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Post by fiyero on Mar 27, 2020 17:04:26 GMT
I was supposed to be there tonight and was still holding out hope I'd be able to rearrange. At least I got to see the show once.
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Post by johnie21 on Mar 27, 2020 17:08:41 GMT
Goodbye Waitress you was such a great show will be missed.🥧💔💔💔
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Post by LaLuPone on Mar 27, 2020 18:42:52 GMT
Posted this on instagram a few hours ago along with some of my favourite curtain call photos from the show, thought I’d share it here too. Say what you like about the questionable casting, marketing, etc. but this show has meant a lot to many young theatre fans (and theatre fans in general of course).
Wow so I’m not even sure where to begin here. Nearly 2 years ago I went through a bit of a rough patch and during that I discovered the cast recording of a Broadway show called Waitress. The melodies and the harmonies were so catchy, so beautifully simple and calming and I loved listening regularly. Fast forward to the summer and we had a London transfer announced. I was so excited to finally get to see it live and it was even better than I could ever have imagined and the most perfect 18th birthday present. After that I saw the show another 6 times and each time was a precious 2 and a bit hours of my life. My clinical depression can make me have really really low spells where I don’t see a way out or even a reason to want to carry on but Waitress was genuinely that “soft place to land”, full of beautiful music and heaps of hilarious moments. Knowing my pie show was always there when I needed it was a huge comfort to me. Seeing the story of Jenna, a woman whose life is at a really low point, finding a person who cares for her so deeply, developing the confidence to get herself out of her terrible situation and finally reaching true happiness was an inspiration to me every time, speaking as someone who often wonders if he ever will be able to overcome his mental health issues and be able to call himself truly “happy”. A line that got me every time was “in time maybe, I can heal and I can breathe, as I can feel myself believe that everything changes” - change happens slowly but things DO change and things DO get better and I do feel that even with many bumps in the road, I have made lots of progress since my anxiety+depression diagnosis almost a year ago. Waitress leaves a huge hole in the West End and a huge hole in my heart. Thank you to every single incredible cast member and every individual who brought this show to life night after night. I only hope that everyone can find something that makes them as happy as Waitress has made me over the past year. Sugar, butter, goodbye pie ❤️🥧💙
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Post by xanady on Mar 27, 2020 19:42:41 GMT
^A brilliant piece by lewisv1733....It has been a dream having Waitress in the WE and a dream is a soft place to land..we can all look forward to this wonderful show touring at some point and one day back in the WE...totally agree with Marisha Wallace’s words yesterday where she rightly takes great offence at a certain persons’ (usual suspect) glee at the show closing and thus putting people out of work...
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Post by anthem on Mar 28, 2020 10:16:05 GMT
The Producers of this show are a disgrace and I don’t think Sara Bareilles is far behind them she may spout all the peace and love crap but her main motivation is the same $$$ The way Lucie Jones and David Hunter have been treated has been disgusting only wanting them when it suited the show. I am sure the decision to close it early is only to do with ending contracts etc. Pretty sure it’s down to finances and practicality, brought about by the pandemic which has killed nearly 800 people in the UK so far and shows no sign of abating.
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Post by westlondon on Mar 28, 2020 11:00:09 GMT
The Producers of this show are a disgrace and I don’t think Sara Bareilles is far behind them she may spout all the peace and love crap but her main motivation is the same $$$ The way Lucie Jones and David Hunter have been treated has been disgusting only wanting them when it suited the show. I am sure the decision to close it early is only to do with ending contracts etc. Now isn’t the time for recriminations. There isn’t a production company in the world who can pre-empt and budget for a crisis on this scale. Many people connected with the show will read this forum and it does not help people’s mental health at all to hear accusations. Let’s simply celebrate the brilliant show that happened and send our love and support to the many people involved who will be devastated by this news.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 28, 2020 11:19:56 GMT
The Producers of this show are a disgrace and I don’t think Sara Bareilles is far behind them she may spout all the peace and love crap but her main motivation is the same $$$The way Lucie Jones and David Hunter have been treated has been disgusting only wanting them when it suited the show.I am sure the decision to close it early is only to do with ending contracts etc. I’m struggling to think what other motivation producers would have for putting on a show. It’s not a charity. And David and Lucie are jobbing actors. Sometimes in work, sometimes not. I imagine they’re thankful for the time they were in it and looking forward to future projects.
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Post by Mark on Mar 28, 2020 11:23:06 GMT
Atleast we have the tour to hopefully look forward to
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Post by ruby on Mar 28, 2020 12:01:25 GMT
Atleast we have the tour to hopefully look forward to I hope so! I was looking forward to catching this again before July and wasn't bothered about the tour. I shall book for the tour, might even incorporate it into a trip to Liverpool to see hannechalk if she behaves herself 😁
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 28, 2020 13:40:42 GMT
Marisha has posted a beautiful version of SUTBM on her Instagram.
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Post by danb on Mar 28, 2020 14:06:12 GMT
Atleast we have the tour to hopefully look forward to Yes, I’m looking forward to Suzanne Shaw’s SUTBM a great deal. 😂
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 28, 2020 18:27:34 GMT
Atleast we have the tour to hopefully look forward to Yes, I’m looking forward to Suzanne Shaw’s SUTBM a great deal. 😂 I heard it was Kym Marsh...
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Post by zak97 on Mar 28, 2020 19:04:29 GMT
Yes, I’m looking forward to Suzanne Shaw’s SUTBM a great deal. 😂 I heard it was Kym Marsh... She’s Violet in 9 to 5.
