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

Oh I DO hope SO! We don’t want another Stephen Ward!

I hope you remember to shout "Wheeeeee!" as the seats move.

So of all the songs released, this was the one I was eager to hear after last year's simple ALW piano/Carrie singing at Her Majesty's - and it didn't disappoint.  The full orchestrations not overpowering but adding even more color to what was a beautiful song.  Can imagine a reprise/orchestral sweep of that as well.

I've enjoyed the releases and listening to all four in a row today, I'm eager for the full recording.

I liked Whistle and Woman In White. Didn't see Stephen Ward as it just felt too abstract to me. I do question ALW's creative urges sometimes and he always gets excited about everything. Sometimes I wish he'd just refresh and revive some of his older works. Starlight could be amazing with the tech that is around today. Surround sound and video walls around an arena setting. Could be brilliant!

What do you think ALW will do/should do if June 21st gets put back by a couple of weeks as seems to be under consideration at the moment? Cancel previews and defer the opening? Go ahead with previews at reduced capacity? I think we can discount him going ahead despite government advice because despite all the bravado about suing the government that would presumably be breaking the law and I doubt they’d do that.

The complexity of that though. They’d have to go through all of the bookings and re-plan them individually. Any single bookings would be first to get bumped off I’m sure, followed by a lot of doubles.

I think they've been rehearsing for over a month as well — at some point they're going to want to just get on and do it.

There's a lengthy new interview with ALW on The Telegraph website where he says "If you want to stop theatre, you'll have to arrest us" and Cinderella will open on 25 June "come hell or high water". 

I have sympathy with the position he finds himself in, but I'm not sure effectively saying he intends to open the production regardless of potential Government legislation/guidance or scientific advice is the best way to reassure audiences that theatres without social distancing are safe places to be!

He should be arrested purely for the dreadful music for this show. The latest release is ANOTHER snoozefest.

Unless I hear incredible things about this once it starts previewing, im not sure I can be bothered to lose 2.5 hours of my life watching it.

Good on him I say! There is absolutely no evidence to prove that mass gatherings increases transmission. The trials proved the opposite - they are safe. Someone has to stand up to the government's mad and unscientific policies. Sacha Lord and Hugh Osmond have done a fantastic job for the hospitality industry. I'm glad to see someone is finally speaking up for the arts industry, rather than just going along with any and all government measures.

The government should have to prove that something is NOT safe in order to close businesses, rather than businesses have to prove they ARE safe and then still be shut down with ridiculous measures.

It’s a bit hard to have too much sympathy for how hard this is for him, when he jumps in his “chauffeur driven taxi from the Gillian Lynne , to the Lane” … literally 1 minute away from each other 🤣

The re-staged Woman was utterly fantastic though. The original was sunk by a misconceived production. Putting an intimate show like that in a barn of a theatre didn’t help either....