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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 21, 2020 17:37:04 GMT
I've just started watching it & am impressed with the picture quality. As they said it had only been filmed for archive purposes I was expecting a single, full-stage shot so it's a pleasant surprise to find it's multi-camera with enough close-ups to see facial expressions. It's also nice being able to select my own volume level, as when I saw it live I found most of the songs too loud for my taste.
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Post by dippy on Mar 21, 2020 17:46:17 GMT
I will watch it tonight if it's staying up to watch till then. Dawnstar I completely agree, it was far too loud in the theatre! Looking forward to watching it at a reasonable volume.
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Post by Mark on Jan 26, 2022 3:05:30 GMT
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Post by stageyninja83 on Jan 26, 2022 7:54:05 GMT
Wonder if this is going back to The Other Palace as I remember someone on here saying something unannounced was already booked in for after Heathers.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 26, 2022 9:33:47 GMT
Oh I loved this show! Hope that it gets a successful return run
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Post by fiyerorocher on Jan 26, 2022 9:37:56 GMT
Catchy songs, absolutely dismal female characters :') After seeing two productions of this, I've given up on hopes of a rewrite for Janey. Such a pity because besides that, it's a really sweet show.
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Post by djdan14 on Jan 27, 2022 18:34:47 GMT
Guess we find out tomorrow - spring season announcement with priority booking opening
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Post by djdan14 on Apr 4, 2022 17:58:10 GMT
New website with sign up for updates
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Post by robertb213 on Apr 10, 2022 8:28:23 GMT
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Post by Mark on Apr 10, 2022 9:43:53 GMT
Excellent!! I wonder if it will be The Other Palace again or if it might take the Ambassadors (as was planned and on sale last time), or the Criterion.
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Post by terrylondon79 on Jan 6, 2023 22:52:24 GMT
Just seen a rumour on twitter that this is heading to the turbine theatre this spring....
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Post by Mark on Jan 6, 2023 23:09:11 GMT
More than a rumour. That’s the official Twitter of the Turbine.
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Post by matty on Jan 6, 2023 23:26:56 GMT
Very excited that this is coming back, but was hoping this would finally get its west end debut. The Turbine Theatre seems very small for this, TOP felt like a more suitable size stage.
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Post by djdan14 on Jan 10, 2023 21:56:04 GMT
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Post by justfran on Jan 11, 2023 12:12:38 GMT
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Post by stagedoorsally on Jan 11, 2023 13:14:32 GMT
I’ve booked for this - really enjoyed watching the filmed version and haven’t been to the Turbine before, so hopefully that will be a good experience.
Weirdly the left three seats in the front row (as you look at the seating plan) and a couple of the middle rows seem to be sold out for all non-preview performances, even when nothing else is sold. Reserved for cast and crew or something else?
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Post by Mark on Jan 12, 2023 5:51:08 GMT
I’ve booked for this - really enjoyed watching the filmed version and haven’t been to the Turbine before, so hopefully that will be a good experience. Weirdly the left three seats in the front row (as you look at the seating plan) and a couple of the middle rows seem to be sold out for all non-preview performances, even when nothing else is sold. Reserved for cast and crew or something else? Will be House/production seats.
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Post by d'James on Jan 12, 2023 22:37:36 GMT
I really hope they don’t change the music. Costumes/Set etc. I don’t mind but I love so many songs.
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Post by robertb213 on Jan 13, 2023 11:16:30 GMT
Surely this will be more scaled-down at the Turbine than it was at TOP, it's a much smaller space? Seems odd for a show to get smaller rather than grow.
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 13, 2023 12:16:17 GMT
Surely this will be more scaled-down at the Turbine than it was at TOP, it's a much smaller space? Seems odd for a show to get smaller rather than grow. Definitely scaled down, you couldn't do at TOP at The Turbine...
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Post by matty on Mar 7, 2023 19:33:16 GMT
Any rumblings of the cast for this yet? Seems a bit odd that it opens next weekend and nothing has been announced...
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Post by thistimetomorrow on Mar 7, 2023 20:24:36 GMT
opens next weekend and nothing has been announced... lol sounds like PTM to not announce a cast a week before opening
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Post by Seriously on Mar 8, 2023 12:17:47 GMT
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Post by djdan14 on Mar 8, 2023 13:13:29 GMT
Must be good to be a member of the PTW club once your in your guaranteed roles in whatever he does next
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Post by actorsinger on Mar 8, 2023 13:55:23 GMT
Considering they were only auditioning two weeks ago, I have slight concerns about how “ready” this show will be for its first night. 😳
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Post by d'James on Mar 8, 2023 13:58:58 GMT
Looks like some parts have been merged.
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Post by highonahill on Mar 15, 2023 22:37:16 GMT
Had tickets for first preview on Friday... Just had a text to say it's postponed and first preview will now be on Sat at 3pm.
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Post by fansylvanians on Mar 19, 2023 0:06:57 GMT
Had tickets for first preview on Friday... Just had a text to say it's postponed and first preview will now be on Sat at 3pm. Both Saturday shows cancelled too. First preview now 13:30 Sunday 20th March. From what I understand, they contacted ticket holders at around 13:00 on Saturday, the cancellation being due to the indisposition of a cast member and the understudies haven’t been rehearsed yet. They decided to use Saturday to read the understudy in so they can open Sunday.
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Post by fiyerorocher on Mar 19, 2023 22:18:33 GMT
This suffers a great deal from the reduction in production value. The stage is small, the set is pretty much non-existent, and the actors moving around what few items there are is just clunky and awkward. The songs are still incredibly catchy. They've tried to address the fact that their female characters have been god awful (Lex is now a woman) but Janie (Janey?) still exists solely to prop up Eugene and has no story or motivation of her own, so it still doesn't do great there. Some of the new staging feels very cheap - using little card board cut outs to tell Tough Man's origin story instead of actors, for example. There were a few tech problems but I think it was their second preview so they can't really be judged for that at this stage, although credit must go to the Hector actor for dealing very well with a show stop and keeping the audience laughing. All in all it's still got the same problems it had before, but the lower budget has added more, too. Shame it never got its West End transfer. It is actually a very catchy show that I rather like.
Curious to know who the understudy was, as I couldn't tell!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 20, 2023 8:03:06 GMT
I loved this at TOP . What a shame they’ve downgraded it like this rathe that somehow transfer that production.
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