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Post by fansylvanians on Mar 11, 2022 13:00:33 GMT
Carrie will be leaving on the 13th of July I suspect that Georgina will be taking over the role full time At that point I may go and see it - if it’s still running |
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Post by cezbear on Mar 11, 2022 13:06:25 GMT
Carrie will be leaving on the 13th of July I suspect that Georgina will be taking over the role full time At that point I may go and see it - if it’s still running You should be pretty safe to go now - seems like Carrie has covid so assume will be out for a while (have lost track what the rules are on all this now). |
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Post by fansylvanians on Mar 11, 2022 17:44:00 GMT
According to CHF’s Twitter she’s out until she tests negative, so I may go and see in the next few days, at which point I can form an opinion.
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Post by stagebyte on Mar 11, 2022 18:28:54 GMT
The leading lady went in on her days off to perform (for reasons unspecified) and either caught Covid or passed it on. Unfortunate timing for everyone. But ‘you pay for Cinderella you get Cinderella!’ So you may see Georgina or maybe Lauren or maybe ...
Who knows? You may even see Martine McCutcheon giving her Cinderella at this point.
Think they ripped up any pretence at a schedule a looong time ago.
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Post by danb on Mar 11, 2022 20:31:18 GMT
I believe she was ‘called in’, likewise the other two to be told the weeks new schedule. She sounded frustrated by the changes, as if she knows the hassle it will cause people that have booked to see her.
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Post by stagebyte on Mar 11, 2022 20:41:48 GMT
I believe she was ‘called in’, likewise the other two to be told the weeks new schedule. She sounded frustrated by the changes, as if she knows the hassle it will cause people that have booked to see her. Genuine question to anyone who might know Is this many changes usual? Or are we just thinking this schedule has been chopped and changed so often because the leading lady shares everything on SoMe |
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Post by danb on Mar 11, 2022 21:00:15 GMT
Wasn’t she hired on the back of her social media following in the first place? You can hardly throw it out as a dig when it is what she was hired for?
And if you watch her SM feeds you’ll see her frustration and bemusement with the sometimes last minute changes.
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Post by cezbear on Mar 11, 2022 21:09:37 GMT
I'm not in the know about anything but I did think I'd seen Georgina was sick this week so assumed Carrie was asked to do extra shows to cover her. She's implied it's schedule messing about on her social media without actually saying it, but is that really the case if the alt was sick? Then Lauren was on yesterday presumably because of Carrie's covid.
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Post by danb on Mar 11, 2022 22:07:23 GMT
She said all of that apart from the sick bit.
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Post by stagebyte on Mar 11, 2022 22:10:16 GMT
Wasn’t she hired on the back of her social media following in the first place? You can hardly throw it out as a dig when it is what she was hired for? And if you watch her SM feeds you’ll see her frustration and bemusement with the sometimes last minute changes. No not a dig. Or doubting her frustration. A genuine question. Do we notice the changes more because she talks about them on social media? Does this many cast changes happen at all shows? But we don’t notice as much because the leads aren’t as prolific online? |
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Post by FairyGodmother on Mar 12, 2022 0:44:29 GMT
Does this many cast changes happen at all shows? Have you been on the Cabaret thread recently?  |
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Post by richey on Mar 12, 2022 9:18:56 GMT
Does this many cast changes happen at all shows? Have you been on the Cabaret thread recently? a brief glance at WestEnd understudies on Twitter shows it's happening at most of the major shows. Jersey Boys only had two of the main leads on last night and Moulin Rouge, Cursed Child, Beauty and the Beast and Pretty Woman had loads of covers on. |
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Post by hannechalk on Mar 12, 2022 9:33:49 GMT
