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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2018 19:08:22 GMT
Oh i hope that Memphis is a possibility. Also i thought it came out on here a couple of months again that The Addams Family was touring again? What's happened to that? did confirm rumours of a rumoured 2018/19 re-run by Music & Lyrics, back in April. Maybe he could check the pencils? |
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Post by djdan14 on Aug 1, 2018 19:59:41 GMT
Priscilla is back out again next year, as is American idiot
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Post by No. on Aug 2, 2018 9:03:43 GMT
I’ve heard things about West Side Story heading out as well as Grease which I presume is after the Leicester Curve run
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Post by theatregeek1 on Aug 2, 2018 9:14:56 GMT
Annie’s touring again next year too I believe
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Post by No. on Aug 2, 2018 9:24:39 GMT
Yep, Annie is, it’s odd as I don’t remember a specific announcement but it’s being advertised all over the Birmingham Hippodrome
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Post by HereForTheatre on Aug 2, 2018 11:10:28 GMT
What about that Addams Family tour daniel? I thought it would have been announced by now. |
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Post by bengal73 on Aug 2, 2018 12:01:03 GMT
Another hoping that Memphis eventually tours
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 2, 2018 13:50:08 GMT
Yep, Annie is, it’s odd as I don’t remember a specific announcement but it’s being advertised all over the Birmingham Hippodrome And Annie is 9th to 16th Feb at Manchester opera house. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 14:23:43 GMT
Yep, Annie is, it’s odd as I don’t remember a specific announcement but it’s being advertised all over the Birmingham Hippodrome Was slightly disappointed to hear that will be the Hippodrome's big summer musical next year, but hoping there'll be something else either before or after as it's only doing 3 weeks. |
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Post by iamamazing on Aug 2, 2018 14:52:11 GMT
So Far for tours we have or might have
Wicked 3rd tour 2019/2020
Annie 2019 tour
Lion King 20th Anniversary tour
Memphis 2019 to 2021 tour
Rock of Ages 2018
Billy Elliot (after Australian tour)
Priscilla (2019)
Kinky Boots
Book of Mormon (rumoured)
American Idiot
Les Miz (2019)
Matilda
Dreamgirls (2020)
My predictions
Legally Blonde (3rd tour 2020)
Kinky Boots (2nd tour 2021)
Bat out of Hell (2022 tour)
Shrek (2021)
Matilda (2nd tour for shows 10th anniversary)
42nd Street (2020)
Hamilton (will happen in 2025 at least)
Aladdin (2020)
School of Rock (2020)
Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2020)
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Post by blobble84 on Aug 2, 2018 15:18:36 GMT
Apparently Hairspray will be back on the road 2020/2021.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 15:56:14 GMT
Saturday Night Fever on the rounds end of the month. BKL.
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 2, 2018 16:49:16 GMT
I appreciate I'm positively ancient, but it wasn't that long ago that the programme of a typical receiving theatre looked something like: panto, play, play, play, play, play, musical, play, play, play, play, ballet, play, play, play, play, Joseph, play, play, play, play, Buddy, play...
Now, it's more likely to look something like: panto, musical, musical, musical, musical, play, musical, musical, musical, play, ballet, musical, musical, musical, musical, play, Joseph, musical, musical...
Perhaps we aren't there yet, and ultimately the market will decide, but there must surely be a limit to how many musicals can be touring at the same time?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 18:31:36 GMT
surely it depends on what theatre you're talking about. In The past 20 to 30 years the larger number 1 venue near me wouldn't have had so many plays. it always had a decent share of musicals
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 18:32:51 GMT
Apparently Hairspray will be back on the road 2020/2021. until they bring back the original production I've zero interest. I love the show but the new scaled back version is cheap and tacky. it's not like the original was all that complex that it couldn't tour |
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Post by robertb213 on Aug 2, 2018 19:59:35 GMT
Can't we have tours of things that haven't been done in a while? Selfishly I've seen everything mentioned in this thread so far and my life mission to tick off the world's more obscure musicals isn't going to satisfy itself! 😉
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Post by Jon on Aug 2, 2018 20:03:28 GMT
I wonder if Potter will do a sit down in either Manchester or somewhere else? Can’t see it touring
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 20:20:16 GMT
Hairspray seems to be more scaled down with every tour that is produced. If they cut it back even more for the 2020 tour, it might as well be a black box drama set in Baltimore with catchy songs.
