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Post by danb on Feb 14, 2024 22:50:35 GMT
She was a good Duke on the ‘Heathers’ cast recording, less so in a live setting. Great actress though. Isn’t that T’Shan Williams you’re talking about? Yes. Yes it is. Shanay Holmes was Maureen in the funny Kerry Ellis ‘Rent’ concert-y tour. It’s late. There has been prosecco. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 15, 2024 0:13:56 GMT
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Post by erik24601 on Feb 15, 2024 1:44:58 GMT
While it's not unheard of, I wouldn't say its a show that's traditionally had the most diverse casts either, so I would have been surprised if this production didn't fix that a bit. I mean Sonia Swaby was 25 years ago. Well that’s aged me quite considerably! I hadn’t realised it was that long ago. |
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Post by frankubelik on Feb 15, 2024 7:56:49 GMT
Oliver! confirmed on their website.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Feb 15, 2024 8:05:23 GMT
The cast includes Simon Lipkin (Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q) as Fagin, Shanay Holmes (Miss Saigon, The Bodyguard) as Nancy, Aaron Sidwell (Henry VI, Wicked) as Bill Sikes, Billy Jenkins (Les Misérables, BBC’s Dodger) as the Artful Dodger and Philip Franks (The Rocky Horror Show, Witness for the Prosecution) as Mr Brownlow.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 15, 2024 9:08:17 GMT
The burning question is- will Lipkin have a puppet?
Seriously though, about time he had a big role like this
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Post by alece10 on Feb 15, 2024 9:54:04 GMT
Simon Lipkin is great casting. A very funny actor so made for the part. He might even be able to slip in a couple of magic tricks.
I think my days of trekking to Chichester are over, it's such a slog, and Lord knows if there will be any trains on the day so will wait for this to come to London.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 15, 2024 10:03:37 GMT
Simon Lipkin is great casting. A very funny actor so made for the part. He might even be able to slip in a couple of magic tricks. I think my days of trekking to Chichester are over, it's such a slog, and Lord knows if there will be any trains on the day so will wait for this to come to London. It’s definitely booked into The Gielgud so fear not! |
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Post by lotster on Feb 15, 2024 10:06:25 GMT
Simon Lipkin is great casting. A very funny actor so made for the part. He might even be able to slip in a couple of magic tricks. I think my days of trekking to Chichester are over, it's such a slog, and Lord knows if there will be any trains on the day so will wait for this to come to London. Really glad Simon has this role. He's so talented and I think he'll make a brilliant Fagin. Not generally a big fan of Shanay but I'll reserve judgement, I'm sure the casting team know what they are doing. |
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Post by Sean on Feb 15, 2024 10:08:40 GMT
Simon Lipkin is great casting. A very funny actor so made for the part. He might even be able to slip in a couple of magic tricks. I think my days of trekking to Chichester are over, it's such a slog, and Lord knows if there will be any trains on the day so will wait for this to come to London. It’s definitely booked into The Gielgud so fear not! Is there any rough idea of opening timeline for this at the Gielgud mrbarnaby? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2024 10:24:59 GMT
It's a great cast but Oliver is a one and done show for me
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Post by mjh on Feb 15, 2024 10:29:31 GMT
I'd heard not until December for Gielgud.
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Post by ceebee on Feb 15, 2024 11:14:23 GMT
The burning question is- will Lipkin have a puppet? Seriously though, about time he had a big role like this You've gotta pick a puppet or two... |
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Post by Jon on Feb 15, 2024 11:30:45 GMT
Interesting they're going for an older Dodger, I mean it's not much older but having to cast only one saves a bit of dough.
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Post by barrowside on Feb 15, 2024 12:09:57 GMT
Quite worrying that it says "New Revision by Cameron Mackintosh". Oliver! surely is holding up very well and has an extremely well structured book. Lionel Bart is gone and Cameron Mackintosh owns the rights and can do what he likes but surely he shouldn't meddle with the show.
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Post by zephyrus on Feb 15, 2024 12:27:26 GMT
Quite worrying that it says "New Revision by Cameron Mackintosh". Oliver! surely is holding up very well and has an extremely well structured book. Lionel Bart is gone and Cameron Mackintosh owns the rights and can do what he likes but surely he shouldn't meddle with the show. Perhaps he's planning to bung in some new songs from Stiles & Drewe... |
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Post by ceebee on Feb 15, 2024 12:39:31 GMT
Quite worrying that it says "New Revision by Cameron Mackintosh". Oliver! surely is holding up very well and has an extremely well structured book. Lionel Bart is gone and Cameron Mackintosh owns the rights and can do what he likes but surely he shouldn't meddle with the show. Maybe it's a way of skimming additional profit through an extra 4% cut on an already pretty perfect tried and tested book. |
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Post by erik24601 on Feb 15, 2024 13:32:30 GMT
Interesting artwork. I'm not suggesting that it is, but it feels more set in WWII / The Blitz than Victorian London.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2024 13:41:04 GMT
Interesting artwork. I'm not suggesting that it is, but it feels more set in WWII / The Blitz than Victorian London. It still says victorian in the description, but I'd actually be more interested in a ww2 set Oliver |
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Post by jaqs on Feb 15, 2024 13:45:26 GMT
I do love the idea of Simon Lipkin as Fagin and that might get me booking a train but I can’t imagine Aaron Sidwell being a menacing Sykes.
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Post by Deal J on Feb 15, 2024 15:01:26 GMT
It's a great cast but Oliver is a one and done show for me Please, sir - don't you want some more?  |
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Post by fluxcapacitor on Feb 15, 2024 15:54:05 GMT
Simon Lipkin is brilliant casting for Fagin. Really relieved they've cast authentically Jewish, and also glad that there's no stunt casting. I was bracing for Carrie Hope Fletcher. I am intrigued about Aaron Sidwell, though. Not someone I ever would have imagined in the Bill Sykes role, but happy to reserve judgement as he's a strong actor. Quite the leap from his next role as Michael in Grease 2/Cool Rider!
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Post by theatrelover97 on Feb 15, 2024 16:52:09 GMT
Being described as a brand new updated version by Alex Aitken on instagram. I wonde how updated. Chichester doesn't strike me as the best place to launch something too radically updated.
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Post by damaskanddark on Feb 15, 2024 17:50:56 GMT
Being described as a brand new updated version by Alex Aitken on instagram. I wonde how updated. Chichester doesn't strike me as the best place to launch something too radically updated. Oh God I do not like the sound of this at all. The book is dreadful, but I don't like anyone coming in a fiddling with these things and retooling. Because it never ends there. Look at Pal Joey, Kiss Me Kate etc. They continuously try to tinker with these things and they get more and more watered down. To me, the Palladium/Sam Mendes version was the benchmark for this show, Bart was involved, it was a wonderful hybrid of the original stage version and the movie and it worked beautifully. I didn't care for the Drury Lane production even though it was the same version. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2024 17:55:49 GMT
I never saw the Palladium version but did see Drury Lane and the subsequent tour. Enjoyed it on the whole but hated the panto elements/breaking 4th wall with the star fagin with 'in' joked
A darker, more dickensien version could be good. But I can't think of what could be done with the book to improve it, with a major rework of the whole thing
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