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Post by shady23 on Sept 8, 2021 7:28:22 GMT
Heathers Tour at Newcastle on Friday.
Never seen it before but saw a cheap ticket available so grabbed it.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 5, 2021 17:50:50 GMT
I seem to recall that when Disney paid all that money to have Hamilton streamed online on Disney + that there was the intention of this being realised on DVD. Does anyone know if this is still happening? And if so, when? I am not sure whether DVDs sell enough copies these days to merit a release, sadly.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 5, 2021 17:49:49 GMT
I've entered the Today Tix lottery for the first time, for the week after next.
Anyone have any idea if there is a set time each week the winners are revealed? I know you have a short window of an hour to claim your tickets if you win.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 5, 2021 17:46:42 GMT
I think Louise Dearman would be brilliant at this.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 5, 2021 17:44:45 GMT
Currently trying to get the attention of the box office (email only) as i have one to return for tomorrow's 2.30 matinee. If they don't respond by 6pm I'll see if anyone on here is interested in TWO £25 seats for tomorrow. They are up in the odds but they are at least the front row of the Gods Apologies if already asked but what is the view like from up there?
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Post by shady23 on Sept 2, 2021 10:28:16 GMT
Who was Sophie paired with last time ? Alice wasn't it?
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Post by shady23 on Sept 1, 2021 11:36:09 GMT
ATG customer service is so bad.
They don't answer the phone. They don't respond to emails. Just automated reply that it will take 14 days to get back to you... but then nothing. They don't respond to queries via their website. They don't respond to social media.
You expect a few days wait these days but months? Covid is not an excuse. They are just woefully understaffed and their response times are an absolute disgrace.
To be honest I will be booking anywhere but with them in the future as trying to resolve anything with them is an absolute nightmare.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 30, 2021 17:07:22 GMT
This is a bit of a departure from talking about this production specifically, however, what is it that draws people to this show? I was too young to see the original but from what I have seen and heard; the Donny Osmond recording, many clips of this production online, listened to the soundtrack - this show is not anything to write home about. What is it that people like about this show? Is it just purely the nostalgia? In my opinion, the music is God awful and the story is just nothing. It really does feel like a show that just be performed in churches or primary schools, which it was only ever supposed to be as I understand it. But I am always willing to have my mind changed if someone can convince me. So, please feel free to share - what is it that you like about Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat? My Mum was a big fan of it when Lee Mead was in it and she went to see him in London many times. I've seen it a few times on tour since and the tours have differed greatly in quality. The one recently with Joe McCelderry I quite enjoyed, however some of the other tours with the likes of Keith Jack and Craig Charmers seemed to have been done on a shoestring with just the bridge that children sat on in the background. It was like watching a high school show. The story seemed to be iver quick and then the same songs just being repeated to pad it out. I enjoyed it at the Palladium last outing but it seemed more lavish than I had seen it previously and I am a big fan of Sheridan. Unless there's someone in it I like I cannot imagine I will go and watch it again.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 30, 2021 15:55:48 GMT
You could say this for every single show. Each show has the advertised cast on the website.
