Guys and Dolls - Bridge Theatre

Thanks.  No, I do understand, that makes sense   Just thought I'd ask to be sure, in case I needed to hype myself up, haha.

Weekday matinees haven't been selling for a long time, there are often offers around and sometimes outright papering.


And speaking of offers 24hr £15 on Today Tix now

www.todaytix.com/london/category/guys-and-dolls-tickets?userId=c.t3ycgpgksfh222tuzh7

Ooh and just to quote myself, I note this includes Aug 31 which is Celinde Schoenmaker's last performance!

I think they may struggle to push this beyond Aug it looks like it's reached a point of saturation they should have been sensible and not extend beyond what the majority felt was going to be the closing date Aug 31st. Let's hope things pick up for them. The upper Gallery 2 was closed the other day. Otherwise, they may have known or factored in the downturn during the summer months and the true gains may be in the Autumn and the run up to the final closing date in early January.

It would be great if they did, I was wondering the same seeing as lots of the Bridge's shows have been through NT Live (including the 2x immersive Shakespeares).

It would also be great if they had a recording of the original cast that was used for the trailer footage, but would be happy seeing it with the current cast too.

It’s a good ticket deal, normally alternated around different agencies. Where you end up is very much pot luck though.

Well the seated audience will often head off during the after party given they can’t physically join in, but yes, the floor looks pretty sparse too.

Really hope they don’t run this for too long and it ends up tarnishing the success it’s been to date.

Tweet was deleted. Bad publicity? 

Enjoy, but the new cast don’t start until 2 September?

So I went to see this for the first time since the OG cast left last night. It’s still in very decent shape.

I’d seen the original lineup five times and I think I’m always going to favour that cast. However, the ‘new’ company managed to hit all the right comedy beats - Operation Mincemeat director, take note!

It is clear Owain Arthur is very comfortable playing Nathan, aided by his three month head start covering Daniel Mays last summer. He had good chemistry with Timmika Ramsay (Adelaide), who was equally as brilliant.

Jonathan Andrew Hulme was solid as Nicely Nicely but didn’t hit the same heights, vocally or comedically, as his predecessor.

The main reason for my visit was to see Celinde one last time. She was exquisite as ever but definitely toned down the energy in If I Were a Bell. She was visibly pregnant in her relatively tight blue dress, which made the line ‘Have a baby!’ all the more amusing in Marry The Man.

As discussed previously on here, the crowd was very, very sparse for a Friday night. Standing must have been half full and there were rows of seats free all around the auditorium. Must have been below 50% sold which is not great for a Friday night, summer holidays or not.

My next visit is likely to be the closing night in January. Last night’s attendance has given me genuine cause to be concerned it might not reach that date, which would be a tragedy for this wonderful piece of theatre.

Five stars again.

Impulse booked for tonight because everyone I knew was out at TS or Oklahoma or whatnot, so I grabbed some friends who were still free and mad-dashed to the Bridge. Was a pretty good turnout and it was as electric and fun as ever down in the standing room.

Still such an easy 5*. This NEEDS to be on National Theatre at Home because it's such a brilliant revival.

Theatre Week deals will definitely do this production some good business.

I saw this again last week with a heavily discounted ticket. Even then, someone was sat in my seat. I just sat somewhere else to avoid the fuss. It wasn't too full and I think they could relocated from sone of the empty tickets. It was one of those shows where I almost wished I was in the pit as it looked peaceful.

My biggest shock was fining out that Iroy can speak. He ended up with a few lines. Always one of my favourite ensemble members.

the main leads were on, but otherwise there were a lot of swings and shuffling of parts. They had four people for the interval singers. A show stop during the gay nightclub scene (which they restarted). All relatively smooth, but the energy didn't come across.

Looking forward to seeing Gina Beck and I think that business will pick up.