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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 8:57:13 GMT
Went to see this last night , didn’t know much about the show but do like Kander and Ebb. Really loved and enjoyed the whole show thoroughly. The cast where great and loved Caroline O’Connor and like Gemma Sutton a lot so was happy to see her onstage again. They were both great and played a believable mother and daughter with great voices.The supporting male cast where also all great with terrific energy and liked Stewart Clarke as Dino and Ben Redfern as Lenny. Music was lovely and I loved all the songs and will be listening to as from now. Also my liked the book and while it isn’t nit the most indepth story it did have a lot of good witty lines. The way the space was used was great as I was front row at the side of the thrust but they played all round so everyone have a good view. The choreography was great especially the tapping roller skates which I think is now my favourite title number from a show, but the other movement around the stage was clever. Loved everything about it and really liked the ending as found it quite surprising and moving.would like a transfer but I feel to somewhere like the Charing Cross theatre.
* one thing I will add not about the show and it is not quite bad behaviour. Opposite me an older couple were sat and through out the show they kept nodding off and not clapping not even at the curtain call or after the songs. I understand people may have something like narcolepsy but if you do I would not suggest sitting front row esppeicaly at the Southwark where the actor said can see you.
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Post by jamb0r on Jun 17, 2018 13:12:38 GMT
Remainder of the run is sold out! There’s still tickets on TodayTix for every day this week
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Post by Mark on Jun 17, 2018 13:32:26 GMT
Remainder of the run is sold out! There’s still tickets on TodayTix for every day this week Oh! Well, sold out on the Southwark Playhouse site.
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Post by kathryn on Jun 19, 2018 11:42:19 GMT
Remainder of the run is sold out! There’s still tickets on TodayTix for every day this week Not anymore - just popped in to buy one and they're gone.
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 19, 2018 12:10:05 GMT
* one thing I will add not about the show and it is not quite bad behaviour. Opposite me an older couple were sat and through out the show they kept nodding off and not clapping not even at the curtain call or after the songs. I understand people may have something like narcolepsy but if you do I would not suggest sitting front row esppeicaly at the Southwark where the actor said can see you. MMM give them a break it was very hot the day we went and I doubt anyone goes to a show with the intention of catching up with their beauty routine. (Personal plea really, it happens despite my very best intentions). BUT I do agree about people who never clap. Why go if you are not going to join in? It's saying so I've paid - entertain me but no matter how good, no matter how hard you've worked on this; I won't acknowledge your efforts, encorage you, or be in the slightest way impresseed. This is how I behave!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2018 14:27:21 GMT
If an older person isn't clapping, I just assume they have arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome or any health ailment really that would make it painful to hammer your hands together over and over and over again. Sure, younger people could have such ailments too, but they're much more common in older people, and it's just easier for me to assume people have good reasons to do the things they do rather than wasting my time getting angry about someone not doing a thing that I think they should do but really it's none of my business whether they do or not.
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Post by mallardo on Jun 19, 2018 14:36:31 GMT
Re older people clapping, I vividly recall seeing Stephen Sondheim at the Arcola Theatre a few years back (yes, he was there) watching Sweet Smell of Success and applauding loudly by slamming one hand against his upper leg - presumably the other hand was ailing. As he demonstrated, there's no excuse not to applaud.
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Post by Mr Snow on Jun 19, 2018 14:40:14 GMT
If an older person isn't clapping, I just assume they have arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome or any health ailment really that would make it painful to hammer your hands together over and over and over again. Sure, younger people could have such ailments too, but they're much more common in older people, and it's just easier for me to assume people have good reasons to do the things they do rather than wasting my time getting angry about someone not doing a thing that I think they should do but really it's none of my business whether they do or not. Well yes, but now I’ll whinge. I had a recent outing to the ROH for the opening night of Lohengrin, sat next to a pair even older than I am. It is customary to applaud the Conductor to his rostrum, and also at the end of each act. It sets the scene and heightens anticipation and enjoyment (for most). Well they sat on their hands and did I imagine they looked rather smug? This continued until well into the applause at the end when it became clear that the audience wanted to show their particular appreciation for Jenifer Davis who had taken over the lead female role and had something of a triumph. As the roar went out, perhaps to show they were in the know as to what has happened, they suddenly remembered how to clap, smile and be an audience member. I’ll let it rest. As you say none of my business but ….
