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Post by zahidf on Sept 16, 2024 8:04:40 GMT
www.achristmascarolish.com/Limited Run 16th Nov - 31st Dec 2024 Join double Emmy-award nominee Nick Mohammed as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow, alongside a star-studded cast (Martha Howe-Douglas, Kieran Hodgson & David Elms) for an all-singing, all-dancing comedy retelling of Dickens’ festive classic - in London’s West End this Christmas! As a lot of fun at the soho theatre a few years ago
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Post by salopian on Sept 16, 2024 9:02:55 GMT
Very tempted by this. Nick Mohammed is always good value and I've been to a few of David Elms 'Describes A Room' improv shows, he's fantastic.
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Post by theatrenerd on Sept 16, 2024 18:26:46 GMT
I'm booked to see Mr Swallow's Show Pony tour next spring, but I reckon this will be great too.
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Post by Rory on Nov 16, 2024 11:07:06 GMT
This is on seat filling sites already. I'm a bit surprised by that.
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Post by stuart on Nov 17, 2024 15:48:32 GMT
This is on seat filling sites already. I'm a bit surprised by that. It will get good word of mouth but needs people through the doors early on in the run to ensure that. I’m sure discounted seats in November was part of the business model all along. |
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Post by Steve on Nov 17, 2024 17:07:30 GMT
Perhaps this has improved since I saw a previous iteration two years ago, when I tried to see as many Christmas Carols as possible in one season lol. I got to five, and ranked this fifth, and 3 stars, as while the comic songs made me laugh, the rest of the show (most of it) only got smiles rather than laughs out of me: theatreboard.co.uk/thread/10172/christmas-carol-ish-soho-theatre |
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Post by caa on Nov 17, 2024 17:55:43 GMT
This is on seat filling sites already. I'm a bit surprised by that. The ticket pricing for this show seems too high |
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Post by zahidf on Nov 18, 2024 9:25:30 GMT
This is on seat filling sites already. I'm a bit surprised by that. oh, not seen these on the ususal suspects |
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Post by jamiet on Nov 18, 2024 12:49:19 GMT
This is on seat filling sites already. I'm a bit surprised by that. oh, not seen these on the ususal suspects same, haven't seen them. |
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Post by corianderleaves on Nov 18, 2024 17:52:38 GMT
oh, not seen these on the ususal suspects same, haven't seen them. I saw on one of the papering sites but was fully booked, I managed to get a 20 pounds stalls ticket, which was fine. I did not think it was fabulous, then again I'm more into serious plays than this which is more panto-like. I did really enjoy a christmas carol at the old vic, that was magical. |
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Post by terrylondon79 on Nov 18, 2024 22:52:00 GMT
Well that was half hours material that went on for over 2 & 1/2 hours...
not sure if it's lost its charm going from the Soho theatre to Soho place.
Laughs were few and far between. Songs instantly forgettable, and if they were meant to be humourous, it was lost in the delivery.
Glad I didn't pay full price, even at discounted rates felt ripped off.
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Post by ruthieh on Nov 22, 2024 8:29:22 GMT
Press night last night. 2 show stops, including one for over an hour. Serious gremlins at Soho Place.
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Post by theatre22 on Nov 22, 2024 11:00:53 GMT
Press night last night. 2 show stops, including one for over an hour. Serious gremlins at Soho Place. I was meant to go to the matinee today and have received an email this morning saying it’s been cancelled. |
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Post by ceebee on Nov 22, 2024 11:11:44 GMT
Sounds an absolute disaster.
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Post by Rory on Nov 22, 2024 11:16:23 GMT
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Post by jamiet on Nov 22, 2024 11:38:22 GMT
Soho place really seems to have issues with technical productions.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 22, 2024 12:13:42 GMT
Is it a technical show ? Although if its a IT error and the lights dont work then you cant go on
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 30, 2024 16:25:29 GMT
At times i chuckled along but a lot of the humour didnt work for me. The charming cast work hard but as there is a lot poor quality songs their efforts seemed wasted.
some random thoughts ... Nice to see this theatre in a different configuration ...The set would work brilliantly for Sondheim's Road Show
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Post by caa on Nov 30, 2024 20:49:06 GMT
At times i chuckled along but a lot of the humour didnt work for me. The charming cast work hard but as there is a lot poor quality songs their efforts seemed wasted. some random thoughts ... Nice to see this theatre in a different configuration ...The set would work brilliantly for Sondheim's Road Show Agree that it is good to the theatre in a different configuration I thought it's a shame that the side seats couldn't be adjusted to face towards the stage. |
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Post by zephyrus on Nov 30, 2024 23:56:23 GMT
At times i chuckled along but a lot of the humour didnt work for me. The charming cast work hard but as there is a lot poor quality songs their efforts seemed wasted. some random thoughts ... Nice to see this theatre in a different configuration ...The set would work brilliantly for Sondheim's Road Show Agree that it is good to the theatre in a different configuration I thought it's a shame that the side seats couldn't be adjusted to face towards the stage. I saw this a few days ago and I would add that, in this configuration, if you're sitting in the front stalls area, then there is no rake at all, which is less than ideal (and not the sort of design feature you'd expect to find in a new theatre....) |
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Post by martinlnmartin on Dec 2, 2024 7:55:49 GMT
stalls best way to see this show.
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Post by bardess on Dec 2, 2024 17:30:02 GMT
went last week.
It was okay. the humour doesn't work for me (I found Kieran Hodgson the funniest tho) but Nick did acrobats😂😂😂
the thing is, after watching bunches of excruciating alter-theatres, something as silly as this is really a relief for me
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