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Post by theatremadness on Jan 18, 2017 12:16:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 13:50:47 GMT
And the award for least anticipated musical of the millennium goes to....
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Post by boybooshka on Jan 18, 2017 13:54:45 GMT
Sings "...I am fat and i'm your friend, will my eating ever end? to my toes I cannot bend, and never will again..."  |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 18, 2017 14:13:02 GMT
Jodie Prenger had the nerve to do a fitness DVD a couple of years ago and was on G Norton's radio show expounding on how she'd found "the secret" and "would never be fat again". Now she's in a musical about.... being fat?
Anyway it sounds hideous and I can absolutely imagine who the audience will be.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 14:16:38 GMT
Anyway it sounds hideous and I can absolutely imagine who the audience will be. With your forum name - You? |
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Post by boybooshka on Jan 18, 2017 14:18:22 GMT
oooh! Them sounds like fighting word to me. Shall i hold your bag for you Burly? |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 18, 2017 14:47:07 GMT
oooh! Them sounds like fighting word to me. Shall i hold your bag for you Burly? No need. I always have the last word... *waggles finger over BAN button*  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 14:56:05 GMT
Actually is this just an early aprils fools?
Kay Mellor says the songs are 'meaty' and that Nick Lloyd Webber is doing it!!!?!
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Post by bren on Jan 18, 2017 15:36:15 GMT
I like Jodie but this sounds cringe worthy.
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Post by johartuk on Jan 18, 2017 15:57:27 GMT
Sings "...I am fat and i'm your friend, will my eating ever end? to my toes I cannot bend, and never will again..."  Also includes the hits:- As If I Never Ate The Pies
Munchies Of The Night
Close Every (Fridge) Door
Food Glorious Food
Consider Yourself (Obese)
Eat Me, Seymour
If I Was A Fat Man
You Can't Stop The Weight (Piling On)
Lady In Weight
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 18, 2017 17:13:38 GMT
Losing my porkpie
The music and the Cornish pasty
Oh what a wonderful bacon and bean slice
That was a real nice clambake
You can't sto the bakery
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 17:24:08 GMT
I Am What I Eat
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 17:25:00 GMT
oooh! Them sounds like fighting word to me. Shall i hold your bag for you Burly? No need. I always have the last word... "More." |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2017 13:51:35 GMT
I mean, the original TV series was - as I recall - pretty popular, and Nicholas Lloyd Webber not only exists but has written a musical before (The Little Prince, didn't set the world alight but seems to have been reviewed more favourably than certain of his father's works). I sort of wish they weren't doing this though, 'cos its mere existence seems to have unleashed a whole array of faintly nauseating fat jokes.
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Post by boybooshka on Jan 19, 2017 16:00:46 GMT
I didn't mean to start this bad pun thing, i'm really sorry.
I watched some of the original show and found it entertaining enough, but it certainly didn't 'sing' to me.
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Post by avenueqresident on Jan 19, 2017 19:06:00 GMT
'Perfect 10' be the opening number?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2017 21:39:52 GMT
Had only heard of this when I saw Jodie in Shirley Valentine. Seems like it will be a tough sell, I can see it being a middle-aged woman crowd (similar to The Girls in London). I'd go just to see Jodie personally, as I have yet to see her in a musical and she is a great performer.
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Post by ali973 on Mar 25, 2017 8:11:47 GMT
Hardly original..a similar musical called Gigantic was tried out in 2015 in the States:
Getting shipped off to weight-loss camp is hardly Robert’s idea of the perfect summer, but even he isn’t prepared for what can be lost or gained at Camp Overton, the No. 3 weight-loss camp in Southern Pennsylvania. With biting humor and irreverence, GIGANTIC tackles the growing pains of adolescence through the experiences of a bunch of misfit teens forced to find solace in one another as they look — inside and out — for acceptance, a hot make-out session, and the last contraband Butterfinger. A coming-of-age musical comedy fed by an infectious pop/rock score, GIGANTIC is created by Randy Blair, Tim Drucker, and Matthew roi Berger and is directed by Scott Schwartz (BAT BOY, TICK TICK BOOM).
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Post by theatremadness on Mar 25, 2017 11:39:41 GMT
^I guess, but the musical is based on the TV series (written & directed by the same person) which was on TV from 2000-2005 so it wasn't original anyway haha. It regularly received 5-10 million viewers, so there may be some appetite for it (pardon the pun), though of course there was much less to watch on TV 17 years ago, hence the high viewing numbers!
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Post by duncan on Mar 25, 2017 12:10:23 GMT
Maybe they can get James Corden back from his gig as Americas 5th or 6th most popular late night chat show to star once more in his definitive role.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2017 10:23:21 GMT
Sam Bailey announced to be joining the cast
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Post by duncan on May 24, 2017 15:41:49 GMT
Elaine C Smith announced by His Majestys - I'll assume like the Annie tour that she will only be doing the Scottish dates.
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Post by jenblue22 on Jun 14, 2017 11:59:51 GMT
There's a rumour Freddie Flintoff is playing the male lead!! This whole thing gets more and more ridiculous
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Post by theatremadness on Jun 14, 2017 12:52:37 GMT
From Chloe Hart's post on a facebook page looking for digs, it seems as if she's in this, too.
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Post by duncan on Jun 22, 2017 10:15:13 GMT
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