Children of Eden - Cadogen Hall

Same here - the "continue" button on the page where you select payment method just reloads the page instead of letting me put in my card details.

Thank you!! X

Enjoy, everyone who's there! I'm very grumpy that I'm not - I was planning to be if I could get a deal, then I caught flipping covid last week (I'm fine, way past the worst of it now and just tired)

This was brilliant this afternoon!! If you can get a ticket for tonight JUST GO !!

This was incredible this afternoon - such an epic score! Everyone was on top form, Emma Kingston blew the roof off in Act 2 and seeing Stephen Schwartz play & original cast member Ray Shell sing in an encore was tremendous! The fantastic Theo Jamieson was conducting as Tom Dwering was unwell.

First time at Cadogan Hall and my (cheap) gallery seats meant I couldn't see the singers stage right, who happened to be Rob Houchen, Ruthie Henshall, Emma Kingston and Leslie Garcia Bowman for act one. Spoke to a lovely usher who allowed me to swap sides to a slightly more central side seat for act two.

Now having an horrendous Southern Rail journey home but it was worth it!

Are you travelling back to Bognor ??

I'm not sure which company it was but I saw it in 2019 at the Winston Churchill theatre in Ruislip. Incidentally if anyone reads this in the current interval and is sitting further back front row stalls seats AA16 and AA17 are unoccupied.

Children of Eden is quite the show; Sorcery/witchcraft, incest, murder, genocide, forced marriages and lots of great tunes.

I saw the OLC and the concert 10 years ago and i think the show has a great score. Tonight confirmed that. The orchestra were wonderful, lots of great percussion bringing out all the elements of the original orchestrations and a cast that delivered the songs beautifully. Adam Pearce with his deep, warm voice reminded me of Ken Page from the original production. Carl Spencer as Adam/Noah was new to me, but someone I'll look out for in future productions. His tone was gorgeous. Emma Kingston belted up a storm and Rob Houchen showed that he's going to be a big leading man in the near future. I also really enjoed Shan Ako. Having seen her in Les Miz previously, i was pleasently surprisd by how good she sounds, when singing the score as written without the need to riff every few lines.

The sound coming from everyone on stage, including the GSA chorus and child chorus was really quite moving, especially in the final number, In The Beginning. It also made me wonder what Titanic would sound like there, big orchestra, big chorus, I'd pay big bucks to see that.

I'm not sure Children of Eden could sell a long run production, but to hear it again in concert form was perfect. Maybe I'll be there for the 40th Anniversary. I almost forgot to add that Ray Shell was still sounding as good as he did 30 years ago in the Encore of Generations. Was surprised that Stephen Schwartz didnt want to say a few words at the end. Still it was great to have him there.

I've never been to Cadogan Hall before. Great venue, wonderful sound, comfy seats and staff that seemed happy to be there.
Here's Ray Shell (in a shell suit) with the OLC singing Generations

Agree, Emma Kingston was incredible and the stand-out of the concert.

Would it have killed them to put a slip in the programme with her name/bio to alert people that she was Eve/Mama Noah?

Sound was fine in the corner at the front, but I found the children rather pointless too.

I'd actually completely forgotten about him!

So had I When I wrote my thoughts on the show, but then sometime later he popped into my head. I don't understand what the point was really. He told lame jokes and introduced the show, but not with any real excitement.


You might want to try Footlight Records. Footlight have been around for years though they are now only online. It's owner has produced so many cast recordings over the years and he has special permission from Stephen Schwartz to produce CDR's of the OLCR. More information here and within the sites FAQ.
footlight.com/product/children-of-eden-steven-schwartz-rare-london-cast-cdr-1980/