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Post by RedRose on Jun 13, 2018 7:03:14 GMT
Hi, I'm a complete newbie to the West End so apologies but this is going to sound thick but I noticed this show ends on Saturday and am a huge game show geek so fancy a trip from Yorkshire to see the 2:30PM show on Saturday, but have no idea where the best place is to sit! Is there a best place?! Ideally I'm looking at the £15 or £27.50 tickets, my nightmare is just being sat behind a lot of heads and not being able to see the action! Many thanks You could go for the on stage seating - back row there is £27.50. Great view even from the back row, you're right in the middle of the action (you are forming part of the "TV audience") and you might get invited to take part in one of the quiz shows! If you are short and slim I would recommend the stage seats which are otherwise very uncomfortable except for the front row of them.
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Post by Rukaya on Jun 13, 2018 19:24:48 GMT
Hi, I'm a complete newbie to the West End so apologies but this is going to sound thick but I noticed this show ends on Saturday and am a huge game show geek so fancy a trip from Yorkshire to see the 2:30PM show on Saturday, but have no idea where the best place is to sit! Is there a best place?! Ideally I'm looking at the £15 or £27.50 tickets, my nightmare is just being sat behind a lot of heads and not being able to see the action! Many thanks Hi, Having seen the show, if you can get some of the £15 tickets in the Royal Circle, you will have a great view. I got a centre seat on the back row there back in April for £15 and had a great view. Though as others have said, you will be able to pick up a very good seat at that price in the stalls as well. Wholly agree with this comment, my friend and I saw the show from the last row of the Royal Circle for £15 and it was a fantastic clear view, they might be slightly pricier for the last day plus it being a Saturday but still I recommend the view!
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Post by westendnewbie on Jun 15, 2018 20:14:59 GMT
Many thanks for your advice, just managed to book a £15 ticket almost bang centre in the Royal Circle
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Post by Rozzi Rainbow on Jun 17, 2018 19:11:15 GMT
I'm intrigued by this show and had hoped to see it before it closed but my plans changed and I didn't manage to get down to London. I'm hopeful it might tour at some point in the future, I'll keep an eye on this thread for updates.
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Post by Dr Tom on Apr 23, 2019 20:59:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2019 21:39:08 GMT
Oh god, WHY?
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Apr 23, 2019 22:00:37 GMT
Having grown up with ITV as ‘our channel’, you could say that this is theatre as ITV might do it. Maybe they should commission a filming?
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Apr 23, 2019 22:05:11 GMT
I’ve heard excellent things about the TV adaptation.
Tentatively scheduled for Christmas iirc.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 17, 2019 6:57:36 GMT
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Nov 4, 2019 14:34:17 GMT
This is going to be touring next autumn, fyi.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jan 21, 2020 22:35:55 GMT
Touring, starting in Bromley on Friday 28 August.
Whatever happened to the TV adaptation they were talking about? Wouldn't that hurt a tour?
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 21, 2020 23:43:50 GMT
Airs on ITV on Easter and just had a big splashy press launch in America.
Has the full schedule for the tour been announced?
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Post by Rozzi Rainbow on Feb 2, 2020 17:16:07 GMT
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Post by raiseitup on Feb 4, 2020 11:22:45 GMT
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Post by mortal on Apr 8, 2020 11:13:26 GMT
Just had email from Southampton Mayflower, entire tour has been cancelled.
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Post by duncan on Apr 9, 2020 15:56:06 GMT
Just had email from Southampton Mayflower, entire tour has been cancelled. They don't want to give us that. Shame, had a booking for the tour, its my first (but sadly I suspect not the last) post July show I've had cancelled.
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Post by Dr Tom on Apr 13, 2020 21:05:58 GMT
Thought part one of the ITV version was very good tonight. I recognise the scenes from seeing this in the theatre but think they've been rearranged a bit.
Was expecting some audience interaction, but maybe that's to come? I notice there was a telephone number given at one point, but I didn't write it down. Did anyone try calling it?
There's also a podcast available after each episode with more details, so going to give that a listen later or tomorrow.
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Post by Polly1 on Apr 14, 2020 10:42:26 GMT
Thought this was great! Obviously they cannot recreate the audience participation of the play but a nice little homage to quiz shows through the ages at the beginning. I wonder if it's going to follow the play and set him up as guilty in tonight's episode with the 'case for the defence' in the 3rd one? I read that they discovered more evidence about 'The Syndicate' whilst writing the TV show so think it will concentrate more on that (I believe they are going to give a figure for the percentage of total prize money won by this organisation).
Two things - Michael Sheen of of course brilliant but I preferred Gavin Spokes as the Major. And James Graham replied to my tweet! Lockdown made!
