& Juliet - Opera House MCR / Shaftesbury / U.K.Tour

I bet it will be in your head for the next couple of days, you’ll end up booking again and this time taking your friends who’ll declare you a hero for introducing them to it!

. No I had the same experience with her. I thought she was good but she had problems especially with the big belts. Maybe it was an off night or she wasn't 100%?

I thought that maybe there was a sound issue on stage and they couldn't hear themselves well enough as a couple of others were pitchy at times and it was often when a large number of the company were singing together. 

On reflection I think this is the kind of show I would like to see again as it is so bizarre that it kind of distracted my focus from what was actually happening. 

The audience were so well behaved last night, despite the unexpected break in the first act (I was in the grand circle, C25 which was an *excellent* seat for £22.50, no foot room thought which hurt my knees by the end and I'm only 5'7"). I usually have a gripe or two anywhere I go, but not at all last night! 

Was also there last night and I was a little concerned as there were a lot of school children walking in as we got to the theatre but as others have said, the audience was extremely well-behaved and lapped up all the elements of the show.

The show stop was a shame as it came so close to the interval but was handled quickly and efficiently and didn’t really ruin the flow of the show.

As for the show as a whole, it definitely has the wow factor and is nice to see a show with incredibly high production value. It’s not high art but it never acts like it, it’s refreshing and at time’s very clever how the songs are worked into the show. I was disappointed by Miriam, others have pointed out she was clearly struggling vocally in places, the big finish in Roar was one clear area where she hit every note apart from the right one but again, I didn’t really care as it felt more of an ensemble piece. Absolutely loved Cassidy and I actually quite liked Oliver’s cheeky chappy Shakespeare!

One slight criticism, is the poignancy if ‘I’m not a girl, not yet a woman’ was clearly lost and I don’t think the story arc is properly fleshed out before it’s sung. This was evidence from the sniggers the song drew as it was being performed whereas I actually found it emotional (never did I think I’d hear myself say that about Britney).

I’ll be back as I really enjoyed, a clear 4* production.

So i just watched the trailer and noticed a section where Juliet and Romeo are on bench that is dangling in the air with a moon behind it....this did not happen last night. For that bit i'm pretty sure that they were just sat on the floor for that duet last night? I'm guessing that the earlier issue with the wires that causes the show stop when Romeo was descending meant they couldn't do that bit either.

The bubble thing still happened but from what i remember they were just standing in the middle of the stage.  

The smoke bubbles were fantastic and gave a great effect when they burst on the set around them singing.

What a shame. She was constantly fab across the 3 perfs I saw in Manchester. Sounds like they should maybe be putting the understudy on for matinees. 8 shows a week is a lot.

It's a wonder that, given they even state that Grace plays Juliet at certain performances, they don't just schedule her to have two or three set shows a week? That way, it gives Miriam a break in between, which it sounds like she needs with the big sing.

I mean idk, this isn’t Tina, where I think it’s absolutely justified that the actress does a 6 show schedule given the ridiculous amount of songs the actress has to sing in that show (and given the amount dancing too). Miriam singing flat in some songs isn’t because she’s overworked, I don’t think that can be used as the excuse!

She definitely doesn't sing 90% of the score, and it's not as if they're full numbers, alot of them are shortened versions of the originals. But there is alot of belting and a lot of illness going around.