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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 8:58:13 GMT
And what is happening to John Partridge? Every time I see him on TV, he looks younger, thinner and less able to frown. I've just looked, and he's older than me. As for those slacks!!! I thought he looked ill personally. And someone needs to tell him that gurning isn't attractive. |
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Post by peggysue on Jul 12, 2018 22:14:27 GMT
Just caught up with last weeks Jane and Friends. Really enjoyed it but what has happened to John Partridge! Someone needs to give him a decent meal as he looks so thin! Looking forward to tomorrow night.
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Post by sydneyboi on Jul 15, 2018 10:07:27 GMT
This weeks episode was fantastic, Loved her singing Winner and Duncan James was awesome!
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Post by tysilio2 on Jul 16, 2018 11:52:15 GMT
This weeks episode was fantastic, Loved her singing Winner and Duncan James was awesome! ..ooh matron.......!! |
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Post by theatremadness on Jul 20, 2018 21:20:38 GMT
Well.....I'm not quite sure where Ria Jones got her acclaim from....she performed 'With One Look' on Jane and Friends tonight and, in my opinion, was absolutely awful! Out of time with the music at points, a very weird quality and sound to her voice, not a particularly pleasant one, and vibrato so wide that you could drive a bus through - I thought she was going to jump into a Miranda Sings impression. It was just all-round not great. Did she sound like that on tour?
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Post by hulmeman on Jul 20, 2018 21:53:36 GMT
Well.....I'm not quite sure where Ria Jones got her acclaim from....she performed 'With One Look' on Jane and Friends tonight and, in my opinion, was absolutely awful! Out of time with the music at points, a very weird quality and sound to her voice, not a particularly pleasant one, and vibrato so wide that you could drive a bus through - I thought she was going to jump into a Miranda Sings impression. It was just all-round not great. Did she sound like that on tour? Earlier this evening I was chatting to a friend and saying how much I was looking forward to seeing Ria on Dame Jane OBE's show. However, I concur theatremadness. It was bad. No she wasn't like that in the S.B tour. The whole Jane thing wasn't doing it for me tonight I'm afraid. I might have to hand my gay card back. :-( |
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Post by theatremadness on Jul 20, 2018 22:07:05 GMT
Well.....I'm not quite sure where Ria Jones got her acclaim from....she performed 'With One Look' on Jane and Friends tonight and, in my opinion, was absolutely awful! Out of time with the music at points, a very weird quality and sound to her voice, not a particularly pleasant one, and vibrato so wide that you could drive a bus through - I thought she was going to jump into a Miranda Sings impression. It was just all-round not great. Did she sound like that on tour? Earlier this evening I was chatting to a friend and saying how much I was looking forward to seeing Ria on Dame Jane OBE's show. However, I concur theatremadness. It was bad. No she wasn't like that in the S.B tour. The whole Jane thing wasn't doing it for me tonight I'm afraid. I might have to hand my gay card back. :-( I'm glad to hear it wasn't just me (and my mum)!! Interesting to hear she wasn't like that on tour, though. |
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Post by frankubelik on Jul 21, 2018 4:28:22 GMT
At last! People here are seeing sense.....she was truly terrible. Non existent acting skills and that voice! It is simply horrible and painful on the ears. The bootlegs of her in SB are no better. Shocking.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2018 4:31:43 GMT
I thought she was awful on the tour too, There was clearly a reason she hasn't been cast during the initial runs. I'd have been massively disappointed if I had seen her instead of Glenn in london
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 21, 2018 9:23:38 GMT
Just watched it on fast forward (can’t handle the whole show, it’s all a bit too much for me) and I agree Ria sounded bad. All f those characteristics were there on the tour but not as magnified, apart from the being out of time with the orchestra which wasn’t an issue.
That “Jack Pack” group. Hideous.
