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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2018 22:58:58 GMT
I'm definately intrigued to see this, however the last time I went to a show with subtitles I was 16, and with the english subtitles it was too distracting I lost what was happening on stage, but then on stage was greek so I didn't understand what was going on there either. We ended up bringng out the bottle of wine we snuck in and had a right giggle.
With that in mind, the best person to take to this show is clearly @ryan. 😂😂
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 27, 2018 9:10:37 GMT
I suspect no great words of wisdom will be said by the subtitles. Go and just let it wash all over you
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Post by anita on Apr 27, 2018 9:14:42 GMT
This is a musical I'd like to see. I lived overseas when it was at the Dominion so never got to see it but I did have the French recording on minidisc and really liked the music. Minidiscs, strange little things weren't they. Still have all my minidiscs & recorder alece10
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Post by Peter on Apr 27, 2018 22:28:02 GMT
Oh God, I couldn’t be arsed. In French too..not enough hours in the day. 😉 I think it works better in French . . . or Russian . . . or any other language I don’t understand so don’t have to suffer the heavy clunk of every rhyming couplet that was shouted out across the Dominion stage.... Hope they keep the bit where the priest gets followed around the stage by some obedient pillars while having a (very loud) breakdown
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Post by danb on Apr 27, 2018 23:19:18 GMT
Oh God, I couldn’t be arsed. In French too..not enough hours in the day. 😉 I think it works better in French . . . or Russian . . . or any other language I don’t understand so don’t have to suffer the heavy clunk of every rhyming couplet that was shouted out across the Dominion stage.... Hope they keep the bit where the priest gets followed around the stage by some obedient pillars while having a (very loud) breakdown I just remember being a bit non-plussed by it all. A grand spectacle sure, with some big sings but ultimately hollow.
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Post by schuttep on Apr 30, 2018 9:26:35 GMT
Of course, what I REALLY want is for someone to bring in a production of STARMANIA... Me too! Saw Notre Dame at the Dominion and fell in love with Garou's gravelly voice. Then saw him in concert in Montpellier. Bliss.
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Post by Montmartre on Apr 30, 2018 10:16:01 GMT
The first show on 23 January (matinée) has only Stalls seats on sale, all at £50.00
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Post by sf on Apr 30, 2018 14:44:49 GMT
I suspect no great words of wisdom will be said by the subtitles. Go and just let it wash all over you Indeed, it probably works better if you don't completely understand what's going on. The visuals carry most of the storytelling, and while the French lyrics are vastly better than the English ones (not difficult), it's not exactly Sondheim. It's not as if you'll miss some sophisticated layer of meaning if you don't get every word.
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Post by distantcousin on Apr 30, 2018 16:33:06 GMT
Of course, what I REALLY want is for someone to bring in a production of STARMANIA... I would love to see Starmania. Being a Celine Dion fan, it's intrigued me for years.
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Post by sf on Apr 30, 2018 23:17:25 GMT
Of course, what I REALLY want is for someone to bring in a production of STARMANIA... I would love to see Starmania. Being a Celine Dion fan, it's intrigued me for years. Céline's covers of those songs are OK - Céline is usually better in French - but for my money she's bland compared to Luce Dufault or Maurane. I saw Ms. Dufault play the role in Paris years ago, and have been playing that album ever since, and it was as thrilling a vocal performance as I've ever heard in a theatre (she's not much of an actress, though):
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Post by schuttep on May 3, 2018 15:03:15 GMT
The first show on 23 January (matinée) has only Stalls seats on sale, all at £50.00 Where are they on sale, please? They're not yet on the Coliseum website.
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Post by TallPaul on May 3, 2018 15:25:10 GMT
The first show on 23 January (matinée) has only Stalls seats on sale, all at £50.00 Where are they on sale, please? They're not yet on the Coliseum website. Have you tried londoncoliseum.org ? General booking opened on 30 April, I think.
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Post by Montmartre on May 3, 2018 17:01:45 GMT
Booking opened on Monday 30 April. Yes, London Coliseum.
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Post by crabtree on Oct 1, 2018 20:44:10 GMT
Is this a good idea or not.....only a few performances. It's never been on my list, but heck, it's here, give it a go.
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Post by manu on Oct 1, 2018 20:56:43 GMT
I love this show
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Post by ali973 on Oct 1, 2018 21:19:51 GMT
Yes. I saw it in Geneva and was thoroughly entertained. Plus, Hiba Tawaji belts Vivre unlike her predecessors.
