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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 9, 2022 19:36:42 GMT
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Post by danb on Mar 10, 2022 9:27:26 GMT
So, it’s ripping off the artwork of the Chichester/NC version and crediting Cameron. Will it be the same show? Same song order? Same choreo? I know it has been in the works for years so am interested to see who is attached.
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Post by princeton on Mar 10, 2022 10:48:54 GMT
This is the required licensed billing - Cameron Mackintosh has to be credited twice, even if he has nothing to do with the production - though I though that it now had to be called "Kipps: The New Half A Sixpence Musical" so there's clearly been a bit of a fudge. This was due to be directed/choreographed by Andrew Wright based on his choreography from the previous version, however that's not going to be to case now.
Also wasn't the Chichester logo based around a banjo?
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Post by sprampster on Mar 10, 2022 10:58:01 GMT
How come Andrew Wright is no longer involved?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 10, 2022 11:30:16 GMT
It is only for amateur productions that it has to be billed as Kipps etc....
All very confusing for audiences.
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Post by princeton on Mar 10, 2022 13:33:03 GMT
I'm not sure it's as cut and dried as that. The broadcast version of the west end production was called Kipps. There is a version of Half A Sixpence available through MTI (either pro or amateur) but it's the pre-Cameron Mackintosh version, so no Julian Fellowes or Stiles and Drewe. I suspect that KIlworth got the rights before the name change (the production was first announced in 2019) so they've been allowed to keep it.
I does look very odd to have a musical which dates back to the mid 60's with the billing Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh - though I guess if you own the licensing company you can do whatever you want!
As you say - all very confusing for audiences.
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Mar 10, 2022 16:04:18 GMT
How come Andrew Wright is no longer involved? it's a new revival with a new creative team.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 28, 2022 7:33:28 GMT
Dominic Sibanda (Disney's Aladdin) as Kipps, Laura Baldwin (ALW’s Cinderella) as Ann, Sarah Goggin (Sister Act) as Helen and Matthew Woodyatt (Fiddler on the Roof) as Chitterlow.
Directed by Nick Winston, set and costume design by Philip Witcomb, lighting by Jason Taylor, sound by Chris Whybrow, musical direction by Chris Mundy.
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Post by robertb213 on Jul 25, 2022 18:57:01 GMT
I reviewed this last night, two really likeable leads, energetic choreography and the songs still sound great. Recommended of you can get to Kilworth House Theatre!
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Post by mkb on Aug 25, 2022 1:59:15 GMT
I don't know how Kilworth House does it. With resources that must be a fraction of any West End production, they regularly match or exceed in quality. Their "Half a Sixpence" is another case in point, being at least as enjoyable as the 2017 Charlie Stemp / Emma Williams, London version, both shows being worthy of four stars.
I doubt this musical could ever attain five stars without major rewrites to Julian Fellowes' book, which requires the audience to warm to the two-timing, working-class Arthur Kipps. He's either a manipulative Jack-the-Lad or, as played here by Dominic Sibanda (excellent), a sweetly innocent daydreamer, easily led on by the fairer sex. Even allowing for musical theatre's generous limits on credulity, it is difficult to find Kipps entirely likeable, and that puts a slight damper on the fun.
But there is much to enjoy here: there's a wonderful and exuberant young cast, dazzling choreography, and a magnificent soundtrack from the thirteen-piece orchestra. The tunes are toe-tappers, with some wit and humour in the lyrics. I chortled when one maiden rued: "My Knickerbocker Glory is still intact!".
In an inspired piece of direction, rather than ignoring the mixed race of Kilworth's Kipps, it is cleverly alluded to in the dialogue at one point. The disconnect between Kipps' circle of friends, and those who only court him for his wealth, becomes more than just a division of social classes.
The run ends on Sunday, and you could do worse than get yourself to Leicestershire for one of the remaining performances in this beautiful semi-outdoor venue.
Four stars.
Act 1: 19:33-19:49, 19:54-20-56 (stop due to "backstage incident") Act 2: 21:19-22:19
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