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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 11, 2020 14:04:43 GMT
As suggested by members in the Wicked thread, a place to post updates on who is on for who today, tonight or this week.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2020 14:11:08 GMT
Great idea!
Sjoerd van der Meer is on as Galileo for both shows today at We Will Rock You tour.
Laura Pick is on as Elphaba, Lisa-Anne Wood as Glinda, Kerry Enright as Madame Morrible and Rebecca Botterill as Midwife, all both shows today at Wicked, West End.
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Post by deej4life on Jan 11, 2020 15:14:41 GMT
Thank you for setting up the thread, great place for fans of the amazing standbys and understudies to get their updates!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2020 17:24:46 GMT
Also at WWRY - Ellie Mitchell and Jacob Fearey, the tour’s only two swings, are split-tracking FOUR ensemble tracks for both shows today.
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 13, 2020 17:48:37 GMT
Luke McCall is making his Valjean debut (in this production) this evening.
If his Valjean is as good as his Phantom was, he will be incredible.
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Post by deej4life on Jan 14, 2020 18:54:25 GMT
Laura Pick was on as Elphaba in Wicked last night (13th January, 2020)
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Post by deej4life on Jan 15, 2020 8:12:28 GMT
Laura Pick was on as Elphaba last night (14th January, 2020)
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Post by danb on Jan 15, 2020 9:15:45 GMT
I was thinking more before it happens so that people have a chance to see it, rather than daily updates. Great to have the info though, so maybe we could edit the initial post to extend appearance dates rather than identical posts with just a different date? 😊
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 15, 2020 10:02:59 GMT
I was thinking more before it happens so that people have a chance to see it, rather than daily updates. Great to have the info though, so maybe we could edit the initial post to extend appearance dates rather than identical posts with just a different date? 😊 I thought what was wanted was a TheatreBoard equivalent of the West End Understudies twitter feed. isn’t what your suggesting already covered by this thread danb ? www.theatreboard.co.uk/thread/2961/understudy-lists |
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Post by danb on Jan 15, 2020 10:07:53 GMT
You misunderstand Burly. My post was in reference to dj’s daily updates on Laura Pick’s Wicked residency. If we post the same thing every day surely it’ll just take up storage? I’m not entirely sure if you’re being snarky or not, but I can assure you that my concerns were purely administrative and content based.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 15, 2020 10:13:15 GMT
Sorry I thought you were talking about the thread itself, and the first post saying what it was for.
No, I wasn’t being snarky, not sure why you thought that.
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Post by danb on Jan 15, 2020 11:03:18 GMT
Sorry I thought you were talking about the thread itself, and the first post saying what it was for. No, I wasn’t being snarky, not sure why you thought that. Why? WHY? erm...because I’m a big baby... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2020 20:04:49 GMT
I’m pretty sure Laura Pick is scheduled on all week as the lead is on holiday
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Post by deej4life on Jan 15, 2020 22:52:29 GMT
Laura is only scheduled on from Thursday-Saturday this week (as per cast page), however Laura is on again tonight. I believe Nikki has been off ill since just before Christmas. Hope she gets better soon!
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Post by xanady on Jan 16, 2020 18:48:56 GMT
^Sorry to hear that Nikki is ill.... get well soon!
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Post by theatremad on Jan 25, 2020 18:45:44 GMT
Daneka Etchells is on for Cecilia Noble tonight in The Welkin
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Post by greeny11 on Jan 26, 2020 20:07:49 GMT
Meanwhile, over at A Comedy About a Bank Robbery - there have been a whole host of understudies recently, including some returning cast members such as Jack Whittle and Finlay Paul, who both returned this weekend, Jack to cover Mitch yesterday, Finlay to cover Sam today.
