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Post by terrylondon79 on Jan 6, 2023 22:52:24 GMT
Just seen a rumour on twitter that this is heading to the turbine theatre this spring....
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Post by Mark on Jan 6, 2023 23:09:11 GMT
More than a rumour. That’s the official Twitter of the Turbine.
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Post by matty on Jan 6, 2023 23:26:56 GMT
Very excited that this is coming back, but was hoping this would finally get its west end debut. The Turbine Theatre seems very small for this, TOP felt like a more suitable size stage.
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Post by djdan14 on Jan 10, 2023 21:56:04 GMT
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Post by justfran on Jan 11, 2023 12:12:38 GMT
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Post by stagedoorsally on Jan 11, 2023 13:14:32 GMT
I’ve booked for this - really enjoyed watching the filmed version and haven’t been to the Turbine before, so hopefully that will be a good experience.
Weirdly the left three seats in the front row (as you look at the seating plan) and a couple of the middle rows seem to be sold out for all non-preview performances, even when nothing else is sold. Reserved for cast and crew or something else?
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Post by Mark on Jan 12, 2023 5:51:08 GMT
I’ve booked for this - really enjoyed watching the filmed version and haven’t been to the Turbine before, so hopefully that will be a good experience. Weirdly the left three seats in the front row (as you look at the seating plan) and a couple of the middle rows seem to be sold out for all non-preview performances, even when nothing else is sold. Reserved for cast and crew or something else? Will be House/production seats. |
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Post by d'James on Jan 12, 2023 22:37:36 GMT
I really hope they don’t change the music. Costumes/Set etc. I don’t mind but I love so many songs.
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Post by robertb213 on Jan 13, 2023 11:16:30 GMT
Surely this will be more scaled-down at the Turbine than it was at TOP, it's a much smaller space? Seems odd for a show to get smaller rather than grow.
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 13, 2023 12:16:17 GMT
Surely this will be more scaled-down at the Turbine than it was at TOP, it's a much smaller space? Seems odd for a show to get smaller rather than grow. Definitely scaled down, you couldn't do at TOP at The Turbine... |
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Post by matty on Mar 7, 2023 19:33:16 GMT
Any rumblings of the cast for this yet? Seems a bit odd that it opens next weekend and nothing has been announced...
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Post by thistimetomorrow on Mar 7, 2023 20:24:36 GMT
opens next weekend and nothing has been announced... lol sounds like PTM to not announce a cast a week before opening |
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Post by Seriously on Mar 8, 2023 12:17:47 GMT
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Post by djdan14 on Mar 8, 2023 13:13:29 GMT
Must be good to be a member of the PTW club once your in your guaranteed roles in whatever he does next
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Post by actorsinger on Mar 8, 2023 13:55:23 GMT
Considering they were only auditioning two weeks ago, I have slight concerns about how “ready” this show will be for its first night. 😳
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Post by d'James on Mar 8, 2023 13:58:58 GMT
Looks like some parts have been merged.
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Post by highonahill on Mar 15, 2023 22:37:16 GMT
Had tickets for first preview on Friday... Just had a text to say it's postponed and first preview will now be on Sat at 3pm.
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Post by fansylvanians on Mar 19, 2023 0:06:57 GMT
Had tickets for first preview on Friday... Just had a text to say it's postponed and first preview will now be on Sat at 3pm. Both Saturday shows cancelled too. First preview now 13:30 Sunday 20th March. From what I understand, they contacted ticket holders at around 13:00 on Saturday, the cancellation being due to the indisposition of a cast member and the understudies haven’t been rehearsed yet. They decided to use Saturday to read the understudy in so they can open Sunday. |
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Post by fiyerorocher on Mar 19, 2023 22:18:33 GMT
This suffers a great deal from the reduction in production value. The stage is small, the set is pretty much non-existent, and the actors moving around what few items there are is just clunky and awkward. The songs are still incredibly catchy. They've tried to address the fact that their female characters have been god awful (Lex is now a woman) but Janie (Janey?) still exists solely to prop up Eugene and has no story or motivation of her own, so it still doesn't do great there. Some of the new staging feels very cheap - using little card board cut outs to tell Tough Man's origin story instead of actors, for example. There were a few tech problems but I think it was their second preview so they can't really be judged for that at this stage, although credit must go to the Hector actor for dealing very well with a show stop and keeping the audience laughing. All in all it's still got the same problems it had before, but the lower budget has added more, too. Shame it never got its West End transfer. It is actually a very catchy show that I rather like.
