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Post by shady23 on Nov 1, 2021 21:18:17 GMT
I saw it in Sunderland last week and it did not sell well (both top tiers were closed), so this does not surprise me.
I was pleasantly surprised though. Lucie was great and Charlie made her Dawn debut.
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Post by danb on Nov 1, 2021 21:24:09 GMT
A tech crew member has just put on the waitress facebook fan page that the tour stop in stoke (what should’ve been lucie’s last) has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales Have ‘Wicked’ bought it out so that they can have Lucie a week earlier?
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Post by benny20 on Nov 1, 2021 23:31:11 GMT
Manchester run looks very sparsely sold...a two week run a bit ambitious added to the high tickets prices....I'm looking forward to seeing it though
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Post by thenightowl on Nov 2, 2021 9:07:01 GMT
I hope they officially announce what is going on with the Stoke week soon. This was going to be the only place I could just about get to to catch Lucie as Jenna. Typically I'm one of those people who was planning but hadn't actually booked the ticket yet so I know I'm part of the problem here but I was also waiting to see if there were any ticket offers closer to the date.
The Stoke dates have been removed from the official Waitress show website, however tickets are still bookable online through the ATG site - it really looks like it's barely sold anything. One of the matinee performances looks to have sold around 50 tickets with other performances which is very sad indeed, but shows how difficult it is for shows at the moment.
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Post by shady23 on Nov 2, 2021 9:39:24 GMT
Stoke has been cancelled unfortunately. Lucie's last dates are now Aberdeen.
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Post by nicolaclaire on Nov 26, 2021 18:06:04 GMT
His Majesty’s theatre in Aberdeen are going ahead with the show tonight despite the red weather warning and police advice against all travel.
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Post by funnygirl90 on Nov 26, 2021 18:21:18 GMT
They announced at 6:15pm that it had been cancelled - irresponsibly late in my opinion.
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Post by wicked on Jan 10, 2022 22:37:43 GMT
Does anyone happen to know why Chelsea Halfpenny didn't open in Waitress tonight?
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Post by mkb on Jan 11, 2022 15:02:29 GMT
I can't answer that, but understudy Aimée Fisher was good as the lead. Eveylyn Hoskins, Sandra Marvin and Michael Starke stood out for me, (if indeed it was Michael Starke, as I didn't recognise him from his Brookie Sinbad days).
I never caught Waitress in the West End having already seen the Broadway production in 2016, which I rated as three-stars. A half-price Black Friday offer tempted me back, and I am glad I did. While the Northampton Derngate is a terrible venue for acoustics (and a lot of the lyrics were lost), I enjoyed this version more, and, unlike on Broadway, I found it quite moving in places.
I am still not overly sold on the "Sugar" motif that pops up periodically, which, in any case, seems to be a steal of Sondheim's "Bobby" from Company. Otherwise, the music is likeable, and the whole shebang, while somewhat predictable and caricatured, is an enjoyable watch.
Four stars.
Act 1: 19:32-20:45 Act 2: 21:07-22:12
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Post by robertb213 on Jan 11, 2022 15:27:36 GMT
I can't answer that, but understudy Aimée Fisher was good as the lead. Eveylyn Hoskins, Sandra Marvin and Michael Starke stood out for me, (if indeed it was Michael Starke, as I didn't recognise him from his Brookie Sinbad days). I never caught Waitress in the West End having already seen the Broadway production in 2016, which I rated as three-stars. A half-price Black Friday offer tempted me back, and I am glad I did. While the Northampton Derngate is a terrible venue for acoustics (and a lot of the lyrics were lost), I enjoyed this version more, and, unlike on Broadway, I found it quite moving in places. I am still not overly sold on the "Sugar" motif that pops up periodically, which, in any case, seems to be a steal of Sondheim's "Bobby" from Company. Otherwise, the music is likeable, and the whole shebang, while somewhat predictable and caricatured, is an enjoyable watch. Four stars. Act 1: 19:32-20:45 Act 2: 21:07-22:12 Sorry the sound wasn't great - where were you sitting, I can let them know when I'm in on Thursday and get them to run some sound checks if necessary.
