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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2017 0:05:48 GMT
Josh Benson, for me, was one of the best parts of the whole show. I thought he was hilarious! He hopefully will find a new role to do soon. 
Although, and this obviously isn't his fault, but his character name really bugs me for some reason. Why not Tom or Tommy, why Tommo?! Just urgh. I don't know why it annoys me so much, but its just one of those little things. |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2017 0:10:48 GMT
Thought all the kids were great. Though the girl didn't have much to work with!
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Post by distantcousin on May 29, 2017 17:10:48 GMT
The title was naff and wrong from the start. Why the hell didn't they just call it Calendar Girls - The Musical? Was it a rights issue or did they really think marketing the same story with a different title was going to work? Not to mention those godawful sunflowers. The sunflowers have become synonomous with Calender Girls ever since the film - I don't blame them for continuing to use them with the musical,. |
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Post by zak97 on May 29, 2017 17:18:35 GMT
The sunflower is a symbol of the WI, or something in that vein I believe. It's unsurprising they used it.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2017 17:31:38 GMT
I can't wait for those damn sunflowers to be gone all over the theatre, it looks so tacky.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 29, 2017 18:28:12 GMT
The sunflower is a symbol of the WI, or something in that vein I believe. It's unsurprising they used it. I totally read that as "uninspiring". They seemed happy to go "off brand" with the title of the show, by stop there? It's a subjective thing of course but I don't think sunflowers have a happy vibe. They should, but they don't. |
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Post by TallPaul on May 30, 2017 12:55:11 GMT
The sunflower is a symbol of the WI, or something in that vein I believe. It's unsurprising they used it. The sunflowers are used because one of the ladies used them to cover her modesty in the original calendar. It could, just have easily, been a pile of buns, or a length of knitting! |
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Post by zak97 on May 30, 2017 12:57:55 GMT
The sunflower is a symbol of the WI, or something in that vein I believe. It's unsurprising they used it. The sunflowers are used because one of the ladies used them to cover her modesty in the original calendar. It could, just have easily, been a pile of buns, or a length of knitting! On one of my visits I heard a conversation between a tourist and a WI lady, with the lady telling the tourist about how the sunflower is symbolic and is worn almost as a broached by some of the WI. I'm guessing it would have been for that reason more than anything why the surliest is the logo. |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 14:56:32 GMT
The sunflowers are used because one of the ladies used them to cover her modesty in the original calendar. It could, just have easily, been a pile of buns, or a length of knitting! On one of my visits I heard a conversation between a tourist and a WI lady, with the lady telling the tourist about how the sunflower is symbolic and is worn almost as a broached by some of the WI. I'm guessing it would have been for that reason more than anything why the surliest is the logo. But is that not as a result of the infamous Calendar Girls events within the WI? I assumed it was symbolic in memory of John, as his favourite flower. Just found this from a member of the WI: |
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Post by zak97 on May 30, 2017 16:11:23 GMT
Yep that makes sense in line with what I heard. I meant it as in the sunflower was more than a covering up device as posted above - it has more symbolic meaning.
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Post by sirdaniel on May 30, 2017 17:44:12 GMT
First time at The Girls this afternoon. Plenty of covers on. I didn't expect to enjoy it really but I did. Rarely stopped laughing and it's so full of heart. Plus they collected for Manchester at the end which was really touching. AND I fell in love with Chloe May Jackson (Jenny)...so there's that!
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 17:46:16 GMT
Yep that makes sense in line with what I heard. I meant it as in the sunflower was more than a covering up device as posted above - it has more symbolic meaning. Exactly, it is less about the women's institute but rather representative of the story. |
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Post by zak97 on May 30, 2017 19:20:33 GMT
Yep that makes sense in line with what I heard. I meant it as in the sunflower was more than a covering up device as posted above - it has more symbolic meaning. Exactly, it is less about the women's institute but rather representative of the story. Yes, but I would say it's a bit of both. I think it's part in the story has now come to represent the WI as some ladies way sunflower broaches in memory of the story, if you get what I mean |
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Post by sirdaniel on May 30, 2017 22:53:19 GMT
Has James Gaddas got the easiest job on the West End?   |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 22:57:19 GMT
Has James Gaddas got the easiest job on the West End? He has competition from that girl in The Philanthropist who apparently does literally nothing. |
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Post by sirdaniel on May 30, 2017 23:04:49 GMT
Has James Gaddas got the easiest job on the West End? He has competition from that girl in The Philanthropist who apparently does literally nothing. I was surprised he didn't turn up in some sort of dream/vision in Act 2...seems really odd to have him disappear half of the way through Act 1 and never appear again until the curtain call! |
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Post by zak97 on May 31, 2017 10:17:51 GMT
According to Claire Moore and Sophie Louise Dann it may be a copyright issue of some sort as to why it is 'The Girls' not 'Calendar Girls the Musical'.
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Post by steve10086 on May 31, 2017 12:10:04 GMT
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Just a few full stops for Parsley, as they seem to have a shortage. Please feel free the use them in your posts.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 13:39:25 GMT
I like the name The Girls. It's a slang word for breasts, as in 'getting the girls out' and that's exactely what these ladies did. But it's not an obvious link to The Calender Girls film/story.
Betty Blue Eyes had similar marketing issues. It was based on A Private Function, but the title A Private Function - The Musical isn't going to sell any tickets
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 15:22:13 GMT
I like the name The Girls. It's a slang word for breasts, as in 'getting the girls out' and that's exactely what these ladies did. But it's not an obvious link to The Calender Girls film/story. Betty Blue Eyes had similar marketing issues. It was based on A Private Function, but the title A Private Function - The Musical isn't going to sell any tickets And Betty Blue Eyes did? |
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Post by sirdaniel on Jun 1, 2017 0:53:10 GMT
Standing ovation when I went to The Girls on Tuesday afternoon. I always find standing ovations weird - sometimes I have the urge to but never will unless quite a few others are doing it. Matilda is my favourite musical but haven't stood for it any time I've been because nobody else does. I didn't particularly feel compelled to stand for The Girls, great as it was, but I did anyway...Odd.
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Post by zak97 on Jun 1, 2017 11:09:11 GMT
I wonder if the creative team have even though hit about that connection. That said, those 'girls' definitely helped do something extraordinary.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 12:23:30 GMT
They must have known. Even the single sunflower in the logo could be seen to look like a breast.
Or maybe I'm just fascinated by large breasts....
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 2, 2017 13:20:20 GMT
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Post by daniel on Jun 2, 2017 13:25:15 GMT
Old news now!  We don't know the tour dates yet, but it's playing mostly two-week runs in all the usual places! |
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