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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 15:40:31 GMT
Not for a while I don't think indis. They've only recently had the open call auditions, so another couple of rounds to go yet. Rehearsals, realistically, will begin in January. I suspect after the new London cast have begun in September we may get some principals. Could be very wrong though. |
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Post by carmella1 on Aug 22, 2019 4:40:05 GMT
Any rumors on this?
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Post by biffo on Aug 25, 2019 10:24:45 GMT
I think its wonderful news that Phantom embarks on a new tour in 2020.
However, what makes this musical so special to me, equally important to the wonderful cast and sets, is of course, the orchestrations.
Far too often this show has gone out on various tours throughout the World ( incl. Previous UK tours ) where the orchestra is cut from 20+ musicians, helping to create the lushious sounds, to 14/16....
I appreciate that taking so many musicians on tour is just not financially viable, but to bastardise the scoring so much ( replacing some instruments with samples on keyboards ) is simply awful, for this show. It doesnt work.
I sincerely hope that Cameron Mackintosh stick to their word of using the 'original' production, by not reducing the size of the orchestra to a small circus style pit 'band'!! Please!!!
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Post by ariadnelucia on Sept 1, 2019 20:27:34 GMT
Hey, so weird story with a question. I know nothing of musical theatre. I was training for opera years ago but ran away to join an orphanage (by which I mean I got a PhD in an unrelated subject). Anyways, I did actually go to the open auditions for this and it was my first serious audition of any kind for ... well, not to give it away but a decade. So, I did make a friend in line and we exchanged info. She messaged me the other day to say that the casting directors had sent her a rejection email. Pretty classy given it was an open audition and there must have been about six hundred hopefuls. I haven't heard anything at all yet. No callback, no rejection, crickets. According to the notice callbacks would have been through August. So my feeling is that I didn't get it but, why would they send my friend a rejection and not me? I did check and my contact info is clearly printed on my CV so I doubt it's that. There was also some talk that the audition process for this show is pretty slow.
So for those of you who've been through the ringer a few times ... is this typical? Is there any meaning to it? Should I remain hopeful? Should I - god forbid - follow up?
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Post by ariadnelucia on Sept 2, 2019 16:03:16 GMT
I did check my spam folder. =( There's nothing.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 2, 2019 17:45:28 GMT
Maybe there’s a “maybe” list?
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Post by ariadnelucia on Sept 2, 2019 21:44:54 GMT
Hahaha well as I said I've done nothing but private study for about a decade so if they DID just let me drop off the face of the earth I really can't blame them. I thought I did okay but I was SO nervous and my CV's pretty pathetic. That said, I hope BurlyBeaR's right on this ... The casting company is really well respected so I'm kinda thinking they probably know what they're doing and perhaps I'll hear from them one way or the other soon? But not being well versed in this business I have no idea what to think. Or what if anything I should do for that matter.
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Post by xanady on Sept 3, 2019 22:19:19 GMT
Whatever happens with Phantom,please don’t be disheartened,keep auditioning all over the place....I have many,many former Drama students who have had varying degrees of success in the Arts,but the one thing they all had in common was determination and perseverance...Good Luck to you and hope it all works out...keep on keeping on!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 4, 2019 13:29:46 GMT
Hahaha well as I said I've done nothing but private study for about a decade so if they DID just let me drop off the face of the earth I really can't blame them. I thought I did okay but I was SO nervous and my CV's pretty pathetic. That said, I hope BurlyBeaR's right on this ... The casting company is really well respected so I'm kinda thinking they probably know what they're doing and perhaps I'll hear from them one way or the other soon? But not being well versed in this business I have no idea what to think. Or what if anything I should do for that matter. What made you want to audition, given that you’ve gone in a different direction career wise? Do you particularly like this show or was it another reason? Or just one of those mad, spur of the moment things? And if you do get called back and offered a part, will you take it? A tour on the scale could be gruelling for someone who hasn’t performed before! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2019 14:57:14 GMT
Ticket sales for this seem to have slumped massively in Manchester - unfortunately...
Les Mis was doing a lot better at this point in time, although the Big Brexit effect maybe taking hold.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2019 15:07:50 GMT
Tickets haven't gone on sale for the Edinburgh run yet but I'm anticipating a Les Mis-style sellout, as it is a shorter run, and a more intimate sized theatre than the cavernous Playhouse.
This is the third Cam Mack tour in a row that has avoided the Playhouse. I guess he must prefer a guaranteed sellout in a smaller space rather than risk not selling out in a massive theatre.
