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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 21:04:06 GMT
What a delightful name the Gas Board Energy Theatre has. Going there must be a blast. Not literally one would hope. Is that what it means lol? Whenever I see Bord Gais I always think Bored Gays. Its actually pronounced Bored Gash...doesnt sound much better though |
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 26, 2018 21:11:26 GMT
Thrilled about this - the 25th UK tour was brilliant! For me that and the London version sit so well together, each having their merits. Will deffo do Manchester and hopefully Bristol and Birmingham if it goes there. Why do they have to market it as the Broadway version though, does that sell more tickets? It's very much originally the UK 25th anniversary tour version! I guess saying the Broadway version, to manage expectations - so that people’s hopes aren’t dashed when there is no turntable. So how is this the Broadway version, that started as the 25th anniversary tour in the Uk, that played the Barbican, then Toronto before Broadway. Have to say I love it and you cannot get enough Les Mis traditional or 25th anniversary and it is hitting the road again for no other reason than it will sell out and demand will be high. Do any theatre historians know how many UK tours this has done? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 22:25:26 GMT
I guess saying the Broadway version, to manage expectations - so that people’s hopes aren’t dashed when there is no turntable. So how is this the Broadway version, that started as the 25th anniversary tour in the Uk, that played the Barbican, then Toronto before Broadway. Have to say I love it and you cannot get enough Les Mis traditional or 25th anniversary and it is hitting the road again for no other reason than it will sell out and demand will be high. Do any theatre historians know how many UK tours this has done? This will be the fourth UK tour. The original production toured twice (1992-1994 and 1997-2000); and then the 25th Anniversary Tour (2009-2010). My initial thought when I saw the press release today was also, why are they calling this the Broadway version, when this production started life as the 25th anniversary UK tour. But yes, I guess it sounds better. Are they not using something similar for the Miss Saigon tour? I've seen this production several times and it has changed slightly over the years, having incorporated some minor changes from the film into the latest version. But I agree with a lot of comments here, while there are some good points about this new production, for me it doesn't beat the original. The revolve is the biggest loss. |
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Post by Dave25 on Feb 26, 2018 22:30:30 GMT
I hope the director understands that turning many scenes into clumsy "speak-sing-switching messes" is not the solution to make it modern and raw. The Miss Saigon Broadway revival stepped into that pitfall. Room 317 was a mess in that one. The real solution is natural singing. Understanding that this artform is about sung thoughts. Not speaking 4 words and then use vibrato on the 5th. That takes you out of the sung thought and makes it too literal. Which makes the sung last syllable feel funny and out of place.
This is a really important thing, because I see it going wrong a lot lately. Especially in films.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 22:37:04 GMT
Gavroche's death and the final battle where Enjolras hangs from the barricade, which revolves to reveal an empty stage. So powerful in the original but really disappointing in this version. I was tempted to put those plot points in spoiler tags, but jeez it's been running for 30 years... Haha, I was going to comment on Gavroche's death in my last post, but the spoiler thing did cross my mind. But Gavroche's death is now staged slightly differently to how it was in the last UK tour. He no longer dies out of view of the audience, which, from memory, he did in the 2010 tour. |
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 26, 2018 22:41:31 GMT
I missed the 25th tour so I’ll be glad to finally see a new production of Les Mis - as much as I like the West End productions id like to see it reimagined
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Post by daniel on Feb 26, 2018 22:50:22 GMT
Thrilled about this - the 25th UK tour was brilliant! For me that and the London version sit so well together, each having their merits. Will deffo do Manchester and hopefully Bristol and Birmingham if it goes there. Why do they have to market it as the Broadway version though, does that sell more tickets? It's very much originally the UK 25th anniversary tour version! Bristol is Easter 2020. Birmingham Hipp and Cardiff WMC are both on the list, not sure on dates though I'm afraid! |
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Post by Sue on Feb 27, 2018 9:15:20 GMT
My partner and I were just talking about this show at the weekend and both said we'd like to see it again if it toured. I saw it in the West End some 17 ish years ago and she saw it at Bristol on a previous tour around the same sort of time (but she's rubbish with dates!). I'll watch developments with interest.
