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Post by andrew on Aug 19, 2024 22:44:32 GMT
Absolutely agree, the dress circle is the best option. Happily I managed to get a row D seat through TodayTix rush for a Saturday matinee in July. Worth trying this, I think! Ahhh, I was in row F this afternoon. Adored every moment of this gloriously heartbreaking show. I got royal circle B21 through TodayTix Rush which was a phenomenal seat |
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Post by theatregoer22 on Aug 20, 2024 17:37:47 GMT
If anyone doesn't want to take the risk with Rush, TodayTix have seats in the back few rows of the Stalls and Royal Circle for £25 at the moment through their Theatre Week sale.
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Post by pancakehaus on Aug 22, 2024 18:30:19 GMT
Jake Reynolds on as Gabe tonight!
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Post by apubleed on Aug 22, 2024 19:05:31 GMT
Wow!
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Post by ohughes01 on Aug 22, 2024 20:23:13 GMT
Saw on X that there has been a Donmar Under 35s email sent out with some discounted tickets for the show. I'm signed up for this but haven't got the email. Wondered if anyone had received it and could point me in the right direction? Would be very appreciative!
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Post by danielwhit on Aug 22, 2024 23:33:52 GMT
Jake Reynolds on as Gabe tonight! Yes, he was. Very solid performance, vocally I thought pretty different to Jack but has the same energy. Only figured it was his debut by cast reaction at curtain call. Saw on X that there has been a Donmar Under 35s email sent out with some discounted tickets for the show. I'm signed up for this but haven't got the email. Wondered if anyone had received it and could point me in the right direction? Would be very appreciative! Same here - I've not got this, wonder if it has only gone out to people who haven't booked before as people who have received the rebooker email a while back? |
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Post by apubleed on Aug 23, 2024 11:54:28 GMT
Any word if gabe or other understudies on tonight? Need enough time to plan to get to theatre!
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Post by curiouskc on Aug 23, 2024 15:15:52 GMT
Am I right in thinking that Caissie is now the only cast member who has yet to miss a show (in either the Wyndhams or Donmar run)? I think I saw on West End Understudies that Ben was on as Dan earlier this week.
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Post by heypax on Aug 23, 2024 15:37:16 GMT
Am I right in thinking that Caissie is now the only cast member who has yet to miss a show (in either the Wyndhams or Donmar run)? I think I saw on West End Understudies that Ben was on as Dan earlier this week. You’re correct ! |
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Post by theatregoer22 on Aug 23, 2024 18:05:50 GMT
Saw this last night from Row M of the stalls, which wasn't a bad vantage point.
Cast performances were second to none and I absolutely loved I'm Alive, to the point I want to listen to it again. However I found the other songs a bit disappointing tune wise, despite being a big fan of rock music.
I also struggled to stay fully engaged in the plot in the first half, it's only really in the second half that things came together for me and I started to feel physically moved.
So not quite my idea of the perfect musical, but I'm very glad I saw it.
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Post by harlow on Aug 24, 2024 10:50:54 GMT
I received an email invitation to book for the show with cast Q&A on 9 September which is a date I already have a ticket for. How do they normally do this - do they make sure everyone else leaves and then those with "special tickets" can remain or will I be able to hear the Q&A with my normal ticket? I would love to have the chance to hear from the cast.
I can't return the ticket I have and purchase through this link, and even if I wanted to I would prefer not to as the ticket I have is a better seat than the one offered to me through this link and was cheaper (I assume some of the reason for that is because it includes a glass champagne before the show and during the interval but that's not something I would take advantage of!).
Anyone have any insight?
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Post by Dr Tom on Aug 24, 2024 11:29:58 GMT
I received an email invitation to book for the show with cast Q&A on 9 September which is a date I already have a ticket for. How do they normally do this - do they make sure everyone else leaves and then those with "special tickets" can remain or will I be able to hear the Q&A with my normal ticket? I would love to have the chance to hear from the cast. If it's after the show, they usually let anyone who doesn't want to stay leave, then the rest of the audience move towards the front. Meanwhile, the cast get changed etc and join the Q&A when they're ready. |
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Post by harlow on Aug 24, 2024 14:58:08 GMT
Thanks, I am hoping this will be the case.
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Post by fullofangerandhope90 on Aug 26, 2024 19:16:33 GMT
I caught the show 7 times while I was in London, and it was worth every visit. Full cast 5x, and caught Ben's debut as Dan and Jake's debut as Gabe. Would have loved to see Lizzy/Carolyn to catch everyone. Caissie is un-f*cking-real. I will never get her out of my head. I may post more thoughts later. I desperately hope that this transfers to Broadway and we get a cast album in the interim.
