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Post by amp09 on Jul 29, 2021 23:30:21 GMT
I have now risked it for tomorrow. £3 booking fee, so total £33. Interestingly enough, I got a warning about the seat being restricted view, but nothing relating to water! It’s on the calendar page - “ Special Effects: please note the use of smoke, flashes and water on stage - please be aware that if you purchase tickets in Stalls rows DD and CC you may get wet !” Let us know please how wet you get. I’m tempted by end of Row B for next Wed Eve in the hope that the more central seats get the brunt of it.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 30, 2021 20:29:32 GMT
You definitely get wet!
Interval time, excellent so far. The stage is very high though, so you only see knees up at the front of the stage and less when they’re further back (I’m 5’8” for reference). Heads only when they’re seated.
The water is quite fairly distributed across the rows. I wouldn’t go for the row ends. There are a lot of water kicks to the sides and it’s the worst view!
Very much the Kevin Clifton show so far. He got entrance applause and nails every scene.
We had a show stop after the overture so running long so far. But very enjoyable. You don’t get many big song and dance shows like this in London any more.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 30, 2021 23:05:15 GMT
End of show thoughts. A spectacular production.
I did see this back in the 2021 West End production, but I don't remember it all that well. But it has all the big song and dance numbers you'd expect.
The guy behind me in the second row was very pleased when I sat down and had some protection from the water. But later on he said he was hot. If only more of the water had gone his way. I think he was a Mountview graduate.
I had a family of three at one side. I felt sorry for the young child (who looked to be about 8 or 9) who could barely see a thing with the high stage. The mother had come prepared and covered herself with a plastic sheet. It wasn't really that bad though (and the rain at the end of the show is far less than before intermission, so you don't have to leave, as a I feared at one point, with trousers looking like you hadn't reached the toilet in time).
The stage is high as essentially there's a small pool built on top of the normal stage.
End time was about 22:35 tonight, but that was with the 10 minute stop.
As I mentioned earlier, the highlight was Kevin Clifton. Very funny, excellent dancer and a good singer. Adam Cooper was well in his element, but the relationship age gap does push things a bit. Faye Tozer is hilarious in her role and has a lot more to do here than when I saw her in Jamie. You have Charlotte Gooch, who is a very talented singer and dancer. And there's even Sandra Dickinson, who I didn't realise in advance was in the show, so that was a nice surprise.
Thank you to the audience for being respectful too, with the vast majority of people respecting the venue's request and wearing a mask.
I would like to see this from further back if any offers come in, but otherwise I'd happily sit at the front again. This is every bit as big a production as Anything Goes.
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Post by justafan on Jul 31, 2021 8:15:35 GMT
End of show thoughts. A spectacular production. I did see this back in the 2021 West End production, but I don't remember it all that well. But it has all the big song and dance numbers you'd expect. The guy behind me in the second row was very pleased when I sat down and had some protection from the water. But later on he said he was hot. If only more of the water had gone his way. I think he was a Mountview graduate. I had a family of three at one side. I felt sorry for the young child (who looked to be about 8 or 9) who could barely see a thing with the high stage. The mother had come prepared and covered herself with a plastic sheet. It wasn't really that bad though (and the rain at the end of the show is far less than before intermission, so you don't have to leave, as a I feared at one point, with trousers looking like you hadn't reached the toilet in time). The stage is high as essentially there's a small pool built on top of the normal stage. End time was about 22:35 tonight, but that was with the 10 minute stop. As I mentioned earlier, the highlight was Kevin Clifton. Very funny, excellent dancer and a good singer. Adam Cooper was well in his element, but the relationship age gap does push things a bit. Faye Tozer is hilarious in her role and has a lot more to do here than when I saw her in Jamie. You have Charlotte Gooch, who is a very talented singer and dancer. And there's even Sandra Dickinson, who I didn't realise in advance was in the show, so that was a nice surprise. Thank you to the audience for being respectful too, with the vast majority of people respecting the venue's request and wearing a mask. I would like to see this from further back if any offers come in, but otherwise I'd happily sit at the front again. This is every bit as big a production as Anything Goes. Were you front row or 2nd row?
