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Post by shady23 on Jan 24, 2020 8:26:30 GMT
I am waiting for a decent priced ticket to buy too. Like many others I imagine.
Booked transport and hotel already.
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Post by shady23 on Jan 22, 2020 19:39:48 GMT
If anything was going to tempt me back to New York again it was probably this.
Very excited for her.
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Post by shady23 on Jan 22, 2020 19:38:12 GMT
They've also stared cracking down on audios posted on you tube, reminding of the pre show announcement and asking people to remove the recordings.
That's been a long time coming.
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Post by shady23 on Jan 20, 2020 20:35:03 GMT
Nikki has removed everyone she doesn't follow on social media. I wish her well!! Obviously, something is very wrong at the moment. Performers are people too and go onto social media for the same reasons we do i.e. to see what their friends and family are up to. The constant and repetitive messages from fans are, I'm sure, appreciated to some degree, but they can get to a point where they swamp everything else. We pay to watch them on stage for two and a half hours, the rest of the day is their own 👍
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Post by shady23 on Jan 20, 2020 19:08:35 GMT
Sadly I can't make the rescheduled date but was pretty much refunded instantly when I told them. Very good customer service.
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Post by shady23 on Jan 20, 2020 19:07:08 GMT
Sadly I couldn't make this but I am a fan and hope he is well onto the road to recovery. Great voice and a lovely guy.
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Post by shady23 on Jan 18, 2020 17:37:13 GMT
Ugh
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Post by shady23 on Jan 18, 2020 9:09:57 GMT
They do the same on the tour.
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Post by shady23 on Jan 17, 2020 18:37:58 GMT
I have lots of time for Nikki and am so sad for her that this has happened. I send her nothing but the very best.
Also happy for Laura who has been a very consistent powerhouse when Nikki has been away.
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Post by shady23 on Jan 12, 2020 21:19:05 GMT
List of forthcoming events
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Post by shady23 on Jan 12, 2020 16:35:06 GMT
Regardless if anybody is still interested, I watched my final panto of the season. Seen 12 in all! And what a show to end of. Snow White at Bradford and the comedy masterclass of Paul Chuckle and Billy Pearce. I was biased from the start as I have loved The Chuckle Brothers for twenty four years and I swear when the ChuckleVision theme started there was the loudest cheer I've ever heard in a theatre, it was electric! A lot of the routines I was familiar with, but part of the fun is marvelling at a master of their craft working the stage and the audience. Pearce I wasn't familiar with but I was soon won over by his winsome charm and ribald repartee. There is always a part of me that's sad watching Paul with another double act partner but Pearce was well up to the task, far better than the comic Paul was with in Woking last year So that's me done with panto for another year (Oh yes it is!). Phew! The legend herself Helen Mirren was in watching the Bradford panto yesterday too. She is filming locally I think. She posted it on her Instagram. She had a curry, went to a local pub and had her photo with Billy Pearce and Paul Chuckle, whilst wearing a tiara from the merch stand. What a woman!
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Post by shady23 on Jan 12, 2020 5:24:01 GMT
That's modern day theatre, you are not allowed to show any kind of disappointment when things are cancelled or go wrong or you are descended upon by the super fans, many of whom live locally and who can travel in whenever they wish.
If they were less entitled they'd realise not everyone has that luxury.
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Post by shady23 on Jan 12, 2020 5:12:11 GMT
The same discussions have been going on on here for months and the same things have been said (especially when Nikki came off social media).
I know some of the cast have labelled some of the things that have been speculated as "hilarious rumours".
That's all they are, rumours.
The fans who continue to hang around the show 24/7 think they are privvy to what goes on behind the scenes but in reality they have not got a clue, especially these days.
Unless Nikki comes out and says something herself, speculating about a performers mental health on (a very public) social media is bad form really.
I just hope all is well. I have lot of time for her, a very nice person and has one hell of a voice.
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Post by shady23 on Jan 11, 2020 19:20:41 GMT
Who has that much free time on their hands?!
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Post by shady23 on Jan 11, 2020 18:54:35 GMT
The official twitter has replied to a couple of people who have said they're travelling to the show tonight and saying it is cancelled. No mention of the songs tonight. Some fans would really like that. Not sure what the answer is but it's a bit of a mess.
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Post by shady23 on Jan 11, 2020 18:14:55 GMT
People are a still travelling for tonight's show as there has been nothing on the shows official social media that it is cancelled.
That is very poor communication. Must do better!
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Post by shady23 on Jan 11, 2020 17:46:49 GMT
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Post by shady23 on Jan 10, 2020 20:20:12 GMT
If they really have already sold a third of the 2300 seats at the current high prices and bearing in mind it's a charity show I'd be confident it will go ahead. I saw a post from someone saying they'd treated themself to a front row centre ticket. They posted a picture of it. The price on it was £250! I couldn't imagine paying that for any show.
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Post by shady23 on Dec 7, 2019 19:10:07 GMT
Some audience in this afternoon! Wow!
The cast were so excited
(The & Juliet Cast had the pleasure of Amanda Holden!)
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Post by shady23 on Dec 6, 2019 9:36:15 GMT
I thought Samantha Barks was due to reprise her role in Pretty Woman? That's what I thought and it opens very soon in February? Who is going to do that show now?
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Post by shady23 on Dec 6, 2019 8:48:45 GMT
I don't think there is any need to have to explain why I or anyone likes a performer's performance, in addition to their voice. By asking for more details it seems to imply you think there is nothing more to them than their voice, which I think has already been debated to death on here in recent weeks.
Do I think Alfie the best JVJ the world has ever seen? No.
Did he do a very good job the occasion I saw him in the show? Yes!
The show has now ended so the musical purists among you never have to go and see your musical diluted by "stars" ever again. Well, until the next anniversary at least...
I thought this concert run was great. It introduced so so many new fans to the show and it brought so much joy and happiness to many but you wouldn't think so by reading this thread most of the time.
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Post by shady23 on Dec 5, 2019 20:36:54 GMT
After reading some of this thread I expected to be disappointed by Alfie on Monday. I wasn't. I thought he was outstanding.
I realise my views may not count for much as I've only seen this show 7 times and not 70 or 700 but I find this narrative that if you like Alfie's JVJ you are not a true fan of the art, you don't understand the show and you just like celebrity to be patronising in the extreme.
I'm sure we can all put forward the case for our favourites eloquently enough without fueling "isn't theatre elitist" stereotypes.
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Post by shady23 on Dec 5, 2019 15:44:14 GMT
From comments I have seen on social media it seems one of the biggest winners of this run is Bradley Jaden, who seems to have gained a whole new army of fans/admirers!
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Post by shady23 on Dec 4, 2019 15:54:32 GMT
I'm confused. I thought Simon was in the show already?
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Post by shady23 on Dec 4, 2019 12:44:12 GMT
I like to think of it another way, different casting gives opportunities for people to book musicals who would never book otherwise.
We saw this recently at Waitress, when Joe Sugg fans booked to see a show that the majority would not have booked for otherwise. This could begin a love of theatre and lead to them going to see other things.
What was also interesting was the horrendous snobbery from other Waitress fans before he started. That he would spoil the show (Waitress is hardly high brow entertainment?) and how they expected his fans to behave appallingly. Screaming, acting up at stage door etc. In the end he seemed to do a good job and there were no problems with his fans at all. I'd go so far to say the original possessive Waitress fans were more of a problem.
As for Les Mis, this was always marketed as an "all star concert". You can't complain they got stars to be in it.
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