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Post by mkb on Jan 11, 2022 16:40:33 GMT
Sorry the sound wasn't great - where were you sitting, I can let them know when I'm in on Thursday and get them to run some sound checks if necessary. Centre of stalls row G. The mid-range sounded high on the music compared to the vocals, and I couldn't hear much bass in the mix. However, I think the problem is that the room has too much natural echo, which makes any dialogue/vocals difficult to catch when there are other sounds/music over the top. The Royal always sounds wonderful, but the Derngate has always been bad for musicals. Maybe there's some compensation/equalisation a clever sound engineer can do. There is a similar problem at the Odeon Leicester Square screen 1, which also suffers from lots of reverberation. It was never good enough for THX certification when that was a thing. The Dolby experts have done their best in the conversion to a "Dolby Cinema", which has improved things, but it's still not great.
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Post by romeo94 on Jan 30, 2022 20:56:37 GMT
Like others have mentioned, I too was really impressed with Chelsea on Big Night of Musicals so am thinking of trying to catch her on tour. Does anyone have any advice on the best venue to try for cheapest prices/ good availability? Somewhere that isn't too far from London would be handy!
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Post by danb on Jan 30, 2022 21:20:43 GMT
It’s doing Woking where there are £13 ATG price promise tickets; looks like the back two rows of the upper circle. If it is a successful production and they’re only left with single seats ATG normally knock them out for £25 each.
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Post by Paul on Jan 30, 2022 21:29:01 GMT
I saw Chelsea in 9 to 5 and she cracked very badly during 'get out and stay out.' I am sure this was a one off but I hope her voice is up to some of the songs in Waitress as I am seeing it in March.
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Post by romeo94 on Jan 30, 2022 22:33:14 GMT
It’s doing Woking where there are £13 ATG price promise tickets; looks like the back two rows of the upper circle. If it is a successful production and they’re only left with single seats ATG normally knock them out for £25 each. Thank you!
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Post by showgirl on Jan 31, 2022 5:03:29 GMT
Have been looking to book for Woking but ATG... even when I'm logged in as a member I can't get rid of the wretched booking fee. Wonder how much business this is costing them long term - not to mention the frustration and stress it causes customers?
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Post by danb on Jan 31, 2022 7:36:41 GMT
I don’t pre-book as often any more; just keep an eye on the seating plan and turn up on the day. I recently looked at booking Blood Brothers in Malvern and their booking fees were over £9 for 2 mid price tickets. Yes ATG is bad, but some independent venues are even worse.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 31, 2022 8:13:52 GMT
Have been looking to book for Woking but ATG... even when I'm logged in as a member I can't get rid of the wretched booking fee. Wonder how much business this is costing them long term - not to mention the frustration and stress it causes customers? I had that when we started booking things again and I had to ring them up. There was something wrong on my account they had to fix. good luck!
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Post by showgirl on Jan 31, 2022 8:55:31 GMT
TY BurlyBeaR. I recalled lots of posts re this so read back pages but couldn't see that ATG had fixed it or that anyone had hit on an online workaround.
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Post by danb on Feb 9, 2022 21:16:33 GMT
Here tonight in Bristol. Lovely performances by all. Not just the same ones as in London but thought and actual acting by the leads. Its a little bit lost on the big ol’ Hipp stage but that doesn’t matter. The sound however, from the back of the circle (hello £13 price promise) is woeful. I’m sure there are proper words for it, but you can’t hear the male voices at all…anything low, and there is no brightness or colour to it. Hope the second act sounds better because this is a fantastic production.
Edit: it didn’t unfortunately. Matt Willis & Sandra Marvin’s mics were so muddy you could not define words. Everyone else sounded ok but so quiet. Its a shame too because you could tell that if you were up close watching them they’d have been giving a performance. Matt’s neurotic Pommater was just mumbling until he sang.
