ALW's Cinderella - Gillian Lynne / U.K. Tour (rumour)

Well, I hope his lordship at least was pleased/congratulated the cast members who won at the BBTAs on Sunday (Ivano, Caleb, Natasha though she won for Carousel not Cinderella).

this serves a multitude of purposes IMO
Firstly it’s a passive aggressive dig at Andy
It provides support to the cast for whatever ‘slight’ he has brought down on the ‘young’ cast
it’s also a hideous example of ‘vague tweeting’ gathering sympathy and attention from those following this never ending saga and garnering support from the - ‘you ok hun’ ‘ dm me’ brigade. It’s also rather an obvious attempt to distance herself from his comments about the ‘young’ cast. By reminding us of her support of them it’s got to have been criticism of them not her?
Either way unless this all ends up at some mass equity complaint/industrial tribunal I can see this will be the last time she’s employed by him. She was employed partly for her social media presence. Sure this isn’t what Andy had in mind. She’s also ‘liking’ lots of negative comments directed towards her boss. This feels like a tweet of someone who doesn’t care and maybe already on their way out?

I also found it curious how she started an Instagram story earlier today with ‘I have news, it’s not that I’m quitting MT for good announcing it here would be weird’ (I’m paraphrasing) before going on to talk about grammys, her clothing range and her book.
Reading too much into it?

I think that ALW should think before he speaks, to describe theatre as a service industry is a bit insulting.

A quick flick through her Twitter likes since The Stage posted the piece will tell you that ship has sailed. While it seems ALW may not have been very diplomatic with the cast, is this really the best way to react via social media? Why not request a meeting? Get your agent/equity involved? This is just childish and unprofessional liking others vague and not so vague tweets. What other job title can you imagine going on social media shading the boss without professional repercussions?
I would say it might be naive as she has never worked in an non theatre setting where this sort of stuff would not be tolerated. However coming from the media savvy influencer the likes and tweets would be very carefully considered. It’s seems to be the mark of someone who either thinks she’s untouchable or has nothing to lose at this point.

Not saying that she isn’t justified in any of her comments or that he is being fair (none of us know the full story) but maybe there are better ways to go about voicing opinions and disagreements in a more adult way. Venting passive aggressively via others tweets or your own isn’t it. No one knows the impact this type of drama between boss and ‘staff’ and ensuing negative vibe is creating in the industry and with audiences. It could turn audiences against going. No audience. No show. They’re all out of work.

There are many things I don’t like or agree with about my employer. However I don’t go slagging them off on social media. That is called “biting the hand that feeds you”. 

She is not a free agent. She’s employed and with that comes responsibility. 

I would not expect my employer to publicly shame me and my colleagues….works both ways

It’s the same as your energy supplier publishing their customer satisfaction ratings. You’re doing badly (word of mouth is poor) our share price has dropped (we’ve had to reduce ticket prices) stop arguing with paying customers (stop preaching at your audience as if they’re not entitled to an opinion)
Simple 🙂

Despite the drama, I'm looking to book for the £39.50 deal - for the very knowledgeable amongst you, would you recommend side stalls row O, central stalls row T, or central circle row C?

He's threatened to sell his theatres so many times, it's so tedious. 

There may be some mileage in this...
Maybe a way to get the leading actress to jump first rather than have her contract terminated under her. Swimming pools cost a lot of money - ask Patti

Your complaint was about a plot point: the Fairy Godmother's warning to Cinderella to be home by midnight and there being no suitable pay-off for that in act 2. I was pointing out that this is in fact the fault of the book writer and not the lyricist. You are conflating one with the other. With regard to the lyrics above, I like these, especially "just like that goddess from Greece, you know, who launched all the ships". I especially like the casual throwaway "you know" which is most effective here. The last line is great, "disappear me", things don't always need to make literal sense or conform to strict grammatical rules. It's a case of when and how.