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Post by groupbooker on Oct 1, 2018 23:14:39 GMT
Saw the original UK version at the Dominion and loved the show. Usual French musical with lots of running from side to side but very enjoyable! Go see it I am sure your will enjoy!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 2, 2018 6:58:49 GMT
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Post by anita on Oct 2, 2018 9:32:23 GMT
Saw the production at the Dominion over 30 times & have the French video.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Oct 2, 2018 14:10:38 GMT
Notre dame de smuggled bottle of Evian
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Post by ctas on Jan 20, 2019 15:58:06 GMT
Anyone else find that the tickets for this are criminally expensive? Apart from the brief todaytix offer of £15 seats for that awful balcony (which I’ve booked) I’ve been refreshing the site trying to find something on the days I could go for under £40 Worth turning up to the box office and trying my luck? That said, I’m really excited to see this finally!! Amazon video also has the 1999 live video so I’ve been watching that today in preparation.
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Post by ali973 on Jan 20, 2019 16:24:52 GMT
I recently found out that the music will be played live by the ENO orchestra. Should sound amazing and quite different than the existing pre-recorded version which has a very studio sounding synth sound to it.
I saw this cast in Geneva last year (or was it the year before?) and loved it. Great singing by all the leads.
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Post by QueerTheatre on Jan 20, 2019 22:08:13 GMT
I recently found out that the music will be played live by the ENO orchestra. Should sound amazing and quite different than the existing pre-recorded version which has a very studio sounding synth sound to it. I saw this cast in Geneva last year (or was it the year before?) and loved it. Great singing by all the leads. Its still not quite a full live score - some members of the ENO orchestra (i think string section?) will accompany the prerecorded score.
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Post by Steve on Jan 23, 2019 17:59:52 GMT
Saw the one-price matinee this afternoon, and it's glorious escapism if you're in the right mood. You'll have to shake the mischievous ghost of Terry Wogan off your shoulder, as this is like Eurovision plus plus plus, with excessively beautiful people flamboyantly gesticulating, as they belt overblown emotionalism, song after song after song, while ripped Cirque de Soleil style acrobats slither up and down walls and do flips that Aston could only dream of. If ever you wanted an escape from the narrow and nauseous politics of Brexit (the echoes are explicitly there in the scenes where the "illegals" and "foreigners" are dispensed with), hearing what sounds like the compressed and compiled hits of Demis Roussos, acted and sung in the style of a Spanish Telenovela, by a superb cast of European singers is precisely the tonic you might crave: all acrobatic movement, luscious and lusciously sung melodies, passionate posturing bodies, dazzling colourful lights making a spare stage beautiful, and one actress, Hiba Tawaji, as Esmerelda, bringing just that little surprising sprinkle of credibility to her emotional expression, to season an otherwise superficial spectacle with a soupcon of realness that cleanses the theatrical palette. Daniel Lavoie is a loveably smooth villain, all grey hair and dark eyebrows, a corrupted Maurice Chevalier lol. All in all, I felt like I went on an immersive 2 hour, forty minute, holiday to an alternative universe (one in which we love Europe, and they love us), where all emotions are large, and we can all love to die for love, if only for a short while, because after all, that's a very silly thing to want to do. With the caveat that Quasimodo has a terrible hairstyle (as if struck by lightning, while applying red hair dye and gel), this is marvellous silly shallow luscious wallowing escapist fun! And it got a raucous standing ovation, a briefly but deeply felt lingering bond of love between a British audience and continental European performers. 4 and a half stars.
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Post by mrdanvers on Jan 24, 2019 8:02:47 GMT
Agree with all of the above. Great entertainment and good to see our biggest theatre extatically rammed. Hope the Maybot isn't going, to sit through 'we are the foreigners with no papers'. Awkward.
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Post by jgblunners on Jan 24, 2019 9:26:19 GMT
I would love to see this on Friday but the seats just don't look reasonably priced to me - any ideas whether they're doing day seats? Neither TodayTix nor TKTS seem to have discounts 😢
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Post by phantz on Jan 24, 2019 14:48:40 GMT
Yes. I saw it in Geneva and was thoroughly entertained. Plus, Hiba Tawaji belts Vivre unlike her predecessors like Tina did FTFY
EDIT: She's only a halfway belter. She pulls out on that top D in the final chorus. Tina clearly set the bar way too high (although it's not actually that high)
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Post by ali973 on Jan 24, 2019 17:16:04 GMT
I stand corrected. Maybe I should say, her French predecessors. Yes, Tina belted it and so did Patti Russo!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2019 17:23:59 GMT
I thought Tina Arena was terrific when I saw it back in the day. Acting may not have been her strongest suit but by jiminy, that voice is a gift from the Gods.
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