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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2016 17:54:56 GMT
I found this video of Andrew Moss and some other Hollyoaks stars singing for Comic Relief in 2011. He doesn't sound that bad here
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Post by Being Alive on Sept 4, 2016 18:07:01 GMT
Going out on a limb here, it's not amazing I'll give it that but from hearing the recordings I don't think its as atrocious as everyone is saying. Is it note perfect no, but does she still have a good voice? Yes, as good as an MT trained person no! I'm seeing it myself next week so will judge it for myself then. Also this is a recording off a phone that's concealed so it can't be seen. Again I don't think it's the best thing I've ever heard but I've heard worse on the West End, ahem Belinda Carlisle, ahem Daniel Beddingfield, ahem Marti Pellow. I'm not sure what you saw Belinda Carlisle in? Care to share? She played Velma towards the end of the Hairspray west end run for a while. |
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Post by danb on Sept 4, 2016 18:31:27 GMT
Was she bad?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2016 18:44:24 GMT
In the audio for With You, a couple of cheers, the Girls Aloud fans must of been in!  |
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Post by Nelly on Sept 4, 2016 20:24:36 GMT
Oh dear! It's sad that we were proved right, really. It sounds so much worse than we collectively imagined. I'd seen BK's SOM tour and thought that it was a really strong touring production with good sets. I don't know if I feel sorry for Sarah or not. Has somebody lead her to #believe that she's smashing it? I can't help but laugh at the timing of having someone nail 'With You' on The X Factor Last night. What a shame, one of my favourite musicals ruined.
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Post by Mark on Sept 4, 2016 21:10:30 GMT
Ouch.
Definitely won't be going now.
Saw the international tour in Sydney in March and Jemma Rix gave a stunning performance, would rather keep that in my mind than have to sit through this.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 4, 2016 21:27:09 GMT
I think lots of people won't want to go and see this show regardless of the cast because it had just been touring not that long ago.
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Post by candela on Sept 5, 2016 12:40:54 GMT
I think more people would have gone and see Ghost if the cast they are sending out to Asia were the one's touring the uk!
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Post by danielwhit on Sept 5, 2016 14:36:32 GMT
I think more people would have gone and see Ghost if the cast they are sending out to Asia were the one's touring the uk! Pass - I doubt casting would make much of a difference on this level. Certainly Sarah/Andy have caused negativity, but they would have also raised interest for some people on a different level. A solid but "no name" cast wouldn't sell names on their own backs in any meaningful sense. The production is what will sell or not at the end of the day. Stunt casting is overrated as a concept, I don't think it really works at all. |
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Post by Anniek on Sept 5, 2016 14:46:25 GMT
I just listened to a recording, and jeeeeeez; i thought of taking all the bad reviews with a pinch (or 343) of salt. But it's just really, really bad. From the beginning my ears started to bleed, she is off-key, doing weird stuff with her voice at unsuitable moments, and even as it's just a recording, from the way she's saying her lines I can tell her acting will be awful as well.
Too bad, Ghost is imo a fantastic story with a beautiful score, but from what i've heard so far they really ruined everything what made Ghost such a good show
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Post by drfootlights on Sept 5, 2016 15:10:12 GMT
Hearing from a friend of a friend that Sarah Harding is off tonight.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 5, 2016 15:14:38 GMT
Hearing from a friend of a friend that Sarah Harding is off tonight. Uh-oh.... |
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 5, 2016 15:15:40 GMT
Only the 4th/5th show of a tour!!! That does not bode well! Lots of availability at the New Wimbledon Theatre tonight!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 15:19:10 GMT
Hearing from a friend of a friend that Sarah Harding is off tonight. I am actually not expecting her to be in the show at all by the end of September. This whole thing has actually been really unfair and sad on her part, she should never of been given this role and that isn't her fault. With the reaction she has probably seen, she mist be so upset. |
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Post by lolli on Sept 5, 2016 15:23:51 GMT
Yes, she can't possibly not have heard about the response. Would be hard to carry on given how extremely negative it has been - humiliating in fact
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 15:25:18 GMT
Hearing from a friend of a friend that Sarah Harding is off tonight. Are we surprised? People have been pretty brutal. Poor Sarah  On the other hand, there's someone waiting in the wings to take over. She's even got her own pottery . . .  |
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Post by Anniek on Sept 5, 2016 15:44:21 GMT
Yes, she shouldn't have been giving the part in the first place, but... Is she really that deaf that she doesn't notice that she can't pull it off? Sure, i guess it's a good deal, and not a lot of us would thank for it, if given the chance, but come on, maybe some self- knowledge doesn't do harm every now and then?
I feel sorry as the critics are pretty harsh on her, but all these people paid a lot of money and they got rubbish, which is unfair as well.
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Post by johartuk on Sept 5, 2016 15:59:49 GMT
I do feel sorry for Sarah. TPTB should have seen how unfit she was for the role during rehearsals, and never allowed the situation to get this far.
Incidentally, when is Press Night?
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Post by zak97 on Sept 5, 2016 16:03:53 GMT
I don't blame Sarah entirely, but from what I've heard of youtube, she should have used her brain to assess whether she could actually pull the role off. I'm not saying she shouldn't do musical theatre, but Molly is a big acting part, and maybe she should have thought 'can I do it now, or instead wait a few years with some more experience'.
But at the same time, the producers should have had a strategy to get around this, whilst the public have been harsh, in my opinion, they have the right to be. If someone has paid good money, Sarah should know she has to deliver big results, and in her Lorraine interview she suggests that she isn't too confident in her own ability, but equally the producers should make sure the quality is indicative of ticket cost.
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Post by theatremadness on Sept 5, 2016 16:10:17 GMT
I do feel sorry for Sarah. TPTB should have seen how unfit she was for the role during rehearsals, and never allowed the situation to get this far. Incidentally, when is Press Night? Tomorrow night!! |
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Post by westendwendy on Sept 5, 2016 16:15:35 GMT
I have two tickets for tomorrow night. I don't want to go. I just don't. It's a flop, no one can sing, it's a badly produced show and I don't want to waste my life.
Anyone want them for free message me..
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Post by d'James on Sept 5, 2016 16:43:03 GMT
I'm sure someone will snap those up just out of morbid curiosity.
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Post by freckles on Sept 5, 2016 16:45:23 GMT
Sarah Harding was on This Morning a couple of weeks ago (19th Aug), promoting the show. From what she said, she seemed to have only just met the rest of the cast, so it's been a very brief rehearsal period. I do not blame her for taking the role if it was offered, but if they were confident her name would be a box office draw think she could have benefitted from more extensive preparation and vocal coaching. Anyone could see it's not her style of singing at all.
She was reminding people on Twitter that recording the show wasn't allowed, earlier.
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Post by d'James on Sept 5, 2016 16:47:38 GMT
Actually it was a fan page saying that.
Apparently she's got an 'upper respiratory infection,' so I doubt she'll be back for press night.
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Post by freckles on Sept 5, 2016 16:49:10 GMT
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