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Post by anita on Jul 31, 2021 8:45:24 GMT
I saw the production at this theatre a few years ago & all I remember is being boiling hot before entering the auditorium because of all the glass. It was like being in a greenhouse.
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Post by Dr Tom on Jul 31, 2021 9:37:30 GMT
I sat front row.
The theatre temperature seemed fine to me, but it was a cool night anyway.
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Post by amp09 on Aug 6, 2021 9:26:18 GMT
£25 Rush Tickets have started on TodayTix for this.
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Post by Mark on Aug 12, 2021 12:52:48 GMT
Doesn't seem to be selling particularly well, looks like less than half of the seats sold for tonight. Not surprising though when they don't seem to be discounting much.
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Post by lou105 on Aug 13, 2021 11:00:40 GMT
Just seen a Flash sale on London Theatre Direct. I booked yesterday, sigh...
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Post by digne on Aug 13, 2021 11:21:24 GMT
I got Stalls row B from the Todaytix rush yesterday - so about 6 rows back from the stage and just out of reach of the splashing water. I didn't read through this thread before booking so was very confused when a man in an enormous, brightly yellow rain poncho sat down in the second row, especially as it was lovely weather outside. I soon found out why!
I went into it with little expectation but had a wonderful evening. The rain scene was magical - Adam Cooper was drenching the first four rows with such infectious gleefulness and it was just a very emotional "theatre is finally really back" moment for me.
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Post by Mark on Aug 13, 2021 11:35:25 GMT
Im booked for row A so 5 rows back so hopefully the rain will stay off for the most part!
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 14, 2021 17:18:20 GMT
This revival sadly isn't as strong and glorious as when it was at the Palace.
I was pleasently surprised by Faye Tozer and happily introduced to the joys of Charlotte Gooch
Go for the big numbers as they are still great but the book scenes and some of the acting let it down.
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Post by Mark on Aug 14, 2021 18:44:57 GMT
This revival sadly isn't as strong and glorious as when it was at the Palace. I was pleasently surprised by Faye Tozer and happily introduced to the joys of Charlotte Gooch Go for the big numbers as they are still great but the book scenes and some of the acting let it down. Il agree there. Enjoyed it but it was missing the spark it had at the palace. Is Adam Cooper a bit bored of it now maybe? Faye was great especially though. Hope she does more musicals.
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Post by showoff on Aug 21, 2021 7:19:38 GMT
Has anyone sat in the dress circle slips here?
I'm looking to go, but because of COVID (I'm more vulnerable, but have had both vaccines) I would ideally not like to be surrounded by people, so thought these would be good as there's minimal people surrounding me.
Can you see the stage from them?
Thanks for any help.
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Post by dippy on Aug 21, 2021 8:19:42 GMT
Yes, you'll see (almost?) everything from there. Nearly all the action happens in the area that fills with water and you'll definitely see all of that from there. You should be fine there.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 21, 2021 8:37:57 GMT
Has anyone sat in the dress circle slips here? I'm looking to go, but because of COVID (I'm more vulnerable, but have had both vaccines) I would ideally not like to be surrounded by people, so thought these would be good as there's minimal people surrounding me. Can you see the stage from them? Thanks for any help. For other shows yes and the view is great although you are not square on to the stage. For Rain I was the stalls slips, furthest away from the stage and view was great
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Post by showoff on Aug 21, 2021 10:02:02 GMT
Yes, you'll see (almost?) everything from there. Nearly all the action happens in the area that fills with water and you'll definitely see all of that from there. You should be fine there. Thanks for the reply, I'm definitely going to book them then. Thanks.
