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Post by anita on Jun 12, 2019 9:08:08 GMT
Got a ticket for Dartford as cheaper than Bromley.
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Post by theatregod on Jun 15, 2019 9:11:56 GMT
Southampton April! Maybe their hoping for a westend run?
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 15, 2019 9:57:37 GMT
I fully expect an announcement to say the tour is being pulled because they’ve sold 13 tickets.
None of the general public will have heard of this show and the casting is just absymal. Ore ? Please.
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Post by theatregod on Jun 15, 2019 13:26:14 GMT
It’ll be fine and do well I reckon, unless you seen signs of poor ticket sales already ?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 15, 2019 14:36:39 GMT
Opening (theatrecard discount) night in Manc.
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Post by theatregod on Jun 15, 2019 14:44:56 GMT
Oh dear!
Is that even 200 people ?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 15, 2019 15:03:04 GMT
I don’t know but it looks like some of those that appear sold are being held back. Seven consecutive rows of four seats all ‘sold’ on the aisle on left block of the stalls seems unlikely.
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 15, 2019 15:07:49 GMT
And if it's opening night, presumably some of the premium seats in the central block are being held for local celebrities, and the bloke from the MEN?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 15, 2019 15:13:49 GMT
Fizz and Antony Cotton off Corrie will be two of them. Lyceum opening night looking busier, you’d better get booking TallPaul !
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Post by theatregod on Jun 15, 2019 15:16:29 GMT
I’m sure it’ll pick up over the next few months. Calling it now, it will be in the westend next year as a filler
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 15, 2019 15:34:19 GMT
Sleeper hit of the year eh theatregod? We heard it here first! I do wonder if Jason M is leading man material though. Especially for the WE. He just about pulled off the producers although Stuart Neal at the Rex more recently blew him out of the water. And he was rubbish in Chitty. He can mess about in a comedy but I’m not sure he’s an actor.
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Post by david on Jun 15, 2019 15:34:50 GMT
Just had a look at the Liverpool Empire seating plan for the opening night. I estimate that around 200 tickets have been sold (seating capacity 2350) so far.
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Post by Mark on Jun 15, 2019 16:07:47 GMT
I can barely plan what I’m seeing next month let alone thing about 2020.
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Post by theatregod on Jun 15, 2019 17:30:31 GMT
It’s amazing the producers want to put on such a lengthy tour before testing the waters!
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Post by xanady on Jun 15, 2019 22:14:22 GMT
Could be the most interminably dull MT experience ever with Manford on board.Can’t act or sing imo.Weird casting.He is presenting at WE live so there’s another toilet break or two sorted.
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Post by horton on Jun 16, 2019 7:48:08 GMT
Some of those seats are sure to be held by the house.
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Post by theatregod on Jun 16, 2019 7:58:04 GMT
Some of those seats are sure to be held by the house. Wait, all 1000 of them for each performance??
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Post by anita on Jun 16, 2019 9:36:25 GMT
Could be the most interminably dull MT experience ever with Manford on board.Can’t act or sing imo.Weird casting.He is presenting at WE live so there’s another toilet break or two sorted. He presented at westend live last year too & sang.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 16, 2019 10:42:38 GMT
Some of those seats are sure to be held by the house. Perhaps they think there’s going to be a rush on at some point!
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Post by horton on Jun 16, 2019 11:49:19 GMT
Umm, anything can happen if you let it... ?
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Post by HereForTheatre on Jun 16, 2019 17:00:51 GMT
I fully expect an announcement to say the tour is being pulled because they’ve sold 13 tickets. None of the general public will have heard of this show and the casting is just absymal. Ore ? Please. Isn't it entirely the reason that they have cast celebs like Ore and Jason because of the very fact it's not a well known show? People might not have heard about the show but they might thinking of going because of those two names. I don't think the public will find the casting abysmal. Quite the opposite.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 16, 2019 19:00:50 GMT
I fully expect an announcement to say the tour is being pulled because they’ve sold 13 tickets. None of the general public will have heard of this show and the casting is just absymal. Ore ? Please. Isn't it entirely the reason that they have cast celebs like Ore and Jason because of the very fact it's not a well known show? People might not have heard about the show but they might thinking of going because of those two names. I don't think the public will find the casting abysmal. Quite the opposite. You’re probably right. If you’re pushing a show with zero recognition factor what are you going to do to get people interested? If I were an investor I’d be telling the producers to get ANYone with name recognition in. I sort of despise stunt casting in some respects, but equally accept that it’s an integral part of theatre and that this sort of show wouldn’t get put on without it. I suppose the question is whether this show merits being put on.
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Post by shady23 on Jun 17, 2019 6:09:21 GMT
I'd much rather see something new like this than the same old tour coming round for the tenth time.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jun 17, 2019 6:38:51 GMT
I'd much rather see something new like this than the same old tour coming round for the tenth time. Catch it quick then..
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Post by crabtree on Jun 28, 2019 9:46:34 GMT
I rather love the Original Cast recording, though never saw it live, but most of the songs are based about the saving the show narrative. In the book does the murder mystery narrative work? From the songs there's very little about this and certainly no clue to the solution.
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Post by robertb213 on Jun 28, 2019 18:44:57 GMT
Every time this thread gets updated I'm convinced it's going to say the tour's been cancelled, I don't know why! Looking forward to catching it when it comes to Northampton though 😀
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Post by xanady on Jun 28, 2019 18:50:32 GMT
Every time this thread gets bumped,I too think the tour has been cancelled...and then have to deal with the crushing disappointment that it is still on track.The poster with Manford dressed as a low-rent Phillip Marlowe is truly naff..just a matter of time before it gets pulled...surely.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 28, 2019 19:00:44 GMT
I’m looking forward to it too. Let’s face it, if Hair can carry limping round the country (sorry xanady I know you loved it) then Curtains should at least get a chance.
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Post by xanady on Jun 28, 2019 19:13:38 GMT
It’s Manford sadly! I have an allergic reaction to him in anything he does.The only one I can’t stand even more is the epitome of smugness himself,Mr Ore Oduba... thank goodness he’s not involved in this as well.....lol
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Post by theatregod on Jun 28, 2019 21:43:10 GMT
Unlike some, it’s good to see new and different shows hit the road than stripped down versions. Cough: (Recent Hairspray tour)
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