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Post by Jon on Apr 27, 2024 23:29:32 GMT
I liked Challengers, it's a relationship drama with tennis, it's very homoerotic which I was not expecting.
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Post by Jon on Apr 26, 2024 21:12:11 GMT
Beginning of December to the end of January is similar to Macbeth's run so not unfeasible. But the 24th isn't the beginning of December? A month run seems short I think they meant December 2024 to January 2025 which is feasible for an 8 week run.
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Post by Jon on Apr 26, 2024 20:49:58 GMT
The Lyric Hammersmith is small so I think the dress or upper circle would be more than sufficient.
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Post by Jon on Apr 26, 2024 20:34:31 GMT
The Donmar lost their ACE funding so they need to increase prices, it's a business after all.
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Post by Jon on Apr 26, 2024 20:33:28 GMT
Playing December 24 to January 25! That seems a very short run Beginning of December to the end of January is similar to Macbeth's run so not unfeasible.
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Post by Jon on Apr 26, 2024 13:01:47 GMT
At least it's good though! Assume that set is in storage somewhere and can easily be put in. Quite the show to rehearse for what will end up being 12 weeks max but weirder things have happened. The Piccadilly run was just over three months IIRC so 12 weeks is doable for a return run. The GL run sold really well so it's a no brainer to do another run.
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Post by Jon on Apr 26, 2024 12:22:59 GMT
Have Romeo & Juliet started rehearsals yet? I only ask because Tom Holland has been promoting a short film Last Call at various film festivals which he starred in and is written and directed by his brother Harry.
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Post by Jon on Apr 25, 2024 21:19:33 GMT
James might want to see how he goes in a play... Didn't he do 'One Man, Two Guv'nors' a while back? I watched it online during lockdown (recorded earlier, obviously) and thought he was awful. It could be one of those things you had to see in person, but his timing and delivery just seemed plodding and heavy-handed. But I would think that a farce like that, with all the running around would be a good test of endurance. It was brilliant to see live, I think it is one of those shows that doesn't translate to screen.
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Post by Jon on Apr 25, 2024 18:57:36 GMT
Could be Ardal O'Hanlon or Ben Miller too. Personally I think Kris would be a good choice. I think age wise, Kris and Ralf would work.
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Post by Jon on Apr 25, 2024 18:50:54 GMT
I think Corden should The Odd Couple with another big name actor and have the gimmick of them alternating the role of Oscar and Felix. Matthew Horne, David Walliams, David Tennant, one of the guys who have been lead in Death in Paradise? Which one Kris Marshall or Ralf Little?
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Post by Jon on Apr 25, 2024 18:17:55 GMT
I think Corden should The Odd Couple with another big name actor and have the gimmick of them alternating the role of Oscar and Felix.
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 23:07:11 GMT
It might be tricky to stream or broadcast in cinemas because of rights issues. Netflix owns The Roald Dahl Story Company but I think Warner Bros stills own some screen rights to The Witches as well.
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 14:00:38 GMT
I'm not seeing Challengers until this weekend but my expectation is entertaining romp and if I get that, I'm more than happy.
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 12:15:27 GMT
Is this Sheader's first show or Longhurst's final show?
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 11:52:22 GMT
Surely Matilda being an RSC production would have replaced the Les Mis royalties? Well it was an additional to the Les Mis royalties as the original production ran until 2019, now they just have Matilda, and Totoro tops them back up. Am I right in thinking that the royalties from Les Mis weren't much and had got smaller over the years before Cameron Mackintosh decided to replace it with the 'new' production?
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 11:36:10 GMT
Seven months is not really enough time for a large scale musical like The Witches to recoup, I think Just For One Day which has a lot of commercial producers attached plus slightly easier to transfer has a better shot of going in for a limited run.
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 10:59:37 GMT
Surely Matilda being an RSC production would have replaced the Les Mis royalties?
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Post by Jon on Apr 24, 2024 10:58:07 GMT
Standing at the Sky's Edge didn't originate at the National TBF it originated at the Sheffield Crucible which is smaller than the Olivier.
Just because theatres have similar layout does not mean they have similar stages or backstage capacity.
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2024 14:54:44 GMT
People forget this is show business, not show charity. Producers pick people who they think can put bums on seats although personally I can't see Stacey Dooley being a huge draw to audiences.
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2024 14:17:52 GMT
I wonder given the success of the TV adaptation if we might finally see the original version go to the West End since it was postponed due to the pandemic.
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2024 14:07:02 GMT
Hannah's next big film is The Fall Guy although she's only supporting.
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2024 12:45:26 GMT
And Cheryl wasn't trolling us? This knows what it is (nonsense) and plays to it - if people are daft enough to give it money, good luck to them 😂 I agree, I'm not a fan of the show but if the alternative is a dark theatre which no doubt people would moan about and say the West End was in crisis, I'd go for 2.22 any day.
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2024 12:36:57 GMT
A lot of musicals haven't aged well like Flower Drum Song for example but some shows don't lend themselves to reinvention.
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Post by Jon on Apr 22, 2024 13:30:40 GMT
Some key figures from the annual accounts of Crossroads Pantomines Ltd for the year ending 31 March 2023. 24 pantomines Gross profit margin of 18.2% Turover of £39.64 million Gross profit £7.23 million Operating profit of £1.73 million Profit before tax of £1.66 million Theatre tax relief of £2.91 million Total profit for the year of £5.30 million Just shows why Crossroads are the panto kings.
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Post by Jon on Apr 22, 2024 12:36:40 GMT
The Pinter is more likely given it's free from June.
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Post by Jon on Apr 22, 2024 11:46:37 GMT
Birmingham Hippodrome's panto is six weeks and that starts later than other pantos. Some are only three weeks which to me seems not financially viable but depends on the theatre.
Some pantos like the Lyric Hammersmith and the Theatre Royal Newcastle panto start in November which seems a tad early.
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Post by Jon on Apr 21, 2024 20:41:45 GMT
BurlyBeaR we need a title change now it's been confirmed. Baz mentioned the priority sale is on April 25th
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Post by Jon on Apr 21, 2024 20:32:22 GMT
How is the Crossroads Robin Hood done normally? Isn't it just a reskinned Babes in the Woods?
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Post by Jon on Apr 21, 2024 20:26:27 GMT
Julian as Robin is interesting casting, Jane as Marian will be a hoot although I wonder if she was asked to play the Sheriff and turned it down and they offered her Marian instead.
The Spirit of Sherwood I'm guessing is similar to Spirit of the Bean in Jack and the Beanstalk.
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Post by Jon on Apr 21, 2024 18:37:19 GMT
I know the Palladium especially isn't bothered about panto in its more traditional sense. But the problem with American names is more often than not they don't 'get it'. There is an art to doing panto well. Apart from Donny Osmond, there hasn't been many American stars in panto in the last few years.
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