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

Glad you are enjoying it! Who played Kirk and Ram?

Liam and Rory

Yes, she was. It was largely the same as the "movie" cast, with the exception of no Simon or Jermaine. 

An excellent show. They had the sound levels right. I expect Benjamin to be a really good JD and he was. The clearest diction out of anyone!

A few small line changes. I don't know if that was because the previous cast had ended up improvising and adding things or not. Liam and Rory look great together, but don't goof around as much as George and Tom.

Chris Parkinson was the only male ensemble member, so the stage could have looked a bit uneven, but it always seems to work. I guess also that everyone in the cast just has so much experience with the show, so they can work around whoever is available and slip right in. They did choose a particularly cute guy in the crowd to be Steve as well (but it took the lighting team a long time to find him) so that balanced things up.

I see Chris Parkinson was on as Kurt on Saturday too, so perhaps they had no one left for the male ensemble roles at all! Hopefully they have someone planned to take over from Jermaine (assuming he is busy with Sister Act).

Safe hands all round. Excellent rush ticket as usual. And the crowd appreciated this as much as always.

I was there yesterday and they were rather short of people. Only three people in the female ensemble and only Benjamin Karran in the male ensemble, so some interesting split tracks and we got to see Benjamin as a police officer.

Hannah Lowther was on as Heather Chandler. Excellent as always and I've now seen all three of her Heathers covers.

Jordan Cunningham was back as a special guest to play Kurt's Dad and Big Bug Dean. He wasn't in any ensemble roles and Coach Ripper was cut completely.

Everyone did very well, especially as they were short of people for even such things as moving the set about. A great audience as well. Shame about the cancellations today, but that's always the challenge when a bug circulates in a relatively small cast.

This type of thing!

twitter.com/showreports?s=21&t=GtfuS9Zn9NFA73UnuBOOWQ

Have just spent a while reading through the ShowReports twitter archive (some very amusing) and catching up with the story of what I presume was an accidentally circulated show report from the sound manager.

The funny thing is, I don't mind when there are small changes made to the show, especially when they don't change anything important. It is just something extra for people who have seen the show before to enjoy. Like yesterday, I did notice that Simon Gordon changed how he said a few of his lines (not the words, but some of the emphathis). It keeps things interesting for everyone.

I am reminded how brilliant Ailsa Davidson is as Veronica. When 42nd Street was playing, I remember the forum consistently saying how no one else could ever play Peggy Sawyer as perfectly as she does. It is the same with Alisa as Veronica.

Liam Doyle also sings well, acts well and looks great. My only complaint is he's offstage for too long in the second act!

Then you have Vicki Lee Taylor, who is perfect as Ms Fleming and is able to improvise with Steve without being cruel. Very flexible too.

I could say something positive about all the cast members, including Jordan Cunningham who I've been a fan of since his Jamie days and who saved the show yesterday. Considering the line changes, people covering different tracks and male ensemble tracks being covered by the female ensemble, I don't think you can fault anyone.

The single biggest failing I notice at Heathers is when the sound balance is completely wrong and the vocals inaudible. That one is really odd. You can sit in exactly the same seat, some times it's perfect, some times it really isn't.

But if this is the chaos that ensues from a single show report, it's just as well they don't circulate too often. I can imagine the chaos if any of the cast ever explored the information rights available to them in the UK (although this is something they're probably best to consider after they've left the show).

I guess this account summed up this shambles perfectly

It isn't really swings they lack, it is second covers for the main parts.

A friend was at the show on Saturday and he said that Ailsa seemed like she was struggling a little so could be related to that rather than the show report thing. I hope all the cast get a well rested day off as well as the unexpected one yesterday and come back in good health

It's actually quite common. Most Company Managers have an email group that they attach it to (creatives, HODs, producers). Sometimes in their hurry to get away they send it to the wrong email group.

I'm completely torn between "I soooo want to read this" and "This should not escape into the wild, that would be bad".

Hope everyone feels better soon and gets some much deserved rest. It's not surprising, considering they haven't bothered to replace 2 ensemble members since cast change, let alone swings (leaving 4 of their principles without understudies).

Bayley took over from Mhairi in yesterday's matinee interval, leaving them with 4 ensemble members which is the absolute minimum they can run on.

Sigh, it's getting quite tiring to have the same complaints with the brick wall that is the production company! Presumably they're just trying to hold out until the next cast change next weekend - I know Hannah and Teleri are leaving, not sure about anyone else. Hope to see Daisy Twells back.

I'm betting they're madly ringing around to see who they can get back in to put the 5pm show on later.