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Post by sph on Oct 26, 2022 23:41:57 GMT
It's a beautiful show and a wonderful story of a person's life and their family. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Runs a nice 1 hour 5 mins too. Just perfect. I didn't expect to enjoy it so much, it was actually quite emotional at times. You can't help but stand up at the end to applaud not just Rob, but their parents and grandparents also.
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Post by Mr Wallacio on Oct 27, 2022 15:14:41 GMT
I caught this on press night on Sunday. I hadn't really been planning to see it as I don't usually go to short shows due to my London slots being at a premium since I live in Bristol, but I was down for the weekend and there wasn't anything else on on a Sunday evening I wanted to see.
Boy am I glad I took the chance. Absolutely beautiful show. There were tears. It's such a heartwarming story and I hope it has a life beyond these two weeks as more and more people get the chance to experience the show. I just wish it lasted a bit longer.
Will I buy the inevitable Madge autobiography? Absolutely.
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Post by dontdreamit on Oct 27, 2022 15:46:20 GMT
Cancelled tonight, which was the only night I was able to do of the run. Hope they get better soon and that it comes back to town sometime soon 🙂
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Post by alece10 on Oct 27, 2022 17:15:04 GMT
Cancelled tonight, which was the only night I was able to do of the run. Hope they get better soon and that it comes back to town sometime soon 🙂 I think I saw something on their IG account to apologise for not stage Dooring due to voice problems with the 2 show day and a pic of them in bed. Guess that's the reason. |
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Post by kyvai on Oct 27, 2022 18:27:12 GMT
Rob Madge posted on Twitter that it’s a throat infection (although I do like the email wording “due to the indisposition of Rob Madge”, made it sound like Rob just didn’t fancy it!) . I was supposed to go tonight too. I’ve asked for exchange for Saturday.
Throat infection isn’t something that goes in 24hrs though is it?!?
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Post by kyvai on Oct 29, 2022 12:29:31 GMT
Seems Rob’s really not well - I exchanged my ticket from Thursday for today’s matinee but that’s just been cancelled as well :-(
Poor Rob, must be so upsetting.
I’m heading off to &Juliet instead seeing as my afternoon suddenly opened up!
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Post by greenswan on Oct 29, 2022 14:00:58 GMT
Best wishes to the actor, of course, but what completely unacceptable behaviour from Nimax. Apparently this was cancelled first thing in the morning (per the door person) but I wasn't sent the email until 1.13pm and so wasted my time travelling and found out when I got there. Would suggest you call up on the day if you have a ticket for the remaining run.
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Post by properjob on Oct 29, 2022 14:29:07 GMT
This evening off as well. I wonder if they will be able to find a slot somewhere to put it back on for what must be close to a week of missing shows.
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Post by fiyero on Oct 29, 2022 14:54:48 GMT
Seems Rob’s really not well - I exchanged my ticket from Thursday for today’s matinee but that’s just been cancelled as well :-( Poor Rob, must be so upsetting. I’m heading off to &Juliet instead seeing as my afternoon suddenly opened up! Best wishes to the actor, of course, but what completely unacceptable behaviour from Nimax. Apparently this was cancelled first thing in the morning (per the door person) but I wasn't sent the email until 1.13pm and so wasted my time travelling and found out when I got there. Would suggest you call up on the day if you have a ticket for the remaining run. I’m at the interval of Pretty Woman, which is not where I expected to be. Heaps of love and wishes of good health to Rob but agree about notice. The production tweeted at 11:01 but I didn’t see it until I was just going into Shreks Adventure so had to stew for an hour. |
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Post by Mr Wallacio on Oct 29, 2022 17:20:42 GMT
It's such a shame for Rob having to cancel 4 shows when the run is so short.
Garrick is pretty busy next few months but hopefully another short run somewhere can be found at some point next year as there's obviously demand for the show. Must be a gap available somewhere for a short limited run.
Fingers crossed the last week of shows go off without a hitch.
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Post by kyvai on Oct 29, 2022 18:49:59 GMT
Yes I only saw the email when I was on the bus on the way into town, very late notice if the theatre indeed did know first thing this morning. It’s not like there could have been scrabbling around for emergency understudies, if Rob isn’t able to do it, that’s that.
I can’t make another date now sadly.
What happens in terms of the financial loss when this kind of thing happens? Would there be insurance that pays out? I mean for the theatre/production not us punters.
