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Post by robertb213 on May 28, 2022 9:21:34 GMT
I'm sure it'll carry on just fine. I don't think any of the massive coach tours of older audience members know who Beverley Knight is either! They're going for the music, they don't care who's singing it.
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Post by ilovewemusicals on May 28, 2022 11:25:44 GMT
Hate to argue but I went when Beverley was not on, some audience members did not know. When Faye turned around and it was Vanessa in the role a lot of people looked at each other as if to say they were slightly disappointed. So I think a lot of people do know who Beverley is. She appears on quite a few variety shows and television programmes singing.
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Post by A.Ham on May 28, 2022 14:17:28 GMT
I’d like to think given her status as one of the UK’s best female singers and a career spanning 20+ years now that people would know who she is, and don’t forget she did Starstruck on ITV recently…
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Post by fiyero on May 30, 2022 14:34:21 GMT
Tosh is off this Friday and Saturday (3-4 June), I’m not sure who is covering
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Post by spathzthecat on Jun 3, 2022 20:26:57 GMT
Saw the show Thursday afternoon and loved it, the sound was great as was the set and the cast worked their socks off. I did find the story line a bit confusing because I knew nothing about The Drifters before seeing the show.
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Post by shady23 on Jun 5, 2022 7:37:40 GMT
Tosh is off this Friday and Saturday (3-4 June), I’m not sure who is covering Marcus Ayton  |
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Post by fiyero on Jun 20, 2022 12:51:45 GMT
Vanessa will be on for Bev both shows on Wednesday if anyone wants to catch her
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Post by A.Ham on Jun 28, 2022 10:03:14 GMT
Can’t believe we’re into Beverley’s last week! Would love to be there on Sat but I’m across town at Hyde Park… please can anyone who’s going post their reports on here?
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Post by fiyero on Jun 28, 2022 11:03:14 GMT
Can’t believe we’re into Beverley’s last week! Would love to be there on Sat but I’m across town at Hyde Park… please can anyone who’s going post their reports on here? I'll be there for her final night! It seemed so far off when I booked in March! |
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Post by A.Ham on Jun 28, 2022 20:36:02 GMT
Can’t believe we’re into Beverley’s last week! Would love to be there on Sat but I’m across town at Hyde Park… please can anyone who’s going post their reports on here? I'll be there for her final night! It seemed so far off when I booked in March! Ah, you lucky thing! Do let us know how it goes. And have a brilliant time! |
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Jun 30, 2022 19:07:14 GMT
Beverley Knight has teased that she will return to The Drifters Girl, presumably after finishing her run in Sister Act.  |
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Post by keekio2 on Jun 30, 2022 20:20:46 GMT
Beverley Knight has teased that she will return to The Drifters Girl, presumably after finishing her run in Sister Act. If that’s the case what was the point of bringing over someone from the US when they could’ve just used one of the covers |
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Post by fiyero on Jun 30, 2022 21:08:36 GMT
Maybe she’s taking the show to Broadway, or on tour, or something else
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Jul 1, 2022 16:32:30 GMT
From Beverley’s Twitter it looks like Tosh is not performing tomorrow for her final shows. Sad as he was my favourite cast member last time but still excited to finally see Bev as Faye tomorrow.
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Post by A.Ham on Jul 1, 2022 18:37:07 GMT
From Beverley’s Twitter it looks like Tosh is not performing tomorrow for her final shows. Sad as he was my favourite cast member last time but still excited to finally see Bev as Faye tomorrow. No, he tweeted a couple of days ago to say he was off Friday and Sat as he’s going to a wedding, so last night was the last performance of all the original cast 😢 |
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Post by fiyero on Jul 1, 2022 21:52:17 GMT
From Beverley’s Twitter it looks like Tosh is not performing tomorrow for her final shows. Sad as he was my favourite cast member last time but still excited to finally see Bev as Faye tomorrow. No, he tweeted a couple of days ago to say he was off Friday and Sat as he’s going to a wedding, so last night was the last performance of all the original cast 😢 There were covers on last night, Tuesday was the last full cast |
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Post by ilovewemusicals on Jul 3, 2022 21:34:34 GMT
Yesterday I saw The Drifters Girl for the second time. This show has a cast of six who all work incredibly hard: Four guys play lots of different members of the four person band The Drifters. Beverley Knight plays the lady who managed them and there is a girl who Beverley is narrating the story to.
I previously saw Beverley’s understudy, a fantastic actress called Vanessa Ela Young. Beverley plays the role with a much thicker South American accent, which some people don’t like but I rather enjoyed. Beverley has by far the stronger singing voice and raises the roof at the end of her six or so songs, from the lively Nobody but Me but to the eleven o’clock number Harlem Child.
But most of the songs go, rightfully, to The Drifters. This time I saw Matt Henry as the group’s founding member (having previously seen his understudy Curtis Scott). Matt won an Olivier Award for playing Drag Queen Lola in Kinky Boots and he gets chance to show off his feminine side in this role too. Matt has such a wonderful singing voice. Although, I have to say that Curtis was en par with Matt.
