9 to 5: The Musical - Savoy Theatre

Prices have soared for this post opening. I was helping a friend try and find good seats and the row c seat I paid £59 for last Saturday is £150 for this weekend!

*cough* 42nd Street *cough*

Sorry. Tap shoe in my throat.

As you were.

I think we can all agree 42nd Street was a spectacle from beginning to end, let's give it something! I don't get those vibes from either of those other shows. 😂

I can recommend the front row (BB) for 9-5 as being good value.  It was initially being sold as day tickets but is now bookable online so there is reasonable availability. Price £65 weekdays with a look up warning but the stage really isn't that high. I think row A and B may be the same price but won't be easy to find seats there. Prices increase row C and back.

Saturday prices are usually higher and previews lower, plus I think think 9-5 will be the most commercially successful of the 4 recent openings and the promoters will understandably cash in on its popularity.

I'm wanting to book this purely based on the video of Bonnie's leg kick at the end!

Amber, Bonnie and Brian on This Morning plugging the show today. I wonder how much Amber's profile and Social Media following has helped boost ticket sales. We were skeptical about her being cast at first but her reviews have seemed to be fairly positive, I wonder if she could almost be the next CHF type joint performer/social media star.

Oh no, I hope Amber isn't too ill. It always makes me nervous when a "star" is off this early in the run.

Just out of the matinee - I enjoyed it. Natalie McQueen is brilliant in this, I enjoyed her more in this than Kinky Boots - this role suits her perfectly. Caroline Sheen was also very good, and Bonnie Langford was great as Roz. Rhiane Drummond was good, but clearly nervous which is understandable. The final chorus of Get Out and Stay Out was mostly flat and I felt she could have given it more acting wise in that song too.

Aren't there tickets from £20 though?

I liked it, but didn't love it.

As others have said, this is selling well, so I saw this last night from one of the £20 seats. Dress Circle G1, which is sold as restricted view. The restriction is barriers blocking the bottom right of the stage, but you can see through them. There's no one in front of you, so you have a clear view down the aisle. There's also extra space to your right before you hit the side railing there. So, a very good seat for the money.

A downside is you're right near the usher and the exit, so you get distracted by every person opening the door to nip in and out and you hear the usher's radio everytime it goes off.

(this is all based on dynamic pricing, many nights it's a lot more and there are better alternatives available)

There was a rowdy section of the audience further back in the Dress. Lots of clapping along with songs at odd times, yelling out random comments etc. Little singing thankfully. One phone going off. Quite a few people complained to the ushers in the interval and got moved and I believe the rowdy (drunk?) section got a warning and drinking ban as well.

As to the show. It's exactly what you'd expect. A bit of fun. Some of it would be offensive if it wasn't considered as a period piece (although the largely older female in the audience seemed to be having a great time and weren't offended in the slightest). Cast is good (I presume all the leads were on as I couldn't see a cast board anywhere). There's a bit too much prerecorded Dolly singing for my liking, but people again seemed happy with that.

One gun shot (and lots of gun waving). Mentioning it as I don't recall seeing a trigger warning anywhere.

And Bonnie is great.

Not one I'd rush back to, unless there's a good deal to see this from the Stalls, but I know this will sell well. My hint is to keep an eye on the dynamic pricing for the best deals.

The ITV Be documentary about Amber's 'journey' to being in the show starts tomorrow, if anyone's interested

EDIT - it's actually tonight (Wednesday)

Just do what I do and get 10 mates together for each show then you get group rates. We saw this last night front stalls for 32.50. It was a fun night out and total fluff but I much preferred it on Broadway ten years ago. Casting in this show from leads to ensemble isn’t spot on. Still a bubble gum night out and we enjoyed it 6/10