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Post by og on Feb 22, 2023 13:50:30 GMT
It looks like a lift disguised by plenty of dry ice & a false plate on the bottom of the chair. Its just smoke, dry ice sinks and hugs the stage (ala phantom) here you need smoke to rise to hide everything going on. @figaro Watch the underneath of the chair as soon as the smoke starts and pay attention to direction of the smoke towards the end, you'll notice how it billows as the section to hide the lift disappears and pulls the air. Really cool effect to be fair. |
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Post by idinafanzel on Feb 22, 2023 15:21:48 GMT
Apparently full curve cast have been snubbed for palladium bar 1 or 2 everyone is being replaced Yes they are going the celeb casting route of the Wizard, Lion, Tin Man & Scarecrow |
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Post by marob on Feb 22, 2023 15:31:19 GMT
I hope by celebrity they don’t just mean someone from Blue.
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Post by hadeswasking on Feb 22, 2023 15:38:56 GMT
They'll grab someone from Eastenders that they think audiences care about and call it a day.
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Post by jgblunners on Feb 22, 2023 15:39:40 GMT
I don't suppose there's any chance of Hannah Waddingham reprising her role as the Wicked Witch? I'm sure she's a big enough name now to shift a decent number of tickets. We can pray...
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Post by mkmg on Feb 23, 2023 8:17:37 GMT
Ashley Banjo as the Tin Man and Jason Manford as the Lion. They’re going a bit older as well as celebrating casting then.
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Post by jgblunners on Feb 23, 2023 9:05:29 GMT
Oh dear… I think I’ll wait for the tour and hope that they cast it with actual actors.
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Post by stevej678 on Feb 23, 2023 9:34:09 GMT
Wishing I had seen this at Curve already.
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 23, 2023 11:16:09 GMT
We are actually in hell I think
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 23, 2023 11:37:02 GMT
Manford might be ok. When I saw him in Chitty his acting was at the level needed to portray a talking, funny lion (unless the show portrays the lion differently from the film and it actually requires subtlety). Ashley Banjo does very well for himself doesn’t he? Always on the telly it seems. And he’s done some panto so again, maybe the Tin Man isn’t that far away from that type of role?
It’s all sounding a bit second rate though.
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Post by danb on Feb 23, 2023 11:44:01 GMT
I think ‘competent’ is as good as we’ll get. Did the Tin Man perform a complicated dance break in Leicester?
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Post by Ade on Feb 23, 2023 18:19:14 GMT
Saw this in Leicester and the only saving grace in what is a pretty poor production was a decently competent cast. I’m honestly torn whether some whoops and applause at the entry of each ‘name’ will improve this and make it seem more of a panto-like event or just turn the whole thing plain insufferable.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 23, 2023 18:20:22 GMT
Like I needed another excuse not to see this
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 23, 2023 18:32:39 GMT
Saw this in Leicester and the only saving grace in what is a pretty poor production was a decently competent cast. I’m honestly torn whether some whoops and applause at the entry of each ‘name’ will improve this and make it seem more of a panto-like event or just turn the whole thing plain insufferable. Thread idea…. |
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Post by danb on Feb 23, 2023 19:56:31 GMT
Hold on! You haven’t seen who’s playing The Scarecrow or Dorothy yet, but let’s just say that fans of Blue and Hollyoaks will be pleased. 🤣
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 23, 2023 19:57:32 GMT
You gotta be kidding me
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Post by shady23 on Feb 23, 2023 20:24:29 GMT
Manford might be ok. When I saw him in Chitty his acting was at the level needed to portray a talking, funny lion (unless the show portrays the lion differently from the film and it actually requires subtlety). Ashley Banjo does very well for himself doesn’t he? Always on the telly it seems. And he’s done some panto so again, maybe the Tin Man isn’t that far away from that type of role? It’s all sounding a bit second rate though. In the previous London production most of the Wizards were terrible so the bar is pretty low. I can't remember who it was but I am sure I remember one of them having their lines on props etc and still getting them wrong. I think Manford will do a great job but it is really predictable casting. |
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Post by danb on Feb 23, 2023 20:33:02 GMT
Yes, I was but I wouldn’t put anything past them. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 23, 2023 21:01:40 GMT
Wow they are going really classy with the casting.
Just waiting for Alison Hammond to be Dorothy.
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 23, 2023 21:08:22 GMT
Jonny Fines' Scarecrow was one of the few saving graces in this production for me. If he's gone as well, it'll be real shame. Manford and Banjo will get bums on seats I guess, that's apparently the priority these days.
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Post by princeton on Feb 23, 2023 23:25:11 GMT
Produced by Michael Harrison at the Palladium - a panto cast was to be expected.
Maybe he'll just use the Joseph cast - Alexandra Burke as the Wicked Witch of the West? Jason Donovan as the Wizard? Jac Yarrow as the Scarecrow?
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Post by WireHangers on Feb 24, 2023 0:14:11 GMT
Wow they are going really classy with the casting. Just waiting for Alison Hammond to be Dorothy. I’d throw my money at that. |
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Post by Jon on Feb 24, 2023 15:19:21 GMT
Jason Manford will be good, not sure on Ashley Banjo though.
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Post by anthony40 on Feb 24, 2023 15:35:36 GMT
You know possibly it's the way my brain works but every time (I mean very single time) I see Ashley Banjo, with that trimmed moustache I can't help think of the animated image of Jafar from Aladdin
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Post by theatrefan62 on Feb 28, 2023 13:14:48 GMT
I don't get the Ashley Banjo appeal, there is a smugness and arrogance to him I find really off putting. His brother Jordin is so much more natural and endearing
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