South Pacific - Chichester/ Sadlers Wells/Tour

Really good.  It was the first preview, but I didn't notice any mishaps.  They make full use of the revolve, the whole stage spins and spins, they must get dizzy!  This is a very traditional South Pacific, no massive gimmicks, just a good old classic musical.  Bloody Mary is hilarious and Rob Houchen is an excellent, very earnest Cable.  In fact, the whole cast are certainly in fine voice.  The costume dept must be having a nightmare as Gina Beck is now very obviously pregnant.  I hope they've included some elastic waistbands, she's still going to be there till 23rd Aug.  I'm going back next Tuesday for press night, this time with a side stalls seat, so it will be interesting to see if anything has changed and how the view differs.  I think this is going to do well.  

Thanks for the info. Julian Ovenden and Rob Houchen are 2 of my favourite singers.
We have been moved from centre stalls to side stalls so will be interested to hear what the view is like from there.
I wonder if they are thinking of a transfer at some point as its not been done in the westend for a long time.

I would say about 10:30, but it started a few mins late and Julian's speech at the end was about 5-10 mins, so it's probably going to be trimmed back from that.

All sounds very promising! I'm seeing the livestream a week before Carousel so should be interesting seeing such seemingly different ways of tackling R&H so close together. To be fair though from what I know South Pacific has definitely held up to modern standards better than Carousel, even if it's still a bit outdated.

So this is a traditional production? There was a promotional video a couple of weeks back that mentioned this being South Pacific “with a twist” or something similar.

I want to see it either way, I just don’t get why they were talking up putting a new spin on it if they haven’t.

So looking forward to the live stream.. We're really lucky to have such voices in it. How do we start a campaign for a cast recording?

www.whatsonstage.com/chichester-theatre/news/south-pacific-at-chichester-festival-photos_54462.html

Nice photos, although the angles they've chosen of Gina Beck are very funny — it's like in soaps when a pregnant actress is always filmed standing behind something, or wearing a big coat, or holding something to hide her bump.

I'm going to see the show this afternoon and very much looking forward to it.
All the reviews I read yesterday were very good and didn't reflect the poster aboves view so going with an open mind.
But we can't all like the same things.
Only my 2nd trip outside of London since the start of Covid so will be nice to have an away day.

Myself, Mrs Lovett and Aunt Sally are all going tonight, picnic blanket is already in the car! 

Having read several reviews, I'm surprised none of the reviewers mentioned that. When the production pictures were released I was surprised at quite how obviously pregnant she is. It's made me reconsider whether to buy a ticket for the streaming, as I think I will find it pretty distracting given the character is very clearly not supposed to be pregnant.