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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 2, 2023 18:12:09 GMT
Sounds awful 🤣🤣🤣
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Post by notmymuse on Mar 2, 2023 18:39:13 GMT
Well, that wasn't news I ever expected to read. Oddly, I had wondered years ago if this would resurface in a purposefully small scale production one day, perhaps actor musician. Given how much spectacle was part of the original production, it'll be really interesting to see how this comes off. Quite the gamble for the Watermill given how the original production did - all my friends who like musicals basically dislike LOTR and vice versa so good luck to the Watermill but I'm a bit scared for them... If this tanks financially that could be disaster.
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Post by Oleanna on Mar 2, 2023 18:54:08 GMT
Can’t wait for their Miss Saigon next year…
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Post by westendboy on Mar 2, 2023 20:43:16 GMT
After pretty much giving up hope that this show would ever be revived, this is both unexpected and welcome! I honestly thought it was a completely new adaptation at first! It will be interesting to see how the Watermill handle this show, seeing as, like what notmymuse said, the show doesn't have the best of reputations. Perhaps younger generations who are less familiar with the musical will embrace it? Sort of like how when 'Carrie: The Musical' was revived on a smaller scale, it garnered more of a cult following. It's definitely not uncommon for musicals to have been flops when first performed and gaining a following later on, thanks to revivals. 'By Jeeves' and 'Bonnie and Clyde' come to mind. This is now the perfect opportunity for me to experience this musical that I have had a fascination with for about 10 years now! I wish the creative team all the best! |
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Post by MusicalTalk on Mar 2, 2023 22:54:33 GMT
It will be safe in the hands of Matthew Warchus.
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Post by ceebee on Mar 3, 2023 5:53:27 GMT
It will be safe in the hands of Matthew Warchus. Paul Hart is directing, Matthew Warchus directed the original. |
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Post by anita on Mar 3, 2023 9:51:00 GMT
I loved the Drury Lane production & saw it quite a few times. Really hope it gets tranferred back into the West End so I can see it again.
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Post by MusicalTalk on Mar 3, 2023 12:25:45 GMT
It will be safe in the hands of Matthew Warchus. Paul Hart is directing, Matthew Warchus directed the original. Yes - I got confused when it mentioned Matthew in the announcement! Will be great to see a new version none the less! |
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Post by wanderingranger on Mar 3, 2023 19:52:42 GMT
I loved the Drury Lane production & saw it quite a few times. Really hope it gets tranferred back into the West End so I can see it again. It would be wonderful if it returned to the West but the original haemorrhaged money and I doubt any producer would risk that, especially in the climate. I saw the original twice and am fully intending to see this version. |
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Post by ceebee on Mar 4, 2023 11:05:15 GMT
I loved the Drury Lane production & saw it quite a few times. Really hope it gets tranferred back into the West End so I can see it again. I doubt this will transfer as it sounds it's going to be an immersive, site specfic production that uses the theatre and surrounding gardens of the Watermill. Regent's Park summer 2024 option perhaps... |
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Post by westendboy on Mar 4, 2023 13:21:41 GMT
I doubt this will transfer as it sounds it's going to be an immersive, site specfic production that uses the theatre and surrounding gardens of the Watermill. Regent's Park summer 2024 option perhaps... That's what I was thinking as well! |
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Post by westendboy on Mar 4, 2023 13:26:00 GMT
I wonder if they'll make any edits to the script? Like make some cuts to shorten the runtime a little bit, so that it doesn't go over 3 hours? Personally, I'd prefer them to keep it as it is, but I wouldn't be surprised if the team is considering it.
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Post by ceebee on Mar 4, 2023 18:47:41 GMT
I wonder if they'll make any edits to the script? Like make some cuts to shorten the runtime a little bit, so that it doesn't go over 3 hours? Personally, I'd prefer them to keep it as it is, but I wouldn't be surprised if the team is considering it. I think with a cast of 20 this will be an abridged version - probably more folksy, storytelling, rather than all played out. |
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Post by westendboy on Mar 4, 2023 21:51:11 GMT
I wonder if they'll make any edits to the script? Like make some cuts to shorten the runtime a little bit, so that it doesn't go over 3 hours? Personally, I'd prefer them to keep it as it is, but I wouldn't be surprised if the team is considering it. I think with a cast of 20 this will be an abridged version - probably more folksy, storytelling, rather than all played out. That makes sense. Considering the large amount of characters in the story, I imagine some will either be cut, or at least reduced to bit parts. I just hope they keep the best songs, like 'Lothlórien', 'Now And For Always' and 'Wonder'. |
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Post by Peter on Mar 6, 2023 22:58:35 GMT
At Drury Lane it was already pretty much a ‘greatest hits’ of the books/films and was consequently a bit rushed and muddled story-wise (though amazing to watch - I saw it three times and loved it!) - it will be interesting to see what changes are made…
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Post by kyvai on Mar 9, 2023 23:53:10 GMT
I saw the Drury Lane production, but it was so long ago I can’t remember much of it, apart from the main impressive aspect was the staging itself - was there concentric turntables, raising sections of platforms as they turned with actors leaping around them in motion, and some kind of absolutely giant Balrog? How does that all translate to a small space?