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Post by WireHangers on Mar 29, 2020 10:43:16 GMT
Yes, I’m looking forward to Suzanne Shaw’s SUTBM a great deal. 😂 I heard it was Kym Marsh... Didn’t people on this board also say they’d heard it was Charity Dingle playing Jenna in the West End? I’ll wait for a casting announcement.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2020 12:44:05 GMT
Jacqueline Jossa actually wouldn’t be a terrible choice for Jenna if they need to stunt cast. I’ve heard some clips of her singing and she’s got a good voice, and she’s well known with the public from being in both EastEnders and Jungle.
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Post by johnie21 on Mar 29, 2020 21:32:57 GMT
For me I think Vicki Manser would be a perfect Jenna or If they stunt cast Nicola Roberts just think both of these would be good but they probs will stunt cast or get lucie back.
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Mar 30, 2020 7:21:50 GMT
Posted this on instagram a few hours ago along with some of my favourite curtain call photos from the show, thought I’d share it here too. Say what you like about the questionable casting, marketing, etc. but this show has meant a lot to many young theatre fans (and theatre fans in general of course). Wow so I’m not even sure where to begin here. Nearly 2 years ago I went through a bit of a rough patch and during that I discovered the cast recording of a Broadway show called Waitress. The melodies and the harmonies were so catchy, so beautifully simple and calming and I loved listening regularly. Fast forward to the summer and we had a London transfer announced. I was so excited to finally get to see it live and it was even better than I could ever have imagined and the most perfect 18th birthday present. After that I saw the show another 6 times and each time was a precious 2 and a bit hours of my life. My clinical depression can make me have really really low spells where I don’t see a way out or even a reason to want to carry on but Waitress was genuinely that “soft place to land”, full of beautiful music and heaps of hilarious moments. Knowing my pie show was always there when I needed it was a huge comfort to me. Seeing the story of Jenna, a woman whose life is at a really low point, finding a person who cares for her so deeply, developing the confidence to get herself out of her terrible situation and finally reaching true happiness was an inspiration to me every time, speaking as someone who often wonders if he ever will be able to overcome his mental health issues and be able to call himself truly “happy”. A line that got me every time was “in time maybe, I can heal and I can breathe, as I can feel myself believe that everything changes” - change happens slowly but things DO change and things DO get better and I do feel that even with many bumps in the road, I have made lots of progress since my anxiety+depression diagnosis almost a year ago. Waitress leaves a huge hole in the West End and a huge hole in my heart. Thank you to every single incredible cast member and every individual who brought this show to life night after night. I only hope that everyone can find something that makes them as happy as Waitress has made me over the past year. Sugar, butter, goodbye pie ❤️🥧💙 Basically disagreeing with you about everything you said about the show ... personally found it quite shockingly terrible on any level and remember being shocked how the audience seemed to just lap it up without questioning a thing...after reading your post I can forgive the show nearly everything. If that's your experience then good for you.
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Post by itsemily on Mar 30, 2020 12:28:13 GMT
For me I think Vicki Manser would be a perfect Jenna. She would be great! Think she would make a really good Dawn as well!
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Post by Paul on Mar 31, 2020 16:08:52 GMT
Marisha singing SUTBM is like nails on a chalk board to me. I'm sure she is a lovely person but I think she is overrated big time.
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Post by SuttonPeron on Apr 7, 2020 12:03:41 GMT
Hi guys. I hate to be THAT person but as I am a foreigner I don’t know how these things work in the UK. I had tickets for Waitress June 9th, and I have not been contacted to process my refund. Has anyone been refunded at this time? How long do they usually take? I know this times are crazy and things can be slow, but I’d rather ask. Thanks a lot beforehand for the help.
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Post by Rukaya on Apr 7, 2020 13:52:45 GMT
Hi guys. I hate to be THAT person but as I am a foreigner I don’t know how these things work in the UK. I had tickets for Waitress June 9th, and I have not been contacted to process my refund. Has anyone been refunded at this time? How long do they usually take? I know this times are crazy and things can be slow, but I’d rather ask. Thanks a lot beforehand for the help. It can't hurt to get in touch with them, either by DM on Twitter, or by email. I imagine they're working through performances by chronological order, so it may be a while until you hear from them in that case, but if you need a refund sooner then contact them. Obviously they have a lot of theatres/shows to deal with so be kind and patient with them, as I'm sure you would be, and it'll be sorted. In terms of the actual refund, it tends to take a few working days for the money to go back into your account once they've processed the refund on their end. Hope that helps!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2020 15:55:35 GMT
Hi guys. I hate to be THAT person but as I am a foreigner I don’t know how these things work in the UK. I had tickets for Waitress June 9th, and I have not been contacted to process my refund. Has anyone been refunded at this time? How long do they usually take? I know this times are crazy and things can be slow, but I’d rather ask. Thanks a lot beforehand for the help. Most theatres are working a week ahead at most on refunds, some not even that much. Many of us are getting refund/credit vouchers after the show date has even passed. Your ticket isn't for weeks yet so I would be prepared to wait for a while for your refund and I don't think contacting anyone is going to achieve anything.
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Post by SuttonPeron on May 11, 2020 19:35:05 GMT
If this is helpful to anyone, I had tickets booked for 9th June; and I was contacted via email on 5th May; that I would be refunded in the two following weeks. Unlike ATG, LW theatres has been extremely helpful when refunding tickets. I don’t know if I’ll be refunded the booking fee.
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Post by djp on May 13, 2020 22:39:30 GMT
Siobhan Dillon was asked to do a one take version of SUTBM. its linked to her work for 'Breast Cancer Haven' as she explains. There's another version on her album, One voice.
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Post by FrontrowverPaul on May 14, 2020 12:18:13 GMT
Siobhan Dillon was asked to do a one take version of SUTBM. its linked to her work for 'Breast Cancer Haven' as she explains. There's another version on her album, One voice. From the samples on Amazon it's a beautiful album which I'd immediately buy as a CD but sadly no physical format.
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