completely agree re the tours designed for 1 week in any theatre (although if you're good at marketing you can charge 250 quid for said experience when it reaches Hammersmith Apollo lol). Poor old Strictly Ballroom - a troubled project from start to finish really. The only saving grace of the West End version was Drew McOnie's wonderful choreography. Which we have now lost. Has CRH ever directed anything that WASN'T actor-muso? In fairness to the guy I did really enjoy his Sunset Boulevard. And his Chess, strange but true, is one of the best versions of Chess I've ever seen. Doing the bonkers story seriously is daft. Adding S&M moves it along the line of things we should be taking seriously to fantasy. And I reckon it worked. The rest of his stuff has been cheap as chips though. Never saw West Yorkshire Strictly. Was all original music and based on the Aussie version, is that right? Real shame it seems neither were ever recorded. Who wrote it? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 15:02:29 GMT
Ok so looking at the dates... It doesn't look great. Tours that try to fit into every theatre in the UK just aren't all that. They have create a show that will fit on the smallest stage so they end up feeling swallowed by the bigger theatres it visits. Take the Ipswich Regent for example, one of the small stages in the UK but a capacity of over 1000. So it appeals to producers. They have to make a show that will fit onto its stage that has zero wing space and very minimal backstage space but look pathetic on a stage the size of the Bournemouth Pavilion... I can see the crew pushing set pieces off already... Completely agree re the tours designed for 1 week in any theatre (although if you're good at marketing you can charge 250 quid for said experience when it reaches Hammersmith Apollo lol). Poor old Strictly Ballroom - a troubled project from start to finish really. The only saving grace of the West End version was Drew McOnie's wonderful choreography. Which we have now lost. Has CRH ever directed anything that WASN'T actor-muso? In fairness to the guy I did really enjoy his Sunset Boulevard. And his Chess, strange but true, is one of the best versions of Chess I've ever seen. Doing the bonkers story seriously is daft. Adding S&M moves it along the line of things we should be taking seriously to fantasy. And I reckon it worked. The rest of his stuff has been cheap as chips though. Never saw West Yorkshire Strictly. Was all original music and based on the Aussie version, is that right? Real shame it seems neither were ever recorded. Who wrote it? All of his stuff has been cheap as chips. As has Phil McIntyre's, so maybe it's a match made in heaven. Sister Act was probably the nearest CRH has done to a straight musical. - I could honestly write for England about how much I detest actor muso shows. This Once tour thats about to start is dreadful. It's so bad, I honestly can't understand why people are raving about it. But, that's another conversation. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 15:06:34 GMT
Completely agree re the tours designed for 1 week in any theatre (although if you're good at marketing you can charge 250 quid for said experience when it reaches Hammersmith Apollo lol). Poor old Strictly Ballroom - a troubled project from start to finish really. The only saving grace of the West End version was Drew McOnie's wonderful choreography. Which we have now lost. Has CRH ever directed anything that WASN'T actor-muso? In fairness to the guy I did really enjoy his Sunset Boulevard. And his Chess, strange but true, is one of the best versions of Chess I've ever seen. Doing the bonkers story seriously is daft. Adding S&M moves it along the line of things we should be taking seriously to fantasy. And I reckon it worked. The rest of his stuff has been cheap as chips though. Never saw West Yorkshire Strictly. Was all original music and based on the Aussie version, is that right? Real shame it seems neither were ever recorded. Who wrote it? All of his stuff has been cheap as chips. As has Phil McIntyre's, so maybe it's a match made in heaven. Sister Act was probably the nearest CRH has done to a straight musical. - I could honestly write for England about how much I detest actor muso shows. This Once tour thats about to start is dreadful. It's so bad, I honestly can't understand why people are raving about it. But, that's another conversation. Yeah I mainly agree, I am also not a fan of actor-muso shows - as with very few exceptions they reek of cost cutting rather than a genuine artistic choice. Sunset and Chess the only two I have ever enjoyed. |
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Post by justfran on Nov 16, 2019 15:19:13 GMT
