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Post by sophizoey on May 11, 2018 8:26:06 GMT
Metros run until around midnight and are pretty reliable (every 7ish minutes from Sunderland to Newcastle). The nearest metro stations to the theatre are honestly a spilt between Sunderland's main 3 stations. The theatre recommends Park Lane which is the main travel interchange in Sunderland. However most people will go to Sunderland station.
If you go and don't want to get lost I'll probably be around my best friend lives in Sunderland so I'm there often. (And Wicked is in Sunderland so...)
EDIT: Forgot to say, apparently you get free metro travel for 2 hours before and after the show with your ticket but I've never actually tried this out because I always have to get a bus ticket for after the metro anyway.
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Post by shady23 on May 11, 2018 10:10:15 GMT
I doubt I'll get lost as I live up here too ☺
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 15:30:09 GMT
Metros run until around midnight and are pretty reliable (every 7ish minutes from Sunderland to Newcastle). The nearest metro stations to the theatre are honestly a spilt between Sunderland's main 3 stations. The theatre recommends Park Lane which is the main travel interchange in Sunderland. However most people will go to Sunderland station. If you go and don't want to get lost I'll probably be around my best friend lives in Sunderland so I'm there often. (And Wicked is in Sunderland so...) EDIT: Forgot to say, apparently you get free metro travel for 2 hours before and after the show with your ticket but I've never actually tried this out because I always have to get a bus ticket for after the metro anyway. If I go, I might go to Park Lane because isn’t it before Sunderland on the metro? Then you’d get a seat before most of the crowds leaving the theatre. By the way, what is the view like from the Gallery at the Empire? It’s where the cheap seats are and that’s all I can afford. |
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Post by shady23 on May 11, 2018 15:59:14 GMT
It's a very steep-stepped gallery. View is generally OK with a few safety rails in the way, as you would expect.
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Post by sophizoey on May 11, 2018 16:20:01 GMT
Metros run until around midnight and are pretty reliable (every 7ish minutes from Sunderland to Newcastle). The nearest metro stations to the theatre are honestly a spilt between Sunderland's main 3 stations. The theatre recommends Park Lane which is the main travel interchange in Sunderland. However most people will go to Sunderland station. If you go and don't want to get lost I'll probably be around my best friend lives in Sunderland so I'm there often. (And Wicked is in Sunderland so...) EDIT: Forgot to say, apparently you get free metro travel for 2 hours before and after the show with your ticket but I've never actually tried this out because I always have to get a bus ticket for after the metro anyway. If I go, I might go to Park Lane because isn’t it before Sunderland on the metro? Then you’d get a seat before most of the crowds leaving the theatre. By the way, what is the view like from the Gallery at the Empire? It’s where the cheap seats are and that’s all I can afford. Sunderland is before Park Lane actually, but for the 20 second difference between them you might as well follow the crowd. As for the gallery I can't comment because I've never sat up there. |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 18:39:41 GMT
Does anyone know what time I might be able to catch Amy and Helen at the stage door before a matinee? I’m not a stalker I just quite wanted to meet them but I doubt Amy (or anyone) would come out after a matinee
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Post by theatrerookie on May 12, 2018 10:22:24 GMT
They seem to be selling the remaining single tickets for todays 2 shows for £25 theres very few left
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Post by Dawnstar on May 14, 2018 18:26:29 GMT
At the Edinburgh Playhouse. Assuming the not-nearly-as-prominent-as-it-should-be cast board is correct, Nikki Bentley is on. I had hoped for Amy Ross, given the comments on here indicate she is more of an "acting" Elphaba & I prioritise acting over belting in this role, but such is life. Given I'm slap in front of the loudspeakers & have a headache, I may not last the course anyway.
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Post by sophizoey on May 15, 2018 1:34:17 GMT
Well, I ended up in Edinburgh tonight because Nikki Bentley was on as Elphaba. Echo my last review of the tour, except everyone has somehow come on more and more.
Aaron Sidwell now has charisma and it's not just like having a wooden post for a Fiyero. He's pretty much got his Act 1 Fiyero down, he's still a little more reserved than I would like in As Long as You're Mine given he's trying to go for the badboy vibe. However he was much better sung and acted than last time.
Nikki Bentley somehow got better? Hee facial expressions and in particular her eyes were something else this evening. Firmly cemented her place as my favourite Elphaba.
Now I need to rush to sleep before my snoring bunkmate gets there before me.
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Post by shady23 on May 15, 2018 2:33:03 GMT
What else were they?
Are eye riffs now a thing?
