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Post by adamkinsey on Apr 27, 2023 10:20:42 GMT
Has been announced this morning. Prime candidate for audience bad behaviour?
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Post by og on Apr 27, 2023 10:23:22 GMT
Bound to be all over the news this one, for all the wrong reasons.
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Post by Jon on Apr 27, 2023 10:23:26 GMT
This is the play version, not the musical version...
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Post by adamkinsey on Apr 27, 2023 10:33:14 GMT
Bugger. That'll teach me not to read the full release!
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Post by marob on Apr 27, 2023 13:08:54 GMT
I remember seeing the first tour of this 10 years ago at the Lowry, the matinee on the day of Margaret Thatcher’s state funeral. The (fairly weak) anti-Thatcher jokes didn’t just get laughs, they got a huge round of applause. Was quite a welcome break from the hours and hours hagiographic coverage of her death on the BBC.
I’ve known it was playing locally for a while, but I can’t get excited about seeing it, even though I like some of the cast.
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Post by danb on Apr 27, 2023 13:58:41 GMT
Whenever I’ve caught even five minutes of the film on tv in the last fifteen years it has felt incredibly dated yet Its’ themes are just as relevant today; possibly even more so. The ever widening gaps in society grow by the minute.
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Post by WireHangers on Apr 27, 2023 16:25:29 GMT
Interesting timing as a first look for the sequel TV series was released yesterday!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2023 17:52:48 GMT
I booked for Manchester a few weeks back when it went on pre-sale. I agree perfect timing to release the cast info at the same time as the first look at the TV series.
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Post by nicolaa on Apr 27, 2023 18:10:06 GMT
Has been announced this morning. Prime candidate for audience bad behaviour?
Was bad behaviour the last time I saw it which is 7+ years ago.
Group of drunk ladies continually shouting that they wanted to see "cock" during the first half led to someone shouting at them to "STFU" and a barney thus ensued with multiple ejections. I honestly can't remember how good the show is but its definitely on my red flag list of "never ever ever again"
interestingly when I saw the musical 20 or so years ago there were no issues.
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Post by david on Jan 17, 2024 19:17:02 GMT
A few thoughts from last night's viewing. As you can probably expect this show certainly has a lively audience and last night was no exception. With no Jake Quickenden on last night (Oliver Joseph Brooke was on instead as Guy and was a great watch), everyone had a great night and thankfully we managed to get through the show without incident (the preshow and interval announcements of kicking people out of the show and the threat of legal action if caught recording the show definitely worked).
Walking into the auditorium and seeing 3 2-storey metal towers really in the middle of the vast Empire stage really was a bit concerning but they are cleverly used as to represent different locations from steel factories, to clubs and homes with bits of different dressings to flesh them out. When they moved around the stage for the 2.5hrs run time last night it actually filled the stage quite nicely. Other bits and pieces came down to add to the main towers. You get a big photo of the Sheffield skyline at the back as well.
I will say the cast actually are good (the accents less so) and the audience certainly appreciated the talent and choreography on display. The young lad who played Nathan (Rowan Poulton I think was on last night) was a scene stealer and certainly more than held his own against his older cast members.
I don't think anybody came away disappointed and all the jokes landed with the audience last night. For me, a good night at the theatre.
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Post by marob on Jan 17, 2024 21:19:28 GMT
Interesting about the announcements. Must have been some incidents as when I saw it in Chester earlier in the run I’m sure it just had a standard announcement saying no photos/recording.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2024 19:23:14 GMT
Saw this in Manchester on the weekend and really enjoyed. The Opera House staff where a little over the top with the no phones no cameras boards and waving them in peoples faces non-stop whether they had their phone out or not pre show and during the interval - never seen it this extreme.
The set was really well used, it looked impressive from the start and loved the way it came apart and rotated to create different sets. The cast where on top form, Neil Hurst, if you closed your eyes sounded just like Mark Addy and there where times I had to remind myself he wasn't. Jake Quickenden obviously got the most cheers of the night, and thankfully, other than the odd call out to see someone penis (although not that polite) the audience where mostly behaved.
Happily book to see this again when (if) it does tour.
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Post by hannechalk on Mar 27, 2024 16:22:13 GMT
Because of World Theatre Day, Theatre Royal Bath have an offer on - get premium seats for £27.50 on selected days using code MONTY2750 .
It's there next week. Lots of tickets left for the upper tiers.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 27, 2024 17:13:33 GMT
Can I ask an appallingly vulgar question about this play?
Do you actually get to see some willy in the finale?
I'd assumed we would - hats away, quick flash, lights out but it must be a nightmare trying to police people with phones...
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 27, 2024 17:45:02 GMT
Do you actually get to see some willy in the finale? At the world-premiere, in Sheffield, the overwhelmingly female audience got rather more than a quick view. Image in spoilers for those of a nervous disposition. |
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 27, 2024 17:51:38 GMT
Do you actually get to see some willy in the finale? At the world-premiere, in Sheffield, the overwhelmingly female audience got rather more than a quick view. Image in spoilers for those of a nervous disposition. Were you in said audience? I'd be slightly cynical and suggest that some modesty pouches may have been used in shooting of that promo shot, taken from behind. |
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 27, 2024 18:06:01 GMT
Were you in said audience? That's me third from the right!  |
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 27, 2024 20:26:47 GMT
Were you in said audience? That's me third from the right! Have you got any plans at the weekend? |
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