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Post by demelza on Dec 8, 2023 12:20:52 GMT
Aimee and Mason were actually supposed to do It together originally, but a scheduling conflict meant Mason had to delay and go in the next pairing - I do think they'd have been utterly sensational together, considering they're the best subsequent performers of the roles since the first cast What a shame the scheduling didn't work out there! I was lucky enough to be able to see Aimee, and had hoped to make a second trip to see Mason but things didn't pan out — would have loved to have seen them together!
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Post by interval99 on Dec 8, 2023 21:05:22 GMT
Any board members popped along to the kit kat club at selfridges bar or seen if there is any special merchandise. The menu can be down loaded and tables booked from the link below. Caviar top item at 49.95 and a bottle of dom perignon at 425 so bit above my food budget. Think there was meant to be a special window display which would be free to view. Only merchandise which seems to come up on the site are three different handmade upcycled pouches at 170 each. Money definitely makes the world go round. www.selfridges.com/GB/en/features/services-appointments/london/restaurants-bars-cafes/kit-kat-club/There's definitely more merch now - some nice hoody's alongside some t shirts with costume designs on... though i don't seem to be able to add any of them to my card? Thanks for the update, the £120 hoodie are now sold out but does seem some sizes of the £50 long sleeved tshirts with rather creepy drawings of the emcee or Sally are still available. You could almost buy a decent ticket for the show at those prices.
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Post by jaybird89 on Dec 19, 2023 0:42:20 GMT
So finally got round to seeing this tonight took my brother for his birthday and Christmas present.
I really enjoyed it not much to probably say that hasn't been said but it was a great immersive night out I really enjoyed the whole design of the theatre from the moment you walk in we were at one of the cabaret tables and it was good fun although not the most comfy seat I've ever sat in for a very long act one.
The toilet situation at the interval was carnage it just felt very busy but perhaps the tight space made it feel worse picked up a programme (very expensive but I like to always have one)
I really enjoyed the cast obviously I cannot compare to Previous casts and I would be interested to see how other performers take on the lead roles I thought Jake Shears was much stronger than he seems to be given credit for on here and I really enjoyed Rebecca as well I found her quite charming funny and tragic.
The ensemble work very hard in this show as do all the cast and I really felt the tension in act two and have to say the stand out performance for me had to be Beverly Kleins what would You do which really moved me.
A lovely night and I would like to make a return visit at some point on the future I would say a good 4 and a half stars for me :-)
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Post by theatrenerd on Dec 20, 2023 16:54:27 GMT
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Post by craig on Dec 21, 2023 10:16:01 GMT
Saw this for the first time since the first cast change tonight and thought it was in excellent shape. Jake, who I really like anyway, was excellent if a bit safe. Self Esteem was a revelation. I thought she was exceptional as Sally and gave a remarkably unselfconscious performance. She really captured Sally's naivety and messiness in a very rounded way. I'll be amazed if she's not read Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin!
Of the talent on stage I wasn't familiar with, we had Laura Delany on as Fraulein Kost, who. we both thought was excellent.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2023 20:55:53 GMT
Trying to work around dynamic pricing AND the inverse with train pricing is a damned nightmare but I'm determined to see this lot before they go.
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Post by musicalfan on Jan 11, 2024 0:53:36 GMT
Just seen the show for the first time since September and Rebecca is the 3rd Sally I've seen and she is the funniest and is the best-acted Sally I've seen
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Post by gmoneyoutlaw on Jan 16, 2024 0:25:52 GMT
Just seen the show for the first time since September and Rebecca is the 3rd Sally I've seen and she is the funniest and is the best-acted Sally I've seen Jake was out of the show tonight. Understudy was very good. Rebecca was great. I still feel this is the worst production of Cabaret I’ve ever seen. I saw Joel Grey in his final MC as well. Pretty pictures in staging is not direction. Tonight they used wireless hand mics. I don’t remember that last time. I accept the head mics. I dont know why as the playhouse is tiny. Where there wired mics in the 1930s? A chorus member also has a large tattoo on his chest ‘1995’. Were in Berlin before the holocaust where millions of jews and others were murdered. It’s not 1995. Alert the hair and makeup team to cover it up. Better choices. This production is just lazy.
