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Post by dan on Feb 10, 2019 16:19:50 GMT
Took my mum to see the show 1 Feb (I’d seen it on Broadway last year and was blown away and left pretty changed by it). It blew me away again and my mum was overwhelmed and adored it. I’ve never seen such an uplifting show filled with compassion, love, understanding, kindness out of such tragedy. It’s a gorgeous snapshot of how incredible human beings can be. The cast are amazing and use the simplest stagecraft to switch characters in the blink of an eye, the songs are completely fitting and tell a beautiful story. I wouldn’t want any other staging as it works perfectly. Can not wait to see it again and really hope it extends and extends through word of mouth.
I also would love to see more one act shows!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2019 16:20:24 GMT
I love Tim Hortons. There are a few in Madrid and I decided to give it a go last time I was there. Better than Starbucks in my opinion! And great breakfast deals!
I'm surprised there's no Tim Hortons in London at all.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2019 16:32:50 GMT
I love Tim Hortons. There are a few in Madrid and I decided to give it a go last time I was there. Better than Starbucks in my opinion! And great breakfast deals! I'm surprised there's no Tim Hortons in London at all. All about the boxes of TimBits.. the Apple Fritter too! |
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Post by viserys on Feb 10, 2019 17:08:19 GMT
I love Tim Hortons. There are a few in Madrid and I decided to give it a go last time I was there. Better than Starbucks in my opinion! And great breakfast deals! I'm surprised there's no Tim Hortons in London at all. I went to a Tim Hortons in Toronto Airport. The ...whatever it was (donut thingy?) with maple syrup was like the sweetest thing I ever encountered and I thought nobody could out-do the Americans in the sugar department. But yes, a few Tim Hortons amid the sea of Starbucks, Costa and Caffe Neros would be nice in London. |
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Post by No. on Feb 10, 2019 17:08:37 GMT
I love Tim Hortons. There are a few in Madrid and I decided to give it a go last time I was there. Better than Starbucks in my opinion! And great breakfast deals! I'm surprised there's no Tim Hortons in London at all. Is there not one in London? We have one in Birmingham so I assumed there would be! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2019 17:14:13 GMT
I love Tim Hortons. There are a few in Madrid and I decided to give it a go last time I was there. Better than Starbucks in my opinion! And great breakfast deals! I'm surprised there's no Tim Hortons in London at all. Is there not one in London? We have one in Birmingham so I assumed there would be! No, there isn't. I ckecked their site and the only places in England with a Tim Hortons are Birmingham, Manchester, Warrington and Bury. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2019 17:16:36 GMT
I love Tim Hortons. There are a few in Madrid and I decided to give it a go last time I was there. Better than Starbucks in my opinion! And great breakfast deals! I'm surprised there's no Tim Hortons in London at all. I went to a Tim Hortons in Toronto Airport. The ...whatever it was (donut thingy?) with maple syrup was like the sweetest thing I ever encountered and I thought nobody could out-do the Americans in the sugar department. But yes, a few Tim Hortons amid the sea of Starbucks, Costa and Caffe Neros would be nice in London. Have you tried the sausage and egg bun? Delicious! (and unhealthy, but oh well) |
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Post by david on Feb 10, 2019 17:19:09 GMT
Is there not one in London? We have one in Birmingham so I assumed there would be! No, there isn't. I ckecked their site and the only places in England with a Tim Hortons are Birmingham, Manchester, Warrington and Bury. I’ll have to have a meal there next time I’m in Manchester. Just had a quick look on the online menu and it’s making me very hungry! |
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Post by viserys on Feb 10, 2019 17:24:25 GMT
I went to a Tim Hortons in Toronto Airport. The ...whatever it was (donut thingy?) with maple syrup was like the sweetest thing I ever encountered and I thought nobody could out-do the Americans in the sugar department. But yes, a few Tim Hortons amid the sea of Starbucks, Costa and Caffe Neros would be nice in London. Have you tried the sausage and egg bun? Delicious! (and unhealthy, but oh well) No, I was just in Toronto Airport on a stop-over, only chance I had to try fabled Tim Hortons at all. It was a tiny in-the-wall-place, too. Otherwise the whole airport seemed to consist of shops flogging maple syrup in all shapes and sizes. |
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Post by eatbigsea on Feb 10, 2019 17:46:44 GMT
There used to be a Tim Horton’s in the Spar on Haymarket but it has now closed. I do think that Timmies is a triumph of marketing (and sugar), but it is a godsend when you are in any rural place in Canada.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2019 17:52:22 GMT
We have two Timmies in Cardiff one in my local High Street. As an ex-temporary-Canadian I do love me a Timbit
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 10, 2019 17:58:10 GMT
No Tim Hortons in London, normally service industries go to London first, if you can break London you can break the rest of the country. But Tim has bucked this trend. I have been in their stores in Toronto and they’ve one in 42nd Street, New York. Not a lover of them, as they don’t do My beloved cappuccino.
