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Post by greeny11 on Aug 21, 2021 17:42:21 GMT
I enjoyed it quite a bit, I did enjoy the seats moving around and getting a new perspective for the ball. Carrie gets most of the memorable songs, and I enjoyed the opening and Sebastian’s big song as well. Not ALW’s best score but a lot to enjoy.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 21, 2021 15:27:09 GMT
We’ve finally reached the interval. I’m enjoying it so far, but I do have a few issues. The queen’s and stepmother’s are forgettable, and I have issues with the Man’s Man song in particular. Full principal cast but a few swings are on - Carrie is excellent, as are the stepsisters. The costumes for the male ensemble look rather uncomfortable, and for some, only appear to be wearing half a costume as they appear to have forgotten about the top half. I’m in the section that moves in the second act, so I’m looking forward to that.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 21, 2021 14:13:07 GMT
Going well so far this afternoon, started 30 minutes late and we are currently in a show stop (we’ve had just over 5 minutes of the show).
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 20, 2021 21:50:29 GMT
Gavin Alex came on as Corny towards the end according to his Twitter. The cast seem to be dropping like flies - the idea of having offsite swings now seems to be a very good idea.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 20, 2021 17:00:40 GMT
This year's lineup - Hamilton and Book of Mormon finally make appearances, while Wicked aren't on there (yet). I'd expect Hamilton will be King George and Book of Mormon will be You And Me (But Mostly Me).
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 20, 2021 16:55:39 GMT
Amy West is also on as Velma von Tussle (and consequently Annie Guy is on as Female Authority Figure). Amy must be up there for the youngest Velma ever! There have been a lot of people off over the last week or so, but they've kept going with the help of the swings.
Michael was still off as of last night, I wonder if he's back tonight as there hasn't been anything on West End Covers for this evening yet.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 19, 2021 17:22:04 GMT
Michael Ball out sick tonight. Should be back tomorrow. He was off yesterday along with Lizzie. Both Natalie and Chris are excellent understudies - the audience loved Chris as Edna especially: Lots of swings on, all 4 Nicest Kids boys are still off, so I assume they have been pinged.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 19, 2021 8:10:07 GMT
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 15, 2021 14:10:39 GMT
Good news - although maybe one or two of the others are off ill as all 4 are absent, but at least with the off site swings, they can still go ahead with a full show rather than having to cut it. Philip Catchpole was IQ in the Original London Cast, nearly 14 years ago - and now he's back as IQ today!
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 15, 2021 12:07:40 GMT
First use of the offsite swings today - Michael Kent and Philip Catchpole both being used in the ensemble. It looks like all 4 Nicest Kids In Town ensemble boys are off.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 13, 2021 12:19:00 GMT
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 13, 2021 12:07:17 GMT
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 13, 2021 11:36:56 GMT
Let's wait and see, it may be a guest appearing on the show rather than someone actually involved in the show.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 13, 2021 9:05:08 GMT
That is my understanding of the rules too. I would be surprised if there are many actors left unvaccinated - lots of younger actors appeared to be vaccinated around May/June, except they appeared to have their 2nd jab brought forward to about 4 weeks after their first. I assumed this was part of some vaccination scheme for the theatre industry as so many of them appeared to be getting them around the same time.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 12, 2021 10:56:39 GMT
I've seen multiple shows many times - cast changes, understudies and just simply a love for the show are all reasons I have for returning to shows.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 12, 2021 10:42:53 GMT
Based on Cherelle's IG story, looks like cast change is in November.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 10, 2021 19:48:57 GMT
Loads of understudies tonight it looks like - I think Vicki Manser is the only (current) principal cast member on, everyone else is an understudy apart from Athena Collins who is returning as Parr for tonight.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 1, 2021 20:10:10 GMT
Final show of this run: The Day Harry Got Cut In Half - A pre-school magic show
Highlights: - The dinosaurs in the school production of Grease - The Scottish accents - some of which sounded suspiciously Welsh - Following on from yesterday, the cast are taking charge of flashbacks - Nancy trying to get out of rapping - Henry Lewis singing at the absolute top of his voice - Henry Shields break dancing/doing the worm - Harry Kershaw's break dancing attempt - Jonathan Sayer making his cameo as Reverend John - he is definitely the best male singer of the Mischief crew - Rhyanna making Harry corpse when his character had died - The harmonising mermaids - Henry Shields doing the moonwalk - and Jonathan rewinding and replaying it - Harry Kershaw forgetting which character he is (again)
Quite the movie to end the run on - chaotic for the most part, but some genuinely good bits. It was great to see Rhyanna in a leading role as she's mostly played supporting characters up to this point. I've enjoyed seeing even more actors get their chance this time round, albeit some in unfortunate circumstances. There've been quite a few memorable moments from this run - the lambs from Zoomania, the anarchy last night, the whole of Ipswich It Up, I could go on! Hopefully, they may do another run in the winter.