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Post by blamerobots on Aug 27, 2024 0:36:19 GMT
They might make a cast album if it goes to Broadway with that cast, as they like to do that. I do feel like some don't understand how much a cast album usually costs to produce... Broadway cast recordings budget aside $300,000 to $500,000 depending on scale, and whether it gets one is usually pre-planned with the show  That's why when you get shows like Les Mis putting out live cast recordings usually it's because they can't be bothered to make a fully produced version so they just make a fancy soundboard recording and cut out the studio costs. |
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Post by steven22 on Aug 27, 2024 0:38:05 GMT
They might make a cast album if it goes to Broadway with that cast, as they like to do that. I do feel like some don't understand how much a cast album usually costs to produce... Broadway cast recordings budget aside $300,000 to $500,000 depending on scale, and whether it gets one is usually pre-planned with the show That's why when you get shows like Les Mis putting out live cast recordings usually it's because they can't be bothered to make a fully produced version so they just make a fancy soundboard recording and cut out the studio costs. It would be a complete shame if this cast doesn’t get an official recording. I’m hoping every single day to see an announcement. |
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Post by capybara on Aug 28, 2024 17:06:49 GMT
I love this show so much. A fifth visit and it hits just as hard as every other time seeing it. Powerful, moving and bursting with talent. This time I got to sit in the second row of the stalls to see the most talented cast in London up close…
This was going to be my final visit. But even before the interval, I was starting to work out which dates I could squeeze in a sixth (and definitely final) trip!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Caissie Levy and Eleanor Worthington-Cox were ROBBED of their Oliviers awards. Where is the justice?!
Had a lovely chat with other solo fans sat around me during the interval. It wouldn’t surprise me if they were members on here but I forgot to ask! It’s sad this show is going, it really does seem to be one for the MT community - but I guess therein lies the problem.
Wonderful, wonderful stuff yet again.
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Post by amyja89 on Aug 29, 2024 21:28:29 GMT
My first time seeing the show (or hearing anything beyond You Don't Know) this afternoon. Brilliant.
Before this, the last two musicals I'd seen in London had been Kiss Me, Kate and Hello, Dolly!, both enjoyable in their own lanes but something like this really reminds you how much depth of narrative you can actually fit into musical theatre. There is a time and place for toe tappers and jazz hands, but Next To Normal is just something else. Tumultuous, powerful, would work just as well as a straight play which is testament to the strength of story. Now I'm chuckling to myself trying to imagine how inane Hello, Dolly! would be without its music!
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Post by interval99 on Aug 29, 2024 22:29:19 GMT
Hello Dolly owes it's existence to a one act play from 1835 a day well spent which has been used as the base for three other plays last one being the matchmaker in 1954 which was the source for hello dolly. (Data from Page 10 in the programme)
It's a pity the next to normal programme does not have anything on the creative process which inspired the show.
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Post by Dr Tom on Aug 29, 2024 22:38:05 GMT
I saw this again earlier in the week with a Rush ticket. Second release, as I didn't like the first release offer tickets, but I got central Stalls, right in the Premium seat section. All levels were open.
Still fantastic, but I didn't have quite as strong an emotional connection as when I was sat at the very front. Good audience though.
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Post by amyja89 on Aug 29, 2024 22:40:34 GMT
Hello Dolly owes it's existence to a one act play from 1835 a day well spent which has been used as the base for three other plays last one being the matchmaker in 1954 which was the source for hello dolly. (Data from Page 10 in the programme) It's a pity the next to normal programme does not have anything on the creative process which inspired the show. Fairly flippant comment from me there, I’ll admit it! |
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Post by sf on Aug 31, 2024 18:21:19 GMT
Saw it this afternoon.
Often thrilling. Unflinching, harrowing, very powerful - but it's a flawless production of very, very ambitious material that doesn't quite achieve what it sets out to do, largely because the doggedly-rhymed, in places thuddingly bathetic lyrics are nowhere near as good as the music and nowhere near sophisticated enough to convey what they need to convey in terms of Diana's mental disintegration and the brutal impact coping with her illness has on her family. Rhyme - or at least, the kind of rigid rhyme schemes we hear all the way through this show - implies control, and you *just can't* dramatise this kind of shattered mental state in rigid rhyming couplets. The plot is driven by Diana's inability to maintain control, so too often, in the show's biggest moments, content fights form. Too many times, in a moment of high drama, a crassly obvious rhyme torpedoes the moment.
On the other hand -
Caissie Levy is superb, and Jamie Parker is absolutely extraordinary. The performances and direction and designs are all absolutely spot-on. It's a shattering piece of theatre - but not quite as shattering as it could be, because the lyrics keep dragging it down. It's a testament to how good everything else is that they don't completely kill it. This is an absolutely sensational production - but it's a six-star production of three-star material.
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Post by osdtdg on Sept 2, 2024 21:58:12 GMT
In one word: wow.
In more words: I am so happy I booked this and I will be returning. Jack Wolfe is an absolute star and I loved his Gabe, but my god Caissie's vocal are unforgettable
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Post by craigbowker on Sept 3, 2024 10:28:18 GMT
Anyone have inside info if a cast recording is coming/happened? A lot of their social content was shot in a recording studio which is an odd choice for just a few one-off YouTube vids
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