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Post by ceebee on Oct 30, 2023 18:06:14 GMT
Hammersmith Eventim Apollo Dec '24 - Jan '25.
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Post by christya on Oct 31, 2023 9:08:40 GMT
Glad it's getting a London run, but it would take an actual cattle prod (or once-in-a-lifetime style event) to get me to the Hammersmith Apollo again.
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Post by evilmat360 on Feb 29, 2024 10:19:57 GMT
https://www.instagram.com/p/C37Vy9BoOZs Paul Whitehouse has been announced to return as Grandad for some of the venues.
The list on the Only Fools and Horses website currently is: Bromley, Southend, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Brighton, London Eventim Apollo, Bristol, Leeds, Southampton, Blackpool, Cardiff, Sheffield and Liverpool.
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Post by toomasj on Mar 6, 2024 12:41:08 GMT
This is selling very fast (in Brighton at least) with only a handful of top price seats left per performance. Booked for December, can’t wait to see this fun show again!
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Post by ceebee on Mar 6, 2024 13:04:29 GMT
This is selling very fast (in Brighton at least) with only a handful of top price seats left per performance. Booked for December, can’t wait to see this fun show again! Yeah, it's a really fun show this one! I'll be catching it in Canterbury next year. |
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Mar 6, 2024 21:10:33 GMT
Booked to see it at a few venues because I love this show, but balked at the prices for the London dates - minimum stall price £84.59 is a joke (£123.75 for rows A to M) and the cheapest back-row-of-the-gods is £62
When it’s priced relatively affordable at most other venues, and was a very affordable show at the Haymarket the London prices are ridiculous!
In happier news, Paul Whitehouse was on BBC Radio 2 the other day and mentioned they’d got quite a few members of the original cast back (although I don’t know if that means the original cast or the replacement cast as it was on closing night) - and still no word on if either the West End Del Boy and Rodney are coming back
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Post by ceebee on Mar 7, 2024 19:51:53 GMT
If they've any sense and are free they will jump at the chance to do this job - this show is going to make a fortune on tour. A good period of solid work and enthusiastic crowds.
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Post by Sam on Sept 23, 2024 11:13:17 GMT
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Post by unseaworthy on Sept 23, 2024 11:24:50 GMT
Such a weird casting - can he sing? |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 23, 2024 11:37:17 GMT
Not sure it will matter for this shows audience.
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Sept 23, 2024 11:39:32 GMT
Such a weird casting - can he sing? I have no real frame of reference for Vinnie Jones’ ability but for added context, the character he’s playing is Danny Driscoll who is one half of the Driscoll Brothers (who are the main villains of the musical). They have only one song ‘Being a Villain’ which is a duet with Danny as the baritone (?). Other than that the character mainly has to be threatening with a deep voice so it shouldn’t be too difficult for someone with minimal experience - actually for awhile they had Danny’s role be Oscar CM’s track alongside the dating agent and barista (definitely for the best they changed it because the audience ended up laughing at Danny’s threats because they were used to the actor being funny the rest of the show). The Driscolls also typically fill out the background ensemble in other scenes, but idk if Vinnie would be required to do that or not. Tbh looking at his previous roles, this part is actually perfect for him (aside from the singing). For a brief and terrible moment I thought they were stunt casting Del Boy |
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Post by ceebee on Sept 23, 2024 11:41:33 GMT
Stick Paul Gascoigne in a cameo with Vinnie Jones on "Where Have All The Cockneys Gone?" and I'm there.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 23, 2024 11:41:44 GMT
Watch his appearance on Celeb X Factor and judge his singing for yourself...
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Sept 23, 2024 11:52:41 GMT
lol
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 23, 2024 12:36:11 GMT
And Nicole Scherzinger is sat there lapping it up. How could you Nicole?
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Post by erik24601 on Sept 23, 2024 12:40:21 GMT
Personally, I think Vinnie will be great for this short stint. It's pantomime season, why NOT turn it into OFAH the panto?.......
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Post by marob on Sept 23, 2024 12:48:12 GMT
And Nicole Scherzinger is sat there lapping it up. How could you Nicole? She’d have been too busy pulling Thom Evans to give a crap about the rest of the show. |
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Post by Being Alive on Sept 23, 2024 14:05:44 GMT
Personally, I think Vinnie will be great for this short stint. It's pantomime season, why NOT turn it into OFAH the panto?....... It's already a panto so you may as well lean into it I guess 😂 |
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Post by Dr Tom on Sept 23, 2024 22:22:13 GMT
What, none of you purchased Vinnie Jones’ album?
Respect!
All I can remember is Bad, bad (Leroy Brown).
More interestingly, Tom Major is Rodney. He was Roger in Rent at ArtsEd earlier in the year and this is such a different role, but he’s enough to convince me to see this again. The wonderful Georgina Hagen is in this too.
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Post by erik24601 on Sept 24, 2024 0:19:52 GMT
Anyone see it tonight?
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Sept 24, 2024 1:19:47 GMT
I did! I’m half asleep but general thoughts are it’s still the show I love, although it needs time to get back into the groove. The new Del Boy is excellent, although he is WAY faster than Tom Bennett (imo he needs to slow down to let the more emotional moments sit, but that’s not a major issue). I really like the new cast, especially Georgina as Raquel (The Girl is such a great song and it suits her really well) and can’t wait for them to be more comfortable in their roles later in the tour (as with all tours) The revolve from the west end isn’t there, but the set spins manually to keep some of that feel - and they’ve worked some fun bits in around when a character ends up in the flat after helping rotate the set (“I’ve told you before, you don’t live here!”) Typical issue for touring is that the stage is far wider than the Haymarket so it’s lost some of that intimate feel - also a strange choice from either the theatre or production to not sell any of the front row - so you had an empty row of seats between them and the audience which made it feel even more disconnected (the audience interaction between can't front row and Del Boyisn’t really there anymore either) The audience were really flat tonight, you could see Paul Whitehouse trying to gee them up a bit. They loved Trigger but it’s the only time I’ve ever seen Uncle Albert not get any real laughs, so it was a very strange energy. I cant wait to see how it grows when I see it again later in the run. For now it was a solid first night. |
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Post by blamerobots on Sept 24, 2024 6:18:29 GMT
Watch his appearance on Celeb X Factor and judge his singing for yourself... Is this "singing?" |
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Post by anita on Sept 24, 2024 9:09:09 GMT
Had been showing as "Sold out " in Bromley but now the front row is onsale for anyone interested.
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Sept 24, 2024 9:18:54 GMT
Had been showing as "Sold out " in Bromley but now the front row is onsale for anyone interested. This has been bothering me because last night the front row was empty (not through lack of demand, just not being available to buy). It actually made the show feel at a distance and the cast struggled to interact with the audience during 4th wall breaks. Why didn’t they open up the front row tickets before the first night??? |
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