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Post by stevej678 on Nov 29, 2018 13:13:04 GMT
 22nd January - 16th March at The Other Palace. General sale from Monday. |
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Post by adrianics on Nov 29, 2018 14:03:18 GMT
Fantastic - Really happy they're getting a proper residency again, a very talented company and I've laughed my arse off at every show of theirs I've seen.
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Post by duncan on Nov 29, 2018 18:54:33 GMT
Have to say that the time I saw it the deliberate misinterpretation of the audiences suggestions highlighted how much of this is set out beforehand.
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Post by Stephen on Nov 29, 2018 18:57:19 GMT
I saw this at the fringe. Everyone else thought it was much more exciting and funnier than I did. The cast were very talented however and I was impressed with them throughout. It'll suit the OP well, I think. Seems like the perfect space for it.
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Post by olliebean on Nov 29, 2018 19:14:12 GMT
Have to say that the time I saw it the deliberate misinterpretation of the audiences suggestions highlighted how much of this is set out beforehand. Go and see it again, and see if you still think that. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 29, 2018 19:47:53 GMT
I had a horrible feeling they were going to announce something like this from what Dylan Emery didn't say after the show on Monday. They would decide to do it just when I don't have a job & am going to want to see far more shows than I'm going to be able to afford to!
Edited to add: Does anyone have priority booking at The Other Palace & can already see the seating plan? If so then I'd really appreciate any info on whether the front row is cheaper or top price.
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Post by martello736 on Nov 29, 2018 20:28:49 GMT
Have to say that the time I saw it the deliberate misinterpretation of the audiences suggestions highlighted how much of this is set out beforehand. I've seen Showstopper 60 times now and I can assure you that all of it is improvised, the only part that is the same from show to show is the first 10 minutes but even then the suggestions are different every time, it's just the information gathering format. |
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Post by adrianics on Dec 4, 2018 14:21:41 GMT
Have to say that the time I saw it the deliberate misinterpretation of the audiences suggestions highlighted how much of this is set out beforehand. You have mistaken "rehearsed" and "honed over hundreds of performances" for "set out beforehand". I've seen the show three times and it was completely different each time. What do you mean by "deliberate misinterpretation", by the way? |
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Post by alece10 on Dec 4, 2018 15:14:27 GMT
I saw something very similar at the Kings Head in Islington years ago. Must have been an early version of this. It was very cleaver.
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Post by Dr Tom on Dec 4, 2018 22:35:15 GMT
They’ve also announced seven performances in 2019 at the Lyric Theatre.
28 January, 18 February, 11 March, 13 May, 17 June, 15 July, 23 September.
The early dates are unusual considering that they have the residency at The Other Palace going on at the same time.
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Post by carmella1 on Dec 4, 2018 23:03:20 GMT
When I saw them I thought they went too long. Repeating the same things too many times. But I guess you have to extend in order for the audience not to feel they have not gotten their moneys worth.
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Post by duncan on Dec 5, 2018 14:55:46 GMT
Have to say that the time I saw it the deliberate misinterpretation of the audiences suggestions highlighted how much of this is set out beforehand. You have mistaken "rehearsed" and "honed over hundreds of performances" for "set out beforehand". I've seen the show three times and it was completely different each time. What do you mean by "deliberate misinterpretation", by the way? Ignoring the clear audience winner for the setting - it wasnt even close and yet somehow a suggestion that got a far lesser reaction was picked and then a couple of the suggestions for scenarios etc were shall we be polite and say amended away from their original context. Its not a show for me. |
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Post by theatregeek on Dec 5, 2018 16:11:52 GMT
I saw this on the musicals cruise a couple of months ago. Brilliant! I did think some of it must have been prepared - I'm sure they had some stock songs/routines, but they fitted in very well with the suggestions from the audience. I would go in a flash again.
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Post by martello736 on Dec 5, 2018 19:48:25 GMT
They’ve also announced seven performances in 2019 at the Lyric Theatre. 28 January, 18 February, 11 March, 13 May, 17 June, 15 July, 23 September. The early dates are unusual considering that they have the residency at The Other Palace going on at the same time. On nights they’re performing at the Lyric they aren’t doing the Other Palace, although technically they could as during their last West End run they were simultaneously touring. I don’t want to spoil the magic of Showstopper but people’s insistence that it’s rigged or in some way manipulated is patently false. At the beginning of the show they will always go with the ideas they genuinely believe have the most support, if different parts of the auditorium get behind different ideas I imagine if you’re onstage you will hear what the front stalls are cheering for more. With regards to settings, they have to reasonably be able to get 2 hours out of it. Last year the winning suggestion when I saw it in Ipswich was “the back of a Ford Granada” which was clearly impossible to do, so they followed a family who owned a Ford Granada whose children had been conceived in the back of it. Similarly when the setting was “the inside of a pickle jar” it became the day to day workings of the kitchen the pickle jar resided in with the pickles getting their own song. Every song, line and scene is made up there and then on the spot. These people know each other very well so they can anticipate each others’ actions in advance and adapt around them. The person in the chair knows when to jump in to tighten a slightly meandering scene or when to get more from a scene. Like I said I’ve seen the show 60+ times now and I have honestly seen 60 completely distinct musicals. The only similarities there have ever been are when they base a song around the same song from a musical e.g. I think I’ve seen 2 or 3 Circle of Life homages from Lion King (although with totally different lyrics). It’s okay if Showstopper isn’t personally your thing but these people are immensely clever, it’s no coincidence most of them are comedians or musical theatre performers when they aren’t in the show. There is no misdirection or manipulation or attempts to pull the wool over anybody’s eyes and in my opinion they’re the most talented, in tune and utterly brilliant group of performers you’ll find in the UK. |
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Post by jamb0r on Dec 5, 2018 21:41:12 GMT
I wonder if I’ll be able to use my full loyalty card for a free ticket to the run at The Other Palace?
