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Post by jj9692 on Nov 5, 2024 21:41:25 GMT
I wonder if she’s ever got stuck half way? I vaguely remember overhearing ushers at the 2nd London preview performance talking about how the show the night before without the flying working properly, and how she only just made it across the stage. And how the 2nd preview was it done properly for the first time. Also in the original production didn’t Mary just fly off the side of the stage and then just out over the first couple of rows and straight up beside the boxes on the same side or am I making that up? Was the flying right out over the audience just added in the later productions? |
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Post by danb on Nov 6, 2024 7:08:56 GMT
We were at the second Bristol preview way back when, and she didn’t fly out, but did on subsequent shows.
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Post by appoul on Nov 6, 2024 14:39:36 GMT
I wonder if she’s ever got stuck half way? I vaguely remember overhearing ushers at the 2nd London preview performance talking about how the show the night before without the flying working properly, and how she only just made it across the stage. And how the 2nd preview was it done properly for the first time. Also in the original production didn’t Mary just fly off the side of the stage and then just out over the first couple of rows and straight up beside the boxes on the same side or am I making that up? Was the flying right out over the audience just added in the later productions? She flew out of the right side of the stage and above (roughly) rows F to H, very near the boxes. |
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Post by crabtree on Nov 6, 2024 16:59:46 GMT
The most impressive flight I saw was at the Manchester Palace, where she swooped low over the stalls then up and into the gods.
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Post by appoul on Nov 6, 2024 17:06:20 GMT
The most impressive flight I saw was at the Manchester Palace, where she swooped low over the stalls then up and into the gods. Was this during the first (2008-09) or the second UK tour (2016-17)? |
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Post by ash on Nov 6, 2024 20:11:25 GMT
The most impressive flight I saw was at the Manchester Palace, where she swooped low over the stalls then up and into the gods. I saw the second tour at WMC, and I remember being very impressed with the flying there. I seem to remember her swooping down very low and then going right up into the upper circle. It's such a magical moment, I can't believe people would complain about occasionally seeing some wires 😅 |
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Post by sph on Nov 7, 2024 0:41:14 GMT
I find it interesting that Cameron hasn't meddled with Mary Poppins in the same way he did with Les Miserables and Phantom but I guess you can't really reinvent Mary Poppins given the film is so iconic. I think it has been though - not only is the musical significantly different from the film in many ways - new characters, plotlines, scenes and reworked songs etc, it has also been changed a number of times throughout its life on stage. I believe taking the production to Broadway was where the bigger changes first started to happen - changing songs around and making the show more colourful for family audiences at the very least. |
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Post by blamerobots on Nov 7, 2024 0:50:12 GMT
Yes, I still mourn the loss of the Suffragette song and The Life I Lead 😢
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Post by Jon on Nov 7, 2024 2:25:42 GMT
I find it interesting that Cameron hasn't meddled with Mary Poppins in the same way he did with Les Miserables and Phantom but I guess you can't really reinvent Mary Poppins given the film is so iconic. I think it has been though - not only is the musical significantly different from the film in many ways - new characters, plotlines, scenes and reworked songs etc, it has also been changed a number of times throughout its life on stage. I believe taking the production to Broadway was where the bigger changes first started to happen - changing songs around and making the show more colourful for family audiences at the very least. I've always thought the later changes were due to Disney rather than Cameron! |
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Post by danb on Nov 7, 2024 7:48:51 GMT
Definitely! It was proper dark in its first incarnation.
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Post by sph on Nov 7, 2024 13:11:49 GMT
I think it has been though - not only is the musical significantly different from the film in many ways - new characters, plotlines, scenes and reworked songs etc, it has also been changed a number of times throughout its life on stage. I believe taking the production to Broadway was where the bigger changes first started to happen - changing songs around and making the show more colourful for family audiences at the very least. I've always thought the later changes were due to Disney rather than Cameron! Well it's a co-production between them both, so I guess both would have to agree to any changes before they could happen, making Cameron very much a part of the process. I don't think he's the sort of producer who hands over the reins to others too easily. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 7, 2024 22:49:44 GMT
I've always thought the later changes were due to Disney rather than Cameron! Well it's a co-production between them both, so I guess both would have to agree to any changes before they could happen, making Cameron very much a part of the process. I don't think he's the sort of producer who hands over the reins to others too easily. Understatement of the century |
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Post by theatrebelle on Nov 7, 2024 23:52:29 GMT
Show stop tonight just after Jolly Holliday, blamed on technical difficulties. No idea what but seemed to get sorted pretty swiftly.
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Post by SuttonPeron on Nov 9, 2024 19:25:00 GMT
Is Feed the Birds still in Petula´s ridiculously low key?
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Post by macksennett on Nov 10, 2024 9:04:42 GMT
Is the running time still around 2hr 50min? Going to a matinee soon...
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Post by theatrebelle on Nov 10, 2024 17:56:28 GMT
Is the running time still around 2hr 50min? Going to a matinee soon... I’d allow for it. Sign when you walk in states it will be 2 hours and 40 minutes (including the interval) but my 7:30 performance ended just shy of 10:30. We did have a brief show stop but It certainly didn’t delay us any more than 5 minutes. |
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Post by littlefan on Nov 17, 2024 16:30:43 GMT
Show stop this afternoon in the second half near the end where Mr Banks picks up the kite... Currently waiting to see if we'll get to finish the show.
Edit... Just a short stop. Absolutely ten out of ten for this production. It's practically perfect in every way.
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Post by danb on Nov 27, 2024 18:15:07 GMT
My, what an afternoon I’ve had! I’d snagged a single mid stalls seat for £20 so was very pleased with myself. The show was nearly 45 minutes late starting…two booming apologies then an even louder more sombre potentially terminal apology, followed with a cynically cheery reminder that the bars were all open. 5 minutes later the show started and it became clear how grim the experience was going to be. At least 3 pockets of repeated child noise, all seemingly unchallenged. I was starting to feel the agony of my knackered seat having been sat in it for ages already. No explanation, just ‘have it and like serfs’!!! All of this might have been easier to swallow if the show had retained its magic but I found the two leads thoroughly charmless. Mary was fine but very much a facsimile of all who have gone before; but Bert was irritating to ‘Joe Pasquale’ levels. He just mugged his way through it in a supremely punchable fashion (excellent dancer though). My arse was in such agony by the interval that I cut my losses and went and sat in the Bristol rush hour instead. I hate to be so negative because the production is still great and everyone else was good (Patti Boulaye was very good…think of how Eartha Kitt might play the Birdwoman and you wouldn’t be far off). Wasn’t mad on the Northern Mrs Banks.
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Post by appoul on Dec 9, 2024 18:52:28 GMT
The casting call that was posted today on their social media states that they are looking for children who will be available from March to November 2025. Does this mean that Milton Keynes will be the last stop of the tour after all?
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