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Post by showoff on Aug 21, 2021 10:03:43 GMT
Has anyone sat in the dress circle slips here? I'm looking to go, but because of COVID (I'm more vulnerable, but have had both vaccines) I would ideally not like to be surrounded by people, so thought these would be good as there's minimal people surrounding me. Can you see the stage from them? Thanks for any help. For other shows yes and the view is great although you are not square on to the stage. For Rain I was the stalls slips, furthest away from the stage and view was great Thanks, I'm fine not being square on, so long as the view is OK. Thanks again.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Aug 22, 2021 21:08:45 GMT
We were in the centre of the second stalls row this afternoon, the £30 seats released a few weeks ago. I'd previously booked a £15 seat in the second circle because most of the stalls was originally priced at £90, decided not to use that ticket and very glad to get so close to the stage. Son accompanied me.
The look up to the stage was less than I expected though I'm 6 foot and my son three inches taller. No children in the front row, a couple in the second. The highlight is always the title number and I delighted in getting absolutely soaked. It seemed Adam Cooper kicked water directly at us, not once but twice. The people in the front row got a bit less water than the second but nobody minded of course.
My son hurried to the toilet to use the dryer as he's a bit precious about his hair; it took most of the second act for me to dry out and I got a nice top up at the encore/reprise.
First visit to Sadlers Wells, beautiful theatre, very comfortable seats and great legroom, hope they do more musicals and of this standard. Would be an ideal home for Chichester's South Pacific next summer. Unusually no bag checks or ticket scanning, not much mask wearing. There are bus stops outside and opposite with direct services to Waterloo and Victoria, the Angel tube station is 8-10 minutes walk away.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2021 11:48:00 GMT
We were in the centre of the second stalls row this afternoon, the £30 seats released a few weeks ago. I'd previously booked a £15 seat in the second circle because most of the stalls was originally priced at £90, decided not to use that ticket and very glad to get so close to the stage. Son accompanied me. The look up to the stage was less than I expected though I'm 6 foot and my son three inches taller. No children in the front row, a couple in the second. The highlight is always the title number and I delighted in getting absolutely soaked. It seemed Adam Cooper kicked water directly at us, not once but twice. The people in the front row got a bit less water than the second but nobody minded of course. My son hurried to the toilet to use the dryer as he's a bit precious about his hair; it took most of the second act for me to dry out and I got a nice top up at the encore/reprise. First visit to Sadlers Wells, beautiful theatre, very comfortable seats and great legroom, hope they do more musicals and of this standard. Would be an ideal home for Chichester's South Pacific next summer. Unusually no bag checks or ticket scanning, not much mask wearing. There are bus stops outside and opposite with direct services to Waterloo and Victoria, the Angel tube station is 8-10 minutes walk away. I am seeing this bang centre front row, is there much difference with the look up, do you reckon? My mother is average height. Will she be able to see most things? Very excited about the rain. I take it you sat towards stage left because I've seen that's the way Adam likes to do his big kicks.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Aug 23, 2021 12:29:27 GMT
I think the look up is slightly more from the front row and it is one of the highest stages I've experienced, but that's why seats there were sold for £30 compared with £90 a few rows further back. You mostly just miss feet and some of the tap dancing and will soon get used to it.
We were also bang centre though second row. and Adam seemed to aim two water kicks right at us, We didn't just get wet, we were as if a bucket of water had been thrown over us, nobody nearby was as wet though a fair few were prepared with ponchos. No complaints though, it was just what we wanted to happen!
I only wish I'd booked earlier in the run so I could have fitted in a second visit in a similar seat, still wouldn't wear a poncho though, that spoils the fun.