Completely agree re the tours designed for 1 week in any theatre (although if you're good at marketing you can charge 250 quid for said experience when it reaches Hammersmith Apollo lol). Poor old Strictly Ballroom - a troubled project from start to finish really. The only saving grace of the West End version was Drew McOnie's wonderful choreography. Which we have now lost. Has CRH ever directed anything that WASN'T actor-muso? In fairness to the guy I did really enjoy his Sunset Boulevard. And his Chess, strange but true, is one of the best versions of Chess I've ever seen. Doing the bonkers story seriously is daft. Adding S&M moves it along the line of things we should be taking seriously to fantasy. And I reckon it worked. The rest of his stuff has been cheap as chips though. Never saw West Yorkshire Strictly. Was all original music and based on the Aussie version, is that right? Real shame it seems neither were ever recorded. Who wrote it? All of his stuff has been cheap as chips. As has Phil McIntyre's, so maybe it's a match made in heaven. Sister Act was probably the nearest CRH has done to a straight musical. - I could honestly write for England about how much I detest actor muso shows. This Once tour thats about to start is dreadful. It's so bad, I honestly can't understand why people are raving about it. But, that's another conversation. Once is about musicians so it would be odd if the leads didn’t play instruments! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 15:22:49 GMT
All of his stuff has been cheap as chips. As has Phil McIntyre's, so maybe it's a match made in heaven. Sister Act was probably the nearest CRH has done to a straight musical. - I could honestly write for England about how much I detest actor muso shows. This Once tour thats about to start is dreadful. It's so bad, I honestly can't understand why people are raving about it. But, that's another conversation. Once is about musicians so it would be odd if the leads didn’t play instruments! I'm well aware. But, it's about how it's done. Not only the actor muso stuff but the entire show. The set, the direction, the score, the plot. All of it, bleh. It's a one song show. One song, over and over and over and over. |
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 16, 2019 16:39:49 GMT
The West Yorkshire Playhouse production was a bit of a hybrid, @sharpe12. There were some songs from the film, like Time After Time, and some new, written by Sia (sp?) if I'm remembering correctly.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 17:05:46 GMT
The West Yorkshire Playhouse production was a bit of a hybrid, @sharpe12. There were some songs from the film, like Time After Time, and some new, written by Sia (sp?) if I'm remembering correctly. They look like pretty much the same production. Set fleshed out a bit, songs reworked, costumes fleshed out a bit. But Drew choreographed and directed both. So I reckon the main substance of the show was the same. West Yorkshire was kind of a trial run. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 16, 2019 17:06:56 GMT
Sia (you never see ‘er).
CRH’s actor/muso Spend Spend Spend was very good, it totally worked for that. Agree with Chess too, loved that production. But then he went and tried it with Sister Act.... dearie me.
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 16, 2019 18:56:46 GMT
West Yorkshire Playhouse had a completely different score (apart from Time After Time and Love Is In The Air) and it was original music.
The Will Young character also didn't exist - that was written for town - so the piece changed dramatically for the worse.
And yes, I can't think of anything CRH has directed that hasn't been actor-muso so one would assume the same here. Also the fact this is playing the Edinburgh playhouse and the hexagon in Reading should fill us all with fear (that an Phil McIntyre producing!)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 22:22:10 GMT
West Yorkshire Playhouse had a completely different score (apart from Time After Time and Love Is In The Air) and it was original music. The Will Young character also didn't exist - that was written for town - so the piece changed dramatically for the worse. And yes, I can't think of anything CRH has directed that hasn't been actor-muso so one would assume the same here. Also the fact this is playing the Edinburgh playhouse and the hexagon in Reading should fill us all with fear (that an Phil McIntyre producing!) Oh my god, I forgot about Wally Strand, dreadful. Although I saw an understudy in the role, Ivan de Freitas and he was ok. And I just checked WWRY also has played Edinburgh Playhouse and will be playing at the Hexagon. Wow. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 9:15:52 GMT
The West Yorkshire Playhouse production was a bit of a hybrid, @sharpe12 . There were some songs from the film, like Time After Time, and some new, written by Sia (sp?) if I'm remembering correctly. Lovely, thanks. And was the original version in Australia the same as the WYP, or was that something different again?! |
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Post by justafan on Nov 18, 2019 18:08:44 GMT
I remember that the West Yorkshire Playhouse version was superior to the west end version - simply because (1j the actors/dancers sang as well as acted/danced and (2) they didn’t need a wally strand - tho I admit I loved Ivan de Freitas - saw him twice!,
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