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Post by jackstage on Jan 16, 2024 8:43:15 GMT
Any word on the new casting following Jake and Rebecca?
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Post by budd on Jan 16, 2024 9:04:52 GMT
Ah yes, the production with the choreographer with a hip-hop/waacking background, which does not adhere to any period in costume, has a bovver boot wearing Sally (whose picture with a hand held mic was released before previews), don't know exactly what they are doing.
And why can't someone tattoo 1995 in the 30s? Maybe it's the name of the book he's writing. Maybe he just liked the idea of the year 1995. Maybe he's counting days.
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Post by Kubrick on Jan 17, 2024 22:06:49 GMT
Jessie Buckley was a guest on a recent episode of the Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware podcast, and she talked a few minutes about her experience doing Cabaret. She said it was the hardest thing she’s ever done, and seems like she may have struggled with calibrating herself to be able to perform the role the way she wanted during her run, which speaks to her absences. I would say that had to have informed her decision not to open the show in NY.
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 17, 2024 22:43:14 GMT
I would argue the main reason she's not opening New York is she wasn't asked!
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Post by marob on Jan 17, 2024 23:02:20 GMT
Jessie Buckley was a guest on a recent episode of the Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware podcast, and she talked a few minutes about her experience doing Cabaret. She said it was the hardest thing she’s ever done, and seems like she may have struggled with calibrating herself to be able to perform the role the way she wanted during her run, which speaks to her absences. I would say that had to have informed her decision not to open the show in NY. Did Jessie Ware slate her for not doing 8 shows a week like she did the contestants on the Mamma Mia casting thing? 😂
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Post by distantcousin on Jan 18, 2024 9:12:16 GMT
Jessie Buckley was a guest on a recent episode of the Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware podcast, and she talked a few minutes about her experience doing Cabaret. She said it was the hardest thing she’s ever done, and seems like she may have struggled with calibrating herself to be able to perform the role the way she wanted during her run, which speaks to her absences. I would say that had to have informed her decision not to open the show in NY. Did Jessie Ware slate her for not doing 8 shows a week like she did the contestants on the Mamma Mia casting thing? 😂 Camp!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2024 10:25:19 GMT
Damn, how much lower can they possibly make the tempo? The production already took a lot of liberties there when it launched but Willkommen, Mein Herr and Money were all an absolute slog yesterday (which is a shame cos they're normally highlights).
ETA: They also dumbed down/overexplained Tomorrow Belongs to Me IMO.
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Post by stuart on Jan 23, 2024 5:59:23 GMT
Has anyone heard the rumours for the next leads? My eyebrows raised at who might be playing Sally…
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 23, 2024 8:04:58 GMT
Has anyone heard the rumours for the next leads? My eyebrows raised at who might be playing Sally… Don’t leave us hanging then…
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2024 8:31:19 GMT
Has anyone heard the rumours for the next leads? My eyebrows raised at who might be playing Sally… My table's not the only thing waiting...
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Post by jacob on Jan 23, 2024 8:59:28 GMT
Has anyone heard the rumours for the next leads? My eyebrows raised at who might be playing Sally… Don’t leave us hanging then… Allegedly Cara Delevingne as Sally and Luke Treadaway MC ..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2024 9:13:32 GMT
Don’t leave us hanging then… Allegedly Cara Delevingne as Sally and Luke Treadaway MC .. My gut response was '...eh' but that's admittedly been my reaction to most of the main castings. Almost wish they'd let the covers take over for a bit like Matt and EmBenj did - Toby's MC is incredible and arguably the most queer we've had.
