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Post by Theatre Fan on Jan 12, 2021 10:52:54 GMT
Thought this might interest some of you x
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Post by musicalmarge on Jan 13, 2021 1:09:42 GMT
When is this meant to open?
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Post by danielwhit on Jan 17, 2021 10:23:24 GMT
When is this meant to open? April, but producers have publicly stated they'd delay opening if social distancing is still a thing by that point. So there is a big caveat in play.
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Post by danb on Jan 17, 2021 10:36:05 GMT
When is this meant to open? April, but producers have publicly stated they'd delay opening if social distancing is still a thing by that point. So there is a big caveat in play. I do enjoy a big caveat. 😂
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Post by Seriously on Jan 17, 2021 15:21:49 GMT
Seriously disappointed with this choice. Aside from being completely tone-deaf, it just seems to be a show geared towards the demographic and generation that is going to be the last to come back to the theatre. Given how the vaccine is being rolled out, they might be the first back!
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Jan 17, 2021 18:24:51 GMT
Seriously disappointed with this choice. Aside from being completely tone-deaf, it just seems to be a show geared towards the demographic and generation that is going to be the last to come back to the theatre. Given how the vaccine is being rolled out, they might be the first back! Keeping fingers crossed for May / June at the moment!
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Post by hitmewithurbethshot on Jan 22, 2021 20:20:07 GMT
Website now showing availability from 2nd June
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Post by Theatre Fan on Mar 19, 2021 10:42:40 GMT
"Opening at the new multi-million pound reinstated Trafalgar Theatre, with performances from 28th July and an opening night of 10th August 2021.
Performances through Christmas 2021 are on sale and Jersey Boys is now booking until 2nd January 2022."
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Post by justafan on Apr 14, 2021 14:25:43 GMT
Thought this might interest some of you x Any update on this?
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Post by Theatre Fan on May 11, 2021 20:47:05 GMT
Jersey Boys is heading back out on tour I'm hearing, apparently when show is still in West End. Announcement due next week supposedly x
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2021 12:05:32 GMT
Jersey Boys is heading back out on tour I'm hearing, apparently when show is still in West End. Announcement due next week supposedly x UK & Ireland Tour Dates Wimbledon: 24 – 27 Nov 2021 Oxford: 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2021 Birmingham: 7 Dec 2021 – 1 Jan 2022 Liverpool: 25 Jan - 5 Feb 2022 Stoke: 8 – 19 Feb 2022 Milton Keynes: 22 Feb – 5 Mar 2022 Bradford: 8 – 19 Mar 2022 Sunderland: 22 Mar – 2 Apr 2022 Glasgow: 19 Apr – 7 May 2022 Hull: 17 – 28 May 2022 Llandudno: 31 May – 11 Jun 2022 Inverness: 28 Jun – 2 Jul 2022 Southampton: 5 Jul – 16 Jul 2022 Leeds: 26 Jul – 5 Aug 2022 Blackpool: 16 Aug – 27 Aug 2022 Newcastle: 30 Aug – 10 Sep 2022 Nottingham: 14 – 24 Sep 2022 Woking: 27 Sep – 8 Oct 2022 Torquay: 11 – 15 Oct 2022 Manchester: 18 – 29 Oct 2022 Dublin: 1 – 12 Nov 2022 More venues to be announced soon.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on May 20, 2021 0:32:50 GMT
I just booked the (Wednesday) opening night at Wimbledon. Half price ATG card offer, though most of what I consider the best seats are being sold as VIP with drink deals so excluded.
Surprised Jersey Boys is opening in Wimbledon while still running at the Trafalgar Theatre less than 8 miles away.
I would have liked to see both productions in one day but the London matinee is on a Thursday and the half price offer only on Wednesday.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jun 13, 2021 12:33:02 GMT
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Post by theatreian on Jun 13, 2021 12:36:10 GMT
It looks stunning. A vast improvement from it's previous incarnation.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 13, 2021 12:50:35 GMT
Looks amazing and I'd love to see it but I don't fancy the JB.