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2018 14:43:10 GMT
As he vividly demonstrated, there's no excuse not to applaud. Unless you think the show is rubbish of course? I didn't clap for 'Hamilton'. I think I was the only one to stay seated too.
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Post by theatremadness on Jun 19, 2018 14:53:40 GMT
As he vividly demonstrated, there's no excuse not to applaud. Unless you think the show is rubbish of course? I didn't clap for 'Hamilton'. I think I was the only one to stay seated too. Sure - but what about appreciating the efforts of the cast, crew and band? Even if you think any show is rubbish for various reasons, surely it's only polite to reward the efforts gone into the production by simply just putting your hands together if able? No OSO (obligatory standing ovation - nicked from ALW's autobiography!) required! After all, they didn't write it!
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Post by Dr Tom on Jun 20, 2018 8:03:57 GMT
I saw the matinee yesterday in a very hot and uncomfortable theatre. Seemed sold out.
This is going to be quite a superficial review, as it's a rather superficial show. I liked a lot of the songs and it was a fun afternoon. First half had more to it than the second half.
The show had to be stopped around 15 minutes in due to technical difficulties (which I presume was a microphone problem as one of the leads had an echo). Sorted and the sound was much better, although this overran by about 20 minutes.
The show got a standing ovation, led by Lesley Joseph, who was on her feet almost as soon as the bows started (Biggins, who cheered wildly, only seconds slower). They either loved the show, or had a taxi waiting (or, in Lesley's case, another show to perform in).
I'd like to see this in a venue with more room for the skaters to show off their talents. But another good show from the Playhouse.
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Post by distantcousin on Jun 20, 2018 8:06:59 GMT
If an older person isn't clapping, I just assume they have arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome or any health ailment really that would make it painful to hammer your hands together over and over and over again. Sure, younger people could have such ailments too, but they're much more common in older people, and it's just easier for me to assume people have good reasons to do the things they do rather than wasting my time getting angry about someone not doing a thing that I think they should do but really it's none of my business whether they do or not. These days it seems to be all about what one is SEEN to be doing.
i.e. being judged for not clapping. I think this is fine if it's difficult to clap - people are so click to judge. If an audience member smiles genuinely at the curtain call, even if they can't clap, that should communicate their thoughts to anyone that needs to know.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 12:46:24 GMT
r* one thing I will add not about the show and it is not quite bad behaviour. Opposite me an older couple were sat and through out the show they kept nodding off and not clapping not even at the curtain call or after the songs. I understand people may have something like narcolepsy but if you do I would not suggest sitting front row esppeicaly at the Southwark where the actor said can see you. [/quote]
Just a thought but the front row at Southwark Playhouse is where they accommodate disabled patrons. I know because I went with my friend in a wheelchair. A wheelchair is an obvious advertisement that someone is disabled, of course, and her MS has robbed her of her hands... so she cannot applaud however much she’d like to. She often nods off too without meaning to insult the actors. Another symptom. But not all disabilities are as easy ‘to read’...
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Post by sf on Jun 20, 2018 15:44:22 GMT
Sure - but what about appreciating the efforts of the cast, crew and band? Even if you think any show is rubbish for various reasons, surely it's only polite to reward the efforts gone into the production by simply just putting your hands together if able? Not always. I didn't applaud Will Young or Michelle Ryan in 'Cabaret', because they were both atrocious. I did applaud the rest of the cast, but it's insulting for the producers to expect us to pay to watch performances as bad as those two. I wasn't the only one, either - the applause dipped noticeably when they came out to take their bows.
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Post by theatremadness on Jun 20, 2018 17:03:19 GMT
Sure - but what about appreciating the efforts of the cast, crew and band? Even if you think any show is rubbish for various reasons, surely it's only polite to reward the efforts gone into the production by simply just putting your hands together if able? Not always. I didn't applaud Will Young or Michelle Ryan in 'Cabaret', because they were both atrocious. I did applaud the rest of the cast, but it's insulting for the producers to expect us to pay to watch performances as bad as those two. I wasn't the only one, either - the applause dipped noticeably when they came out to take their bows. Yes absolutely - but you still applauded the rest of the cast as opposed to nothing at all.
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Post by sf on Jun 20, 2018 17:23:58 GMT
Not always. I didn't applaud Will Young or Michelle Ryan in 'Cabaret', because they were both atrocious. I did applaud the rest of the cast, but it's insulting for the producers to expect us to pay to watch performances as bad as those two. I wasn't the only one, either - the applause dipped noticeably when they came out to take their bows. Yes absolutely - but you still applauded the rest of the cast as opposed to nothing at all.