It seriously bothers me that they use a fatsuit for the actress playing Tracy as of late. Surely there are actually plus-size actresses within the UK that are capable of playing this role?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 20:23:13 GMT
I'd say that if Hamilton is touring, it would have to do big sit downs in places like Manchester and Edinburgh - the UK's main receiving houses such as the Manchester Palace, Edinburgh Festival and Southampton Mayflower. I'd imagine they would want to extend into mainland Europe e.g. Paris, Madrid, Zurich, Berlin.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 21:00:14 GMT
I'd say it's too early for Hamilton to tour, I'm also not sure how big it would be on the road for sit down productions. I work in a pretty big office with diverse ages etc and when I went to see it only one person had heard of it.Compared to something like Wicked which everyone seems to have heard of. It just doesn't feel like Hamilton has reached the wider general public conscience yet.
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Post by iamamazing on Aug 2, 2018 21:53:29 GMT
I'd say that if Hamilton is touring, it would have to do big sit downs in places like Manchester and Edinburgh - the UK's main receiving houses such as the Manchester Palace, Edinburgh Festival and Southampton Mayflower. I'd imagine they would want to extend into mainland Europe e.g. Paris, Madrid, Zurich, Berlin. I don't see it on the road till 2025 at least because it took wicked a long time to grow a fanbase for it to tour it will tour but around 2025 to 2028 at least is my guess I can see it being a two year tour at least Manchester xmas 2025 and Cardiff WMC xmas 2026 for Christmas are my guesses  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 22:34:02 GMT
I'd say that if Hamilton is touring, it would have to do big sit downs in places like Manchester and Edinburgh - the UK's main receiving houses such as the Manchester Palace, Edinburgh Festival and Southampton Mayflower. I'd imagine they would want to extend into mainland Europe e.g. Paris, Madrid, Zurich, Berlin. I don't see it on the road till 2025 at least because it took wicked a long time to grow a fanbase for it to tour it will tour but around 2025 to 2028 at least is my guess I can see it being a two year tour at least Manchester xmas 2025 and Cardiff WMC xmas 2026 for Christmas are my guesses I remember reading on Broadway World a while ago that after they transferred to the Victoria Palace, they'd wait 5 or 6 years before touring the UK and Europe. Places like Manx, Cardiff and Edin are definitely shoo-ins for Hamilton. I don't think they'd do as many venues close together as Wicked (e.g. Liverpool, Manchester AND Birmingham) because they might not want to transport the revolves between too many different venues in case of damage (would they even use revolves for the tour? I'm just rambling.) |
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Post by sophizoey on Aug 2, 2018 22:37:37 GMT
The two US tours of Hamilton have 2 revolves each, while the show is performing at one venue, the revolve is being set up at the next. Also it works in that you are pretty much putting a stage on top of the stage. I don't believe you could have Hamilton without a revolve, honestly it's pretty integral to the direction and flow of the show.
So maybe if we ever get a UK Tour of Hamilton, it will be after one of these US tours has ended for the set to be reused.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 22:43:07 GMT
Would they be using paperless Ticketmaster tickets again? I think if they didn't it would be total carnage with touting and scalping.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 23:39:57 GMT
Matilda (2nd tour for shows 10th anniversary) I personally think the show should return to Stratford-Upon-Avon for the Christmas 2020 season to mark both the 10th anniversary of Matilda and the re-opening of the RSC (I know Matilda was in the Courtyard, but still.) |
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