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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 14, 2021 17:51:16 GMT
Just noticing that two journo's asked him about social distancing and face masks being dropped on the 19th July date and he only ever replied about social distancing going and never commented on face masks either time, so wondering if those will still be in place.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 14, 2021 16:16:10 GMT
Well I don't think all in the top vulnerable groups have had their 2nd dose yet have they? And the 2nd one has become more important with this new variant. The new variant I think is also more damaging to younger age groups now as well? Which if so means 2nd doses and indeed 1st doses are more important now for them too.
21st June was a no earlier than date based on if everything was fine, it's clearly not fine, we need a few more weeks to get back on top of the new challenges, and then hopefully we'll be able to get back on track with the roadmap.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 14, 2021 8:24:58 GMT
I've not had mine yet either and It opened to my age group 3 weeks ago, it's been a lot harder than it should to organise one and even now I've had to settle for going 10 miles away to get it done finally on saturday because I didn't want to leave it any longer and just get it done.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 14, 2021 8:10:18 GMT
I did read that AN interview and so it was quite surprising to me, that despite him saying he wanted to be clear that no "fake news, conspiracy theories or misinformation" would be allowed and anyone doing so would be disciplined, that on their very first day of operating Dan Wootton presented a segment peddling a Covid is a hoax and conspiracy theories angle. Let's wait and see if he gets "disciplined" for that....
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 13, 2021 12:55:05 GMT
Jessica really was fantastic wasn't she. I'm hoping she gets some chances by ALW in the future because she's so talented and as Ceebee said above, seems a ready made replacement for Carrie in Cinderella for example.
Sadly with Madalena the sound for her was awash with problems for my performance, her mic just never seemed as loud as the others and made her songs/voice seem subdued and hard to pick up and at one point her mic wasn't working full stop for 70% of one song, so I don't feel I really got the best of her. That along with Karen not being on for my preformance makes me want to catch it again for the full experience but I'm not sure i'll manage it.
I need to mention the lighting rig again because I just do.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 13, 2021 8:25:33 GMT
I wish they let us know if they are intending to. Am seriously considering booking for next Saturday night otherwise. I’m surmising. But why wouldn’t they? The only thing that would stop them (I surmise) are rights issues. But this is all old material, would that be an issue with RUG or whoever owns it all? Im probably wrong. Go see it live, it will be loads better anyway. I’d go but without a car I can’t make the logistics work. Schooldays it’s back in Manc piccadilly at 1am (sorry but those days are over) abd on Saturday night it’s not possible to get back at all so would need a hotel. Flixbus is 6 hours each way via London lol. Were you going to drive? You can get a hotel next weekend for £30, there's a new travelodge just opened round the corner, and with tickets still available for £10 for sat night it probably isn't any more than you'd normally pay for an average ticket? What about Saturday afternoon? There is a matinee with good availability too.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 12, 2021 20:51:23 GMT
Were you in the studio earlier? The acoustics are not as good in there generally and so I imagine that's still even the case even with the theatre fully open up on all sides.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 12, 2021 18:32:22 GMT
Well, where to start? Some cracking talent on that stage. Some really excellent performances and an energetic band. Now I know what Phantom will sound like on the Keys! I can't fault anybody as they were all really good. The Starlight intro to the second half took the roof off and made full use of the Curve's insane lighting rig. Some beautiful nuanced singing with a couple of funny ALW anecdotes (though his interjections started to irritate me and elongated the show unnecessarily). Only downside is that the sound gets swallowed with all four sides open, both across the theatre and upward. End result is that sometimes performers felt 25m away from me when in reality they were 25 feet. Magdalena Alberto is as beautiful in voice as she is in looks and was flawless; Shem Omari James has a lovely reed-like quality to his voice and I would love to see him play Raoul as I think he'd be perfect in the role; Ria Jones got some flack in an earlier post but I thought she was great - I liked her "Memory" as it was subtle and controlled, and her Sunset sections got well-deserved applause. Tim Rogers performs with gravitas and accomplishment, and his "Til I Hear You Sing" was an excellent rendition of a song that isn't easy. I hadn't realised he'd workshopped the original LND. Karen Mavundukure has the most beautiful soul voice I've heard. Her takes on "I don't know how to love him" and "light at the end of the tunnel" were effortless and brilliant. A highlight for me. Tim Howar is the kind of bloke you'd probably go for