Does this many cast changes happen at all shows? Have you been on the Cabaret thread recently? Blood Brothers two weeks in Manchester - most of the men got covid. They had to bring in three actors who were last in it seven years ago. Within 10 days they had four different Eddies performing - and one of them was actually understudy Mickey. He played Mickey Tuesday to Friday, went on as Eddie, without a script in hand, on the Saturday night. |
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Post by shady23 on Mar 12, 2022 19:44:21 GMT
I believe she was ‘called in’, likewise the other two to be told the weeks new schedule. She sounded frustrated by the changes, as if she knows the hassle it will cause people that have booked to see her. Genuine question to anyone who might know Is this many changes usual? Or are we just thinking this schedule has been chopped and changed so often because the leading lady shares everything on SoMe Have you not read the West End Covers twitter account recently? Their computer must be on fire with all the updates they are having to do daily. |
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Post by stagebyte on Mar 12, 2022 20:30:21 GMT
Genuine question to anyone who might know Is this many changes usual? Or are we just thinking this schedule has been chopped and changed so often because the leading lady shares everything on SoMe Have you not read the West End Covers twitter account recently? Their computer must be on fire with all the updates they are having to do daily. Yes but is this for COVID reasons or just general production company Shenanigans like Cinderella was prior to this week? |
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Post by h86 on Mar 12, 2022 20:55:53 GMT
Genuine question to anyone who might know Is this many changes usual? Or are we just thinking this schedule has been chopped and changed so often because the leading lady shares everything on SoMe Have you not read the West End Covers twitter account recently? Their computer must be on fire with all the updates they are having to do daily. I find it a bit of a red herring sometimes as if an ensemble member covers a principle, there will be two tweets for only one absence - the ensemble member covering the principle role and a swing covering the ensemble member role. Makes it look like there are sometimes more absences than what there actually are. There are definitely Covid absences in more shows again now though, Beauty and the Beast has had a few this last week. |
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Post by inthenose on Mar 12, 2022 22:50:40 GMT
Have you not read the West End Covers twitter account recently? Their computer must be on fire with all the updates they are having to do daily. I find it a bit of a red herring sometimes as if an ensemble member covers a principle, there will be two tweets for only one absence - the ensemble member covering the principle role and a swing covering the ensemble member role. Makes it look like there are sometimes more absences than what there actually are. There are definitely Covid absences in more shows again now though, Beauty and the Beast has had a few this last week. Oh come on!!! I'm about to spill some tea. Speaking from a company manager viewpoint, there are good and bad pros, like there are rubbish SM (and HR), they are all human beings who perform to an extent, nothing more. Some human beings turn up half cut for put-in rehearsals stinking of booze, some are perfect professionals. Cinderella has a disproportionate number of unprofessional performers across the company. They cast it young. And inexperienced. There are some really bad eggs who won't get positive references. Some I doubt will ever work in town again. No, sorry. Some of this company were offered to be paid off their contracts based on their conduct. they won't work agaon. This show has a problem and will continue to do so. You have to look at the casting director and company manager. None of this **** should be getting leaked to anyone yet here we are. A bunch of no-name ensemble with egos far bigger than their talent. The whole thing needs to be written off as a bad job. A disaster creatively and in terms of recruitment. |
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Post by FairyGodmother on Mar 12, 2022 23:54:23 GMT
I really enjoyed the Instagram takeover with Vinny Coyle today. A few nice bits from backstage (including a little bit of the ball from the wings), and chance to see some of the scenery and costumes closer up.