Last time I saw the show, Tosh Wanogho-Maud was the standout. Tosh gets to sing one of the main solos, Stand by Me, and he sang it exactly as Ben E. King would have. His performance as Rudy Lewis was so heartwrenching. Tosh’s understudy Ashford Campbell does an excellent job and if you’d not seen Tosh in the role then I’m sure you would come away thinking his performance was one of the best.
Having now seen the full principal cast, I can say that Tosh is my favourite but Tarinn Callendar, who goes from singing deep parts of The Drifters’ songs to high parts, is also one of those performers that you can’t take your eyes off.
This is such a feel good show, packed full of songs that lift the spirits. The talent on the stage is incredible to watch. I even became more invested in the book this time.
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Post by colelarson on Jul 4, 2022 10:18:20 GMT
Hi all!
I saw Beverley's last Matinee on Saturday,my 4th time seeing the show and just as great as the times before.
I think the lads added a few points to try and make Beverley laugh.
I don't remember Tarinn wearing a Yankees baseball cap before in the scene when Faye arrives in New York and a Santa hat being waved about when they talk about recording "White Christmas" Beverley giggled a few times.
Also Adam J Bernard changed the lyrics in "There Goes my baby" to "WE love her" and "WE need her".
At the end Tarinn wore a rainbow Garland in the the bows and Savannah Skinner Henry who played the Girl was very emotional hugging Beverley lots.
I would like to see Felicia Boswell to see how she plays Faye so will probably go again!
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Post by theatreprince on Jul 4, 2022 10:24:50 GMT
Hi all! I saw Beverley's last Matinee on Saturday,my 4th time seeing the show and just as great as the times before. I think the lads added a few points to try and make Beverley laugh. I don't remember Tarinn wearing a Yankees baseball cap before in the scene when Faye arrives in New York and a Santa hat being waved about when they talk about recording "White Christmas" Beverley giggled a few times. Also Adam J Bernard changed the lyrics in "There Goes my baby" to "WE love her" and "WE need her". At the end Tarinn wore a rainbow Garland in the the bows and Savannah Skinner Henry who played the Girl was very emotional hugging Beverley lots. I would like to see Felicia Boswell to see how she plays Faye so will probably go again! This is incredible! I miss muck up matinees, these are some nice subtle hints. |
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Post by wowfabgroovy on Jul 6, 2022 12:43:59 GMT
I've managed to get tickets for the show (stalls F3/4) on July 27th. I've read through this entire thread and noted the posts from last year about rowdy audiences. Just wondering if anyone who's seen the show recently has experienced any issues. Please don't shout at me but I'm also hoping that standing up and singing along is saved for the finale/reprise/megamix rather than happening throughout the show. Any comments gratefully received and faithfully applied.
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Post by hadeswasking on Jul 6, 2022 13:24:02 GMT
I've managed to get tickets for the show (stalls F3/4) on July 27th. I've read through this entire thread and noted the posts from last year about rowdy audiences. Just wondering if anyone who's seen the show recently has experienced any issues. Please don't shout at me but I'm also hoping that standing up and singing along is saved for the finale/reprise/megamix rather than happening throughout the show. Any comments gratefully received and faithfully applied. I saw the show last week. Wednesday matinee and audiences behaved really well. Start of act 2 had a little bit of singing but the sound design was great that you could barely hear it. School trip were on the upper level and couldn't hear them either from the stalls. You should be fine! Enjoy the show, some real talent on that stage! |
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Post by wowfabgroovy on Jul 6, 2022 13:25:37 GMT
I've managed to get tickets for the show (stalls F3/4) on July 27th. I've read through this entire thread and noted the posts from last year about rowdy audiences. Just wondering if anyone who's seen the show recently has experienced any issues. Please don't shout at me but I'm also hoping that standing up and singing along is saved for the finale/reprise/megamix rather than happening throughout the show. Any comments gratefully received and faithfully applied. I saw the show last week. Wednesday matinee and audiences behaved really well. Start of act 2 had a little bit of singing but the sound design was great that you could barely hear it. School trip were on the upper level and couldn't hear them either from the stalls. You should be fine! Enjoy the show, some real talent on that stage! Many thanks That's really reassuring. |
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Post by A.Ham on Jul 6, 2022 13:31:27 GMT
Yes, I’ve seen it three times (once in dress circle/twice in stalls) and thankfully haven’t seen any of the awful behaviour others have had to witness. Fingers crossed you’ll be fine. Plus based on where your seats are you’re pretty close to the side door where the ushers hover so if anyone’s awful it’ll be easy enough to find one of the team and ask them to deal with the offending audience member/s!
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Post by keekio2 on Aug 2, 2022 18:48:21 GMT
Closing on the 15th of October a uk tour will start in 2023
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