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Post by Being Alive on Apr 9, 2024 13:01:53 GMT
I think some of us are looking back at Side Show with rose tinted glasses, there were a lot of sound issues there too and the god awful costumes that had the ensemble looking like a New Look clearance rail. I feel like we have all come to expect bad quality from Lambert Jackson’s concerts, even before Side Show, we were joking about ‘if’ we would be able to hear them or not. Agree, we had the classic LJ problem of 'as soon as more than 3 people are singing at the same time you can't hear what anyone is saying' along with a fair number of late mic queues. |
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Post by luvvie23 on Apr 10, 2024 1:11:09 GMT
Cheap cheap cheap, I agree stop feeding into these scam of so called ‘West End’ concerts where the production team profess to putting on a West End show, it’s not, it’s a cheap money making scheme for both ALW theatres and these market boy producers. I could have almost predicted what was gonna be said, poor sound etc etc…… when will people learn that you’re paying good money for sub quality nonsense. Creatives and performers who work for these people should think about what this does to the people who support them. Don’t cheapen your brand by just taking the money regardless of the quality. But what do I know? Well I know not to buy into this utter scam I hear you. I just feel sorry for the performers. As it’s not their fault. They were probably running around like headless chickens backstage. It feels like the creative team are trying to prove themselves at the expense of the performers. |
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Apr 10, 2024 5:52:26 GMT
It feels like the creative team are trying to prove themselves at the expense of the performers. What are they trying to prove, when they're clearly not great at what they're doing? |
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Post by matttom0901 on Apr 10, 2024 18:15:37 GMT
I am currently on holiday so had to miss Bare, and from what I am reading, I am glad I did.
It really seems like a pattern at LP, as Bat Boy had the same sound issues, which made the show somewhat unenjoyable.
What a shame! You’d expect more from a West End performance, whether it’s a concert or a show. People pay good money for it, and these are not cheap.
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Apr 10, 2024 19:48:21 GMT
stop feeding into these scam of so called ‘West End’ concerts where the production team profess to putting on a West End show, Where did this happen? I've never seen any of these 1 off events being billed as a West End show, nor have I ever seen them referred to as 'West End Concerts' Whatever that is supposed to mean. Is the theatre in the West End? Yes. Does it have people who have been in shows in the West End? Yes. it’s a cheap money making scheme for both ALW theatres and these market boy producers How exactly is it a cheap money making scheme for ALW Theatres? They're venues that can be hired out by anyone and everyone. They charge for it. That is what they do and it's how the company makes money. The venue is not responsible for the show that is on in it. What a production company charges for tickets and what cast and cretive team they employ has absolutely nothing to do with ALW Theatres. This is the one of the first posts under your new profile name - is this your third or 4th now? and you're already bashing ALW for no reason at all. |
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Post by BVM on Apr 11, 2024 12:07:20 GMT
stop feeding into these scam of so called ‘West End’ concerts where the production team profess to putting on a West End show, Where did this happen? I've never seen any of these 1 off events being billed as a West End show, nor have I ever seen them referred to as 'West End Concerts' Whatever that is supposed to mean. Is the theatre in the West End? Yes. Does it have people who have been in shows in the West End? Yes. it’s a cheap money making scheme for both ALW theatres and these market boy producers How exactly is it a cheap money making scheme for ALW Theatres? They're venues that can be hired out by anyone and everyone. They charge for it. That is what they do and it's how the company makes money. The venue is not responsible for the show that is on in it. What a production company charges for tickets and what cast and cretive team they employ has absolutely nothing to do with ALW Theatres. This is the one of the first posts under your new profile name - is this your third or 4th now? and you're already bashing ALW for no reason at all. Agree. I really don’t think any of this is the fault of ALW/LWT! Fun though it is for certain quarters to blame him for everything! |
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Post by BVM on Apr 11, 2024 12:08:08 GMT
Also the concerts aren’t all terrible, they’re completely mixed.
Some of them have been fantastic.
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Post by partytentdown on Apr 11, 2024 17:26:54 GMT
Hmm this is true to an extent, but if enough people complained to the venue they would soon realise that the shows they are allowing into their venue are shoddy and potentially damaging the LWT/Palladium brand. They should be encouraging producers to be doing better. To the average audience member, they are buying tickets for a Palladium show not a Lambert Jackson show for example, so if it's rubbish then that's who they will associate their bad night out with. If I was the billionaire owner of that theatre, I'd certainly be worried by this series of complaints related to shows staged in my premium venue.
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Post by danb on Apr 11, 2024 20:07:54 GMT
Doing short runs of ‘niche’ properties is a real risk when they are beloved titles that are ‘someone’s favourite’. If I’d have been able to go, and it was as terrible as described I would be absolutely livid and going full Karen all over my socials etc and demanding a refund! Charging premium prices for what can essentially be a shoddy, under rehearsed, semi-staged table read, is just not on. Put the time & money in producers…buy that extra day.
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Post by bobbievanhusen on Apr 11, 2024 21:17:46 GMT
Go back to a concert being a concert. People stood at stands singing the music as its written. It's doesn't need staging, it doesn't need every person off book and it shouldn't be a mad rush to get all the elements together in the short time they have to get it in to the theatre. Let the score be front and centre abd the main focus of the evening. danb I didn't think it was half as bad as most people on here. Overall I enjoyed it. It was great to hear the score with an orchestra and in the original 'ppp opera' version. |
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