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Post by longinthetooth on Apr 20, 2017 15:26:11 GMT
I assume you know it's in the Strand. The entrance road to the Savoy Hotel is the same as to the Savoy Theatre (look out for the sign for Dreamgirls in the Strand). Go past the theatre entrance into the foyer of the hotel. Turn left, up a few stairs, then wait to be seated! As for looking like you've wandered in off the street, you'll be surprised how many people do just that, complete with shopping. Enjoy!
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Post by longinthetooth on Apr 19, 2017 18:26:01 GMT
Beverley Knight was an absolute dream, lovely lady. Ramin Karimloo delightful to chat to too.
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Post by longinthetooth on Apr 11, 2017 20:45:53 GMT
I love Zoe too, and will be interested to see her take on Ellen. They haven't cast John yet, have they? I wondered if they might persuade Hugh Maynard to take on the role again.
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Post by longinthetooth on Apr 11, 2017 20:33:32 GMT
Amber Riley does nothing for me either. Screaming and screeching and yelling at maximum decibel level isn't my thing I'm afraid.
Yes, they are showing the awards in a different order (I know someone who was there). At least we can fast forward through the ads and bits we don't like, which should cut it down somewhat (I'm already catching up quite well!).
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Post by longinthetooth on Apr 8, 2017 13:22:01 GMT
I've seen people change a baby's nappy on the table on a train - where people put their sandwiches, drinks etc. It beggars belief what passes for acceptable nowadays!
It's an old saying, but you have to blame the parents of the next generation above for not passing on some plain old manners and decency to their kids, who in turn are now the ones we are complaining about.
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Post by longinthetooth on Apr 2, 2017 19:54:56 GMT
I imagine they are slightly hesitant in bringing it to London considering Never Forget (the first Take That musical) only ran 6 months at the Savoy and didn't make its money back. I saw it there. I still have nightmares over the drunken women in the audience directly behind me, whooping and yelling (and booing) throughout the show.
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Post by longinthetooth on Apr 2, 2017 14:43:16 GMT
I loved An American in Paris and I loved 42nd Street. Both different forms of dance. Surely it's possible to enjoy both and not have to choose 'either/or'? It's not a battle!
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Post by longinthetooth on Apr 1, 2017 18:58:12 GMT
O.M.G. Just what virtually everyone has said. Tingles up my spine at least three times. Wonderful, wonderful show!
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 30, 2017 17:01:52 GMT
Tonight's show cancelled due to cast illness, according to Twitter!
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 24, 2017 23:59:51 GMT
It did. Pity about the rest of the dross that was supposed to be comedy.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 24, 2017 18:50:53 GMT
Cabaret Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Sound of Music
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 23, 2017 17:56:41 GMT
Never mind the reaction of the Directioners in the audience at the first sign of him in the loincloth!
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 22, 2017 20:54:34 GMT
I too worked in London during the IRA bombings. In those days social media did not exist, of course, and often the first we knew of the latest bomb scare or atrocity was trying to get home and finding roads blocked or the Tube closed. Thankfully I was fortunate, and the nearest encounter I had was being held in the pedestrian tunnels midway between platform and entrance to the Tube while the police investigated a suspect package. Hot, claustrophobic and frightening, but we all got on with it and carried on as normal once released.
I agree totally that victims' faces should not be shown. I once complained to a local paper who posted a particular graphic photograph on Twitter of a car crash where someone died (the driver was trapped in the car), with the registration number clearly visible. To their partial credit they removed the picture from Twitter, but it didn't stop them from it featuring in the hard copy of the paper later in the week. I presume they thought that by then the family had been notified, so it would be all right. Hmm.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 21, 2017 19:03:47 GMT
Nick Jonas in Les Mis .......
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 20, 2017 18:38:52 GMT
I think I must be odd. Beauty and the Beast has passed me by on all levels and I can't summon up any interest in the film whatsoever. In fact, the first I knew of it was when Emma Watson kept turning up on everything on TV and in the papers the other week, and I wondered why.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 19, 2017 23:11:37 GMT
I was once told by a barman in a theatre of a show that was about to close that the staff 'came with the show' and not the theatre, so when the show finished, he was out of a job - until the next show opened, when he applied for the same job again (assuming he hadn't found something else in the meantime). This was about five years ago, so things may have changed.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 15, 2017 23:27:05 GMT
Tom Lister, wasn't it, who is in the show! It was at the end of the One Show, when they all went back outside for the final number.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 8, 2017 22:56:25 GMT
Two phones ringing during Stepping Out this afternoon. Then someone in the audience (on the opposite side of the theatre) shouting out, "turn it off!" Meanwhile the cast soldiered on.
People on here have spoken of shall we say 'less than fragrant' members of the audience. Well, by contrast today my nostrils were assailed by the overwhelming perfume of the otherwise lovely lady sitting next to me. It was so overpowering I could feel my nose becoming bunged up every time I breathed in.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 8, 2017 22:49:46 GMT
Went to see this this afternoon. All I can say is a huge hats off to Anna Jane Casey, who I thought gave the best performance of the show. Unbelievable that she has had only a week to learn the part - I cannot imagine anyone else playing the role now. When the cast took their bows at the end, they lined up together as an ensemble, but Amanda tried to shove Anna forward - but she wouldn't go!
What was the show like? Light, flimsy, quite entertaining, but certainly not the stuff of Oliviers! I thought the second half was better than the first, and the audience seemed to enjoy it.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 3, 2017 16:16:45 GMT
I call in to the theatre if at all possible, and have had no problems. The only time I phoned to change a ticket they were extremely unhelpful. In fact, thinking about it, whenever I have phoned ATG about anything I have had a nightmare, but that's another story (I always book on line).
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 2, 2017 23:14:00 GMT
I have become quite a fan of James Gant. Unfortunately I was unable to catch him in the lead in this (I saw Chris Peluso), but there is something about him that makes me watch him all the time he is on stage.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 2, 2017 23:09:29 GMT
Oops, sorry about the mess I made of my post above. Can't seem to tidy it.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 2, 2017 22:53:19 GMT
According to Baz on Twitter: "In one week @thegirlsmusical by #TimFirth and @garybarlow has sold a staggering £1 million worth of tickets #BigHit" Seems at odds with the comments above!
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 1, 2017 18:38:47 GMT
I contemplated a ticket, mainly out of curiosity it has to be said, but when I saw the prices I decided I wasn't that curious!
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 1, 2017 18:37:03 GMT
I've just seen it and loved it, but then I am the target audience I guess. Almost full, and standing ovation.
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