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Post by imstillhere on Mar 27, 2023 21:03:27 GMT
I wonder if it's been canceled because ticket sales are abysmal?
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Post by londonpostie on Mar 27, 2023 22:21:06 GMT
It's £12 Monday, so you would hope not.
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Post by Dave B on Mar 28, 2023 16:36:43 GMT
Also cancelled tonight which was verging on sold-out and with a post show talk.
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Post by n1david on Mar 29, 2023 9:11:08 GMT
How/when have they been communicating cancellations? Doesn't look like they used their Twitter feed to announce. Booked for tonight and would like to know when I will know if I have to trek to Sloane Square...
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Post by zahidf on Mar 29, 2023 9:22:21 GMT
Cancelled on Sat while we waiting in the theatre for the matinee
What's the technical difficulties i wonder... Surely if its just video stuff, they can work around it?
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Post by Dave B on Mar 29, 2023 9:29:11 GMT
How/when have they been communicating cancellations? Doesn't look like they used their Twitter feed to announce. Booked for tonight and would like to know when I will know if I have to trek to Sloane Square... For last night, I got an email at 17.11 and then a follow-up phonecall from BO at 18:08.
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Post by n1david on Mar 29, 2023 9:36:12 GMT
How/when have they been communicating cancellations? Doesn't look like they used their Twitter feed to announce. Booked for tonight and would like to know when I will know if I have to trek to Sloane Square... For last night, I got an email at 17.11 and then a follow-up phonecall from BO at 18:08. Thanks. That's rather late for people travelling. Even coming from another part of London, I'd be en route by 6. Fingers crossed!
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Post by alessia on Mar 29, 2023 10:46:18 GMT
I only found out on the Monday morning because I emailed to try and return my ticket. They replied that actually, the performance had been cancelled.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 29, 2023 12:37:00 GMT
I don’t know the full story, but it sounds like it’s not technical difficulties… Ooh curiouser and curiouser. What part of the story do you know?
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Post by n1david on Mar 29, 2023 15:34:58 GMT
I tweeted the RCT after our chat on here about 12.15pm. They've just got back to me (4.30pm) to say that "due to circumstances beyond our control, tonight's performance will not be going ahead. We're working to resolve this as soon as possible."
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Post by Rory on Mar 29, 2023 15:49:27 GMT
Is this becoming like Mandela all over again?
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Post by cherokee on Mar 29, 2023 15:54:10 GMT
It's strange. I was considering going to see this, but if they don't know when it will be on again...?? It's presumably not illness or COVID, as they'd just say that if it were the case. So, what's going on? Is the set design so elaborate that they can't perform without a crucial piece of tech, and also so complicated that it can't be fixed after 5 days?
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Post by n1david on Mar 29, 2023 16:05:53 GMT
When I was phoned, I was offered to move to another date, however it will be a challenge for me, so I took a refund. But that does suggest that they hope to get the show up and running again at some point (given the run has a month to go...)
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Post by showgirl on Mar 29, 2023 16:50:44 GMT
I rang to check today as I was going to use an offer to book for tomorrow's matinee, but not if it was likely to be cancelled as I'd prefer to book another production in the first place. As they still didn't even know about tonight, I did indeed book something else but don't know if I'll have another opportunity to see this even if it resumes.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2023 17:58:55 GMT
Thursday matinee cancelled per email I just received.
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Post by nottobe on Mar 29, 2023 18:56:09 GMT
Maybe it's because I'm nosey but I would love to know why it's cancelled. Do we think the luke warm reception is causing some friction ?
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Post by showgirl on Mar 30, 2023 3:13:16 GMT
Tt's certainly peculiar and puzzling and imo, not good PR. If it's cast illness or a technical issue (though the latter type are usually shorter-lived), theatres announce this, so giving no reason at all and saying nothing publicly will only fuel speculation and suspicion.
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Post by teamyali on Mar 30, 2023 7:18:48 GMT
I follow Danny Lee Wynter on Instagram and often he’s very active in posting on IG stories.
Hours ago in his story, he said, “This story is not your business.” (In small texts)
Hmmm…we need more tea on what’s happening! He’s also not posting much on Twitter except for retweets.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2023 9:11:34 GMT
Hmmm…we need more tea on what’s happening!
Do we though? Maybe the story is not one for public consumption ... or at least not at this moment.
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Post by foxa on Mar 30, 2023 16:11:44 GMT
Today's matinee was cancelled and I see that bookings aren't being accepted for tonight's performance either.
Technical difficulties usually are overcome more quickly than this - I remember 'Wild' dealing with problems with its' extraordinary, gravity defying set or, recently, Standing at the Sky's Edge performed with the lights up. If it was illness, I think they would say,so must be something else.
I thought the reviews were okay, enough that I was thinking of going.
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Post by blobble84 on Mar 30, 2023 17:11:36 GMT
I called the box office today as I had a ticket for Saturday and wanted to see if they thought they'd be back on by then - after a failed attempt last week, I didn't want another wasted evening. They said they hadn't been told officially, but suspected it would be off until some time next wek.
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Post by luvvie23 on Mar 30, 2023 21:27:57 GMT
I really hope it gets back on soon. It’s a shame. Especially for the American actor who is making his London debut.
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Post by crowblack on Mar 31, 2023 8:41:13 GMT
The lack of notification, or indeed anything, on social media is a big fail on the part of the theatre though. They don't have to spell out what the issue is - just give warning to people who were intending to travel to see it that they will have to change their plans.
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Post by luvvie23 on Apr 1, 2023 12:24:43 GMT
Still can’t buy tickets. So odd. Desperate to Dyllon Burnside!! I should have got in there earlier. Hope it’s not cancelled altogether.
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Post by teamyali on Apr 1, 2023 12:49:07 GMT
I saw on Dyllon’s IG stories attending the press night of For Black Boys… which opened at the Apollo Theatre. Hoping they resume performances for Black Superhero this Monday until the run ends on 29 April.
Is it only the Royal Court having problems encouraging people to attend?
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Post by zahidf on Apr 1, 2023 14:30:12 GMT
I saw on Dyllon’s IG stories attending the press night of For Black Boys… which opened at the Apollo Theatre. Hoping they resume performances for Black Superhero this Monday until the run ends on 29 April. Is it only the Royal Court having problems encouraging people to attend? It was canceled at the Sat matinee when people were in the theatre, so def not commercial issues
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Post by crowblack on Apr 1, 2023 14:41:04 GMT
It's ridiculous that in this day and age they can't sort out their messaging to customers.
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Post by londonpostie on Apr 1, 2023 18:07:29 GMT
They do have gender neutral toilets and indecipherable signage, so that's the main thing.
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Post by foxa on Apr 2, 2023 14:33:30 GMT
It's very odd. Silently cancelled performances yet my social media, particularly Instagram, is pushing the production hard.
I am sure something unhappy must have happened, but (to me at least) handling it like this seems unprecendented.
On a somewhat related theme - theatres have experienced so many challenges through lockdown and beyond - I wonder if anyone is writing a great 'behind the scenes' book. I'd certainly read it.
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Post by n1david on Apr 2, 2023 15:08:15 GMT
Danny Lee Wynter posted an Instagram story today with a picture of a woman, who I didn't recognise, and the text "For the last week this woman has been my rock. She has made me feel loved & known for over 16 years,. I cannot begin to imagine my world without here. One of the finest humans I know."
So I don't know if she is his agent, and there has been a dispute between him and the theatre, and that's why the restart date keeps getting pushed back in the hope that the dispute is resolved ... but that's an out and out guess.
It looks like Monday is off now too because the message has changed from "Book Monday morning" to "Not bookable online"
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