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Post by robertb213 on Jun 9, 2021 9:18:15 GMT
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 9, 2021 9:25:59 GMT
I'd just quite like to know the creative team?
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 9, 2021 9:38:43 GMT
Directed by Steven Dexter, that's all they've confirmed so far.
Theatre Cafe have £25 tickets for the next 48 hours, I can post the link if anyone wants it.
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Post by stevej678 on Jun 9, 2021 9:45:49 GMT
Steven Dexter's stripped-back version of the show will be told by a group of hippie travellers according to WhatsOnStage.
He also directed the 2020 production at the Eagle Garden Theatre in Vauxhall which had a cast of six so that probably gives an idea of what to expect!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 9, 2021 9:54:47 GMT
Pippin is very happily a guilty pleasure of mine.
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Post by jgblunners on Jun 9, 2021 10:12:47 GMT
It'll be interesting to see how this sells given the bad luck since Charing Cross moved from end-on to traverse. Personally there would have to be a cracking cast to tempt me to book for this since the Hope Mill/Southwark Playhouse production was so good and is still fairly fresh in my mind, but I'm sure the 'Summer of Love' setting will be a draw for some.
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Post by singingbird on Jun 9, 2021 10:36:14 GMT
This is a surprise. I'm not really sure there's a market for another production of Pippin in London so soon, and I'm speaking as someone who loves the show!
It's a funny thing - I fell in love with Pippin when I picked up a 2nd hand copy of the LP, plus a paperback of the script, in the mid-nineties. I had to wait years and years to see a production (at the Bridewell, with a terrifying David Burt as the Leading Player - still hands down the best production I've seen) and nowadays productions seem to pop up every year or two. For a show that really divides audiences I'm surprised that producers keep returning to it. But good luck to it!
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Post by alece10 on Jun 9, 2021 10:38:37 GMT
It popped up on my FB this morning.
I love Pippin and it's one of my favourite musicals mainly because it completely bonkers.
Loved both the Menier and Southwark Playhouse versions.
Looked at the theatre website and prices are not bad. There is even vip front for which includes glass if bubbly and a programme for under £50.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 9, 2021 10:41:35 GMT
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Post by Dr Tom on Jun 9, 2021 10:42:58 GMT
Brilliant to hear, booking now! Last year's outdoor production had rather a 60s/"summer of love" theme as well, so I wonder if it's really a transfer?
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Jun 9, 2021 10:45:10 GMT
I've booked the Wednesday matinee the same day I'm seeing Joseph at the Palladium - if COVID restrictions are lifted by then. The offer stated all seats £25 but the (£60) front rows are excluded so went for row B.
I also love this show and hope it succeeds. The venue is low profile, a bit isolated, and from previous musicals I've seen there sometimes struggles to get a decent audience.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jun 9, 2021 10:52:05 GMT
Interesting Theatre Cafe is charging £60 for the front row, but the theatre's own site is only charging £49.50 and also throwing in a drink and a programme (but the tickets can't be booked through them yet).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2021 11:10:11 GMT
It'll be interesting to see how this sells given the bad luck since Charing Cross moved from end-on to traverse. Personally there would have to be a cracking cast to tempt me to book for this since the Hope Mill/Southwark Playhouse production was so good and is still fairly fresh in my mind, but I'm sure the 'Summer of Love' setting will be a draw for some. The garden theatre production last year was traverse, albeit on a smaller scale. It worked well. Pippin is a guilty pleasure of mine as well so I will be seeing this at some point no doubt. |
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Post by outforblood on Jun 9, 2021 11:31:27 GMT
The garden production (with its small cast) was fun, but got away with a lot because of Covid restrictions and a general goodwill from the audience who were keen just to see SOMETHING. I do worry this will seem rather thin once it gets into a fully-fledged theatre. Seems Pippin is back in fashion again! The Southwark production was very good and there have been a couple of good amateur productions recently.
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Post by anthony40 on Jun 9, 2021 11:51:50 GMT
Pippin is one of the few older shows that I am not familiar with.
I am certainly aw aware off it but I am not familiar with either the storyline or the music.
Every now and then (for whatever reason) one slips through the net.....
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 9, 2021 13:59:31 GMT
I thought the concept of the endless video game was genius, especially as it fits with the new ending. The execution of the concept was handled so poorly that it made for a very tedious night in the theatre.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jun 19, 2021 20:13:38 GMT
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Jun 19, 2021 21:04:27 GMT
I saw Matt Rawle perform the Leading Player role at the Menier - THAT was a strange production. |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jun 19, 2021 21:16:39 GMT
I always find annoying when they don't even try to cast a middle aged actress as Berthe. I understand the reasons why, but still it is not great. No Time at All is a great number and it's totally wasted on some 20 something chorus girl; it was particularly heinous in the recent Southwark production.
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Post by cjamess on Jun 19, 2021 21:36:25 GMT
I always find annoying when they don't even try to cast a middle aged actress as Berthe. I understand the reasons why, but still it is not great. No Time at All is a great number and it's totally wasted on some 20 something chorus girl; it was particularly heinous in the recent Southwark production. She's late thirty early forties I believe - don't think she's 20 something. |
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Post by nick on Jun 20, 2021 13:28:05 GMT
I always find annoying when they don't even try to cast a middle aged actress as Berthe. I understand the reasons why, but still it is not great. No Time at All is a great number and it's totally wasted on some 20 something chorus girl; it was particularly heinous in the recent Southwark production. That's something the Menier production got right (actually I loved the production but realise it wasn't liked by many). Gay Soper (dob 1945), Josie Lawrence (dob 1959), Caroline Quentin (dob 1960), Louise Gold (dob 1956) - all suitably grandmotherly. |
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Post by theatreian on Jun 27, 2021 13:22:47 GMT
Was just listening to a cd and this version of Corner of The Sky was on with Petula and Dusty. Dusty started to record it in 1974 but never finished it. Petula did so in 2007.
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Post by raiseitup on Jul 1, 2021 13:13:43 GMT
Tonight's performance cancelled
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Post by alece10 on Jul 2, 2021 10:36:58 GMT
Just had an e mail from Charing Cross Theatre to say they have a limited number of day seats for previews at £15 by calling box office on the day or at the theatre from 2 hours before performance.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 4, 2021 18:31:11 GMT
Reporting back from the matinee today.
Pippin is always a good show to watch. This is very much the same production as last year, but it's been restaged a bit and certainly benefits from the extra two cast members, the larger stage area and actors being allowed to share the same props.
It is a very fast Pippin, all done and dusted in two hours including the interval (which really isn't needed). A few cuts and line changes from the Broadway version, but nothing too substantial.
There's a band of two people (plus some recorded sections). It is still a preview, but the sound balancing needs some more work. The vocals just aren't loud enough in many places. But otherwise, it is performed by a strong and good looking cast.
Ryan Anderson as Pippin is a solid dancer. It was great to see Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson, my first Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street, again too. But all the cast are fluid and hold up in their roles.
The audience today was spaced out even more than is needed for social distancing, so do go along and support this production if you can. It is one of those shows that gives me chills at all the right moments.
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