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Post by anthem on Aug 10, 2021 20:18:01 GMT
I think it’s likely AB will tour since “My Best Friend’s Wedding” was pulled.
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Post by ronnette on Aug 14, 2021 7:40:30 GMT
Is it not weird that tickets are now on sale for the tour yet no official announcement from the producers about this?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2021 9:32:40 GMT
Is it not weird that tickets are now on sale for the tour yet no official announcement from the producers about this? I keep saying this lol! Surely can’t be long now?! |
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Post by amp09 on Aug 15, 2021 22:44:05 GMT
Sadly, I didn’t win the lottery for next Sunday’s Linzi show. Please drop me a line if anyone has won but won’t be using their full allocation of 4 tickets and could spare 2 - will pay of course.
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Post by richey on Aug 16, 2021 8:43:01 GMT
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Post by chestwig on Aug 16, 2021 14:54:41 GMT
Can’t wait to get back to this next Sunday 22nd. Have missed it🌈🌈
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Post by Being Alive on Aug 16, 2021 15:05:35 GMT
FINALLY my turn to see Linzi on Sunday - can't wait!
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Post by chestwig on Aug 16, 2021 16:42:14 GMT
FINALLY my turn to see Linzi on Sunday - can't wait! She’s fab. Got 3 more shows with Linzi booked… |
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Post by jennapatchell on Aug 17, 2021 0:25:10 GMT
What's the best way to get reasonable priced tickets for this nowadays?
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Post by danb on Aug 18, 2021 14:25:58 GMT
Is this really the same show I saw a few years ago with SS? It has energy, humour and above all is pure joy. Someone including you in the joke is not the same as the heavy handed humour of last time. Linzi is just ace and looked overwhelmed by the two minute entrance applause she got before a note was sung. Great fun.
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Post by danielwhit on Aug 18, 2021 14:36:20 GMT
Is this really the same show I saw a few years ago with SS? It has energy, humour and above all is pure joy. Someone including you in the joke is not the same as the heavy handed humour of last time. Linzi is just ace and looked overwhelmed by the two minute entrance applause she got before a note was sung. Great fun. Sorry but I completely disagree with the comparison to 2019. The core show is still the same but this production is clearly designed for a central comedy narrator. Linzi is great at straight singing but there's not the humour here that there was two years ago. Yes, it was heavy handed with SS, that's what everything is designed around For example all the kids stuff doesn't work without a knowing wink and nod which has been wiped out in 2021. Audiences are not responding to it as well as they did a couple of years ago, at least not comparing the matinee I saw then with the matinee I am in today. To be honest I'm disappointed they've copy and pasted the same direction and production without any adaptations for the fact their narrators are singers and not comedians at heart. It feels lazy - and they've still got the same set piece causing grief that caused so many show stops! (today three crew members had to come on mid show and it still wasn't attached properly) Your comment about the applause reminded me that once on here someone thought a play stopped for 20 minutes while a character cleaned some rubbish off the floor - we do sometimes overestimate  (the applause was more like 20 seconds for anyone reading this). Enjoy the second half! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2021 14:48:41 GMT
For example all the kids stuff doesn't work without a knowing wink and nod which has been wiped out in 2021. The kids stuff worked fine for me and I didn't see the 2019 version. Didn't even take any brain cells to work out, the whole show was just giving the humour to the audience on a plate. If this one is lacking in humour then the 2019 version must have been unbearably over-played as this one is more than cheesy enough. Also the audience reception the night I saw it was rapturous. |
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Post by danb on Aug 18, 2021 16:10:20 GMT
