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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 18:31:31 GMT
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Post by bodobear on Jun 8, 2018 18:48:32 GMT
Oh that'd be amazing! I'd be really happy!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 19:13:10 GMT
I don't really know the Millenium Forum, but I'm guessing it won't be the same scale as the last UK tours if it is touring. It must be like a new Kenwright or Selladoor scale production, especially if it's only playing for a week as well. Either that or it could be a school/amdram?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 21:27:12 GMT
I've been wanting to see WWRY for a while. Hopefully this isn't too scaled down from the Dominion / previous tour productions. If it's Neil Eckersley and Speckulation Entertainment producing I won't bother going. It'll probably get cancelled after about 5 venues if it's him.
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Post by LaLuPone on Jun 8, 2018 21:59:03 GMT
I’ve never had a huge interest to see this, it’s funny because I love Queen’s music, and the music appeals to me much more than that of Beautiful and other jukebox musicals I’ve seen but I skimmed the storyline on wikipedia and it just sounds so WEIRD, like how did it even become a thing? I can see how Queen’s music would transfer seamlessly to the stage though and obviously the musical must have been doing something right considering it ran so long at the Dominion.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 22:08:52 GMT
The storyline is preposterous but somehow it works as a show, even though it shouldn't - it just always put a smile on my face even though I knew it was nonsense, I just had to suspend disbelief. And the special shows when Brian May and Roger Taylor appeared for the curtain call were on another level. I still vividly remember the London production's closing night!
I think it was also because the London production and tours also had many brilliant performers who I discovered through seeing that show - Rachel John, Sabrina Aloueche, Lauren Samuels, Amanda Coutts, Jon Boydon, Oliver Thompsett etc.
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Post by bodobear on Jun 8, 2018 22:26:03 GMT
I absolutely love this show - although I admit I only started to somehow like it after a second visit. Based simply on the story it shouldn’t work but somehow it all fits together and I really miss having the show around.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2018 22:42:28 GMT
If it ever came back to London it’d probably need to be at a smaller theatre. I doubt there’s as much demand for it these days sadly.
The Dominion is probably free soon. Revival?
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Post by isabel on Jun 9, 2018 7:20:55 GMT
The storyline is preposterous but somehow it works as a show, even though it shouldn't - it just always put a smile on my face even though I knew it was nonsense, I just had to suspend disbelief. And the special shows when Brian May and Roger Taylor appeared for the curtain call were on another level. I still vividly remember the London production's closing night! I think it was also because the London production and tours also had many brilliant performers who I discovered through seeing that show - Rachel John, Sabrina Aloueche, Lauren Samuels, Amanda Coutts, Jon Boydon, Oliver Thompsett etc. That closing night was the best night of theatre I have ever seen |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 9, 2018 7:29:00 GMT
I hated it when I saw the arena version. All I can think about is Kevin Kennedy looking like a prize plonker and that absolutely godawful book.
Having said that we’ve now had Bat which I loved and the similarities are undeniable. I suppose I’ll have to go see it. It might work better in a theatre, that arena version was just so cold.
