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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 12:17:57 GMT
Dear Alece10 - No it's not depressing at all!It's a life affirming story of good deeds and dreams and people coming together to thank the "doer" which always gets me rather than doom & gloom.And put to music which must be the most emotional way to stir emotions.I'm filling up just thinking about it!
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Post by littlesally on Jul 6, 2018 12:37:55 GMT
I've booked to see this in Chichester and recently spoke to someone who was stage manager on the show. She also told me to take tissues. Hope it's not too depressing as I go to the theatre to be cheered up not to come out depressed. There is enough of that in real life. No need to worry Alec. It is uplifting and heartwarming but there will be tears! |
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Post by alece10 on Jul 6, 2018 13:33:54 GMT
Sounds like I'll be in floods of tears. I cry more at good things than bad things. And even worse if there are animals in it.
Looking forward to it however
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 6, 2018 14:08:47 GMT
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Post by learfan on Jul 6, 2018 17:52:20 GMT
Loved,loved,loved this show when it was on in Sheffield and in fact went back to see it two weekends on the trot.Thank god for my senior citizen's railcard!So glad they seem to be getting most of the original cast back for Chichester with the addition of Joanna Riding!Shame Anna-Jane Casey is touring with Calendar Girls because she was also fantastic especially as a chain smoking world weary Parisian cleaner.Well worth a trip to Chichester if you can make it.But take a hankie. Still remember looking across at the Crucible audience opposite and one girl in particular was sobbing her heart out. Thanks for the heads up. Booked this along with Copenhagen as a double show day. Ive done it as Copenhagen friday and Flowers sat mat. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 6, 2018 18:05:23 GMT
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Post by sf on Jul 7, 2018 16:29:55 GMT
I've booked to see this in Chichester and recently spoke to someone who was stage manager on the show. She also told me to take tissues. Hope it's not too depressing as I go to the theatre to be cheered up not to come out depressed. There is enough of that in real life.
It isn't depressing at all. It is very, very moving, but it ends on a positive, uplifting note.
Clare Burt is extraordinary in it. Or at least, she was in Sheffield.
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Post by musicalmarge on Jul 7, 2018 21:49:36 GMT
This show is AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING!!!!!! I hope it transfers to the West End for a limited run. Everyone must see it.
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Post by showtoones on Jul 7, 2018 21:57:08 GMT
This show is AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING!!!!!! I hope it transfers to the West End for a limited run. Everyone must see it. Where would it go? Are there any free theatres? |
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Post by david on Jul 7, 2018 22:06:30 GMT
How about the Savoy theatre if nothing else is planned after Dreamgirls or the Ambassadors theatre once FoxFinder completes it run in the new year?
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Post by Rory on Jul 7, 2018 23:39:02 GMT
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Post by Jon on Jul 8, 2018 1:25:15 GMT
How about the Savoy theatre if nothing else is planned after Dreamgirls or the Ambassadors theatre once FoxFinder completes it run in the new year? I could see it at the Savoy but not the Ambassadors because the latter is tiny and not really suitable for musicals. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 6:19:53 GMT
How about the Savoy theatre if nothing else is planned after Dreamgirls or the Ambassadors theatre once FoxFinder completes it run in the new year? I could see it at the Savoy but not the Ambassadors because the latter is tiny and not really suitable for musicals. Flowers is a pretty small show - it would need a smaller venue than the Savoy I think. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 8, 2018 6:29:26 GMT
The original staging used a revolve continually throughout the show.
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Post by sf on Jul 9, 2018 11:59:28 GMT
I could see it at the Savoy but not the Ambassadors because the latter is tiny and not really suitable for musicals. Flowers is a pretty small show - it would need a smaller venue than the Savoy I think.
The Savoy only has about 150 more seats than the Crucible in Sheffield, and is actually slightly smaller than the Chichester Festival Theatre.
That said, it would need some restaging to go in there because the Savoy doesn't have a thrust stage (it would need some restaging for any West End theatre apart from the Gillian Lynne).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 12:22:55 GMT
Flowers is a pretty small show - it would need a smaller venue than the Savoy I think.
The Savoy only has about 150 more seats than the Crucible in Sheffield, and is actually slightly smaller than the Chichester Festival Theatre.
That said, it would need some restaging to go in there because the Savoy doesn't have a thrust stage (it would need some restaging for any West End theatre apart from the Gillian Lynne).
But isn't the Savoy stage huge? It needs a small stage to keep its intimacy |
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Post by sf on Jul 9, 2018 21:37:26 GMT
The Savoy only has about 150 more seats than the Crucible in Sheffield, and is actually slightly smaller than the Chichester Festival Theatre.
That said, it would need some restaging to go in there because the Savoy doesn't have a thrust stage (it would need some restaging for any West End theatre apart from the Gillian Lynne).
But isn't the Savoy stage huge? It needs a small stage to keep its intimacy
A small stage like the very large thrust stages at the Crucible and the Chichester Festival Theatre?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2018 5:50:20 GMT
But isn't the Savoy stage huge? It needs a small stage to keep its intimacy
A small stage like the very large thrust stages at the Crucible and the Chichester Festival Theatre?
The nature of them being thrust stages creates a sense of intimacy which is vital for this piece. |
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Post by sf on Jul 10, 2018 14:45:36 GMT
A small stage like the very large thrust stages at the Crucible and the Chichester Festival Theatre?
The nature of them being thrust stages creates a sense of intimacy which is vital for this piece. That may or may not be true. Neither stage is "small", which was your original point. And it is certainly possible to make a proscenium theatre feel relatively intimate. For the number of seats it has, the Savoy does not feel large. 'She Loves Me' - a show which, in terms of scope/setting/atmosphere is not that different from 'Flowers for Mrs. Harris' - played very well in there.
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Post by Oleanna on Jul 10, 2018 16:08:10 GMT
I think this show would be well suited to the Noël Coward.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 10, 2018 16:14:05 GMT
Gypsy looked absolutely tiny at The Savoy. It was my first visit and I remember walking in and thinking how narrow the stage appeared because they’d built a false proscenium.
I was surprised how well The Apollo created the illusion of a thrust for Jamie, or at least how effectively it came across at the cinema screening.
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Post by galinda on Jul 26, 2018 10:52:22 GMT
Anyone who saw this before in Sheffield.. do you think it would appeal to a non musical theatre fan? Thinking of getting tickets but will be going with my boyfriend who isn't a theatre buff like myself. What shows does it compare to?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 11:43:05 GMT
I was surprised how well The Apollo created the illusion of a thrust for Jamie, or at least how effectively it came across at the cinema screening. I'd have thought a thrust for Jamie would have been the last thing they'd want, especially for a cinema screening. Wouldn't that have shown through some of the frocks? |
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Post by grannyjx6 on Jul 26, 2018 22:03:31 GMT
Anyone who saw this before in Sheffield.. do you think it would appeal to a non musical theatre fan? Thinking of getting tickets but will be going with my boyfriend who isn't a theatre buff like myself. What shows does it compare to?
Personally I would say no. I went on my own and really enjoyed it in Sheffield. I think my husband might just have fallen asleep to be honest. It's a sweet, old fashioned piece with a very definite theme of working class being looked down on, but eventually proved to save the day, a bit like The Admirable Crichton (but from a woman's perspective) if that's any help?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 27, 2018 6:25:27 GMT
^^ Agree. The score is very Sondheimy for starters which could be an issue, and the other theme is women’s fashion in the 50’s. As I was leaving and listening to what people were saying there was a split of opinion with men tutting and grumbling and women cooing about how lovely it was. Not EVERYone obviously but enough for me to notice it.
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