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Post by FairyGodmother on Mar 26, 2021 16:53:30 GMT
I've realised I've seen at least four Cinderella ballets and I'm confusing them all (and probably mixing a pantomime or two in as well!).
One ENB one with a lot of clocks (pre-2011 I think), one that was Russian-ish but no idea of the company (gorgeous brocade-looking costumes and a sleigh) maybe around 2014, and Scottish Ballet's one with the insects pulling the carriage (2017/8?), and the Matthew Bourne one set around WW2 (2019?). I'm going to have to go and look through all my programmes!
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Mar 29, 2021 16:36:37 GMT
Ah
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Post by musicalmarge on Mar 29, 2021 19:10:50 GMT
Are they still casting this??? So odd
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Post by fiyero on Mar 29, 2021 19:24:50 GMT
Are they still casting this??? So odd What did I miss? (I'm guessing a deleted tweet?)
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Post by danb on Mar 29, 2021 19:49:24 GMT
I think people are just impatient for concrete news of anything.
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Post by johnie21 on Mar 29, 2021 20:17:45 GMT
Are they still casting this??? So odd What did I miss? (I'm guessing a deleted tweet?) casting is fully casted I think April is casting announcement. Along with the soundtrack!
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Post by stagebyte on Mar 29, 2021 21:23:23 GMT
So who’s the random ‘beauty and the beast extra’ bloke on CHFs Instagram story rambling on about his buns? Is he one of the Cinderella cast?
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Post by FairyGodmother on Mar 30, 2021 7:49:37 GMT
The video on Carrie's Instagram was tweeted yesterday by the ALW Cinderella account, and then deleted.
It didn't give his name though, just talked about seeing his lovely buns soon or something.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2021 8:07:56 GMT
Yes I saw this too. Was Tweeted (briefly) by the official account so maybe he's in it? Some guy with a tray singing about his buns - sounded a bit like a line from Oliver but not sure if the musical snippet was from the show.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Mar 30, 2021 9:05:27 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 30, 2021 9:21:08 GMT
@mm, you are actually Andrew Lloyd Webber and I claim my £5.🙂 Your Moulin Rouge suggestion was just to throw us off the scent.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Mar 30, 2021 9:48:22 GMT
I just remembered I actually sent a screenshot of the tweet to my sister. It said:
Perhaps they took it down because it sounded a bit "Cinderella meets the Chippendales"?
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Post by stagebyte on Mar 30, 2021 16:58:46 GMT
Or derivative of Who Will Buy? or the opening of Beauty and The Beast? The costume was very panto fairytale? Wonder if the whole thing is traditionally costumed along with story? Or will it be modern clumpy Docs goth Ella gets hit on the bonce by a flying stale bun and she wakes up in medieval Belleville. Everyone sings regretful ballads (with Year 6 rhyming lyrics but gorgeous orchestrations) and she raps a bit about how ‘bad’ she is before regaining consciousness along with the audience 😉 The marketing for this show is a strange one that’s for sure. I know they’re trying to keep the plot ‘twist’ secret but the various videos they’ve released are just so random. The hot buns video was all a bit fnar fnar ooo-er missus. Hence me thinking of panto. Maybe they just took it down because it was a bit rubbish.
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Post by johnie21 on Mar 30, 2021 17:29:36 GMT
Or derivative of Who Will Buy? or the opening of Beauty and The Beast? The costume was very panto fairytale? Wonder if the whole thing is traditionally costumed along with story? Or will it be modern clumpy Docs goth Ella gets hit on the bonce by a flying stale bun and she wakes up in medieval Belleville. Everyone sings regretful ballads (with Year 6 rhyming lyrics but gorgeous orchestrations) and she raps a bit about how ‘bad’ she is before regaining consciousness along with the audience 😉 The marketing for this show is a strange one that’s for sure. I know they’re trying to keep the plot ‘twist’ secret but the various videos they’ve released are just so random. The hot buns video was all a bit fnar fnar ooo-er missus. Hence me thinking of panto. Maybe they just took it down because it was a bit rubbish. Totally agree: I think it is like the Opening from Beauty and The Beast. And kind of like Oliver too. I know from the video what was posted on the first day of rehearsals there is a wooden market stall.
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Post by stagebyte on Mar 30, 2021 17:34:55 GMT
Even the name of the village Belleville makes me think of Beauty and the Beast. This could be deliberate of course and Emerald and Andrew’s attempt at Disney pastiche before launching into their ‘updated and new, like nothing we’ve ever seen before’ version of Cinderella.
Please God no. Don’t let this be Emerald and Andrew’s attempt at Disney pastiche...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2021 19:23:58 GMT
@mm , you are actually Andrew Lloyd Webber and I claim my £5.🙂 Your Moulin Rouge suggestion was just to throw us off the scent. If only you knew... Ivano Turco is opening the show as P.Charming.
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Mar 30, 2021 20:32:39 GMT
Even the name of the village Belleville makes me think of Beauty and the Beast. This could be deliberate of course and Emerald and Andrew’s attempt at Disney pastiche before launching into their ‘updated and new, like nothing we’ve ever seen before’ version of Cinderella. Please God no. Don’t let this be Emerald and Andrew’s attempt at Disney pastiche... I throw up in my mouth every single time I hear Belleville mentioned. And this is a relatively new marketing gimmick.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Mar 30, 2021 21:58:17 GMT
Bit more about Belleville here:
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on Mar 30, 2021 22:32:32 GMT
Bit more about Belleville here:
So it's the town in Hot Fuzz?
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 30, 2021 22:46:58 GMT
Bit more about Belleville here:
So it's the town in Hot Fuzz?
She makes Phoebe Waller Bridge sound like someone off the market in Eastenders. It all sounds ghastly. I hope at least there are some ‘pneumatic’ chorus boys to look at.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2021 23:25:43 GMT
Bit more about Belleville here:
So it's the town in Hot Fuzz?
It's for the greater good...
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 31, 2021 6:24:32 GMT
So it’s some sort of nightmarish Duloc style fairytale town where anything imperfect has to be dealt with including “bad” Cinderella who wears black tops and stomps around in her bovver boots fancying other girls or giggling in corners with her gay mate. Got it.
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Post by danb on Mar 31, 2021 8:33:59 GMT
...or the Theatre Cafe on a Saturday lunchtime as it’s more commonly known.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2021 9:02:10 GMT
I know it's lockdown and we're bored, but nobody could deny this show has got us talking!
Though am now having nightmares about it being set in the Theatre Cafe on Saturday lunchtime.
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Post by nick on Mar 31, 2021 15:48:43 GMT
I'm not sure down with the kids is necessary for Cinderella. She's did some good writing for Killing Eve and is up for an Oscar so I'm happy to give her the benefit of the doubt.
I also enjoyed her in Call the Midwife.
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