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Post by theatre10 on Jul 28, 2023 21:31:22 GMT
I’d be interested to know if this is extending again. I certainly hope so. I seem to remember it was announced very close to the ‘final show’ last time too. yes i ws thinking this too. i've never seen the show but have never felt an urgency to book because it keeps extending. But now we're a little over a month away from closing and nothing's been announced. Maybe it is finally closing. Although then I would expect a weekly countdown on social media like a lot of over shows do so I'm not sure. But perhaps it would be good for TOP to go back to focusing on smaller, UK productions?
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Post by capybara on Aug 3, 2023 17:27:18 GMT
Katie Pearson posted “one month left of Mac” on Instagram. Not sure if that means cast change or show closing but it was a month before the last ‘closing date’ that the extension was announced.
The evening show on 3rd Sep is sold out but, if it really is ending, there will still be the chance to see it a few more times when it visits Wimbledon for the final tour leg.
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Post by theinvisiblegirl on Aug 5, 2023 9:15:07 GMT
Confirmed to be closing on 3 September. I love Heathers but I do think it’s the right time for it to have a break after 4 productions in the last two years.
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Post by keekio2 on Aug 5, 2023 10:11:50 GMT
It’s a very beautiful day indeed
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Post by anthony on Aug 5, 2023 11:36:08 GMT
Doesn't surprise me in the slightest. If your only experience of buying Heathers tickets is TodayTix rush, it looks like it's selling well. In reality, over the past 6 months it's been the most heavily discounted show in London by quite a margin. The deals available on Tkts have been borderline daylight robbery!
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Post by Dr Tom on Aug 5, 2023 12:01:43 GMT
A shame, but understandable. There are a lot of other teen oriented shows ready to go into The Other Palace while Heathers has a rest. I suspect it will be back.
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Post by margoc on Aug 5, 2023 12:05:03 GMT
I do think it'll be back with in the coming years, unless something new takes TOP by storm.
I really hope they put but I'm a cheerleader in TOP. Saves trekking over to the turbine theatre.
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Post by theatregoer22 on Aug 5, 2023 18:40:10 GMT
Kind of sad because I did want to see this at some point, but I don't know if I can get there before it closes.
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Post by Seriously on Aug 5, 2023 23:49:25 GMT
I think Titanic is chatting to them.
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Post by Dr Tom on Aug 6, 2023 15:15:25 GMT
Evacuated about 10 minutes from the end for what is clearly a medical emergency. An ambulance has arrived. Waiting in the bar area, although I would be surprised if the show continues. There are people here who I fear have no idea how loud their voice is or how insensitive their comments are. I did catch enough to have an idea what the situation is, but out of respect I won’t post details. I hope the person concerned is ok.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2023 15:42:46 GMT
The show has run for pushing on for 2 years in London plus the pre lockdown runs so has had a pretty good innings. A couple of big national tours too in that time so show must have made a decent return.
I can see it certainly returning as a touring show in due course as it seemed to have a fairly young dedicated fanbase.
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Post by ceebee on Aug 6, 2023 15:57:12 GMT
Nice theatre for The Lord of the Rings to transfer in to...
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Post by theatregoer22 on Aug 6, 2023 16:53:24 GMT
Doesn't surprise me in the slightest. If your only experience of buying Heathers tickets is TodayTix rush, it looks like it's selling well. In reality, over the past 6 months it's been the most heavily discounted show in London by quite a margin. The deals available on Tkts have been borderline daylight robbery! I think that's probably because the main fanbase are reliant on Rush Tickets to go so often.
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Post by danb on Aug 6, 2023 17:04:37 GMT
Is it available to amateur companies atm? Whilst the thought of hideous sixth form drama princesses mangling ‘Candy Store’ is terrifying, it offers great ensemble and ‘character work’ perfect for mid-sized groups with a balance of male & female leads.
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Post by ncbears on Aug 6, 2023 17:29:03 GMT
Is it available to amateur companies atm? Whilst the thought of hideous sixth form drama princesses mangling ‘Candy Store’ is terrifying, it offers great ensemble and ‘character work’ perfect for mid-sized groups with a balance of male & female leads. I don't know about now - but I was asked to consider directing a community theatre production back in, i think, 2015 or 2016 in the States - for a very small black box theatre. I politely declined after reading the script.
