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Post by showgirl on Nov 17, 2019 5:19:52 GMT
I enjoyed this at yesterday's matinee from my front row seat, about a year to the day from when I was originally due to see it in Chichester. It had felt like "the one that got away" of 2018 and was worth the wait, though paying so much more for the ticket still hurt.
Maybe this was just me but I found the auditorium so unbearably cold that at the interval, I had to wrap myself in my long woolly scarf and down-filled coat. Has anyone else noticed particularly savage air-con or low temperatures at the Menier recently?
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Post by Rory on Apr 3, 2020 14:55:42 GMT
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Post by Rory on Apr 15, 2020 14:45:11 GMT
I feel so sorry about this cancellation. I really, really hope it can be remounted next year. This is the first of the cancellation announcements which isn't really just a 'postponement' - it's just heartbreaking.
Sonia Friedman is also producing To Kill a Kockingbird but it's notice didn't say cancellation, merely postponed and rescheduled. I wonder why that couldn't be the case for The Watsons?
No word on what is happening yet with The Doctor but I can't see that happening either.
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Post by Jon on Apr 15, 2020 16:09:59 GMT
I would imagine To Kill A Mockingbird is an open ended run.
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Post by Rory on Apr 15, 2020 17:21:58 GMT
I would imagine To Kill A Mockingbird is an open ended run. It's just very disappointing that it's been cancelled outright when Sonia Friedman has just postponed her other shows and is trying to find new dates for them. |
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Post by geertm on May 19, 2020 16:25:05 GMT
Has anyone been contacted by the theatre yet about a refund?
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Post by zuberin0 on Mar 4, 2024 14:38:56 GMT
This one sank without a trace? It had such good reviews too. Alas, it's been 5 years already..
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Post by Fleance on Mar 4, 2024 16:18:07 GMT
This one sank without a trace? It had such good reviews too. Alas, it's been 5 years already.. I loved this, it was great fun. As I recall it had a cast of about 42, which might pose a challenge for a more commercial-minded producer. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 4, 2024 16:28:23 GMT
The script has been released to the amateur market so I would imagine enterprising companies will pick up
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Post by Rory on Mar 4, 2024 16:51:02 GMT
It was a great shame that Sonia Friedman for some reason was never able to bring it in again. Such bad luck for the cast and creatives.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 4, 2024 18:02:39 GMT
This one sank without a trace? It had such good reviews too. Alas, it's been 5 years already.. I loved this, it was great fun. As I recall it had a cast of about 42, which might pose a challenge for a more commercial-minded producer. There is no way that a play which originated in the Minerva at Chichester had a cast of 42. Do you mean 42 characters with lots of doubling up? |
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Post by QueerTheatre on Mar 4, 2024 18:05:59 GMT
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Post by Fleance on Mar 4, 2024 18:11:40 GMT
I loved this, it was great fun. As I recall it had a cast of about 42, which might pose a challenge for a more commercial-minded producer. There is no way that a play which originated in the Minerva at Chichester had a cast of 42. Do you mean 42 characters with lots of doubling up? Sorry, just checked my program (Menier Chocolate Factory). Cast of 21 different actors. I guess time made me double it to 42! Molony, Vernon, McGreevy, Alexander, Duval, Goddard, Bankes, Williams, Bannister, Booker, White, Delap, Forward, Fowler, Probets, Clayton, Moore, Ford, Hampton, Southcott, Kat. |
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 4, 2024 18:17:26 GMT
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Post by nick on Mar 5, 2024 17:31:38 GMT
This one sank without a trace? It had such good reviews too. Alas, it's been 5 years already.. It was so sad. All arranged for a West End transfer just as Covid took off. I feel particularly sad as a cast member is a good friend and she caught long covid and is still not ready to return to work. So Covid turned a West End role into forced retirement. |
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Post by Rory on Mar 5, 2024 18:22:20 GMT
This one sank without a trace? It had such good reviews too. Alas, it's been 5 years already.. It was so sad. All arranged for a West End transfer just as Covid took off. I feel particularly sad as a cast member is a good friend and she caught long covid and is still not ready to return to work. So Covid turned a West End role into forced retirement. That is really awful to hear, nick. I hope your friend makes some good progress soon and I wish them back to full health. It always seemed odd to me that this play appeared to just be cancelled from the offset whereas others were postponed. Many others came back and so far no suggestion that this play may still happen. This, Sunday in the Park and City of Angels really were the ones that got away. |
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Post by nick on Mar 6, 2024 16:54:10 GMT
It was so sad. All arranged for a West End transfer just as Covid took off. I feel particularly sad as a cast member is a good friend and she caught long covid and is still not ready to return to work. So Covid turned a West End role into forced retirement. That is really awful to hear, nick. I hope your friend makes some good progress soon and I wish them back to full health. It always seemed odd to me that this play appeared to just be cancelled from the offset whereas others were postponed. Many others came back and so far no suggestion that this play may still happen. This, Sunday in the Park and City of Angels really were the ones that got away. I don’t think Menier coped well with covid. My guess is they sank funds into the transfer and timing meant that they lost all that with no ticket sales at all. It couldn’t have been worse. Factor in that the restaurant still hasn’t reopened and it feels like they were hit hard. Slightly amazing they ever reopened. Just for clarity. This is a guess in my part - I have t discussed it with my friend. |
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Post by Fleance on Mar 9, 2024 19:14:02 GMT
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