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Post by sophizoey on Jan 5, 2018 17:26:32 GMT
Chickened out of getting a musical theatre tattoo today. But on the bright side I've packed to go back to University on Sunday.
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Post by sophizoey on Jan 2, 2018 0:58:14 GMT
I saw the Newcastle Arena production twice (both times we had free tickets, we wouldn't pay to go to such a thing) Being from Newcastle and having seen many a pop star in that arena, the arena was reduced to a third or even a quarter of its seating capacity. The majority of the floor space was gone, and in the space left half of the raised seating was curtained off. It still probably sat around 3000 though.
The first time we saw it on opening, the sound was all over the place, this could have been because we were sat close to the band but it ruined the singing. They had clearly tried to make it grander for the arena, with a catwalk and some half-impressive lighting. The sound was improved on our second visit (the filmed performance) and our seats were much better than the completely restricted view we had last time.
As for the actors, I spent most of my time watching the ensemble. Joe lacked the stage presence I'm used to in a theatre performance. It would have been amazing if this was a Joe McElederry concert however - which I'm positive some of his fans thought it was.
It was nice to see a local boy play a lead, that did warm my heart a little. He doesn't have a bad voice, a little work on diction and breathing.
It was a fine production, not really grand enough for an arena. Definitely suited to people who don't usually attend the theatre and as someone who does I found some of the behaviour appalling, but what can you expect when there isn't an announcement about mobile phones.
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Post by sophizoey on Dec 27, 2017 14:51:13 GMT
With Sophie still unwell and a 9 show week it’s likely that Rosa will get a Glinda show at some point and with Rosa still covering Nessa then Aimee Fisher as Nessa. Unless they give Samantha Thomas a Glinda show! I would imagine it would be Sam as she is 1st Cover, and why bother complicating the Nessarose situation when you don't have to. I was thinking the same thing, if I'm not mistaken Alice and Maria will have done 2 double show days in a row - I thought they were about avoiding that. So it wouldn't surprise me if we get a Laura/Sam show. (I'm holding out for an Aimee/Sam show as a sort of Les Mis reunion but that's unlikely)
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Post by sophizoey on Dec 21, 2017 17:14:29 GMT
Tickets booked for the 4th of July. American Independance Day - what a show!
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Post by sophizoey on Nov 21, 2017 17:55:17 GMT
First post here hello!
Does anyone know how the student tickets work, I'm a little confused. I'm going to be in London tomorrow and I know I won't be there early enough to day seat (my train doesn't even leave Newcastle until 09:30) so I was hoping to go for student tickets? What do they mean when they say best seats in the house £29.50, I'm assuming this doesn't mean premium seats but whats the limit and what do I say at the box office to make sure I only get charged £29.50 (I have all the student ID they could possibly want)
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