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Post by centaured on Sept 16, 2017 10:47:53 GMT
Agree with your comments, I didn't see any wow moments, unless they mean a large air fan and a couple of flames.
Big whoop.
If I'd paid full price for this I'd be ragin'fumin'
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 16, 2017 10:50:25 GMT
2 many snakes. I'm fumin, Hun.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 16, 2017 12:58:57 GMT
A huge TV set!
A big rock!
A bus!
School lockers!
It was hardly a painted back drop was it? For a touring production it was fine. Over complicated to shift around, yes, but what do you really expect? The likes of Mamma Mia really have a minimalist set compared to this.
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Post by richey on Sept 16, 2017 13:07:37 GMT
A huge TV set! A big rock! A bus! School lockers! It was hardly a painted back drop was it? For a touring production it was fine. Over complicated to shift around, yes, but what do you really expect? The likes of Mamma Mia really have a minimalist set compared to this. There were some good moments- I liked what the bus turned into, I liked the two parts that involved the planes and I thought the fountain part was very clever. Also the concert sequences were well done. |
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Post by Jan on Sept 16, 2017 13:11:54 GMT
Oh, strayed in here by mistake, thought it must be a jukebox musical about The Band - no such luck it seems.
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Post by centaured on Sept 17, 2017 12:32:19 GMT
The concert sequences were the absolutely stand out.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 19, 2017 21:32:50 GMT
Well, ten minutes into this my arms were folded and I was giving resting bitch-face a la Queen Elizabeth II.
There are so so many things wrong with it, not least the book (what there is of it) where Tim Firth once again tries to wrangle our emotions with all the subtlety and nuance of a sledge hammer. To say this is undemanding fluff is the understatement of the century. Shamelessly designed to appeal to the target audience, it takes no prisoners in its quest.
HOWEVER by the interval my fists were unclenching. The airport scene to Shine is a lot of fun with an imaginative set piece, if only the lighting didn't look so dirty (The Girls had this problem too, drab drab drab! is it the same designer?). The opener to Act 2 with the fountain scene is also clever, although even halfway back in the stalls I knew what the 'trick' was instantly, it was just a question of when.
And of course by the end I was up and clapping to the mega mix with the rest of them, hypocrite that I am. It could have been so much better though, and I'm afraid one of the main problems is the five boys. If only they had ditched the artifice of the tv show and cast some dynamic, professional singers and dancers with an understanding of stage presence it would have worked so much better. As it is, despite some cute moments, they're one step up from school concert.
Three stars. Rear stalls empty.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 20, 2017 16:41:54 GMT
Ooh!
I do hope it's East 17.
Always liked them!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 20, 2017 16:48:19 GMT
^^ sounds like they're desperate to get bums in seats.
Seriously, this should be selling like hot cakes in Manchester. The nights are drawing in, the weathers crap and as we apparently have no taste oop north so what's not to love? If it can't cut it here with "guest appearances" things aren't boding well for the tour.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 20, 2017 16:53:11 GMT
Tuesday is press night so not many tickets were available. Initially only the gallery went on sale. Earlier this week they'd sorted their comps and the remainder of the stalls went on sale. Hence many fans buying tickets, again, in the stalls. Their gallery tickets forgotten.
Mr Barlow has already tweeted Take That will be there, hence the panic. Perhaps Lulu will join them for a Relight My Fire reunion.
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Post by richey on Sept 20, 2017 17:44:31 GMT
^^ sounds like they're desperate to get bums in seats. Seriously, this should be selling like hot cakes in Manchester. The nights are drawing in, the weathers crap and as we apparently have no taste oop north so what's not to love? If it can't cut it here with "guest appearances" things aren't boding well for the tour. That was my thought too. They've tried just about every trick in the book to push it |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 20, 2017 18:23:03 GMT
Tuesday is press night so not many tickets were available. Initially only the gallery went on sale. Earlier this week they'd sorted their comps and the remainder of the stalls went on sale. Hence many fans buying tickets, again, in the stalls. Their gallery tickets forgotten. Mr Barlow has already tweeted Take That will be there, hence the panic. Perhaps Lulu will join them for a Relight My Fire reunion. How do you think this is going to go down with the press shady23? |
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Post by shady23 on Sept 20, 2017 18:26:19 GMT
The press will love it!
I would have expected Robbie to have turned up too if he wasn't poorly and that would have made it all go crazy!
Without the appearance of "the boys" the review would be hidden in the papers, this will make it get a much more prominent placing.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 20, 2017 18:40:11 GMT
Um, I meant what would the press think of the actual show. Not the celeb hype.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 20, 2017 18:43:23 GMT
I doubt the actual show will get much of a mention, if Take That are there and the crowd go crazy. That may go in their favour.
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Post by centaured on Sept 20, 2017 20:57:21 GMT
I think the show is gonna need all the help it can get.
As Burly said, if they can’t pull in ticket sales here, then that’s not a good sign at all.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 21, 2017 18:21:32 GMT
Retweet on the Band twitter page. Never seen this happen at a stage show before. Think this show is going to feed the bad behaviour thread for a while! Check out @davidsoho1’s Tweet: He's obviously not been to a pop show in the last 10 years where it happens every night |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 18:34:03 GMT
Retweet on the Band twitter page. Never seen this happen at a stage show before. Think this show is going to feed the bad behaviour thread for a while! Check out @davidsoho1’s Tweet: He's obviously not been to a pop show in the last 10 years where it happens every night Irregardless, a scene like that for a shows producer is still likely to invoke a massive sense of pride. |
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Post by shady23 on Sept 23, 2017 21:17:57 GMT
Baz seems to be doing a Band charm offensive on Twitter tonight, a few days prior to press night.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 23, 2017 21:33:27 GMT
He seems to have access to the boys dressing room.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 24, 2017 14:26:14 GMT
I find this bizarre... loads of the barmy Barlow army spamming them is really going to change their mind?
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Post by daniel on Sept 24, 2017 14:38:47 GMT
Looks like The Band social media is run by the same person as The Girls...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2017 20:03:40 GMT
Just told the hubby, he can take a friend with him with my ticket. Not fancying this at all.
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Post by richey on Sept 24, 2017 20:14:50 GMT
Fans on the facebook page brazenly posting pictures taken mid-show now
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Post by shady23 on Sept 24, 2017 20:21:31 GMT
Yes and the production team are retweeting on Twitter, so basically condoning it. The Opera House front of house team appear to have given up. Not sure other theatres will be so tolerant and rightly so.
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