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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 23:27:10 GMT
Just checked songs from Kids From Fame and was reminded of the brill,I Still Believe In Me...classic It’s gonna beeeeee a long niggghhhtttt... damn I love those songs! Back to Turbine! Ha Really surprising there has been no move to get these songs on stage. Fame The TV series musical would surely have some sort of shelflife. Get the great Debbie Allen to direct it or at least be a consultant and it would have legitimacy.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 23:40:49 GMT
It’s gonna beeeeee a long niggghhhtttt... damn I love those songs! Back to Turbine! Ha Despite being called Lori Singer, she's flat for most of that song, but I still love it!
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Post by clair on Sept 17, 2019 6:33:42 GMT
It’s gonna beeeeee a long niggghhhtttt... damn I love those songs! Back to Turbine! Ha Really surprising there has been no move to get these songs on stage. Fame The TV series musical would surely have some sort of shelflife. Get the great Debbie Allen to direct it or at least be a consultant and it would have legitimacy. After the incredible Fame Reunion weekend I'm sure some of the cast members would also agree to be involved - mind you, my bank manager would strongly disagree with the idea!
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Post by danb on Sept 17, 2019 7:36:15 GMT
I'm geeking out over the bean bags. Admit it! You’re a nursery school teacher aren’t you? 😂
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Post by viserys on Sept 17, 2019 7:39:50 GMT
I'm geeking out over the bean bags. Admit it! You’re a nursery school teacher aren’t you? 😂 Nah, just a big child
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Sept 24, 2019 10:03:20 GMT
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Post by alece10 on Sept 24, 2019 10:12:29 GMT
Carl Au's name seems familiar. I think I saw him win Sondheim student performer of the year award a few years ago.
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Post by latefortheoverture on Sept 24, 2019 10:32:32 GMT
Shanay Holmes was the star of Bridges for me, does anyone know if she has a sizeable role in this? She is definitely swaying me to catch this!!
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Post by Dr Tom on Sept 24, 2019 10:34:43 GMT
Carl Au's name seems familiar. I think I saw him win Sondheim student performer of the year award a few years ago. He has a distinctive name. I remember him from playing Bobby in Cilla The Musical.
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Post by crowblack on Sept 24, 2019 11:05:35 GMT
Eleanor Kane was great in Fun Home.
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Post by xanady on Sept 28, 2019 18:25:11 GMT
Just booked for this...to save the ignominy of being potentially stranded like a beached-whale in a bean-bag,I have very boringly bought a ‘normal’ seat...sad to see this is not selling at all well.Shanay Holmes is in this and will one day be a WE lead...very soon,I trust.
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Post by appoul on Oct 24, 2019 17:37:20 GMT
Has anybody been to it yet? I have a Sunday matinee slot to fill in on 3rd November and I was thinking that this one might be a good choice! I think it officially opens on 2nd November so no official reviews until then.
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Post by Mark on Oct 24, 2019 17:53:20 GMT
I saw the matinee today! Liked it very much. Wasn’t familiar with anything about the show or story beforehand but have came out wanting to listen to the cast album. The cast were very strong. Definitely worth seeing.
Also the venue has great potential! Can’t wait to see what they do.
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Post by theoracle on Oct 24, 2019 23:41:01 GMT
I saw the matinee today! Liked it very much. Wasn’t familiar with anything about the show or story beforehand but have came out wanting to listen to the cast album. The cast were very strong. Definitely worth seeing. Also the venue has great potential! Can’t wait to see what they do. What were the sofa and beanbag seats like?
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Post by stageyninja83 on Oct 25, 2019 9:12:09 GMT
I saw the matinee today! Liked it very much. Wasn’t familiar with anything about the show or story beforehand but have came out wanting to listen to the cast album. The cast were very strong. Definitely worth seeing. Also the venue has great potential! Can’t wait to see what they do. What was the running time? I'm going tonight and it seems a bit out of the way of any tube station.
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Post by Xanderl on Oct 25, 2019 9:24:35 GMT
I saw the matinee today! Liked it very much. Wasn’t familiar with anything about the show or story beforehand but have came out wanting to listen to the cast album. The cast were very strong. Definitely worth seeing. Also the venue has great potential! Can’t wait to see what they do. What was the running time? I'm going tonight and it seems a bit out of the way of any tube station. There's some directions here - theatreboard.co.uk/thread/6847/turbine-theatre?page=2 You're right it's a bit of a walk from the nearest tubes but easily doable by bus
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Post by Mark on Oct 25, 2019 9:31:20 GMT
Beanbag seats looked a little close for me, but the sofas looked great. I was about 2/3rds back and the view was great. We didn’t get out until about 17:45 but there was a delay at the start due to what I assume was a ticketing issue and then they were patching up an area during the interval as there was some water leaking in.
