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Post by TallPaul on Apr 21, 2024 13:18:11 GMT
another remarkable NT project! Sorry to correct you. It's actuaaly another remarkable Sheffield Theatres project. Pleased you thought it was sublime, though. 🙂
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Post by longinthetooth on Apr 21, 2024 13:52:37 GMT
I caught up with this earlier in the week. Having read contrasting reports, I wasn't sure whether it would be my cup of tea. I knew it was about three sets of people in a block of flats in Sheffield, but hadn't twigged that it was the same flat, so it was interesting to see the connections between everyone. I quickly became invested in the characters, and loved the music, especially the rockier numbers, although I have to admit I wasn't struck on some of the choreography. All in all, I really enjoyed it, and have been thinking about it a lot since seeing it, which is always a good thing in my book. A solid 4*.
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Post by tommy on Apr 21, 2024 18:23:23 GMT
another remarkable NT project! Sorry to correct you. It's actuaaly another remarkable Sheffield Theatres project. Pleased you thought it was sublime, though. 🙂 I know, but a co-production with the National I thought, so I wasn't 100% wrong:-)
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on May 3, 2024 18:20:29 GMT
Really interesting segment on The One Show just now! Would recommend.
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Post by showtoones on May 4, 2024 6:00:10 GMT
For a show that is closing in a few months, there are a lot of understudies who go on each night.
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Post by A.Ham on May 4, 2024 7:45:24 GMT
Really interesting segment on The One Show just now! Would recommend. Thank you for posting, I caught up on iPlayer - as you say really interesting to see it in the flesh and even see a resident who seemed a lot like Poppy!
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Post by jm25 on May 8, 2024 16:01:31 GMT
Tickets for this are quite well discounted at the moment so I watched this for a second time yesterday. I'd had a busy week at work when I saw it for the first time and had been quite distracted when watching, so it was nice to revisit this with a clearer head!
There are a couple of interesting moments of foreshadowing and repetition which I appreciated and only picked up on the second time around. I also really admire the scope of the storytelling - focusing on the same flat over multiple generations is a great premise. The songs are all fine, though I'd hoped they'd grow more on me a bit more on the second listen, and they're performed well by a strong ensemble cast. The clear standout for me both times was Laura Pitt-Pulford and it was her character's story I cared the most about.
Some people around me were talking about having seen it multiple times and I'm aware of some friends of friends who have also seen it multiple times. So this seems to be pretty popular with those who have seen it - just a shame it's closing early.
Oh, and the Standing at the Sky's Edge branded Hendo's relish at the merch stand was a great touch. They either didn't have that when I first saw this or I just missed it. Either way, I've now got a bottle of the stuff in my kitchen cupboards!
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Post by apubleed on May 8, 2024 20:52:37 GMT
Is the show closing early? When was it originally meant to close?
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Post by Being Alive on May 8, 2024 20:59:05 GMT
It's running until the end of its initial booking period but they had hoped it would extend, but sales have not been super.
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Post by A.Ham on May 8, 2024 21:20:03 GMT
It's running until the end of its initial booking period but they had hoped it would extend, but sales have not been super. Such a shame, it’s a fantastic show, and so good to see something original rather than a movie-based or cheap jukebox musical cluttering up a west end house.
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Post by Oleanna on May 8, 2024 21:21:49 GMT
It's running until the end of its initial booking period but they had hoped it would extend, but sales have not been super. Such a shame, it’s a fantastic show, and so good to see something original rather than a movie-based or cheap jukebox musical cluttering up a west end house. A pedant might call this a jukebox musical, given that the songs are from the back catalogue of a pop artist…
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Post by A.Ham on May 8, 2024 21:24:40 GMT
Such a shame, it’s a fantastic show, and so good to see something original rather than a movie-based or cheap jukebox musical cluttering up a west end house. A pedant might call this a jukebox musical, given that the songs are from the back catalogue of a pop artist… Perhaps yes, but my reference point for ‘jukebox musical’ was something based on the greatest hits of a global superstar (thinking Mamma Mia!, MJ the musical etc).
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Post by jm25 on May 8, 2024 21:46:09 GMT
It's running until the end of its initial booking period but they had hoped it would extend, but sales have not been super. This is what I meant - sorry, should have phrased it better. As much as I hope sales pick up, if the discounts continue I'd possibly be tempted to see this one more time.
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Post by Being Alive on May 8, 2024 21:50:27 GMT
Such a shame, it’s a fantastic show, and so good to see something original rather than a movie-based or cheap jukebox musical cluttering up a west end house. A pedant might call this a jukebox musical, given that the songs are from the back catalogue of a pop artist… That'd be like calling Girl From The North Country a jukebox musical (which I guess in a form it is, but I'd never call it one)
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