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Post by HereForTheatre on Aug 19, 2021 16:42:38 GMT
Where are the rush tickets for this usually? Can you get decent seats?
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Post by rosie on Aug 19, 2021 16:44:02 GMT
Where are the rush tickets for this usually? Can you get decent seats? I got B16 this morning at around 10.10am
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 19, 2021 17:22:04 GMT
Michael Ball out sick tonight. Should be back tomorrow. He was off yesterday along with Lizzie. Both Natalie and Chris are excellent understudies - the audience loved Chris as Edna especially: Lots of swings on, all 4 Nicest Kids boys are still off, so I assume they have been pinged.
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Post by dannimaria on Aug 20, 2021 12:22:40 GMT
We went to see this last Thursday (14th), Lizzie Bea didn't come back on after the interval due to her voice going but Natalie Woods was fantastic, it's a tough job to come on halfway through. Michael Ball and Les Dennis are the comedy double act I didn't know I needed. We left the Coliseum absolutely beaming, completely joyous 2.5 hours.
There was also an altercation during the interval in the dress circle, a woman kicking off, screaming and shouting, I thought someone was going to come over the balcony! First time I've seen that at the theatre!
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Post by mjh on Aug 20, 2021 16:29:07 GMT
Is anyone in tonight?
Sharlene Hector is on for Motormouth - really excited to hear how she is.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 20, 2021 16:55:39 GMT
Amy West is also on as Velma von Tussle (and consequently Annie Guy is on as Female Authority Figure). Amy must be up there for the youngest Velma ever! There have been a lot of people off over the last week or so, but they've kept going with the help of the swings.
Michael was still off as of last night, I wonder if he's back tonight as there hasn't been anything on West End Covers for this evening yet.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 20, 2021 21:50:29 GMT
Gavin Alex came on as Corny towards the end according to his Twitter. The cast seem to be dropping like flies - the idea of having offsite swings now seems to be a very good idea.
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Post by tsxmitw on Aug 21, 2021 7:42:48 GMT
I was there last night. Strange night with the mid-show switch, Lizzie tweeted that she had never met Gavin until they were on stage together doing a scene!
Michael Ball was back and in great form.
As for Sharlene, she blew the roof off. Incredible voice. I’ve never heard the end of I Know Where I’ve Been sung like that.
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Post by anthony on Aug 25, 2021 22:53:45 GMT
I feel like I'm becoming so negative... but I saw this tonight and just didn't feel it. It's just a really bizarre cast. It was like a pantomime on steroids. Some of the characters (Georgia Anderson's Amber and Mari McGinlay's Penny are 2 which really jump out,) I could barely understand a word they were saying. Whenever Ashley Samuels (Seaweed) started to sing, he would literally stop interacting with any of the characters and just turn and sing to the audience - it was just weird. Almost like he was performing a solo concert.
We had Bradley Judge as Corny Collins, and he was brilliant. Other stand out was of course Marisha Wallace's Motomouth & Ball's Edna. Les Dennis on the otherhand... He was fine when singing, perfectly in character, but whenever he wasn't front and centre, he would just zone out. I mean his face would literally be void of all emotion - I genuinely was slightly anxious at the end of act 1 as I thought he was sick. Just before he left the stage, when everyone else is holding hands, he literally just stopped dead randomly and stared blankly. It was... odd.
It wasn't terrible by any means - the audience loved it. It just didn't really "gel" with me.
re: masks - there was no announcement. I'd say maybe 90% of the audience weren't wearing masks. We were the only ones in our row and the row in front of us to wear masks.
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Post by sfsusan on Aug 25, 2021 23:21:29 GMT
It was like a pantomime on steroids. That's not a bad description. I think of it more as a cartoon... the costumes, the hairstyles, the sets... very colorful, very exaggerated, very OTT. Maybe a modern version of a medieval morality play... cotton-candy/candy floss wrapped around a lesson.
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Post by greeny11 on Aug 26, 2021 14:10:34 GMT
We didn't have Bradley Judge (who is off with Covid) - Gavin Alex was on as Corny Collins, and I agree he was great. I agree that Marisha and Michael were great too - I can see where you're coming from with Les, but I do like him with Michael, they make a good duo. I guess where you're sat would affect how well you can hear the actors, I could hear Mari and Georgia perfectly well from where I was sat, but when I saw it further back last week, I did notice it was more a struggle - particularly with Mari as she puts on a cartoonish voice in her portrayal of Penny. You raise a very interesting point about Ashley, I've seen him 5 times and not noticed that, but thinking about it - that is true, but then pretty much every Seaweed I've seen sings it to the audience, so that may be a direction issue rather than Ashley - he does sing it brilliantly though.
I'm not sure what time you entered the auditorium, but there were 2 announcements for masks, one just before 7, and another about 7.20 - but it was more a polite request for people with masks to wear them. Maybe something more direct may have helped with mask wearing,
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Post by ruthieh on Aug 28, 2021 19:37:25 GMT
Lizzie Bee ‘indisposed’ at this afternoon’s interval, so Natalie Woods on after the interval. Very good. Almost seamless.
