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Post by alicechallice on Sept 4, 2017 23:08:45 GMT
What a lovely movie. I don't remember when was the last time I left cinema and thought that I enjoyed a movie without any buts. That was the first time I went to Cameo in Edinburgh. Very cute place! I definitely noticed a couple of butts! And todgers! You didn't accidentally see The Emoji Movie, did you?
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Post by alicechallice on Sept 3, 2017 23:07:55 GMT
I went to the Funky Butt Club once. The sign at the door telling you to bring your own Marigolds with you should have raised suspicions but it was a real eye opener I can tell you. i knew i recognised you from somewhere! I was the pink marigold with the faux-fur rim
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Post by alicechallice on Sept 2, 2017 21:44:55 GMT
I saw it tonight & thought it was excellent. I would totally advise seeking it out on the big screen, it's got some gorgeous scenery.
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Post by alicechallice on Sept 2, 2017 10:13:12 GMT
The Bush Theatre is based in Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was established in 1972 and has since become one of the most celebrated new writing theatres in the world. Thankyou, Wikipedia
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 30, 2017 15:30:49 GMT
At Follies last night, the woman next to me produced from her several copiously large handbags a half-eaten and very smelly doner kebab, which she picked at for a while and then re-wrapped it and put it back into her bag If she'd tried that at Imelda's last production she would have been tazered! Julia McKenzie really has lost what little respect I still had for her. Disgraceful.
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 30, 2017 15:16:55 GMT
Not convinced you deserve it really! By withholding for so long, you've shown a lack of aptitude of bladder management by not having a safety wee (even if you don't fully need one) at the theatre and then ended up disgracing yourself in public! Bedford (and Charlie Stemp) are mightily embarrassed for you. I was testing the waters to make sure I would get through Follies! By not urinating for 5 hours?!
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 30, 2017 15:11:12 GMT
Not convinced you deserve it really! By withholding for so long, you've shown a lack of aptitude of bladder management by not having a safety wee (even if you don't fully need one) at the theatre and then ended up disgracing yourself in public! Bedford (and Charlie Stemp) are mightily embarrassed for you.
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 30, 2017 9:24:39 GMT
Unrelated to your thoughts on the show but more about the fact you were there - would you have been walking from Waterloo direction at about 7.15 wearing glasses & fancy headphones? I was indeed. I'd probably say mincing rather than walking but the effect is the same. Are you my stalker? I not quite sure if it's the right protocol for stalkers to make themselves known but each to their own I suppose . . . I knew it!! Mrs Lovett's Meat Pie (RIP) and I walked passed you in the opposite direction when we were roughly parallel with the IMAX. We were off to the Young Vic. I said "that's Ryan from the Forum" but he didn't believe me. I wouldn't have said mincing to be honest. You look younger than your pic in real life too.
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 30, 2017 5:41:35 GMT
Well. For those who love the revolve at the Olivier, you're in for a treat. It spins happily at a cracking pace for most of the show. For those hoping that some poor cast member goes flying off due to a mistimed step, I'm sorry to disappoint. Nice to see half of the barricades from Les Mis propping up the back of the set though. I'm pleased to confirm that there is indeed a tap routine in the show. Anita Dobson did it better at the RAH show though I'm afraid. Also, I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before but there is no interval. It could do with one though. The show starts to drag on a bit. It could all do with a bit more zip for my money, it all feels a bit laboured at times. Great cast. Imelda occasionally veers into Mama Rose towards the end of her portrayal of Stalker Sally and if I didn't know the late great Dick Emery had passed on I would have sworn he was playing Emily Whitman. There are some terrific performances though from Janie Dee (stealing it from Imelda and almost running away with the show) and Peter Forbes as Buddy and Fred Haig as Young Buddy. I found most of the Follies girls rather underwhelming vocally though. Tracie Bennett gives it her best Judy Garland for I'm Still Here however and she steals the entire show. 'nuff said. Unrelated to your thoughts on the show but more about the fact you were there - would you have been walking from Waterloo direction at about 7.15 wearing glasses & fancy headphones?
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 27, 2017 21:28:03 GMT
Goddamn, could Tracie be coming for Rachel John's Olivier at this point?! Who she?
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 24, 2017 21:34:41 GMT
7 films over the last 13 years, the last being 2011. Not exactly Hollywood. It is becoming a lot more common though, as mentioned above. That article is 2 years old. I'm sure you can be a rather thrifty bear when required too. Non-brand porridge oats when times are tough?
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 24, 2017 21:12:46 GMT
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 24, 2017 21:08:55 GMT
Liverpool is often used instead of London, Berlin or New York. It's showbusiness! Good on Croatia! Lol in what? Meryl was filming Florence Foster Jenkins in Liverpool, doubling for NYC
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 24, 2017 8:52:02 GMT
No need to fret. Ingmar Bergman's production of Miss Julie played marvellously in the Lyttelton, if memory serves. And there've been two-handers there, such as The Island. And didn't Vanessa Redgrave perform there in a monologue? God, well remembered - yes, that was really powerful. Yes, there's no reason why small productions can't work in that space or to assume disaster before it happens. But agree about the lack of imagination in putting such a well-worn piece on. That was my first trip to the National. Front row for £10, so worth it.