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Post by tysilio2 on Feb 27, 2018 9:41:00 GMT
Where is the list of venues please. I've seen the press release which gives the first 4 but other venues have been mentioned in this thread.
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Post by LaLuPone on Feb 27, 2018 9:59:04 GMT
Where is the list of venues please. I've seen the press release which gives the first 4 but other venues have been mentioned in this thread. It's only the first four that have been confirmed. The rest have just been heard from different sources. |
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Post by tysilio2 on Feb 27, 2018 10:16:55 GMT
Where is the list of venues please. I've seen the press release which gives the first 4 but other venues have been mentioned in this thread. It's only the first four that have been confirmed. The rest have just been heard from different sources. OK, thank you |
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Post by argon on Feb 27, 2018 11:47:50 GMT
Another outing @ the Barbican will bring it home.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 17:45:24 GMT
Another outing @ the Barbican will bring it home. But it’s already been home on the last tour...  (One of the best posters ever...!) |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 27, 2018 18:04:50 GMT
Is anyone tracking Carrie Hope Fletchers twitter?
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Post by danb on Feb 27, 2018 19:32:03 GMT
Is anyone tracking Carrie Hope Fletchers twitter? You wouldn’t have thought she’d go back to something given her career trajectory at the moment but then.......’War of the Worlds’ . |
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Post by daisy24601 on Feb 27, 2018 20:12:36 GMT
I wonder if any of the current West End cast will join the tour?
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Post by LaLuPone on Feb 27, 2018 20:26:11 GMT
I'd love to get to see Madalena return to Fantine once she leaves Evita again.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 20:54:20 GMT
I wonder if any of the current West End cast will join the tour? Given Cameron Mackintosh's Les Mis casting tendencies, I think it's fairly likely that the cast will feature some past and present alumni. Valjean, Javert, and Cosette in the 2010 tour had all played their roles in London (and Enjolras an ex-Marius). I'd be surprised if Valjean and Javert were new actors to the role. |
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Post by sophizoey on Feb 27, 2018 21:02:44 GMT
Give Adam Bayjou the job. He's one of the most praised understudies on the West End right now and it would finally give him the chance to be lead Jean Valjean which after seeing him twice he could totally pull off.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 21:30:37 GMT
Is anyone tracking Carrie Hope Fletchers twitter? Oh my God, don't. Hoping the tour will be about the piece and we'll remain free of her Twitter circus and mad fan girls. (Though in fairness to Carrie, her performance as Eponine I thought was excellent). |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 21:32:52 GMT
Was very much in the minority but I loved Rosalind James's combining of MT style singing with the infamous riffing in the last tour!
JOJ and Earl Carpenter were also great, though surely will be someone else's turn to have a go now....
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 27, 2018 21:38:38 GMT
Is anyone tracking Carrie Hope Fletchers twitter? You wouldn’t have thought she’d go back to something given her career trajectory at the moment but then.......’War of the Worlds’ . Quite. And after that WoS gong for Wednesday Addams 😖 she may want to get back out there. She’s going to be blogging about everything you need to know about touring as an actress, apparently. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 21:47:33 GMT
Is anyone tracking Carrie Hope Fletchers twitter? Oh my God, don't. Hoping the tour will be about the piece and we'll remain free of her Twitter circus and mad fan girls. (Though in fairness to Carrie, her performance as Eponine I thought was excellent). Isn't she doing War of The Worlds Musical Nov/Dec so dates wont work for Les Mis |
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Post by distantcousin on Feb 27, 2018 22:02:13 GMT
Last tour was 8 years ago. I’m not sure I’d say that was milking it. There’ll be a big demand for this since the film, I’m really pleased at the news as I won’t need to get another fix in London this year now. And I think this production has many merits over the original. I’m not saying it’s better, but some aspects are. Definitely. I don't think we all want to be stuck in the 80's x |
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Post by distantcousin on Feb 27, 2018 22:08:23 GMT
You wouldn’t have thought she’d go back to something given her career trajectory at the moment but then.......’War of the Worlds’ . Quite. And after that WoS gong for Wednesday Addams 😖 she may want to get back out there. She’s going to be blogging about everything you need to know about touring as an actress, apparently. Ugh. She's insufferable. A non-celebrity who acts like a celebrity. |
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