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 29, 2021 11:12:40 GMT
Got me a ticket for this afternoon's performance through the TodayTix app- Row D, Seat 41
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Post by ahaz on Sept 9, 2021 20:33:44 GMT
Hi all, looking for some help. Do they do ‘day seats’ for this? I’m seeing a matinee of Heathers on Saturday and would like to see something in the evening. I could get to the theatre in the morning for day seats if they do them? Otherwise will try my luck with rush tickets! Thanks in advance
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 9, 2021 20:37:32 GMT
This is possibly transferring to another theatre after the Coliseum run
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Post by anthony40 on Sept 9, 2021 20:37:45 GMT
I would recommend rush tickets
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Post by westended on Sept 9, 2021 20:54:21 GMT
This is possibly transferring to another theatre after the Coliseum run Which theatre?
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Sept 14, 2021 11:48:51 GMT
Saw this two weeks ago and loved it, great to see Michael Ball in the role again, the whole cast was teriffic, saw only after the show, that Tracy and Motormouth were understudies. First time at the Coliseum, quite a distance to the stage because of the huge orchestra pit (must fit orchestras for opera after all), even from the front row. 10/10
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Post by couldileaveyou on Sept 23, 2021 7:08:53 GMT
I caught the matinee yesterday and what a blast. Despite being a fan of the score for over a decade, it was my first time seeing it on stage and I was surprised by how "loose" the plot could be at times, the 2007 movie did a good job at tightening it up. Some performances are a little over the top even for the genre and style of the show, but still it's a wonderful cast and a joyous couple of hours. But wow, the predatory lesbian gym teacher gag has aged so poorly.
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Post by latefortheoverture on Sept 28, 2021 11:46:54 GMT
Some really good deals on today tix for the last matinee tomorrow. Majority of the stalls are £35, as oppose to £105 direct with coliseum. Thought it would've sold a bit better to be honest.
Just booked to treat the family!
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Sept 28, 2021 16:16:12 GMT
Some really good deals on today tix for the last matinee tomorrow. Majority of the stalls are £35, as oppose to £105 direct with coliseum. Thought it would've sold a bit better to be honest. Just booked to treat the family! Great tip, thanks for posting. I just booked row C stalls dead centre. Already have an evening show in Brentwood and was going to try Rush tomorrow but this is far better. Wonder it'll be a bit of a muck up matinee?
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 29, 2021 18:00:51 GMT
Treated myself to a £25 Rush seat for the closing performance tonight (Row B, Dress Circle). Finally got to use a credit voucher I'd been holding onto for 18 months so it was actually only £15. Should be a great energy in the room for the final show at the Coliseum 😁
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Post by robertb213 on Sept 29, 2021 21:54:29 GMT
A joyous show tonight, it really is one of the best musicals, a real mood-lifter from start to finish. It's always a good show show when done on the cheap, but this was a really strong and polished production. All of the leads were great, Michael Ball clearly loving life, Lizzie Bea and Marisha Wallace both brilliant and emotional at the bows. Marisha also got another deserved standing ovation for IKWIB.
A very energetic and receptive audience, some irritating behaviour near me (if you're going to sing, learn to do it in tune), but lots of love in the room. The cast didn't always pause long enough at the end of each song to properly absorb the applause, but maybe if they had done it would've been 4 hours long 🤣
Michael also gave a lovely speech at the end, a celebration of theatre being back and gratitude for audiences returning.
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Post by westendlovers on Oct 27, 2021 10:09:22 GMT
Has anyone heard anything else about this coming back?
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Post by h86 on Oct 27, 2021 10:10:48 GMT
Has anyone heard anything else about this coming back? There are some rumours that it may be going into the Dominion….
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Post by knowledge on Oct 27, 2021 13:12:30 GMT
It’s not
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Post by danb on Oct 27, 2021 14:04:53 GMT
Coming back or going in the Dominion?
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Post by knowledge on Oct 27, 2021 16:24:36 GMT
Either
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Post by anita on Oct 28, 2021 9:07:14 GMT
I was told early in the run that there was likely to be a cast CD. - They were having discussions apparently. - All very hush hush. No chance thought I since we didn't get one for the original run at the Shaftesbury.
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Post by LaLuPone on Jun 5, 2022 21:29:09 GMT
Was just thinking about this production recently, I really expected it to have a further life. I feel like the original announced run for 2020 was close to 6 months whereas this ended up running less due to not being able to open until end of June, and they must have lost out on about 2 weeks of performances when covid swept the company. I know we had the tour running at the same time and for many months after, which although was very inferior in production value, the average theatregoer seemed to love it anyway, so I guess no one was going to travel a long way to see it in London. I know there were rumours of it transferring into the Dominion, I’d have thought it would have sold better than Grease, Dirty Dancing and all the other limited runs that have ended up there. Maybe they didn’t want to transfer without Michael Ball attached again?
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