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 24, 2017 0:50:17 GMT
Please say her other half is playing her other half! Them there will be absolute proof that the place has gone to the dogs (not my opinion btw). Has Tom Cruise ever done theatre?
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 23, 2017 16:11:29 GMT
I'd quite like Brendan or Anton to sit out this year and just be a big part of the group dances I guess they'll lump poor Anton with the godawful Ruth Langsford. Poor Ruth. Not only saddled with a Daily Mail-spewing attention-hogging smug-tastic husband but also everybody's "least likely to succeed" and it hasn't even started yet! Even if she had three legs instead of the standard one or two required, we'd still prefer everyone else. Sad face.
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 23, 2017 13:01:21 GMT
I'd quite like Brendan or Anton to sit out this year and just be a big part of the group dances
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 22, 2017 18:26:15 GMT
Bonnie Langford and Jay Rayner at Jesus Christ Superstar
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 22, 2017 12:08:52 GMT
£4 - discounted to £3 if you are a Park Friends scheme member. Thanks, monkey!
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 22, 2017 10:33:16 GMT
Would anybody be able to tell me what the programme price is for this?
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 22, 2017 9:27:53 GMT
Really, they've saved the best for last. The only interesting one of the whole lot is Jonnie Peacock. Unless he's spectacularly bad, you'd have to put money on him winning. Young, good looking, seems a lovely fun guy, a world class athlete, great ambassador for his sport and the paralympic movement and a HUGE inspirational role model for anyone who has any kind of disability. I hope he gets a really interesting partner. You going to put yourself forward?
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 21, 2017 17:44:02 GMT
Debbie is a trained ballet dancer, I hardly think she'll be gone by week one
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 20, 2017 0:56:26 GMT
I bet it's the funny ginger one from the chip shop playing the James Corden part.
Do you mean Chesney? He's not overweight, or funny and I don't think he can sing. Bound to be him then.
No, not Chesney. Maybe he isn't ginger, he's definitely got the right figure though. Sort of bumbling, comedic character. I think I said chip shop because he was there when Kylie got stabbed.
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 19, 2017 13:35:46 GMT
I bet it's the funny ginger one from the chip shop playing the James Corden part.
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 18, 2017 13:15:53 GMT
Because it would be too obvious. If a lack any actual clues was their intention, she may as well have sung 'Agadoo' to get us all talking about a Black Lace jukebox musical!
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 17, 2017 22:38:46 GMT
It could be Officer and a Gentleman, if it is related to Jamie Wilson, who was quoted as saying he was working on this with Curve for a 2018 production. Then why didn't that numpty at the launch event sing 'Up Where We Belong' instead?!!
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 15, 2017 10:26:09 GMT
Well earlier on in the thread someone said it wasn't BTTF which to be fair, sounds legit, i would be surprised if Curve could get rights to do a movie adaptation of such a big name classic. Maybe we are looking at something not quite as instantly recognisable or obscure? It's defo an 80's film adaptation.OMGosh, it's going to be 'Ishtar' isn't it? I knew it! Or Howard the Duck?!! Paging Elaine Paige...
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 13, 2017 23:10:38 GMT
Saw the show a couple of Saturdays ago, and to say Audra is anything short of astonishing is just plain ridiculous. What a performance! She gives you everything. She sounds exactly like Billie, and sings the hell outta those songs, it is actually chilling. It is onw of those rare performances where you are completely compelled the moment she enters and cannot take your eyes off her and what she is doing. It helps too that the set and whole atmosphere is made to make you feel as though you are there, really watching her in this bar. Some of the scenes were truly heartbreaking and you just believe every, single moment in the safe hands of Audra. Having now seen it, it is incredibly tough to deny Audra the Olivier next year, even if she is up against Imelda. A West End debut of this calibre of performace and skill, she deserves every award under the sun. Welcome back, dearie
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 13, 2017 14:04:24 GMT
As with Tibidabo's aversion to Eamonn Holmes, I hope they don't focus on Tim Lovejoy much! Good heavens! You go for a quick whizz around TKMaxx and come home to find...eh? wha? Not only haven't I heard of the above Tim person or of the person actually doing the show, but I haven't ever heard of the TV programme you're talking about either. But you all seem happy, so I'll go along with that and hope the husband isn't shown too much for d'James' sake. (If you're lucky he'll be sitting next to Eamonn so wouldn't get a look in anyway ) Haha, they definitely aren't husbands! But they should be. Programme not to be confused with actual 'Lovejoy' too, of course.
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Post by alicechallice on Aug 12, 2017 14:54:44 GMT
Call yourself a proper bunch of gays & you don't know Joe McFadden?!! He was in Cranford & Sex, Chips & Rock n'Roll on the BBC1. And She Loves Me & How to Succeed in Business... at Chichester. Torch Song Trilogy at the Menier. And he's a bottom.
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