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Post by Alejo on Feb 21, 2024 10:20:01 GMT
I imagine this is part of another UK tour, about to be announced (although that article says Donny is only doing the Edinburgh run). Jason for the other dates? I'd probably go back and see it if they get Linzi Hateley involved. It says Only Uk dates so Could there be a US tour imminent? I think it says it’s Donny Osmond’s only UK dates. It then says: Producer Michael Harrison adds: “Following the extraordinary reception the Edinburgh Playhouse and thousands of theatre fans gave Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat at the end of the 2022 tour, it made absolute sense to begin the new tour here and to ask Joseph royalty, Donny Osmond, to star as our festive season Pharaoh.” |
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Post by Alejo on Feb 21, 2024 10:24:30 GMT
I love Joseph. One of my all time fave musicals. I don't love the Lawrence Connor panto production and am slightly sad the show seems lumbered with it currently. For anyone that can remember the iconic Stephen Pimlott production, it's a massive downgrade in every aspect. It's such a joyous show that it more or less comes together in the end, but I find it in spite of rather than because of the production. Of course I recognise we are never gonna get anything as expensive and technically expensive as the Pimlott version in 2024. But my preference would be for another new version! Agree with all of this. It’s a little frustrating to watch knowing what you could be seeing instead. Linzi is probably the only way I would go back to this again. |
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Post by evilmat360 on Feb 21, 2024 10:26:30 GMT
They've tweeted out the announcement and given a link to the UK tour website.
Donny is the only cast announced so far, and has it on the cast page as Edinburgh only.
Showing as more dates to be announced on the tour page, so looks like another full UK tour.
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Post by solangelafitte on Feb 21, 2024 10:26:41 GMT
That's a couple of aunts Christmas presents sorted anyway! (I'll probably go too and pretend it's for them)
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 21, 2024 10:27:50 GMT
Sort of not surprising following Donny's run in the Palladium Panto.
Dread to think the ££ Michael Harrison will be paying him.
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Post by BVM on Feb 21, 2024 10:31:44 GMT
I love Joseph. One of my all time fave musicals. I don't love the Lawrence Connor panto production and am slightly sad the show seems lumbered with it currently. For anyone that can remember the iconic Stephen Pimlott production, it's a massive downgrade in every aspect. It's such a joyous show that it more or less comes together in the end, but I find it in spite of rather than because of the production. Of course I recognise we are never gonna get anything as expensive and technically expensive as the Pimlott version in 2024. But my preference would be for another new version! Agree with all of this. It’s a little frustrating to watch knowing what you could be seeing instead. Linzi is probably the only way I would go back to this again. Definitely! It was Linzi going into this that enabled me to (more or less) finally reconcile myself with this production's existence. I like Sheridan when appropriately cast but she wasn't vocally up to this and the endless "comedy" in lieu of SINGING the score drove me bonkers! Burke was a step up. But Linzi is clearly Joseph royalty. |
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Post by anita on Feb 21, 2024 10:54:54 GMT
That's a couple of aunts Christmas presents sorted anyway! (I'll probably go too and pretend it's for them) My mum used to do that too. She took me to all Cliff's films pretending it was me who wanted to go. |
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Post by steve10086 on Feb 21, 2024 12:46:12 GMT
I love Joseph. One of my all time fave musicals. I don't love the Lawrence Connor panto production and am slightly sad the show seems lumbered with it currently. For anyone that can remember the iconic Stephen Pimlott production, it's a massive downgrade in every aspect. It's such a joyous show that it more or less comes together in the end, but I find it in spite of rather than because of the production. Of course I recognise we are never gonna get anything as expensive and technically expensive as the Pimlott version in 2024. But my preference would be for another new version! Absolutley! Was the Pimlott staging that much more expensive than the current one though? It toured the UK, including the revolve, so it can be done. |
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Post by andypandy on Feb 22, 2024 2:13:52 GMT
I am confused.
They are using the original Palladium 1991 show logo for this tour.
This is the same logo as they used in the most recent Palladium production from 2021? Which was completely different.
But isn't this the touring Kenwright show which was on at the New London Theatre around 2004/5? which is ANOTHER PRODUCTION?
That was different from the UK Tour that was doing the regions for years and was a different logo and the 4th production?
They all use the same logo!!
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Post by greatauntedna on Feb 22, 2024 2:24:28 GMT
But isn't this the touring Kenwright show which was on at the New London Theatre around 2004/5? which is ANOTHER PRODUCTION? No it is the 2019-2023 Palladium and touring production. |
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Post by danb on Feb 22, 2024 7:51:18 GMT
Agreed that it seems disingenuous to use the same logo for what is essentially a different show. I thought it at the time, and definitely after enduring Sheridan in it. Linzi’s return made it musically thrilling again, but the general concept was still just a bit naff and low rent.