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Post by anthony40 on Oct 25, 2019 16:13:30 GMT
Have came out wanting to listen to the cast album. The cast were very strong. Definitely worth seeing. Me too! Saw this last night. It was great! I went as saw this because I read the book many years ago. I also saw the film for the same reasons- it was Jack Black's 'break-out' role. As good as he was, the male lead Oliver Ormson could have been better. I mean he hit all the notes and as good as he was (for me) there was something not quite there- can't really put my finger on it. The female lead Shanay Holmes was great! I saw her in Rent! at The Other Palace. She sang very sweetly. There is also a great supporting cast with Carl Au really standing out, singing with great voice and making the most of his role. With tight choreography in a small space, this has a really hard working ensemble cast, playing multiple roles, all of them in their own way, have a way to shine. They make great full use of all the stage, sometimes leaping out into the audience. There are one or two humorous rewind sequences and a very funny hippie character. Speaking of a tight space, when you're looking at the stage, the set is the inside of a record shop. The band sit above the stage. Some of these songs were really good. Never hearing them before, I found myself tapping my foot and at one point in the show, they encourage the audience to clap along. If them made a cast recording, I'd but it. The theatre, not huge and not a huge audience but last night it was full. The easiest was to get the is to catch the 44 bus from Victoria over the Chelsea Bridge, which at night time, lit up is beautiful. With a bit more money thrown at the set- to accommodate scenes set in the leads flat and the gym- I recon this could easily transfer to maybe a large stage. I'd give this 3.5-4 stars
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 17:38:13 GMT
Anyone got a running time on this?
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Post by geweena on Oct 30, 2019 18:57:53 GMT
Anyone got a running time on this? Went on Sat Eve and we were out by 10.02
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Post by NeilVHughes on Oct 31, 2019 21:28:41 GMT
As I was in Battersea this morning, it would have been rude not to have gone to the matinee.
Having read the book and seen the film was well versed on the story and was intrigued to see how it would fare as a musical.
In all I really enjoyed it, the mix between spoken and sung was just about right, the only criticism, some of the songs could be shortened as they could be repetitive and made the whole production a bit too long and sag in places. I’m sure this could be easily resolved if it gets a further life. (Running time 2½ hrs with an interval)
The band and cast were excellent and seemed to be really enjoying themselves and not really constrained by the small size of the theatre.
Sat on one of the sofas, recommended, extremely comfortable, most probably the best seats in the house.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 23:28:34 GMT
Saw this tonight. It really was very good. First time visiting the Turbine, I like it. You can see they are really trying. I had low expectations for the show but I need not. The entire cast are very, very strong. Oliver Ormson; charismatic and a cracking voice. Eleanor Kane; just gorgeous! And she plays the guitar?!?
When I saw the size of the stage, I did think it could go so wrong. But the space was used very well, the stage never felt crowded. Really fun and catchy score. I would buy a cast recording! There's very little story and I didnt feel for any of the characters, didn't particularly connect with any of them. But I laughed alot and clapped loudly. Would absolutely recommend the show.
The theatre itself, you can see there hasn't been much money spent front of house, which is fine! Because who knows, this theatre could be closed in a couple of years. It does feel like a pop up venue. And the location isn't the easiest to get to. The Thames Clipper is a lovely way to get to the theatre but fairly expensive. There are 3 bus routes that stop just around the corner. I took the 44 from Victoria to Battersea Park/Chelsea Gate, if it's not gridlocked like it was tonight, it will take 5/10 minutes.
Overall, I would absolutely recommend you go and see this! Seating; I would sit on the sofas or even the beanbags, on the right hand side (stage left) I would avoid Row D as there's no elevation above the row infront but every row after is raked. However, the seats are fold up and not very comfortable at all.
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Post by xanady on Nov 2, 2019 10:26:39 GMT
On a solo trip to the matinee today from Finchley whilst the fam are at Jamie and looking forward to visiting this new venue.In this day and age with all the Arts cuts,it’s great to see new ventures like this springing up.Good luck to them!
