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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 28, 2023 18:29:42 GMT
As there is now a photo of Katie at the recording session with a massive bump and a 'baby on board' sticker...am I finally permitted to say she is pregnant? No. It could have been doctored and faked. No.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 24, 2023 21:22:58 GMT
Good news - decades since I've been to the Phoenix, though! Literally, I don't think I've been there since the early 90s. What's been on since then? Blood Brothers and similar? Not much after Blood Brothers ended late 2012. Just Goodnight Mister Tom, Midnight Tango, Once, Bend it Like Beckham, Guys and Dolls, The Last Tango, Dirty Dancing, Peppa Pig’s Surprise, The Girls, Chicago, Come from Away, Noises Off
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 24, 2023 21:05:25 GMT
I thought it was Keith Chegwin when I first read that, had visions they might have got the ABBA Voyage team on board to work their magic… Keith is reincarnated through his nephew Hugo
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 24, 2023 20:29:39 GMT
Surprisingly enough, it's not Cheryl who's had to pull out of the show, but her co-star Hugo Chegwin. Which is what happens when you hire an actor whose only experience is improvisational comedy and is unable to actually learn lines. Are you suggesting that he is not ACTUALLY ill?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 21, 2023 9:47:22 GMT
I very much like to sing the title of this play to the tune of ‘Fog on the Tyne’. You should try it. I thank you.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 20, 2023 8:30:38 GMT
So Biggins and Pollard still have the chance to go on before it ends? Oh that’s made my day
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 20, 2023 7:44:37 GMT
Lordy, is this show still running?
Don’t know about ticket sales but it feels like it maybe has one more cast change in it before they ask Pollard and Biggins.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 7, 2023 17:12:16 GMT
She doesn't look anything near 33 and even if she did a woman of 30 in 1947 was something different to a woman of 30 in 2023. Sorry. Facts are facts. The reality is that she is not too young for the role. Fact. Whether she looks her age or not is not the argument.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 7, 2023 7:24:58 GMT
Tickets for this seem to be selling well. Will no doubt be helped by James Norton on Graham Norton today. I want to see this but have been holding off due to the insane prices - now getting slightly concerned about missing out! I seem to recall the first couple of rows not being available but wasn’t sure if they’d sold out or were being held back. Is this likely to be worth the splurge or is it best to hold out? Likely to be an NT Live for £20 I reckon
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 7, 2023 7:19:26 GMT
Is Patsy still carrying her notebook around? Re the miscast thing- on a basic level , she’s way too young. Patsy is 33. In the play, Blanche is described in the stage notes and descriptions as 5 years older than Stella, who is 25.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 5, 2023 21:46:59 GMT
Well they are married so he may not have had the choice to turn it down, lest marital strife set in Yes, I know, and it was referred to upthread. I was just trying to add a little extra voice to the nepotism complaint, whilst adding the information that I found their previous collaboration appalling. Oh. That’s wasn’t clear
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 5, 2023 17:25:19 GMT
I missed this thread when it was opened but I'm sorry to say the first act of 'Horseplay' at Riverside last year was about the most excruciating hour I've ever spent in a theatre. Genuinely impressed that on the back of that he's managed to get Mark Gatiss to work with him again. Well they are married so he may not have had the choice to turn it down, lest marital strife set in
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Post by theatrelover123 on Dec 16, 2022 8:01:36 GMT
Alternative affordable ticket option and not front row stalls: Love Theatre are doing a lottery; register with them and on a Thursday they email you a link enabling you, from 10 am, to buy a £25 stalls or royal circle ticket for £25 for the 7 days from a week ahead. (Sorry: can't think how best to explain but eg, yesterday, 15 December, £25 tix available for w/c Thursday 22 December.) I signed up for this but didn’t receive an email yesterday ;(
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Post by theatrelover123 on Dec 10, 2022 14:36:16 GMT
