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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 20, 2022 16:36:46 GMT
That’s odd. I’m doing this  And getting this  |
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Post by danb on Jun 20, 2022 16:43:07 GMT
I’m only on my phone, and only in musicals. Perhaps its that?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 20, 2022 16:58:05 GMT
Maybe. The whole search thing is messed up as I said. What PB have done HAS revealed two Tour threads though so I’ll be getting busy merging those 😠
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Post by inthenose on Jun 20, 2022 17:24:33 GMT
Out of interest, did anybody here see the original cast? How was Lisa Stokke?
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Post by ptwest on Jun 20, 2022 17:38:44 GMT
Out of interest, did anybody here see the original cast? How was Lisa Stokke? Saw the original cast in August 99 after queuing up for returns. I remember the cast being excellent, Lisa Stokke made a very good Sophie. I love her performance of I Have A Dream on the cast recording. |
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Post by inthenose on Jun 20, 2022 17:51:46 GMT
Out of interest, did anybody here see the original cast? How was Lisa Stokke? Saw the original cast in August 99 after queuing up for returns. I remember the cast being excellent, Lisa Stokke made a very good Sophie. I love her performance of I Have A Dream on the cast recording. Under Attack is the one for me on that recording - it's my favourite song from the show (yes, really!). Amanda Seyfried sings "The Name of the Game" astonishingly beautifully on the movie soundtrack, shame it was cut for time as it's easily the tightest song on the whole soundtrack. I had such high hopes for her Cosette, too... |
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Post by drowseychap on Jun 24, 2022 1:37:25 GMT
Out of interest, did anybody here see the original cast? How was Lisa Stokke? Saw the original cast in August 99 after queuing up for returns. I remember the cast being excellent, Lisa Stokke made a very good Sophie. I love her performance of I Have A Dream on the cast recording. I saw the original cast she was great … I saw one of the last previews and was sat right behind benny and bjorn such a thrill it was the first night that they added in the the reprise at at then end when the disco lights come down Each side etc and was the first time the audience got up out of theirs seats …. Much to their delight before that it just ended walking on the boardwalk |
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Post by danb on Jun 27, 2022 12:22:52 GMT
Out of interest, did anybody here see the original cast? How was Lisa Stokke? According to her on Loose Women just now Lisa Stokke sang an Abba medley at Sam Fox’s wedding last week (to a Swedish lady). |
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Post by inthenose on Jun 27, 2022 14:56:56 GMT
Out of interest, did anybody here see the original cast? How was Lisa Stokke? According to her on Loose Women just now Lisa Stokke sang an Abba medley at Sam Fox’s wedding last week (to a Swedish lady). I really like Lisa. I was under the impression she got stick for the OCR, that's why I asked... Personally I love it, so I wondered if she was bad on stage or something. I appreciate I am a few decades late. |
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Post by danb on Jun 27, 2022 15:51:40 GMT
Given the voices that they have gone with since they were clearly after a type. It used to frustrate me that it was always so young & childlike, but its not my show. Whenever they’ve gone with someone with a bit more ooomph (Hayley Flaherty, Alex Jay) I have enjoyed it more.
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Post by Roxie on Sept 8, 2022 22:13:22 GMT
There’s been a new cast announcement today and taking over as Sophie will be Meg Hateley! Linzi’s daughter. It’s her first west end role and I can’t wait to see her I’m certain she’ll be fabulous!
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Post by theatreian on Sept 9, 2022 16:22:39 GMT
Saw this on Wednesday night and what a fabulous cast. Mazz Murray was outstanding. Her The Winner Takes It All alost stopped the show. Never heard it sung so well or with such emotion .
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Post by anita on Sept 16, 2022 9:03:48 GMT
Saw this yesterday afternoon. It was absolutely freezing in there. I had to put my coat on. The only show of the so very many I've seen where they kept doing time calls. It made me think of "Noises Off" act 2.
