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

Can’t imagine they’ll be too difficult if people want to swap tickets to a later date rather than be part of a trial.

I’ll have had my second vaccine and am in one of the row g single seats so not worried about how full it is. And hopefully masks will keep screaming to a minimum.

I bet we're all wondering how it will do after press night!

I sometimes despair with the theatreboard and the amount of criticism there is for some shows.
It's not even opened and we have heard just a handful of songs and yet people are constantly "slagging off" the show, cast, composer" etc etc.
For God's sake why are people putting the knife in before we know what it's going to be like.
You don't want to see it, don't go.
Some of us want to see it, have booked our seats and looking forward to it.
Surely we should be celebrating new British musicals bringing in much needed cash to the industry and giving people work.
I wonder what someone who is not a theatre person would think if they read some of the threads and would be confused why theatre fans are so critical.
OK when it opens and audiences have seen it and it's a pile I'd poo then, yes, go ahead and moan, but let's give it a chance.
I'm sure there are cast members, friends as well as front and back of house staff who read the forum and it must be so upsetting for them.
I'm sure my comments won't go down well but it's all very tiresome, plus as I get older I don't worry so much if I offend some people and its bl**dy hot, I've got a headache and I'm moody!! Plus my dinner is taking ages to cook 😀
Anyway rant over and apologies.

Oh yes and I've been a member since day one.

Exactly This ^^^
Both ALW and CHF are very polarising figures for different reasons.
I love his musicals but not his politics, think she has a nice voice but to me her acting is weaker than her singing. I give credit when it is due but it’s just my opinion. Her online presence where she overshares comes across as virtue signalling and preachy and a little smug so that does affect my judgment of her as an actress and leading lady. That is *my* impression. Others love her. Good on them. I’m sure there’s plenty of people and productions I love that others can’t stand.
Just because we’ve not seen the show yet doesn’t mean we can’t comment on the bits we have seen and heard.
This board is fun because we can admire, bitch, speculate and critique. It would be so boring if we all liked the same things.
Just because we have been starved of theatre doesn’t mean we should applaud everything that is now offered up. They’ll be the crap and spectacular just like before.
Yes we’re sorry for the takeaway that closed during lockdown but we ate there once and got food poisoning. Let’s not pretend we didn’t have good and bad opinions on theatre before Covid.

Of course. It’s your opinion. And everyone’s entitled.
But ticking us off for ‘slagging’ stuff off and ‘sticking the knife in’ etc and telling everyone ‘Surely we should be celebrating new British musicals bringing in much needed cash to the industry and giving people work’
No. Not every new British musical announced *should* be celebrated just because it’s new, we’ve been in a drought and people have been out of work. While I have empathy for the industry as a whole - we all have our story to tell about the last 18 months.
When I go and see it I’m sure I’ll form a more rounded opinion on it but until then I will voice my opinion (which no one really gives a stuff about other than me) on what I’ve seen and heard so far and leave you with my poorly executed takeaway analogy.

That's exciting! It hasn't made it onto the Highlights album though.

I'd like to hear a duet or ensemble number next I think.

Out of curiosity, is anyone on here going next week?

Well I hear the ending has changed. Much more upbeat and designed to get the punters dancing

Exactly.