Also, the latest episode of the Curtain Call Theatre Podcast was released today and includes interviews with the founders of The Showstoppers detailing how the do the show each night. I can understand why some people might think it’s pre planned, but I am firmly in the camp believing it’s all 100% genuine and unplanned.
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Post by Rukaya on Dec 5, 2018 21:45:33 GMT
I'm also fully in the camp of believing it's all improv and if anything, those thinking otherwise just proves HOW good they really are.
Fun fact I learnt the other day, the company members have to spend a year in improv classes and working with each other before they actually go in front of an audience, which would explain how amazingly they all work together!
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Post by stevej678 on Dec 23, 2018 14:32:13 GMT
I'm seeing Showstopper at The Lowry in January but I was planning to book to see it at The Other Palace too, until I discovered that seats G1-4 and G22-23 are off sale. It's the same with Toast. Not great when you're 6'4" and the only two seats in the theatre that have decent leg room (G1 and G23) are being held back for every performance.
It's fair to say that my membership with The Other Palace has been a complete waste of money. First up, they released Heathers straight to general sale with no Friends' priority (despite early access to tickets being promised as one of the perks of signing up), with the website subsequently crashing due to demand. Then they changed the programming to include plays as well as musicals. And now the only two seats I'm interested in booking (and the main reason why I signed up to get priority access in the first place) are unavailable.
Oh well, looks like I have another date with six Queens instead!
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Post by Rukaya on Dec 23, 2018 17:11:24 GMT
I'm seeing Showstopper at The Lowry in January but I was planning to book to see it at The Other Palace too, until I discovered that seats G1-4 and G22-23 are off sale. It's the same with Toast. Not great when you're 6'4" and the only two seats in the theatre that have decent leg room (G1 and G23) are being held back for every performance. It's fair to say that my membership with The Other Palace has been a complete waste of money. First up, they released Heathers straight to general sale with no Friends' priority (despite early access to tickets being promised as one of the perks of signing up), with the website subsequently crashing due to demand. Then they changed the programming to include plays as well as musicals. And now the only two seats I'm interested in booking (and the main reason why I signed up to get priority access in the first place) are unavailable. Oh well, looks like I have another date with six Queens instead! Please make sure you address those concerns to the theatre itself too! I decided to wait out on getting a TOP membership in their first year of it and I'm kind of glad I did, but it's good for them to know all this to iron out kinks  |
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Post by Rukaya on Dec 24, 2018 14:22:57 GMT
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Post by martello736 on Jan 21, 2019 22:50:26 GMT
Fabulous opening night tonight - we had a musical set in a funeral parlour entitled “Stiff”, with music in the style of Sondheim, Six, The Little Mermaid and Columbian Salsa.
Anybody wishing to see this, there are a few deals about. If you book via the Other Palace website you can get a £10 discount on £39.50 and above tickets by using the code “JAZZHANDS”, you can also get a £5 overall discount if you book for both the 5.30pm and 8.30pm performances on a Friday. The website From the Box Office also has some sporadic deals throughout the run, including a £5 discount on the £25 front row tickets on select dates.
Wednesday night (23rd) is press/gala night and the 1000th performance of Showstopper, there are - I believe, still a few tickets left, and on Wednesday 30th January they’re doing a post show Q&A.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 22, 2019 14:31:24 GMT
Are you going tomorrow martello736? If you are then see you there. |
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Post by martello736 on Jan 22, 2019 14:54:02 GMT
Are you going tomorrow martello736 ? If you are then see you there. I am, yes! See you there  |
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 23, 2019 22:32:35 GMT
Tonight's 1000th show was set in a Yorkshire soup kitchen in 1882 and called "Cream Of Yorkshire". I thought it was worthy of being their 1000th show & I hope they did too. Dylan Emery & Adam Meggido gave a speech at the end and the other cast members & musicians who were in the audience came onstage & joined in the final song reprise.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jan 24, 2019 21:51:10 GMT
“Pasty! Pasty! 100% Cornwall”. That show closing crowd pleaser is always a winner!
Except it was performed for the very first (and last) time.
My first ever visit to Showstopper saw the production of A Lotta Dancin’, a two hour musical chronicling the adventures of the St Ives Allotment Society, the hideous crime of their marrows being tampered with, pasty crones, sheep crawling over the audience (including me), a shock gay relationship to close the show, two weddings and much more.
And great songs in the style of Rent, Wicked, 42nd Street, Little Women, Sweeney Todd and Once.
Now, the jokes about vegetables were stretching things thin, but there were some very funny sequences, including Vicar of Dibbley style meetings and lots of one liners. Some of the plot (and one major character) were completely forgotten. But I’ve seen “real” musicals that were much less memorable.
And the marvellous Kiwi character of Gary The PE Teacher brought the second half to life.
A decent crowd, not full, but receptive. And the front row is the perfect place to sit thanks to a low stage.
And I heard someone saying on the way out he was heading for a pasty. Advertising works.
Will certainly go back. Just hope I haven’t been spoilt and all these musicals are this good!
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Post by kathryn on Jan 26, 2019 19:29:03 GMT
Had a lot of fun seeing this today! Our musical was called Bare Back, set in the Australian Outback, in the style of Les Mis, Fame, Grease and Rocky Horror among others.
I particularly enjoyed the song sung by three blind marsupials in the style of the Lion King.
I thought for a moment that the request for the second act opener to be in the style of Book Of Mormon had foxed them - after all, Book of Mormon is a parody of every other musical already, so doesn’t have its own ‘style’ as such - there was a notably long introduction before they came up with something, but it was worth it when they did.
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