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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2019 22:19:15 GMT
Charlotte Wakefield in a wig?
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Post by jgblunners on Feb 13, 2019 22:20:59 GMT
Audrey Brisson?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 8:38:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 8:38:24 GMT
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Post by duncan on Mar 15, 2019 14:17:15 GMT
Full casting announced.
Danny Mac is to join Audrey Brisson as daydreamer Nino Quincampoix in the production which opens in previews from 11 April. Mac will play the role from 22 May on tour, while Chris Jared will play the part during the Watermill Theatre performances from 11 April to 18 May.
The rest of the cast includes Oliver Grant as Lucien / Mysterious Man, Samuel Morgan-Grahame as Joseph / Fluffy, Sioned Saunders as Gina, Johnson Willis as Collignon / Dufayel, Caolan McCarthy as Hippolito / Elton John, Faoileann Cunningham as Georgette / Sylvia, Kate Robson-Stuart as Suzanne, Josh Sneesby as Blind Beggar / Gnome, Jez Unwin as Raphael / Bretodeau and Rachel Dawson as Andamine / Philomene.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 15, 2019 16:42:08 GMT
Danny Mac? Booked.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 16:47:09 GMT
Danny is really going all the way with this musical career of his! I know he has been doing this for a while, but he seems to be in everything these days! Gto see it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 16:54:00 GMT
Saw Danny Mac from front row in White Christmas at Leicester Curve and he was faultless-a true leading man.Also enjoyed his work in Sunset Boulevard.
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Post by LaLuPone on Mar 15, 2019 17:08:19 GMT
I said I’d go along with my friend to see this in Bristol, but now with Danny Mac attached I’m much less being dragged along!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 16, 2019 8:52:36 GMT
Oh, just saw this was on at the Opera House so booked an opening night offer cheapie. THEN came here and saw the cast looks quite good so yeah. Yay me.
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Post by ruby on Mar 16, 2019 9:46:36 GMT
I was tempted by this anyway as Audrey Brisson was great in The Grinning Man and La Strada, but Danny Mac has also clinched it for me. Plus, I love the Bristol Old Vic.
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Post by No. on Apr 12, 2019 19:12:37 GMT
Was anybody at the first show??
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Post by longinthetooth on Apr 17, 2019 18:37:26 GMT
Just had a phone call from the theatre that the Thursday matinee at Wimbledon has been cancelled - producer's decision, apparently. Rats - that's the only opportunity I had of seeing it. Money refunded, but that's not the point.
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 19, 2019 9:23:11 GMT
Broadway World - ****
The Guardian - ****
The Stage - ****
Whatsonstage.com - *****
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Post by danieljohnson14 on May 2, 2019 20:58:10 GMT
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 4, 2019 16:12:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2019 19:46:29 GMT
Full disclosure: Some mild spoilers ahead. Loved this this afternoon. The Watermill is gorgeous and so is this production. It is considerably less American than the Broadway version, and all of the accents and musical arrangements are much more in keeping with the French story. I now find the cast recording jarring as it really doesn’t suit the Americanisation. Audrey is an absolute star, there’s no doubt about that. She plays the part beautifully and is reacquainted with puppets (she is surely now reaching Lipkin levels of puppet experience). The entire cast here are incredible, actor musicians and work around the limited space of the Watermill stage very well. I had no idea of the story as I’ve not yet seen the film, and found it to be delightfully bonkers (goldfish best friends, Fig men in nightmares). Needless to say that I loved it so much that we were two of the four people who rose to our feet at the bows and we’ve booked again for the tour since coming home. |
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Post by xanady on May 11, 2019 20:21:55 GMT
Seeing this in Brum in the Summer...but increasingly worried after American Idiot and Hair recently played to very sparse audiences that I might be one of only a few dozen to buy a ticket at the Alexandra.
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Post by david on May 11, 2019 20:32:57 GMT
I was originally planning a trip to Birmingham to watch it when the tour info was released. Thankfully I held off and found out this week that it is playing at the Liverpool Playhouse in October which is ideal for me as I can go and watch it after work.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2019 2:03:36 GMT
Audrey was great in La Strada and has something enigmatic about her, hard to pinpoint maybe a bit of that Audrey Hepburn beauty/vulnerability type look. So will hopefully see this on tour.
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 12, 2019 6:55:08 GMT
Full disclosure: Some mild spoilers ahead. Loved this this afternoon. The Watermill is gorgeous and so is this production. It is considerably less American than the Broadway version, and all of the accents and musical arrangements are much more in keeping with the French story. I now find the cast recording jarring as it really doesn’t suit the Americanisation. Audrey is an absolute star, there’s no doubt about that. She plays the part beautifully and is reacquainted with puppets (she is surely now reaching Lipkin levels of puppet experience). The entire cast here are incredible, actor musicians and work around the limited space of the Watermill stage very well. I had no idea of the story as I’ve not yet seen the film, and found it to be delightfully bonkers (goldfish best friends, Fig men in nightmares). Needless to say that I loved it so much that we were two of the four people who rose to our feet at the bows and we’ve booked again for the tour since coming home. It's really interesting you say that about the cast recording. I also find it very American sounding / jarring. Although Verdi's Aida does not sound Egyptian and the list goes on.... At the moment I am listening to Amour on repeat and yes it's fabulously French but some of it is definitely Gilbert and Sulivan and yet it sounds conguerent. I'm not sure where I am going with this post perhaps just some Mid-atlantic cultural boat wreck, which hopefully Amelie is not. Tremblement, tremblement! |
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 12, 2019 13:38:30 GMT
I can't honestly seeing this making it all the way to the end of the tour.
Looking at sales for the New Theatre here in Oxford (3rd week in June - so just over a month to go) and a look at the sales map seems to be showing perhaps one performance where sales have tipped over to three figures.
7 performances of an intimate musical in the barn that is the New was always going to be a challenge - but Oxford is the sort of city where it should do ok.
I know people are booking later and later - and there will be deals - but I just can't see how this is a viable show for this scale of tour. I love their ambition to take an unknown piece out on the road. But 1800 seater theatres are not the best option for this sort of project.
Little Miss Sunshine has opted for the Oxford Playhouse - and I suspect Amelie might have been better suited to a 600 capacity venue.
I fear we are going to see a series of curtailed tours - with this and Hair really not finding it easy to attract an audience.
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Post by xanady on May 12, 2019 14:35:31 GMT
Totally agree with every word you have written there,oxfordsimon,I don’t know how some of these tours are financially viable.
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 12, 2019 15:12:41 GMT
I don't want to see any tour fail (well I can think of a couple that should never have been seen) - but producers are making some very risky choices and few are paying off
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Post by jamb0r on May 12, 2019 15:45:20 GMT
Fingers crossed it makes it to Wimbledon in a couple of weeks! Even though the tickets are relatively reasonably priced, based on the low sales I'm holding off on booking and hoping for some deals.
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