The rest of the cast deserved applause. Mr. Young and Ms. Ryan - and the deeply, deeply cynical producers who employed them, because they certainly weren't hired for their "talent" - deserved to be banished from showbusiness forever. That wasn't going to happen, so I did the next best thing and didn't clap for them.
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Post by Boob on Jun 22, 2018 20:18:10 GMT
I don’t think (correct me if I’m wrong) anyone goes to the theatre with the intention of falling asleep or not getting into the show. However, I’ll raise my unarthritic, youthful-ish hand to say I fell asleep many times during the first half (I didn’t stay for the second) and didn’t applaud once because I didn’t think there was anything worth applauding. I’m not a school teacher - I paid for my ticket, and am not there to be grateful for effort. That should be a given.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Jun 22, 2018 20:31:09 GMT
Not applauding at all feels like bad manners to me and there’s enough of that in the world already. Half hearted applause shows a lack of enthusiasm which appears a decent response if someone feels it to be necessary. As for booing, that’s way out of line every single time, nobody has a right to foist their opinion on others who are quite likely to have enjoyed the very same performance.
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Post by Boob on Jun 22, 2018 20:53:39 GMT
But isn’t applause, to quote the dictionary, “approval or praise expressed by clapping”? I’m all for a well deserved (not obligatory, Lord Lloyd Webber) standing ovation and have given many in my time. But surely fake applause is just as pointless as an OSO*.
*obligatory standing ovation
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Post by blobble84 on Jun 23, 2018 13:15:25 GMT
If anyone can get to Southwark Playhouse by 3pm, I’ve got a last minute spare to the final matinee. Free to a good home!
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Post by apubleed on Jun 23, 2018 13:25:36 GMT
If anyone can get to Southwark Playhouse by 3pm, I’ve got a last minute spare to the final matinee. Free to a good home! I’ll take it!! Sent you a PM
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Post by Steve on Jun 23, 2018 21:53:01 GMT
Loved this tonight! Not a perfect show by any means, with more telling than showing, but it's got some lovely lingering reminiscing romantic songs, and some stinging zingers to undercut the overly nostalgic moments. Caroline O'Connor's Anna delivers zingers with a savage slyness that is peerless, frequently topping laughs you thought were the final punchline, with some seemingly improvised mood change, only for O'Connor to return to diva mode, recommitting to her divine deadpan with added bite. I lost it laughing at the calm unrestrained viciousness of her revelation that there were a number of outfits that triggered her, and her daughter was wearing all of them! With O'Connor's character getting all the book's punchlines, Gemma Sutton focuses on the feels, and indeed, the tenderest most emotive moments in the show emanate from her childhood innocence, and her character's rediscovery of that innocence in mid-adulthood. To that end, the decision to move "Coloured Lights" to the finale of Act 1 pays off in spades. Sutton has, by then, invested us in Angel's connection to both "Blue Crystals" and "Magic," which she associates with her father, and in "Coloured Lights," she really dug deep into Angel's sheer wonder at the beauty of what in fact is a tacky disco ball! I welled up. The ensemble were a joy, and as a fan of the Jermyn Street Theatre's "Return of the Soldier," it was moving to see Stewart Clarke play the traumatised vulnerability of a veteran all over again. And I really can't get enough of Ross Dawes' natural openness and onstage joy, either. This was a great final show, and long may Caroline O'Connor's funnies and Gemma Sutton's feels linger in the memory. 4 stars.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2018 23:18:49 GMT
What is it with people having to read or use their phones after a show while the rest of us are trying to get out of an auditorium?Went to THE RINK last night and spent a good 10 minutes weaving in and out of the tail back of people who had their faces glued to their smart phones rather than watch where they are going.Can they not wait till they get onto the street rather than holding up everyone else?Mind you these are most probably are the same people that come at you in the street and expect YOU to get out of the way! Enjoyed the show though!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 25, 2018 9:00:24 GMT
I attended the finale matinee. The theatre was nice and cool
Loved the score, Caroline O’Connor and the skating
Liked the piece but I can’t help thinking that I now want to see another production of it - A part of me would of liked Gemma Sutton to be a bit more of a belter (I like the soundtrack with Liza). I’m not sure if I would employ those guys to destroy a building, as they all did was shuffle a few boxes around! Also the thugs didn’t seem very scary!!
Please can we have much more Kander and Ebb seems a nice fit on the Playhouse stage.
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