However they are owned by Burger King which is now American, like Costa is now owned by Coca Cola.
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Post by eatbigsea on Feb 10, 2019 18:04:43 GMT
No Tim Hortons in London, normally service industries go to London first, if you can break London you can break the rest of the country. But Tim has bucked this trend. I have been in their stores in Toronto and they’ve one in 42nd Street, New York. Not a lover of them, as they don’t do My beloved cappuccino. However they are owned by Burger King which is now American, like Costa is now owned by Coca Cola. Branding is very interesting to me. You will find Costas and Tim Hortons in many places where there would never be a Starbucks. (In St John’s (Newfoundland) for instance, driving around with a Starbucks coffee cup sends a message that you’re affluent, whereas it has no particular meaning in London as far as I am aware). |
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Post by partytentdown on Feb 10, 2019 18:09:19 GMT
There used to be a Tim Horton’s in the Spar on Haymarket but it has now closed. I do think that Timmies is a triumph of marketing (and sugar), but it is a godsend when you are in any rural place in Canada. I can't get my head around this business decision. You're the CEO of a successful Canadian coffee shop chain. You want to expand internationally - perhaps London! A cosmopolitan city full of coffee drinkers where several global chains are thriving! Now, time to pick your ideal location for your flagship, London, UK, European store. The glittering, glamorous West End! Full of successful business types, thirsty tourists and wealthy city dwellers. So where shall we pick? THE BACK OF THE SPAR ON THE HAYMARKET. Of course! Oh, and nobody came. So we'll close it. The end |
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 10, 2019 18:21:47 GMT
First we had pies 🥧 rather than Waitress being discussed in the Waitress thread, and now we have coffee ☕ rather than Come From Away being discussed in this thread.
Only on TheatreBoard! 🙂
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2019 18:27:23 GMT
There's a couple of Tim Hortons' in Scotland, largely in the Glasgow area, but they are expanding.
I like the one in Glasgow. If I'm catching a train from the nearby Central Station I always make sure I have time to grab some Timbits, or a baked good, for my journey.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 10, 2019 18:40:37 GMT
No Tim Hortons in London, normally service industries go to London first, if you can break London you can break the rest of the country. But Tim has bucked this trend. I have been in their stores in Toronto and they’ve one in 42nd Street, New York. Not a lover of them, as they don’t do My beloved cappuccino. However they are owned by Burger King which is now American, like Costa is now owned by Coca Cola. Branding is very interesting to me. You will find Costas and Tim Hortons in many places where there would never be a Starbucks. (In St John’s (Newfoundland) for instance, driving around with a Starbucks coffee cup sends a message that you’re affluent, whereas it has no particular meaning in London as far as I am aware). Interesting. Years about on stage if you want to make someone seem ‘affluent’, and intelligent you would have the person in a suit with a bowler hat, smoking a Dunhill, Times have changed no it is an apartment with a Starbucks cup, next to the Apple laptop. |
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Post by learfan on Feb 10, 2019 19:03:10 GMT
Huge Tim Hortons just opened in Birmingham near New Street Station.
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Post by CG on the loose on Feb 10, 2019 19:32:27 GMT
To shift the convo back to the show (temporarily at least!) - add me to the raves Phantom of London - saw it last week and found it intensely moving, wonderfully heart-warming and the perfect antidote to all the negativity and narrow-mindedness that is so much a feature of 2019 Britain. |
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Post by learfan on Feb 10, 2019 20:27:27 GMT
Im looking forward to seeing this Thursday night.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2019 20:28:42 GMT
I lived in Calgary for a couple of years. There was a Tim Hortons beneath the office. I remain convinced that Tim Hortons is an elaborate prank that Canada is playing on the rest of the world.
Truly terrible coffee. Worse than any Starbucks, Nero, Costa et al. And they all serve execrable stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2019 21:51:53 GMT
First we had pies 🥧 rather than Waitress being discussed in the Waitress thread, and now we have coffee ☕ rather than Come From Away being discussed in this thread. Only on TheatreBoard! 🙂 It's all Phantom of London's fault. |
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Post by macksennett on Feb 10, 2019 22:43:06 GMT
A seating question...are the far side seats of the stalls (slightly reduced in price) that restricted a view? Sorry if this has been asked before!
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 10, 2019 23:57:04 GMT
No not restricted at all - I sat in F2 and the view was fine. All the action takes place front and centre. I think being in the front row would be problematic as the stage is high.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2019 0:16:40 GMT
What is the back row of the Grand like at the Phoenix? £25 tickets entice me.
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