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Post by partytentdown on Nov 4, 2023 9:14:39 GMT
Isn't the gun in the film a bit of a joke? Like when there's a gun early in a Chekhov play? The deliberate pan to the gun definitely got a laugh when I saw it.
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Post by partytentdown on Nov 1, 2023 14:15:28 GMT
Thinking about this overnight, I think what has made me cross about this is that there just didn't seem to be any love or care involved - I don't mean that the cast and band etc weren't giving it their all, but what was the point of this? It looked cheaply thrown together, it was badly staged in terms of the sound and lighting, it was clearly under rehearsed, and yet they were trying to charge £100+ for some tickets. There were no programmes or cast lists. The whole thing had an air of laziness. Artistically, there didn't seem to be any purpose in terms of developing the piece from the writers' perspective - it wasn't some kind of workshop for a future production, in fact they reverted most of the changes made in the last major staging. It didn't seem to be some kind of passion piece for anyone involved. It's not a particularly rare piece that people have been desperate to see reimagined for years. It just happened to be Halloween and the Palladium was available. Why? Why would a producer care about doing this show, now, in this format? I guess it can only come down to one thing - they did the sums and realised they could make a quick £. Passion project. sorry?
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Post by partytentdown on Nov 1, 2023 13:28:04 GMT
Thinking about this overnight, I think what has made me cross about this is that there just didn't seem to be any love or care involved - I don't mean that the cast and band etc weren't giving it their all, but what was the point of this? It looked cheaply thrown together, it was badly staged in terms of the sound and lighting, it was clearly under rehearsed, and yet they were trying to charge £100+ for some tickets. There were no programmes or cast lists. The whole thing had an air of laziness.
Artistically, there didn't seem to be any purpose in terms of developing the piece from the writers' perspective - it wasn't some kind of workshop for a future production, in fact they reverted most of the changes made in the last major staging. It didn't seem to be some kind of passion piece for anyone involved. It's not a particularly rare piece that people have been desperate to see reimagined for years. It just happened to be Halloween and the Palladium was available.
Why? Why would a producer care about doing this show, now, in this format?
I guess it can only come down to one thing - they did the sums and realised they could make a quick £.
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 31, 2023 22:29:47 GMT
Yes it was West Yorkshire Playhouse... But the general feeling was that the book and score had been improved upon for the UK run and a couple of new songs were added. They seem to have reverted to the old ones tonight. I was also surprised there was nothing new at all, considering they had been workshopping this in NYC just before lockdown. But yes, it was famously empty for most of its original London run.
I agree it was a shame to lose Children Children, it made the relationship between Shelley and Edgar even more inexplicable (not that there was much chemistry tonight).
I think maybe this show just doesn't work in a big space, even with minimal staging. They certainly had to rely on broad humour (funny runs and lots of gurning at the audience) to get the audience laughing, and there wasn't much subtlety. And it's a shame a lot of the plot points were totally lost in the dodgy sound.
Pleased it didn't cost me more than fifteen quid. But there was a standing ovation and multiple curtain calls, so what do I know?
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 31, 2023 22:17:32 GMT
How odd that they went with the Broadway version and not the London one.
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 31, 2023 21:11:10 GMT
It's a real shame because there are some really funny lines but basically every single one is getting drowned out by music or the mics aren't going on in time. It's relying on some very basic gags to win over the crowd. Sorry to say but this standard really doesn't belong in the West End.
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 31, 2023 21:01:58 GMT
Here now. The sound is atrocious. More soon.
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 30, 2023 11:44:24 GMT
Theatre Shop have the brochure back in stock and the free shipping code still works.
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 27, 2023 20:40:57 GMT
If anyone wants to order this before it inevitably sells out there’s a code for free shipping which saves £4.99. Expires 3rd November. Code : FREESHIPPING Because you don’t really want to sit with it in your sweaty hands all night and then drag it all the way home on the tube and have it looking like a dishrag by the time you get there do you… Managed to leave it too late and the online shop has sold out of brochures. If anyone sees them come back into stock please make a post!
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 26, 2023 17:24:51 GMT
Posters now up on the show's website for £10 - they're signed by the full company including alternates too, nice little touch! Are the signatures real or printed?
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 26, 2023 17:23:54 GMT
Is the code still broken for everyone else?
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 24, 2023 15:35:36 GMT
Considering Shenton considers himself a journalist, he should know that journalism rule number 1 is that you don't say someone's died until you have a firm source. It's why the BBC don't post anything about deaths even if it's basically confirmed everywhere else.
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 24, 2023 8:09:25 GMT
Please tell me they aren't organising a memorial service for a cafe that didn't pay its rent
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 23, 2023 16:59:42 GMT
Nice offer but it's a little disingenuous - if he cared that much about access for young people, these tickets would have been available from the start, not just when the show is struggling to sell...
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 20, 2023 12:20:01 GMT
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 20, 2023 12:19:23 GMT
I see that sadly Haydn Gwynne has died - presumably she was ill and that's why she withdrew from this. A real shame, she was excellent.
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 18, 2023 9:47:13 GMT
Blimey.
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 14, 2023 15:04:45 GMT
This is getting quite boring now lads.
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 14, 2023 12:51:49 GMT
Carrie Cracknell is directing a play at the NT next year, according to an interview in The Stage. (Sorry if this is already known)
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 13, 2023 9:11:45 GMT
Who on earth is booking for this show this far out?
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 13, 2023 8:48:22 GMT
When I saw it recently the moon does come down at the end but I don't remember a pier. The cast/stage managers in hats moved the two pieces of set around. It all looked extremely cheap...
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 12, 2023 14:20:36 GMT
The title of this thread isn't quite right, it's called "A Voyage Round My Father"
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 11, 2023 21:35:34 GMT
Can anyone who is familiar with this show tell me if there have been many major changes to it over the years - changes to songs, script, design etc? Thanks
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 10, 2023 19:25:49 GMT
So she's not doing the rest of the Aladdin tour until they know if she's won the Mamma Mia show basically?
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 10, 2023 15:56:34 GMT
But isn't that show pre-recorded?
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 9, 2023 21:17:35 GMT
If the show isn't doing that great, why are there no discounts? I went on The Monkey's site and if there is a discount, it would be on his site and nothing is listed. They may be papering but I'd think they'd want some money for seats and thus discounting gives them some money while papering gives them nothing. hmmmm On most of the papering sites these days you have to pay some kind of fee - I know some people who've been actually for free, but most have paid between £5-£15 (a max of £15) But isn't it the case that the production gets none of the money charged by the papering sites (it's their 'admin fee'), or has that changed with the increased prices?
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 9, 2023 11:25:43 GMT
Woaaahh
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 9, 2023 8:08:47 GMT
Can anyone explain why I've been sent an "exclusive presale" for Hadestown from TodayTix when I bought my tickets in March?!
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 5, 2023 6:45:20 GMT
I would be surprised if it didn't include the material the writers were workshopping in the US around 2019. I don't know the exact changes but I believe there are at least a couple of new songs and a few line changes. Presumably they would like to keep testing them with different audiences in the way Heathers did before it came back.
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 4, 2023 19:07:19 GMT
Seeing as this is a show based on Greek mythology, I don’t see why they’d need to use American accents for the transfer? The run at the Nash was different because they brought over a mostly American cast. Hmm the show just "feels" very American. I think it's the grungy bar type setting, jazzy/bluegrass master of ceremonies etc. I guess they could make it more British. Maybe set it in a Spoons.
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