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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 6, 2017 19:42:46 GMT
Chuff it. I've booked. Virgin seat sale alece10 from £11 each way. Can I do it in a day though? For a matinee of course! It's manchester dear, not Borneo. |
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Post by alece10 on Jul 7, 2017 5:58:06 GMT
Can I do it in a day though? For a matinee of course! It's manchester dear, not Borneo. I thought everything closed at 5.30pm up north? 😁 |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 7, 2017 6:03:12 GMT
It does! You'll be on the train heading hack to civilisation just as we're switching the lights off  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2017 0:22:37 GMT
Apologies in advance cos I clearly missed it but when did Darius take over full time as nick? I though Chris was doing it?
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Post by LaLuPone on Jul 12, 2017 7:28:34 GMT
Apologies in advance cos I clearly missed it but when did Darius take over full time as nick? I though Chris was doing it? Ages ago, I think it was Edinburgh? Chris must have done two venues at most I think! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 12, 2017 7:32:23 GMT
Chris had a better offer.
He's working as a lecturer at the Ministry of Funny Walks.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2017 9:08:42 GMT
Apologies in advance cos I clearly missed it but when did Darius take over full time as nick? I though Chris was doing it? Ages ago, I think it was Edinburgh? Chris must have done two venues at most I think! I totally missed this!!! why did Chris leave? |
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Post by katykate on Jul 12, 2017 10:47:05 GMT
No idea why Chris left but when I saw it in Bristol he was there for act 1 and was replaced by the understudy in act 2.... medical reasons I think. Saw it in Cardiff last sat and we had the understudy again (can't remember his name!). He was much better this time as he had clearly had time to prepare rather than being shoved on after the interval!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 5, 2017 6:30:36 GMT
So it's the final stop of the tour for the next two weeks in Manchester. Anyone going?
I wonder if this is the last we'll see of this production or if it will get resurrected in some form.
And what now for Sheridan?
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Post by daniel on Aug 5, 2017 8:33:09 GMT
So it's the final stop of the tour for the next two weeks in Manchester. Anyone going? I wonder if this is the last we'll see of this production or if it will get resurrected in some form. And what now for Sheridan? I'll be there on Monday, looking forward to finally seeing Sheridan. I must be in the minority to have seen the show both in London and on tour and haven't seen either Sheridan or Natasha! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 5, 2017 9:15:31 GMT
Oh. I heard she's not performing on Monday. |
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Post by daniel on Aug 5, 2017 11:26:08 GMT
Oh. I heard she's not performing on Monday. Behave will you!  |
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Post by alece10 on Aug 5, 2017 15:51:45 GMT
Oh. I heard she's not performing on Monday. Behave will you! She is in Paris at the moment with her hairdresser. Quick little weekend break. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 14, 2017 21:45:13 GMT
Just back from tonight's performance. A couple of funnies, the dressing room set didn't roll on at one point and had to be almost thrown on manually. In the final scene where she takes her dressing gown off to reveal the sparkly dress, the tie wouldn't undo and in the end she had to wriggle out of it. Glad I saw it one last time. I still think she mugs too much in it but you can't take your eyes off her and her emotion at the end is 100% believable even from the front row. And Darius, I swear to god there was an audible gasp from the audience (ladies and a few of the gents) when he made his first entrance and said in that deep voice "good evening". Swoon. He totally strikes the right note with that performance. Nearly two two years since I saw this with anthony40 at the MCF after that scramble for tickets. They all deserve some well earned time off from it. I guess we won't see a revival for a good few years. |
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Post by sirdaniel on Aug 14, 2017 23:30:52 GMT
I was there last Monday and there was a gasp when Darius came on then too.
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Post by crabtree on Aug 16, 2017 22:44:21 GMT
I caught the matinee today and no sign of Darius but his understudy, Tom Partridge, is rather gorgeous and sang and danced brilliantly, though perhaps not the greatest actor - his arms were very limp, but yep, very splendid. I rather loved the production. Simply stage with lovely touches. I enjoyed all the ghostly reflections, though if this is a flashback, as suggested by the beginning, it doesn't really resolve that. And yes, Ms Smith was incredible, working so hard. Only one moment of staged 'corpsing', but sitting on Nicky's leg in You are Woman, when they were getting frisky, she suddenly looked surprised and collapsed giggling. It seemed fresh but is there every night, as is the moustache gag. Let's hear it for the ensemble too. I loved a lot of the detail in the set, like the platform numbers lighting up in the walls. A standing ovation today - what will Saturday be like.
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Post by hulmeman on Aug 18, 2017 8:04:49 GMT
Finally got to see Funny Girl last night and enjoyed the show. As so many have said, Sheridan Smith is worth the ticket price alone, but for me once you've said that you have said it all. Some great songs in there, the storyline is just paper thin though. The staging is good both dsign and what's on it. Some engaging comedy, but stage corpses which were just a bit too obvious. See Crabtree's posting above. Unlike some, I have a problem with Darius Danesh or Campbell. I thought he lacked stage presence and on the evidence of last nights offering, he seemed to text his performance in.
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Post by crabtree on Aug 18, 2017 8:48:42 GMT
I still quite work out the deceptively simple wing flats that have images on the reverse, and it's their reflections we see. Not sure how many different sliders there are but it is very effective. Is the flashback device in the original script - it's a bit half hearted and allows things to flow, but I suspect the audience had long forgotten that once things had started.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 19, 2017 19:51:42 GMT
Last show tonight...
From waiting up to buy tickets at midnight to the final night I have loved every moment of this production.
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Aug 20, 2017 21:13:31 GMT
What musicals could Sheridan potentially do in future? Joanne in Company maybe (she would love the challenge of Sondheim)? Lauren in Kinky Boots? Chris in The Girls (I know she loves playing real people)? Would be good to see her play a Northerner. Maybe Tell Me On A Sunday (challenge of doing a one woman show).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2017 21:16:23 GMT
What musicals could Sheridan potentially do in future? Joanne in Company maybe (she would love the challenge of Sondheim)? Lauren in Kinky Boots? Chris in The Girls (I know she loves playing real people)? Would be good to see her play a Northerner. Maybe Tell Me On A Sunday (challenge of doing a one woman show). Sheridan is WAY too big for a small supporting role like that. And her in the show would steal too much focus. I mean, god, if people thought Alexandra Burke would steal focus if she took on the role, imagine Sheridan! That is a role, like Nessarose, that is perfect for a young actress, just out of Drama School! |
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Post by wickedgrin on Aug 20, 2017 22:28:05 GMT
It will be interesting to see what Sheridan does next. I doubt she will want to undertake another big role in a musical for a while. She would have been fabulous as Bridget Jones in the proposed musical, but that seems to have fallen through. I predict more TV roles, or perhaps a limited run of a play.
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Post by hulmeman on Aug 21, 2017 6:07:54 GMT
The comedic talent she showed as Fanny Brice leads me to believe she would be a belting Dolly Levi.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 7:06:35 GMT
I'd love to see Sheridan as Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers. Would pretty cool to see her go back into Legally at some point and do Paulette too
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Post by alece10 on Aug 21, 2017 7:36:39 GMT
Don't think she will venture into theatre again for a while.
More TV and films I guess as she is always in demand. Or full time mother judging by the number of dogs she now has.
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