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Post by anthony40 on Oct 29, 2022 21:26:08 GMT
I've never seen the show but only heard good things.
Rod Madge must be devastated. I wish him a speedy recovery.
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 31, 2022 16:41:43 GMT
Thinking of seeing this sometime this week as long as it goes ahead, wish I’d booked sooner now when there were offers about!
I could sit in Row U of the stalls on Wednesday for £20, not a pillar-restricted seat so seems like good value but I know the top of the stage is restricted a lot in the Garrick. I don’t really mind a “letterbox” view but wondering will I miss the screen with all of the home-video footage? That seems like it’s quite a key part to the play.
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Post by zahidf on Oct 31, 2022 16:59:23 GMT
Thinking of seeing this sometime this week as long as it goes ahead, wish I’d booked sooner now when there were offers about! I could sit in Row U of the stalls on Wednesday for £20, not a pillar-restricted seat so seems like good value but I know the top of the stage is restricted a lot in the Garrick. I don’t really mind a “letterbox” view but wondering will I miss the screen with all of the home-video footage? That seems like it’s quite a key part to the play. Yeah the home movies are very important for this show |
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Post by mkb on Oct 31, 2022 18:21:26 GMT
Realised I could squeeze this in on Sunday, but £49.50 for a reasonable view at a 65-minute, one-man show seems ridiculously excessive. Are there likely to be any more deals?
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Post by drmaplewood on Nov 1, 2022 14:25:08 GMT
Performances resuming this evening.
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Post by robertb213 on Nov 2, 2022 21:40:50 GMT
Realised I could squeeze this in on Sunday, but £49.50 for a reasonable view at a 65-minute, one-man show seems ridiculously excessive. Are there likely to be any more deals? Hold off booking if you can, prices dropped over the course of today when I was checking. I paid £35 in the end, same seat tomorrow is £50. I sat in the back row of the dress circle, great for legroom and nothing missed in the videos as the overhang lined up perfectly with the top of the screen. |
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Post by mkb on Nov 2, 2022 22:21:14 GMT
Realised I could squeeze this in on Sunday, but £49.50 for a reasonable view at a 65-minute, one-man show seems ridiculously excessive. Are there likely to be any more deals? Hold off booking if you can, prices dropped over the course of today when I was checking. I paid £35 in the end, same seat tomorrow is £50. I sat in the back row of the dress circle, great for legroom and nothing missed in the videos as the overhang lined up perfectly with the top of the screen. Thanks for the tip. |
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Post by thistimetomorrow on Nov 2, 2022 23:20:29 GMT
Not sure if I misread the sign, but the souvenir programme (which is quite a small thin booklet) is £7.50???
Great show though, really enjoyed.
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 3, 2022 11:56:25 GMT
It is, because there's no advertising in it other than turbine shows, so more expensive to print for the company.
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Post by partytentdown on Nov 3, 2022 13:31:22 GMT
Sorry but no, it just doesn't cost that much to print a programme, ads or no. I would say the print cost of one of those is £1 max, it's a very greedy mark up!
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 3, 2022 13:46:56 GMT
I'm only repeating what I was told by staff at the Garrick, but as I work in advertising I can confirm print costs have gone up an extraordinary amount, so whilst it's still expensive, I get it in some respects.
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Post by yokollama on Nov 3, 2022 15:13:35 GMT
Interesting that it'd cost more without the ads.
I rarely pick up programmes these days, but the few I've purchased this year are around a fiver. I almost choked at the £7/7.50 programme at Frozen - and the brochure being a separate purchase! At this rate, they should have combined the two like they do at Wicked.
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I believe Rob is doing the Palladium Panto this year. Would've loved to see this show continue, but hope it goes on tour. More people need to see this uplifting show.
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Post by mkb on Nov 3, 2022 18:09:28 GMT
If print costs have gone up as much as they claim, then they should embrace green concerns and make the program available only as a pdf. Could probably do that for a quid and cover costs.
I am actually rather hoping that all theatres will start to go down this route in the future and phase out the paper option, as the storage space taken up by all the physical programmes I have bought over the years is becoming unmanageable.
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Post by sph on Nov 3, 2022 23:30:32 GMT
I was talking about this to someone earlier today. When I was younger a programme was always a MUST buy when I went to the theatre, nowadays it rarely is! First because they've become so expensive, and second because all of the information and photos are generally available online or via social media. If it's a show I absolutely LOVE I'll make an exception, but for me there's no point - and I don't have the storage space!
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