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Post by Dr Tom on Aug 6, 2023 18:06:03 GMT
Evacuated about 10 minutes from the end for what is clearly a medical emergency. An ambulance has arrived. Waiting in the bar area, although I would be surprised if the show continues. There are people here who I fear have no idea how loud their voice is or how insensitive their comments are. I did catch enough to have an idea what the situation is, but out of respect I won’t post details. I hope the person concerned is ok. We did resume, but about an hour late. The person in question was taken onto the ambulance on a stretcher, but was sitting up then, so that was a good sign. I won't say much about the show in the circumstances, but Sophie Hutchinson was on as Veronica, so I'm glad I got to see her take and that this got to the end. She was very calm and collected. Regarding rush tickets, I think most people are buying the £25 seats on the previous Friday now, rather than relying so much on rush. There are still first timers in. I saw a post on the Facebook musical theatre group with people saying how they'd been planning to see this but won't get the chance now. But two runs in The Other Palace, a West End run, two tours, plus a filmed production, shows there's interest. I can't see the UK amateur rights being released any time soon. I did nip to the local supermarkets afterwards, in one I was overtaken by a cast member who knew he had very little time between shows, but then I also heard some fans attending the second show saying the start time had been pushed back by 30 minutes (and worried they would miss their train home). But really there's not much else to do in this type of situation and the theatre handled it well.
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Post by showtoones on Aug 6, 2023 19:16:13 GMT
Do we think Titanic is likely to go there?
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Post by musicalfan on Aug 6, 2023 19:21:50 GMT
Is it available to amateur companies atm? Whilst the thought of hideous sixth form drama princesses mangling ‘Candy Store’ is terrifying, it offers great ensemble and ‘character work’ perfect for mid-sized groups with a balance of male & female leads. It’s available in the states but not in the uk possibly due to the west end and tour currently being active
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Post by danb on Aug 6, 2023 19:52:50 GMT
Do we think Titanic is likely to go there? Didn’t it originate there when it was the St.James theatre?
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Aug 6, 2023 21:59:58 GMT
Do we think Titanic is likely to go there? Didn’t it originate there when it was the St.James theatre? Southwark Playhouse then Charing Cross Theatre wasn't it?
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Post by Mark on Aug 6, 2023 22:32:12 GMT
Do we think Titanic is likely to go there? More likely to be Titanique.
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Post by Seriously on Aug 7, 2023 9:51:47 GMT
Do we think Titanic is likely to go there? More likely to be Titanique. Actually you're 100% right there. I'd never heard of it before, so presumed the people who told me were saying "Titanic".
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 7, 2023 9:59:45 GMT
May I just clarify, if they've announced that Heathers is closing, does that mean the production at The Other Palace AND the touring production?
Or has the touring production already closed? It's just that someone in a post above made reference to it going to Wimbledon.
Quite frankly, this show has been running for so long, it's hard to keep up!
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Post by Dr Tom on Aug 7, 2023 10:06:12 GMT
May I just clarify, if they've announced that Heathers is closing, does that mean the production at The Other Palace AND the touring production? Or has the touring production already closed? It's just that someone in a post above made reference to it going to Wimbledon. Quite frankly, this show has been running for so long, it's hard to keep up! The current production at The Other Palace (which is the second production there) is closing. The separate UK tour (second UK tour) is continuing. Dates are currently announced on the official website until the end of October (Wimbledon) but it's also listed on the Theatre Royal Windsor website for the following week, which takes it to 4 November. No dates announced beyond that point for now. We do have another thread discussing the tour.
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Post by Mark on Aug 7, 2023 10:14:35 GMT
I had heard the show was offered the Autumn slot at the Haymarket (now filled with Noises Off) but it was rejected as they would have wanted to run longer than was being offered. To me this shows there’s definitely ambition for it to have another run in town in the future.
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Post by MusicalTalk on Aug 7, 2023 15:35:43 GMT
This has clogged up theatres for far too long and the pro-shot version has, ultimately, harmed it it seems.
