1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 4, 2023 17:52:19 GMT
Saw this on the matinee on Wednesday. Enjoyed it but would agree with those noting how the songs kill the pacing. I think I'm on record previously as saying I'm not a fan of musicals but this is closer to a play with songs than a full blown musical anyway. Some of the songs are just too long, and don't contribute to the story-telling in a direct enough fashion. Some simply feel wildly misplaced (the miners' strike one probably being the worst in this sense, since it seemed a way to shoehorn in a dispute about a different industry when the actual story was about someone who had been working for British Steel). Also agree about the ending. Psychotic stalker gaslights former partner back into a relationship is not exactly a very positive ending (despite those cheering in the audience when it happened...) Which record are you on? Do you sing any solo bits?
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 4, 2023 17:51:04 GMT
Saw this on the matinee on Wednesday. Enjoyed it but would agree with those noting how the songs kill the pacing. I think I'm on record previously as saying I'm not a fan of musicals but this is closer to a play with songs than a full blown musical anyway. Some of the songs are just too long, and don't contribute to the story-telling in a direct enough fashion. Some simply feel wildly misplaced (the miners' strike one probably being the worst in this sense, since it seemed a way to shoehorn in a dispute about a different industry when the actual story was about someone who had been working for British Steel). Also agree about the ending. Psychotic stalker gaslights former partner back into a relationship is not exactly a very positive ending (despite those cheering in the audience when it happened...) Which record are you on? Do you have any solo bits?
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 4, 2023 8:20:39 GMT
Genuinely don’t think I could have loved this more tbh
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 1, 2023 23:25:10 GMT
Thank you. Yes. I look forward to receiving a prize Your prize will be tickets to see the opening night of Bad Cinderella on tour starring Kerry Katona, in Dartford Really? Oh that’s too much. You can’t afford that. I mean…..only if you’re sure ….because I’ve been dreaming about getting tickets to that for soooo long. Oh I’m on cloud 9. I won’t sleep tonight. Thank you thank you thank you
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 1, 2023 6:08:53 GMT
I have a good feeling its Jamie Parker. Thank you. Yes. I look forward to receiving a prize
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 25, 2023 18:02:36 GMT
Well at least the concrete was interesting. Too bad about the show. 😝 I don’t think I have ever seen a poster on here state how much they dislike a show, then repeat it, and repeat it, and repeat it. We get it. You didn’t like it! Others did. End of
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 23, 2023 22:56:17 GMT
Jamie is booked and busy this summer! Doing what?
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 23, 2023 21:42:36 GMT
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 23, 2023 21:33:22 GMT
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 23, 2023 10:39:43 GMT
Sorry to say, I have returned my ticket for this too- purely based on the reviews on this board. Such a shame though! Are the Donmar accepting tickets back for exchange/refund/resale? Does it need to be for a specific reason?
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 22, 2023 20:10:09 GMT
Code to see Sylvia at the Old Vic for £30 (normally £55/65) for perfs up to 3rd March. It’s COMEAGAIN Is this for TodayTix or direct with the OV? Direct with the OV online. There should be a code box where you enter the code and then presumably it highlights the reduced seats available?
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 22, 2023 15:30:09 GMT
Code to see Sylvia at the Old Vic for £30 (normally £55/65) for perfs up to 3rd March. It’s COMEAGAIN
|
|
1,242 posts
|
NT 2023
Feb 21, 2023 6:42:04 GMT
via mobile
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 21, 2023 6:42:04 GMT
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 19, 2023 16:34:47 GMT
Those are dreadfully written reviews. Was there no Editor to check them? They read like a drama student reviewer on work experience stepped in to write them at the last minute
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 12, 2023 13:20:02 GMT
Thanks Rory
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 12, 2023 9:11:18 GMT
Anybody know if the main 3 are generally appearing in recent shows. Thinking of getting a ticket to today’s matinee but only if they are on really. And yes I know that it’s hard to predict and that we don’t just go to see the leads
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 10, 2023 13:12:59 GMT
STANDING ON THE SKY'S EDGE It's AT...STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE. It’s also so very very very far from being a musical misfire and an example of style over substance imo
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 10, 2023 13:11:35 GMT
Stand by for Mark Shenton’s kickback comments
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 3, 2023 7:47:24 GMT
Um, sorry to add to the gloom and doom but the unfortunate fact is that Rosalie HAS dropped out of this. Meanwhile, Jamie's performance in MOULIN ROUGE was one of the worst West End debuts I've ever seen, so the indices on this aren't great. Was Rosalie ever actually in this? It was just a rumour floated here. Plus she played it at the Menier. To fairly bad reviews
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 2, 2023 21:32:51 GMT
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 1, 2023 4:45:28 GMT
Theatre Royal Stratford East is far too small to stage a play of this scale Unless you meant they stage it in Westfield shopping centre Oh……..
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 31, 2023 21:03:25 GMT
Is there any chance this extends by a week or two? With the transfer - no. If there wasn't a transfer, then I would of said yes. So…..no then?
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 31, 2023 19:31:18 GMT
Is there any chance this extends by a week or two? No
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 31, 2023 19:29:33 GMT
Any news on this shows future? No
|
|
1,242 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 29, 2023 6:32:24 GMT
Oh I’m being deadly serious. There’s so much of it about it at the moment. It’s the sort of thing a government would do as part of a global conspiracy cover up. You must believe everything I say on this matter. Like most people I’m sure they want to hide the “female theatre actress is pregnant” shocker as it’s so rare and definitely worthy of the gossip of people who don’t know her and have never met her. Definitely
|
|