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Post by jacob on Feb 9, 2022 23:26:45 GMT
Here tonight in Bristol. Lovely performances by all. Not just the same ones as in London but thought and actual acting by the leads. Its a little bit lost on the big ol’ Hipp stage but that doesn’t matter. The sound however, from the back of the circle (hello £13 price promise) is woeful. I’m sure there are proper words for it, but you can’t hear the male voices at all…anything low, and there is no brightness or colour to it. Hope the second act sounds better because this is a fantastic production. Edit: it didn’t unfortunately. Matt Willis & Sandra Marvin’s mics were so muddy you could not define words. Everyone else sounded ok but so quiet. Its a shame too because you could tell that if you were up close watching them they’d have been giving a performance. Matt’s neurotic Pommater was just mumbling until he sang. I’ve always found the hippodrome to be hit or miss w acoustics, doesn’t help when you have a touring show that may struggle to identify sound problems before they then leave a few performances later Also, How did you grab that £13 seat? I bought in person last week and cheapest I could get was £19,.. but still not complaint as I’m front grand circle tomorrow
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Post by amp09 on Feb 10, 2022 2:36:39 GMT
Here tonight in Bristol. Lovely performances by all. Not just the same ones as in London but thought and actual acting by the leads. Its a little bit lost on the big ol’ Hipp stage but that doesn’t matter. The sound however, from the back of the circle (hello £13 price promise) is woeful. I’m sure there are proper words for it, but you can’t hear the male voices at all…anything low, and there is no brightness or colour to it. Hope the second act sounds better because this is a fantastic production. Edit: it didn’t unfortunately. Matt Willis & Sandra Marvin’s mics were so muddy you could not define words. Everyone else sounded ok but so quiet. Its a shame too because you could tell that if you were up close watching them they’d have been giving a performance. Matt’s neurotic Pommater was just mumbling until he sang. I’ve always found the hippodrome to be hit or miss w acoustics, doesn’t help when you have a touring show that may struggle to identify sound problems before they then leave a few performances later Also, How did you grab that £13 seat? I bought in person last week and cheapest I could get was £19,.. but still not complaint as I’m front grand circle tomorrow Also had a £19 single seat in the stalls for tomorrow night (that I’ve had to have refunded after testing positive today) that I managed to grab early last week. I check each day the week before a show I want to see and it’s usually early in the week that they’ll reduce all single seats to £13/£19/£22 dependent on show/day. Beats paying full price or sitting in the upper circle and haven’t missed a single show from the stalls yet doing it that way. Hoping to catch Waitress at some point later in the tour. Enjoy the show!
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Post by danb on Feb 10, 2022 6:49:02 GMT
I bought it two and a half years ago. Less and less productions seem to take part in atg’s price promise any more. Like you say, it’s easy enough to snag a £25 single on the day though.
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Post by ladidah on Feb 10, 2022 9:09:00 GMT
I really love Waitress but can't find the money to travel to see it on the tour yet, Oxford is nearest to me.
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Post by jacob on Feb 10, 2022 21:03:16 GMT
agreeing with the comments on the male voices, Matt as Pomatter in the same tone with quickly spoken dialogue is impossible to hear!! wishing a few on stage would just pronounce the words a little more .. Chelsea is a huge highlight for me as Jenna, unreal singing voice
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Post by danb on Feb 10, 2022 21:21:44 GMT
Chelsea was indeed stunning in the role. A beautiful performance with spot on accent & vocals. I would love to hear her sing and more importantly act Fantine in the near future.
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Post by sb on Feb 11, 2022 10:20:41 GMT
The sound must be a production based problem as when I saw the show in Sheffield it was terrible!
You couldn’t hear much of the dialogue and the cast were drowned out by the band the entire show.
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Post by jacob on Feb 11, 2022 11:37:07 GMT
The sound must be a production based problem as when I saw the show in Sheffield it was terrible! You couldn’t hear much of the dialogue and the cast were drowned out by the band the entire show. It’s a little disappointing, although I could definitely understand everything from Jenna and Ogie ,-yet Pomatter, Earl and Becky’s lines were sometimes lost which I blame the accent /rushed lines for
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Post by sempala on Feb 15, 2022 21:52:14 GMT
Saw this last night and really enjoyed Chelsea's performance, she has a pretty and strong voice that really shined during the climaxes of the songs. I will however say this production isn't as tight as the west end show (obviously) with some scenes feeling incredibly longer than I remembered, though this might have been a chemistry issue with Chelsea and Matt.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 17, 2022 4:39:37 GMT
I saw the matinee at Woking yesterday and really enjoyed it. Not quite a full house but decent and quite a mix of age ranges as it's half-term here. I'd never heard of Chelsea Halfpenny until I read about her here but I'm definitely a fan now: her voice is so beautiful and also powerful when it needs to be. Not having seen the show before (my booking for the West End production was cancelled when Covid started all but 2 years ago) so had nothing to compare it with but was very happy with what I saw.
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