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Post by carmella1 on Nov 15, 2019 17:27:28 GMT
Cam Mac certainly loves him.
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Post by danb on Nov 15, 2019 17:28:49 GMT
I am on a Monday, but if James Gant is the alternate I’d be made up. He’s ace. Yes, I hope so. I saw him as Valjean and Javert and he was great in both parts. Does phantom usually have an alternate? He does in London, and its a bigger sing than Javert so heres hoping. I can’t see anyone else in the cast that fits the bill.
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Post by kimbahorel on Nov 15, 2019 17:42:55 GMT
I was waiting for the announcement. Glad Vinny gets ro be in it but I cant now get to Leicester for a ticket before Christmas they will probably sell out.
Also anyone around London Stations esp Waterloo St Ps and London Bridge. Brad Barnley and Lydia Gerrard go busking I heard them one day at work and was like they need to be on stage. They sing POTO and he is covering Raoul and Phantom and she is covering Christine. They said they will still do it until they start touring so if you catch them its a fab treat.
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Post by turbo25 on Nov 15, 2019 17:44:11 GMT
Yes, I hope so. I saw him as Valjean and Javert and he was great in both parts. Does phantom usually have an alternate? He does in London, and its a bigger sing than Javert so heres hoping. I can’t see anyone else in the cast that fits the bill. Actually Phantom is usually contracted to sing all 8 shows - certainly that's the case in London where he has a standby, not an alternate. It's not that big a sing in the grand scheme of things.
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Post by danb on Nov 15, 2019 17:54:11 GMT
Just assumed that Scott Davis? was the alternate he’s on so often. Good to know.
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Post by sophie92 on Nov 15, 2019 18:48:48 GMT
The cast announcement includes the alternate Christine, so I would assume that if there was going to be an alternate Phantom, they would have been mentioned too?
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Post by justfran on Nov 15, 2019 19:07:28 GMT
Ah such a shame that Killian Donnelly won’t be appearing at Sunderland. Awaiting the next cast announcement then!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2019 14:24:13 GMT
Pleased with the cast (and relieved it's not Lee Mead lol).
They just need a decent marketing push for Manchester now!
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Post by 141920grm on Nov 16, 2019 22:36:49 GMT
Pleased with the cast (and relieved it's not Lee Mead lol). They just need a decent marketing push for Manchester now! don’t jinx it- they’ve still yet to announce Killian’s replacement in Edinburgh! lol
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Post by 141920grm on Nov 17, 2019 0:10:49 GMT
“exact replica of the West End and Broadway production” apparently
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 11:08:57 GMT
“exact replica of the West End and Broadway production” apparently But "lighter on its feet". Even replica productions are usually scaled down to tour, and given there is as little as five days between some of the venues, I suspect we will see changes similar to those used in the recent International tour.
Even the 1998 replica UK tour, which played 16-week runs and took two weeks to set up at each venue, was simplified. Glyn Cook, Cameron Mackintosh's technical co-ordinator, said at the time: "We have made a lot of things simpler. There used to be trapdoors in the floors and all sorts but it's not feasible to do that any more for this length of run."
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Post by 141920grm on Nov 17, 2019 14:32:12 GMT
Ha really loose interpretation of the term "exact replica" Ms Koravos... guess we'll just have to wait until rehearsal pictures come out to see for ourselves.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2019 15:19:11 GMT
Ha really loose interpretation of the term "exact replica" Ms Koravos... guess we'll just have to wait until rehearsal pictures come out to see for ourselves. Haha, true. I assumed by 'exact replica' she just means the original direction, staging and set design with the falling chandelier. As opposed to the new version which toured the UK in 2012, where (if I remember correctly) the chandelier didn't fall at all.
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Post by CG on the loose on Nov 25, 2019 12:21:19 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 29, 2019 11:10:47 GMT
Lots of promotion going on for the tour.
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Post by Oleanna on Nov 30, 2019 2:06:35 GMT
Lots of promotion going on for the tour. Love this!
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Post by richey on Dec 19, 2019 20:21:59 GMT
Lots of promotion going on for the tour. They've definitely upped the promo in Manchester. Adverts on all the electronic boards in city centre and an absolutely enormous version of this poster across the side of the Arndale centre
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Post by londonmzfitz on Jan 17, 2020 15:10:16 GMT
Oooo didn't know Adam Linstead was going into this! I'm taking a trip up to Leicester for the first time ....
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 17, 2020 15:23:25 GMT
Greg Castiglioni needs to start getting down the chippy if he’s going to convince us as Piangi!
I’m assuming the big lad on the left with the shorts and hoodie is our Joseph Buquet (hold your tongue!)
