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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 26, 2016 20:57:00 GMT
LOL. Takes very little to make you unhappy I guess. One of my favorites is in it. And 3 of mine!!! |
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Post by danb on Aug 27, 2016 7:19:47 GMT
I wondered if perhaps Ant & Dec may have been tempted this year...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2016 14:17:39 GMT
Has the cast not been announced yet?
The three people who've bought tickets must be bursting with anticipation!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2016 14:25:31 GMT
Maybe Baz will announce the end casting upon his return next week??
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2016 14:37:19 GMT
We have kept saying Baz will announce pretty much every week of the Summer. If it isn't a star casting, Cinders will probably be announced with the Ensemble etc. I am guessing the next big musical news will be an In the Heights announcement, considering most of the cast leaving is a week tomorrow. Cinderella is in December, the cast of In the Heights leave literally in a week. And that is news I am more exited about than the casting of a pantomime.  |
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Post by musicallady on Aug 27, 2016 14:38:58 GMT
I wondered if perhaps Ant & Dec may have been tempted this year... Oh god please no. |
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Post by zak97 on Sept 1, 2016 22:25:05 GMT
Wow! Natasha Barnes!!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2016 22:25:29 GMT
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 1, 2016 22:26:26 GMT
Seems wrong to not have men as the step sisters...
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Post by lifewithkirsty on Sept 1, 2016 22:34:53 GMT
Thrilled for Natasha!
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Post by longinthetooth on Sept 1, 2016 22:37:13 GMT
So relieved that the rumours of Broccoli Spears were unfounded.
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Post by d'James on Sept 1, 2016 22:39:24 GMT
I don't know why but it seems a growing trend for there to be less cross-dressing in pantos. Is it because (not so) secretly not OK with two people of the same gender flirting/kissing. Or are they worried about offending the trans community?
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Post by johartuk on Sept 1, 2016 22:59:38 GMT
Ooh, great casting for Cinders!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2016 23:01:30 GMT
I think Natasha is great casting for this!!
Im not sure the ugly sisters is great casting purely because I haven't heard of them and I thought the Sisters were huge parts but then again there isn't usually a wicked stepmother in Cinderella so maybe the sisters won't be huge parts.
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Post by firefingers on Sept 1, 2016 23:39:28 GMT
All great MT people, but are they going to sell many tickets? If i'd bought one I'd be feeling a little short changed.
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 2, 2016 0:35:10 GMT
Disappointed the sisters are not played by men...it never works as well with women in the role. I still shudder at Kim and Aggie (from some cleaning programme) playing the Uglies at Brighton Theatre Royal. Strangely it was the last panto the Theatre Royal have done and that was many years ago.
I suppose with Paul O'Grady playing the wicked step mother the roles of the Uglies will be downgraded for this with Paul doing most of the work the Uglies usually do. It will certainly alter the dynamic of the piece.
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Post by CG on the loose on Sept 2, 2016 3:07:27 GMT
Very happy with Natasha as Cinders (and more than a little relieved given some of the rumours!) . Michael Harrison has commented on the sisters' casting...
I won't embed every tweet but he continues:
When you have O'Grady and Clary on your team with huge costume changes and bags of comedy the sisters need to take on a different guise. Hence in @cinderella_LDN they are Wicked not Ugly. The show needs balance and it doesn't need too much drag. We have the greatest already. Paul O'Grady's Stepmother will be his greatest pantomime creation yet @cinderella_LDN @qdospantomimes. And @julianclary as Dandini will be the talk of London (or at least Soho). He is a master and one of the greatest I have ever worked with. And don't forget the great Mollie Sugden once played Dame @palladiumlondon so what we are doing isn't new. Our wicked sisters won't have a funny bone in their bodies. Plenty of evil ones though... @cinderella_LDN
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 3:49:31 GMT
Wow Natasha, thinking about it, it all makes sense! Her year really has been a Cinderella story haha!
Bets on Don't Rain on My Parade being shoo-horned in? And I wouldn't be surprised if there was a joke or two thrown in about the whole Funny Girl situation as well. Maybe not by Natasha, but possibly by another cast member. It is pantomime afterall! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 6:08:30 GMT
Ridiculously pleased for Natasha, very well deserved. She can definitely bring her own 'rags to riches' element to the role. There must be some tongue in cheek with this casting choice, surely, even if it is only a little.
This also means I can still hold out hope of seeing her in the Funny Girl tour from February too.
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Post by lifewithkirsty on Sept 2, 2016 6:46:06 GMT
From Broadwayworld:
upon seeing her in the role during star SheriDan Smith's two-month hiatus, the show's producer, Michael Harrison, knew that they had found their Cinderella. He insisted that his co-director, Andrew Wright, see the show to vet the burgeoning star. After catching a performance of Funny Girl, Wright agreed and they offered her the role.
Barnes will star opposite Paul O'Grady as the Wicked Stepmother, Julian Clary as Dandini, Amanda Holden as the Fairy Godmother and Wendy Somerville and Suzie Chard as the stepsisters.
"Natasha will be feisty and funny, and she's got that extra twinkle" Harrison told the Daily Mail, "When you're on stage with O'Grady and Clary, you've got to hold your own."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 6:47:48 GMT
Wow, so she was just offered the part. A star is born!
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Sept 2, 2016 7:13:14 GMT
I suppose with Paul O'Grady playing the wicked step mother the roles of the Uglies will be downgraded for this with Paul doing most of the work the Uglies usually do. It will certainly alter the dynamic of the piece. The last time I saw Paul O'Grady in a pantomime he was on stage for a total of about 20 minutes out of a pantomime that lasted 2.5 hours, so I wouldn't get your hopes too high. |
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Post by stevej678 on Sept 2, 2016 7:27:09 GMT
Ah, that's brilliant news for Natasha and hugely deserved. How refreshing that when people so often fastrack their way to stardom on the likes of The X Factor or are stunt cast in lead roles with little relevant experience, Natasha has worked in supporting roles for several years and waited until an opportunity came along, grasped it with both hands, and ended up being so impressive she's been offered the title role at a Palladium show without even being asked to audition. The parallels between the Cinderella story and her own are the icing on the cake.
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Post by johartuk on Sept 2, 2016 9:54:27 GMT
Wow, so she was just offered the part. A star is born! Not strictly true - producer and co-director watched her in FG, then offered her the role. Still great, though. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 10:55:47 GMT
Wow, so she was just offered the part. A star is born! Not strictly true - producer and co-director watched her in FG, then offered her the role. Still great, though. I think that's what Tom89 meant. |
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