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Post by anthony40 on Dec 13, 2020 23:16:34 GMT
Will this come to London?
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 14, 2020 0:34:47 GMT
Will this come to London? Almost guaranteed surely? |
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Post by tw on Dec 14, 2020 9:09:32 GMT
The musical website description does say ‘UK Tour and London Run’
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Post by westendboy on Dec 14, 2020 15:51:14 GMT
The musical website description does say ‘UK Tour and London Run’ Oooh! You got the link? I can't seem to find it on google for some reason :/ |
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Post by Mark on Dec 22, 2020 22:23:36 GMT
Watched again tonight on Disney + (always a favourite).
They could go so many ways with casting for this. As others have said, Jo Riding would be fantastic, or if they were to go for a younger Miss Price, maybe Emma Williams. But there are countless leading ladies who could be cast in this role and make it their own.
The plot will need some padding, it is particularly messy towards the end, but they have some great numbers to work with - I hope they will write a lot more in for the kids.
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Post by sph on Dec 23, 2020 16:23:44 GMT
Watched again tonight on Disney + (always a favourite). They could go so many ways with casting for this. As others have said, Jo Riding would be fantastic, or if they were to go for a younger Miss Price, maybe Emma Williams. But there are countless leading ladies who could be cast in this role and make it their own. The plot will need some padding, it is particularly messy towards the end, but they have some great numbers to work with - I hope they will write a lot more in for the kids. I expect the plot will be heavily reworked tbh. Many sequences from the film will likely be cut and maybe more from the books added. I'm all for Emma Williams actually if they go younger. I think she's seriously underrated and I can't believe she hasn't done Mary Poppins yet. |
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Post by fluxcapacitor on Dec 27, 2020 11:37:22 GMT
Watched again tonight on Disney + (always a favourite). They could go so many ways with casting for this. As others have said, Jo Riding would be fantastic, or if they were to go for a younger Miss Price, maybe Emma Williams. But there are countless leading ladies who could be cast in this role and make it their own. The plot will need some padding, it is particularly messy towards the end, but they have some great numbers to work with - I hope they will write a lot more in for the kids. I expect the plot will be heavily reworked tbh. Many sequences from the film will likely be cut and maybe more from the books added. I'm all for Emma Williams actually if they go younger. I think she's seriously underrated and I can't believe she hasn't done Mary Poppins yet. I also rewatched over Christmas and it's really such a magical film! Always preferred it to Mary Poppins even as a child. The plot does get rather thin when they get to the Isle of Naboombu, but if anything there's actually more plot to the movie than there is the original Poppins film so they have more of a structure to start with. And like Mary Poppins there are plenty of sequences which could be tweaked or replaced completely and still make sense to the flow of the show. I can see the whole football (Soccer?!) sequence being dropped in favour of something completely different from the books - similar to the switch from the horse racing to the sweet shop in the Mary Poppins stage adaptation. I'm still shipping Laura Pitt-Pulford for Miss Price. |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2021 11:05:48 GMT
More venues added to the tour.
Can’t wait to see this! Surely they’ll announce casting soon?
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Post by robertb213 on May 10, 2021 12:09:20 GMT
Yes! Another volunteering freebie in 2022 with Northampton added. Get in.
Hopefully cast announcement soon indeed, it opens in 3 months!
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Post by notmymuse on May 10, 2021 12:10:59 GMT
Surely this was made for Emma Williams? Surely...
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Post by FairyGodmother on May 10, 2021 12:21:41 GMT
A few songs were cut from the film, so that would add a bit of time if they put them back in.
The books are very different from the film. Emelius Browne comes from 1666 for a start!
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2021 11:49:59 GMT
Just booked two tickets for Curve, I think Laura Pitt-Pulford would be a good fit if they went younger
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Post by Being Alive on May 20, 2021 12:34:05 GMT
From what I understand the workshop was done with an older Ms Price (late 40s early) but she was told that when this hits the stage they're going to cast the role younger, so I'd agree that LPP is about the right sort of age (although she has a young child now so practically that may not work)
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Post by emeraldbaudelaire on May 21, 2021 19:14:46 GMT
Just booked this, I must go and watch the film now its been years!
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Post by Theatre Fan on Jun 3, 2021 11:15:47 GMT
Reportedly casting is being announced tomorrow, which means I'm expecting Baz to announce tonight 🤞 x
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Post by geweena on Jun 3, 2021 21:49:12 GMT
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Post by Being Alive on Jun 3, 2021 21:59:45 GMT
Utterly perfect casting - the regions really won with this. Can't wait now!
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Post by marob on Jun 3, 2021 22:49:53 GMT
Is Bedknobs and Broomsticks really that well-loved to do such an extensive tour? I’ll have to have another look at it, but when I saw it a couple of years ago on TV I thought it was pretty unremarkable and don’t remember any of the songs.
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Post by Being Alive on Jun 3, 2021 22:58:20 GMT
I think so - it was a staple of my childhood, it's one of Angela Lansbury's best films, and it's just joyful!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 4, 2021 6:36:21 GMT
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Post by danb on Jun 4, 2021 7:06:33 GMT
Is Bedknobs and Broomsticks really that well-loved to do such an extensive tour? I’ll have to have another look at it, but when I saw it a couple of years ago on TV I thought it was pretty unremarkable and don’t remember any of the songs. I don’t think it matters tbh. It’s 3 words that people recognise, or at least think they do; with the Disney name behind it. Stick ‘Bippitty Bobbitty Boo’ behind any advert and you’re onto a winner! |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 4, 2021 8:17:11 GMT
Is Bedknobs and Broomsticks really that well-loved to do such an extensive tour? I’ll have to have another look at it, but when I saw it a couple of years ago on TV I thought it was pretty unremarkable and don’t remember any of the songs. I don’t think it matters tbh. It’s 3 words that people recognise, or at least think they do; with the Disney name behind it. Stick ‘Bippitty Bobbitty Boo’ behind any advert and you’re onto a winner! They should try that for all musicals. Bippitty could fix the problems with Martin Guerre's book, Bobbitty could sell thousands of tickets for a rare Sondheim musical and Boo could make Wonder.land good |
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Post by richey on Jun 4, 2021 8:19:56 GMT
Is Bedknobs and Broomsticks really that well-loved to do such an extensive tour? I’ll have to have another look at it, but when I saw it a couple of years ago on TV I thought it was pretty unremarkable and don’t remember any of the songs. I don’t think it matters tbh. It’s 3 words that people recognise, or at least think they do; with the Disney name behind it. Stick ‘Bippitty Bobbitty Boo’ behind any advert and you’re onto a winner! Except that song is from a different film.... |
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Post by danb on Jun 4, 2021 8:28:12 GMT
Shhhhh, nobody needs to know that it does‘t have any songs they’ll know. I just thought ‘Circle of Life’ was too obvious. 😂
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Post by Figaro on Jun 4, 2021 8:58:39 GMT
Now for the guessing game, what theater is available from May 2022 to house this in the West End!?
I'm going with the Lyric, once Bob Marley concludes in April.
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