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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2016 12:00:14 GMT
Hopefully they'll make a nice front of house, I can imagine a huge sunflower over the pillars. On Twitter it said there was a new re-design. What's the set like? Should be good? The previous set was a collection of wooden furniture and household objects painted green, compiled to look like the rolling hills of Yorkshire. There was a marquee set that came on too, with drapes of bunting. Ahh okay - was it work? Did it work well? Seems good and sounds interesting
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2016 12:11:45 GMT
The previous set was a collection of wooden furniture and household objects painted green, compiled to look like the rolling hills of Yorkshire. There was a marquee set that came on too, with drapes of bunting. Ahh okay - was it work? Did it work well? Seems good and sounds interesting It did sell well, yes. But there was a lot of local love for it, as a local story the audience totally lapped up. London obviously may be a different story. For what is was - the set worked fairly well. Very outdoorsy.
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Post by richey on May 27, 2016 12:46:14 GMT
The previous set was a collection of wooden furniture and household objects painted green, compiled to look like the rolling hills of Yorkshire. There was a marquee set that came on too, with drapes of bunting. Ahh okay - was it work? Did it work well? Seems good and sounds interesting I thought it worked really well. There were also some good lighting moment. I really enjoyed the show. It was a slightly different take on the story than the film/play.
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 27, 2016 18:10:50 GMT
So you just literally want a hill on stage? The previous set was a collection of wooden furniture and household objects painted green, compiled to look like the rolling hills of Yorkshire. There was a marquee set that came on too, with drapes of bunting. Quite how boxes and cupboards painted green were supposed to represent rolling hills remains a mystery. A motor vehicle is used as well. And a sofa.
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Post by shady23 on May 27, 2016 18:13:01 GMT
So you just literally want a hill on stage? Quite how boxes and cupboards painted green were supposed to represent rolling hills remains a mystery. A motor vehicle is used as well. And a sofa. They could borrow that lovely hill the Sound of Music tour used to use. I am sure Barlow could use his influence.
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 27, 2016 18:14:25 GMT
Maybe there is more wit to having a hill made of cupboards... It is set mainly in a village hall, no?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 27, 2016 19:09:15 GMT
So you just literally want a hill on stage? Quite how boxes and cupboards painted green were supposed to represent rolling hills remains a mystery. A motor vehicle is used as well. And a sofa. No, but something that didn't look completely rubbish and out of place would have been good.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 27, 2016 19:10:46 GMT
Maybe there is more wit to having a hill made of cupboards... It is set mainly in a village hall, no? No, what have cupboards got to do with a village hall? On that basis they should have made a hill out of stackable chairs. Green ones.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2016 8:45:51 GMT
Maybe there is more wit to having a hill made of cupboards... It is set mainly in a village hall, no? No, what have cupboards got to do with a village hall? On that basis they should have Mage a hill out of stackable chairs. Green ones. But the cabinets are actually used throughout the performance, as functioning doorways, and cupboards. I like to think of it as using creative license. It's not much different to the Annie tour using jigsaw puzzle pieces in the set.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 28, 2016 11:04:20 GMT
Look, I thought it was pants. Trite and cliched, Hated the green cupboards, the bad accents, and the tunes were totally forgettable.
You are not going to persuade me that this merits a run in the west end. If it succeeds it will only be off the back of the story already being very well known and Barlow's legion of ageing female fans.
Im pretty easily pleased, I can see merit in most things I see. This one left me completely cold.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2016 14:35:26 GMT
I'd like to see some of the cast members from the previous Calendar Girls play come and reprise their roles e.g. Lesley Joseph, Kelly Brook, Jerry Hall, June Brown etc. I also think Claire Sweeney would be good. Any other cast suggestions?
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Post by wickedgrin on May 28, 2016 14:59:24 GMT
They will need a stella cast for this to be sucess in the WE I should think. Hasn't it all been done to death - no pun intended!
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2016 15:05:19 GMT
They will need a stella cast for this to be sucess in the WE I should think. Hasn't it all been done to death - no pun intended! Yes they will need a stellar cast!! There's never been a musical before!
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2016 21:37:18 GMT
This actually has a lot working against it. It is already a stage show known as The Calendar Girls after the film so is there really a point for a musical to exist. I am not saying that from my perspective but from the perspective of a random audience member. The play managed a year in the West End (correct me if I am wrong) but also toured, so are people who saw that production going to go back to see a new musical based on the same material? They may think it is the same show just with music.
The biggest draw for me personally is Gary Barlow, but that is only because I love the music to Finding Neverland so am intrigued to see what he has done here. It will be important with casting too to see how good that is too. In complete honesty, the only thing making me excited is Gary and the potential with casting, which I hope they get right. Otherwise I kinda don't have a desire to see it which is sad as it looks cute but I just feel meh at the moment about it.
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Post by d'James on May 28, 2016 22:29:14 GMT
It's certainly not a musical that you'd say was crying out to be made into a musical. It certainly isn't the first and won't be the last that gets the treatment though.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2016 22:37:15 GMT
It's certainly not a musical that you'd say was crying out to be made into a musical. It certainly isn't the first and won't be the last that gets the treatment though. And a play AND a musical... it all just seems a bit too much for one source material. Two projects in the same entertainment medium.
