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Post by danb on Jun 21, 2019 17:25:07 GMT
Yeah, theres like five great things on at once, plus ‘Ghost’ started there! (Other face melting musicals of quality may have also started there).
All it needs now is for SirLordBaronLloydGeorge to premiere his latest offering there and I might actually believe that things are a changing. I just cynically thought it was to do with it being a smidge cheaper to do things oop North, so the hard payroll hours are done out of London and a finished product is delivered to its London home without the need for loads of London weighted hours going into it. Also you’re more likely to get a 4 or 5 star rave from the Manchester Evening News than any other newspaper in the Western world.
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Post by worthing5 on Jun 21, 2019 17:26:52 GMT
When can i hope to know the cast? Auditions just went up on Spotlight this morning for most of the characters, including the Phantom. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 21, 2019 17:31:35 GMT
Yeah, theres like five great things on at once, plus ‘Ghost’ started there! (Other face melting musicals of quality may have also started there). All it needs now is for SirLordBaronLloydGeorge to premiere his latest offering there and I might actually believe that things are a changing. I just cynically thought it was to do with it being a smidge cheaper to do things oop North, so the hard payroll hours are done out of London and a finished product is delivered to its London home without the need for loads of London weighted hours going into it. Also you’re more likely to get a 4 or 5 star rave from the Manchester Evening News than any other newspaper in the Western world. Buzzkill 😟 |
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Post by justfran on Jun 21, 2019 18:17:33 GMT
I saw the tour a few years ago in Edinburgh and really enjoyed it. Seems there’s a lot of great shows planning tours in the next year or two 😊
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Post by danb on Jun 21, 2019 18:24:13 GMT
Yeah, theres like five great things on at once, plus ‘Ghost’ started there! (Other face melting musicals of quality may have also started there). All it needs now is for SirLordBaronLloydGeorge to premiere his latest offering there and I might actually believe that things are a changing. I just cynically thought it was to do with it being a smidge cheaper to do things oop North, so the hard payroll hours are done out of London and a finished product is delivered to its London home without the need for loads of London weighted hours going into it. Also you’re more likely to get a 4 or 5 star rave from the Manchester Evening News than any other newspaper in the Western world. Buzzkill 😟 Wasn’t meaning to be. It would be brilliant to get more than one watchable production on in Bristol & the South West at the same time instead of the odd decent tour or interesting tidbit at the Old Vic. I don’t even know if my theory is true. Is it cheaper to rehearse and tech a large show up North? Do people work for the same scale wherever it is, with just the expenses being more in London? |
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 21, 2019 22:48:11 GMT
BurlyBeaR Is that a photo of a relation of yours or is he too small to be a member of the Burly clan?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 22, 2019 5:32:33 GMT
That’s cousin Erik. Odd character. Goes out every night at 7, comes back covered in candle wax.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 6:00:20 GMT
Certainly the first UK tour (which was the original production) did have the chandelier in Manchester and Bristol. That tour did very long sit downs at each venue. But anyway, taking the chandelier on tour is certainly possible. Very interesting that while the new productions of Les Mis/Miss Saigon etc are now worldwide and the originals have been retired - Cam Mac (or ALW!) seem to have ditched the new version of Phantom and returned to the original. The original is much better (and I am very pleased) but the new version was easier to tour and did sell out everywhere - so for once it looks like producers have gone with quality rather than quick profit. Unusual! |
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Post by xanady on Jun 22, 2019 7:32:29 GMT
Between them CM and ALW have a reported net worth of approx $1.9 billion so you would think that to preserve the legacy of this show,they would be able to stump up the cash for touring the ‘original’.Money no object and all that!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 7:42:51 GMT
Certainly the first UK tour (which was the original production) did have the chandelier in Manchester and Bristol. That tour did very long sit downs at each venue. But anyway, taking the chandelier on tour is certainly possible. Very interesting that while the new productions of Les Mis/Miss Saigon etc are now worldwide and the originals have been retired - Cam Mac (or ALW!) seem to have ditched the new version of Phantom and returned to the original. The original is much better (and I am very pleased) but the new version was easier to tour and did sell out everywhere - so for once it looks like producers have gone with quality rather than quick profit. Unusual! We've not seen the ticket prices yet... Perhaps they'll have both. Also, I dare say ALW is a little less amenable than CS & AB - especially when it comes to Phantom - so maybe Webber is the driving force in the decision to revert to the original. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 7:48:10 GMT
