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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 8:18:58 GMT
I echo theatremonkey's sentiments. There's nothing wrong with Bradford or Sunderland. Southend however... Tehe. |
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Post by waybeyondblue on Feb 22, 2019 10:15:19 GMT
It’s anywhere ending in D that’s an issue, so that’s all the ‘wood, ‘ford, ‘end, ‘coed (one for our dissolved cousins), ‘ard (for the skirt people).
Just replace the D with Z and we can all celebrate being a little more European.
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 22, 2019 10:18:14 GMT
What about ...field? Are we alright, or not?
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Post by Tibidabo on Feb 22, 2019 10:22:29 GMT
What about ...field? Are we alright, or not? Hmm. Cows live in fields, right? |
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 22, 2019 10:25:05 GMT
What about ...field? Are we alright, or not? Hmm. Cows live in fields, right? How very un-woke of you, Madam. May I remind you that Hemel Hempstead ends in d! |
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Post by Tibidabo on Feb 22, 2019 10:41:54 GMT
May I remind you that Hemel Hempstead ends in d! Well I'm sure the people who live there are happy in their homes. (If they ever manage to get off That Roundabout.) |
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Post by waybeyondblue on Feb 22, 2019 18:04:23 GMT
May I remind you that Hemel Hempstead ends in d! Well I'm sure the people who live there are happy in their homes. (If they ever manage to get off That Roundabout.) The issue being that Hemel never really starts, so any sort of ending may be a blessed relief. |
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Post by hulmeman on Feb 24, 2019 19:17:07 GMT
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Post by waybeyondblue on Feb 24, 2019 21:12:19 GMT
Has that been corroborated by a random sample of folk from ‘d’ settlements? |
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Post by Marwood on Feb 24, 2019 22:34:16 GMT
Those who book a show on the back of a Will Gompertz recommendation should take a long hard look at themselves - after a not so long look at him FFs 😂 |
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Post by Nicholas on Mar 3, 2019 15:24:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2019 11:27:44 GMT
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Post by Mark on Mar 4, 2019 11:36:24 GMT
It's very impressive! Most performance only have a scattering of seats available including the restricted view grand circle ones which weren't initially on sale. |
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 4, 2019 12:01:24 GMT
This doesn't surprise me as it has huge popular appeal. Friends of mine who almost NEVER go to the theatre astonished me the other evening when they said they had already seen it and loved it. It does not appeal to me at all! As they rarely go to the theatre they don't mind forking out £100 plus a ticket as its once a year (if that). I spend much more per annum seeing many shows and simply wont pay that sort of money.
The success of it is that it has hugely popular characters that the audience love and are invested in over a long period of time from the TV.
The same applies to the hugely successful tour of the comedy show Benidorm - which is doing tremendous business on tour. The characters are loved.
It is show BUSINESS after all!
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Mar 4, 2019 15:00:46 GMT
I would gladly have invested money in both OFAH and Benidorm being very successful. Can't wait to see them both again. Club Tropicana too.
However I would equally have taken a punt on Dr.Dolittle....
I usually love the shows the critics hate but I am sometimes underwhelmed by the critically acclaimed.
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Post by shady23 on Mar 6, 2019 8:35:15 GMT
The show are doing a special pre-record performance for Comic Relief at Elstree on the afternoon of 14th March. You can apply for free tix via www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours |
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Post by westended on Mar 8, 2019 21:00:23 GMT
Interval of the show now.
Some of the worst audience members I have every experienced. Changing seats, on phones and generally being extremely rude. The FOH team don’t bother to intervene at all and ruines the show.
Same 4 chords in every song
This will be gone in the next few months, won’t survive in the West End. A UK Tour prior to a West End engagement would have suited this type of show much better.
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Post by sweetheart on Mar 10, 2019 17:24:54 GMT
Interval of the show now. Some of the worst audience members I have every experienced. Changing seats, on phones and generally being extremely rude. The FOH team don’t bother to intervene at all and ruines the show. Same 4 chords in every song This will be gone in the next few months, won’t survive in the West End. A UK Tour prior to a West End engagement would have suited this type of show much better. A little info on this: the show has already taken well in excess of the reported 8 million in advance sales, and is pretty booked up well into the run. I think it will be fine! |
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Post by Marwood on Mar 10, 2019 17:57:10 GMT
The night I went, there was a bellend who turned up wearing a sheepskin coat and a flat cap, carrying an old school late 80s mobile phone and then stood staring at everyone like he was the funniest thing EVER (and looked like he would punch your lights out if you didn’t think so)but apart from that, the audience seemed a pretty agreeable bunch.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 18:27:10 GMT
The night I went, there was a bellend who turned up wearing a sheepskin coat and a flat cap, carrying an old school late 80s mobile phone and then stood staring at everyone like he was the funniest thing EVER Oh lordy. I hope it doesn't turn into a cosplay thing. (Although it would be funny if hundreds of people turned up dressed exactly the same way and then all stood around embarrassed at their lack of originality.) |
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 10, 2019 20:27:53 GMT
The night I went, there was a bellend who turned up wearing a sheepskin coat and a flat cap, carrying an old school late 80s mobile phone Tch TallPaul. I did warn you to at least try and dress like a southerner. |
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Post by Marwood on Mar 10, 2019 20:58:18 GMT
The night I went, there was a bellend who turned up wearing a sheepskin coat and a flat cap, carrying an old school late 80s mobile phone Tch TallPaul. I did warn you to at least try and dress like a southerner. Lol 😝 |
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 11, 2019 16:20:09 GMT
I'll have you know that my telephone is the very latest model. That's what the nice, young man on Oxford Street told me. It's got cutting-edge string, and everything If this northism doesn't stop, I'll get my very good friend BurlyBeaR to give the pair of you a special 'love'. That'll learn you! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 11, 2019 16:33:11 GMT
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 11, 2019 17:26:05 GMT
my telephone is the very latest model. That's what the nice, young man on Oxford Street told me.Tch. Lat ent, TallPaul. Lat ent. You really should brush up on your Southernish. |
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