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Post by karen13 on Sept 16, 2021 18:42:22 GMT
When this show is open what have been the covid checks. Looking up for tickets and London theatre was saying you need to show negative test results done within 24 hours even if you have your double vaccine proof. The LW web site says to do the test but is not stating you need to bring the result along. Was looking to see this along side anything goes, a show and theatre you can just walk into with no letters, apps or medical tests! I went to the matinee last Saturday. They wanted to see proof of covid status before I entered the theatre. They accepted the official Covid pass on the NHS app proving double vaccination.
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Post by showtoones on Sept 16, 2021 21:32:58 GMT
Do they accept Covid vaccination cards from other countries?
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Post by ruby on Sept 16, 2021 22:21:05 GMT
Due to go on Sun, keeping everything crossed it'll be back on!
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Sept 17, 2021 1:36:51 GMT
Any inside news on what's happening to the rest of this week's performances? I'm holding Friday tickets, and official sources are saying nothing currently. Mmm, we're booked for tonight, I'm off to London soon anyway as seeing Carousel this afternoon and my son has already booked his non-refundable travel for when he finishes work. We'll try for Rush tickets for something if BTTF gets cancelled. We have front row £49.50 seats which are all sold out till at least November. I previously had a BTTF matinee booked in Manchester two days after the first lockdown in March 2020 and obviously cancelled. I shall keep an eye on this Forum and hope it won't be second time unlucky ! We managed to get great seats for Mary Poppins via Rush @ £30 so it wasn't a wasted evening. Refunds are being issued for the cancelled BTTF performances, no option to rebook, understandable but disappointing. Don't want to wait months to get the seats we had before so will be trying Today Tix regularly for anything reasonable.
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Post by jampot on Sept 17, 2021 14:02:01 GMT
This weekend is off..
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Post by whoafrabjousday on Sept 17, 2021 14:19:31 GMT
Gusty call - but fair to all - gives shell-shocked cast a chance to recover; staff the opportunity to deepclean the venue and audiences advance notice. Break a leg Monday.
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Post by fiyerorocher on Sept 17, 2021 14:27:16 GMT
Hope the cast are okay - I guess not many need to be out for the count for a cancellation to happen if you haven't fully rehearsed understudies yet. But the show should really be offering rescheduling of tickets instead of just flat out cancellations, considering they've apparently hiked their prices up for the same tickets. Cinderella even honoured the £19.50 front stalls tickets that were being sold for £90+ for some of the performances people were moved to. People have had tickets booked for so long in advance, it's really not much to ask to let them see the show for the price they originally booked for.
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Post by ruby on Sept 17, 2021 14:43:55 GMT
Just got the email confirming cancellation. Sad news but making plans to be back in Jan
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Post by fiyero on Sept 17, 2021 16:13:17 GMT
I hope they get sorted quickly, and I hope Mark gets some more shows after saving the day. I’m due to go next Friday and would love to see his interpretation.
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Post by mkb on Sept 17, 2021 16:13:44 GMT
Gusty call - but fair to all - gives shell-shocked cast a chance to recover; staff the opportunity to deepclean the venue and audiences advance notice. Break a leg Monday. I'd hardly call five hours "advance notice". That's very last minute. Train tickets have to be cancelled by 6pm the day before, and few hotel rates allow same-day cancellations. This now has a whiff of bad handling. What kind of illness -- apparently not Covid -- causes five days of shows to be cancelled, but isn't evident until five hours before on days 1, 2 and 3? It's not like there's much else for us to see. The only other show we haven't seen is Frozen, so I've rebooked us for that at a £20-per-ticket premium over BTTF. I hated the film -- a big Disney mis-step I thought with awful shrill vocals from Menzel -- so hoping the musical is better. I shall be fuming if they're expecting me to rebook for BTTF at any more than I already paid. I had great centre front stalls seats too by booking very early, but my expectations are low given how this has been communicated so far.
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Post by Figaro on Sept 17, 2021 16:49:48 GMT
Gusty call - but fair to all - gives shell-shocked cast a chance to recover; staff the opportunity to deepclean the venue and audiences advance notice. Break a leg Monday. Why are the cast shell-shocked?
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 18, 2021 6:26:43 GMT
Well the fact that they are now in the position where at least 3 of the main leading actors of the show are ill, including the Doc understudy- plus others in the cast- not all Covid related may I add, everyone may want to cut them some slack!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2021 6:31:36 GMT
Shell shocked still seems a bit extreme phrasing for that.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 18, 2021 16:18:40 GMT
I think Hungover may be the word- I bet they are regretting holding a first night party now. How stupid can you get. Don’t know any other show that’s held a party like that in the current climate.
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Post by jennapatchell on Sept 18, 2021 17:11:58 GMT
I think Hungover may be the word- I bet they are regretting holding a first night party now. How stupid can you get. Don’t know any other show that’s held a party like that in the current climate. What kind of party was it?
