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Post by HereForTheatre on May 3, 2020 13:46:25 GMT
Why would it need 5 months to get a show back on it's feet once they are able to return? I'm a bit baffled.
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Post by HereForTheatre on May 3, 2020 13:33:07 GMT
I'm pretty sure theatre will be back in some capacity by the end of the year. I know theatres that are determined for that to be the case no matter what measures have to be put in place for it to happen.
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Post by HereForTheatre on May 3, 2020 9:59:19 GMT
Anybody watched it? I'm 5 episodes in so far and loving it. Patti and Jim Parsons are sensational. Plenty of people for us stagey folks to recognise and enjoy
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Post by HereForTheatre on May 3, 2020 7:21:27 GMT
The stuff being released online is more than welcome. Maybe they aren't the big shows but for me personally it's given me an opportunity to catch things that i'd missed, in one case in gave me the opportunity to see something i'd booked for but ended up being cancelled because of Covid and it's given me the opportunity to watch things i wasn't interested enough to go and see physically and pay for but have enjoyed being able to see them online. You can't criticise these things being released. Any for of entertainment being made available at a moment where you have to spend every day inside is a good thing and surely even better if it's theatre.
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Post by HereForTheatre on May 1, 2020 10:03:31 GMT
I wonder if he meant to say Leicester? I wouldn't be shocked because they have been doing a lot of ALW recently/in the near future what with opening the phantom tour, LND tour and then doing TWOO at Christmas.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 30, 2020 17:22:15 GMT
It's a lovely song, if not a little repetitive. I enjoyed listening to it and the performer had a great voice. I'm interested to see how this develops.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 23, 2020 21:26:57 GMT
For some reason i always expected one of the WE alternates or covers would take on the tour role and especially after her appearance on The Voice i thought it might be Nicole. The only obstacle was i wasn't sure whether she would leave DEH for it but obviously she is. I'm looking forward to seeing her.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 23, 2020 9:34:12 GMT
I'm sure it can happen next year with Whoopi. There's no way they will pass it up, look how much they were getting rid of tickets for and how well it was selling. It was a gold mine for essentially what will be a touring show just popped in London. They will move heaven and earth to get it back on again next year.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 21, 2020 12:01:39 GMT
I thought it was good. Especially Rebecca Lock.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 20, 2020 17:49:43 GMT
I think the worst time will actually be when we are allowed back to work but we still have no access to live entertainment or social settings. That is what breaks peoples working lives up. Under normal circumstances my theatre trips would be what broke my life up a bit from work and the thing that gave me a break and something to look forward to, in many ways a 'reward' even and a way to wind down. We are going to be in a situation where most peoples working lives will go back to normal but there will be absolutely nothing else for them to do to break that up. It will just be work work work without even so much as going to the pub for a few drinks after to look forward to or to wind down over. I think i might find that more tough on my mental health than this current complete lock down.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 19, 2020 19:58:34 GMT
I've just watched and loved it. But fair warning this is a basic archive film and so the sound quality and video quality isn't great but i still managed to watch it with no problems. Just make sure you can turn the volume up!
I have to say i didn't think this would be my thing at all but i thought it was very enjoyable.
One of the good things about all this is that i've watched so many plays, that i've really enjoyed, when normally i'm very much a musicals person. I've been so surprised by what i've enjoyed. It might make me give more plays a go when theatre re opens!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 18, 2020 9:12:37 GMT
The judging is not it this season. It really isn't.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 13, 2020 9:42:27 GMT
I like Gigi and she will probably win but my fave is Jan. I honestly thought she'd be completely basic based on her meet the queens video but she's surprised me no end and i really really like her. I think she comes out with one of the top look every week, is always there or there abouts in the challenges and just has a really good personality.
That said Gigi has definitely surprised me as well, based on the meet the queens she seemed like a look queen with a fairly bland personality and like she wouldn't be able to do anything else but she's certainly proven that assumption wrong, she's an extremely good all rounder.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 12, 2020 13:13:05 GMT
The theatre industry is doomed. There will be no theatres left. Nobody will put on shows. Worse still, there will be no need for this forum anymore Apparently.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 12, 2020 9:05:49 GMT
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 10, 2020 12:30:20 GMT
Out of interest has anyone seen David Breeds in the role? He did quite a few shows towards the (temporary) end of the run.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 10, 2020 11:58:51 GMT
Seeing quite a bit, this includes: The Bedroom The Bathroom The Living Room The Kitchen The Garden I'll leave reviews on them all
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 4, 2020 15:01:12 GMT
Curve to stream their production of The Importance of Being Earnest from tomorrow night
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 3, 2020 21:33:27 GMT
I dunno, i think i wanted it to be louder and be more a wall of sound at times. I didn't leave thinking it sounded amazing in particular. (but i loved the show) Maybe they were just having an off night in that department the night i went and to be fair it was still in previews i think.
Though to be fair as well I've been having problems with my ears recently and so maybe it was just me!
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Post by HereForTheatre on Apr 2, 2020 8:55:25 GMT
Nikolai Foster said in an Insta Live the other day Curve plan on putting up archive recordings every week but there's nothing been announced/uploaded since Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual so it probably won't be quite that regular. Still, interested to see what further shows they will release.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Mar 31, 2020 12:15:08 GMT
Has anyone read the accompanying book? I was thinking of buying it and having a little read during our lockdown.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Mar 28, 2020 13:14:11 GMT
Archive recording of the play from a couple of years ago is now available to watch online. I missed it at the time but tuned in and thought it was a very interesting and captivating piece. The amount of characters the two actors play between them in incredible. You don't have to be interested in football to enjoy it, it's actually more about race and culture. Give it a watch www.curveonline.co.uk/news/watch-our-archive-recording-of-memoirs-of-an-asian-football-casual/{Spoiler - click to view} The only thing i didn't love was the real Riaz coming on at the end to finish the story. Might have been okay if he just narrated the end but they had him do some acting and he's no actor. For me the ending was a bit confusing and stilted compared to the rest of the piece so i wish they just used the two actors to end the story in the same style as the rest of the play.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Mar 26, 2020 19:36:09 GMT
I love it.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Mar 22, 2020 11:28:45 GMT
Looks like they have changed the colour of the artwork as well. I think it looks better.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Mar 22, 2020 9:28:29 GMT
I only started going i think 6 years ago, maybe 5. My first show was the Hairspray production at Curve, the original one, before it then started touring every year. My first West End show was a weird one, Urinetown at The Apollo!
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