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Post by partytentdown on May 25, 2016 16:58:50 GMT
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Post by djp on May 27, 2016 2:16:22 GMT
More detail here. www.eugeniusthemusical.com/Looks odd to put a new musical on its first outing somewhere that big? With only a month to find an audience for one night? But Amy Lennox ticks enough boxes on her own - and its got Summer Strallen and Warwick Davis too. |
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Post by richard2711 on Jun 29, 2016 12:08:03 GMT
This is on tonight. Is anybody going? It was co-written by Ben Adams from a1.
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Post by infofreako on Jun 29, 2016 13:27:35 GMT
Not going but it shows as sold out.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2016 18:28:00 GMT
Is this a try out for a musical? Are they hoping to open it full time one day?
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 29, 2016 23:24:25 GMT
Jeez this sounds like it could be a stinker. No decent pedigree in that writing team at all.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2016 11:40:02 GMT
Well, that was a wasted evening, but it seemed as though they invited the entire industry.
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Post by juliem on Jun 30, 2016 12:28:35 GMT
I liked it! Yeah, it needs some culling but the songs were good, the cast were FABULOUS and thoroughly deserved their ovation. Box office had an hours' queue at 7pm so it was very late starting - and finishing but I had a great time.
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Post by trapdoor on Jun 30, 2016 12:31:23 GMT
Well over half the house was comped. No wonder. I was offered some and turned it down. They'd have to pay ME to see this.
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Post by gra on Jun 30, 2016 15:12:42 GMT
I left in the interval, partly due to the 45 minute late start.
The half I saw was well-performed by a committed,talented cast. The general feeling was energetic with a couple of decent songs amongst an average score.
The generally young audience responded enthusiastically.
As an older punter who paid for his ticket I felt it showed some promise but is nothing overwhelming.
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Post by djp on Jul 2, 2016 4:35:32 GMT
Well over half the house was comped. No wonder. I was offered some and turned it down. They'd have to pay ME to see this. So you didn't see it........... Of course it was comped - it had a team from Laine dancing and one from Arts Ed singing - of course their course mates turned up. |
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Post by djp on Jul 2, 2016 4:57:36 GMT
I left in the interval, partly due to the 45 minute late start. The half I saw was well-performed by a committed,talented cast. The general feeling was energetic with a couple of decent songs amongst an average score. The generally young audience responded enthusiastically. As an older punter who paid for his ticket I felt it showed some promise but is nothing overwhelming. I think it works for the older audience too - as they will understand its references even better.It got a very strong positive reaction - complete standing ovation at the end. its got more big songs than most recent successes, and a script thats effectively witty. I think Westend wilma had it right. Act two suffered without some costumes and special effects - the threat isn't very convincing when he just walks on and points a gun - but thats easily solvable. A bit of tightening and it should be fine. Casting did a great job. Louis Maskel remains striking - as he was alongside Katie Hall (who I am missing seeing) in West Side Story. Samuel Holmes threw in some great character acting and comedy , and has a great voice - as we saw in Mrs Henderson . And Amy Lennox got to show off her talent in a leading role that gave her comedy, a character, and a string of varied, numbers to play with . She's must see material. And Summer Strallen got to channel her inner Xena too... The Palladium did less well - long queue with no indication whether it was for collecting or everyone, and an undermanned bar leading to more delays. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jul 2, 2016 6:02:23 GMT
Just the idea of this depresses me.
NYC gets new writing like Hamikton, Waitress and Dear Evan Hansen..!and we get this and 'Exposure the musical'.
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Post by ali973 on Jul 2, 2016 7:44:56 GMT
^ Seriously..The state of West End originality is so banal and below par.
At least Matilda came out a few years ago and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Groundhog Day.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 25, 2017 20:21:34 GMT
From tweets by those involved tonight looks like some news on this is coming....
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Post by theatremadness on Sept 25, 2017 21:10:43 GMT
Yes, Other Palace early next year!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 26, 2017 6:37:19 GMT
^ Seriously..The state of West End originality is so banal and below par. At least Matilda came out a few years ago and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Groundhog Day. We appear to have gone back to the 'good old days' when Salad Days and the Boyfriend were the toast of the town ... |
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Post by robertb213 on Oct 26, 2017 9:21:56 GMT
Confirmed this morning at The Other Palace, 20th Jan to 3rd March 😁
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Post by jgblunners on Oct 26, 2017 10:11:33 GMT
Heard good things from the Palladium concert, so I'm booked in for the last preview. £10 for the end of row C - a bargain even if it's a side view. You can listen to a 'preview' of the cast recording here: www.smarturl.it/eugenius01I quite like the sound of it - on the website it says that the music is "Ben Adams’ homage to all the great sounds of the ‘80s" but I think it's also got a late '00s/early '10s pop feel to it. (I'm also really hoping that Amy Lennox signs on to the run at The Other Palace because she was brilliant in Kinky Boots and sounds amazing in these songs) |
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Post by stevej678 on Oct 26, 2017 10:12:29 GMT
The first performance is 22nd January. I'm in London the weekend before this starts and the weekend after it finishes. There goes my budgeting for a London-free February! Booked a Saturday matinee.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2017 14:23:31 GMT
Haven't seen or heard of this before, but this description makes it incredibly obvious that they're most likely seriously overselling this.
"Eugenius!, the most eagerly anticipated new musical for years, is coming to London in January 2018 with a strictly limited run at The Other Palace.
Through underground word-of-mouth, and a very public concert performance – selling out the London Palladium – Eugenius! is fast becoming a cult phenomenon.
The show is a teenage love story set against a backdrop of comic books and superheroes.
Eugenius! boasts a totally originally score – Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins’ homage to all the great sounds of the ‘80s – plus a scintillating script that makes you laugh, cry, and punch the air shouting “Go Eugenius!”. This is a show where geeks rule, dreams come true, and everyone finds the superhero inside themselves – you’ve just gotta know where to look.
The future of British musicals is here…#GoEugenius"
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Post by sf on Oct 26, 2017 17:43:35 GMT
I love it when producers put audio clips from a new musical up online before tickets go onsale. Sometimes it saves me the cost of a ticket.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2017 18:00:39 GMT
I saw the first half of the Palladium concert. Not for me. The future of British musicals, this is not.
Glad The Other Palace are supporting new work in the main space though!
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Post by shady23 on Oct 26, 2017 18:07:07 GMT
I'm sure they said the same about the show where Darren Day played a singing rat that started the fire of London. Michael Xavier as a pirate was the only thing that got me through that performance!
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Post by viserys on Oct 26, 2017 20:29:15 GMT
I'm sure they said the same about the show where Darren Day played a singing rat that started the fire of London. Michael Xavier as a pirate was the only thing that got me through that performance! ...wwwwwhat? |
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