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Post by shady23 on Jan 30, 2019 7:57:33 GMT
Some of the cast are on The One Show tonight
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Post by Oleanna on Jan 30, 2019 21:06:01 GMT
Some of the cast are on The One Show tonight Pretty dreadful if you ask me! Hasn’t inspired me to book. |
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Post by mrmushnik on Jan 30, 2019 23:32:39 GMT
Some of the cast are on The One Show tonight Pretty dreadful if you ask me! Hasn’t inspired me to book. I don’t want to bash a brand new show that hasn’t seen the light of day, but for the love of God what possessed the Producers to stick a number on prime time tv that resembles a third rate celeb singalong on Children In Need? Staging? Bit of choreo? Anybody? Or are the all so cock sure that the name is going to pull them in droves. How thoroughly depressing and there are some great people in the cast. Hope i’m wrong. |
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Post by dazzerlump on Jan 31, 2019 0:28:40 GMT
I would actually like to see it, Im just not prepared to pay the ridiculous prices for a decent seat!
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Post by wickedgrin on Jan 31, 2019 4:45:12 GMT
These promos of shows on TV rarely work. This certainly didn't. The song seemed totally under rehearsed! Surely it cannot be staged like that? However, I suspect the fans of the show will fill the theatre regardless.
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Post by duncan on Feb 1, 2019 18:55:38 GMT
They are churning it out this week, Paul Whitehouse is one of the guests on Graham Norton tonight.
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Post by fiyero on Feb 8, 2019 23:31:21 GMT
This time tomorrow I'll be thinking about what I've just seen! A lot quieter on this thread than the other shows opening, is it a case of no news is good news?
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Post by steve10086 on Feb 8, 2019 23:54:00 GMT
This time tomorrow I'll be thinking about what I've just seen! A lot quieter on this thread than the other shows opening, is it a case of no news is good news? Isn’t it more of case of ‘no one cares’? (about the show, not you seeing it!) |
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Post by Mark on Feb 9, 2019 0:43:16 GMT
This time tomorrow I'll be thinking about what I've just seen! A lot quieter on this thread than the other shows opening, is it a case of no news is good news? Moreso the demographic/target audience is very different for this one to most musicals. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 9, 2019 6:35:42 GMT
It’s sad how that beautiful theatre has become the go to home for tacky shows. As someone said, to think it used to play home to our greatest actors.
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Post by Marwood on Feb 9, 2019 18:53:35 GMT
£10 for a programme?!?!?
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Post by fiyero on Feb 9, 2019 19:05:43 GMT
I was just coming in to post that! Only had £6 so not getting one! No cast board for us upper circle types either! Fab view though from the centre of row G. Thoughts on the show to follow |
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Post by Seriously on Feb 9, 2019 19:24:22 GMT
Sings... "No money back, no guarantee".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2019 19:27:37 GMT
sounds like this year's Acorn Antiques in terms of prices for everything
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Post by Mark on Feb 9, 2019 21:05:12 GMT
My dad is there tonight. He’s the typical target audience so will be interested to see what he thinks.
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Post by shady23 on Feb 9, 2019 22:17:24 GMT
Standing ovation at the end of the first preview
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Post by fiyero on Feb 9, 2019 22:36:34 GMT
I loved it. You’d certainly have to have an appreciation of the source and I’m not sure all the entrance applauses were needed but I loved that they got all the big references in. It seemed a bit long but I’m sure that’s normal for a first preview.
Great songs, clever staging, fab cast, what more could you ask for an evening’s entertainment?
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Post by Marwood on Feb 9, 2019 22:50:42 GMT
I thought it was far too long, but I guess they felt they MUST include just about all of the characters from the series in this, I don’t think songs like Holding Back The Years brought much to proceedings and there were a few stretches where the laughs were few and far between but overall I enjoyed it, it all seemed very good natured and the cast seemed to be having a blast. I doubt I’d go and see this again but I have to say I preferred this to Hamilton...
There’s been a few snobby comments on here about the ‘sort of people’ that would be booking to see this, and I have to admit when the Chas & Dave songs (and Any Old Iron) were in full flow, the sound (and vibrations) of hundreds of people clapping along and stamping their feet was indeed something to behold: Sondheim eat your heart out 😂
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 10, 2019 9:21:39 GMT
This whole thing is tragic. Thank god for the Broadway imports if this is the only ‘new’ homegrown musical we have opening anytime soon.
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Post by jgblunners on Feb 10, 2019 9:26:35 GMT
songs like Holding Back The Years Wait, it’s a jukebox show? What happened to ‘Book, Lyrics, and Original Music by Paul Whitehouse and Jim Sullivan’? |
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Post by Marwood on Feb 10, 2019 9:50:17 GMT
songs like Holding Back The Years Wait, it’s a jukebox show? What happened to ‘Book, Lyrics, and Original Music by Paul Whitehouse and Jim Sullivan’? Its not a jukebox show, the only other cover version is Lovely Day (the Bill Withers song), the rest of it is Whitehouse and Sullivan or Whitehouse and Chas Hodges (actually not as much Chas/Chas & Dave stuff as I expected overall) |
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Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 10, 2019 10:13:40 GMT
This whole thing is tragic. Thank god for the Broadway imports if this is the only ‘new’ homegrown musical we have opening anytime soon. Have you seen it, mrbarnaby? |
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Post by bluetoothpick on Feb 10, 2019 21:20:52 GMT
Does anyone happen to have any day seat info on this one?
Thanks in advance, you fabulous lot!
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Post by duncan on Feb 10, 2019 22:18:17 GMT
There’s been a few snobby comments on here about the ‘sort of people’ that would be booking to see this, and I have to admit when the Chas & Dave songs (and Any Old Iron) were in full flow, the sound (and vibrations) of hundreds of people clapping along and stamping their feet was indeed something to behold: Sondheim eat your heart out 😂 You just have to look at a certain bitter gammon poster on the previous page to see why this board is many times quite frankly a pain in the arse, the ardent snobbery bordering on near pathological hatred of anything that doesn't match their exact standards is tiresome, tedious and highlights their exceptionally narrow weltanschauung. |
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Post by shady23 on Feb 10, 2019 22:29:14 GMT
I don't see a problem, there are enough theatres in London to cater for everyone's tastes.
I am not a fan of this TV show, particularly, but Dianne Pilkington is in it so I am going to have to visit at some point.
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