Bring It On (UK Tour)

[latefortheoverture]

A man called Fabian Aloise has posted a pic on a shoot with Amber, and she’s also followed him.

He choreographed Evita at Regents Park, and has done numerous selladoor tours. Looks increasingly likely this is what she’s on!

[robertb213]

Amber is confirmed. Also to star Louis Smith.

[djdan14]

http://instagram.com/p/B8jn1DcHdBO

[sophie92]

I have no idea what Louis’ acting or singing are like but it makes some sense to cast him in a supporting role in this show, for his name and being able to do stunts.

[WireHangers]

Feb 14, 2020 18:03:16 GMT robertb213 said:

Amber is confirmed. Also to star Louis Smith.

Louis Smith is a really odd choice for a musical but I’ve seen just seen he’s playing Cameron which is a relatively small role. No doubt we’ll see him jumping all over the stage doing what he does best. 
Amber will be great. She played the same role during her time at Urdang.

[HereForTheatre]

Louis had tried to launch a music career for years, I think he even auditioned for x factor once. Plus he can obviously dance after SCD. Dunno about acting.

[LaLuPone]

Amber’s casting makes me a lot more excited for this, she can definitely belt out a big number.

[ABr]

www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/bring-it-on-uk-ireland-tour-southbank-centre_51095.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=5march2020&fbclid=IwAR0scJZwcmBje4xtSOcJVtJ-fEYr_HwDJF_iKj_AiaAOl_9mqWNDPg86Vxg

Full Cast announcement, and the announcement that that it'll play London's Southbank Centre from 9 December to 10 January 2021. Also confirmation of the production team

[djdan14]

Excited to see this is going to Blackpool grand for a change rather than the opera house where shows like this often look lost on that vast stage

[tonyloco]

I saw Louis Smith in the two versions of Rip It Up (the 1960s and the 1970s) and he was excellent. 

He has a strong stage presence and one is drawn to look at him when he is on stage.  As far as I remember, his singing was OK and his dancing, as we know from Strictly, is first class and includes acrobatics as well as traditional steps. One of his most impressive numbers was a slow adagio routine in which he really excelled with smouldering passion as well as great finish – really classy!  I can't speak for his acting, but 'two out of three ain't bad'!

[sophie92]

Not sure why all the theatre news sites are reporting it as a full cast announcement when the image on the Bring It On Twitter even says “more cast to be announced” at the bottom. Randall or Bridget still to be announced, at least.

[stevej678]

All of the tour dates for Bring it On have gone from the ATG website.

[BurlyBeaR]

Seemed to be a jinx on this show ever touring.

[aliwag]

This is the message on the producers website today


We are really sad that we are not able to present the tour of Bring It On in 2020. We remain as excited as you are about the production, and are working hard to present the show in a new tour from Autumn 2021 so please keep an eye on our channels for updates.

[djdan14]

[BurlyBeaR]

Tour starts 26th Nov in Peterborough then its’s

London
Wolverhampton
Southampton
Edinburgh
Blackpool
Aberdeen 
Manchester
Cheltenham
Nottingham
Birmingham
Dublin
Woking
Sheffield
Cardiff
Sunderland
Glasgow
Bradford
Milton Keynes 

[FJ]

Saw this last night at the Southbank Centre, and thoroughly enjoyed.

I guess it makes sense as it's so fresh being just over a week into the tour, but the energy levels from the entire cast were incredible. The choreography throughout was fantastic. Really enjoyed the whole show.

Was very pleasantly surprised with Amber Davies, having not seen her in anything before, her performance really was great.

One question I do have for anyone perhaps more familiar with the show, is Louis Smith's part (Cameron) a very small part, or is he maybe injured at the moment? He was on stage for, I would say, a total of 5 minutes, and didn't do any gymnastics (which I assume is one of the main selling points in casting him in a show like this). I'm guessing what's maybe happened is he's injured at the moment so they kept in his dialogue and swung in someone for his dancing/gymnastics scenes, rather than getting an understudy on?

[mattnyc]

Saw this tonight and had a great time. I had seen it originally in 2012 and remember being shocked at just how much I loved it and how surprised I was with the whole thing.

This production didn’t utilize as much of the insane (in a good way) gymnastics as the original cast but still did a great job with what they did. I hadn’t listened to the cast recording in a long time but to my surprise I pretty much remembered most of the songs and that’s a real credit to Green/Kitt/Miranda for being able to create memorable music.

Thoroughly enjoyed the updates to the book to “modernize” it and I don’t really think there’s a weak link in this cast. I’ll be honest I’d never heard of Amber Davies before tonight and had no idea she was on a reality show until they made a joke about it in the show (which I’m guessing was added for her) and the audience reaction made me go “Oh ok she’s famous for that”. But she’s got a real future in musical theater if she pursues that, a real genuine quality and a great voice. Same with everyone else, it was just a real joy to watch and rediscover this show.

[properjob]

Dec 9, 2021 23:18:59 GMT mattnyc said:

I’ll be honest I’d never heard of Amber Davies before tonight and had no idea she was on a reality show until they made a joke about it in the show (which I’m guessing was added for her) and the audience reaction made me go “Oh ok she’s famous for that”. But she’s got a real future in musical theater if she pursues that, a real genuine quality and a great voice. Same with everyone else, it was just a real joy to watch and rediscover this show.

I saw this at the Saturday Matinee in Peterborough. I had likewise not heard of Amber Davies before but did know she was best known for reality TV. She was so good I assumed because it was a Matinee in the out of town tryout they had put on an understudy who was a non famous 'proper' musical theatre person from the ensemble! In my defense she has different hair colour in all the posters/publicity/headshots and crucially also in the image of her character that appears on the set in one scene.
Only when I looked up her social media on the way home which had her in costume with her current hair did I belive it was her.

[mattnyc]

I also just remembered I saw Amber in “9 to 5”! Totally forgot about that!

[BurlyBeaR]

Dec 10, 2021 19:17:03 GMT mattnyc said:

I also just remembered I saw Amber in “9 to 5”! Totally forgot about that!

Hmm yes, I found her to be completely unmemorable in 9 to 5 too! 

[mattnyc]

*Shrug*

[ABr]

Dec 9, 2021 8:41:43 GMT FJ said:

One question I do have for anyone perhaps more familiar with the show, is Louis Smith's part (Cameron) a very small part, or is he maybe injured at the moment? He was on stage for, I would say, a total of 5 minutes, and didn't do any gymnastics (which I assume is one of the main selling points in casting him in a show like this). I'm guessing what's maybe happened is he's injured at the moment so they kept in his dialogue and swung in someone for his dancing/gymnastics scenes, rather than getting an understudy on?

His part is a smaller part, I know that for sure, but I do think I did hear that he wasn't feeling 100%/injured, and with the London press night on Tuesday, they might be making sure he's 100% for that

[LaLuPone]

There’s some great deals on TodayTix for this now (finally!)
Picked up some front stalls for £15, absolute bargain. There’s not many of them though so be quick.

[robertb213]

I have a spare ticket for the Press Night tomorrow if anyone wants to come along on a freebie. Southbank Centre, London. 7.30pm start. Drop me a message 😁