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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 22:19:48 GMT
The Orchestra will be on remote, from another nearby room (as they were in Bristol as the pit was down for Maintenance). It may not be the last venue either... Judging by the official twitter account there are a few more venues to be added |
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Post by garetha on Dec 12, 2017 13:20:55 GMT
Band from memory were on a balcony with black drapes to hide them.
The children were on a balcony. . the worst bit was the venue didnt have cue lights, so we haver to programme in red and green parsons to use as cue lights when they should come to stage etc.
The dressing rooms were - fun!!! Never seen so many people in just 2 dressing rooms there! Was an interesting place.
Company office I got to use an entire studio upstairs all to myself! I certainly wasn't complaining.
For flying - we just cut most of it. Luckily our show didnt need so much of it.
Saying that, was great times there, and the most amazing digs. !
The venue which we did after - Castlebar was certainly a wow wow. We were the first show back in after their major refurb / build . . . now THAT was interesting. . .they were still outfitting, but would loose too much money if we cancelled. So as they say, the show must go in
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2017 16:58:57 GMT
Band from memory were on a balcony with black drapes to hide them. The children were on a balcony. . the worst bit was the venue didnt have cue lights, so we haver to programme in red and green parsons to use as cue lights when they should come to stage etc. The dressing rooms were - fun!!! Never seen so many people in just 2 dressing rooms there! Was an interesting place. Company office I got to use an entire studio upstairs all to myself! I certainly wasn't complaining. For flying - we just cut most of it. Luckily our show didnt need so much of it. Saying that, was great times there, and the most amazing digs. ! The venue which we did after - Castlebar was certainly a wow wow. We were the first show back in after their major refurb / build . . . now THAT was interesting. . .they were still outfitting, but would loose too much money if we cancelled. So as they say, the show must go in Thanks so much for the detailed reply. I find the workings of backstage and sets really interesting so really appreciate the reply |
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Post by garetha on Dec 13, 2017 17:41:38 GMT
Band from memory were on a balcony with black drapes to hide them. The children were on a balcony. . the worst bit was the venue didnt have cue lights, so we haver to programme in red and green parsons to use as cue lights when they should come to stage etc. The dressing rooms were - fun!!! Never seen so many people in just 2 dressing rooms there! Was an interesting place. Company office I got to use an entire studio upstairs all to myself! I certainly wasn't complaining. For flying - we just cut most of it. Luckily our show didnt need so much of it. Saying that, was great times there, and the most amazing digs. ! The venue which we did after - Castlebar was certainly a wow wow. We were the first show back in after their major refurb / build . . . now THAT was interesting. . .they were still outfitting, but would loose too much money if we cancelled. So as they say, the show must go in Thanks so much for the detailed reply. I find the workings of backstage and sets really interesting so really appreciate the reply No problem at all! |
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Post by biffo on Dec 28, 2017 22:48:44 GMT
Any news or gossip on any future dates following the show’s extra dates in Ireland? Autumn / Winter 2018 going into 2019???
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Post by Mark on Dec 29, 2017 11:29:03 GMT
One of my fave videos of the year.
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Post by Figaro on Jan 12, 2018 19:14:32 GMT
Anyone know if this will extend?
Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 19:34:34 GMT
The current cast are contracted to July 2018. I don't imagine it will extend past then.
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Post by deej4life on Jan 12, 2018 21:02:16 GMT
Will Lucie Jones still be playing Elle by the time the production comes to Killarney? If not I might have to take the trip to Dublin!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 22:09:36 GMT
Will Lucie Jones still be playing Elle by the time the production comes to Killarney? If not I might have to take the trip to Dublin! According to the INEC website she will but I don't know. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 0:21:30 GMT
Just saw the show tonight in Belfast.
After seeing the trailer I was not really looking forwarf to seeing this production, but its actually better than the trailer made it out to be.
Yes it still looks like it was done on the cheap, but the entire cast really made it work.
2 things I am glad about that have since been changed since the trailer was released...
1. Elles wig has now been styled into a similar curled styled as Act 1 of the previous London/Tour production, instead of that straggly mess that is in all the production photos.
2. The pink Legally Blonde Remix dress she wears after coming out of the supply closet is now similar to the Sheridan Smith style dress, instead of the pink headmistress suit in the trailer and on the poster.
These are the 2 things that really bugged me before seeing the show tonight, so was quite happy to see they have been changed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 15:10:04 GMT
To anyone in Ireland, this is also playing Castlebar from 3rd July
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Post by Paul on Mar 1, 2018 21:03:41 GMT
I went to see the matinee in Belfast earlier today. The Grand Opera House really needed to turn the heating up, it was absolutely freezing.
Anyway - back to the show. I have seen Legally Blonde twice in London and loved everything about it but unfortunately I felt the opposite about this production. The set throughout looked flimsy, cheap and tacky. Speaking of tacky, there were some very strange costume choices. I found it hard to believe Elle would choose to wear quite a few of those dresses. I also need to mention the noisy pom poms in "What You Want" - they were louder than the singing.
