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Post by zahidf on Jul 29, 2020 11:20:14 GMT
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jul 29, 2020 12:33:45 GMT
It was just perfect at the Palace in 2015, I'm sorry to miss it, Joanna Riding as Charlotte delivered one of the funniest performances I have ever seen. Janie Dee was a great Desiree too.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Jul 29, 2020 12:42:01 GMT
I wasn't planning on seeing any theatre any time soon and perhaps not at all this year but this might convince me to do it (though I think it's a shame to perform such a lush score with such a small orchestra).
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 29, 2020 13:09:22 GMT
I didn't enjoy Carr's orchestrations for this. Strange as I loved Sunday and Candide and I wonder what they will sound like outside.
But still a performance that's going ahead - hurrah. Plus I love Riding snd Dee.
Will getting tickets for this be like fighting for the last the pasty in Greggs?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2020 13:31:12 GMT
I wasn't planning on seeing any theatre any time soon and perhaps not at all this year but this might convince me to do it (though I think it's a shame to perform such a lush score with such a small orchestra). Some of the beauty of Sondhiem's musical work is that it can translate between chamber and full scale easily. ALNM at Storyhouse in Chester a few years ago featured a chamber orchestra of less than 8 and it sounded phenomenal. |
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Post by alece10 on Jul 29, 2020 15:29:58 GMT
I also saw the 2015 concert at the Palace and it was superb. Just hope I can get tickets for this as it will be the first thing I will have seen since lockdown.
As long as we don't have to sit on the floor. Id never get up again.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 29, 2020 16:44:24 GMT
I didn't enjoy Carr's orchestrations for this. Strange as I loved Sunday and Candide and I wonder what they will sound like outside. But still a performance that's going ahead - hurrah. Plus I love Riding snd Dee. Will getting tickets for this be like fighting for the last the pasty in Greggs? Almost certainly. The first concert OHP did recently sold out to members before public booking opened, according to their Twitter.
I can't get to Holland Park in the current circumstances so I'm glad I saw the 2015 concert with some of the same cast as it makes me a bit less annoyed to be missing this one. (And I'm still regretting that Opera North had to cancel their production.)
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Post by CG on the loose on Jul 29, 2020 18:31:07 GMT
I also saw the 2015 concert at the Palace and it was superb. Just hope I can get tickets for this as it will be the first thing I will have seen since lockdown. As long as we don't have to sit on the floor. Id never get up again. From their FAQs: "There is no need to bring your own seats – sanitised theatre seating will be provided." |
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Post by scarpia on Jul 29, 2020 20:49:45 GMT
YES. One of my favourite Sondheims. Definitely want to see this, especially as we didn't get any Opera Holland Park this year. I sadly missed the concert at the Palace as I couldn't make the date.
I'd really like a full-scale revival of this, though, when things get back to normal.
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Post by alece10 on Jul 30, 2020 7:33:56 GMT
Has anyone seen ticket prices?
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Post by CG on the loose on Jul 30, 2020 8:26:16 GMT
Has anyone seen ticket prices? Band A - £55 (Non-Members) / £50 (Members) Band B - £45 (Non-Members) / £40 (Members) Band C - £35 (Non-Members / £30 (Members) |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 9:14:44 GMT
I also saw the 2015 concert at the Palace and it was superb. Just hope I can get tickets for this as it will be the first thing I will have seen since lockdown. As long as we don't have to sit on the floor. Id never get up again. From their FAQs: "There is no need to bring your own seats – sanitised theatre seating will be provided." Am going to a couple of their opera things next Fri and Sat (yes, I'm booking for everything I can get my hands on...) so can report back on the general experience. Sounds like it will be lovely, especially if the weather holds out. Timings are a bit early - 6pm-730pm - so will have to sneak off from work earlier on Fri - the benefit of a near empty office is that no one is there to see me do it, I guess! |
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Post by alece10 on Jul 30, 2020 11:10:52 GMT
Has anyone seen ticket prices? Band A - £55 (Non-Members) / £50 (Members) Band B - £45 (Non-Members) / £40 (Members) Band C - £35 (Non-Members / £30 (Members) Thanks for that. I am guessing that as there are only 200 seats by the time the members have booked at 10am there will be nothing left by lunchtime when general seats go on sale. |
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Post by scarpia on Jul 30, 2020 11:17:19 GMT
Hmm, I might consider membership then. It'd be a shame to miss this.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 12:03:27 GMT
They held back 50 seats for public booking for the opera things so you have to be pretty speedy.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 30, 2020 13:49:00 GMT
Anyone know if they are catering for solo attendees?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 14:03:30 GMT
Anyone know if they are catering for solo attendees? If it's the same as the two events I've booked for next weekend, they aren't 'bubbling up' - each seat is bookable by anyone with no restrictions. Presumably they are all 1m+ apart (or they may have decided that's not needed out of doors but seems unlikely at this stage of opening up). |
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Post by princeton on Jul 30, 2020 14:08:48 GMT
My understanding is that it's not fixed seating so is all being sold as single seats - at least 1.5 metres apart - and then a party would be able move their seats together, though still keeping a distance from other audience members. It's not taking place in the usual theatre - which is only ever a temporary structure - rather it's in front of Holland House in the open air - with the performers under an awning. This is from a concert there earlier this week: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDOOnEdB9PY |
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Post by princeton on Jul 30, 2020 14:11:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 14:15:47 GMT
Cannot wait to be part of an audience again. Cannot wait.
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Post by showtoones on Jul 30, 2020 15:42:12 GMT
What roles I’d everyone playing? Is Joanna going to be Charlotte or Desiree?
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 30, 2020 17:14:28 GMT
What roles I’d everyone playing? Is Joanna going to be Charlotte or Desiree? I haven't seen any of the announcements specify roles but I'd be surprised if it wasn't Joanna Riding as Charlotte & Janie Dee as Desiree, like it was at the Palace 5 years ago. |
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 30, 2020 17:37:44 GMT
Is one role considered to be 'better' than the other? Janie Dee is one of the producers, so I suppose there could be two scenarios. Either she claims the best part for herself, or she's happy to take more of a backseat and concentrate on the business side of things.
Just a thought, nothing else.
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Post by CG on the loose on Jul 30, 2020 17:39:47 GMT
They held back 50 seats for public booking for the opera things so you have to be pretty speedy. They did, but it said in the show info on the website that they were going to and it doesn't for this so not sure the same will apply. Good luck to those hoping to book  |
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Post by Being Alive on Jul 30, 2020 18:06:11 GMT
Janie will be Desiree and Jo Charlotte - 100% agree that Jo gave one of the funniest performances I've ever seen as Charlotte in the 2015 concert 😂😂
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