Curious to know who the understudy was, as I couldn't tell!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 20, 2023 8:03:06 GMT
I loved this at TOP . What a shame they’ve downgraded it like this rathe that somehow transfer that production.
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Post by FJ on Mar 20, 2023 10:23:45 GMT
Saw this yesterday afternoon and I'd say a few positive changes to TOP production and a few negative.
My main criticism is I'm not convinced it's the best show to make more 'intimate'. I first saw Heather's at the Haymarket and didn't enjoy it. I then saw it at TOP and much, much preferred it there, in the smaller venue.
Eugenius, on the other hand, has a soundtrack that I feel like really needs the volume and buzz from a bigger audience, and perhaps bigger cast.
I did feel like Act 1 was great, and the beginning of act 2 dragged a bit, with some scenes that went on to long without songs or really much happening, so hopefully that can be tightened up a bit.
The cast were all absolutely brilliant, two to call out would be Rhys Taylor as Theo and Elliott Evans as Eugene.
Although the set is obviously much smaller and scaled back to TOP, I actually really liked the staging at the Turbine, and think it was almost better. I just remember a lot of stairs and levels at the other palace, and I think this new setup works better. They use a backwall of multimedia screens and I thought it was so well done, really in-keeping with the comic book theme and could be quite versatile.
Overall I enjoyed the show, but I do think it's lost the buzz it had in its previous incarnation - But bearing in mind I effectively saw the first preview it obviously still has plenty of time to find it's feet, but I just feel with a smaller venue and cast, it's always going to seem a bit less.
I'm sure I will make another trip back during the run to see it again, an up-beat show with a great cast.
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Post by d'James on Mar 20, 2023 13:51:40 GMT
Are all the songs the same?
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Post by fiyerorocher on Mar 20, 2023 14:14:10 GMT
Are all the songs the same? Yes for the most part, although I'm not totally sure that the act 2 opening number wasn't new? It wasn't the best sound quality so it may just have felt new because it sounded different, but I don't remember SHL getting that much to do before. |
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Post by d'James on Mar 20, 2023 17:38:27 GMT
Are all the songs the same? Yes for the most part, although I'm not totally sure that the act 2 opening number wasn't new? It wasn't the best sound quality so it may just have felt new because it sounded different, but I don't remember SHL getting that much to do before. Oh right. They changed her song previously. As long as they haven’t changed Hollywood, I’ll be OK. Is there any of the dreaded audience participation? |
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Post by fiyerorocher on Mar 20, 2023 19:29:45 GMT
Yes for the most part, although I'm not totally sure that the act 2 opening number wasn't new? It wasn't the best sound quality so it may just have felt new because it sounded different, but I don't remember SHL getting that much to do before. Oh right. They changed her song previously. As long as they haven’t changed Hollywood, I’ll be OK. Is there any of the dreaded audience participation? Hollywood is the same, although the staging is dire. Someone literally just holding out a tiny stuffed Ewok toy from the wings for 'there goes an Ewok' and then sticking out one hand in a Freddy Krueger glove for 'talking to Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street'. I don't remember it being that noncommittal before... If you're front row or central aisle a couple of characters might address a couple of comments to you, but they don't expect you to say anything back. Janey and Feris also hand out superhero masks at one point and you're supposed to put them on and then a view of the audience is projected onto the back of the stage. But nothing beyond that. |
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