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Post by greeny11 on May 15, 2020 21:00:00 GMT
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Post by greeny11 on May 10, 2020 19:15:08 GMT
The biggest uncertainty for me is around the reopening of schools. I am particularly puzzled by the choice to allow Reception and year 1 children to go back - who will have no concept of social distancing, and potentially spreading the virus to lots more people. For infant schools, it will be the vast majority of a school population returning to school. I work in a secondary school, so we will be off for longer and only be welcoming back year 10 before September.
The other question is what are schools going to do, with the number of people going back to work increasing. For some schools, we could be looking at a signficant proportion of children needing a place in school, with virtually no notice given to schools. Given a lot of schools, including mine, have minimal staff in on any day, they simply will not be able to accommodate all the children at such short notice.
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Post by greeny11 on May 4, 2020 11:42:10 GMT
I had a theatre holiday booked for April - I had a decent number of shows booked, plus hotel and travel. I have had refunds on the majority of shows and hotel - and am now saving that money up to buy a new car when businesses start reopening.
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Post by greeny11 on Apr 2, 2020 21:11:27 GMT
Really enjoyed watching it again, having watched the Encore showing a few months ago. Loved James Corden in this, but Oliver Chris stole the show every time he was on stage - one of the funniest things I have watched in ages, and much needed.
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Post by greeny11 on Mar 19, 2020 7:09:01 GMT
I think that is a more national policy - the same applies to advance tickets on Avanti, and I am sure on other lines too.
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Post by greeny11 on Mar 13, 2020 16:37:03 GMT
Not that this is a top priority but does anybody else have an Unlimited or Limitless card? Obviously I want to continue supporting the cinema but if all the films are pushed back I just can't justify paying for it. I have an Infinity card, which is the equivalent for the Light cinema - unlimited films for £16.95 a month. I am seeing Bloodshot, My Spy, Misbehaviour and Dream Horse this weekend - but I think that will be it in terms of new releases for the immediate future.
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Post by greeny11 on Mar 11, 2020 17:36:25 GMT
Also Alex Tranter as Shakespeare, Ivan DeFreitas as Lance and Dillon Scott-Lewis as Romeo - debuts for Dillon and Alex in those roles - wish I could be there tonight, sounds like it will be a fun show.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 23, 2020 6:28:03 GMT
I used to go quite a lot, but now I only visit it maybe once or twice a year. It still is a very good show, but it doe lose the impact after a while. It has also had the same actors in the leading roles for ages - it could do with a bit of a shake up casting wise - though I do think Dom Simpson is excellent in the leading role.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 18, 2020 22:50:12 GMT
There's a video of Marisha singing 'I know where i've been' on youtube. Yes she can sing, but I actually don't enjoy how she sings. There are some very questionable riffs and she breaks up so many words which just ruins the flow of the song, and it isn't just this song she does it in. I honestly feel like they could have found someone more suited to the role. I always feels like this song sounds better with the backing vocals in place - it never sounds the same without the backing vocals, so I think we should wait until she performs it on stage in the show.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 18, 2020 22:21:50 GMT
For the first time, I saw a mid-show switch, at Book of Mormon, as Tom Xander went off after I Am Here For You and Oliver Jacobson came on for the next season, after a brief delay and announcement of the switch. Oliver did a tremendous job in the role, given I imagine he did not get much notice about going on.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 18, 2020 10:06:01 GMT
Sara and Gavin are extending to 21st March.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 16, 2020 22:38:16 GMT
Saw this for the final time this afternoon - I am so glad they brought David Fynn back. He is the best Dewey the London production has had IMO, with Stephen Leask a close second. David really was incredibly funny this afternoon, and sang really well - possibly even better than his first run in the show 3 years ago.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 16, 2020 22:34:02 GMT
I was at the evening show tonight and the cast were on top form. Highlights include Sean Carey and Liam Jeavons started laughing in the middle of the bedroom scene, which made an already hilarious scene even funnier. Sean also broke his Mr Freeboys glasses in the scene just before the vault. David Coomber as Cooper as Freeboys is one of my favourite things ever, and Jean Luke Worrell doing his crazy dancing in Something Got A Hold On Me got a lot of laughs. I will be very sad to see this show go, it has become my favourite of the Mischief Theatre shows
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 16, 2020 10:38:22 GMT
