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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 10:58:34 GMT
Oh how fabulous! I've just seen The Stage review and I'm booking. It sounds H. I. Larious!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 6, 2018 11:30:18 GMT
So bad it’s good.
I thought this show was spoof but apparently it’s serious
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Post by stevej678 on Jul 6, 2018 12:49:54 GMT
Another one-star rave from WhatsOnStage. Three more reviews and they can slap five stars on the poster.
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Post by raiseitup on Jul 6, 2018 13:06:42 GMT
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Post by ellie1981 on Jul 6, 2018 13:40:36 GMT
Well Ruthless got some pretty bad press reviews and I adored that, so screw the critics. Going to this in a couple of weeks.
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Post by talkstageytome on Jul 6, 2018 14:36:19 GMT
I'm so confused as to why this wasn't a comedy, as it had so much potential with its campy singalong-able songs and an overblown premise. But it took itself way too seriously and (at least when I was there last night) the audience just couldn't get on board with it. It was at its best when it was a bit tongue in cheek, but it was too sincere for the majority of the time, which just didn't work. Also, the strange melding of snippets of text by Shakespeare, Chaucer, Marlowe etc. was quite odd, and although it was probably pretty clever on the page (the programme has 2 whole pages of references), on its feet it got old fast.
The cast were uniformly excellent though, with Oliver Savile and Chris Cowley being particular standouts. Such a shame, I feel bad for them as they were giving some incredible performances, but the material let them down.
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Post by ensembleswings on Jul 6, 2018 16:45:16 GMT
Was supposed to be seeing this on Sunday but they’ve unfortunately had to cancel all performances this weekend. Offered us a straight exchange for another performance (or a refund) so I’m now going on the 5th August.
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Post by indis on Jul 6, 2018 16:49:56 GMT
why the cancellation?
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Post by ensembleswings on Jul 6, 2018 16:58:02 GMT
Cast illness was all I was told |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 6, 2018 21:50:27 GMT
Urgent rewrites and restaging ?
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Post by Snciole on Jul 6, 2018 22:10:43 GMT
Well Ruthless got some pretty bad press reviews and I adored that, so screw the critics. Going to this in a couple of weeks. I loved Ruthless, it was high camp and low production values. I don't think it deserved the bad reviews at all. I am sad to say this is just low production values. My full review is here viewfromthecheapseat.com/2018/07/06/knights-of-the-rose-arts-theatre/It would be great if it was a Carry on Up the Rose campy comedy but the script takes itself far too seriously. The cast have been instructed to play it seriously too and it just makes the bursts of laughter at the poor song choices; the collective laughter at Hero was the beginning of the end for this, the ghost singing Total Eclipse of the Heart and the awful, awful war horse/lion king horse masks feel like we are laughing at the poor cast rather than with them. Factor in the wobbly set, the GCSE Dance choreography and over reliance on smoke machines and videography you have a stinker on your hands. The reaction on press night was not kind but there were opportunities to improve during previews and they didn't take them.Some factors, like the all white cast cannot change but if they were to rewrite and reinvite the press I would love to see this show improve. I wish the cast member a speedy recovery but I also hope this is an opportunity to boost morale and realise that throwing money at a production's marketing does not guarantee good reviews |
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Post by shady23 on Jul 7, 2018 3:20:25 GMT
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Post by showgirl on Jul 7, 2018 4:40:51 GMT
I've seen a no-star review from one blogger - and a disgusted tweet to match. Unless it does become a cult "So bad it's good" show, it must be awful for the poor cast to have to carry on when the production has been slated so.
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Post by kimbahorel on Jul 7, 2018 5:25:55 GMT
I wonder how many are ill because they have 3 understudies 2 guys and a girl. She covers all the girls and the two guys cover half the guys each.
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Post by shady23 on Jul 7, 2018 7:35:45 GMT
I've seen a no-star review from one blogger - and a disgusted tweet to match. Unless it does become a cult "So bad it's good" show, it must be awful for the poor cast to have to carry on when the production has been slated so. The show may be bad (I dont know, Ive not seen it) but to not give the talented cast working in the show any stars at all really is disgraceful! |
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Post by Snciole on Jul 7, 2018 9:01:59 GMT
The cast are the best thing about it; great vocalists and getting through the awful dialogue with heart and warmth is not easy.
Three days of cancelled shows suggests a lot more than illness to me after those reviews but I hope a few days away helps them. The laughter at them, which I joined in on, especially at the second half was painful. The audience was not on the side of this production at all and the ones that hated it the most wrote about it!
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Post by japhun on Jul 7, 2018 11:52:07 GMT
I have to see this!
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Post by Snciole on Jul 7, 2018 12:11:22 GMT
Illness that swept the in the interval? Did anyone go last night, did anyone seem that bad? I am convinced this is a an excuse to sort this production out otherwise they are extremely unlikely.
Check out @fionalondonarts’s Tweet:
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Post by stevej678 on Jul 7, 2018 12:12:51 GMT
Some of the song choices, coupled with the show taking itself far too seriously, sound hilariously cringeworthy. It reminds me of a Sleeping Beauty pantomime I saw a few years ago where the princess pricked her finger and was immediately serenaded by the Fairy Godmother belting out You'll Never Walk Alone for all she was worth.
Can't help but feel sorry for the cast though. As much as the reviews praise them for making the best of the shambolic material, it can't be nice to see the production receive the mauling it's been given.
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Post by sophie92 on Jul 7, 2018 13:35:15 GMT
Illness that swept the in the interval? Did anyone go last night, did anyone seem that bad? I am convinced this is a an excuse to sort this production out otherwise they are extremely unlikely. It does seem very peculiar, particularly because they had cancelled today and tomorrow’s shows before last night’s show began. So whoever is ill knew they would be too ill to perform the next day and the day after, but was well enough to try and perform that night? |
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Post by ali973 on Jul 7, 2018 14:13:07 GMT
I've seen a no-star review from one blogger - and a disgusted tweet to match. Unless it does become a cult "So bad it's good" show, it must be awful for the poor cast to have to carry on when the production has been slated so. The show may be bad (I dont know, Ive not seen it) but to not give the talented cast working in the show any stars at all really is disgraceful! Oh, relax. Now, can we please see the review? |
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Post by ensembleswings on Jul 7, 2018 14:28:53 GMT
Given the fact they cancelled today’s and tomorrow’s performances a few hours before last nights started but went ahead with last nights show tells me it’s more than just illness. Illness may be a factor but I feel there’s also far more to it than just that
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Post by ncbears on Jul 9, 2018 1:37:21 GMT
I can't tell if we were lucky or missed out when we decided to not see it on our one Sunday in London. I'm leaning to "lucky". (We had a very nice time walking through Hyde Park, seeing the Christo "thing", perusing Harrods and dinner in Maida Vale).
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Post by Snciole on Jul 9, 2018 11:35:45 GMT
So the show is due back on tonight (tomorrow and all Tuesdays are scheduled off) so it will be interesting to see if it does go ahead and in what state.
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Post by kimbahorel on Jul 9, 2018 14:18:37 GMT
So the show is due back on tonight (tomorrow and all Tuesdays are scheduled off) so it will be interesting to see if it does go ahead and in what state. Just saw on there twitter & insta they are rehearsing the covers today. |
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