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Post by lolaluffneggle on Jan 23, 2024 11:57:31 GMT
I’d be interested in Luke Treadaway… maybe. But Cara? I just can’t see that going well, even if she was only doing 5 shows a week.
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Post by stuart on Jan 23, 2024 12:07:38 GMT
I thought eyebrows was a big enough clue to be honest…
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Post by mrnutz on Jan 23, 2024 15:37:03 GMT
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Post by kyvai on Jan 23, 2024 20:09:09 GMT
Cara Delevigne??? Hmm, intriguing. That track just posted sounds fairly heavily produced/compressed/autotuned, but not completely awful vocally….has she ever done a sustained run on the stage before? She’s kinda a fun actor in the right context on film, but I feel that she generally just plays herself most of the time. She’d need to portray more damaged/fragile for Sally Bowles and my guess is she’d naturally tend towards more the manipulative/crazy side. I’d be interested to see her though.
I guess this round robin “name” casting must be doing well for the production, and it’s bums on seats that counts. How long can this really run for though?
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Post by kyvai on Jan 23, 2024 20:10:15 GMT
I thought eyebrows was a big enough clue to be honest… Oh that is cheeky
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Post by minion on Jan 23, 2024 21:26:24 GMT
I feel like the place where a couple of the Sallys have stumbled is playing the humour of the early relationship with Cliff; they just couldn't get into the timing required for that sort of thing, which flattens the show in places. Hopefully with a new Cliff as well that is easier to achieve
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2024 21:29:53 GMT
I feel like the place where a couple of the Sallys have stumbled is playing the humour of the early relationship with Cliff; they just couldn't get into the timing required for that sort of thing, which flattens the show in places. Hopefully with a new Cliff as well that is easier to achieve Likewise. I find Sally in this production comes on a little too strong, not so much in a desperate way (which is very much in character) but there's just no ebbs and flows in the dynamic if that makes sense. (ETA: Though that's arguably also down to the current Cliff having all the stage presence of wet cardboard.)
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Post by minion on Jan 23, 2024 22:01:00 GMT
I feel like the place where a couple of the Sallys have stumbled is playing the humour of the early relationship with Cliff; they just couldn't get into the timing required for that sort of thing, which flattens the show in places. Hopefully with a new Cliff as well that is easier to achieve Likewise. I find Sally in this production comes on a little too strong, not so much in a desperate way (which is very much in character) but there's just no ebbs and flows in the dynamic if that makes sense. (ETA: Though that's arguably also down to the current Cliff having all the stage presence of wet cardboard.) I think that's more a consequence of Cliff remaining the same, rather than the characterization of Sally where people get a lot of room. Aimee Lou Wood was very different to Buckley and her ferocity (and Buckley still drew the laughs in all the right places), and Aimee can do humour effortlessly, she was just getting nothing back.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2024 22:07:13 GMT
Likewise. I find Sally in this production comes on a little too strong, not so much in a desperate way (which is very much in character) but there's just no ebbs and flows in the dynamic if that makes sense. (ETA: Though that's arguably also down to the current Cliff having all the stage presence of wet cardboard.) I think that's more a consequence of Cliff remaining the same, rather than the characterization of Sally where people get a lot of room. Aimee Lou Wood was very different to Buckley and her ferocity (and Buckley still drew the laughs in all the right places), and Aimee can do humour effortlessly, she was just getting nothing back. I almost wish we still had Why Should I Wake Up? so Cliff could at least do SOMETHING. There's being a camera then there's being a brick wall (though I question how much of this is down to direction cos I've definitely seen Cliffs in other productions who're able to bounce off of their Sallys.) Adam/"Bobby" from the previous cast was a decent Cliff, probably the only one I felt had any sort of back-and-forth with his Sally.
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Post by tommy123 on Jan 23, 2024 22:16:38 GMT
On the website it states the current Cliff, Nathan Ives-Moiba, leaves at the end of the week. Any news on a replacement?
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