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Post by justafan on Aug 23, 2021 16:33:43 GMT
We were in the centre of the second stalls row this afternoon, the £30 seats released a few weeks ago. I'd previously booked a £15 seat in the second circle because most of the stalls was originally priced at £90, decided not to use that ticket and very glad to get so close to the stage. Son accompanied me. The look up to the stage was less than I expected though I'm 6 foot and my son three inches taller. No children in the front row, a couple in the second. The highlight is always the title number and I delighted in getting absolutely soaked. It seemed Adam Cooper kicked water directly at us, not once but twice. The people in the front row got a bit less water than the second but nobody minded of course. My son hurried to the toilet to use the dryer as he's a bit precious about his hair; it took most of the second act for me to dry out and I got a nice top up at the encore/reprise. First visit to Sadlers Wells, beautiful theatre, very comfortable seats and great legroom, hope they do more musicals and of this standard. Would be an ideal home for Chichester's South Pacific next summer. Unusually no bag checks or ticket scanning, not much mask wearing. There are bus stops outside and opposite with direct services to Waterloo and Victoria, the Angel tube station is 8-10 minutes walk away. I am seeing this bang centre front row, is there much difference with the look up, do you reckon? My mother is average height. Will she be able to see most things? Very excited about the rain. I take it you sat towards stage left because I've seen that's the way Adam likes to do his big kicks. I sat in CC19 and got pretty drenched but as paul26 says that’s part of the fun. Too close to see the tapping feet but they sounded wonderful - enjoy!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 24, 2021 19:29:02 GMT
Do they build the stage out over the orchestra pit?
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Post by dippy on Aug 24, 2021 21:58:07 GMT
Doesn't Sadler's Wells have many combinations of raising or lowering the first few rows to make a pit? I feel like the stage is as always but the front row is what changes? I'm pretty sure DD is the furthest row forwards you ever get there and I'm sure in the past for other productions I've sat in BB as the front row before when there's been a pit.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 25, 2021 5:45:08 GMT
I was wondering how they’re going to do the splashy thing on the tour.
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Post by d'James on Aug 26, 2021 23:34:46 GMT
I saw this tonight, my only show if the year. Sadly Faye Tozer became ‘indisposed’ during the interval, which is a shame because I only went to see it for her. (Before anyone starts up, I know it’s always a risk, blah blah blah, but I am disappointed.)
Totally not my type of show.
Don (Adam Cooper) was the best in this. Kevin Clifton is good at the comedy side, I would’ve liked someone with a bit more oomph to their voice for his songs.
If you like tap dancing and the songs from the film, give it a go.
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Post by Jon on Aug 26, 2021 23:54:53 GMT
I was wondering how they’re going to do the splashy thing on the tour. It's toured before and I suspect the set being used for this production will be the one that'll be used on tour.
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Post by showoff on Sept 1, 2021 7:04:48 GMT
I was here last night, just an utter joy of a show, pure entertainment and came away happy. The singing was a little lacking in some places, especially KC, his voice goes from weak to sometimes awful, but it really didn't matter overall. So funny, Faye was an absolute star and really nailed her part. It's feel good and fluffy and kind of what I'm in the mood for right now, we just had a lot of fun with it. A little boy came out trying to tap dance down the street, it was delightful! Dawnstar (I have no idea if this tags you) I said I would update you about the seating. I was in the slips, absolutely the best seats, great view and we were so,so lucky that nobody had bought the rest of them, so we had the whole section to ourselves, nobody was near us and we could also stretch out a lot. I love anywhere where you can move the seat to your liking, especially now. I said I'd tell you about the mask situation too, as I know you're worried, and not great news on that part. Thankfully we were so far away from everyone there, but the majority didn't wear them, and a lot of people seemed to be wearing them and then removing them (possible peer pressure/conformity issues with this) even though the announcer did ask people to wear them before the show. I'm sorry it's not great news on that front, I thought I'd be honest so you could decide what to do about going here with all the information.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2021 9:40:26 GMT
I was wondering how they’re going to do the splashy thing on the tour. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I think there is a big tray that sits on top of the stage and presumably all of the stages that they will visit on tour. This collects the water, pumps it away and it's reused. I also have seen other shows where crew come on and vacuum up the water after. I presume that's in conjunction with the pump from the tray. As for all the water that ends up splashed out, the audience protect most of the chairs and any water in the wings is quickly mopped up?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 1, 2021 10:30:29 GMT
So is the orchestra pit covered? Is the stage extended out over the pit?
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