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Post by d'James on May 28, 2016 22:39:51 GMT
It's certainly not a musical that you'd say was crying out to be made into a musical. It certainly isn't the first and won't be the last that gets the treatment though. And a play AND a musical... it all just seems a bit too much for one source material. Two projects in the same entertainment medium. Sorry. I meant 'It's certainly not a film . . .' I think you knew what I meant.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2016 22:57:44 GMT
And a play AND a musical... it all just seems a bit too much for one source material. Two projects in the same entertainment medium. Sorry. I meant 'It's certainly not a film . . .' I think you knew what I meant. I got confused haha, I apologise too
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Post by d'James on May 28, 2016 22:59:13 GMT
Sorry. I meant 'It's certainly not a film . . .' I think you knew what I meant. I got confused haha, I apologise too You've got nothing to apologise for.
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Post by Phantom of London on May 28, 2016 23:34:13 GMT
The Calander Girls play was heavily stunt caster, I suspect this added to its longevity.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2016 6:12:47 GMT
The Calander Girls play was heavily stunt caster, I suspect this added to its longevity. The casts seemed quite good to be fair
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Post by Phantom of London on May 29, 2016 13:01:09 GMT
Not saying they were bad, just that the producers had a hefty wage bill and other costs such as security and chauffeurs, so hard to gauge its success, did th producers se out for a long running show, which I mean several years or were they happy with just a year and this run longer than expected?
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2016 13:56:17 GMT
Not saying they were bad, just that the producers had a hefty wage bill and other costs such as security and chauffeurs, so hard to gauge its success, did th producers se out for a long running show, which I mean several years or were they happy with just a year and this run longer than expected? I believe it made a lot of money over the West End run and subsequent tours!
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Post by missbabs on May 29, 2016 14:57:49 GMT
I think it's a great shame that we never got to see Victoria Wood's vision of Calendar Girls (for those who don't know, she tried to get the film rights and the W.I. members involved were split 50/50 before the other film company won) I think that could have been pretty special.
And now, the thought that we could have had a Victoria Wood musical based on the story too.
Well, Gary Barlow just can't compare.
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Post by Phantom of London on May 29, 2016 16:01:30 GMT
Not saying they were bad, just that the producers had a hefty wage bill and other costs such as security and chauffeurs, so hard to gauge its success, did th producers se out for a long running show, which I mean several years or were they happy with just a year and this run longer than expected? I believe it made a lot of money over the West End run and subsequent tours! Before you posted the above quote I looked at the plays Wiki page, which is very comprehensive and gives lots of info on the various casts, you look at the original cast of Linda Bellingham, Patricia Hodge, Sian Phillips, I would say that these would get paid north of £10k a week, the other features cast would probably get north of £3k. The take over cast would also be expensive. The 3rd cast had no name, so I expect the wage bill to be very lean, however this didn't bring in the punters, hence it closed. I agree Calander Girls more than likely mad money in London, but also had a hefty wage bill, I bet they made more money on tour?
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2016 16:32:05 GMT
I believe it made a lot of money over the West End run and subsequent tours! Before you posted the above quote I looked at the plays Wiki page, which is very comprehensive and gives lots of info on the various casts, you look at the original cast of Linda Bellingham, Patricia Hodge, Sian Phillips, I would say that these would get paid north of £10k a week, the other features cast would probably get north of £3k. The take over cast would also be expensive. The 3rd cast had no name, so I expect the wage bill to be very lean, however this didn't bring in the punters, hence it closed. I agree Calander Girls more than likely mad money in London, but also had a hefty wage bill, I bet they made more money on tour? The West End casts seemed really good. I think the third west end cast also seemed good and had a few names: Kelly Brook, Janie Dee, Rob James Collier, Helen Lederer and Julie Goodyear but I agree that the first two casts had better people in them. The tour had some good casts too! I hope some people from the orignal cats reprise their performances but I'm not sure if they will? I'd love to see some stars from the film, like Celia Imrie, reprise their roles too.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2016 16:52:58 GMT
I guess the question would be whether the actors from the play can hold a tune though.
Personally, I felt the charm of the regional performances of The Girls was enhanced by the removal of 'celebrities'. When the play was around, the use of peppering almost the entire cast with famous names was a huge deterrent for me (I'm looking at you Letitia Dean!).
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 29, 2016 17:08:57 GMT
Julie Goodyear?
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2016 17:12:44 GMT
I guess the question would be whether the actors from the play can hold a tune though. Personally, I felt the charm of the regional performances of The Girls was enhanced by the removal of 'celebrities'. When the play was around, the use of peppering almost the entire cast with famous names was a huge deterrent for me (I'm looking at you Letitia Dean!). Yeah I know what you mean but I think they'll need to get some "celebrities", household names, well known people etc to sell tickets. I think anyway
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2016 17:13:56 GMT
Julie Goodyear? Bet Lynch from Corrie!
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