Heathers: The Musical - TRH / The Other Palace / @sohoplace

Oh it was fabulous. So much fun!

Now, I'm not the type to buy into the hype until I see a show. I havent rushed to see Hamilton, I saw Harry Potter a year and a half later and I didn't stress myself out booking and got a cheap ticket on the day.

The cast overall were fantastic. Carrie and Jamie were both great, really fantastic. The two jocks were hilarious, as were the other two Heathers. But the obvious standout was Jodie Stelle, who I thought was simply outstanding, amazing! What a performance! And a surprising turn, Hugh Maynard was off and in his place was Mr. Nathan Amzi! He was there though, nothing special about his performance really.

The show itself was hilarious. Alot of fun, great songs and performance to match. The set was, again there, it added nothing too it, and considering PTM realeased that statement saying he was putting on a "big show" I didn't quite see that from a visual sense. I also love wd the lighting design. Alot of bold choices that worked well.

The audience were on another level.aybe a quarter men and the rest women. So many people were dressed as the Heathers or wearing merch, it was crazy! And when Carrie came on I thought yep, entrance applause, of course, but holy crap, when the Heathers arrived it blew Carrie's applause away. After every song it wasnt just cheering, it was screaming! It was crazy. But otherwise, a thoroughly well behaved audience, only cheering and going crazy when appropriate. Instant standing ovation, it was great.

I'll definitely try to catch again before it leaves. A great show!

* Oh, and those following the Steve thing, he was on the end of the fourth row tonight.

I mean... it is completely possible to see a show and greatly enjoy it, but also to find the cast recording underwhelming and think that other shows were better? What's your point here exactly?

I think also there's a difference between someone with a small (no offense Daniel!) social media following who hasn't tagged anyone in the production or the show, offering their opinion, and say tagging all the cast and shouting it if you've got say 10k followers. It's of course PTM prerogative to block whoever he wants but it does seem a TINY bit dramatic given it was just an opinion on his show that he'd clearly gone looking for as nobody was tagged etc.

Well, assume they have come back down to earth today - number of Olivier nominations - zero.

Was mainly (quite rightly I think) about Company and Come From Away.

I've never said I didn't like the show, it was good fun with some great performances. But I've also not been a fan of how the fanbase present themselves on social media, as well as some of the behind the scenes behavior on social media, or otherwise. And the fact it won Best Musical last night was laughable as it really wasn't anywhere nesr the best musical of last year, especially considering at least two of its other nominees. And it's kinda an agreement from a fair few that the Cast Recording is a dissapointment, especially considering it was hyped up and delayed for so long by the Producer.

Anywho, back to the show, shame Jamie didn't get an Olivier nom but otherwise, it's what we expected from the nominations.

This may not be a useful rule of thumb for those of us who have told a director to his face how much they disliked one of his productions!

Ok..... you’re not going to leave that there Dawnstar ? 

Spill! 

The Oliviers are no more a barometer of quality than the WhatsOnStage awards. The 'Heathers' fanbase liked that show more than others, the Oliviers committee didn't. But then again, the Oliviers committee has nominated Keir Charles for 'Quiz' which by itself is enough evidence that the Oliviers are just as laughable and that's before you even look at what else they nominated.