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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 3, 2020 21:09:31 GMT
Really enjoying it. Well worth catching on Sounds.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 3, 2020 21:37:26 GMT
Blimey the Birmingham Symphony Hall’s undoubtedly large organ sounded like it needed a stern hand at the start of the POTO overture!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 4, 2020 13:18:43 GMT
Eye thankyow!
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Post by david on Jan 4, 2020 22:36:25 GMT
Just caught up with the ALW special. Thoroughly entertaining 2hrs listening to it.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 5, 2020 10:57:21 GMT
Just listening to it now, really enjoying it and it and the sound is wonderful
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 11, 2020 12:52:44 GMT
The Symphonic Suites are great - shame it was only a few though. Would have loved ones of Cats, JCS, Tell Me On A Sunday, Aspects too.
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Post by olliebean on Jan 11, 2020 15:54:40 GMT
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Post by starofwonder on Jan 26, 2020 15:38:47 GMT
Even as a young boy Andrew was interested in Musicals and the Theatre and even
had a toy theatre where he would act out his juvenile productions. He grew up to become perhaps Britain's greatest ever writer of musicals Evita... Phantom... Cats.... etc.
Interesting how often he is writing from a female perspective eg .... I dont know how to love him .... Memory ..... Dont Cry for me Argentina ... As if we never said goodbye .... High flying adored
Not heard a lot from Andrew and Tm in the last few years maybe they could come together and write one last musical
... The French Revolution.... where Andrew could once again write from the feminine point of view with songs for Marie Antoinette.... her life so full of
drama and tragedy .....
Lets do it !
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Post by chernjam on Jun 29, 2020 4:08:09 GMT
Just listening to it now, really enjoying it and it and the sound is wonderful have been looking for these online anywhere. Can anyone point to if they're posted anywhere? |
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Post by alece10 on Jun 29, 2020 4:57:46 GMT
Just listening to it now, really enjoying it and it and the sound is wonderful have been looking for these online anywhere. Can anyone point to if they're posted anywhere? I listened to it on BBC Sounds. Not sure if its still available. |
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Post by frappuccino on Jul 29, 2020 11:52:20 GMT
Andrew Lloyd Webber: 'The Chinese want to buy up our West End theatres'
Lord Lloyd-Webber warned that 'it might not just be Chinese phone networks the Government has to worry about'
By
Anita Singh,
DOMINIC CAVENDISH
24 July 2020 • 6:00am
Chinese investors are poised to take over West End theatres if the Government does not get the industry back up and running, Lord Lloyd-Webber has warned.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Lord Lloyd-Webber said there is “no clarity” on how or when the Government’s £1.57 billion will be distributed. Without urgent funds and a clear timeline for reopening, he said, theatre owners will be forced to put the buildings up for sale.
Lord Lloyd-Webber owns six theatres including the London Palladium, and said his company will not “be able to survive in the current form beyond January and February next year” unless Covid restrictions are eased.
He said: “There are major buyers circling around who are not British and would like to own West End theatres.
“The huge price paid for the Theatre Royal Haymarket was because there was another bidder - from China.
"So it might not just be Chinese phone networks the Government has to worry about.”
On Thursday, Lord Lloyd-Webber staged a performance (pictured below) at the London Palladium before an audience of 640 people - 30 per cent of its usual capacity - in the first mass-attended live indoor theatre even since lockdown.
The show featured Beverly Knight, the singer and actress, and was part of Lord Lloyd-Webber’s ongoing trials of Covid-compliant performances.
He has spent more than £150,000 on measures at the Palladium including temperature checks at the main entrance, one-way signage and self-sanitising door handles.
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Post by Jon on Jul 29, 2020 16:45:23 GMT
Can't help but feel he's scaremongering.
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Post by scarpia on Jul 29, 2020 21:21:32 GMT
Anita Singh prints what ALW tells her to in the Telegraph, so probably.
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Post by frappuccino on Jul 30, 2020 5:00:43 GMT
Anita Singh prints what ALW tells her to in the Telegraph, so probably. Is he friends with Anita Singh? |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 30, 2020 11:17:34 GMT
He’s probably planning to buy one or two himself at knock-down prices, then we’ll get a load of PR about how he did it to save them from being bought by the Chinese.
Ego.
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Post by scarpia on Jul 30, 2020 11:18:04 GMT
Anita Singh prints what ALW tells her to in the Telegraph, so probably. Is he friends with Anita Singh? I don't know about "friends", but several of her previous articles have simply been word-for-word press releases by RUG. |
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Post by Jon on Jul 30, 2020 12:34:32 GMT
He’s probably planning to buy one or two himself at knock-down prices, then we’ll get a load of PR about how he did it to save them from being bought by the Chinese. Ego. I can’t help but think he’s playing to the Telegraph readers’ prejudices. |
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Post by frappuccino on Jul 30, 2020 13:26:45 GMT
He’s probably planning to buy one or two himself at knock-down prices, then we’ll get a load of PR about how he did it to save them from being bought by the Chinese. Ego. But why would he need PR for buying a bust theater? |
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Post by theatreian on Apr 22, 2021 14:22:02 GMT
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Post by stagebyte on Apr 24, 2021 20:25:59 GMT
An 81 piece orchestra?
Perhaps they should’ve played with 14 musicians.
I’m sure it would’ve sounded exactly the same...😉
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Post by theatreian on Jun 23, 2021 8:53:19 GMT
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Post by theatreian on Jun 23, 2021 15:28:17 GMT
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Post by danb on Jun 25, 2021 13:40:30 GMT
Hmph! The little balcony wasn’t part of the Drury Lane tour when I did it 😂
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Post by theatreian on Jun 25, 2021 16:40:41 GMT
The little balcony wasn’t part of the Drury Lane tour when I did it and neither was the rather delicious looking afternoon tea! |
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 27, 2021 13:09:28 GMT
The little balcony wasn’t part of the Drury Lane tour when I did it and neither was the rather delicious looking afternoon tea! Yours for *only* £45*. *Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall not included. |
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