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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 16, 2022 13:16:42 GMT
One if the most boring and turgid evenings I have ever spent at a musical. Awful!
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Post by Mark on Mar 16, 2022 13:27:33 GMT
Oh I love this show! Glad it is coming back.
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Post by inthenose on Mar 16, 2022 18:58:15 GMT
I saw this at the Charing Cross Theatre and found it very boring. Not horrible, just very dour and tedious. Definitely won't ever see it again on stage.
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Post by LaLuPone on Mar 16, 2022 19:00:53 GMT
I remember when I first heard about this from a friend who went, I asked if it was an adaptation of the movie with the leading lady belting “My Heart Will Go On” at the end! Don’t know what that says about me but I bet some other people have gone in expecting the story from the James Cameron movie.
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Post by christya on Mar 16, 2022 22:20:19 GMT
When it was on Broadway, I heard that a lot of people made that mistake, as it was running when the film came out. People asking "Who's playing Leo?" etc.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2022 22:25:28 GMT
One of the best sung shows at Southwark Playhouse and Charing Cross. The 15 minute opening alone was worth the price of the ticket. Such a wonderful score. Look forward to seeing it again next year.
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Post by karloscar on Mar 17, 2022 1:03:59 GMT
I remember when I first heard about this from a friend who went, I asked if it was an adaptation of the movie with the leading lady belting “My Heart Will Go On” at the end! Don’t know what that says about me but I bet some other people have gone in expecting the story from the James Cameron movie. Titanic the musical predates the inferior James Cameron movie by almost a year, and the wonderful Yeston score has no need of that gawdawful Celine Dion choon. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 17, 2022 7:02:47 GMT
Loved this at Southwark. Gorgeous score
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Post by shadypines on Mar 17, 2022 9:34:17 GMT
One if the most boring and turgid evenings I have ever spent at a musical. Awful! I definitely feel this is a marmite show. No in-betweeners. |
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Post by anita on Mar 17, 2022 9:59:21 GMT
Hope they have the same curtain.
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Post by anthem on Mar 17, 2022 10:42:28 GMT
This show suffers from being massively overhyped on this forum and elsewhere. I wish them well but it did absolutely nothing for me.
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Post by danb on Mar 17, 2022 10:45:47 GMT
It is a much more enjoyable listen than watch. I think Burly summed it up perfectly with the word ‘turgid’.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 17, 2022 10:49:24 GMT
By the time we got halfway through act 2 I was just wishing the damned thing would sink.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2022 10:53:24 GMT
This show suffers from being massively overhyped on this forum and elsewhere. LOL. nothing to do with the 5 Tony awards it won, including Best New Musical, Best New Score and Best New Book? No, its overhyped on this forum... Maybe its not overhyped at all. Maybe other people enjoyed it and you didnt? |
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Post by Peter on Mar 17, 2022 11:11:23 GMT
It is a much more enjoyable listen than watch. I think Burly summed it up perfectly with the word ‘turgid’. I find the Broadway cast album (mostly) fairly dull and had always assumed it came alive in performance. Still might give it a go - though none of the current tour dates are particularly close… |
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Post by danb on Mar 17, 2022 11:16:41 GMT
Really? I love the massive bombastic passages of choral stuff especially, and the stokers song…the rest is quite dull, and theres zero suspense in the story. 🤣
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 15, 2023 8:16:52 GMT
New tour opens Churchill Theatre in Bromley on 16th March 2023 then:
Grand Theatre Blackpool
Newcastle Theatre Royal
Grand Opera House Belfast
Mayflower Theatre Southampton
Birmingham Hippodrome
Regent Theatre Stoke-on-Trent
Norwich Theatre Royal
Cardiff New Theatre
Nottingham Theatre Royal
Wycombe Swan
Hull New Theatre
Hall for Cornwall Truro
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
The Orchard Theatre Dartford
The Lowry Salford
New Victoria Theatre Woking
Sheffield Lyceum
Liverpool Empire Theatre completes the tour on 29th July 2023.
