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Post by freckles on Aug 17, 2019 10:36:11 GMT
Seems to be rumours on social media that Joe Sugg will be the latest Waitress stunt casting, I assume as Ogie?! No idea if he can sing or act, but what I will say is that I’ll bet the reaction to him joining will be positive compared to the negative reaction to Ashley joining, even though they seem to have largely the same skillsets 🤷♀️ Why? I think he’ll experience a similar backlash. He’s no actor - and even seems awkward as a presenter. This may be part of his charm on YouTube but on tv I don’t think he’s exactly shone. I suppose he has a following but it would be panto casting to me. |
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Post by HereForTheatre on Aug 17, 2019 10:50:08 GMT
He can sing okayish. I dont know about act.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 17, 2019 11:03:26 GMT
He has a huge following of teens, the audience that Waitress seem to be trying to attract.
I think getting him in would be a huge success for them.
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Post by ruby on Aug 17, 2019 12:59:04 GMT
Haven't heard him sing, but he certainly had stage presence on the Strictly tour.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 20:03:44 GMT
Everyone was saying he was gonna be Joseph at the Palladium 5 minutes ago!
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Post by theatre241 on Aug 17, 2019 20:46:14 GMT
He has a huge following of teens, the audience that Waitress seem to be trying to attract. I think getting him in would be a huge success for them. Yeh! That’s exactly what I was thinking and if he did get cast then the show will do really well from his following and it will get more people into musical theatre! And waitress is a really nice first show |
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Post by shady23 on Aug 17, 2019 21:00:15 GMT
He hasn't even been announced yet and there's already drama online with fans worried about what stage door will be like if he comes in.
Newsflash... stage door is not the personal property of the self appointed few. Anyone can go along should they wish!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 18, 2019 17:35:13 GMT
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Post by shady23 on Aug 18, 2019 18:04:40 GMT
Not sure if day seats is a new thing but just in case...
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Post by lottebow on Aug 18, 2019 18:57:45 GMT
Has anyone sat on the front row for this? Yes it was amazing, you can really see the emotions of the actors |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2019 18:59:31 GMT
Not sure if day seats is a new thing but just in case... The new thing is that they appear to no longer be doing them on Saturdays! |
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Post by showoff on Aug 19, 2019 10:45:48 GMT
I’ve been wanting to see the show for a while so a big thanks to @theatremonkey for the info on your site for the ticket offer in September. I’ve managed to nab the A33 Dress Circle seat for £20 for a Wednesday night as part of a WE theatre week I am currently finalising for the end of September. The savings made will be going in purchasing some of the 🥧 that are on sale (well it would rude not to). What offer is this please and what dates? I can't seem to find it, perhaps I've missed it though. |
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Post by showoff on Aug 19, 2019 11:55:56 GMT
Six price £25 reduced to £20 with Encore or theatreticketsdirect.co.uk. A33 is about the only ticket at that price, so it may well have gone, though. Thank you TM! |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 20, 2019 6:59:20 GMT
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Post by HereForTheatre on Aug 20, 2019 7:14:19 GMT
I think he will do a decent job. He looks very young though so it's a good job he is paired with Laura and not Ashley.
I was going to go again this week but now might actually wait until he starts because i'm intrigued.
