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Post by distantcousin on Apr 24, 2016 20:00:44 GMT
I saw this yesterday afternoon and really enjoyed it for the most part. Hugely entertaining (but then again I am a sci-fi fan)
I have hardly knowledge of the original album - I knew the vague story.
I must admit I was one of those people who was expecting more of a musical than a concert, especially with the amassed talent of musical theatre performers/actor-singers. Was baffled that they had so little to actually sing or perform.
Bit too much narration for me. Would have been nice if it could have reconceived a bit more. Madelena Alberto was superb as ever in her limited role. Michael Praed was very solid, it was nice to hear Heidi sing "properly" and I still like her voice a lot. David Essex was as overrated as ever (lots of his fans in)
The person who is now covering for Daniel Bedingfield going AWOL is extremely good and I loved his belting high notes!
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Post by shady23 on Feb 9, 2018 15:01:15 GMT
Touring again in arenas from November
Lots of the same cast as last time.
Wasn't Groundhog Day the other week?!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 21:40:13 GMT
Touring again in arenas from November Lots of the same cast as last time. Wasn't Groundhog Day the other week?! So much for the "final arena tour" three years ago... |
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Post by tr252 on Feb 9, 2018 21:52:34 GMT
Touring again in arenas from November Lots of the same cast as last time. Wasn't Groundhog Day the other week?! So much for the "final arena tour" three years ago... I was just thinking the same. Carrie Fletcher made a big deal about it being the last tour as well on her YouTube channel last time she was in it. Marketing ploy I guess, is this being called the revival? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2018 22:26:34 GMT
Oh god, let this die.
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Post by danb on Feb 9, 2018 22:36:39 GMT
I’m all for anything that gives people work, but I remember this being a bit of a slog only lifted by Carrie and Shayne Ward (I KNOW...what a sentence to write!). I can see no real need to bring this back again other than greed. Jeff Wayne clearly has some big ol’ tax bill somewhere 😱
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Post by richey on Feb 10, 2018 11:32:01 GMT
I’m all for anything that gives people work, but I remember this being a bit of a slog only lifted by Carrie and Shayne Ward (I KNOW...what a sentence to write!). I can see no real need to bring this back again other than greed. Jeff Wayne clearly has some big ol’ tax bill somewhere 😱 The excuse this time is that it's 40 years since the original album was released |
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Post by danb on Feb 10, 2018 11:42:13 GMT
I’m all for anything that gives people work, but I remember this being a bit of a slog only lifted by Carrie and Shayne Ward (I KNOW...what a sentence to write!). I can see no real need to bring this back again other than greed. Jeff Wayne clearly has some big ol’ tax bill somewhere 😱 The excuse this time is that it's 40 years since the original album was released Just re-release it in a fancier box then! Certainly cheaper than getting all this out of storage and slinging it round the country for another run (that directly contradicts the title of the last tour!). |
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Post by andrew on Feb 10, 2018 18:18:39 GMT
It's become the carpet shop closing down sale of the musical world. I have no issue if Wayne wants to tour this continually until he dies, but don't go around calling it a farewell tour when you clearly want it back.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2018 19:22:14 GMT
But it was a farewell tour. In fact, it fared so well they're doing it again.
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Post by No. on Feb 11, 2018 9:45:43 GMT
Does anybody actually love War Of The Worlds or is this being funded by ‘why not’ audiences?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 11:46:27 GMT
I like The Eve Of The War and Forever Autumn, and the artwork with the 12" album is awesome. The rest I can take or leave, and mostly the latter.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2018 16:29:51 GMT
So much for the "final arena tour" three years ago... I was just thinking the same. Carrie Fletcher made a big deal about it being the last tour as well on her YouTube channel last time she was in it. Marketing ploy I guess, is this being called the revival? Or it could've been just "the final arena tour" before the Dominion production - which I guess didn't go too well so they've gone back to arenas. |
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Post by distantcousin on Feb 15, 2018 17:43:51 GMT
I was thinking of booking but it's expensive. £70 plus fees for decent seats.
