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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2021 15:35:10 GMT
Ditto. I did have tickets for the first night which was a Friday.
Wonder if "equivalent date" will be the 1st Friday or the (currently not on sale) new first show on the Wednesday. I hope the latter. I suspect the former!
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Post by danb on Mar 2, 2021 15:51:54 GMT
I have the British Grand Prix the weekend after what is potentially a fortnight-ish afterwards and I shan’t be missing that, yet I feel that refund rules will be changing for stuff pretty soon as they want to protect their investments.
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Post by stevej678 on Mar 2, 2021 15:57:09 GMT
Looks like I will be moved to the first weekend in September. Originally I had Frozen, Cinderella and Back to the Future all booked for the same weekend but the rearranged dates are now likely to be scattered across different weekends! I feel that Frozen is the one I should prioritise due to demand and then try and rearrange Cinderella and Back to the Future around it.
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Post by iamamazing on Mar 3, 2021 1:54:40 GMT
Looks like I will be moved to the first weekend in September. Originally I had Frozen, Cinderella and Back to the Future all booked for the same weekend but the rearranged dates are now likely to be scattered across different weekends! I feel that Frozen is the one I should prioritise due to demand and then try and rearrange Cinderella and Back to the Future around it. I did the same I had Cinderella booked on a Wednesday then frozen the next day. have to make two trips up now as I live quiet away from London I’m looking forward to them and it’s will be nice to see a show after so long. |
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Post by richey on Mar 3, 2021 19:47:19 GMT
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Post by theatre241 on Mar 3, 2021 20:59:58 GMT
the design looks brilliant! very different
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 3, 2021 21:26:13 GMT
It looks like a folding set for a school play. Will take a bit more than that to impress me
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 3, 2021 21:52:58 GMT
It looks a bit like the folding scenery for The Comedy About A Bank Robbery. In that case it was necessary due to the Criterion having limited wing space & no fly tower. I wouldn't have thought the Gillian Lynne Theatre would have similar space constraints.
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Post by danb on Mar 3, 2021 21:54:23 GMT
I’ll wait to see it lit and in context before making a characteristic sarky comment. Restraint beyond belief.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Mar 3, 2021 23:19:56 GMT
I think it could look quite good — I'm assuming it's to look like silhouettes.
I've just realised (thinking of her going past it in a carriage post-transformation), there's been no mention of my namesake, has there? Could the mysterious "Jean" in fact be her Fairy Godfather?
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 3, 2021 23:52:41 GMT
The set doesn’t look very inspiring, but agree that we should wait until it’s seen in context and lit.
So they are rehearsing for 5 months are they when musicals usually rehearse in 6 weeks?
Riigghhhhhttttt.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 3, 2021 23:57:24 GMT
The set doesn’t look very inspiring, but agree that we should wait until it’s seen in context and lit. So they are rehearsing for 5 months are they when musicals usually rehearse in 6 weeks? Riigghhhhhttttt. Let's not forget that McKellen has been rehearsing his Hamlet for months... |
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Post by westended on Mar 4, 2021 0:29:21 GMT
It looks a bit like the folding scenery for The Comedy About A Bank Robbery. In that case it was necessary due to the Criterion having limited wing space & no fly tower. I wouldn't have thought the Gillian Lynne Theatre would have similar space constraints. Surprisingly, the stage is actually quite a small and awkward shape, with a lack of real wing space, hence why School of Rock’s set design was so heavily redesigned for London compared to the Broadway production. If you go onto the Arthur Lloyd website page for the Gillian Lynne Theatre and scroll to the bottom, there are several pictures of the completed auditorium in November 2020. You’ll be able to see the stage and the lack of a traditional proscenium. Additionally, with eagle eyes, you can spot white tape on the stage marking two revolves, which from the recent press videos are part of the set for Cinderella - they near enough take up the whole stage! If you go to 0.30 in the “Rehearsals Begin!” video on Cinderella’s YouTube Page, you can see how they intend to rotate the stage into the audience! The ‘immersive’ nature of set that Carrie alluded to, is shown here! Part of the show is in the round! |
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Post by musicalmarge on Mar 4, 2021 0:48:01 GMT
Carrie says she's never seen a show that is so immersive. And there are carts on tracks...with wheels that spin! The Gillian Lynne looks gorgeous with its new seats. If it’s in the round (circular) have all the seats been taken out at the front? Are they on sale? Surely the stage can’t move out? The cats seats move and stage comes out? Hmmmmmm! Thinking. I need to see seating and stage plans for this |
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Post by westended on Mar 4, 2021 0:59:31 GMT
Carrie says she's never seen a show that is so immersive. And there are carts on tracks...with wheels that spin! The Gillian Lynne looks gorgeous with its new seats. If it’s in the round (circular) have all the seats been taken out at the front? Are they on sale? Surely the stage can’t move out? The cats seats move and stage comes out? Hmmmmmm! Thinking. I need to see seating and stage plans for this From my understanding, the first few rows and the stage are on a giant revolve! I’m guessing that during the show, this giant revolve moves around 180° so effectively the first few rows are at the back of the stage looking into the auditorium, and the stage is where the seats were! |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 4, 2021 7:13:56 GMT
Oh Carrie. She’ll be Tik Tokking herself away once those wheels start turning on the carts!
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Post by danb on Mar 4, 2021 9:39:33 GMT
It’s the new Les Mis apparently...
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Post by Seriously on Mar 4, 2021 12:25:15 GMT
All this effort... I hope the remaining songs warrant it.
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 4, 2021 15:36:54 GMT
Bored on my lunchbreak and was looking at tickets for this...
Why has the circle just...vanished? Does the Gillian Lynne now only have a Stalls?
And LOL that the revolving fairground seats are £105
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Post by nick on Mar 4, 2021 15:54:51 GMT
Bored on my lunchbreak and was looking at tickets for this... Why has the circle just...vanished? Does the Gillian Lynne now only have a Stalls? And LOL that the revolving fairground seats are £105 What? I've got tickets for the circle! Mind you they keep moving dates so I'll see when AND WHERE when I get the next email. They were cheap because they were restricted view but all this revolving stuff might make that better or worse. Who can tell. It's a roller coaster** **That's not a new rumour about ALW's plans for the front seats BTW. |
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 4, 2021 16:41:30 GMT
Honestly the seating plan (unless, after a year, I've forgotten how to use theatre websites) does not have a circle.
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Post by Mark on Mar 4, 2021 16:48:19 GMT
Honestly the seating plan (unless, after a year, I've forgotten how to use theatre websites) does not have a circle. Seems to have vanished from the LW theatres website. I could have sworn they'd taken the first few weeks (June and early July) off sale when I'd checked the other day but they now appear to be back on sale from June 25th. |
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 4, 2021 16:59:48 GMT
The new booking schedule, which has indeed changed, would suggest that the official opening night will be 14 July, with performances before then previews.
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Post by Mark on Mar 4, 2021 17:28:00 GMT
The new booking schedule, which has indeed changed, would suggest that the official opening night will be 14 July, with performances before then previews. Typically, I’d booked my dad in for the day before the new first preview it that’s true. |
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Post by iamamazing on Mar 4, 2021 19:05:26 GMT
I’m excited to see everyone’s reactions when the seats move in in the circle for when I do go has anyone received there new dates for this yet???
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