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 13, 2021 12:50:50 GMT
"...specially designed comfortable seats." If only someone had thought of that before! 🙂
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 13, 2021 17:52:09 GMT
I think it looks Fugly. It’s a horrible theatre anyway and it doesn’t look like they’ve done much except put ugly seats in and some Art Deco details.
Also are all those photos filtered? Is it all really grayscale except the seats? Weird.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2021 22:54:59 GMT
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Post by barrowside on Jun 14, 2021 9:22:13 GMT
I think it looks well and its great to see it return to a single auditorium. It's a pity though they didn't put more elegant Art Deco signage on the facade.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2021 12:03:29 GMT
I have only been there once before, back in 1996, before it got converted into 2 separate spaces. It didn't look like this then, and definitely needed work done, but I find the black and grey's very depressing.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 14, 2021 13:56:13 GMT
How can a 630 seater theatre play to social distancing rules and make money?If you think the new decor is depressing imagine sitting in it with a half empty auditorium. I think the point is it’s opening WITHOUT social distancing? Or that’s the plan
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Post by marob on Jun 14, 2021 15:20:20 GMT
I really don’t like the dark grey. The theatre looks drab enough in those photos, but it’ll be like a black hole in the usual gloomy lighting conditions.
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Post by Jon on Jun 14, 2021 18:31:26 GMT
I hope they have got rid of what I can only describe as 1970 Dr Who's Tardis walls on the staircase ceiling reminiscent of Austin Powers' funky bedroom.Looking at old photos of the Whitehall Theatre the 3 troughs at the front of the stage were lighting panels that lit up the proscenium arch and made the Art Deco panel above look absolutely stunning. The whole place looked very similar to today's Savoy Theatre.But I suppose we should be just grateful there are people still investing in theatres at these unsettling times. Theatre is still huge business as evident by Trafalgar agreeing to operate the 1500 seat Olympia Theatre which is opening in 2025 and Nimax's new theatre which is opening next year
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Post by itsemily on Jun 14, 2021 22:23:12 GMT
I love this decor reminds me of Slytherin in Harry Potter 😂
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Post by FairyGodmother on Jun 15, 2021 9:29:28 GMT
I have a setting on my camera where you can take pictures in black and white, other than a specific colour that you choose (so it's greyscale with red bits for example), and I honestly thought that was what they'd done at first. I much prefer this art deco restoration (from a bingo hall at one point!). stockportplaza.co.uk/about-the-plaza/360-degree-tour.
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Post by danb on Jun 15, 2021 10:24:45 GMT
I remember going to the Davenport theatre in Stockport for pantos as a child. Is that still there?
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Post by djdan14 on Jun 17, 2021 21:41:36 GMT
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Post by jamesxxx on Jun 17, 2021 22:43:59 GMT
THAT restoration is cheap cheap CHEAP. If youre gonna do it, do it properly. Just look at what Cameron has done. Some of his theatres were flea pits, now look at them. That fabric on the seats is nasty and oh yes lets paint the walls black. Really! And I bet they use them red seats from the Trafager at the playhouse rejig for Cabaret. With the booking fees they charge the theatres should be stunning. Have you been to the Fortune theatre, dont, you'll catch something, vile, disgusting..... Looking forward to Drury Lane relaunch, it looks amazing.
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Post by marob on Jun 17, 2021 22:59:17 GMT
I don’t know, I think the seats in Cameron’s theatres are awful, too firm and far too near the ground. Though it may be be heresy to say it, part of me wishes they’d ditch a lot of these old theatres and build somewhere that’s actually fit for a modern audience. No one should have to sit behind a bloody pillar in this day and age.
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Post by Jon on Jun 17, 2021 23:46:10 GMT
I don’t know, I think the seats in Cameron’s theatres are awful, too firm and far too near the ground. Though it may be be heresy to say it, part of me wishes they’d ditch a lot of these old theatres and build somewhere that’s actually fit for a modern audience. No one should have to sit behind a bloody pillar in this day and age. Howard Panter said years ago that if he had his way, he'd demolish a lot of theatres but replace them with modern ones in their place. I do love the old theatres but I do wonder if there is a point where refurbishment can only go so far and it might be cheaper long term just to rebuild the theatres from scratch.
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