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Post by stefy69 on Jul 14, 2017 6:04:32 GMT
The chap playing Sam ( I don't have my programme with me to name him ) Presumably Steffan Lloyd-Evans, unless there was any unscheduled understudy action. Yes, he is very good, and I say that as someone who always finds Dave Hearn a hard act to follow. Thanks yes that is the chap and agree 100% about Dave Hearn  |
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Post by Dawnstar on Aug 12, 2017 22:00:40 GMT
I doubt anyone other than myself will be interested in this but tonight I completed seeing all the 1st covers for the replacement cast. It was supposed to happen next week but on my way back from Berkshire I saw on Twitter there was understudy action so put in an unscheduled diversion to the Criterion. The matinee sounds like it would have been even more interesting to see: apparently Sean Kerns lost his voice during the show so for Act 2 Mike Bodie had to switch from covering Cooper to covering Freeboys while Niall Ransome took over covering Cooper. This evening it was Mike as Freeboys (the last 1st cover I needed to catch) & Niall as Cooper (the 3rd 2nd cover I've seen). Mike did a very good job as Freeboys & Niall was so adorable as Cooper I didn't want him to die! The cast was down to 11, which is the minimum number needed to get through a show, so hopefully everyone will hold up for tomorrow. With Mike & Niall covering & Sam not on there were only Holly & Paula to do the ensemble tracks so it was the first time I've seen one of the "women" in the 3rd phone call scene actually played by a woman. |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Aug 14, 2017 8:25:55 GMT
Can anyone help me out? I want to take of £25 ticket offer for Sundays but can't seem yo find anywhere to enter the promo code to unlock it? Does anyone know where you input it?
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Post by jamb0r on Aug 14, 2017 8:47:46 GMT
If you go on the Criterion Box Office site, choose a Sunday with good availability (I think there are limited numbers of the £25 seats available) then select band A seats (when I just looked band A seats are coloured blue) then click continue, then continue again then the next page there is a box to put in a promo code, so just put it in there and it will reduce the price of the tickets if the offer is still available for that date 😀 |
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 23, 2017 22:36:31 GMT
In case anyone other than me is still trying to keep tabs on this show's many changes, Everyone Else's 3-way fight has now been restored to the start of Act 2, having been missing since cast change. Irvine's monologue, which had been replacing it since June (before that nothing replaced it due to the different structure of the start of Act 2) has therefore now been dropped. I think the reversion is an improvement, as I missed the fight & wasn't keen on the monologue.
If anyone wants to see the current cast you have just over 2 months, as there will be a cast change at the end of November. However I was told today that only about half the cast will be leaving then & the other half will be staying till February. I don't know who is in which half, though as Chris Pizzey was tweeting recently about a panto photoshoot I think it's safe to assume he'll be leaving.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 14:27:17 GMT
Tour starts from 23 August 2018 at Birmingham REP
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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 12, 2017 16:26:31 GMT
I don't know the Birmingham Rep. Is it a large theatre, in terms of proscenium size rather than audience capacity? Ever since the show started I've been wondering how they'll manage the vents & rope scenes on a tour. I mean it's scary enough for the actors hanging off the top of the Criterion's small proscenium arch but I do not envy the future tour cast if they have to hang off a proscenium twice the height! Or whether the tour will install a fake proscenium at each venue so the actors aren't so far up, at the risk of blocking balcony views.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 23:49:13 GMT
I don't know the Birmingham Rep. Is it a large theatre, in terms of proscenium size rather than audience capacity? Ever since the show started I've been wondering how they'll manage the vents & rope scenes on a tour. I mean it's scary enough for the actors hanging off the top of the Criterion's small proscenium arch but I do not envy the future tour cast if they have to hang off a proscenium twice the height! Or whether the tour will install a fake proscenium at each venue so the actors aren't so far up, at the risk of blocking balcony views. The REP's stage and pros arch is quite large actually, but like most big venues, masking and false arches are used if the show is on tour or intended to tour after (I haven't seen The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, so I wouldn't know what requirements it would need, but I imagine it would be achievable on tour). |
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Post by Jon on Oct 12, 2017 23:52:50 GMT
I wonder if the tour will be alongside the London production or will they close the London production?
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Post by Stephen on Oct 26, 2017 19:53:13 GMT
Are there any loud gunshots? I hate guns in plays...
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Post by lynette on Oct 26, 2017 20:19:20 GMT
Are there any loud gunshots? I hate guns in plays... Correct me guys if I’ve misremembered but I believe there is at least one gun shot. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2017 23:37:34 GMT
I think there are 3 gunshots.
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 6, 2017 13:41:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 18:11:42 GMT
Great to hear its extended through November 2018, I do wonder which if the two Mischief plays will be the first to bow out in the West End? I doubt it will happen anytime soon for either!
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Post by Jon on Nov 6, 2017 18:31:33 GMT
Great to hear its extended through November 2018, I do wonder which if the two Mischief plays will be the first to bow out in the West End? I doubt it will happen anytime soon for either! Comedy has been discounting heavily for a while so I suspect it'll be that one. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 28, 2017 22:49:27 GMT
In case anyone other than me is keeping track, tonight was the last show for Hannah-Kate Boyd, Steffan Lloyd-Evans, Chris Pizzey & Miles Yekkini. The "new" cast start tomorrow (only 3 people are actually new), apart from Chris Leask who's busy in Salford with ACCGW so is starting next week.