No longer a rumour. Duke of York Theatre from 17th Feb for 12 weeks starring Sheridan Smith. This is my favorite one person play and unfortunately will miss it. Saw it a few times on Broadway many years ago. I hope AGT will bring it over to the Hudson. I’m not sure Jennifer Hudson would be right for this, imo
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Post by theatrelover123 on Dec 8, 2022 5:56:19 GMT
1 star in The Times
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Post by theatrelover123 on Dec 6, 2022 6:48:42 GMT
I sat 4 rows back in middle of Woodside and don’t remember any huge sound issues. Maybe some lines lost as mic not opened quickly enough. And Brontes pitchy singing. But otherwise it seemed fine.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Dec 2, 2022 18:52:07 GMT
Anybody know what the Woodside section of this is like? It’s a side view but does that mean anything in terms of view and enjoyment? And what separates the front and back sections of those blocks? Are they barriers?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Dec 2, 2022 18:35:27 GMT
Save yourselves and avoid avoid avoid. One of the worst nights at the theatre I have ever had. Appreciate it was the first show (with first preview cancelled) but the script was rancid, including lots of offensive jokes. Don't mind a joke slightly close to the wire, but MUST be funny! Flabberghasted that this got through the lit dept. Some of the acting was shockingly bad. To add insult to injury we sat in the balcony and could see maybe 40% of the stage, and almost all the scenes are acted in the 60% we couldn't see... Like seeing an offensive audio play. Gosh. Did you not like it?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Nov 30, 2022 23:43:55 GMT
Tickets for. Monday night on the Noticeboard
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Post by theatrelover123 on Nov 30, 2022 5:50:07 GMT
Michael Ball, Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Petula Clark, Anna-Jane Casey, Rosalie Craig, Janie Dee, Judi Dench, Daniel Evans, Maria Friedman, Haydn Gwynne, Bonnie Langford, Damian Lewis, Julia Mckenzie, Julian Ovenden, Bernadette Peters, Sian Phillips, Jon Robyns, Clive Rowe, Jenna Russell, Imelda Staunton, Charlie Stemp, Gary Wilmot and Michael D. Xavier Every single person who did the first concert will return for a possible 6-8 week engagement? I don’t believe that. Idk maybe I’m wrong. Oh sorry. It wasn’t clear that your question referred to the new concert and not the recording of the old one.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Nov 29, 2022 22:42:57 GMT
Any idea on who the performers are going to be? Michael Ball, Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Petula Clark, Anna-Jane Casey, Rosalie Craig, Janie Dee, Judi Dench, Daniel Evans, Maria Friedman, Haydn Gwynne, Bonnie Langford, Damian Lewis, Julia Mckenzie, Julian Ovenden, Bernadette Peters, Sian Phillips, Jon Robyns, Clive Rowe, Jenna Russell, Imelda Staunton, Charlie Stemp, Gary Wilmot and Michael D. Xavier
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Post by theatrelover123 on Nov 23, 2022 14:34:16 GMT
Thank the lord Patrick Vaill returns - he's just superb in this. Interested to see who's play Ado Annie in replacement of Marisha... I hear that Matt Hancock has his eyes on that role.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Nov 20, 2022 0:23:12 GMT
MrBarnaby is right, there really isn't much of a show here with Brayben, her performance is the glue that holds it all together. Utter nonsense. In my opinion
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Post by theatrelover123 on Nov 8, 2022 21:45:31 GMT
“Abundance of male parts” Well that’s piqued my interest Where do I buy tickets?
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Post by theatrelover123 on Oct 18, 2022 11:38:06 GMT
Samira off again tonight Is there a way to find out on the day if she's off? I'm supposed to see it tomorrow and would really like to see her if possible. Unfortunately not. I called them at about 4pm yesterday and they said at that time that nobody was scheduled to be off but accidents and illness might happen between then and curtain up, and that they are clear about not guaranteeing availability, particularly as "it's an ensemble and we have understudies in place". I got there at about 7pm yesterday and when I checked around the right hand door of the auditorium there was no sign announcing the indisposition of Samira. It was only that I then happened to walk past the left hand door on my way to the bookshop that I saw the sign on that side. I imagine that many people who went in the right hand door didn't clock the sign, even if they walked past it. Loved the show.
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