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Post by thebearofwestend on Jun 19, 2017 6:30:11 GMT
Oh I do hope so. I always loved it. Can Pat Sharp sing when he doesn't have Mick with him though? I did a google search and a theatre board search and could not find it ! |
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Post by daniel on Jun 19, 2017 6:59:07 GMT
Does anyone have casting news on Fun Home I think it's probably still too early for that. |
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Post by stagebyte on Jun 19, 2017 20:55:00 GMT
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Post by raiseitup on Jul 14, 2017 9:43:45 GMT
"Fun Home will receive its London premiere from 27 June to 1 September 2018, with previews from 18 June."
Hate that design.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 10:36:56 GMT
Can a mod combine this thread with this one: theatreboard.co.uk/thread/2748/fun-home-young-vic?page=5I hate this 'will Fun Home come to...' title, when we have one specifically for Fun Home at the Young Vic. Anyway, super exciting but that artwork is weird for this show. I get what they're going with with the wallpaper background but that font, eek. Booking opens Friday 21st at 10AM. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 10:48:50 GMT
Merged
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Post by jamb0r on Jul 14, 2017 11:38:31 GMT
I've never seen anything at the Young Vic before but am desperate to see this. Do shows there tend to sell out quickly? Will be travelling when the public sale goes live and won't be able to book until 24 hours later. Am considering getting the £35 direct debit membership to get access to tickets today
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Post by AddisonMizner on Jul 14, 2017 11:48:50 GMT
When does public booking go on sale? I can't find the date.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 11:52:17 GMT
Public booking is Friday 21st at 10am. There can sometimes be absolute frenzies on the website, but without a super famous name, it should be easy enough to get tickets even a day or two later. For comparison, I was able to exchange a pre-bought Yerma ticket after the run had started (but before reviews came out), and that was with a known cast member involved. I'm sure you'll be fine, jamb0r . It is next summer, after all! |
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Post by raiseitup on Jul 14, 2017 11:52:36 GMT
When does public booking go on sale? I can't find the date. Friday 21st July at 10am |
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Post by AddisonMizner on Jul 14, 2017 13:30:02 GMT
Thank you.
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Post by crowblack on Jul 14, 2017 13:35:43 GMT
Am considering getting the £35 direct debit membership I did that this morning so I could book several tickets for various cheaper previews or lucky dip tickets. |
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Post by charliec on Jul 14, 2017 14:02:36 GMT
Am considering getting the £35 direct debit membership I did that this morning so I could book several tickets for various cheaper previews or lucky dip tickets. Same. Bought membership first thing today and scooped up lots of cheaper tickets for various dates. I love this show so v excited! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 14:51:25 GMT
If you want to book to make sure you're in but still like to know your seat in advance, then keep checking the website as the opening date approaches, and once they've got a seating plan up, drop them a quick email to ask what you've been assigned. They get back to you very quickly, and although I've never had to ask them to, I wouldn't be surprised if they had a policy for allowing them to move your assigned seat once everything's set in stone.
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Post by crowblack on Jul 14, 2017 15:26:01 GMT
drop them a quick email to ask what you've been assigned Thanks for the tip - for The Jungle it sounds like they'll have something a bit like Life of Galileo with seating amongst the performers so I asked if we could be put in that bit if possible. |
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Post by showgirl on Jul 14, 2017 17:15:44 GMT
Polite request to fellow members, please: 8 pages and nowhere does anyone explain what this is about or include a quotation from a blurb. I know I can look it up but if I'm starting a thread, I do try to provide some basic background info, so it would be really helpful if others could do the same. The assumption seems to be that everyone already knows and it clearly has a following but I have never heard of it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 17:26:46 GMT
Showgirl - Musical with songs by the eclectic songwriter Jeanine Tesori (Caroline or Change, Shrek, Violet - I did say eclectic!). This is at the more complex end regarding songs and structure (which ranges around from era to era throughout). Based on an autobiographical book by Alison Bechdel (as in the Bechdel test). Themes of parents and children, LGBT issues and how these have changed over time. A lot in there about loss as well. The staging of the Broadway production was in the round (see below), leading to suggestions that the Young Vic will be doing the same (it's also been done 'end on'). Personally, when I listened to the CD and followed the story along with it, I was really impressed. I found it to be very moving. ![]()  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 19:11:25 GMT
Polite request to fellow members, please: 8 pages and nowhere does anyone explain what this is about or include a quotation from a blurb. I know I can look it up but if I'm starting a thread, I do try to provide some basic background info, so it would be really helpful if others could do the same. The assumption seems to be that everyone already knows and it clearly has a following but I have never heard of it. Basically about Alison Bechdel's life and her discovering her sexuality at the same time as she discovers the sexuality of her father. The title comes from funeral home, one of which the family owned. Won the 2015 Tony for Best Musical and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Definitely comedic moments but overall it's a weepy. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 19:41:14 GMT
I wonder whether The Guardian will like it. |
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Post by dazzerlump on Jul 14, 2017 21:24:53 GMT
I got really excited when it said I could book, until it said I had to be a member!!
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Post by foxa on Jul 14, 2017 21:33:02 GMT
Have to admit I knew nothing about this - I booked it on the strength of the director and a sense of enthusiasm here - but have since read that Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist famous for 'Dykes to Watch Out For' (which I had also never heard of) and the Bechdel test (which I had.) The U.S. cast recording is available on Spotify, so have just saved that.
NB: If it hasn't been explained earlier on this thread the Bechdel test is whether or not a work of fiction has two or more female characters who have a scene (I can't remember if there is a length requirement) in which they speak about something other than a man. A surprising number of films fail this test.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2017 5:34:49 GMT
NB: If it hasn't been explained earlier on this thread the Bechdel test is whether or not a work of fiction has two or more female characters who have a scene (I can't remember if there is a length requirement) in which they speak about something other than a man. A surprising number of films fail this test. The Bechdel(-Wallace) Test bothers me. It was supposed to be a wry commentary on the number of films where female characters were only concerned with romance, not a test to determine how well a film represented women. It served a purpose in drawing attention to the issue in an entertaining and sound-bitey manner but now it desperately needs to go away because, as so often happens, the situation has developed into one where people are writing to pass the test, when they should be writing to fix the problem it highlighted. |
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Post by boybooshka on Jul 15, 2017 9:47:56 GMT
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Post by boybooshka on Jul 15, 2017 9:48:51 GMT
Ps, can't wait to see the show, love the cast recording and the graphic novel.
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Post by lou105 on Jul 15, 2017 12:48:05 GMT
I got really excited when it said I could book, until it said I had to be a member!! Yes, they let you put tickets in a basket, then say Oh, we'll be adding membership if you continue. Presumably hoping you won't want to let the tickets go.. |
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