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 18, 2021 17:15:25 GMT
I think Hungover may be the word- I bet they are regretting holding a first night party now. How stupid can you get. Don’t know any other show that’s held a party like that in the current climate. What kind of party was it? At a nearby hotel, just see the photos online. Ridiculous decision to make.
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Sept 19, 2021 15:56:29 GMT
What kind of party was it? At a nearby hotel, just see the photos online. Ridiculous decision to make. Wasn't that a pre-show party for guests rather than a post-show party for cast?
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Post by Peter on Sept 19, 2021 18:07:53 GMT
Can’t remember if this has already come up, but apparently the cast album is due for release on the 26th November.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 19, 2021 18:11:51 GMT
I think Hungover may be the word- I bet they are regretting holding a first night party now. How stupid can you get. Don’t know any other show that’s held a party like that in the current climate. I know they don't get paid now if off for covid related illness but I wonder if they have snuck in other forms of illness into the contracts too. If so, that will prove to be a very costly night out in more ways than one!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 20, 2021 8:54:10 GMT
So Roger Bart is out then for a couple of weeks the I assume?
I was going to go this week but might see something else now and save this for my October trip.
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Post by anita on Sept 20, 2021 9:17:17 GMT
Can’t remember if this has already come up, but apparently the cast album is due for release on the 26th November. Just seen on Amazon a "making of" book is coming out 3/5/22.
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Post by bex1210 on Sept 20, 2021 11:27:07 GMT
Cancelled again tonight. We were supposed to be going and just got a message from LW Theatres.
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Post by westlondon on Sept 20, 2021 11:45:15 GMT
Cancelled again tonight. We were supposed to be going and just got a message from LW Theatres. Haven’t they been recording their cast album this week?
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Post by shady23 on Sept 20, 2021 12:10:08 GMT
Last week they said they were cancelling until Monday so people have paid travel money etc to go down there.
Such a terrible situation for everyone involved.
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Post by madeleineruth21 on Sept 20, 2021 14:13:38 GMT
I’m due to be seeing the show on Sunday for my birthday and am getting increasingly worried that I won’t be able to. I wish the production team would just communicate realistically about how long the cancellations will go on for. I feel dreadful for the cast, but if my date is cancelled, I’d quite like to try and book something else.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 20, 2021 14:26:18 GMT
When was the last time (non covid related) that a show of this size got cancelled for this many dates due to illness? Seems a bit odd to me. I’ve learned from the Cinderella thread that they don’t usually start rehearsing understudies until after official opening night but that was a week ago and it’s not like the understudies didn’t already know the show. Are we assuming that all of the cast options for a main character are unavailable?
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Post by karen13 on Sept 20, 2021 15:08:02 GMT
When was the last time (non covid related) that a show of this size got cancelled for this many dates due to illness? Seems a bit odd to me. I’ve learned from the Cinderella thread that they don’t usually start rehearsing understudies until after official opening night but that was a week ago and it’s not like the understudies didn’t already know the show. Are we assuming that all of the cast options for a main character are unavailable? Pre-Covid, didn't Waitress(at the same theatre) have to cancel a couple of performances when one of the leads and a couple of understudies were ill at the same time?
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Post by marob on Sept 20, 2021 15:17:37 GMT
What happened with Dreamgirls? I remember they had to fly Marisha Wallace over because some of the cast were sick.
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Post by alison on Sept 20, 2021 15:37:26 GMT
When was the last time (non covid related) that a show of this size got cancelled for this many dates due to illness? Seems a bit odd to me. I’ve learned from the Cinderella thread that they don’t usually start rehearsing understudies until after official opening night but that was a week ago and it’s not like the understudies didn’t already know the show. Are we assuming that all of the cast options for a main character are unavailable? Pre-Covid, didn't Waitress(at the same theatre) have to cancel a couple of performances when one of the leads and a couple of understudies were ill at the same time? Waitress was the first one I thought of, too. It was only two shows on a Saturday that were cancelled though (the first one again being when the audience were in their seats - I was there). They flew over Desi Oakley from the recently closed US tour as soon as they realised there was an issue and she performed very jetlagged from the start of the next week. Without her they'd have had to cancel over a week, she ended up as Jenna for almost a fortnight before any of the UK Jennas were fit to perform again.
BTTF is suffering from being a new show - if there were any previous casts to draw from they would have done so, I assume.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 15:44:51 GMT
Do we know that this is not Covid related? I assumed the "illness within our cast" was just for confidentiality of the individuals affected.
I know other shows have been open about it, but if there are unvaccinated cast members (which I have no idea if there are or not), they would still have to self-isolate as a contact. And others who have tested positive may prefer it's not in the public domain. Roger Bart is the only one that was confirmed, due to missing press night, but I suspect this is all due to Covid.
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