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Post by sophizoey on May 15, 2018 4:11:42 GMT
What else were they? Are eye riffs now a thing? They were just rather intense, would have told the whole story if you looked at them long enough. But I could be babbling on about anything right about now, think I've had 45 minutes sleep. |
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Post by welsh_tenor on May 15, 2018 6:49:10 GMT
The Wicked threads never fail to make me eye roll... 🙄
Oh sorry, I meant eye riff.
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Post by LaLuPone on May 15, 2018 7:12:09 GMT
Well, I ended up in Edinburgh tonight because Nikki Bentley was on as Edinburgh. Is that a new character added in for the tour??? |
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Post by shady23 on May 15, 2018 7:27:04 GMT
The Wicked threads never fail to make me eye roll... 🙄 Oh sorry, I meant eye riff. That couldn't be any cornea! 😉 |
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Post by sophizoey on May 15, 2018 7:46:13 GMT
Well, I ended up in Edinburgh tonight because Nikki Bentley was on as Edinburgh. Is that a new character added in for the tour??? Im telling you I was tired. No idea how I missed that though. |
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Post by martello736 on May 15, 2018 23:29:31 GMT
The Wicked threads never fail to make me eye roll... 🙄 Oh sorry, I meant eye riff. That couldn't be any cornea! 😉 I've always said the puns in these threads are awful, and now I've been proven right. Iris-t my case. |
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on May 16, 2018 0:20:12 GMT
Come on guys No need to lash out  |
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Post by Dawnstar on May 16, 2018 8:23:22 GMT
This is a bit belated but I did make it through the show on Monday, despite a thumping headache, and found it reasonably enjoyable. Nikki Bentley's take on Elphaba was a bit too one note angry for my taste but her singiing was good. Helen Woolf was very good; you can tell she's had plenty of experience in the role. Kim Ismay's Morrible was such a bitch from the start that it didn't really leave her anywhere to go in Act 2. I'm afraid neither Nessa nor Boq made much of an impression on me. I don't like the way the tour has the same actor for Dillamond & the Wizard - it ruins the poigniancy of Dillamond's re-appearance in Act 2 when you know it's a different actor - but within those limitations I thought Steven Pinder was good in both roles.
I was most surprised by Aaron Sidwell. I went in expecting not to like him much, as he's ex-Eastenders (I hate soap operas), the comments on here haven't been good, & in the production pics he had that shaven sides but long on top hairstyle that I dislike. However I was really impressed by his portrayl - to the point that I went & double-checked the cast board in the interval as I thought maybe it was an understudy on! His singing isn't the best I've heard (Olivers Tompsett & Saville) but is decent enough & I thought his acting & characterisation was right up there. Right from when they meet he showed that his Fiyero was intrigued by Elphaba so their relationship seemed more of a natural progression, rather than coming out of no-where like it sometimes seems to, & had a nice tenderness. For some reason I was expecting him to be a horribly cocky Fiyero but he wasn't. I was also very pleased that a) he can do decent RP & b) he's grown out the shaven-sided hair style!
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Post by No. on May 16, 2018 14:31:05 GMT
In fairness, I’m not sure many people would be too bothered by Steven Pinder playing both roles, there were people at my show who only realised it was the same person at the bows!
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Post by Dawnstar on May 16, 2018 16:38:48 GMT
Oh, I realise that, but when you do know then, at least for me, it does spoil it a bit. Though I suppose there is a certain irony that he's persecuting himself!
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Post by shady23 on May 16, 2018 18:55:28 GMT
Wicked will love it, they're saving a salary and Dillamond is only in the second Act for all of ten seconds anyway.
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Post by tr252 on May 16, 2018 19:10:24 GMT
Personally I don't think it ruins anything - I'm surprised they haven't rolled this out to London.
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Post by sophizoey on May 16, 2018 19:12:46 GMT
Personally I don't think it ruins anything - I'm surprised they haven't rolled this out to London. I was saying this on my twitter the other day. Surely it would make sense. Most Dillamonds are first cover Wizard, witch's father usually covers both and then another member of the ensemble for Dillamond. It would really make sense to just combine them, even the actor playing Witch's father could still do that track in the opening. Theres enough time to get the goat garb on. |
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Post by shady23 on May 16, 2018 19:28:08 GMT
Personally I don't think it ruins anything - I'm surprised they haven't rolled this out to London. They probably won't be able to for contractual/legal reasons i.e. they would be depriving another actor of a job. |
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Post by Dan213 on May 16, 2018 20:50:29 GMT
Oh, I realise that, but when you do know then, at least for me, it does spoil it a bit. Though I suppose there is a certain irony that he's persecuting himself! Most shows multi role to some extent anyway. I mean, to think both Fiyero and Nessa are witch hunters at the start  |
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