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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 22, 2017 8:19:41 GMT
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Post by daniel on Apr 22, 2017 11:53:35 GMT
Do those two have fly towers?! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 12:10:35 GMT
Do those two have fly towers?! They've got too....surely?!? Any more word on casting? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 12:28:15 GMT
Do those two have fly towers?! Carlisle Sands doesnt have a fly tower. You can rig from the roof, but cant fly things 'out'. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 18:36:52 GMT
No venues in London though
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 0:38:57 GMT
I've never seen Matt Rixon perform but he's played part before and should be good. They will probably get a name or two in some of the parts - as said previously Velma, Wilbur and even Corny are the sort of roles they may look at.
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Post by Phantom of London on Apr 23, 2017 0:51:45 GMT
Tour devoid in Est Anglia also.
Perhaps it is looking to come back to London, as pointed out above it is staying outside the M25.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 5:18:58 GMT
I've never seen Matt Rixon perform but he's played part before and should be good. They will probably get a name or two in some of the parts - as said previously Velma, Wilbur and even Corny are the sort of roles they may look at. Jon Tsouras is returning as Corny |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 23, 2017 7:32:55 GMT
I'll give it a miss this time. We had a thread about long tours recently and whether audiences start to get an inferior product towards the end. Manchester is 24th on the list and I can only imagine that it might all be a bit jaded by then.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2017 15:17:42 GMT
When will full cast be announced?? Opens in a few months!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 10:16:29 GMT
Layton Williams announced to be playing Seaweed!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 10:24:35 GMT
I would love to see Layton in this, but alas, it's just not a very good show  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 11:38:18 GMT
Scrap that, full cast announced (Layon included!)
Norman Pace (Wilbur Turnblad) Matt Rixon (Edna Turnblad) Brenda Edwards (Motormouth Maybelle) Layton Williams (Seaweed) Gina Murray (Velma Von Tussle) Jon Tsouras (Corny Collins) Edward Chitticks (Link Larkin) Aimee Moore (Amber Von Tussle) Annalise Liard-Bailey (Penny Pingleton) Monifa James (Little Inez) Rebecca Mendoza (Tracy Turnblad)
Lauren Concannon, Melissa Nettleford & Emily-Mae Walker (The Dynamites) Shay Barclay, Ben Darcy, George Hinson, Jordan Laviniere, Graham MacDuff, Lindsay McAllister, Tracey Penn and Freya Rowley (Ensemble)
www.westendwilma.com/news-cast-announced-for-the-uk-tour-of-hairspray-the-musical/ |
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Post by cheesy116 on Jun 1, 2017 12:00:44 GMT
Scrap that, full cast announced (Layon included!)
Norman Pace (Wilbur Turnblad) Matt Rixon (Edna Turnblad) Brenda Edwards (Motormouth Maybelle) Layton Williams (Seaweed) Gina Murray (Velma Von Tussle) Jon Tsouras (Corny Collins) Edward Chitticks (Link Larkin) Aimee Moore (Amber Von Tussle) Annalise Liard-Bailey (Penny Pingleton) Monifa James (Little Inez) Rebecca Mendoza (Tracy Turnblad)
Lauren Concannon, Melissa Nettleford & Emily-Mae Walker (The Dynamites) Shay Barclay, Ben Darcy, George Hinson, Jordan Laviniere, Graham MacDuff, Lindsay McAllister, Tracey Penn and Freya Rowley (Ensemble)
www.westendwilma.com/news-cast-announced-for-the-uk-tour-of-hairspray-the-musical/ Will there be more cast announced ? That seems quite small for an ensemble or does the stage version always have a small cast ? |
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Post by greeny11 on Jun 1, 2017 12:28:35 GMT
That looks like a similar size cast to the last tour. The Dynamites are ensemble too.
Interesting that they haven't gone down the celebrity casting like they did last time. The show is probably known well enough for them not to have to go down that route.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 19:43:01 GMT
Really underwhelmed with the cast - only person I like loads is Brenda. Surprised there are basically no celebrities this time - especially Velma. They probably think they can sell it just off of name.
Won't see again as saw last tour
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Post by danb on Jun 1, 2017 20:08:34 GMT
Does Gina Murray not count as royalty? Her and her sister practically ran the West End in the late 90's/2000's and Mazz is still awesome. I might actually cough up to see this again.
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Post by theatremadness on Jun 1, 2017 20:21:38 GMT
I've a feeling that maybe tomj's feeling of the cast being underwhelming also stems from the surprise that there are no celebrities....
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 20:26:02 GMT
Norman Pace is perhaps the "name" casting but Brenda and Gina are established West End stars and Layton was fabulous in Rent.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 20:32:00 GMT
According to Instagram Dan Clift (Starlight Express) is in this as first cover link. According to his post him and a number of others were left out of the press release
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Post by bren on Jun 1, 2017 20:32:36 GMT
I love Brenda Edwards! Looking forward to this.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 20:46:31 GMT
Does Gina Murray not count as royalty? Her and her sister practically ran the West End in the late 90's/2000's and Mazz is still awesome. I might actually cough up to see this again. Gina is amazing actually and I am sure she will smash Velma. Not annoyed at no celebs just surprised as last time there were 4 celebs in the show. Sure it will be amazing tho with this musical theatre casting - Brenda was unreal last time! |
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Post by stevej678 on Jun 1, 2017 20:51:58 GMT
Wow, we've gone from the cast being "really underwhelming" to "amazing" and "unreal" faster than you could say Good Morning Baltimore!
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Post by haz23 on Jun 22, 2017 12:24:11 GMT
Thrilled this is going back on the road again, one of my very favourite shows. Great cast too!
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Post by pkelly78 on Jun 23, 2017 21:33:35 GMT
I really dislike this tour/production.. They miss what this show is about.
It isn't a dance show, it's ABOUT a dance show. Yet again Drew Mconie has been drafted in as 'flavour of the month' and turned all the dances into modern day complexities. Flips and splits everywhere and no real understanding of the piece. The dances in the Original production, were echoes of the time. They were about being accessible to teenagers of that era, with themes etc. The set is also cheap and has no resemblance to Baltimore and the vocals are badly mixed with male dancers singing harmonies that are too low.
It's a shame, it lost a lot of its heart and sadly, in my opinion, will always get an audience in regardless.
Just read this back... it's not a vendetta against Drew, I just don't feel he has enough root in storytelling or detail, it's all about what looks impressive. On the Town being the perfect example.
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