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Post by basdfg on Jan 1, 2018 16:03:34 GMT
Went to the matanee today. Fantastic show. But very much for the adults than kids. I didnt know Charlie Stemp is gay until Elaine and Julian basically confirm it on stage. I don't remember that bit... I think its during they singing of I know him so well. |
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Post by theatreian on Jan 1, 2018 16:06:01 GMT
I don't remember it either.I must have been too busy looking at Dick at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2018 16:19:17 GMT
I don't remember that bit... I think its during they singing of I know him so well. Yeah thats the scene! |
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Post by etceteranz on Jan 1, 2018 20:32:24 GMT
I don't remember that bit... I think its during they singing of I know him so well. charlie isn't gay... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2018 21:07:47 GMT
I think its during they singing of I know him so well. charlie isn't gay... I have no idea if he is or he isn't but when I saw the show I took that scene very much as a joke, I didn't think it was referring to real life at all. |
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Post by fiyero on Jan 2, 2018 9:15:07 GMT
I have no idea if he is or he isn't but when I saw the show I took that scene very much as a joke, I didn't think it was referring to real life at all. That's how I read it too, it's a panto and while they did blur the lines between panto and real life (referring to Elaine's songs and radio show and Charlie's past and future shows) I don't think we can take anything they said as fact! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 9:19:37 GMT
I have no idea if he is or he isn't but when I saw the show I took that scene very much as a joke, I didn't think it was referring to real life at all. That's how I read it too, it's a panto and while they did blur the lines between panto and real life (referring to Elaine's songs and radio show and Charlie's past and future shows) I don't think we can take anything they said as fact! What was the line? |
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Post by CG on the loose on Jan 2, 2018 11:47:44 GMT
Cheeky plug - there's a pair of front row tickets I now can't use for Sunday evening's show on Noticeboard, half-price... bargain!
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Post by danielwhit on Jan 2, 2018 11:57:35 GMT
What's the running time of this by the way? Am seeing it later and couldn't find it out with a quick google.
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 2, 2018 13:34:36 GMT
Young Charlie's sexuality is nobody's business but his own, especially in the UK in 2018, but what I do know is that when I was waiting for his autograph outside the Noel Coward in the summer, his girlfriend was also waiting, along with her parents and grandparents, who had all been to see Half a Sixpence. In the case of the latter, it was the first time Charlie had ever met them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 14:27:34 GMT
What's the running time of this by the way? Am seeing it later and couldn't find it out with a quick google. 2hr 40Min |
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Post by danielwhit on Jan 2, 2018 22:12:01 GMT
Thoroughly entertaining afternoon. Show stop for nearly 20 minutes after In The Navy, not sure why.
Didn't see last year's so can't compare but thought it felt very fresh and "properly done", which makes a delightful change from other pantos I've seen of late.
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Post by Stephen on Jan 3, 2018 1:45:31 GMT
Thoroughly entertaining afternoon. Show stop for nearly 20 minutes after In The Navy, not sure why. Didn't see last year's so can't compare but thought it felt very fresh and "properly done", which makes a delightful change from other pantos I've seen of late. Computer crash I believe. Was nice that they ran right through to the end this afternoon without cutting anything to save time! Glad you have a great time! |
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Post by hulmeman on Jan 3, 2018 19:00:27 GMT
Went to the matanee today. Fantastic show. But very much for the adults than kids. I didnt know Charlie Stemp is gay until Elaine and Julian basically confirm it on stage. Edit: My point has been covered elsewhere. Ignore moi!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 19:23:54 GMT
Charlie's sexuality is his own business and if he chooses to disclose it likewise. He wouldn't just be "outed" randomly in a song!
It amuses me when they say someone "comes out" often it could be a well known person confirms who they are dating or are papped etc, not a big announcement that they are gay, people don't announce they are straight.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2018 20:14:50 GMT
Reminds me of when Alan Bennett claimed that he had been outed as straight after the press revealed that he’d been having a long term relationship with ‘Cafe Anne’ oop north! Everyone had always assumed he was gay (he is now, with Rupert) so it was quite a shock when that one came out! His sexuality often confused his fellow actors apparently. An Independent article stated:
When asked once by the actor Sir Ian McKellen at an Aids benefit whether he was heterosexual or homosexual, Bennett replied: "That's a bit like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water."
As for Charlie, who cares? If he’s making some lovely lass happy, good on him. If it’s a lovely lad, that’s good too. (I have read it’s a lass (alas... 😥) 😂.
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Post by partytentdown on Jan 3, 2018 21:34:10 GMT
I think I could find myself HOOKED on this venue if things carry on like this.
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Jan 4, 2018 21:18:19 GMT
Does anyone know if the actors come out the stage door after evening performances? I seem to remember reading there were signs up for Cinderella saying the cast weren’t allowed to stop for photos and autographs and I wondered if this was the same this time?
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Post by westended on Jan 4, 2018 21:34:56 GMT
I have a VERY strong feeling that tha Pantomime for 2018-2019 is Peter Pan. The page in the Dick Whittington programme announcing the pantomime will be returning had a giant moon behind the Palladium with fairy dust all over the page. Very strong hints? This is a wild guess, but I predict Paul Zerdin will get scrapped and maybe Matt Terry will be Peter? Before the live show when Matt was on the X Factor, the producers had to pull him out of peter pan production he was going to do. He has a great voice and would suit the part! What do you all think?
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Post by callum on Jan 4, 2018 21:39:55 GMT
I echo the thoughts I read on another thread about how Peter Pan isn't necessarily the best story with which to do a pano. Think someone said it's plot-heavy and I would agree. There are a lot of 'straight' roles I would have thought, so not much for the variety show style pantos these productions seem to be. Though I could obviously be very wrong.
I think that there are a lot of lower-hanging fruit before you'd put on Peter Pan - try Snow White, Aladdin (though might be a bit difficult with Prince Edward theatre not far away), Jack and the Beanstalk first.
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Post by westended on Jan 4, 2018 21:45:15 GMT
I just feel like the page in the programme screams out Peter Pan!!
If it was going to be Snow White wouldn’t it be a red colour (it’s blue now) and would have castle/mirror in the background?
Also, Cinderella was quite plot-heavy!
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Post by partytentdown on Jan 4, 2018 21:49:14 GMT
It could definitely MayBe Peter Pan, probably.
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Post by carmella1 on Jan 5, 2018 3:10:18 GMT
I just feel like the page in the programme screams out Peter Pan!! If it was going to be Snow White wouldn’t it be a red colour (it’s blue now) and would have castle/mirror in the background? Also, Cinderella was quite plot-heavy! It might have been plot heavy but not of Cinderella. It was all Julian and Paul O and Paul Z. Not even a wedding at the end. "Well there it is." |
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Post by Stephen on Jan 5, 2018 4:00:57 GMT
Does anyone know if the actors come out the stage door after evening performances? I seem to remember reading there were signs up for Cinderella saying the cast weren’t allowed to stop for photos and autographs and I wondered if this was the same this time? It depends. Different at each performance. Most often Charlie, Emma, Gary and Diversity exit through stage door. The others eg Elaine and Julian often take another exit. |
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Jan 5, 2018 7:56:58 GMT
Does anyone know if the actors come out the stage door after evening performances? I seem to remember reading there were signs up for Cinderella saying the cast weren’t allowed to stop for photos and autographs and I wondered if this was the same this time? It depends. Different at each performance. Most often Charlie, Emma, Gary and Diversity exit through stage door. The others eg Elaine and Julian often take another exit. Thanks Steve, I was hoping to meet Elaine in particular. Has anyone had any luck with her coming out the stage door? |
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