a drink with - he constantly looks like he's loving it up on stage, charismatic but giving to other performers, he nailed everything. I liked his range and versatility and there was a tangible cadence in his performances. Jessica Daley - damn she's good. Phenomenal vocal range and dexterity, a ready made replacement for Carrie Hope Fletcher in pretty much anything. Certainly equal to, if not better. Grab a ticket if you can - well worth the money. It's not perfect, and could do with some directorial polish, but it's pretty damn close to perfect if you like ALW! Honestly I think the lighting rig and what they did with it was worth the ticket price alone! Sadly I didn't see Karen as she injured her foot early this week and so had a few days off and I do think they cut Light at the end of the tunnel completely but from memory Jessica Daley did I don't know how to love him. Blimey she was good wasn't she. I'm thinking of going again actually on Wednesday again.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 12, 2021 9:11:01 GMT
Am I wrong in thinking this was also going to be streamed. Feel sure I read it somewhere but can't find anything now. Really fancy seeing this but don't fancy the trek to Leicester No there weren't any plans to stream it, which is a shame. I know it's a trek for you but you can get tickets for £10 for this at some performances and it's an enjoyable show and a spectacle so it's worth seeing if you can.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 12, 2021 9:05:24 GMT
Have a nice time those of you going today, i think it was a couple of you? Look forward to hearing your thoughts over the next few days
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 11, 2021 7:00:18 GMT
There are reports this morning the delay may now be 4 weeks. This would take us up to mid - lateish July when the vaccination target was set for,so that would make sense. Though there are also reports, actually Matt Hancock has explicitly said it, that there is quite a big shortage of the Pfizer vaccine and it might limit the roll out over the next few weeks, which is not good news at all and comes up at exactly the wrong time, which is just typical.
I think that they could maybe look at a halfway house type situation though, let things like theatres open at full capacity with all the mitigations still in place, given that a report came out saying they would be fairly safe, but hold back on some of the other measures.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 10, 2021 14:01:17 GMT
I wonder when facemasks wouldn't be required though? I had my first experience wearing one at the Theatre yesterday and it was fine but it can't go on forever, at some point we've got to be allowed to no longer wear them. Once everyone has had a first vaccine?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 10, 2021 10:21:30 GMT
Having read HearForTheatre's review I just managed to get a top price single seat for the final Saturday matinee. May try to exchange it on the day to be nearer the stage as there are loads of two seat bubbles left. The cost of travel had previously put me off (lack of low price advance rail tickets) but thanks to Flixbus I got a day return by coach from London to Leicester at ideal times for a fiver ! { Flixbus is the leading European coach operator. They recently entered the UK domestic market and are currently offering very cheap fares from 99p } Oh blimey! I hope you do actually enjoy it then if you've just based it on my review haha! Thanks for the info on the coach company btw, I had been looking at ways of getting to London cheaper than the train and I'd not seen anything about them. Looking at the website it seems they offer both cheaper and quicker than NE and so I think I'll try it.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 10, 2021 8:24:50 GMT
June 21st is the earliest, so why do lots of people assume that’s when lockdown will be lifted ? Well all the other "no earlier than" dates were met? The government themselves were/are talking about that date as a big moment? It's probably not going to happen and it will be a few weeks later but you can't chastise people for taking that initial date as the unlocking moment.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 10, 2021 7:44:23 GMT
It's not going to happen is it, the 21st June thing. It's getting obvious. And even when it does happen I think it will be with a lot more mitigations than they originally planned. If it doesn't happen on 21st June, when the prevalence of respiratory diseases is low, it will NEVER happen. Bye bye theatre. Bye bye hospitality. Of course it will, we are talking about 2 or 3 weeks to get the vaccine rollout to a more advanced stage and give the actions in the hot spots a chance to work. We just need as many people as possible to be vaccinated, that's all. To be quite honest it was a bit silly of the government to set this date before supposed vaccination target at the the end of July anyway. They should have set it at the end of July and then bring it forward if it was able to.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 10, 2021 6:32:24 GMT
It's not going to happen is it, the 21st June thing. It's getting obvious. And even when it does happen I think it will be with a lot more mitigations than they originally planned.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 10, 2021 5:47:49 GMT
I don't think you have to look back many posts to see people being that way about the show/endevour itself and indeed it's strewn across the entire thread.