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Post by theatremadness on Jul 21, 2018 10:38:20 GMT
That “Jack Pack” group. Hideous. The boy who sung first with the eyebrows and the "I'm going to kill you in your sleep" death stare!!!  |
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Post by robertb213 on Jul 21, 2018 10:38:49 GMT
Completely agree on Ria, I was mildly disappointed by her on the tour but couldn't stand her last night. She just doesn't have a pleasant voice to listen to!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 21, 2018 10:44:39 GMT
That “Jack Pack” group. Hideous. The boy who sung first with the eyebrows and the "I'm going to kill you in your sleep" death stare!!! I think he was trying to do “intense and sexy” 🤐 Then that other one started who thought he was Frank Sinatra  |
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 21, 2018 11:25:35 GMT
I thought maybe my opinion was being clouded by drink, so it's reassuring (for me, not her) that others also found Ria Jones' performance truly awful.
And please excuse my French, but why has Billy Ocean got a huge c*#k on the back of his head?
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Post by alece10 on Jul 21, 2018 14:57:15 GMT
Why do the top layer stand a lot but the bottom layer stay seated all the time. Do they pit those with mobility problems at the front?
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Post by frankubelik on Jul 21, 2018 16:37:58 GMT
...and why the standing ovation? Are these poor creatures so starved of "entertainment" or are they plied with alcohol or paid for the camera. That performance rates a slow hand clap.
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Post by theatremadness on Jul 21, 2018 16:38:31 GMT
Why do the top layer stand a lot but the bottom layer stay seated all the time. Do they pit those with mobility problems at the front? Most of the time, those sitting right at the front during TV recordings are told not to stand because the camera on a crane is behind them, and will swing over their heads at any given time at a relatively quick speed, so are in danger of getting injured if they stand at the wrong time - so are just told to stay seated the whole recording! And with the standing ovation (to the poster above), they'll most definitely have been told to by production staff/floor managers/warm up people/made to stand up like Jack Pack did, as it obviously looks the best on telly! And the audience might get themselves on camera. Tickets for recordings are free and you have a good time, so you just comply! |
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Post by musicalmarge on Jul 23, 2018 7:15:39 GMT
Well.....I'm not quite sure where Ria Jones got her acclaim from....she performed 'With One Look' on Jane and Friends tonight and, in my opinion, was absolutely awful! Out of time with the music at points, a very weird quality and sound to her voice, not a particularly pleasant one, and vibrato so wide that you could drive a bus through - I thought she was going to jump into a Miranda Sings impression. It was just all-round not great. Did she sound like that on tour? I have loved Sunset Boulevard since the early 90’s and have seen most productions around the world. I thought the recent tour was surprisingly good but Ria was simply HORRIBLE. Her voice is shockingly irritating and like claws to a chalkboard. I’m so glad others agree - I thought it was just me! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 27, 2018 20:10:29 GMT
Oh no.
The Northern Soul. Just no.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 27, 2018 20:56:31 GMT
Oh god, she’s doing Proud Mary now 😖
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Post by shady23 on Jul 27, 2018 21:16:07 GMT
Lee Mead seems to be on every week
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2018 9:05:11 GMT
Perhaps she's preparing to be Adrienne Warner's replacement in 'Tina'?
Oooh, it's a long way from Wakefield 'ere in Nutbush.
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Post by alece10 on Jul 29, 2018 16:12:30 GMT
Eeeeee! Jane doing northern soul. All that was missing was the back flips.
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Post by hulmeman on Jul 29, 2018 17:24:38 GMT
I don't think some of you are showing the sort of respect St Jane deserves. The standing ovations are entirely spontaneous and brought about by an outpouring love of a people and cramp.
The support artistes are clearly in awe of the great lady because they all sound like a bag of spanners in comparison.
Dame Jane has also inspired me to open a home for distressed sailors purely for philanthropic reasons and not so I can win a week on a Mersey ferry cruise in the next series. Well I will if you all start writing to her now. Her address is This one's for you dad Ltd., PO Box wun, Wakefield.
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Post by hulmeman on Aug 10, 2018 17:14:08 GMT
As we get to the end of another week, a week full of dishonest politicians and Brexit woes, we can escape back to the real world created by Dame Jane McDonald at least for just one hour of homely, honest Yorkshire entertainment. Always remember, "if it's not from Yorkshire, it'shi*e".
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