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Post by richey on Aug 30, 2021 14:55:31 GMT
Just looking at tickets for Manchester, a lot of the Stalls ones left are under the overhang of the balcony. Do you think I would miss much if I got one of those seats? Some photos on seatplan.. looks like you can go quite far back before losing anything. Click around, they don’t all have photos but several do. seatplan.com/manchester/opera-house-venue/seating-plan/Cheers Burlybear, I've booked seats up in the circle (it's the Palace not Opera House btw) on the end of a row for hubby's long legs. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2021 14:57:11 GMT
Does anyone have a picture of the Understudies list? Someone tweeted it here... |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 30, 2021 16:18:32 GMT
Cheers Burlybear, I've booked seats up in the circle (it's the Palace not Opera House btw) on the end of a row for hubby's long legs. Glad you told me, I’d have been turning up at the wrong place! |
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Post by Jon on Aug 30, 2021 17:27:46 GMT
BurlyBeaR will be pleased that Bedknobs has a bear in the cast...
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Post by drowseychap on Aug 31, 2021 0:36:34 GMT
Im really surprised how tickets prices very amongst the theatres .... ones I looked at were often less than 1/4 sold too .... 60-£80 for decent seat in brum ... Sheffield decent seat for £25,.... Northampton only selling parts of the theatre £35-55 Wolverhampton do one better than restricted view they have listening only seats for £32 ? ! And upper circle off sale ... some theatres top price £91
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Post by elfie1984 on Sept 2, 2021 7:00:22 GMT
I’m so intrigued by this show as I love the film. It seems there’s mixed reactions but some online reviews have been very positive.
Do you think this show will have a West End transfer? Perhaps for a limited period?
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Post by stevej678 on Sept 2, 2021 9:31:50 GMT
New dates! This is heading to The Lowry in March 2022. Tickets on pre-sale to members today, general sale from tomorrow.
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Post by richey on Sept 3, 2021 9:10:10 GMT
New dates! This is heading to The Lowry in March 2022. Tickets on pre-sale to members today, general sale from tomorrow. Just got an email for this. Surprised it's coming back to here so soon as there's still loads of unsold seats at the Opera House in October |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 3, 2021 12:36:22 GMT
New dates! This is heading to The Lowry in March 2022. Tickets on pre-sale to members today, general sale from tomorrow. Just got an email for this. Surprised it's coming back to here so soon as there's still loads of unsold seats at the Opera House in October Probably because it’s on at the Palace 😉 |
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Post by richey on Sept 3, 2021 15:47:30 GMT
Just got an email for this. Surprised it's coming back to here so soon as there's still loads of unsold seats at the Opera House in October Probably because it’s on at the Palace 😉 can you hear me swearing from there Mr B? |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Sept 8, 2021 16:27:44 GMT
running time anyone please?
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Post by Being Alive on Sept 8, 2021 18:58:09 GMT
running time anyone please? It was about 2hrs 45 in London from memory. |
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Post by fluxcapacitor on Sept 9, 2021 9:46:32 GMT
running time anyone please? It was about 2hrs 45 in London from memory. Did I miss a workshop performance in London or something?! I've been patiently waiting for it to come nearer so I could see it. |
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Post by PhantomNcl on Sept 9, 2021 10:37:19 GMT
running time anyone please? It was around 2h35 in Newcastle - act 1 1h10, 20 min interval, 1h5 act 2 |
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Post by Being Alive on Sept 9, 2021 11:48:55 GMT
It was about 2hrs 45 in London from memory. Did I miss a workshop performance in London or something?! I've been patiently waiting for it to come nearer so I could see it. HA I 100% posted this in the wrong thread! 😂 I was reading this and Bat Out Of Hell at the same time and posted the wrong one |
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Post by fluxcapacitor on Sept 9, 2021 12:22:44 GMT
Did I miss a workshop performance in London or something?! I've been patiently waiting for it to come nearer so I could see it. HA I 100% posted this in the wrong thread! 😂 I was reading this and Bat Out Of Hell at the same time and posted the wrong one Phew! I honestly would have been livid with myself if I’d missed something like that 😅 |
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Sept 9, 2021 14:53:40 GMT
It was about 2hrs 45 in London from memory. Did I miss a workshop performance in London or something?! I've been patiently waiting for it to come nearer so I could see it. It was at The Marlowe Canterbury a couple of weeks ago and will be The Orchard Dartford in November |
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Post by fluxcapacitor on Sept 9, 2021 15:41:27 GMT
Did I miss a workshop performance in London or something?! I've been patiently waiting for it to come nearer so I could see it. It was at The Marlowe Canterbury a couple of weeks ago and will be The Orchard Dartford in November Thanks. I'm booked in for Milton Keynes already, I was just worried I'd somehow missed an early London-based reading or something somewhere down the line despite following the development of the show quite closely! |
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 17, 2021 12:49:30 GMT
I saw this in MK last night (thanks to a £13 ATG Club bargain), and really loved it.