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Post by 24601 on Mar 5, 2023 17:52:42 GMT
**Please be kind - first thread**
Hi there - was just wondering if anyone has seen the Titanic musical? There is a UK tour soon, which will be docking (geddit?) in Sheffield, which is near to me, in July. Nothing makes me happier than live theatre and I would literally watch *almost* anything, but to manage my expectations, just looking for some feedback from fellow theatre lovers.
Is it worth the £50 ticket fee? Am I likely to feel a little disappointed, or alternately over joyed (as much as you can do, given the inevitable outcome!)
Cant wait to hear your thoughts.....
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Post by danb on Mar 5, 2023 18:04:41 GMT
I’ve only seem amateur productions of it, but loved the CD back in the day. Some gorgeous choral singing and The Stokers song is a thing of baritone beauty.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Mar 5, 2023 18:13:05 GMT
I saw the first UK tour of this production and I loved it. I've been listening to the CD for over 20 years and I am a Titanic history buff so I may be slightly biased, but it's one of my all time favourite musicals. It's fairly historically accurate and very moving.
I think the trailer is a good representation so if that appeals then you should like it
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 5, 2023 18:49:47 GMT
I absolutely loved the previous production and went several times. Hunted down the CD too. Funny, because I nearly didn't go. I'd had a couple of frustrating days, and problems were lining up on the day of my first visit, so much so that I had to give myself a strict talking to and make myself go. Several hours later and I had completely fallen in love with the show!
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Post by 24601 on Mar 5, 2023 19:06:50 GMT
I absolutely loved the previous production and went several times. Hunted down the CD too. Funny, because I nearly didn't go. I'd had a couple of frustrating days, and problems were lining up on the day of my first visit, so much so that I had to give myself a strict talking to and make myself go. Several hours later and I had completely fallen in love with the show! I had a similar experience with Newsies, all be it my first was not live! I saw the US version at the cinema but was heavily pregnant and very nearly didn't go....by the end I was dancing and whooping so much people thought I was in labour (although that may just be my dancing!) I have watched it a million times now on Disney plus, (not to mention thousands of Jeremy Jordan YouTube videos) and my 5 year old son is mesmerised by the dancing. I am off to see the UK version at the end of this month and very much looking forward to my first Newsies live experience. *over share alert* I suffer from some very debilitating mental health issues and find day to day interaction very hard. However, as soon as I enter a theatre I feel alive, and truly happy. I was encouraged to join this forum to connect with like minded people, on a subject I could talk about forever, without the fear of anxiety or rejection! So far, everyone has been wonderful! |
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Post by 24601 on Mar 5, 2023 19:08:19 GMT
I’ve only seem amateur productions of it, but loved the CD back in the day. Some gorgeous choral singing and The Stokers song is a thing of baritone beauty. Yes, I'm thinking if I put the whole "movie" issue/expectation out of my mind, I will be in for a treat. |
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Post by alece10 on Mar 5, 2023 19:12:12 GMT
I saw Titanic at the Southwark Playhouse a few years ago and really enjoyed it. The music is really good, would happily see it again.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 5, 2023 19:15:11 GMT
**Please be kind - first thread**
Hi there - was just wondering if anyone has seen the Titanic musical? There is a UK tour soon, which will be docking (geddit?) in Sheffield, which is near to me, in July. Nothing makes me happier than live theatre and I would literally watch *almost* anything, but to manage my expectations, just looking for some feedback from fellow theatre lovers.
Is it worth the £50 ticket fee? Am I likely to feel a little disappointed, or alternately over joyed (as much as you can do, given the inevitable outcome!)
Cant wait to hear your thoughts..... Congrats on your first thread 24601. We already have one for Titanic so I’ve merged. Don’t let that put you off starting threads in the future! |
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