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Post by shady23 on Aug 20, 2019 7:21:04 GMT
He's on Radio 2 talking about it now
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Post by sparky5000 on Aug 20, 2019 9:05:04 GMT
I think he will do a decent job. He looks very young though so it's a good job he is paired with Laura and not Ashley. I was going to go again this week but now might actually wait until he starts because i'm intrigued. Wow he’s actually 27! He does look young. I thought he was about 20 for some reason 😆 Idk, I find this stunt casting to be disappointing. More so than Ashley tbh. With Ashley at least she had experience performing and singing (although I know she’s not the best singer) - with Joe they’ve literally just chosen a dude because he has tons of teenage stans to boost their tickets. He may well be a talented guy and I’m sure there’ll be people saying he can sing etc, but idk. All these stunt castings just take away from the show itself I think. But I guess if this is what they feel they need to do to survive .... and I’m sure he’ll bring new people to the theatre also so that’s always a good thing 👍 |
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Post by sparky5000 on Aug 20, 2019 9:09:39 GMT
Some of the tweets at Joe Sugg fans btw are so unbelievably patronising, telling them they’re welcome as long as they learn theatre etiquette 🙄
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Post by Nelly on Aug 20, 2019 9:17:23 GMT
I think he will do a decent job. He looks very young though so it's a good job he is paired with Laura and not Ashley. I was going to go again this week but now might actually wait until he starts because i'm intrigued. Wow he’s actually 27! He does look young. I thought he was about 20 for some reason 😆 Idk, I find this stunt casting to be disappointing. More so than Ashley tbh. With Ashley at least she had experience performing and singing (although I know she’s not the best singer) - with Joe they’ve literally just chosen a dude because he has tons of teenage stans to boost their tickets. He may well be a talented guy and I’m sure there’ll be people saying he can sing etc, but idk. All these stunt castings just take away from the show itself I think. But I guess if this is what they feel they need to do to survive .... and I’m sure he’ll bring new people to the theatre also so that’s always a good thing 👍 Question! This isn't me having a dig at anyone but genuinley wondering. What was everyone's reactions to Jack McBrayer when he was cast? Did he get the same reaction as Ashley, Blake or Joe?
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Post by sparky5000 on Aug 20, 2019 9:24:00 GMT
Wow he’s actually 27! He does look young. I thought he was about 20 for some reason 😆 Idk, I find this stunt casting to be disappointing. More so than Ashley tbh. With Ashley at least she had experience performing and singing (although I know she’s not the best singer) - with Joe they’ve literally just chosen a dude because he has tons of teenage stans to boost their tickets. He may well be a talented guy and I’m sure there’ll be people saying he can sing etc, but idk. All these stunt castings just take away from the show itself I think. But I guess if this is what they feel they need to do to survive .... and I’m sure he’ll bring new people to the theatre also so that’s always a good thing 👍 Question! This isn't me having a dig at anyone but genuinley wondering. What was everyone's reactions to Jack McBrayer when he was cast? Did he get the same reaction as Ashley, Blake or Joe?
When he was cast I seem to remember it was pretty positive, but that’s because he is a well known successful comedic actor and well suited for Ogie .... I don’t think anyone knew the level of how bad a singer he was until he actually started in the show lol, so he def got a lot of stick for that when he started 😆🤷♀️ |
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Post by shady23 on Aug 20, 2019 9:58:01 GMT
Some of the tweets at Joe Sugg fans btw are so unbelievably patronising, telling them they’re welcome as long as they learn theatre etiquette 🙄 Probably from the very people who are at stage door before and after the show every other day and really need to learn some etiquette themselves! |
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Post by ukpuppetboy on Aug 20, 2019 12:03:44 GMT
Resorting to YouTube for your casting Waitress? I’ll just leave this here:
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Post by d'James on Aug 20, 2019 12:30:11 GMT
Joe Sugg is an interesting choice. It’ll make the show sell well that’s for sure. Moreso than any of the celeb castings so far. I think he can pull it off. I’m glad I saw it with Blake though (although I would’ve preferred Laura and Jack).
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 20, 2019 15:14:27 GMT
It's certainly got attention on Twitter - Joe Sugg and Ogie were both trending at one point earlier. I think he'll pull in decent audiences for Waitress
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Post by danb on Aug 20, 2019 15:22:33 GMT
It's certainly got attention on Twitter - Joe Sugg and Ogie were both trending at one point earlier. I think he'll pull in decent audiences for Waitress It does seem to be chasing a much younger ‘Heathers’ type audience than the material would suggest. |
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