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Post by partytentdown on Jan 30, 2022 22:46:31 GMT
Lots of fun! Won't discuss until after tomorrow's show. It finished just before 10.30pm.
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Post by gmoneyoutlaw on Jan 30, 2022 23:19:09 GMT
It was nearly 3 hours. I will say that they said that everyone was donating their time including the theatre. Alcohol sales alone covered the theatre owners cost and mostlikely made them a profit. My lord, there were gents had bottles of wine and one plastic cup.
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Post by Matt on Jan 30, 2022 23:25:25 GMT
It was nearly 3 hours. I will say that they said that everyone was donating their time including the theatre. Alcohol sales alone covered the theatre owners cost and mostlikely made them a profit. My lord, there were gents had bottles of wine and one plastic cup. My bottle of water cost £3, that’s how the palladium got their money back. |
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Post by theatreian on Jan 30, 2022 23:31:16 GMT
What a night. Brilliant atmosphere and excellent cast. You will have a great night tomorrow.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 30, 2022 23:31:37 GMT
Great fun and great atmosphere.
Will post my thoughts after everyone has seen it tomorrow night.
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Post by Matt on Jan 31, 2022 0:10:47 GMT
Was the person who jumped on stage from the audience and danced at the end the real Philip Sallon? He was there, wasn’t he.
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Post by drowseychap on Jan 31, 2022 0:12:24 GMT
Wow 🤩 great show amazing to see and hear those songs performed live again !! Electric atmosphere some really outstanding moments …. Sounds like George loved it too !!! 👍🤩 staff got us all in quickly and safely
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Post by drowseychap on Jan 31, 2022 0:13:05 GMT
Was the person who jumped on stage from the audience and danced at the end the real Philip Sallon? He was there, wasn’t he. 👍👍the one and only |
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Post by alece10 on Jan 31, 2022 2:42:04 GMT
Was the person who jumped on stage from the audience and danced at the end the real Philip Sallon? He was there, wasn’t he. He was sitting just in front of me. Had no idea who he was and when he came I'm my friend commented on him wearing a helmet. In the interval lots of people taking photos with him go guessed he was someone. Also another man near me in full Lee Bowery drag. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 8:18:59 GMT
Was the person who jumped on stage from the audience and danced at the end the real Philip Sallon? He was there, wasn’t he. He was sitting just in front of me. Had no idea who he was and when he came I'm my friend commented on him wearing a helmet. In the interval lots of people taking photos with him go guessed he was someone. Also another man near me in full Lee Bowery drag. We saw him in the interval and realised who it was. Am wondering if wearing a motorcycle helmet to the theatre would usually get you a mention in the ‘bad behaviour at a show’ thread? But otherwise…ICONIC (and I hope I’m wearing a floor length Pucci print gown when I’m 71.) We also spotted Rusty Egan. Who else was in? I feel very conflicted that Marilyn wasn’t there (assumption based on Marilyn’s insta/behaviour.) |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 8:22:43 GMT
I thought this was a fun night. Like others, I will not post thoughts until tomorrow (although I might warn people going tonight that we’re doing this out of general good manners and not really TO KEEP THE SECRETS.)
Having recently started HRT I would say that John Partridge might need to be available to all peri-menopausal women on prescription. That man just has absolute sexual magnetism, whether he’s dressed as a cat, or Marilyn.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 31, 2022 9:55:09 GMT
He was sitting just in front of me. Had no idea who he was and when he came I'm my friend commented on him wearing a helmet. In the interval lots of people taking photos with him go guessed he was someone. Also another man near me in full Lee Bowery drag. We saw him in the interval and realised who it was. Am wondering if wearing a motorcycle helmet to the theatre would usually get you a mention in the ‘bad behaviour at a show’ thread? But otherwise…ICONIC (and I hope I’m wearing a floor length Pucci print gown when I’m 71.) We also spotted Rusty Egan. Who else was in? I feel very conflicted that Marilyn wasn’t there (assumption based on Marilyn’s insta/behaviour.) I am pretty sure there were other notable people in the audience although I didn't recognise anyone. But you know when you see someone and think "I am sure you are someone!" there were a few like that. Boy George sat in the stalls for Act 1 dressed in a gold sparkly jacket and a very tall sparkly black hat. Another culprit for the "bad behaviour" thread under different circumstances. It was quite funny when people were asking Philip for selfies as the organisers were trying to get everyone back into their seats for Act 2 to start but he was causing a blockage with everyone crowding around. A man asked for a selfie with his friend/partner and Philip told the one taking the photo the best angle to take the picture. He then asked to see the picture and get the guy to zoom in on his face, wasnt happy with the result so made him take the picture again. Brilliant! |
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Post by partytentdown on Jan 31, 2022 10:02:26 GMT
Was the 'Boy George' you describe sitting fairly near the stage on the Stage Right side? Because that was a lookalike! Caused much confusion.
