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Post by showtoones on May 23, 2019 19:50:55 GMT
Maybe Joseph will extend?
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Post by theatrenewbie on May 23, 2019 20:00:19 GMT
Maybe Joseph will extend? Or hello dolly limited season...
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Post by Sean on May 23, 2019 22:08:18 GMT
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 23, 2019 22:09:02 GMT
Really strange choice of Panto.
Really strange.
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Post by showtoones on May 23, 2019 22:16:11 GMT
I wonder when tix will go on sale?
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Post by longinthetooth on May 23, 2019 22:19:16 GMT
With Matt Baker (The One Show and Countryfile - yes, that Matt Baker) as Joey the Clown!
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Post by longinthetooth on May 23, 2019 22:25:23 GMT
Plus Paul Zerdin as Silly Billy, Nigel Havers as Daddy Bear and Gary Wilmot as Dame Betty Barnum. All the usual suspects.
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Post by daniella on May 23, 2019 22:25:35 GMT
Really strange choice of Panto. Really strange. I did a version of this panto when I was about 10 and basically an evil ringmaster tries and takes the bears to his circus whilst Goldilocks and her mother (the Dame) along with the Good Fairy have to save them! The Dame runs her own circus which all the villagers love
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Post by partytentdown on May 23, 2019 22:29:28 GMT
I'm not sure I can be arsed with this again.
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 23, 2019 22:32:08 GMT
Am I alone in thinking it is rather odd to make this announcement without any reference at all to any female actors/singers/dancers being cast?
Where are the women?
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Post by basdfg on May 23, 2019 22:49:42 GMT
Am I alone in thinking it is rather odd to make this announcement without any reference at all to any female actors/singers/dancers being cast? Where are the women? Exact same thing my mum said. Obviously the female cast members will be musical theatre stars of lesser name value but it still comes across wrong - Havers is Daddy bear so mummy bear should have announced as well.
I do think this will have to be the last year of Claery/Xerdain/Havers. Great as they are it is getting tiring.
Might be a bit too gymnastic/dancing for my parents taste.
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Post by basdfg on May 23, 2019 22:51:15 GMT
Really strange choice of Panto. Really strange. I did a version of this panto when I was about 10 and basically an evil ringmaster tries and takes the bears to his circus whilst Goldilocks and her mother (the Dame) along with the Good Fairy have to save them! The Dame runs her own circus which all the villagers love The plot is not really needed - about 5 mins of stagetime will be given to it.
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Post by princeton on May 23, 2019 22:51:57 GMT
Not alone. That billing looks plain odd. Six men listed above the title (in which the only named character is female) is just wrong.
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Post by basdfg on May 23, 2019 22:55:26 GMT
Not alone. That billing looks plain odd. Six men listed above the title (in which the only named character is female) is just wrong. Mummy bear is bound to be a name surely - Havers is daddy bear and he has to play against someone of similar age.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 22:55:54 GMT
Matt Baker is an odd choice. Yes he was a professional gymnast, yes he's on the one show and countryfile, but he's hardly mr personality... Still i think he'll appeal to the older ladies who will think he's lovely
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Post by basdfg on May 23, 2019 22:56:51 GMT
Matt Baker is an odd choice. Yes he was a professional gymnast, yes he's on the one show and countryfile, but he's hardly mr personality... Still i think he'll appeal to the older ladies who will think he's lovely I wonder if that was possibly part of the delay - could they have tried to get Louis Smith but it fell through.
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 23, 2019 22:56:55 GMT
Baker also did well on Strictly didn't he? That will bring in some fans as well
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 23:03:54 GMT
Baker also did well on Strictly didn't he? That will bring in some fans as well Oh yes, i had forgotten about that.
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Post by lou105 on May 23, 2019 23:12:10 GMT
He did a stint in Chitty Bang Bang at one point. I think he learned Me old bamboo on Blue Peter then did a short run when he left, so the ambition has obviously been there.
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Post by wickedgrin on May 23, 2019 23:49:17 GMT
Poor Matt Baker will be a lamb to the slaughter between Paul and Julian.
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Post by Boob on May 24, 2019 6:25:56 GMT
Where’s Amanda Holden when you need her?
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Post by ilovewemusicals on May 24, 2019 7:31:32 GMT
I think it would cost a lot to have loads of big female stars now but just thinking that it would be cool if Katherine Jenkins turned up as Jenny Lind and belted out Never Enough from Greatest Showman. Or Dame Maggie Smith could have a small sit down role of Granny Bear or something. Neither will happen.
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Post by tw on May 24, 2019 7:40:28 GMT
Tickets on sale Friday 31st May
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Post by ilovewemusicals on May 24, 2019 7:49:19 GMT
Or Emma Bunton as Baby Bear. Off the back of Spice Girls tour and Heart London presenter
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Post by jaqs on May 24, 2019 7:55:16 GMT
Matt Baker is an odd choice. Yes he was a professional gymnast, yes he's on the one show and countryfile, but he's hardly mr personality... Still i think he'll appeal to the older ladies who will think he's lovely He was not a professional gymnast, he stopped when still a junior.
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Post by ilovewemusicals on May 24, 2019 8:41:51 GMT
According to Alex Belfield, the panto will include the motorbike globe of death.
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Post by talkingheads on May 24, 2019 8:56:45 GMT
Hm. Very odd. Six men, no women. Matt Baker? I mean he seems like an amiable enough bloke but after Elaine Page and Dawn French, hardly a box office draw! I will get the usual cheap balcony tickets, as apart from anything else Clary, Zerdin and of course Wilmot's showstopper song. I get why people want it to change, so do I but from the Palladium perspective why would they? Unless this is the year ticket sales start to drop
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Post by Boob on May 24, 2019 9:28:07 GMT
Not to mention it's an all-male creative team. Sigh. Think I'll give it a miss this year.
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Post by gra on May 24, 2019 9:32:46 GMT
Hm. Very odd. Six men, no women. Matt Baker? I mean he seems like an amiable enough bloke but after Elaine Pshe and Dawn French, hardly a box office draw! I will get the usual cheap balcony tickets, as apart from anything else Clary, Zerdin and of course Wilmot's showstopper song. I get why people want it to change, so do I but from the Palladium perspective why would they? Unless this is the year ticket sales start to drop I really can't see ticket sales dropping this year. The Palladium panto has steadily built up its audience to be the 'must see' Christmas show. The circus theme will lend itself well to the 'variety' structure without having to follow a traditional pantomime story. I would advise people to book early for this!
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2019 9:45:07 GMT
I see the MeToo Movement are out again but Julian and Paul OG don't exactly ooze Machismo darlings!
Paul OG and Julian will be very funny together. Matt Baker will be a supporting role behind Julian (No jokes), the two Pauls and possibly Gary.
I think they will cast a good young female musical star as Goldilocks and a male one as her love interest.
There will also likely be a name as "Mummy Bear" and maybe even "Baby Bear"
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