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Post by Oleanna on Jun 22, 2019 9:44:04 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 22, 2019 9:50:49 GMT
Erik, BurlyBeaR, with a kicking k! What sort of ridiculous affectation is that? If you want to retain any kind of northern credibility, you need to break off all contact with that side of the family. 🙂 |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 10:14:19 GMT
If we're going off the world tour for production then it seems like we might be getting some SIA Sorry, what is SIA? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 10:21:01 GMT
If it's the original production they're touring, they will have the chandelier falling. As Dom said, both the first and second UK tours in 1993 and 1998 were replicas of the London production, with the chandelier. It's interesting though they are still touring the US with the new version. |
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Post by Oleanna on Jun 22, 2019 14:07:31 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 22, 2019 15:12:06 GMT
SIA - you never see ‘er.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 22, 2019 17:45:31 GMT
@theatremonkey is your Uncle Gerald going for an audition? Or has he finally hung up the cymbals? (not before time some might say!)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 20:20:02 GMT
Certainly the first UK tour (which was the original production) did have the chandelier in Manchester and Bristol. That tour did very long sit downs at each venue. But anyway, taking the chandelier on tour is certainly possible. Very interesting that while the new productions of Les Mis/Miss Saigon etc are now worldwide and the originals have been retired - Cam Mac (or ALW!) seem to have ditched the new version of Phantom and returned to the original. The original is much better (and I am very pleased) but the new version was easier to tour and did sell out everywhere - so for once it looks like producers have gone with quality rather than quick profit. Unusual! We've not seen the ticket prices yet... Perhaps they'll have both. Also, I dare say ALW is a little less amenable than CS & AB - especially when it comes to Phantom - so maybe Webber is the driving force in the decision to revert to the original. Haha, true - two excellent points! |
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Post by anthony on Jun 22, 2019 23:14:44 GMT
I'm not sure that the last tour did sell out everywhere -- I saw it 2 evenings in Milton Keynes and on one of the evenings I literally had about the 5-6 row in the dress circle to myself (genuinely no exaggeration, the entire row and only me...).
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Post by scarpia on Jun 23, 2019 0:08:14 GMT
We've not seen the ticket prices yet... Perhaps they'll have both. Also, I dare say ALW is a little less amenable than CS & AB - especially when it comes to Phantom - so maybe Webber is the driving force in the decision to revert to the original. This is pretty much about right. ALW never really liked the restaged tour and said publicly soon after it opened that the Hal Prince production hadn't been bettered. And ALW does call the shots ultimately on this show. If Cameron had his way, Phantom's huge orchestra would have been replaced by computers and no doubt he'd have tried to ditch the show and replace it with his awful SPECTACULAR new production as he's doing with Miz. A certain well-known Phantom alumnus told me not longer after the restaged tour closed in the UK that it would never be coming back to Britain, even though it's still doing the rounds in America. I wasn't sure whether to believe that, but it looks like that was about right. Thank God. |
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Post by indis on Jun 23, 2019 14:41:47 GMT
When can i hope to know the cast? Auditions just went up on Spotlight this morning for most of the characters, including the Phantom. thanks  Christine too?
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Post by stevej678 on Jun 24, 2019 9:12:48 GMT
Front row of the stalls looks the best value at the Palace Theatre in Manchester.
£65 (£70 Friday/Saturday) standard price or £70 (£75 Friday/Saturday) premium for most of the stalls and circle apart from the extreme sides, with the front row of the stalls £52 (£56 Friday/Saturday).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2019 9:16:33 GMT
Quite surprised at the pricing on this in Manchester.
Saturday Nights, Pink seats, best premium £75, £70 majority, outer stalls £40. Even with ATG add on nonsense, nothing seems to go over £100.
Much more reasonable than Mormon and Les Mis.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2019 9:17:19 GMT
Front row of the stalls looks the best value at the Palace Theatre in Manchester. £65 (£70 Friday/Saturday) standard price or £70 (£75 Friday/Saturday) premium for most of the stalls and circle apart from the extreme sides, with the front row of the stalls £52 (£56 Friday/Saturday). Yes, Couldn't help but snap up a £52 front row seat for the opening night. |
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