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Post by TallPaul on Sept 21, 2017 13:13:36 GMT
mrsj, you'll get used to Ryan. (Don't tell him, but he's actually quite funny.)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 13:39:59 GMT
mrsj , you'll get used to Ryan. (Don't tell him, but he's actually quite funny.) Only "quite"? Tough crowd. |
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 21, 2017 13:41:08 GMT
I'm from t'North. We're hard to please.
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Post by d'James on Sept 21, 2017 13:43:34 GMT
I'm from t'North. We're hard to please. Chips and gravy say otherwise. |
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Post by mrsj on Sept 21, 2017 14:37:23 GMT
The cars do look a bit odd out of context but when they are framed by the film crews as if shooting movie footage they do work quite well.
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Post by theatreian on Sept 21, 2017 15:02:12 GMT
"Ay up Hog-eye love, get t'spotlight on me quick smart. It's me big number!" Or even Jane Macdonald. I can just hear her and she would belt out With One Look |
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Post by theatreian on Sept 21, 2017 15:06:02 GMT
Only "quite"? Tough crowd. Well I am also from up North. A scouser to be precise and I will go so far as to say very funny!! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 15:09:13 GMT
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but on the website it states Danny Mac is only doing the 2017 dates?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 15:32:58 GMT
yeah thats been announced for a while. wish they would release who is replacing him
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 15:45:43 GMT
It was announced yesterday that Danny Mac is doing most of the 2018 dates apart from a few weeks around January. I'm assuming his understudy will play the role for those weeks
The only dates for the whole tour that Danny is NOT appearing in are:
Bristol Hippodrome 9th - 13th Jan 2018
Southampton Mayflower 16th - 20th Jan 2018
Woking New Victoria 22nd - 27th Jan 2018
Also 26th February 2018
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 21, 2017 16:05:13 GMT
Any more feedback on Max?
Does he hit the money on Greatest Star Of All?
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Post by jgblunners on Sept 21, 2017 16:07:09 GMT
It was announced yesterday that Danny Mac is doing most of the 2018 dates apart from a few weeks around January. I'm assuming his understudy will play the role for those weeks The only dates for the whole tour that Danny is NOT appearing in are: Bristol Hippodrome 9th - 13th Jan 2018 Southampton Mayflower 16th - 20th Jan 2018 Woking New Victoria 22nd - 27th Jan 2018 Also 26th February 2018 Well I'm there on the first night in Bristol so will be able to report back with who it is! |
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Post by SageStageMgr on Sept 21, 2017 16:14:27 GMT
Got round to looking up these rehearsal snaps.
It looks cheap.
I laughed out loud at Joe driving a dodgem, with a blurry projection behind him.
BUT Danny Mac certainly looks the part, if nothing else. I can see why he was cast.
Why is Ria Jones mugging for the camera, does she do this much "acting" in the show?
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Post by theatreian on Sept 21, 2017 16:22:38 GMT
I laughed out loud at Joe driving a dodgem, with a blurry projection behind him. BUT Danny Mac certainly looks the part, if nothing else. I can see why he was cast. Yes, just seen the pictures myself. A far cry from the Adelphi production, but hey guess there are budgets to be met. I agree that Danny looks the part. |
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 21, 2017 16:25:32 GMT
Danny Mac is appearing in Cinderella at the Birmingham Hippodrome until 28th January 2018. A well paid panto gig on the back of his Strictly success last year. He was cast in this before Sunset so always unavailable for January.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 16:25:53 GMT
I dont understand the dodgem car look. Surely it would have been more effective and cheaper to just have the front view of the car so we see Joe behind the windscreen at the steering wheel.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 16:29:47 GMT
Danny Mac is appearing in Cinderella at the Birmingham Hippodrome until 28th January 2018. A well paid panto gig on the back of his Strictly success last year. He was cast in this before Sunset so always unavailable for January. Same producer too. |
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 21, 2017 16:35:13 GMT
It will not be worth re-casting for 3 weeks so I suppose his understudy will play the role. The news is that he is picking up the tour again from February which was not clear originally on the website.
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Post by SageStageMgr on Sept 21, 2017 16:35:22 GMT
I dont understand the dodgem car look. Surely it would have been more effective and cheaper to just have the front view of the car so we see Joe behind the windscreen at the steering wheel. I just don't get the *vision* behind it. Like, what is meant to be - or represent? It is a fairly literal moment. There's nothing abstract or metaphorical about it which requires him to be a bumper car. It just looks stupid and needs to be changed, because people will make fun of it and laugh. Going off on a tangeant, as I always do, it reminds me of The Unbrellas of Cherbourg at the Curve. There were SO many hilariously bad moments, but they all (eventually) got changed before London. The giant white knickers Guy holds up triumphantly after scoring with Genivieve, the awkward snogging on a perilous slide... I mean, the rest of it was still terrible but they got rid of the bits with the unintentional laughter. Surely every show report right now will read "laughter from audience in car scene". Then the director reads it. And changes it. Even if it means asking the producer for a bit more money... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 16:39:47 GMT
Surely just a bit of cardboard with the illusion of a car painted on it would be better than what they have now.
The Adelphi production was more random and had the odd tyre and headlight appear in boxes on the set. Am i remembering that correctly??
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Post by SageStageMgr on Sept 21, 2017 16:41:19 GMT
The CRH show did it all with lights, and it was effective.
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Post by distantcousin on Sept 21, 2017 17:24:05 GMT
Surely just a bit of cardboard with the illusion of a car painted on it would be better than what they have now. The Adelphi production was more random and had the odd tyre and headlight appear in boxes on the set. Am i remembering that correctly?? Yes, it was kind of like an advent calender of snapshots of the car, the chase, and those driving. |
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Post by steve10086 on Sept 21, 2017 17:34:33 GMT
Surely just a bit of cardboard with the illusion of a car painted on it would be better than what they have now. The Adelphi production was more random and had the odd tyre and headlight appear in boxes on the set. Am i remembering that correctly?? Yes, it was kind of like an advent calender of snapshots of the car, the chase, and those driving. Yeah, and a window with the traffic light in it, and finally a window with the spinning car wheel and the tyre blowing. Oh man, I loved that set. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2017 18:20:46 GMT
The CRH show did it all with lights, and it was effective. I seem to remember the UK tour ~2001 in Manchester, two headlights on a bar on wheels. It was all really stripped back but effective. Sometimes its better to leave parts to the imagination rather than trying to fill in every box. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 21, 2017 19:23:16 GMT
Sorry but Ria Jones looks dreadful. Horrible costumes and the set is cheap. I'll pass.
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