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Post by TallPaul on Mar 20, 2018 12:59:20 GMT
Apparently on the One Show they made it sound like it was selling out in one day. They said the London run had already sold 50% of tickets. There's nothing like a bit of FOMO to drive sales!
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Post by shady23 on Mar 20, 2018 17:59:38 GMT
Drama in Band Land... #BalloonGate
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Post by LaLuPone on Mar 20, 2018 18:14:04 GMT
Thought this "thru" Who runs this account, a teenager?
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Post by shady23 on Mar 20, 2018 18:14:44 GMT
I was more offended by that than the balloons!
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Post by daniel on Mar 20, 2018 22:09:01 GMT
Same person who runs the Calendar Girls account I reckon!
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Post by Mark on Apr 6, 2018 18:53:37 GMT
Just been to the matinee in Newcastle. What an absolute gem of a show. It felt fresh, a good story and a great weaving in of the songs. A much more emotional story than I was expecting really but it worked very well. Must particularly praise the adult female performers who were fabulous.
£17.50 for my ticket at the back of the stalls (standby rate in Newcastle). Will be very tempted to go again in London if any cheaper tickets are made available.
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on Apr 9, 2018 22:05:14 GMT
Watching the trailer I noticed one of the girls doesn't pop up as an older version later on, does she die or move away or something?
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Post by Mark on Apr 10, 2018 7:35:42 GMT
Watching the trailer I noticed one of the girls doesn't pop up as an older version later on, does she die or move away or something? She dies, that’s basically the plot
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Post by kiwi on Jul 10, 2018 22:12:12 GMT
I'm just back from seeing the show in Edinburgh tonight. I absolutely hated this. I don't think i've ever enjoyed a show less. The young girl cast were fine but that was it. Would not recommend for anyone unless you love fat jokes, awful writing, bad acting and drunk middle aged women singing every song.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 10, 2018 23:36:14 GMT
God is this still on tour?
Those poor actors must be ready to throttle eachother
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 11, 2018 12:25:58 GMT
There's another nine months, at least, still to go!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 11, 2018 15:13:33 GMT
Did those lads know what they were getting themselves into I wonder? Best years of their lives spent holed up in digs singing the same songs 8 times a week. Terrible.
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Post by theatremadness on Jul 11, 2018 16:01:37 GMT
Best years of their lives spent holed up in digs singing the same songs 8 times a week. Terrible. Well at least now we know you'd never make it as a performer BB - what you have said is literally the entire job description. You do it because (for some unexplainable reason) you absolutely love it to your very core, even at the worst of times. If you don't - then don't even think about doing it!
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Post by shady23 on Jul 11, 2018 16:13:32 GMT
Did those lads know what they were getting themselves into I wonder? Best years of their lives spent holed up in digs singing the same songs 8 times a week. Terrible. The songs are fine. They are probably sick of the same obsessive fans following them from stage door to stage door though.
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Post by richey on Oct 25, 2018 15:14:35 GMT
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Post by stagey on Oct 25, 2018 15:28:58 GMT
Keep forgetting this is even going into the West End
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Post by shady23 on Oct 25, 2018 21:15:18 GMT
Opening night is sold out (probably as people hoped Take That would be appearing)
Gala night is also sold out (when Take That actually will be performing).
They're taking all the seats out the stalls for table seating. It's a later start (8.30pm) and there's a matinee the next day. The staff must be overjoyed.
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Post by westendcub on Oct 25, 2018 21:19:18 GMT
Well I loved this tonight!! I booked on a whim a while back & thought it may be naff but I want to see how this jukebox musical plays out.
I wasn’t expecting the storyline to be so emotional...that Act 1 stinger got me & then Act 2 had some beautiful tender moments, I loved the concept of characters at 16 and 25 years later!!
Yes the plot is light and a little contrived but I liked the themes it explores.
Set is fun and those lads do the heavy lifting moving it all about with some clever staging (the fountain in Prague’). They are all very pretty too & I like how they weave in and out around the main characters.
I think the older cast are strongest!!
Am tempted to see this again at ‘The Haymarket’.
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Post by anita on Oct 27, 2018 10:21:49 GMT
I saw this at the press night on Tuesday. Very pleasantly surprised how good it was.
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Post by shady23 on Oct 28, 2018 11:52:46 GMT
The cast are on the Elaine Paige show today.
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Post by shady23 on Nov 24, 2018 17:10:56 GMT
This is going to be adapted into a film!
Filming begins next summer. It's all signed and sealed.
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Post by Mark on Dec 1, 2018 22:54:26 GMT
Started previews tonight!
For anyone wanting cheap tickets, lots of £15 stalls/dress circle seats appear to have been made available across a load of dates.
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Post by showgirl on Dec 2, 2018 5:37:31 GMT
Started previews tonight! For anyone wanting cheap tickets, lots of £15 stalls/dress circle seats appear to have been made available across a load of dates. Thank you so much, Mark - didn't find huge availability but very happy to bag a £15 dress circle ticket for a seat priced at £77.50 on some other dates. (I'm sure no-one would pay that but...) I know nothing about Take That or their music (they were WELL after my time), but it sounds like an enjoyable show and provided it's not snowing and the trains are running, something for me to look forward to early in the new year.
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Post by richey on Dec 2, 2018 12:42:52 GMT
Started previews tonight! For anyone wanting cheap tickets, lots of £15 stalls/dress circle seats appear to have been made available across a load of dates. Thank you so much, Mark - didn't find huge availability but very happy to bag a £15 dress circle ticket for a seat priced at £77.50 on some other dates. (I'm sure no-one would pay that but...) I know nothing about Take That or their music (they were WELL after my time), but it sounds like an enjoyable show and provided it's not snowing and the trains are running, something for me to look forward to early in the new year. £15 is about what it's worth. I paid that when it was in Manchester. If I'd paid anymore i would have felt cheated
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Post by james1969 on Dec 3, 2018 13:09:20 GMT
Thank you so much, Mark - didn't find huge availability but very happy to bag a £15 dress circle ticket for a seat priced at £77.50 on some other dates. (I'm sure no-one would pay that but...) I know nothing about Take That or their music (they were WELL after my time), but it sounds like an enjoyable show and provided it's not snowing and the trains are running, something for me to look forward to early in the new year. £15 is about what it's worth. I paid that when it was in Manchester. If I'd paid anymore i would have felt cheated You’re entitled to your opinion of course. i, like many others, really enjoyed this tour when I saw it in ?Belfast recently.
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