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Post by viserys on Nov 2, 2019 10:27:42 GMT
Would someone PLEASE give a better description of the beanbags? I want to know what I've let myself in for
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Post by terrylondon79 on Nov 2, 2019 10:36:08 GMT
Would someone PLEASE give a better description of the beanbags? I want to know what I've let myself in for They not bad. Good value for price. Comfortable to sit on, once you've swished it to suit! Ones on right of stage probably better as although low stage you still looking up from the bean bags.
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Post by viserys on Nov 2, 2019 10:43:02 GMT
Excellent, I'm in A8 on the right side. Thanks!
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Post by xanady on Nov 3, 2019 10:41:55 GMT
Have totally fallen in love with this wonderful little theatre after my first visit yesterday afternoon.Set in the railway arches,it had a very laid-back and chilled-out feel to it. Got the tube to Vauxhall on the Victoria line then out of Exit 4 and down Nine Elms Road.There is a shuttle bus then into Circus West Village,but I walked.Haven’t been to Battersea for years, but the re-development is coming along nicely.Lots of nice looking restaurants. Got a coffee in the theatre and sat upstairs in the seating area where I could hear the cast doing what sounded like a very lively and exuberant warm-up ready for the show.Lots of gales of laughter and good-hearted banter going on which always suggests a company at ease with itself. The set is very immersive with the bean-bags literally at the edge of the raised platform stage.They looked very comfy as did the sofa seats. This is a wonderful musical.Very warm and funny script.Songs are hummable and the cast worked really hard in the space.Not a single weak-link in the company.The set design was packed with lots of intricate detail. Had to get back to the WE so took the Thames Clipper river bus back to Westminster which took 16 minutes and was good fun.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Nov 3, 2019 14:34:37 GMT
I'm at the Turbine for today's matinee from a sofa seat. It's an easy 20 minutes walk from Victoria, I just headed to the coach station and then kept going towards Chelsea Bridge along Ebury Bridge Road, crossed the bridge, the first steps down were closed so needed to walk on about 50 yards, left turn and from the riverwalk path the theatre is very prominent. Auditorium not opening till 14.50 but comfy seats in a waiting area plus a bar.
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Post by edi on Nov 3, 2019 19:52:44 GMT
I saw this musical this afternoon. It was a very energetic and fun musical. The small cast works hard, the singing is probably stronger than the acting but there is not much depth needed for the acting anyway. The story is very light hearted and relatable. The music is fun too and it utilizes various musical styles so it never gets boring. Mostly energetic fast tuneful songs with a few ballads. The band was great too. I was very impressed with the sound system, the music sounded great and I could hear most of the lyrics clearly.
Getting there for me was easy as I live very near to the theatre, but I think the easiest way would be to get off the tube either at Sloane Sq, Victoria or Vauxhall and walk 20 mins.
Recommended.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Nov 4, 2019 10:30:51 GMT
I'm at the Turbine for today's matinee from a sofa seat. It's an easy 20 minutes walk from Victoria, I just headed to the coach station and then kept going towards Chelsea Bridge along Ebury Bridge Road, crossed the bridge, the first steps down were closed so needed to walk on about 50 yards, left turn and from the riverwalk path the theatre is very prominent. Auditorium not opening till 14.50 but comfy seats in a waiting area plus a bar. If only all theatres had sofa seats near the front the world would in a tiny way be a better place ... I just loved sitting there, had half of a super-comfy three seater sofa in perfect line with the stage. The bean bags have quite a look up to the stage and the main seats are very basic. If there are any sofa seats left I'd definitely recommend them. I know both the book and film well and moreover I was part-owner of a secondhand record shop back in the 1980s so I could identify with several of the scenes. The young cast of 11 performed so well the show deserves to be a huge success. Some catchy songs, a nice blend of comedy and pathos and the fabulous Shanay Holmes, future superstar. The set looks great but the records used are almost all the kind that a shop like that would never stock. A customer is ridiculed for wanting to buy a Celine Dion CD but other customers are looking at LPs such as Des O'Connor and (Feathered) Bird Songs ! This may be intentional but I would have liked to see some rock, punk and indie records to add a touch of nostalgic reality I enjoyed the first act but felt the show peaked in act two when Lyle Lovett, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young came into the story. Second visit planned.
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