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Post by stuartmcd on Oct 12, 2021 14:54:36 GMT
The copy and pasting of Chelsea’s head onto the poster has me rolling 💀 You should see the one they’ve done for Anything Goes with Rachel York. Absolutely awful! |
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Post by Theatre Fan on Oct 12, 2021 14:54:54 GMT
Disappointing as I booked to see Lucie... what's behind this I wonder? Im hearing potentially......💚 |
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Post by danb on Oct 12, 2021 15:28:50 GMT
Disappointing as I booked to see Lucie... what's behind this I wonder? Im hearing potentially......💚 She goes up every year and gets to the last two. Let’s see what happens as it has never been the ‘right time’ before. 🙄 |
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 12, 2021 15:30:50 GMT
On one hand that would be wonderful and well overdue if Lucie is doing the Green show but Michael McCabe promised in his statement that they’d start properly focussing on a more diverse cast going forward, the fact that Alexia Khadime is the only non-white Elphaba in 15 years really isn’t a good look.
And as far as Waitress goes, I think Lucie was advertised for the whole tour whereas the others were until the 8th of Feb/until Hull only. I’m almost certain the Wales Millennium Centre website mentioned Lucie being in the show, significant that she was bringing the show to her home town.
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Post by Theatre Fan on Oct 12, 2021 15:40:13 GMT
Im hearing potentially......💚 She goes up every year and gets to the last two. Let’s see what happens as it has never been the ‘right time’ before. 🙄 I've been told she's leaving at Christmas, gutted cus I wanted to catch her again in Bristol, which would line up with the next Wicked cast change x |
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Post by benny20 on Oct 12, 2021 15:43:43 GMT
Wasn't it advertised as a new cast potentially from Feb including Lucie?
Is she doing Legally Blonde again??
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Post by robertb213 on Oct 12, 2021 15:44:18 GMT
I'll be gutted if she leaves at Christmas, I was hoping to see her in Northampton in January. The website does make it look like the cast isn't changing until 8th February though.
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Post by danb on Oct 12, 2021 15:50:57 GMT
No, Lucie is with the tour until Stoke in December.
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Post by robertb213 on Oct 12, 2021 16:05:13 GMT
Lucie's name is on all of the individual venues' websites for each of the January dates, and also Bristol from 8th Feb, so if she's not doing 2022 now then it's being mis-sold really.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2021 16:11:20 GMT
Lucie is advertised in Southampton next May
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Post by danb on Oct 12, 2021 16:24:33 GMT
If you look on the atg site it has different images for different dates. It has Chelsea now for Bristol, Lucie for Edinburgh, Woking and Manchester.
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Post by robertb213 on Oct 13, 2021 18:52:11 GMT
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Post by aingidh on Oct 13, 2021 21:43:23 GMT
I'm guessing what's happened is she originally planned on doing the whole tour but another job (Wicked most likely) has come up and she's accepted.
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Post by robertb213 on Oct 13, 2021 22:02:53 GMT
She notoriously hates touring and if she's been trying to land Elphaba for years then it's all for the best I guess 😀
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Post by shady23 on Oct 15, 2021 9:48:00 GMT
Lots of £13 seats in the stalls have been released for Sunderland. Not selling well there at all, even for weekend shows.
In the marketing they say "this is the only place you can see the amazing Lucie Jones play Jenna in the North East" yet the marketing video is the original London cast and the pictures on the booking page is someone else I do not know.
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Post by robertb213 on Oct 15, 2021 13:15:37 GMT
The Waitress marketing team really are rubbish aren't they. They've learned nothing from the previous balls-ups!
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Post by Mark on Oct 15, 2021 13:49:02 GMT
Lots of £13 seats in the stalls have been released for Sunderland. Not selling well there at all, even for weekend shows. In the marketing they say "this is the only place you can see the amazing Lucie Jones play Jenna in the North East" yet the marketing video is the original London cast and the pictures on the booking page is someone else I do not know. Atleast they are discounting, unlike in Wimbledon where the prices remained high with rows upon rows of empty seats. Hardly the sort of show which I can see appealing to the typical Sunderland audience though. |
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Post by aingidh on Oct 18, 2021 16:15:36 GMT
Edinburgh marketing is the same, I'm still seeing posters around the city e.g. at bus stops with Lucie advertised, the show info on the ATG website is saying Chelsea Halfpenny (who actually is starring) and then the picture on ATG is showing Bailey McCall who was on the non-Equity US tour. A bit of a mess!!
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 19, 2021 11:09:21 GMT
Might pop down to Eastbourne this week to see Lucie one more time, anyone been to the Congress Theatre there and know anything about best value seats? Can’t work out how high up the grand circle is (there’s only one circle but the stalls become tiered at the back like stadium seating).
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Post by theoracle on Oct 19, 2021 11:39:53 GMT
Certainly a surprise to see Lucie not carrying on. Would’ve thought she’d be prepping to play Cardiff where the audience would’ve been electric to see a local girl back.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2021 13:34:28 GMT
Certainly a surprise to see Lucie not carrying on. Would’ve thought she’d be prepping to play Cardiff where the audience would’ve been electric to see a local girl back. Not a surprise at all if she is leaving for the rumoured reason...! |
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Post by anthem on Oct 19, 2021 15:20:04 GMT
Is this kind of thing not frowned upon within the theatre world? She is breaking contractual obligations for a better offer after a tour that was advertised on the back of her name. I hate to be a misery guts and I like Lucie but it doesn't really sit well with me. If it's seen as acceptable, I'm just surprised it doesn't happen more often? "Jones will be doing the full tour through to August 2022, with Hoskins, Marvin and Willis performing until the Hull dates." www.whatsonstage.com/wimbledon-theatre/news/waitress-uk-and-ireland-tour-lucie_53850.html |
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 19, 2021 16:02:26 GMT
Isn't it more likely that she has been released from her contract, rather than breaking it? For all we know, she and her agent may have had a clause inserted for just such a scenario.
There may have been false advertising, but our contract is with the theatres, not Lucie Jones.
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Post by fiyero on Oct 19, 2021 16:49:33 GMT
If the reason is correct I’m thrilled for her but it will be a shame not to see her. I have missed her so many times for various reasons!
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Post by anthem on Oct 19, 2021 17:22:19 GMT
Isn't it more likely that she has been released from her contract, rather than breaking it? For all we know, she and her agent may have had a clause inserted for just such a scenario. There may have been false advertising, but our contract is with the theatres, not Lucie Jones. Yes, there may well be such a clause, though it would lead to a lot of uncertainty if that’s the case. It just doesn’t seem to happen very often that performers leave a show early to go into something else. I imagine many performers would be juggling multiple offers. |
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