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Post by fluxcapacitor on Feb 22, 2024 19:48:12 GMT
Agreed that it seems disingenuous to use the same logo for what is essentially a different show. I thought it at the time, and definitely after enduring Sheridan in it. Linzi’s return made it musically thrilling again, but the general concept was still just a bit naff and low rent. It is a slightly updated logo compared to 1991 though, in fairness. It's been redrawn with a slightly different layout and gold as the base colour (as opposed to white) and it no longer features the "hanger" illusion. For the Palladium they also mainly used the landscape version. Personally I think it's clever to return to that 1991 logo as a base - it plays on people's nostalgia and gives a certain "official" vibe to the marketing in contrast with the various touring, school and amateur productions which have used varying logos over the years. It helped authenticate it as "the" West End version, especially when Linzi and Jason were involved. |
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Post by elfman1 on Feb 22, 2024 19:54:35 GMT
Agreed that it seems disingenuous to use the same logo for what is essentially a different show. I thought it at the time, and definitely after enduring Sheridan in it. Linzi’s return made it musically thrilling again, but the general concept was still just a bit naff and low rent. It is a slightly updated logo compared to 1991 though, in fairness. It's been redrawn with a slightly different layout and gold as the base colour (as opposed to white) and it no longer features the "hanger" illusion. For the Palladium they also mainly used the landscape version. Personally I think it's clever to return to that 1991 logo as a base - it plays on people's nostalgia and gives a certain "official" vibe to the marketing in contrast with the various touring, school and amateur productions which have used varying logos over the years. It helped authenticate it as "the" West End version, especially when Linzi and Jason were involved. I also love the gold in the logo particularly given how it was advertised as the 50th anniversary production |
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Post by toomasj on Feb 22, 2024 20:38:39 GMT
Regarding Donny Osmond, is this a far bigger story than I realised? A friend with a passing interest in British theatre messaged me about this very excited. Isn’t Donny Osmond constantly on tour/singing songs from this show/panto every year etc? I am missing something?
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Post by elfman1 on Feb 22, 2024 20:46:22 GMT
Regarding Donny Osmond, is this a far bigger story than I realised? A friend with a passing interest in British theatre messaged me about this very excited. Isn’t Donny Osmond constantly on tour/singing songs from this show/panto every year etc? I am missing something? I feel it’s the fact that he’s physically in the show again combined with the fact that HE IS JOSEPH given how many people will have seen/ grown up with the 99 film that does it to me at least |
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Post by danb on Feb 22, 2024 21:18:54 GMT
It is a slightly updated logo compared to 1991 though, in fairness. It's been redrawn with a slightly different layout and gold as the base colour (as opposed to white) and it no longer features the "hanger" illusion. For the Palladium they also mainly used the landscape version. Personally I think it's clever to return to that 1991 logo as a base - it plays on people's nostalgia and gives a certain "official" vibe to the marketing in contrast with the various touring, school and amateur productions which have used varying logos over the years. It helped authenticate it as "the" West End version, especially when Linzi and Jason were involved. I also love the gold in the logo particularly given how it was advertised as the 50th anniversary production Thats all very well in a world of rose tinted - wishy washy ‘kind of the same’, but it very clearly was not…neither in form nor execution. It lacked the overwhelming joy of the original production, and just felt like a cost saving conceit using the kids to play roles. Once Linzi came back on board it recovered some charm but quite why they didn’t just re-stage the original Pimlott version remains beyond me. |
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Post by betweenthelines on Feb 22, 2024 21:37:29 GMT
Regarding Donny Osmond, is this a far bigger story than I realised? A friend with a passing interest in British theatre messaged me about this very excited. Isn’t Donny Osmond constantly on tour/singing songs from this show/panto every year etc? I am missing something? Purely nostalgia purposes, as another just stated above. I think it’s kind of a fun way to ‘come full circle’ so to speak. |
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Post by longinthetooth on Feb 22, 2024 23:50:56 GMT
It's FOH I feel sorry for. When I saw Donny in Pantoland at the Palladium, half the front row was filming him, and he was going along waving to them and saying 'hi!' into their phones. Staff trying to monitor that could have a problem or several!
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Post by evilmat360 on Apr 4, 2024 16:00:42 GMT
3 more venues have been annouced on the tour dates page with those venues being Canterbury(22 Jan-2 Feb 2025), Belfast(18 Feb-23 Feb 2025) and Norwich(30 Apr-10 May 2025). But no further casting information as of yet. |
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Post by richey on Jul 12, 2024 10:08:01 GMT
Joe McElderry just announced as Pharoah for the Sunderland leg of tour.
Guess they're going to the route of putting former Josephs in that role.
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Post by solangelafitte on Jul 12, 2024 10:19:13 GMT
Joe McElderry just announced as Pharoah for the Sunderland leg of tour. Guess they're going to the route of putting former Josephs in that role. If this trend keeps up I'd quite like to see Lee Mead as Pharaoh then. |
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Post by BVM on Jul 12, 2024 10:38:17 GMT
At least Joe has an excellent voice!
Hopefully they are lining up Gareth Gates for somewhere.....
(He took over from Lee in the Adelphi version).
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Post by theatrenerd on Jul 12, 2024 10:39:07 GMT
Joe McElderry just announced as Pharoah for the Sunderland leg of tour. Guess they're going to the route of putting former Josephs in that role. If this trend keeps up I'd quite like to see Lee Mead as Pharaoh then. Lee Mead actually was Pharoah before he was Joseph! He played it in the 2004 Kenwright tour with H from Steps as Joseph. |
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Post by Jon on Jul 12, 2024 10:39:25 GMT
Joe McElderry just announced as Pharoah for the Sunderland leg of tour. Guess they're going to the route of putting former Josephs in that role. He's a Michael Harrison regular at the Newcastle panto. |
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Post by BVM on Jul 12, 2024 10:44:54 GMT
Joe is an interesting guy as out of all the people that came out of these shows, along with Gareth Gates he really does have a gorgeous voice that is perfectly suited to musical theatre. Very much the accuracy and range required and with a lovely tone.
Sadly neither of them can really act or dance. So beyond hamming it up in roles like this it was never to be really.
That said I thought Gareth was a stunning Marius and thought there was great potential there but he never really moved on to similar things.
Claire Richards of Steps fame is another one with an epic voice, not even MT trained at all but would be perfect - except, she also doesn't act! Am sure she could manage belting out The Narrator though and I'd love to see it.
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