Bring It On, Southwark Playhouse

And a pair of black slacks, with a white stripe, apparently.

I'm bringing sexy back.

I was thinking Yootha Joyce...but let’s go with yours 😂

The film was just on MTV, which I would have skipped had it not been for our discussions about the musical.

Loved it!

How many are in the cast at the SWP?

LOVED this tonight! There’s a LOT of talent in that cast, and the energy was infectious.

Impressed with the standard of the dancing too, it was all very tight, and well put together.

A really fun evening all round.

How are the side view seats for this?
I've never been to the Southwark Playhouse before but theres no front facing tickets left for when I could go.

Just impulse booked for Saturday matinee after reading this thread - looking forward to it!

I echo the praise for this cast - saw the matinee today and they all have very promising futures. I actually found a music itself a bit forgetful but the cast elevated it with strong performances.

Just back from the matinee.

Well, the show theme is “they tried” and I think the same can be said about the cast here.

I think the challenge is I’ve recently seen a high energy professional version of this. I realise this is an amateur production (although at the same prices Southwark Playhouse charges for professional shows) but everything was so toned down in comparison it was like a difference show.

Lots of kids, mostly girls, in the audience who just didn’t seem into it. A change from the older generation at the matinee anyway.

I think the main flaw is the cheerleading performances are simple and lacking, but they’re meant to be two top teams in a competition. Lots of stumbled landings and little in the way of impressive throws, towers and other routines. Two of the cast had obvious braces of their legs so that may have hindered things.

The hip hop dancing was better.

Vocals were rather mixed too, not helped by being drowned out by the backing music. Would have been hard to follow if I hadn’t seen it before.

I will say the audience were perfectly behaved, even though I was worried when I arrived when I heard a mother saying to her daughter “you know all the words, sing along” (she didn’t).

It was enjoyable enough, but I just found it so mechanical, as if people were trying not to mess up. But there are catchy songs and the way the theatre is set up (fewer seats, all with a good view) works well.

And there is talent for the future there too, raw, but you can see potential.

The stunting was poor by UK cheer standards. Competitive cheer has really improved in this country in the last 10 years or so since I did it. They were doing the absolute most basic stunts you can possibly do. And using four boys to base them where you'd usually use three girls. I wasn't expecting competition standard and appreciate that there were space constraints but I had hoped this element would have been better.