Sporty Spice was in one of the boxes!
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Post by alece10 on Jan 31, 2022 10:16:48 GMT
Was the 'Boy George' you describe sitting fairly near the stage on the Stage Right side? Because that was a lookalike! Caused much confusion. Sporty Spice was in one of the boxes! Yes. Wow! Well I was fooled but at my age I'm easily fooled. 😀 |
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Post by richey on Jan 31, 2022 10:27:49 GMT
I want to go again tonight! If I hadn't booked a ticket for Moulin Rouge I'd be back there again.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 31, 2022 10:31:00 GMT
I want to go again tonight! If I hadn't booked a ticket for Moulin Rouge I'd be back there again. Ive just had a look out of curiosity and tonight is nearly sold out, just a few seats at back of the stalls with some in dress and upper circle. I know tonight has some discounts but that's pretty good going and more money for the charities. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 31, 2022 10:59:43 GMT
If anyone doesn’t want to wait u til after tonight’s show this is how to post a spoiler. You have to be in the full “Create Post” editor, not the Quick Reply option. Youllget a line of buttons at the top, the Spoiler is the one I’ve outlined in red. When you click that the Add Spoiler box will pop open, type in the spoiler body then click the Add Spoiler button. That will put the spoiler into your post, don’t forget to click the Create Post button to finish.  |
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Post by partytentdown on Jan 31, 2022 11:46:10 GMT
My thoughts! {Spoiler - click to view}
Lots of fun! Great atmosphere. A bit rough round the edges but impressive considering everyone was giving their time for free with presumably little tech rehearsal time. I thought the staging was nice and simple.
I don't think there were any other 'surprises' beyond the casting that was previously mentioned (a pre-recorded video link from Luke Evans was included). Matt Lucas conspicuously absent - did he and Boy G fall out or something?
Nice cameos from original cast members - basically multiple who had previously played the role did different bits. The Marilyn concept was a bit odd as two people played him all the time (my partner who doesn't know the show or its history was a bit perplexed by this).
Philip Sallon in the audience and jumped on stage at the end.
Finale speech from Boy George, hinting that he'd like to see the show revived soon.
T-shirts were in S, M, L and XL!