As others have said, the creative have really thought about how to make a piece of theatre. This isn't just the film plonked on stage. Scenes are staged cleverly and dynamically, the puppetry is brilliantly done and the whole thing has a wonderful old-school feel to it, reminiscent of Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The effects are mostly brilliant (a couple do still need to be slicker), and the new songs blend well with the original material. Dianne Pilkington is great, as are the kids.
Initially I was thrown by the ending, but as I drove home thinking about it, it did make sense and I think it works.
If the show doesn't get a decent sit-down London run after the tour it will be a real shame, it completely deserves it. It's a magical show that will make children fall in love with theatre.
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Post by Dr Tom on Sept 22, 2021 9:21:13 GMT
Attended this in Woking yesterday. Front row, but you are a long way back from the stage due to the wide orchestra pit (possibly intentionally too due to how they stage the magical effects).
I was impressed. I'm sure I must have seen the film, but I really can't remember it.
It is really a series of scenes, each visually impressive. Lots of magic tricks. The flying is done well within all the limitations of a touring set (I could see the mechanism with the broomstick, but not with the bed although I assume it's the same). They used some depth perception techniques to disguise how everything worked.
Loved the use of puppets as well.
Great to see Conor O’Hara in the lead role, having seen him during his Mountview days. He was an excellent Charlie. Dianne Pilkington and Charles Brunton are perfect for their roles too. And we had two perfectly cast younger children, who were on the stage for almost the entire show.
I would certainly see this again, but I think this would struggle a bit in the West End. Despite the special effects, it is still quite a small show. You really want to sit close to see a lot of the puppets and the small scale magic. And it isn't anywhere near as known for young children as Mary Poppins (as attested by the child sat behind me who kept loudly asking his father questions). But it could work in a smaller theatre which still has space for the set.
If you do want to see this, the theatre in Woking is very pleasant and this is an easy railway journey from London (the theatre is near the station, services run until late and the evening return to London is about £14 without a railcard).
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Post by Mark on Sept 22, 2021 9:35:13 GMT
If you do want to see this, the theatre in Woking is very pleasant and this is an easy railway journey from London (the theatre is near the station, services run until late and the evening return to London is about £14 without a railcard). Glad you enjoyed Dr Tom and to hear that the theatre is nice! Making my first trip to Woking on Thursday, in what along with Wimbledon are now probably my closest two big touring theatres (Made the move to West London, near Heathrow last year). |
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Post by Mark on Sept 23, 2021 22:03:15 GMT
What fun this was! Absolutely loved it, particularly Dianne Pilkington giving a wonderful leading performance. I’ll agree that I was a bit taken aback by the ending but I get where they’re going with it. The first big number for Miss Price was just brilliant! And Portobello Road a great production number.
Hope this makes it into town - definitely needs a small to mid sized theatre though like the Lyric, Wyndhams or maybe at a push the Savoy.
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Post by sph on Sept 24, 2021 0:12:46 GMT
I saw it earlier in the week and it was quite magical. The staging is very clever and, at times, quite witty. It's like the creatives went in KNOWING that this is a "big-but-not-as-big-as-Mary-Poppins" childhood film so decided to have some real fun with it.
Yes, the ending is quite divisive. I didn't love it necessarily, but they sort of made up for it in the last few minutes.
The use of puppets was great, the flying effects were genuinely surprising along with most of the stage magic, and the show is very fast-paced considering its length.
Performances were really good. You don't get the same nuance as you do in the film of course, and perhaps character direction has been lost a little in favour of all the movement and trickery. I still enjoyed everyone in it though.
All in all, a very clever show. It does sort of tease you all the way through. Sort of a "yes you know what's coming but we're going to do it THIS way," which was fun. Definitely worth seeing.
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Post by properjob on Oct 8, 2021 22:03:39 GMT
Just caught this. As others have said it is absolutely beautifully staged and the effects are impressive.
It has the common problem of film musical adaptions of the new songs being less good than the ones from the film that we know and love. I also didn't really warm to the male lead but maybe nobody can compete with David Tomlinson. A couple of moinor quibbles are that I felt they could have done even more with Portobello road and made it a proper show stopper and the automatic follow spots are not as good as human operators and jarred.
Having said that it is an amazing piece of really innovative theatre magic and well worth seeing.
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Post by Mark on Oct 15, 2021 19:15:46 GMT
A little look at the show.
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