Is this really the same show I saw a few years ago with SS? It has energy, humour and above all is pure joy. Someone including you in the joke is not the same as the heavy handed humour of last time. Linzi is just ace and looked overwhelmed by the two minute entrance applause she got before a note was sung. Great fun. Sorry but I completely disagree with the comparison to 2019. The core show is still the same but this production is clearly designed for a central comedy narrator. Linzi is great at straight singing but there's not the humour here that there was two years ago. Yes, it was heavy handed with SS, that's what everything is designed around For example all the kids stuff doesn't work without a knowing wink and nod which has been wiped out in 2021. Audiences are not responding to it as well as they did a couple of years ago, at least not comparing the matinee I saw then with the matinee I am in today. To be honest I'm disappointed they've copy and pasted the same direction and production without any adaptations for the fact their narrators are singers and not comedians at heart. It feels lazy - and they've still got the same set piece causing grief that caused so many show stops! (today three crew members had to come on mid show and it still wasn't attached properly) Your comment about the applause reminded me that once on here someone thought a play stopped for 20 minutes while a character cleaned some rubbish off the floor - we do sometimes overestimate (the applause was more like 20 seconds for anyone reading this). Enjoy the second half! You should have said hi. I just remember feeling embarrassed to be there last time it was so awful. Would you deny the applause Linzi got after ‘Pharoahs Story’ today or at the bows? The place was full and I certainly didn’t hear any complaints. |
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Post by danielwhit on Aug 18, 2021 16:20:00 GMT
Sorry but I completely disagree with the comparison to 2019. The core show is still the same but this production is clearly designed for a central comedy narrator. Linzi is great at straight singing but there's not the humour here that there was two years ago. Yes, it was heavy handed with SS, that's what everything is designed around For example all the kids stuff doesn't work without a knowing wink and nod which has been wiped out in 2021. Audiences are not responding to it as well as they did a couple of years ago, at least not comparing the matinee I saw then with the matinee I am in today. To be honest I'm disappointed they've copy and pasted the same direction and production without any adaptations for the fact their narrators are singers and not comedians at heart. It feels lazy - and they've still got the same set piece causing grief that caused so many show stops! (today three crew members had to come on mid show and it still wasn't attached properly) Your comment about the applause reminded me that once on here someone thought a play stopped for 20 minutes while a character cleaned some rubbish off the floor - we do sometimes overestimate (the applause was more like 20 seconds for anyone reading this). Enjoy the second half! You should have said hi. I just remember feeling embarrassed to be there last time it was so awful. Would you deny the applause Linzi got after ‘Pharoahs Story’ today or at the bows? The place was full and I certainly didn’t hear any complaints. Yeah, there were many people there for Linzi and she got the applause as a result - that's clear (to be fair we went to this performance because my partner wanted to see her). However applause definitely doesn't mean everything, I raise you Pharoah and the applause there... No complaints, true, nor should there be - it's a strong production done well and Linzi in particular did a very good job with the production she has been put into. My point is just it doesn't sit quite as well as it did because the dynamics at the centre are totally different. Not worse, just different. |
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Post by danb on Aug 18, 2021 16:23:59 GMT
The adoration for Donovans Pharoah was indeed mystifying, however the bond between the three leads was lovely.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2021 17:39:23 GMT
Is this really the same show I saw a few years ago with SS? It has energy, humour and above all is pure joy. Someone including you in the joke is not the same as the heavy handed humour of last time. Linzi is just ace and looked overwhelmed by the two minute entrance applause she got before a note was sung. Great fun. Could't agree more Dan, Linzi Hateley is just sensational in this. SS is absolutely lovely, a great actress (her TV stuff is fab) and she can make it work in the right musical (Legally Blond etc). But her voice is just nowhere near what is required for Joseph and all the "comedy" in the world couldn't get past that. It's an underestimated sing with a wide range requiring a really strong vocal. Not a fan of the comedy personally and really hoped they'd remove it for Linzi. Having said that, she even delivers on that I think. And she still has the moves for the dance sections. A true triple threat! And really one of the most stunning MT voices the UK has ever seen. Now. Get "letting out a mighty roar" and "chained and bound afraid alone" back up to their original keys - I know she can do it! |
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Post by danb on Aug 18, 2021 17:47:01 GMT
