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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2018 16:16:02 GMT
I think that’s the time that the ship hit the iceberg. It is, exactly 106 years later, and the show will end about the same time as the ship disappeared from the surface as it took 2:40 to sink. Oh my goodness, what a special way to mark it. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2018 16:23:29 GMT
I think that’s the time that the ship hit the iceberg. It is, exactly 106 years later, and the show will end about the same time as the ship disappeared from the surface as it took 2:40 to sink. Except ship's time was three hours behind Greenwich, so they're actually four hours early. |
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Post by dippy on Apr 8, 2018 16:27:02 GMT
Except ship's time was three hours behind Greenwich, so they're actually four hours early. I was going to research the time zone it was actually in but couldn't be bothered, thank you for checking when it really was. I guess no one would go to a show four hours later so they had to ignore that. |
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Post by ensembleswings on Apr 8, 2018 19:03:30 GMT
Yes, as others have said it’s to mark the time of the sinking itself as it’s the anniversary. This, along with the expected atmosphere are the reasons I thought it would be a good idea to book that performance.
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Post by bodobear on Apr 12, 2018 21:10:18 GMT
Tonight’s first preview has been cancelled after about 5 minutes into Act 2 due to safety issues (one of the walls up stage I believe).
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Post by shady23 on Apr 12, 2018 21:39:26 GMT
From Niall's Facebook
Such a shame that our opening performance had to be stopped half-way through. We’d like to thank the wonderful audience for understanding the need for safety. Structural engineers will check the ceiling in the morning. No one was hurt, thank God. #SailOn ❤️
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Post by d'James on Apr 12, 2018 22:14:04 GMT
From Niall's Facebook Such a shame that our opening performance had to be stopped half-way through. We’d like to thank the wonderful audience for understanding the need for safety. Structural engineers will check the ceiling in the morning. No one was hurt, thank God. #SailOn ❤️ Sounds dramatic. I wonder if something fell or they just noticed something wrong with the ceiling. |
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Post by bodobear on Apr 12, 2018 22:52:41 GMT
From Niall's Facebook Such a shame that our opening performance had to be stopped half-way through. We’d like to thank the wonderful audience for understanding the need for safety. Structural engineers will check the ceiling in the morning. No one was hurt, thank God. #SailOn ❤️ Sounds dramatic. I wonder if something fell or they just noticed something wrong with the ceiling. Small parts from the ceiling actually fell on stage in the beginning of Act 2. |
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Post by d'James on Apr 12, 2018 22:54:48 GMT
Sounds dramatic. I wonder if something fell or they just noticed something wrong with the ceiling. Small parts from the ceiling actually fell on stage in the beginning of Act 2. Wow. Very scary. Glad no one was hurt. I have tickets for it soon so I hope it’s nothing too serious, but safety first. |
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Post by d'James on Apr 13, 2018 11:49:16 GMT
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Post by ensembleswings on Apr 13, 2018 16:07:26 GMT
Glad to see no-one was hurt, at the end of the day that's the most important thing. Feel the show & Mayflower have handled this well, putting safety first by cancelling the remainder of the show and then exchanging tickets or issuing gift vouchers to those who were in attendance.
The show is going ahead tonight, looking forward to seeing it tomorrow evening, especially given the large amount of praise act 1 received yesterday
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Post by d'James on Apr 13, 2018 21:33:10 GMT
Was anyone there tonight?
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Post by lynette on Apr 14, 2018 21:31:33 GMT
Sorry about starting another thread on this, lost the first one..tut tut. Have I ever mentioned that my great uncle died in the Titanic disaster? Froze to death on an ice floe.
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Post by d'James on Apr 14, 2018 22:11:23 GMT
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Post by d'James on Apr 15, 2018 3:27:57 GMT
Just home. My leg is killing me from the seats there. Will post thoughts tomorrow. Here’s the Merch list:  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2018 6:57:23 GMT
Just home. My leg is killing me from the seats there. Will post thoughts tomorrow. Here’s the Merch list: Do they sell normal programmes too? |
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Post by d'James on Apr 15, 2018 11:30:29 GMT
Yeah. Four pounds.
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Post by d'James on Apr 15, 2018 12:53:20 GMT
I loved last night very special. They did a minute’s silence at the end which was bang on 220 (I know about time differences) but still moving. As you’ll see from my picture above they’ve put a big model of the ship on the outside of the Theatre which was a lovely touch. The cast were great (my favourites were back which I’m thrilled about). I think there was one line slip but it didn’t matter and I don’t think many people would’ve noticed. It may seem a bit odd to put spoilers for this show but I’m just going to discuss the staging of songs: Basically there’s more cast to fill the stage, so for example, the boiler room song has five people on stage compared to three at the Charing Cross Theatre. Also there was no hole in the stage which I remember he opened in that song. When it comes to the stage itself it is wider (of course) but it didn’t fill the stage at the Mayflower. They’d made their own arch within the main one (decorated to look like rivets on metal). I’m still pretty tired so I’ve probably forgotten loads. If I remember anything I’ll add it later. |
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Post by d'James on Apr 15, 2018 13:35:22 GMT
In case anyone wants the understudy list:  |
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Post by ensembleswings on Apr 15, 2018 14:17:11 GMT
Absolutely loved this last night, I'd never seen the show before nor had I heard the music but the whole thing was beautifully done. So glad I chose to ruin my body clock by going to that rather special performance. I'm not one to cry at shows normally but I was a mess during the last 10/15 minutes, as d'James mentioned the cast joined us in the stalls (so they to could look at the certain showing the names and pay their own respect to those who so sadly lost their lives that fatal night) as they held a minutes silence which was a beautiful touch. |
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Post by ablumsum on Apr 15, 2018 19:25:42 GMT
Its brilliant to see such a great response to the show! in all the musicals I have worked on I feel incredibly privileged to be a part of this production and am honoured to tour this around the country! Especially with our next stop being Belfast!
Last nights performance was an absolute first within my career of an 23:40hrs performance but it was an incredibly important performance!
Looking forward to seeing further reviews throughout the tour!
Best,
Andrew
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Post by robertb213 on Apr 15, 2018 20:38:39 GMT
Definitely gonna catch this in Northampton, really looking forward to it 😁
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Post by theatreian on Apr 15, 2018 20:56:20 GMT
Saw this a few years ago in Liverpool and enjoyed it .
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Post by Musicality21 on Apr 16, 2018 19:25:44 GMT
Just booked tickets for this in Salford. Gutted that we left it too late for better seats and have ended up in the upper circle but I'm just glad we're getting to go. Apart from the story of the Titanic, I know absolutely nothing about the show or the music. Reading the comments on here makes me think we're in for a real treat. Looking forward to it very much.
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Post by d'James on Apr 17, 2018 1:31:27 GMT
On the soundtrack (!) which character is it who says the line ‘yes, but not at cards.’?
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