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Post by ariadnelucia on Sept 11, 2019 23:20:04 GMT
What made you want to audition, given that you’ve gone in a different direction career wise? Do you particularly like this show or was it another reason? Or just one of those mad, spur of the moment things? And if you do get called back and offered a part, will you take it? A tour on the scale could be gruelling for someone who hasn’t performed before! When I was a kid I had the show memorized to the point that I would sing it and ... Puccini ... in my sleep. It was a bit of a spur of the moment but it was also one of those things that I knew if I didn't do I'd regret it for the rest of my life. As for taking a part if offered I was mulling over that and basically what I came down to is it's an 18 month contract so if it were a reasonably big part absolutely yes. Only thing that could haul me away from that is national public office and that seems somewhat unlikely given I'm not running. If it were a smaller or ensemble part I'd have to make sure it's financially feasible. Given that I'm currently sans job anything is more financially feasible but if I had to choose between an ensemble part in this tour and a Post-Doc at for example the National History Museum or UCL I'd go with the Post-Doc. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 11, 2019 23:35:34 GMT
What made you want to audition, given that you’ve gone in a different direction career wise? Do you particularly like this show or was it another reason? Or just one of those mad, spur of the moment things? And if you do get called back and offered a part, will you take it? A tour on the scale could be gruelling for someone who hasn’t performed before! When I was a kid I had the show memorized to the point that I would sing it and ... Puccini ... in my sleep. It was a bit of a spur of the moment but it was also one of those things that I knew if I didn't do I'd regret it for the rest of my life. As for taking a part if offered I was mulling over that and basically what I came down to is it's an 18 month contract so if it were a reasonably big part absolutely yes. Only thing that could haul me away from that is national public office and that seems somewhat unlikely given I'm not running. If it were a smaller or ensemble part I'd have to make sure it's financially feasible. Given that I'm currently sans job anything is more financially feasible but if I had to choose between an ensemble part in this tour and a Post-Doc at for example the National History Museum or UCL I'd go with the Post-Doc. Blimey, loving you answering questions so honestly! I assume you still haven’t heard back so all of my are fingers crossed. 🤞🏻 |
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Post by indis on Sept 14, 2019 6:21:44 GMT
would never buy tickets without a cast
maybe Amy Manford will do the tour after ending her run in London?
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Post by Theatrefan48 on Sept 26, 2019 21:31:56 GMT
Any news on the casting for this? I heard they were looking for a BAME phantom and Christine?
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Post by carmella1 on Sept 26, 2019 22:03:33 GMT
What is BAME?
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Post by TheatreTwittic on Sept 26, 2019 22:27:21 GMT
Ticket sales for this seem to have slumped massively in Manchester - unfortunately... Les Mis was doing a lot better at this point in time, although the Big Brexit effect maybe taking hold. I'm starting to wonder whether the regions are too saturated at the moment with the mega musicals that have mega price tags to match. Les Mis, Phantom, Lion King, Mama Mia and that just covers some of the largest ones. Only a limited number of people will be able to see most / all of them. Closing weekend in Manchester for this is barely 1/3 full at the moment and I wouldn't be surprised if similar happened across other venues. Curve is very close to sell out but their price points started as low as £15 and their capacity is half the size of the Bham Hipp / Manc Opera House |
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Post by cheesy116 on Sept 26, 2019 22:28:08 GMT
(I had to google) Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic. |
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Post by carmella1 on Sept 27, 2019 15:56:59 GMT
Thanks cheesy116. I did not think to google. A new person using letters I never heard of.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2019 16:33:30 GMT
Ticket sales for this seem to have slumped massively in Manchester - unfortunately... Les Mis was doing a lot better at this point in time, although the Big Brexit effect maybe taking hold. I'm starting to wonder whether the regions are too saturated at the moment with the mega musicals that have mega price tags to match. Les Mis, Phantom, Lion King, Mama Mia and that just covers some of the largest ones. Only a limited number of people will be able to see most / all of them. Closing weekend in Manchester for this is barely 1/3 full at the moment and I wouldn't be surprised if similar happened across other venues. Curve is very close to sell out but their price points started as low as £15 and their capacity is half the size of the Bham Hipp / Manc Opera House Just had a quick look at the seating plans for Manchester. I was really surprised by how slowly this has sold - most performances maybe 1/3 full at mo? Les Mis sold much faster. Sure will be more packed when it arrives but I had expected this to be pretty much a sell out. The big Musicals normally do incredibly well in Manchester so not sure what's going on - perhaps as you say there's a few mega musicals on at mo (though Mamma Mia mega in name and concept rather than staging) and people don't wanna fork out for all.
Curve is a much shorter run in a theatre half the size so these things always sell out there.
I do think in the last decade+ however Les Mis has shot past Phantom in terms of popularity. Even in London Les Mis generally sells out in advance whereas Phantom generally has good availability up until the day.
And maybe things are slowing down in Manchester. I know & Juliet is an unknown entity but very surprised to see the Opera House less than half full every night.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2019 18:11:05 GMT
^Just a lack of cash around as people feel insecure and are not spending, I think, @sharpe12 . It is affecting the entire theatre world. Ahhh good to know you don't think it's Manchester specific! Confess I don't follow advance sales in London much other than the shows I do repeat visits for (Joseph/JCS/Evita over the Summer - they sold so well probs gave me a false impression of what was going on elsewhere). |
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Post by Theatrefan48 on Sept 27, 2019 21:30:16 GMT
Thanks cheesy116. I did not think to google. A new person using letters I never heard of. Oops sorry. I was only curious as I love the show. I'll stay quiet now! |
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Post by carmella1 on Sept 28, 2019 18:15:03 GMT
Thanks cheesy116. I did not think to google. A new person using letters I never heard of. Oops sorry. I was only curious as I love the show. I'll stay quiet now! No saying for you to do that at all. It was just you had such a short post but used letters which I had no idea what they represented. Loving or not loving the show had nothing at all to do with it. Just the letter abbreviations which I had never seen before. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2019 20:41:22 GMT
Edinburgh tickets just went on sale. I haven't bought mine yet but the best deal I could find was £32 for the restricted view end aisle seats in the stalls, which is nowhere near as bad as I expected. I think the same seats were something like £45 for Les Mis last year.
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Post by Oleanna on Oct 1, 2019 1:53:59 GMT
Can anybody give an idea as to the extent of the circle overhang at the back of the stalls at Leicester Curve please?
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