It's great it's employed so many for so long - but... let's give other shows a chance.
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Post by SuttonPeron on Aug 7, 2023 18:14:52 GMT
Oh, for god´s sake. Don´t blame the proshot. Blame Paul Taylor Mills´ poor producing choices, blame how he forbid West End Covers from announcing the understudies and returns (so he wouldn´t get called out on not having swings, but lost many repeat fans who´d go see those particular shows), blame the high prices for such a cheap mess of a show, unaffordable for a young fanbase; blame the musicians reduction, or just the fact that it´s ran for a very long time in London... But certainly not the proshot when that wasn´t even available in the UK at first, and much like Hamilton, encouraged many people to go see the show.
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Post by danb on Aug 7, 2023 18:45:57 GMT
More likely to be Titanique. Actually you're 100% right there. I'd never heard of it before, so presumed the people who told me were saying "Titanic". I think ‘Titanique’ looks magnificent! I’d be quite happy if Christina Bianco wanted a stab at Celine in this over here. Lindsay Pearce would have to come with it though.
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Post by Rory on Aug 7, 2023 19:07:59 GMT
I had heard the show was offered the Autumn slot at the Haymarket (now filled with Noises Off) but it was rejected as they would have wanted to run longer than was being offered. To me this shows there’s definitely ambition for it to have another run in town in the future. Not doubting you at all Mark, but if that's correct it would be very odd for the Haymarket / Danny Cohen / Access Entertainment to announce a new era of plays at the theatre, post Only Fools & Horses, only to offer Heathers a slot, only one play in to the new 'vision' for the theatre.
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Post by Steve on Aug 12, 2023 23:05:03 GMT
Saw this tonight, and loved this show all over again. I booked because its closing and I didn't want to miss Miracle Chance as Veronica, having laughed myself silly at her Ariel in "Unfortunate." She's hilarious in this as well, but also a terrific dramatic actress when it's called for, and it's called for quite a bit once JD gets out of control lol. Prior to this, I had seen the show twice at the Other Palace with Carrie Hope-Fletcher, once in the West End, again with Carrie Hope-Fletcher, and once on tour with Rebecca Wickes as Veronica. What Miracle Chance has, that is unique, is a combination of a massively expressive countenance, impeccable comic timing and a real feel for character. If I was a comedy film director, for instance, I'd want her for the lead, cos her rubbery expressiveness (like Jim Carrey) primes you to laugh and laugh loud. She may not have the purity of voice tone that instantly primes you to cry (I cried every time Carrie Hope-Fletcher sang "Seventeen," so pure and powerful of tone was she), but she never misses a note, an expression, an emotion and never ever misses a potential laugh! Just the funniest, most versatile Veronica! George Renshaw is an excellent JD. He doesn't have the charismatic controlled evil of Jamie Muscato, nor Muscato's diabolical vocal power, but there's something wonderful to be said about his presentation NOT announcing his character arc ahead of time, and his voice tone is gorgeous. He comes across as sensitive and truthful, and that makes his ultimate psychopathy take you by surprise. A wonderful pairing with Chance. Alex McMorran absolutely smashed "My Dead Gay Son" out of the park tonight, and got a massive ovation for his powerful rendition. His son, Ram, was played by Kaine Ruddoch, with hugely engaging and infectiously humorous self-regard. Another great pairing. Just as Renshaw doesn't present quite as evil as Muscato did, neither does Olivia Barnett-Legh's Heather Chandler present as evil as Jodie Steele's did. Where every word from Steele was burning acid, it's frozen ice that drips from the lips of Barnett-Legh. It's interesting that the show is less cartoon and comic, than it used to be (with both Muscato and Steele unrestrained fire in the original lineup), in these aspects, while this libeup's Veronica is the most skilled in comedy, albeit she doesn't play it up when it's not appropriate. Katherine Pearson and Katie Ramshaw, as Heather McNamara and Martha respectively, both drew on immense wells of sensitivity in their keynote songs, and I felt myself welling up. All in all, I'm really glad I ventured out again to see this wonderful show before it closes. And I'm glad for how this particular cast have mixed things up delightfully. 4 and a half stars for a show that will be missed by me.
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