Next to Normal - Donmar / Wyndham’s

Lizzy Parker was wonderful in Songs for a New World. Can’t wait to see her in this role.

Previews-Front Row Stalls Tickets now available for £35

I would think They'll be lots of deals to be had for this during its run. Lots of rush/lottery/today tix. It's doesn't seem to have sold well with good availability for 95% of its performances.

Booked, very excited.

Still slightly baffled by what the marketing strategy has been for this. From some behind the scenes clips posted ages ago they appear to have recordings of ‘I’m Alive’ and ‘I’ve Been’ that they haven’t released yet. I would’ve assumed that the plan would’ve been for them to be consistently posted up until previews to build hype? The social media presence in general has also been a bit spotty. But oh well. I’m hoping once it starts it builds a bit more word of mouth publicity and starts selling better. The earliest I can go is September so I really don’t want it closing early

Whoever producers hired to do marketing probably should have been replaced after the response to the artwork. The social media for this show really is really really not great. Especially considering how much momentum they had from Donmar, they should have really been pushing this. Feels like it's an afterthought at the agency handling it.

In all fairness, even as a "superfan" they're not doing a great job.  There are posters who have commented on this thread expressing genuine enthusiasm for the show in its Donmar incarnation who I'm quite confident would have created more interesting and engaging content than some of the Instagram posts we have seen in recent months from the production account.    

They're not even particularly responsive to what cast members do on their own social media, such as for example sharing links to interviews in which they have spoken at length about becoming involved with the production and how the rehearsal process has worked, etc.  This means they miss out on opportunities to promote the show and getting visibility potentially across slightly different sectors of the audience... 

I’m happy to hear there are rumours about Jamie Parker going to Broadway, his acting is incredible. Caissie Levy is obviously a guarantee if it goes there and I’ve heard rumours since the start of the show about Jack Wolfe going as well. I hope that might mean they’d be looking to take Eleanor Worthington-Cox across too because her mother/daughter chemistry with Caissie Levy is so impactful. However, I imagine it would be a struggle to bring three British actors across to Broadway because of certain rules regarding international actors, no? I’m not expert on these things but I vaguely remember reading in the past about the extra hoops West End actors have to jump through to go to Broadway or vice versa.

As for that meaning it won’t close, once again I don’t know much about the behind the scenes of these types of things so I’ll take your word for it. I’m just more aware of closures due to poor sales recently with the likes of Bonnie & Clyde and Opening Night (although I’ll grant you there were several other factors that went into both of those shows closing.)

Rush just showed up on TodayTix for £25

A super fan of the show could have done better artwork and much more impactful posts on socials. It’s appalling they’ve stuck with this art and that it’s on the front of the theatre, an absolute travesty. The person running the socials is doing a terrible job.

Would be intrigued to know if any changes, and if the Wyndhams restricts the immediacy and intimacy the Donmar always has

Interval report: Amazing. It’s the same show with only very slight staging changes. Natalie stays on for a bit of the beginning of I miss the mountains. Caissie’s Diana seems slightly more unstable but is mostly the same. If Donmar was 5.0 this is 4.98 only because the intimacy isn’t quite the same but they are doing the best possible version they can on a standard stage. The crowd is loving it. Steven Sater, who wrote Spring Awakening is here in the crowd!