The downside of having cast change on a Tuesday (apart from the fact I'll be knackered for the rest of the week!) was that the audience were somewhat thin on the ground. No speech at the end to say people were leaving. I was the only person at stage door & I had to go for my train before most of the cast exited. Basically, anyone who's experienced a Wicked cast change, this was pretty much the polar opposite!
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 2, 2017 23:34:53 GMT
This afternoon's performance was, well, interesting. Act 1 went fine but when Act 2 started there seemed a bit of a delay & then a few minutes in, at the end of the 3rd telephone scene, the show was stopped due to sound problems. After about 10 minutes, and some experimental playing of music, it restarted. Then at Cooper's final appearance, picking up Warren with the seagulls, it wasn't Laurence Pears doing it but Mike Bodie, in his ensemble clothing & with the line changed to "This is Deborah and Simon, and Cooper's over there"! Apparently Laurence injured an elbow in Cooper's death drop & packed off to hospital to get checked. Whichever hospital is nearest to the West End must be sick to death by now of dealing with cast members injured in Mischief shows!
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Post by Dawnstar on Dec 22, 2017 23:46:50 GMT
In case anyone's interested, Charlie Russell was back as Caprice yesterday & today, having also done a show the Sunday before last. I managed to squeeze in seeing her, thanks to there being an extra matinee today. I'm not sure if her acting's got even better in the last 10 months or if I'd just forgotten how good she was as Caprice. Jack Whittle was also on for Sam, having debued this past weekend. I think he's very good in the role. Acting excellent & even in the few days from seeing him on Saturday to seeing him today the physicality was improved (this is usual with understudies & replacement casts in Mischief shows, it always takes a bit of time for them to be at ease with the intense physicality). Considering this was only their 2nd show opposite each other they also had very good chemistry.
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Post by danielwhit on Jan 2, 2018 12:10:49 GMT
I saw this last week - having not seen it since the original cast left, and overall wasn't impressed. There were an uncountable number of jokes which just fell flat due to weak delivery. The fact that the audience weren't as into it as previous became obvious in the silence during Chris Leask's one/three man fight routine - which certainly was not due to him being any different than he was a year ago.
I don't feel it would be fair for me to comment on individuals in a negative light however, so I won't mention anything more specific.
It's still good, I won't pretend otherwise - but it is not great at the moment.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 2, 2018 15:59:53 GMT
I don't feel it would be fair for me to comment on individuals in a negative light however, so I won't mention anything more specific. How tantalising! I am now very curious as to which individuals you might be referring to. Did you see the full cast or were there understudies on? |
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Post by danielwhit on Jan 2, 2018 22:07:09 GMT
I don't feel it would be fair for me to comment on individuals in a negative light however, so I won't mention anything more specific. How tantalising! I am now very curious as to which individuals you might be referring to. Did you see the full cast or were there understudies on? Mike was on as Robin. Otherwise full cast. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 12:17:14 GMT
Tour dates so far. Further dates to be announced.
23 Aug - 8 Sep BIRMINGHAM Rep Theatre
11 - 15 Sep SALFORD QUAYS The Lowry
18 - 22 Sep CANTERBURY Marlowe Theatre
25 - 29 Sep NOTTINGHAM Theatre Royal
2 - 6 Oct PLYMOUTH Theatre Royal
22 - 27 Oct LEEDS Grand Theatre
30 Oct - 3 Nov CHELTENHAM Everyman Theatre
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 3, 2018 19:00:38 GMT
Mike was on as Robin. Otherwise full cast. Oh, right. I was wondering if it was a bit off when you saw it if there were lots of understudies on but just 1 shouldn't make a difference, especially as Mike's been on for Freeboys a number of times recently. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2018 21:01:20 GMT
I saw this last week - having not seen it since the original cast left, and overall wasn't impressed. There were an uncountable number of jokes which just fell flat due to weak delivery. The fact that the audience weren't as into it as previous became obvious in the silence during Chris Leask's one/three man fight routine - which certainly was not due to him being any different than he was a year ago. I don't feel it would be fair for me to comment on individuals in a negative light however, so I won't mention anything more specific. It's still good, I won't pretend otherwise - but it is not great at the moment. I had this same feeling when seeing TPTGW last week. The current cast were limping through, getting very few laughs from the audience, and it was no doubt because of the delivery. Chris’ line about his directorial dayboo only mustered a half hearted titter, which made his subsequent reaction to being laughed at very unnecessary. The charm of the original cast of Mischief Theatre is very hard to emulate, it seems. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 5, 2018 15:49:47 GMT
The charm of the original cast of Mischief Theatre is very hard to emulate, it seems. I'd agree with that for TPTGW. While I have seen a number of good individual performances from replacement actors, I don't think that any of the replacement casts have been as strong as an overall unit as the original cast. (I am, however, less certain what I think about TCAABR.) |
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