I just think that at a time like this, when theatre is trying to get back on it's feet, shows are trying to open that have had false starts and difficult beginnings, theatres are trying to re-open and put on shows, often at a loss or breaking even at best, performers are finally back in work after over a year of next to no opportunities or support, new graduates are only just getting a chance to shine.....all that, I just think we can take a look at how we respond to and talk about theatre at the moment. I'd rather be positive and uplifting than be negative and miserable about stuff, I'd rather support than tear down. Of course people can have negative opinions and think how they want to think but at the same time that doesn't always need to be vocalized so loudly, and if it does, there are ways of going about it that aren't so harsh or joyfully nasty.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 10, 2021 5:06:49 GMT
Ria Jones is in this? It’s a HELL NOOOOOO from me. A cruise ship is missing a singer. Was there any need? And BTW she was very good.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 9, 2021 17:40:44 GMT
It's a new musical trying to open during this pandemic and as we come out of lock down, it's a show that has suffered more than most with all it's false starts, and do you know what? I just feel like there doesn't need to be the level of negativity and mickey taking, especially before anyone has even seen the show. We should be encouraging and uplifting, not tearing something down. If you don't like what you have heard or know about the show so far, fair enough, but there's no need to be so loud about it either?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 9, 2021 17:35:14 GMT
I went to the theatre for the first time today since last feb, it was at Curve for the ALW concert, and really surprisingly...it felt so normal? I had kind of expected it to feel like a momentous thing but it basically felt like i'd never stopped going in the first place!? In terms of the experience itself, it was absolutely fine. It was well organised and do you know what....the mask thing did not bother me at all and I really thought it would. Through the performance I forgot I even had it on.
Of course I'd love all restrictions to be lifted but if the price of being able to see theatre still is wearing masks still going forward over the next few weeks/months I'm really a lot more fine with it now I've done it than I was before.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 9, 2021 15:54:18 GMT
Just back from this and I guess it's not getting much attention but this was a real experience. If you think it's just them on stage singing songs in front of a mic that ALW introduces you are wrong. The scale of this is epic. It's fully directed, there is choreography, there are props, there are bits of set, there's special effects and illusions, there is automation and the lighting rig and lighting in general is SPECTACULAR and a honestly a show in itself. All the performers were fantastic (special shout out to Jessica Daley), with many great arrangements, special versions of songs or medleys and the inserts from ALW were entertaining and extremely interesting.
You can easily get tickets for £20 or even just £10 and the box office were very willing to get me a single seat even though no more were available on the map.
I'd defo recommend.
Just a note that Karen Mav hurt her foot and so wasn't in the show today, I'm not sure if she is returning or completely just out now.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 9, 2021 9:25:59 GMT
I'd just quite like to know the creative team?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 9, 2021 7:38:56 GMT
I guess it's too late for this but for future reference....how does one get into preview screenings then? It seems a lot have for this and i'd not seen anything about it?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 9, 2021 7:36:40 GMT
Vegan Sausage Roll? Are you kidding me?!
How dare.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 8, 2021 19:21:30 GMT
I’m playing catch up. Who was that fabulous woman doing Thunderdome from Tina? She made me want to go see it for sure. She was indeed fabulous.
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