Also VHB doing an impression of a dolphin for some reason. <shrug>
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Post by stagebyte on Mar 13, 2022 1:03:25 GMT
I find it a bit of a red herring sometimes as if an ensemble member covers a principle, there will be two tweets for only one absence - the ensemble member covering the principle role and a swing covering the ensemble member role. Makes it look like there are sometimes more absences than what there actually are. There are definitely Covid absences in more shows again now though, Beauty and the Beast has had a few this last week. Oh come on!!! I'm about to spill some tea. Speaking from a company manager viewpoint, there are good and bad pros, like there are rubbish SM (and HR), they are all human beings who perform to an extent, nothing more. Some human beings turn up half cut for put-in rehearsals stinking of booze, some are perfect professionals. Cinderella has a disproportionate number of unprofessional performers across the company. They cast it young. And inexperienced. There are some really bad eggs who won't get positive references. Some I doubt will ever work in town again. No, sorry. Some of this company were offered to be paid off their contracts based on their conduct. they won't work agaon. This show has a problem and will continue to do so. You have to look at the casting director and company manager. None of this **** should be getting leaked to anyone yet here we are. A bunch of no-name ensemble with egos far bigger than their talent. The whole thing needs to be written off as a bad job. A disaster creatively and in terms of recruitment. ‘Offered to be paid off their contracts’? Did this happen? Do actors ever just get sacked over their conduct? How much say does ALW have in this? Who is leaking what? So many questions ☕️ |
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Post by cezbear on Mar 13, 2022 7:54:39 GMT
Spill more tea... any hints as to who the problem ones are? I'm dying to know if I'm right based on what I've seen.
(I didn't realise it was that difficult just to get rid and re-cast people if they were issues)
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Post by inthenose on Mar 13, 2022 8:12:26 GMT
Oh come on!!! I'm about to spill some tea. Speaking from a company manager viewpoint, there are good and bad pros, like there are rubbish SM (and HR), they are all human beings who perform to an extent, nothing more. Some human beings turn up half cut for put-in rehearsals stinking of booze, some are perfect professionals. Cinderella has a disproportionate number of unprofessional performers across the company. They cast it young. And inexperienced. There are some really bad eggs who won't get positive references. Some I doubt will ever work in town again. No, sorry. Some of this company were offered to be paid off their contracts based on their conduct. they won't work agaon. This show has a problem and will continue to do so. You have to look at the casting director and company manager. None of this **** should be getting leaked to anyone yet here we are. A bunch of no-name ensemble with egos far bigger than their talent. The whole thing needs to be written off as a bad job. A disaster creatively and in terms of recruitment. ‘Offered to be paid off their contracts’? Did this happen? Do actors ever just get sacked over their conduct? How much say does ALW have in this? Who is leaking what? So many questions ☕️ . Look you can believe me or not, I really don't care. I am not exactly being paid for sharing, so take what you want from my post. I am not going to libel anyone or name names. Everyone that is still in the company hasn't been sacked for their conduct. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 13, 2022 8:18:59 GMT
We had a discussion somewhere, either back in this thread or in another, about cast members getting the sack and the conclusion seemed to be that they never do. At worst they get moved to another show. I think we were talking about leads though.
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Post by cezbear on Mar 13, 2022 8:37:58 GMT
If someone wanted to read between the lines, they could mention two ensemble members have quietly left. If.
If casting young has been such an issue for them I wonder why the two new swings are also very young. Presumably they're more sensible.
Anyway... is it really much harder to bin off someone for being unprofessional than in a 'regular' job? I am not in the know so have no idea. Wherever I've worked there would be warnings then sackings. But I guess theatre is it's own world...
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Post by stagebyte on Mar 13, 2022 10:33:32 GMT
‘Offered to be paid off their contracts’? Did this happen? Do actors ever just get sacked over their conduct? How much say does ALW have in this? Who is leaking what? So many questions ☕️ . Look you can believe me or not, I really don't care. I am not exactly being paid for sharing, so take what you want from my post. I am not going to libel anyone or name names. Everyone that is still in the company hasn't been sacked for their conduct. . Where did I say I didn’t believe you? I was just asking some questions based off what you said. Take a sip of that tea and chill 😉 |
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Post by interval99 on Mar 14, 2022 17:16:50 GMT
Judging from the host of YouTube clips showing the bows at the show since it reopened they
A- seem to be allowing filming of the bows which they did at the start but then seem to stop. Certainly when I regretfully saw it the ushers were in the gangways blocking views in their determination to stop and pics or filming.
B - seem to have revamped and hyped up the energy possibly in the hope if people enjoy the last few minutes and go out hyped up a bit they may forget the previous two hours. If the whole show had that level of upbeat performance it would have been very different.
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