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Post by greeny11 on Jul 31, 2021 23:10:25 GMT
Ashopalypse Then
Highlights: - Lawrence Dallaglio's rugby teammates - The time travel and Henry L shooting the manager of Waterstones and the police officer - Henry L: 'I control your p***s' - Dave as a talking caravan - Niall as Andrew Garfield as a pigeon - Sybil getting confused between a question and a picture - The tech team trying to end the movie after the happy birthday song
A really lovely end to a bonkers day. This, despite it being time travel, made more sense than the first 2 films combined, and a very nice happy end. I can't lie, I'll be sad when this run ends tomorrow evening, and really hope it comes back again at some point in the future, though I do appreciate it probably needs a break so everyone can do other things.
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Post by greeny11 on Jul 31, 2021 20:03:58 GMT
Ashopalypse Next
Highlights: - Henry Lewis trying to get into the same bed as Susan - Morrisons only having 'moderately fresh' vegetables - Henry Lewis' close up to the camera - The fictional characters - Lip sync done (Lauren did a much better job than Harry) - Henry Lewis' mutant voice - The incredibly long weapons check - Lieutenant Andrew Garfield actually turning out to be the actor Andrew Garfield - Jonathan and the cast completely losing the plot for a good 2 minutes - Sybil (Harry's character) being the last remaining non-mutant - The multiple cast close ups when becoming mutants - Lawrence Dallaglio becoming one of the Mitchell brothers from Eastenders
The first one was chaotic enough, this was 1000 times more chaotic. There is still one more movie to go, who knows how chaotic the final movie is going to be. I actually thought I was going to die laughing, it was completely brilliant and just what I needed.
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Post by greeny11 on Jul 31, 2021 18:49:16 GMT
Lots of good recommendations. I'd say seeing the city from the river is one of my favourite things to do - by speedboat is great. I use Thames Rockets (the red boats) for this and they are excellent - they tend to use actors/comedians as guides and they are excellent. Also, the Thames Clippers are an excellent way of getting about as well. I would recommend Greenwich, which has lots of things to see and do, and only a 40-minute ride on the Clippers from central London.
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Post by greeny11 on Jul 31, 2021 17:03:13 GMT
Ashopocalypse Now - a post-apocalyptic movie
Highlights: - Dave causing chaos, throwing completely ridiculous plot twists into the mix - Henry Shields going in for a close up - The Dolly Parton underscoring - Henry L making Harry's character have a peacock 'thing' - Lauren's Scottish burglar - Susan's Carolina song - this was actually genuinely quite good - Mutant X's companions - Mutant X turning out to be Lawrence Dallaglio - but knew nothing about him - Harry Kershaw completely forgetting which character he was - The strangest game of Duck, Duck, Goose I've ever seen
If the other 2 shows are like this, this is going to be a great evening.
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Post by greeny11 on Jul 30, 2021 20:04:07 GMT
Hot Swap Buns - a body swap musical
Highlights - Harry in general this evening - The song about puberty - Niall nailed the voice cracking - some impressively high singing - The cast getting completely confused about who they became after the body swap - Henry Shields showing off his Magna Carta knowledge, and Harry showing off his Latin - Some of the songs were pretty good this evening - Some good interventions by Henry Lewis as Oscar - Rhyanna and Mike in the guided tour of the kitchen
This was utter chaos for the first 3/4 of the film, but had a lovely ending. Most of the work was done by Niall, Nancy, Henry S and Lauren, with Rhyanna, Harry and Mike making a few memorable (and not so memorable) cameos.
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Post by greeny11 on Jul 30, 2021 8:40:56 GMT
She looked way too old for the part when I last saw her a few years ago. This is really uninspired casting - the whole show could do with a refresh, with new cast, rather than the same returning actors.
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