Rent - St James / UK Tour

Amazing news from the Rent team tonight:



Thrilled to see this amazing group of people (cast, crew, audience and team in Tunbridge Wells), sending their love to the people affected by the devastating impact in Manchester.

Looks like quite a good turnout for tonight (thurs) in Tunbridge Wells.

Circle was open but very few in it. Stalls busy though. Great show tonight.

Better late than never... caught this tonight while on a family visit. I'm never quite convinced on this musical as a whole but have to say it was a fun night, Christina Modestou as Maureen and Layton Williams as Angel were particularly brilliant. Sound at the Assembly Hall can often be dodgy but it got particularly murky in loud parts tonight which was a shame. Very enthusiastic audience tonight too!

I was there tonight as well. On the whole I enjoyed it but I do have to agree about the sound. Something wasn't quite right. Either the music was too loud or their microphones weren't working properly. It was hard to hear the words a lot of the time.

And yes, the audience were very enthusiastic tonight.

Sound was especially bad during Today 4 U when I saw it on Tuesday. You couldn't understand the lyrics for the most part. It got better after that though.

He even broke the heel on his shoe just as he came on for that

What a show this afternoon. The odd 5pm matinee time impacted the audience to "small but mighty" that's how we were described when they announced the collection for Manchester at the end. I was in row b and had much of that row on my side to myself.
The numbers didn't impact the show negatively though, Joshua Dever was on as Mark and was great in the role. Lucie was back this afternoon and on brilliant form. Take me or leave me had such intensity.
The sound was clear again. It definitely seems to be where you sit though.
That was my last chance to see it but I've loved it every single time. The whole cast works so hard and all the key characters wring every bit of emotion out of the piece night after night.

Picking up on the theme of the Wicked thread currently there was much giving of Lush gift sets and hand drawn pictures and cakes at stage door after the matinee.

Oh and Lucie accidentally spat scotch egg over this waiting.

Anyone see Joshua Dever, an Emsemble members boo boo on twitter. He tried to reitterate he doesn't know anything abiut the future, but could he just be covering?

Their FB page was also saying something like 'sign up for more information about Rent in the future' 

Given it' done so well, bringing it back on tour with a new (ish) cast next year wouldn't be unlikely. Clwyd would certainly be glad of the revenue from it's co-production for a start! I think in a few places they'd be wise to seek out smaller venues though, particularly so soon after. I love it, but it couldn't fill the WMC in terms of audience or staging. It's an utter gem of a production though, so long may it have another life!