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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 23, 2021 17:04:46 GMT
Rescheduled dates for 2021 are now live on the ATG website. Which turned out to be 2022. Darren Day, Gareth Gates (again) who could refuse the chance to see that! Brighton Theatre Royal Brighton Mon 21 Feb - Sat 26 Feb 2022 Manchester Opera House Manchester Mon 28 Feb - Sat 5 Mar 2022 Stoke Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent Mon 21 Mar - Sat 26 Mar 2022 Birmingham The Alexandra, Birmingham Mon 18 Apr - Sat 23 Apr 2022 Aylesbury Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Mon 9 May - Sat 14 May 2022 Sunderland Sunderland Empire Mon 6 Jun - Sat 11 Jun 2022 Woking New Victoria Theatre, Woking Mon 13 Jun - Sat 18 Jun 2022 Oxford New Theatre Oxford Tue 28 Jun - Sat 2 Jul 2022 Edinburgh Edinburgh Playhouse Tue 19 Jul - Sat 23 Jul 2022 Glasgow King's Theatre, Glasgow Mon 1 Aug - Sat 6 Aug 2022 Wimbledon New Wimbledon Theatre Mon 15 Aug - Sat 20 Aug 2022 |
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Post by danb on Dec 23, 2021 18:00:09 GMT
I saw this once on the original tour with Chris Jarvis & Cassidy Janson, including Karen Bruce’s assistants’ excellent choreo. It was still pretty ordinary. I remember CJ singing the living heck out of ‘Holding Out For a Hero’ and maybe a Nolan?
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 23, 2021 18:13:17 GMT
Are ATG being the usual ATG? In Doncaster, which follows Birmingham on the schedule, the advertising has Jake Quickenden as Willard.
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Post by richey on Dec 23, 2021 18:22:10 GMT
Rescheduled dates for 2021 are now live on the ATG website. Which turned out to be 2022. Darren Day, Gareth Gates (again) who could refuse the chance to see that! Brighton Theatre Royal Brighton Mon 21 Feb - Sat 26 Feb 2022 Manchester Opera House Manchester Mon 28 Feb - Sat 5 Mar 2022 Stoke Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent Mon 21 Mar - Sat 26 Mar 2022 Birmingham The Alexandra, Birmingham Mon 18 Apr - Sat 23 Apr 2022 Aylesbury Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Mon 9 May - Sat 14 May 2022 Sunderland Sunderland Empire Mon 6 Jun - Sat 11 Jun 2022 Woking New Victoria Theatre, Woking Mon 13 Jun - Sat 18 Jun 2022 Oxford New Theatre Oxford Tue 28 Jun - Sat 2 Jul 2022 Edinburgh Edinburgh Playhouse Tue 19 Jul - Sat 23 Jul 2022 Glasgow King's Theatre, Glasgow Mon 1 Aug - Sat 6 Aug 2022 Wimbledon New Wimbledon Theatre Mon 15 Aug - Sat 20 Aug 2022 It's Jake Quickenden now,not Gareth Gates |
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Post by danb on Dec 23, 2021 18:25:37 GMT
He’d make a fine Willard. Right up his street.
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Post by richey on Dec 24, 2021 9:06:50 GMT
The cast have been doing a Q&A session on the Manchester Opera House Instagram stories and one of them confirmed this is the actor/musician version again.
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Post by djdan14 on Dec 24, 2021 12:05:15 GMT
Same production as the last tour but with a new set for this time
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 24, 2021 17:18:36 GMT
The last tour was the one where Maureen Nolan demonstrated the art of acting through the method of “cardi tugging”. The emotion in that cardi had to be seen to be believed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2021 17:22:05 GMT
The best version I saw was with Rachel Wooding as the female lead. I cannot recall if CJ was in that cast but I seem to remember her being in a production of that I saw.
