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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 23:22:09 GMT
Mr Banks, oh my!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 23:22:12 GMT
Petula Clark?? Where did that come from?! It's very Diana Rigg/My Fair Lady, get a legend to pop on for a scene or two then pop off again. 😂
I'd love to see Emma Williams as Mrs. Banks personally. Emma in everything!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 23:24:43 GMT
Well this is casting I approve of. Very random but fabulous, bring on the first preview.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 14, 2019 23:32:22 GMT
She’s doing a Vanessa Redgrave and wobbling on for 5 mins work a day!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 23:33:42 GMT
Cameron is apparently adding something into the show for Petula so that she doesn't just do Feed the Birds.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 23:36:59 GMT
She'll get nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. I'm calling it already lol.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 23:48:19 GMT
She'll get nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. I'm calling it already lol. Petula is a legend, she is already in the discussion name alone. And Emma Williams gets nominated for everything. I've said it ever since she lost for Sixpence, whatever she does next, whatever role she does, she will win that Olivier* because it's her time to win, she's catching up with Glenn now, and if she played Mrs. Banks, thats a great role, and she'd slay! *she better win the goddamn next one or I swear to Lucifer. |
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 15, 2019 0:13:12 GMT
The Bird Woman is being given something extra to do in Anything Can Happen - something with Jane and Michael.
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Post by hulmeman on Mar 15, 2019 0:16:24 GMT
My womb has just dropped at the news about Pet Clark going into Mary Poppins, but Charlie Stemp as well. They'll need a body bag to shift me out of my seat!
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Post by hulmeman on Mar 15, 2019 0:21:45 GMT
Petula Clark?? Where did that come from?! It's very Diana Rigg/My Fair Lady, get a legend to pop on for a scene or two then pop off again. 😂 I'd love to see Emma Williams as Mrs. Banks personally. Emma in everything! Well, Petula is 86 in November, so she is entitled to pop on and off!! My betting is she won't pop anywhere until she's taken her bows!! And anyway, she's still touring Australia and Canada this year before Mary Poppins! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 0:48:44 GMT
Which makes me wonder who is the oldest actor to grace the west end as a regular cast member (and not just a one off concert etc). Surely she’ll be up there in this? |
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 15, 2019 0:50:32 GMT
86 and 8 shows a week!!! My goodness!! Hopefully the bird woman will have a sedan chair!
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Post by Oleanna on Mar 15, 2019 1:03:50 GMT
Which makes me wonder who is the oldest actor to grace the west end as a regular cast member (and not just a one off concert etc). Surely she’ll be up there in this? Angela Lansbury was 89 when she did Blithe Spirit. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 1:26:25 GMT
Which makes me wonder who is the oldest actor to grace the west end as a regular cast member (and not just a one off concert etc). Surely she’ll be up there in this? Angela Lansbury was 89 when she did Blithe Spirit. Oh yes, of course she was. I saw that too. |
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on Mar 15, 2019 1:55:32 GMT
I volounteer myself as Mrs Banks
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 6:54:30 GMT
Cameron is apparently adding something into the show for Petula so that she doesn't just do Feed the Birds. Michael Banks: "Mary, I'm so tired. It feels like we've been wandering around for hours. Can we go and sit down in that underground station for a nap?" Mary Poppins: "I'm not sure if that's a good idea" [Bird woman wanders on. Orchestra strikes up] |
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Post by clair on Mar 15, 2019 7:20:08 GMT
Ok, so that made me laugh - getting strange looks from colleagues now! It would be 'practically perfect' though
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Post by hulmeman on Mar 15, 2019 8:33:04 GMT
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Post by theatreian on Mar 15, 2019 8:49:16 GMT
Yes what a coup for the show getting Petula. Looks like it will be a big hit.
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Post by Dr Tom on Mar 15, 2019 9:11:48 GMT
I'd held off booking, but Petula Clark is enough to push me over the line. Fantastic singer and, when I met her a few years ago, one of the most pleasant celebrities I've ever met.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 9:29:21 GMT
This is shaping up to be quite a show.
Stuff ya Cakes* and Clocks** this is how you do Musical Theatre.
*Waitress **9 to 5
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Post by MrsCondomine on Mar 15, 2019 9:49:49 GMT
Dying to see who they cast as Miss Andrews, Rosemary Ashe absolutely smashed it when I saw it (back in the good old days when Temper Temper was still kicking around, SNIFF)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 15:17:05 GMT
Oh how marvellous. I can think of a deposit or two I'd like to make. |
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Post by Polly1 on Mar 15, 2019 15:23:13 GMT
From his Twitter feed both today and a few weeks ago, it seems that Mike Jibson was on the shortlist for this. In a way, he would have been more in the mould of David Niven/David Haig.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 16:41:40 GMT
From his Twitter feed both today and a few weeks ago, it seems that Mike Jibson was on the shortlist for this. In a way, he would have been more in the mould of David Niven/David Haig. Do you mean David Tomlinson? Well yes, but he's not as foxy as Jojo Millson though. |
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