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 8, 2020 17:13:30 GMT
There's a rumour doing the rounds on the internet that Charles Ingram will be one of the 'celebs' on I'm a Celebrity this year. Maybe, in a moment of sleep-deprived weakness, he'll finally cough?
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Post by talkingheads on Sept 8, 2020 17:32:15 GMT
There's a rumour doing the rounds on the internet that Charles Ingram will be one of the 'celebs' on I'm a Celebrity this year. Maybe, in a moment of sleep-deprived weakness, he'll finally cough? If I were another celeb in there I'd tell him to f**k cough. ITV paying a cheat like him however much money to go on telly would be completely amoral.
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Post by n1david on Jan 20, 2023 0:19:48 GMT
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Post by mrnutz on Jan 20, 2023 9:35:36 GMT
Wow, excellent casting!
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Post by marob on Jul 18, 2023 16:59:05 GMT
Rest of the cast announced: www.whatsonstage.com/news/further-casting-announced-for-new-tour-of-quiz_1512484/“Joining Rory Bremner, who as previously announced will play Who Wants to be a Millionaire? host Chris Tarrant, are Lewis Reeves (I May Destroy You, The Midwich Cuckoos) as Charles Ingram, and Charley Webb (Emmerdale) making her professional stage debut as Diana Ingram. Other new cast members include Mark Benton (Northern Lights, Waterloo Road) as Judge Rivlin and other roles, alongside Leo Wringer (As You Like It, National Theatre, Hamlet, Young Vic), comedian and actress Sukh Ojla (Bridgerton) and Marc Antolin (Little Shop Of Horrors, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre).” I think Charles and Diana should be rather flattered by those casting choices.
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Post by Rory on Sept 26, 2023 19:35:33 GMT
I never saw this but would love to, and the new touring cast looks great. Does anyone think a West End return could be on the cards? I see the hip team Wessex Grove are co-producing.
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Post by andrew on Sept 27, 2023 8:18:09 GMT
I never saw this but would love to, and the new touring cast looks great. Does anyone think a West End return could be on the cards? I see the hip team Wessex Grove are co-producing. If I remember correctly whilst the West End run went fine I don't think it was selling out much, I wouldn't bet on a return.
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Post by marob on Sept 28, 2023 21:16:50 GMT
If anyone’s thinking of seeing this at the Lowry there’s an offer on through Manchester Theatres for £20 seats for all performances (max 4). Code is MTQUIZ.
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Post by david on Sept 28, 2023 22:43:34 GMT
If anyone’s thinking of seeing this at the Lowry there’s an offer on through Manchester Theatres for £20 seats for all performances (max 4). Code is MTQUIZ. Brill. Thanks marob. Got one sorted for the Saturday matinee.
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Post by vdcni on Sept 28, 2023 23:27:41 GMT
Surely this appallingly bad play will not return to the West End. Touring is bad enough.
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Post by danielwhit on Oct 2, 2023 17:04:46 GMT
Surely this appallingly bad play will not return to the West End. Touring is bad enough. I thought it was pretty decent overall. Not Graham's best work but high enough level to carry through. Didn't think it translated to TV especially well though.
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Post by Rozzi Rainbow on Oct 8, 2023 16:46:07 GMT
I finally got to see this a few days ago and really enjoyed it. I thought all the cast were excellent and enjoyed the breaking of the 4th wall to get the audience to feel involved. I nearly missed out on getting a keypad to be able to vote, I don't know why they didn't just hand them out as we went in. I saw an usher on the other side of the auditorium waving them around, but didn't realise what they were, I thought they were perhaps something to do with audio description. It was only when I saw the people behind me with them that I twigged what they were, and managed to catch an usher's attention to get my own. I think there should have been an announcement before the show to make people aware they could have one if they wanted, as in the interval the ladies behind me were saying they didn't know they should have tried to get one. I liked how we became the audience when in the scene where Charles used his ask the audience lifeline. I assumed they put our results up on the screen (rather than the actual results from Charles's show) but I don't know what would have happened if we had got the question wrong! Presumably if would have been altered if needed. At the end of each half we got to vote as to whether we thought they were guilty or not - the first vote is after just seeing the case for the prosecution (although having seen the TV adaptation, my vote was influenced by what I was yet to see) and the second vote after the defence case. The cast were very surprised when our final vote was revealed. After they had left the stage, they showed the results from the previous three shows alongside ours - they were all similar to each other, but ours was very different. {Spoiler - click to view} Our first vote was 93/7 guilty, our second was 70/30. The previous final results were almost 50/50, with one being marginally more in favour of not guilty. I was surprised at how badly this had sold, I'd managed to pick up a front row seat a couple of days beforehand. A lot of shows in Newcastle almost sell out in the stalls/dress circle. I'd happily see it again if I got chance (and I'm generally more of a musicals girl than plays).
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