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 16, 2022 9:10:55 GMT
Was it worth the 23 year wait, anita? |
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Post by A.Ham on Sept 16, 2022 21:50:35 GMT
Saw this on Wednesday night and what a fabulous cast. Mazz Murray was outstanding. Her The Winner Takes It All alost stopped the show. Never heard it sung so well or with such emotion . My thoughts exactly when I went last autumn. I wanted to see Mazz as Donna and was so glad she was on the day I went. Absolutely loved her singing The Winner Takes It All. I think it actually made me well up! |
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Post by anita on Sept 17, 2022 9:21:54 GMT
Was it worth the 23 year wait, anita ? It was OK. It would of been better if I hadn't seen the original film. |
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Post by Dr Tom on Oct 1, 2022 10:45:33 GMT
Anyone know why Mamma Mia is running a Monday matinee this week? It’s an unusual day.
Good availability too. I would have attended but can’t change around my work commitments.
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Post by anthony40 on Oct 1, 2022 15:43:06 GMT
There was a Thursday matinee as well. I walked past the threats.
Is this normal?
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Post by Dr Tom on Oct 1, 2022 16:17:48 GMT
There was a Thursday matinee as well. I walked past the threats. Is this normal? The Thursday one is the standard one. Thinking about this one, it's cast change this coming week and I see they've cancelled the Sunday performance (for one week only), so maybe they wanted cast change on a Saturday evening, then they could use Sunday for a dress rehearsal for the new cast? But that's just a hypothesis. (I'm also guessing "threats" is an autocorrection for "theatre", although I some of those swimsuits can be quite threatening  ) |
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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 4, 2022 20:06:49 GMT
Has anyone found any decent ticket offers for Mamma Mia recently? I'd like to see the new cast once they start but most of the decent seats are pretty eye-wateringly expensive & Theatre Monkey is not encouraging about the views from any of the cheaper slip seats.
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Post by theatrekiwi on Oct 4, 2022 20:16:53 GMT
Has anyone found any decent ticket offers for Mamma Mia recently? I'd like to see the new cast once they start but most of the decent seats are pretty eye-wateringly expensive & Theatre Monkey is not encouraging about the views from any of the cheaper slip seats. Earlier this year I managed to get 2 excellent centre stalls tickets on TodayTix rush. Was a Sunday matinee so possibly helped! |
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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 4, 2022 20:26:24 GMT
Ah, so they do do rush. I wasn't quite sure from the TodayTix website. I'd ideally like to be able to book at least a few days in advance, as I don't live in London, but if there are no other offers around then I guess I might have to try rush.
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Post by A.Ham on Oct 5, 2022 8:57:06 GMT
Ah, so they do do rush. I wasn't quite sure from the TodayTix website. I'd ideally like to be able to book at least a few days in advance, as I don't live in London, but if there are no other offers around then I guess I might have to try rush. Yes, I’ve seen good seats come up on rush. And the theatre box office did me a great discount when I turned up and asked 15 mins before curtain up! So that’s worth a try too. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 5, 2022 16:44:59 GMT
Thanks. I guess I'd better reinstall the TodayTix app on my phone, if I've got enough space for it.
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Post by Dr Tom on Oct 9, 2022 14:38:03 GMT
A very enjoyable muck-up matinee yesterday. I've seen the show a few times with the current (well, as of today, previous) cast and this is a show I regret staying away from for so long. I've always managed to sit front Stalls and have never had a problem with the audience where I've been sat.
Yesterday, I managed to get front row Rush, from where you can never fault the view. For some reason, front row never seems to become available at 10am, it always randomly appears later in the day if available.
Anyway, this is a show that really embraces the Rush spirit. I've never seen so many people on stage at different times, plus random choreography and dodgy accents. The swings all managed to find a way on. I don't remember seeing men in hen party before, or nuns dancing in sombreros. We had the usual scenes with unadvertised solos. And I'm sure there were a load of things others who know the show better than me would have picked up on.
I finally saw Jack Danson as Sky, whose role has been covered by several different people when I've been before. I did feel rather sorry for him when in the stag do scene he realised he would not be getting a wet suit to wear that performance. He went on like a true professional, just like the groom does at a real stag do.
Gemma Atkins was on as Donna and also performed admirably, especially with the chaos going on around her. I've also seen her cover Tanya and, although slightly too young for the roles, she acts up well and has a great voice.
Anyway, fantastic cast for a show that continues to sell very well. Let's see what the new year on Kalokairi brings.
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