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Post by carmella1 on Jan 19, 2020 17:45:26 GMT
Pleased with the cast (and relieved it's not Lee Mead lol). They just need a decent marketing push for Manchester now! don’t jinx it- they’ve still yet to announce Killian’s replacement in Edinburgh! lol I quite would have loved to see Lee Mead. I have been to his concerts and he is wonderful and doesa heck of a Music of the Night. He has grown into a wonderful performer. I am tired to seeing Killian in all the time. That is why I stopped seeing him lol.
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Post by 141920grm on Jan 19, 2020 19:06:14 GMT
don’t jinx it- they’ve still yet to announce Killian’s replacement in Edinburgh! lol I quite would have loved to see Lee Mead. I have been to his concerts and he is wonderful and doesa heck of a Music of the Night. He has grown into a wonderful performer. I am tired to seeing Killian in all the time. That is why I stopped seeing him lol. Don't get me wrong ha I wouldn't mind seeing Lee at all! As a fan of the show in general I like to hear as many people giving their interpretation of the iconic role as I can. I've only heard Lee sing Raoul songs though so in my mind he's still a Raoul for now. Killian gave me the same impression- and now he's Phantom lol. Killian's done quite a lot hasn't he, almost every role in Les Mis... Just wish they'd announce who'll be taking over already so we can stop speculating!
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Post by theatre241 on Jan 21, 2020 16:23:09 GMT
I’ve seen the rehearsals video that has been released and it shows the set model and it looks like a kind of mix between the tour and the original design. They said they’re enhancing it to now. I don’t know how to link things but it’s on the official social media’s
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2020 18:17:16 GMT
Greg Castiglioni needs to start getting down the chippy if he’s going to convince us as Piangi! I’m assuming the big lad on the left with the shorts and hoodie is our Joseph Buquet (hold your tongue!) Greg was so good in Titanic, but i really cant see him as The Phantom, which he understudied in the 25th Anniversary. I wonder if he is doing the same for this tour.
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Post by richey on Jan 21, 2020 21:57:08 GMT
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Post by ukpuppetboy on Jan 22, 2020 2:16:15 GMT
“exact replica of the West End and Broadway production” apparently But "lighter on its feet". Even replica productions are usually scaled down to tour, and given there is as little as five days between some of the venues, I suspect we will see changes similar to those used in the recent International tour.
Even the 1998 replica UK tour, which played 16-week runs and took two weeks to set up at each venue, was simplified. Glyn Cook, Cameron Mackintosh's technical co-ordinator, said at the time: "We have made a lot of things simpler. There used to be trapdoors in the floors and all sorts but it's not feasible to do that any more for this length of run." Certainly looks like the current International Tour staging, with the 25th Anniversary tour chandelier. Which isn’t exactly the replica of the London/New York productions promised in the press release.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2020 7:07:01 GMT
But "lighter on its feet". Even replica productions are usually scaled down to tour, and given there is as little as five days between some of the venues, I suspect we will see changes similar to those used in the recent International tour.
Even the 1998 replica UK tour, which played 16-week runs and took two weeks to set up at each venue, was simplified. Glyn Cook, Cameron Mackintosh's technical co-ordinator, said at the time: "We have made a lot of things simpler. There used to be trapdoors in the floors and all sorts but it's not feasible to do that any more for this length of run." Certainly looks like the current International Tour staging, with the 25th Anniversary tour chandelier.
Which isn’t exactly the replica of the London/New York productions promised in the press release. Will she fall; will she fall?!?
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Post by ukpuppetboy on Jan 22, 2020 8:18:28 GMT
Will she fall; will she fall?!? Judging by the model design (no casters/non collapsing version without a flat base) and that it appears to start the show hanging I’d say it’s doubtful.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 22, 2020 8:27:54 GMT
How hard can it be to drop a chandelier onto the stage? Jeeeez.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 22, 2020 8:40:14 GMT
From the official website.
Remember when the cheap version of Ghost was announced and Bill Kenwright described it as the original production? And someone here wisely pointed out that this could mean AN original production rather than THE original production.
if it’s the 25 tour version I can only say I’m glad I’m front stalls this time. Last time I was nearer the back and it was so poorly lit I could barely see what was going on. Spent most of the night squinting at it. At one point I wondered if they’d had a power cut!
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 22, 2020 9:15:59 GMT
Greg Castiglioni needs to start getting down the chippy if he’s going to convince us as Piangi! I’m assuming the big lad on the left with the shorts and hoodie is our Joseph Buquet (hold your tongue!)
I heard it said once, by some industry expert on another, that UK tours will generally allow younger cast members for a role than would usually pass selection in London's Glitzy West End.
I can theorise a few reasons for this, and can definitely think of a few examples where actors chosen for UK tours of things seemed rather young for their roles.
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