Is this really the same show I saw a few years ago with SS? It has energy, humour and above all is pure joy. Someone including you in the joke is not the same as the heavy handed humour of last time. Linzi is just ace and looked overwhelmed by the two minute entrance applause she got before a note was sung. Great fun. Could't agree more Dan, Linzi Hateley is just sensational in this. SS is absolutely lovely, a great actress (her TV stuff is fab) and she can make it work in the right musical (Legally Blond etc). But her voice is just nowhere near what is required for Joseph and all the "comedy" in the world couldn't get past that. It's an underestimated sing with a wide range requiring a really strong vocal. Not a fan of the comedy personally and really hoped they'd remove it for Linzi. Having said that, she even delivers on that I think. And she still has the moves for the dance sections. A true triple threat! And really one of the most stunning MT voices the UK has ever seen. Now. Get "letting out a mighty roar" and "chained and bound afraid alone" back up to their original keys - I know she can do it! I thought that I’d notice the key swap more but she sounded fine in act one then phenomenal in act 2. |
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Post by alison on Aug 18, 2021 17:47:08 GMT
Is this really the same show I saw a few years ago with SS? It has energy, humour and above all is pure joy. Someone including you in the joke is not the same as the heavy handed humour of last time. Linzi is just ace and looked overwhelmed by the two minute entrance applause she got before a note was sung. Great fun. Could't agree more Dan, Linzi Hateley is just sensational in this. SS is absolutely lovely, a great actress (her TV stuff is fab) and she can make it work in the right musical (Legally Blond etc). But her voice is just nowhere near what is required for Joseph and all the "comedy" in the world couldn't get past that. It's an underestimated sing with a wide range requiring a really strong vocal. Not a fan of the comedy personally and really hoped they'd remove it for Linzi. Having said that, she even delivers on that I think. And she still has the moves for the dance sections. A true triple threat! And really one of the most stunning MT voices the UK has ever seen. Now. Get "letting out a mighty roar" and "chained and bound afraid alone" back up to their original keys - I know she can do it! Chained and bound was up the octave where it should be for her debut - it was a bit jarring to hear it down today. Hoping she just wasn’t feeling it and it’s not a permanent change! |
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Post by countryjames on Aug 18, 2021 20:11:54 GMT
Saw this at today’s matinée and was absolutely enchanted by Linzi Hateley. What a delightful performer, what a beautiful tone, what charming self-deprecation. I’d seen the Press Night in a professional capacity but felt that with LH the show was more integrated, less star-centred. That moment reminiscent of the Candide finale at the end of Close Every Dorr when the orchestra cuts to vocal a Cappella really hit home and raised a lump. Of course, much is cheesy, but there are still very affecting as well as entertaining moments and and the Ensemble seemed on fire - such energy. Of course, despite a COVID week off, it has had time to settle too. Slight hitch with the descending drapes that the children couldn’t reach and that even the stagehands scuttling on couldn’t completely resolve, but it’s live theatre and great to be back. A capacity audience went justifiability wild. I still think Jason Donovan is, however entertaining, terrible but had a heart-warming afternoon
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Post by dontdreamit on Aug 19, 2021 13:45:29 GMT
Looks like the Narrator understudy gets to go on tonight!
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Post by dontdreamit on Aug 19, 2021 13:46:38 GMT
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Post by Roxie on Aug 19, 2021 15:30:14 GMT
oh that's exciting for her! Hope Alexandra and Linzi are OK!
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Post by alison on Aug 19, 2021 19:35:26 GMT
A full cast show at Six and then Rochelle’s Narrator debut. I’m living the dream today! I did not have plans to be back at Joseph for the second time in just over 24 hours but here we are. I do not regret my choice.  |
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Post by dontdreamit on Aug 19, 2021 20:46:11 GMT
Well the theatre gods were finally looking down on me today- I won the Joseph lottery for next Saturday night after weeks of trying. Extra Linzi show for us then 🙂
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Post by alece10 on Aug 20, 2021 8:14:04 GMT
Is anyone having trouble getting a refund for Joseph tickets?
I booked in 2019 for the 1st night in 2021 which, of course, got postponed.
Booking moved to 2021 but in the meantime they announced Linzi doing some performances so I made a 2nd booking.
Decided to get a refund on the 1st performance. Applied and got e mail confirmation. Now it appears that as the booking was made so long ago they no longer have my card details so they are going to phone and do it manually. That was weeks ago and still waiting.
I understand they are very busy but it's getting g silly now.
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(the applause was more like 20 seconds for anyone reading this).