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Post by danb on Jun 9, 2018 7:53:38 GMT
I hated it when I saw the arena version. All I can think about is Kevin Kennedy looking like a prize plonker and that absolutely godawful book. Having said that we’ve now had Bat which I loved and the similarities are undeniable. I suppose I’ll have to go see it. It might work better in a theatre, that arena version was just so cold. The differences are massive Burls. Yes they’ve both got useless books, but at least Bat creates somewhere great to put it and emmerses you in the whole. As much as I love Queen those songs were shoehorned in and made zero sense. It looked awful and Ben Eltons risible humour cheapened what there was. Bat isn’t much better, but the whole satisfies somehow. |
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Post by properjob on Jun 9, 2018 9:31:23 GMT
Just had an email announcing a members presale for Nottingham Concert Hall 25th-30th November 2019 so it is at least a two stop tour.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2018 10:14:23 GMT
Good. Quite right too. I don't see why London should be the only one to have suffered it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2018 16:03:41 GMT
I've been wanting to see WWRY for a while. Hopefully this isn't too scaled down from the Dominion / previous tour productions. If it's Neil Eckersley and Speckulation Entertainment producing I won't bother going. It'll probably get cancelled after about 5 venues if it's him. What makes you suggest it would be an NE / Speckulation production? |
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Post by richey on Jun 9, 2018 16:11:17 GMT
I hated it when I saw the arena version. All I can think about is Kevin Kennedy looking like a prize plonker and that absolutely godawful book. Having said that we’ve now had Bat which I loved and the similarities are undeniable. I suppose I’ll have to go see it. It might work better in a theatre, that arena version was just so cold. I missed the arena tour. Saw the first tour at the Palace and was massively dis appointed, even that was a poor reproduction of the Dominion show |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2018 16:31:11 GMT
I've been wanting to see WWRY for a while. Hopefully this isn't too scaled down from the Dominion / previous tour productions. If it's Neil Eckersley and Speckulation Entertainment producing I won't bother going. It'll probably get cancelled after about 5 venues if it's him. What makes you suggest it would be an NE / Speckulation production? I never said it would be, just that if it was I would give it a miss. |
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Post by david on Jun 11, 2018 10:05:35 GMT
For those of us in the Northwest, Blackpool Opera House will be hosting WWRY in Jan 2020. I wonder if it will stop at the Manchester Palace or Liverpool Empire as in previous tours, or if the aim is to get to new venues?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2018 10:41:17 GMT
What makes you suggest it would be an NE / Speckulation production? I never said it would be, just that if it was I would give it a miss. Just thought it was rather odd you specified that producer/company when there's no tangible relationship to the show. Kind of like me jumping into the Phantom thread and saying "I wont be getting a ticket to the Phantom tour if its a Bill Kenright production". |
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Post by david on Jun 11, 2018 18:52:38 GMT
For those of us in the Northwest, Blackpool Opera House will be hosting WWRY in Jan 2020. I wonder if it will stop at the Manchester Palace or Liverpool Empire as in previous tours, or if the aim is to get to new venues? it's definitely going to the Palace though I couldn't say when. Not sure about Liverpool. Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully I can combine it with a trip to Hope Mill theatre for a double show day if it isn’t visiting Liverpool. |
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Post by itsemily on Jun 11, 2018 18:55:06 GMT
I really hope this will come to Woking, absolutely loved it in London!
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Post by No. on Jun 12, 2018 17:49:27 GMT
I presume this might have something to do with the Bohemian Rhapsody movie? Good planning if so
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Post by LaLuPone on Jun 12, 2018 17:54:14 GMT
Are Bristol and Cardiff likely? I assume the Millennium Centre rather than the smaller Cardiff New Theatre.
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Post by david on Jun 12, 2018 17:55:26 GMT
Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully I can combine it with a trip to Hope Mill theatre for a double show day if it isn’t visiting Liverpool. Liverpool is also on the list. Don't think everything is signed off yet though so could yet change. Fantastic news. Thanks for that. Much appreciated for the update. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 18:41:15 GMT
WoS reporting the following, with more to be announced.
Regent and Corn Exchange Theatre, Ipswich - 23 to 28 Sep 2019
Millenium Forum, Derry - 21 to 26 Oct
Nottingham - 25 to 30 Nov
Winter Gardens, Blackpool - 9 to 11 Jan 2020 (possibly typo, 6th more likely?)
New Theatre, Hull - 13 to 18 Jan
Mayflower, Southampton - 20 to 25 Jan
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 19:12:11 GMT
WoS reporting the following, with more to be announced. Regent and Corn Exchange Theatre, Ipswich - 23 to 28 Sep 2018 Millenium Forum, Derry - 21 to 26 Oct Nottingham - 25 to 30 Nov Winter Gardens, Blackpool - 9 to 11 Jan 2020 (possibly typo, 6th more likely?) New Theatre, Hull - 13 to 18 Jan Mayflower, Southampton - 20 to 25 Jan It's not a typo, the tour starts September 2019 and goes through to January 2020. |
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