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Post by viserys on Feb 16, 2018 13:41:25 GMT
I just found an E-Mail for this in my spam folder. Am I the only one slightly disturbed by their advertising
"The incineration of a cast member in full view of the audience."
Do you get to vote who you want to see burn?
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Post by giovanni on Dec 13, 2018 12:51:10 GMT
Dear, oh dear... I can't believe the negativity I read above. Clearly, those above must've seen a very different show to me.
Anyway...
Last night I finally gave in and went to see The War Of The Worlds live on stage at the BIC. The place was packed!
The original and 'new generation' albums are essential listening. What I saw - and heard - last night was incredible. If you've have the opportunity to see it, you'll know what I mean.
The album, and show, are a close-knit, almost family, affair. It's not just Jeff Wayne's family that have been and still are involved, but musicians on the original album from 40 years ago are still playing their part. They may be in their 'twilight' years, but boy, can they play! The guitarists in question - Herbie Flowers and Chris Spedding.
Cast... Journalist and narrator, Liam Neeson. Not there in person, but in film. Neatly interacting with other cast members. The Artilleryman was Adam Garcia. My favourite of the whole bunch, to be honest. Jason Donovan was the parson. Jeff's daughter played the journalist's wife, Carrie.
The singing thoughts of the journalist were provided by Newton Faulkner. While he sang Forever Autumn, leaves fell from the ceiling. Simple, but very effective.
A very good night was had by all. |
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Post by distantcousin on Dec 13, 2018 13:10:08 GMT
Would love it see it - but it's expensive and can't justify it right now - tickets start at £55.
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Post by anita on Dec 14, 2018 10:48:07 GMT
I've never heard the album but I've acquired a ticket for tomorrow afternoon.
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Post by jaqs on Dec 15, 2018 23:08:05 GMT
Saw it at the o2 this evening. Don’t have much good to say. I was in a particularly empty area so no atmosphere which didn’t help and there was a mic failure during one song.
Nice job for the performers, treated well, nice hotels for a couple of songs a night.
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Post by jamb0r on Dec 16, 2018 17:29:41 GMT
Saw this yesterday afternoon and wasn’t overwhelmed, but everyone around me sounded like they were totally blown away by it, so maybe I wasn’t the target audience
We’re the singers miming? I was pretty sure the journalists fiancée was miming pretty terribly.
Did not understand the point of that huge mechanical bridge they brought down. It didn’t really serve any purpose?
£15 for a programme too, first time I’ve ever refused to purchase one. That’s insane money.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 15, 2019 20:04:33 GMT
The immersive experience?!
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Post by Raven on Mar 15, 2019 20:50:46 GMT
The immersive experience?! It sounds like it is a walk-through virtual reality experience giving you the impression that you are a character within the story as it unfolds with smells, lighting and such like. It does sound intriguing.
Edit: The website states the following:
Jeff Wayne’s The War of The Worlds: The Immersive Experience combines Jeff’s Musical Version, immersive theatre, virtual reality, augmented reality, holograms and other cutting-edge technology; giving audiences the chance to live through the Martian invasion of 1898.
Visitors will be thrust into the heart of the story from the moment they step inside the vast 22,000-square foot multi-level site in Central London, which is being transformed for this unique Martian adventure.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 21:01:30 GMT
Heavily advertised at the Arena tour late last year.I am a sucker for this show so will have to try and catch this at some point.Kind of thinking that this might replace the live tour for quite a while if it takes off as a tourist experience.
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Post by shady23 on Feb 26, 2020 17:02:02 GMT
Touring arenas again 2021.
Tickets on sale Friday.
Wasn’t the last tour announced as the farewell tour?
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Post by tysilio2 on Feb 27, 2020 0:05:06 GMT
Touring arenas again 2021. Tickets on sale Friday. Wasn’t the last tour announced as the farewell tour? I think the last one (2018) was the 40th anniversary tour. The 2014 one was (oddly) the farewell tour I think. |
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