Everyone was given a cast list (A4 folded) at the interval.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 31, 2022 11:59:35 GMT
Thanks BurleyBeaR Here goes as not done a spoiler before {Spoiler - click to view} I hope those who went on Monday night enjoyed the concert as much as we did on Sunday night. Firstly, and for the second time this year when seeing a "concert" this was no concert. Well staged, costumes, dialogue and no one wandering around with scripts in their hands. It has obviously been so well rehearsed. I have only seen Taboo once, a few years ago in Brixton so its not a musical I know that well but have been listening to the music for the past few weeks and it really does have a great score. This was another "event" with a very enthuastic audience although several people seemed to have bladder problems last night with constant visits to the toilet. Why don't people go before they sit down? There were some wonderful performances, especially from Paul Baker as Philip Salon, and Declan Bennett as Billy, but the whole cast were excellent. Then we had the special appearances and we weren't disappointed. John Partridge was outstanding and it was great seeing Julian Clary, Diane Pilkington and who knew Sally Ann Triplett had that voice inside her. Even Luke Evans making a video appearance was brilliant. And it sounded amazing. I was just looking at the cast list and there were 47 in the cast plus 8 in the band which is huge. Nice to see adamk who was the producer and has posted on here make a speech at the beginning and you could tell how thrilled he was that this night was happening. Well done Adam you have all done a fantastic job. January which is usually a miserable month has turned out to be quite iconic with this and the Bonnie & Clyde concert. I think February is going to be a bit of a let down. |
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Post by Matt on Jan 31, 2022 13:42:00 GMT
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I'm really surprised/upset that Euan Morton didn't feature at all |
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Post by richey on Jan 31, 2022 13:46:14 GMT
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I'm really surprised/upset that Euan Morton didn't feature at all I thought too. He was perfect in the role when I saw him |
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Post by singularsensation10 on Jan 31, 2022 14:09:48 GMT
We saw him in the interval and realised who it was. Am wondering if wearing a motorcycle helmet to the theatre would usually get you a mention in the ‘bad behaviour at a show’ thread? But otherwise…ICONIC (and I hope I’m wearing a floor length Pucci print gown when I’m 71.) We also spotted Rusty Egan. Who else was in? I feel very conflicted that Marilyn wasn’t there (assumption based on Marilyn’s insta/behaviour.) I am pretty sure there were other notable people in the audience although I didn't recognise anyone. But you know when you see someone and think "I am sure you are someone!" there were a few like that. Boy George sat in the stalls for Act 1 dressed in a gold sparkly jacket and a very tall sparkly black hat. Another culprit for the "bad behaviour" thread under different circumstances. It was quite funny when people were asking Philip for selfies as the organisers were trying to get everyone back into their seats for Act 2 to start but he was causing a blockage with everyone crowding around. A man asked for a selfie with his friend/partner and Philip told the one taking the photo the best angle to take the picture. He then asked to see the picture and get the guy to zoom in on his face, wasnt happy with the result so made him take the picture again. Brilliant! that wasn’t boy George, that was Boy George experience - the impersonator |
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Post by drowseychap on Jan 31, 2022 15:10:37 GMT
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I'm really surprised/upset that Euan Morton didn't feature at all I was disappointed too but if you looked closely during one song he was featured in a picture montage |
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Post by drowseychap on Jan 31, 2022 15:27:03 GMT
Like I think everyone on here felt …. last night did feel special … and amazed how good all performances were esp with the limited rehearsal time . I had hoped for a few more surprise but hey ho {Spoiler - click to view}
Paul baker …. Was fab again couldn’t believe 20 years had passed and lovely to see Drew back as Steve strange . Gail hadn’t changed either all wonderful .
John partridge surprised me l had seen him years back but last night the whole show immediately lifted when he exploded on stage .
I did wonder who would play Josie.? Thought Sally Ann was great
I was hoping for a video montage of all the past cast would have been lovely to see ? Shame it wasn’t added and I too missed Matt Lucas I missed him originally but loved him on the soundtrack…. Hope it wasn’t clashes or falling out that kept him out … as surely for charity people could put differences aside …
Had some youngsters next to me ….. well about 23 so young compared to me 😊and wouldn’t have seen the show originally… maybe YouTube etc now …. They had difficulty following the story but appeared to enjoy the songs and in circle they and from what I could see rest of circle refrained from photos and filming until finale which was lovely to see …. As we were all in the moment like it should be .
I do think the songs have certainly stood the test of time and was wonderful to hear them with such a full sound the added voices worked so well …. I really do think 🤔 like was said all those years ago and again last night Taboo was way ahead of its time
And I think 🤔 now would be the right time for a revival would love a blend of both versions or at least some broadway songs added.
Not sure what’s gone on with Marilyn but seemed the butt of the. Joke last night more than originally ? In the show
I’m sure I saw Arlene Philips outside the theatre 🎭 and not sure if he went last night but had dinner not far away last night and Samuel L Jackson was on table next to me !! Anyone who goes tonight will have a fab time and at the reduced rate getting a real bargain |
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Post by Deal J on Jan 31, 2022 15:48:56 GMT
Spoilers, drowseychap !! There’s a post on the previous page on how to do them, or if it’s too late to edit maybe BurlyBeaR can help |
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