Sounds interesting, at this point I need a bit more convincing to trek out to Newbury though.
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Post by raiseitup on Mar 21, 2023 12:21:22 GMT
Did anyone who signed up to their mailing list get an email today about subscribers onsale? Tickets were meant to go on sale at 12pm but I can't see anything in my inbox  |
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Post by sam22 on Mar 21, 2023 22:14:27 GMT
Did anyone who signed up to their mailing list get an email today about subscribers onsale? Tickets were meant to go on sale at 12pm but I can't see anything in my inbox Hello, only just saw your post. I did get an email but effectively told you that you need to sign in. So if you go to website and sign into your account using email you subscribed with, it then allows you to book. I have just done it and worked  |
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Post by FrontrowverPaul on Mar 21, 2023 23:46:42 GMT
Did anyone who signed up to their mailing list get an email today about subscribers onsale? Tickets were meant to go on sale at 12pm but I can't see anything in my inbox Hello, only just saw your post. I did get an email but effectively told you that you need to sign in. So if you go to website and sign into your account using email you subscribed with, it then allows you to book. I have just done it and worked By 5pm, when I tried to book two seats for a matinee, most of the front row of the stalls had been sold for the first few weeks - apart from several groups of three seats together. The Watermill booking system wouldn't let me book two out of three because that left a single seat. That's not uncommon and usually there's an easy way round it, but, because bookings could only be made via an account log-in, reserving one out of three "inconito" first didn't work. Neither did a different browser so settled for a weekday matinee in August. Good availability for evening performances and matinees from mid August onwards. |
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Post by sam22 on Mar 22, 2023 8:34:22 GMT
Hello, only just saw your post. I did get an email but effectively told you that you need to sign in. So if you go to website and sign into your account using email you subscribed with, it then allows you to book. I have just done it and worked By 5pm, when I tried to book two seats for a matinee, most of the front row of the stalls had been sold for the first few weeks - apart from several groups of three seats together. The Watermill booking system wouldn't let me book two out of three because that left a single seat. That's not uncommon and usually there's an easy way round it, but, because bookings could only be made via an account log-in, reserving one out of three "inconito" first didn't work. Neither did a different browser so settled for a weekday matinee in August. Good availability for evening performances and matinees from mid August onwards. Oh that's a pain! I've gone for Sept so was quite good availability then, glad you sorted something. I went for stalls £57.50. Just realised when looked back same seats last year for Whistle were £35! Big increase but I think it is Watermill that lost their funding, and £35 did seem so cheap. Interesting to see what production values are! |
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Post by raiseitup on Mar 22, 2023 10:01:51 GMT
Did anyone who signed up to their mailing list get an email today about subscribers onsale? Tickets were meant to go on sale at 12pm but I can't see anything in my inbox Hello, only just saw your post. I did get an email but effectively told you that you need to sign in. So if you go to website and sign into your account using email you subscribed with, it then allows you to book. I have just done it and worked Amazing, thank you! |
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Post by ceebee on Mar 22, 2023 17:12:35 GMT
By 5pm, when I tried to book two seats for a matinee, most of the front row of the stalls had been sold for the first few weeks - apart from several groups of three seats together. The Watermill booking system wouldn't let me book two out of three because that left a single seat. That's not uncommon and usually there's an easy way round it, but, because bookings could only be made via an account log-in, reserving one out of three "inconito" first didn't work. Neither did a different browser so settled for a weekday matinee in August. Good availability for evening performances and matinees from mid August onwards. Oh that's a pain! I've gone for Sept so was quite good availability then, glad you sorted something. I went for stalls £57.50. Just realised when looked back same seats last year for Whistle were £35! Big increase but I think it is Watermill that lost their funding, and £35 did seem so cheap. Interesting to see what production values are! Funding plus a larger cast and puppetry justify the increase in price. |
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Post by sam22 on Mar 22, 2023 19:33:38 GMT
Oh that's a pain! I've gone for Sept so was quite good availability then, glad you sorted something. I went for stalls £57.50. Just realised when looked back same seats last year for Whistle were £35! Big increase but I think it is Watermill that lost their funding, and £35 did seem so cheap. Interesting to see what production values are! Funding plus a larger cast and puppetry justify the increase in price. And still pretty reasonable compared to most other theatres. Looking forward to seeing how they do it! |
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Post by ceebee on Mar 22, 2023 19:56:54 GMT
Funding plus a larger cast and puppetry justify the increase in price. And still pretty reasonable compared to most other theatres. Looking forward to seeing how they do it! Me too - very excited about this production. I like the Watermill as a venue and know they always wring every bit of value out of the work they stage! |
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Post by westendboy on Jun 9, 2023 15:04:12 GMT
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