The Mischief Theatre shows have called on ex cast members quite a lot in the past - I am guessing due to how physical the shows are, which can easily lead to injuries leaving them short of cast.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 27, 2020 15:26:33 GMT
Meanwhile, over at A Comedy About a Bank Robbery - there have been a whole host of understudies recently, including some returning cast members such as Jack Whittle and Finlay Paul, who both returned this weekend, Jack to cover Mitch yesterday, Finlay to cover Sam today. The Mischief Theatre shows have called on ex cast members quite a lot in the past - I am guessing due to how physical the shows are, which can easily lead to injuries leaving them short of cast. I haven't bothered posting about TCAABR on this thread because I don't know anyone other than myself who tries to see their understudies but yes, it's been pretty crazy recently, even by Mischief understudy standards. In hindsight having the tour cast come into the West End with only a couple of weeks off in between probably wasn't the greatest idea. There have been covering issues pretty much from the start of the run. I saw Finlay as Sam back in August and he's been in the show on and off ever since, going on for Mitch & Cooper as well as Sam. Jack was on a Shuck at the beginning of December and did a couple of Mitches earlier this month as well as this past Saturday. The first Sunday in January Chris Leask was back as Freeboys (the day after covering Trevor in PPGW, which must be some sort of emergency cover record!) and Jack Baldwin as Shuck. Ross Virgo, the only one of the 3 male understudies who isn't nursing injury issues, has been on almost non-stop for well over a month & I've seen him do 4 different roles in the last 4 weekends.
ETA: In case this comes across as being critical of the current cast, I'd just like to make it clear that these sorts of issues have also occurred in past casts. For example back in 2018 I saw Dave Hearn back as Sam 3 times, with 2 different casts. Charlie Russell, Henry Shields, Gareth Tempest & Niall Ransome all also did emergency covering at various times during 2017 and 2018 & they are only the ones I either saw or heard about. I daresay there may have been other instances too.
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Post by kimbahorel on Jan 27, 2020 18:58:51 GMT
Philip Cairns is on as Cyrano de Bergerac tonight.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 4, 2020 9:28:12 GMT
Hi all, we’ve had this thread as a sticky for a trial tun of over one month now. I’m not sure that the amount of activity (18 posts, 5 of which are not related to understudies) during that time merits it being permanently stuck at the top of the forum.
So I’m releasing the thread to take its place with everything else in the General section.
Thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2020 9:45:20 GMT
There are no more daily Laura Pick updates as she has assumed lead as of 2 weeks ago.
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Post by danb on Feb 4, 2020 18:39:35 GMT
Laura Pick you say? Was she on today? Yesterday? Tomorrow? 😂
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Post by alucas28 on Feb 6, 2020 16:33:57 GMT
Over at &Juliet last night Arun went off during the interval, so Nathan (who was in the ensemble) had to switch to May, while Josh (who was covering Dillon’s track) changed around to cover Nathan’s track & Billy Nevers went on for Dillon’s track. He’s off again today.
Melanie la Barrie has called out of the show since Tuesday as a result of the acute bronchitis she had over the holiday season, so Jocasta Almgill is covering as the Nurse & Danielle Fiamanya is covering as Lady Capulet.
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Post by alucas28 on Feb 16, 2020 0:57:33 GMT
More chaos at &Juliet tonight - all 5 swings were performing, and just as Act 2 started (Since U Been Gone) Cassidy went off and there was a brief show stop. Jocasta Almgill made her DEBUT as Anne — her second cover — as Kirstie was out, so Danielle Fiamanya was shifted to Lady Capulet while the ensemble was ultimately cut with all of these changes being pulled off flawlessly.
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Post by greeny11 on Feb 16, 2020 10:38:22 GMT
I was at Come From Away last night - had 4 understudies on. Ricardo Castro on as Kevin J, Chiara Baronti as Hannah, Jennifer Tierney as Diane and Kirsty Malpass returned to the show as Bonnie. All did a tremendous job - all 3 ladies were playing a 2nd cover and you would have thought they were the principal cast they were so good. Ricardo was really good as Kevin J, especially considering he only joined the show this week.
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