I was at Come From Away last night - had 4 understudies on. Ricardo Castro on as Kevin J, Chiara Baronti as Hannah, Jennifer Tierney as Diane and Kirsty Malpass returned to the show as Bonnie. All did a tremendous job - all 3 ladies were playing a 2nd cover and you would have thought they were the principal cast they were so good. Ricardo was really good as Kevin J, especially considering he only joined the show this week.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 10, 2020 18:46:49 GMT
Yes, cast change was a couple of weeks ago. As far as I can see, the principal cast have not changed - all the changes are in the ensemble cast. Some of the cast members have been with the show for a very long time.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 5, 2020 6:24:04 GMT
I saw this last night - cinema was about busy. I thought this captured the show well. Matt Henry is a brilliant Lola and I am so pleased his performance has been captured on film. I liked Simon, who was Lola at the time of filming, but Matt is in a different league. I also really enjoyed Killian and Sean. Natalie was quite good as Lauren, but I felt she threw away some of the comedic lines Lauren has, and just not funny in other comedic moments.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 30, 2020 7:13:35 GMT
Noel Coward and the Arts theatre are closest to Leicester Square Victoria Palace is closest to Victoria Shaftesbury is closest to Tottenham Court Road or Holborn.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 26, 2020 20:07:49 GMT
Meanwhile, over at A Comedy About a Bank Robbery - there have been a whole host of understudies recently, including some returning cast members such as Jack Whittle and Finlay Paul, who both returned this weekend, Jack to cover Mitch yesterday, Finlay to cover Sam today.
The Mischief Theatre shows have called on ex cast members quite a lot in the past - I am guessing due to how physical the shows are, which can easily lead to injuries leaving them short of cast.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 26, 2020 5:57:16 GMT
I saw this in Chester yesterday, having only seen it once before in London 3 years ago. I had forgotten how funny it was, and the cast are fantastic. I could name all the cast as highlights as they were all brilliant, but I will go with my 4 favourites. George Haynes as Chris was brilliant - this is now the third Mischief show I have seen him in, and enjoyed him in all of them. It was certainly interesting to see him in a role which is completely different to his roles I have seen him in Groan Ups and TPTGW. Tom Babbage is so adorable as Max, he had the audience on his side immediately, and his constant grins to the crowd were very funny. Also, him and Romayne Andrews as mermaids was hilarious. Ethan Moorhouse was great as Trevor, I really enjoyed his glances to the crowd when he came on, and his brief stint as Peter was very funny. Finally, Patrick Warner, who is one of my favourite Chris Beans in TPTGW was fantastic as Francis. A particular highlight was him impersonating a cat, and then performing Jellicle Cats.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 18, 2020 6:30:49 GMT
Whoever is Jean Valjean normally gets a Monday off, and since Luke had his debut on Monday, I assume this is continuing.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 17, 2020 16:52:10 GMT
Biggest reasons are - it is in an enormous theatre, with no famous names, and it is not an instantly recognisable title.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 13, 2020 17:48:37 GMT
Luke McCall is making his Valjean debut (in this production) this evening.
If his Valjean is as good as his Phantom was, he will be incredible.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 12, 2020 11:54:37 GMT
You're allowed to film the end of the show! After the Queens bow after "Six" I've found to be the time to start and literally two seconds after this bow before the megasix/encore Cleves tells you to "get your phones out, you're gonna wanna film this". Filming during the main show is prohibited though. Not sure what I think about a show actively encouraging phone use during a show (it is actually in the script)...tend toward thinking it encourages bad behaviour but can see that in this digital age it gets the ‘word of mouth’ out there....what do others think? 🤔 School of Rock encouraged the taking of photos in the finale and encore before Six was around. A couple of shows - like Waitress - also encourage filming during the bows and encore. As long as they are not encouraging use of phones during the show, I really do not mind it during the finale. I tend to think that Six may not have got so popular if the Megasix was not filmed by audiences, as people inevitably put their videos on social media, so plenty more people get exposed to the show and will buy tickets if they like what they see.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 11, 2020 18:52:02 GMT
I did enjoy this, and thought Dean-Charles Chapman (who was the first Billy Elliot I saw 9 years ago) and George McKay were very good. Some of the cameo appearances were good too. I was a bit distracted by the long continual shots and tried to find where they had cut - and it was a couple of cases it was obvious. Very impressive technically and I thought it showed the horrors of war well. It was tense throughout, and I think the score contributed to this effectively.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 6, 2020 6:29:30 GMT
I did not like this unfortunately. I was bored through most of it, while there were some dodgy accents and performances from certain actors and I think I laughed once through the whole film. I did like Sam Rockwell and Stephen Merchant in the film.
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