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Post by richey on Dec 24, 2021 18:03:54 GMT
The last tour was the one where Maureen Nolan demonstrated the art of acting through the method of “cardi tugging”. The emotion in that cardi had to be seen to be believed. Ah yes, she looked like she'd wandered in from a neighbouring production of Blood Brothers |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 24, 2021 18:13:13 GMT
The last tour was the one where Maureen Nolan demonstrated the art of acting through the method of “cardi tugging”. The emotion in that cardi had to be seen to be believed. Ah yes, she looked like she'd wandered in from a neighbouring production of Blood Brothers Kerry Ellis picked up this technique when she was in Frank Wildhorn’s Wonderland but it manifested as behind the ear hair tucking. |
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Post by danb on Dec 24, 2021 20:36:53 GMT
The best version I saw was with Rachel Wooding as the female lead. I cannot recall if CJ was in that cast but I seem to remember her being in a production of that I saw. Yes that was the one. She was Ariel. |
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Post by stevej678 on Feb 28, 2022 19:32:45 GMT
Opening night in Manchester. Or at least it should be. Start delayed am hour until 830pm.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 28, 2022 19:51:24 GMT
So in the middle of act 2 about 10pm, cue the sound of flip seats thumping and exit doors squeaking as people leave for their buses…
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Post by danb on Feb 28, 2022 21:41:37 GMT
The best version I saw was with Rachel Wooding as the female lead. I cannot recall if CJ was in that cast but I seem to remember her being in a production of that I saw. Yes that was the one. She was Ariel. Yes, CJ was Rusty. Chris Jarvis as Ren. |
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Post by 72arodney on Feb 28, 2022 22:32:58 GMT
The best version I saw was with Rachel Wooding as the female lead. I cannot recall if CJ was in that cast but I seem to remember her being in a production of that I saw. Yes that was the one. She was Ariel. Yes that was the one. She was Ariel. Yes, CJ was Rusty. Chris Jarvis as Ren. Plus Oliver Tobias as the Reverend and Marilyn Cutts as his wife. Fun production. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2022 23:07:03 GMT
Oliver Tobias as the Reverend and Marilyn Cutts as his wife. Fun production. They also played husband and Wife in La Cava. |
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Post by danb on Mar 1, 2022 6:25:43 GMT
I still have a promotional beer mat somewhere with the tour dates on.
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Post by stevej678 on Mar 1, 2022 8:48:19 GMT
Long night at the Opera House but worth the wait!
Auditorium eventually opened at 745pm, though the safety curtain stayed down until 825pm when it was finally raised to cheers from the audience. The show got underway an hour late at 830pm. "Technical difficulties" was all we were told.
I'm not sure why they changed the set for this latest tour. The previous Selladoor tour had a simple set but one that was well thought out and worked well. The new set looks cheap and ugly.
The mostly young cast, however, are fantastic. Lucy Munden has a magnetic stage presence in her professional debut as Ariel. Jess Barker is great fun as Wendy-Jo, Jake Quickenden well cast as Willard, while Oonagh Cox brings killer vocals to Let's Hear It For The Boy.
The pace drops for fifteen minutes in the middle of the second act but the finale of the title track, a megamix, then the reprise of the title track brings the evening to an exhilarating close where the audience needed little invitation to cut loose!
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Post by hadeswasking on Jul 23, 2022 14:26:05 GMT
Saw this last night at the Edinburgh Playhouse.
I knew nothing about this show going in and was once again pleasantly surprised at the calibre of talent displayed on stage. I'm a sucker for actor-muso productions, as soon as they did the pre-show announcement saying all the instruments will be played on stage you should have seen my face light up with excitement.
I'll admit it's not the most incredible piece of theatre I've seen, some slow parts that drag on a few minutes too long, some rough accents at times, but boy, is it fun.
You could tell the actors were completely hamming it up and loving every minute on that stage. In the audience, someone had quite a unique laugh that had the cast in stitches, this resulted in a special moment where the dad character says "That's some laugh you've got on you there bud.... Now back to the plot"
This did lead to some audience members trying to grab the attention of that cast member but luckily apart from one very loud scream the show wasn't disturbed too much by this unusual behaviour.
Overall like I said, a very fun night at the theatre. I'm pretty sure they closed the upper levels and moved the people booked because I checked beforehand and it looked to be not selling well, but the stalls were pretty full last night.
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Post by hadeswasking on Jul 23, 2022 14:35:42 GMT
Also would like to point out, I'm not sure if it was because I was sitting off to the side for most productions I've seen at the playhouse recently, but sitting near the back in the stalls in the middle of a row. The sound was vastly improved from productions like the lion king and waitress. Glad they decided to turn up the volume for this one!
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Post by Dr Tom on Aug 16, 2022 10:16:12 GMT
Saw this in Wimbledon last night. Having not seen the tour before, I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. Sat near the front with a great view and the theatre was pretty busy.
Both of the celebrity leads (Darren Day and Aston Merrygold) were excellent. One of the two got quite a reception from the (mostly female) fans in attendance, then another round of appreciation when he stripped down to his shorts.
I was very impressed by how well Aston threw himself into the role, especially as he's only playing Willard for three weeks. He is an excellent singer and dancer, which is to be expected, but he can act too.
The tour is actor-musician. I wasn't sure how well having visible instruments would work in the context of the show, but they did a great job here.
There was a show stop in the second act and Darren Day gave a speech at the end, so the show didn't finish until 10:30pm.
The speech was to celebrate this being the 200th show and also the final week of the tour. The cast also posed for a group selfie with the audience, which apparently you'll be able to see on the Lorraine show on Wednesday.
Anyway, enjoyed this enough that I would happily see this again when it inevitably goes back out on tour. And think Wimbledon did very well for the star casting too.
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