I am sure they also have "cannot guarantee the appearance of any artist" on, however.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 29, 2021 18:10:33 GMT
Also, great job by ushers and management at the palladium today. A lady in the front row filmed the whole show on her phone. Whilst they attempted to stop her during act two, at the end right in front of me they accosted her (not physically) and told her cast members had reported it as was seen from the stage and wanted her to delete it off her phone in front of them. While it's good that she deleted it she has managed to film the entire show on her phone. Why was this not stopped at the interval at the very least? That would have driven me mad if I had been nearby.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 29, 2021 18:06:27 GMT
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Post by shady23 on Aug 29, 2021 13:33:45 GMT
At the Sunday 29th matinee and there are notices it's being filmed this afternoon. Still no brochure and the merchandise is horrendous high priced as other have said. Did like the Gaston's tavern fridge magnet in fake old bronze and antlers but will wait unit interval to find price expecting GBP 12. The tall coffee mugs normally 12 in West end are 22. Surprisingly lack of normal soft toys figures which normally get snapped up They seem to have asked most people to get here early so a lot of waiting around. The cup is a bit different to normal as it is one of those ones where the design changes when hot liquid is in it.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 29, 2021 11:44:02 GMT
My favourite songs in this production are "step in the right direction" and "onward" plus the staging of Portobello Road is something pretty special.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 28, 2021 23:07:38 GMT
A case of bad behaviour after the show
When theatre returned it was clear. Stage door is not allowed, but with some going anyway and some performers still taking photos no wonder the lines have been muddied, not that behaviour like this is ever ok.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 27, 2021 23:23:58 GMT
I am still astonished that ATG seem to get complaints about people not being able to easily access their account yet have done absolutely nothing about it. Then when you get into your account, the order history is a list of dates and order number, making finding an individual show an arduous process. I just cannot fathom how they can get a crucial piece of theatre website design so completely wrong on every single level. It is even worse when you consider how long they have had to redesign or at the very least introduce a 'My Account' feature. Atg seem to have serious problems in general, especially that their customer services department is woefully understaffed. Social media is swamped by people basically at their wits end, wondering why they never answer the phone, respond social media queries, emails or their contact us box on the website. I've been trying to swap a ticket with no luck for over a month now. Just had an email asking what date I wanted to swap it to (obviously that was in the original request...) since then nothing... Over the pandemic trying to get cancelled ticket money back from them was stressful and took lots of chasing over many weeks. I really try and avoid them now. Lw theatres are the same. I've been waiting for a refund from a cancelled Joseph show for two months now. They just do not respond to emails or to website contact. So frustrating.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 26, 2021 21:34:46 GMT
I saw a post on twitter with photos of the merch for people interested in that kind of thing
T shirts are £40, apparently. Yes it's Disney so you expect prices to be high but tshirts at Bedknobs and Broomsticks are half the price.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 26, 2021 18:00:41 GMT
If someone is off then they are entitled to their privacy of course but the line gets blurred when the person off is tweeting about it implying there is something more going on. Of course people are going to speculate then.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 25, 2021 17:12:42 GMT
Seen on Twitter
"Still in shock that last night at singing in the rain, at the end of “good morning” a woman in the front row stood up and touched Kevin Cliftons foot…"
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Post by shady23 on Aug 23, 2021 18:43:13 GMT
They used to fly over and knock out any individuality or deviation from the score.
I was in a workshop with a past lead over lockdown and I asked them how much leeway they had in developing their character.
Basically none at all. I find that sad.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 23, 2021 18:27:44 GMT
I am a huge Wicked fan but I would have to agree. They seem happy just plodding on with, it seems, minimal effort. That's how it looks from the outside anyway. A few new little twists and turns would be wonderful but I am not holding my breath.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 23, 2021 18:09:46 GMT
Even if none of the cast change they should still make a casting announcement for publicity, if nothing else. They seem happy to fly under the radar as a word of mouth show and do the bare minimum effort.
The fantastic new publicity shots of Alice and Sophie a few years ago being a very rare exception.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 22, 2021 20:00:05 GMT
As someone who doesn't live near London I can often find myself having multiple visits to the same show within a small space of time as a touring production may only be visiting my city for a week.
I managed to fit in four visits to Bedknobs and Broomsticks in the last week but, unlike trips to London, travel is free (the Theatre Royal in Newcastle gives you free metro travel to and from the venue with your theatre ticket) and no accommodation costs because I live nearby. The cost is only the ticket. Decent side stalls seats were available for twenty pounds upwards so it was affordable. I would usually only revisit a touring show once if I really loved it but I think the absence of theatre (the theatre here has only recently reopened and was closed throughout the pandemic) and the pure joy it gave me made it worth every single penny.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 22, 2021 19:03:12 GMT
Just checked the date it is closing and it will be gone by my next trip to London, shame, there's a few of the cast I am a fan of. I will catch it on tour.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 22, 2021 18:55:34 GMT
There was some suggestion that Sheridan Smith had lost her temper with the kids on occasions, I think she refuted; or just said it had taken a lot to for her to see out her contract. Who knows the truth of it, with differing stances, but it seemed a sad way to end the run. She actually said very clearly that the story was a load of absolute nonsense.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 21, 2021 23:49:23 GMT
Folks I assume were the creators were in tonight taking note of the audience reaction at the end. It was a pretty loud reaction!
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