Performance wise, it took me a while to warm to Lucy Jones as Elle - she has a very nice voice but i'm not sure about some of her acting choices. The rest of the cast were fine, they all had great energy. The standouts for me were Rita Simmons as Paulette and Helen Petrovna as Brooke and the actress playing Serena (I didn't buy a programme so I'm not sure of her name).
I also may be out of line saying this but Lucy is slightly bigger than the other girls in the show (I think she may have lost her copy of Brooke Wyndham's workout video) although I feel like the terrible costumes didn't do her any justice.
Overall (In my opinion) I am surprised this particular production is touring the UK. Costumes, set, choreography and direction were not as good as they could have been. The best thing about this production are the cast, but I still won't be making a second visit.
Also that megamix at the end needs to stop - it made this production that bit more painful.
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Post by danb on Mar 1, 2018 21:08:43 GMT
I would agree that the costumes did everyone a disservice. They were...
whats the word?
....bleedin’ awful!!!
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Post by LaLuPone on Mar 1, 2018 21:16:37 GMT
I also may be out line saying this but Lucy is slightly bigger than the other girls in the show (I think she may have lost her copy of Brooke Wyndham's workout video) although I feel like the terrible costumes didn't do her any justice. I'm afraid I really think you are out-of-line saying this. What does Lucie's size matter to the role. Elle Woods is supposed to be a beautiful girl and that Lucie is. And I don't think she's "big" at all by even the crazy size standards of today's society! |
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Post by Paul on Mar 1, 2018 21:19:57 GMT
It is also slightly irritating that when *most* of the cast said Warner's name they didn't pronounce the "R," pronouncing it Wawner instead. Just a small annoyance I know - but I have noticed when people from England try an American accent the letter "R" is what they struggle with most.
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Post by Paul on Mar 1, 2018 21:32:28 GMT
I also may be out line saying this but Lucy is slightly bigger than the other girls in the show (I think she may have lost her copy of Brooke Wyndham's workout video) although I feel like the terrible costumes didn't do her any justice. I'm afraid I really think you are out-of-line saying this. What does Lucie's size matter to the role. Elle Woods is supposed to be a beautiful girl and that Lucie is. And I don't think she's "big" at all by even the crazy size standards of today's society! I did not say Lucie should not be playing Elle. I am simply stating a fact that she is bigger than quite a lot of the girls in the cast to reinforce my statement about the terrible costumes as they do make her look bigger than she is. |
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Post by LaLuPone on Mar 1, 2018 21:34:19 GMT
I'm afraid I really think you are out-of-line saying this. What does Lucie's size matter to the role. Elle Woods is supposed to be a beautiful girl and that Lucie is. And I don't think she's "big" at all by even the crazy size standards of today's society! I did not say Lucie should not be playing Elle. I am simply stating a fact that she is bigger than quite a lot of the girls in the cast to reinforce my statement about the terrible costumes as they do make her look bigger than she is. Yes I know I'm sorry I didn't want to start an argument with you but I'm not sure if there's any need at all to say that Lucie is "slightly bigger" than the rest of the girls anyway. |
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Post by shady23 on Mar 1, 2018 23:12:35 GMT
I'm very much in two minds whether to bother to see this or not!
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Post by Elle on Mar 1, 2018 23:36:04 GMT
LaLuPone is right, you are out of line Paul and you even said it yourself. Commenting and making fun of a woman's size is NEVER OK. Repeating it is just making things worse now. It's not necessary to talk about size, we are not selling clothes here. If the costumes suck, they suck. And they would make anybody look bad regardless of their size. I watched the promo and I was disappointed, it didn't make me want to go see the show. It really does look like it was done on the cheap and Elle deserves much better. So much better!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 23:50:12 GMT
Wont lie on Tuesday, I heard a group of women commenting, not that she was too big, but that it looked like she may be in the very early stages of something else, if you catch my drift.
Even my friend commented on how Lucie reminded her of the time we saw Rachel Tucker in in September 2012.
It is hard to judge though, especially with the costumes, they just weren't very flattering, and Im sure noone would really be able to pull them off.
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Post by Elle on Mar 2, 2018 0:16:35 GMT
I just recently saw this, very interesting to have the US and UK Elle together. Thought you guys might enjoy it too:
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Post by QueerTheatre on Mar 2, 2018 1:37:41 GMT
I just recently saw this, very interesting to have the US and UK Elle together. Thought you guys might enjoy it too: I was there that night! Somewhere i have the filming notice signed by LBB & Sheridan... i should dig that out |
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Post by Elle on Mar 2, 2018 8:15:13 GMT
That is so cool that you were there QueerTheatre! Can you tell us about the event? So you watched the show and then they did the interview right after it? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2018 9:18:54 GMT
It is also slightly irritating that when *most* of the cast said Warner's name they didn't pronounce the "R," pronouncing it Wawner instead. Just a small annoyance I know - but I have noticed when people from England try an American accent the letter "R" is what they struggle with most. Depends on the American accent (of which there are many). Some are rhotic and would say "warrrnerrr", others are non-rhotic and "wawner" or even "wahner" would be far more accurate. Not touching the other topic, other people have it covered anyway. |
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