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Post by talkingheads on Apr 27, 2021 10:45:35 GMT
I'm so glad I caught it in Edinburgh! A real shame, I loved a lot of the songs. Was a cast recording made at the Lyceum?
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Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 27, 2021 11:25:33 GMT
I enjoyed it too. A sweet show, but not an awful lot to get excited about.
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Post by ceebee on Apr 27, 2021 11:37:45 GMT
I'm so glad I caught it in Edinburgh! A real shame, I loved a lot of the songs. Was a cast recording made at the Lyceum? There's a rubbish gallery clip off somebody on YouTube. Haven't seen anything else. I do have an audio recording though... I loved the show - I know not everybody enjoyed it, but it hit the mark for me. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 27, 2021 11:48:50 GMT
It will probably reappear somewhere. They won’t have put all the work into it and give up quite yet I’m sure.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Apr 27, 2021 11:52:00 GMT
A shame, glad I made the trip to Edinburgh.
One for Southwark to pick up? currently on a good run of new musicals and building up an audience willing to give new musicals a chance.
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Post by ceebee on Apr 27, 2021 11:55:56 GMT
It will probably reappear somewhere. They won’t have put all the work into it and give up quite yet I’m sure. I've a hunch Bill Kenwright will co-produce the show with Mark Knopfler in future. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 27, 2021 12:07:20 GMT
It will probably reappear somewhere. They won’t have put all the work into it and give up quite yet I’m sure. I've a hunch Bill Kenwright will co-produce the show with Mark Knopfler in future. Way to kill the mood 🤣 |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2021 12:51:27 GMT
Maybe the National could pick it up as part of their "musical a year" plan?
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 3, 2022 10:04:47 GMT
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Post by NeilVHughes on Mar 3, 2022 10:14:46 GMT
Excellent news, enjoyed it when I saw it in its short run at Edinburgh and we’ll worth the trip out to Chichester.
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Post by ceebee on Mar 3, 2022 10:28:24 GMT
Hugely exciting news, particularly with Daniel Evans directing. This season I'll mostly be staying in Chichester...
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 3, 2022 18:26:26 GMT
After being shouted at by a rude lady at South Pacific, I'd decided that my first visit to Chichester would be my last visit to Chichester. I may have to relent.
If I ask nicely, perhaps they'll schedule some performances just for younger people?
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 3, 2022 22:47:51 GMT
Surprised this is playing the Minera though.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 3, 2022 22:52:52 GMT
After being shouted at by a rude lady at South Pacific, I'd decided that my first visit to Chichester would be my last visit to Chichester. I may have to relent. If I ask nicely, perhaps they'll schedule some performances just for younger people? Why were you shouted at? |
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Post by ceebee on Mar 4, 2022 22:26:08 GMT
Surprised this is playing the Minera though. I'm guessing the ceilidh band will be on stage (rather than hidden like at the Lyceum) - this show will easily sell out 300 seats a night. If only the Old Vic had the balls to stage it instead of opting for their usual eclectic half-full theatre / sell cheaply at £15 a pop plays that appeal to random folk, they could have made a fortune. |
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Post by highonahill on Mar 5, 2022 9:56:11 GMT
After being shouted at by a rude lady at South Pacific, I'd decided that my first visit to Chichester would be my last visit to Chichester. I may have to relent. If I ask nicely, perhaps they'll schedule some performances just for younger people? Don't give up just yet! I often feel like one of the youngest in the audience (although I'm sadly no longer 'young'!). |
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Post by ceebee on Mar 12, 2022 10:26:54 GMT
This is selling extremely well already for "Friends" bookings. Advise buying membership and getting in early if you want to see it. First performance already 3/4 sold after 1 hour of booking time.
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 12, 2022 13:16:27 GMT
Don't forget it's in the Minerva which is...tiny.
Chichester audiences by tickets for everything so the fact it is selling well doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be...good. I've sat through plenty of drivel at Chich in full houses before 😂
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Post by ceebee on Mar 12, 2022 13:27:29 GMT
Don't forget it's in the Minerva which is...tiny. Chichester audiences by tickets for everything so the fact it is selling well doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be...good. I've sat through plenty of drivel at Chich in full houses before 😂 It will be good because the original in Edinburgh was excellent and I trust Daniel Evans to improve on the staging/direction. Though I am hopelessly biased towards this particular show. |
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 12, 2022 15:41:27 GMT
...I'll only quietly say that I was bored rigid at it in Edinburgh then 😂
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Post by showgirl on Mar 12, 2022 17:27:13 GMT
Don't forget it's in the Minerva which is...tiny. Chichester audiences by tickets for everything so the fact it is selling well doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be...good. I've sat through plenty of drivel at Chich in full houses before 😂 I'm a CFT regular and certainly don't buy tickets for everything. As with productions I want to see at the NT tending to be in the pricey Dorfman or ghastly Lyttelton, with Chichester I'm often frustrated that what I want to see turns out to be in the Minerva. Of course there's an audience overlap between the two spaces but in general I think the safer, more tradtional plays and shows are programmed for the main house and the new and/or possibly slightly more experimental ones in the Minerva. It's true that this year I'll end up seeing more than usual at CFT but that's partly because I've already seen Doubt, which certainly didn't sell out, and had two bookings held over from last year. Plus I've booked for Our Generation which is a joint production. What does seem odd is that a show previously intended for the Old Vic, ie Local Hero, should instead be in the Minerva as they are such different spaces, both in terms of size and layout. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 12, 2022 22:40:50 GMT
Has local hero had a rewrite? Or is Evans thinking it is like Sweeney Todd aka works brilliantly in different size houses?
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Post by ceebee on Mar 12, 2022 22:59:56 GMT
I can see Local Hero getting a "Life of Pi" style of lighting/projection treatment with minimal set.
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Post by ceebee on Mar 12, 2022 23:01:10 GMT
Has local hero had a rewrite? Or is Evans thinking it is like Sweeney Todd aka works brilliantly in different size houses? Don't know if it has been rewritten but can see greater focus on the relationship between Mac, Gordon and Stella. |
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Post by FrontrowverPaul on Mar 19, 2022 10:19:46 GMT
Public booking now open for this and the rest of the 2022 Chichester season.
First time for me at the Minerva. The £47 price hurt a bit when similar seats for Crazy For You in the Festival Theatre cost me £10 but happy to get Saturday matinees booked for both.
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