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Post by danb on Jan 20, 2020 19:24:40 GMT
I’m hoping they plop their stage front and centre at the Donald Gordon this week. Its a whopper to try & fill with such a small set.
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Post by danb on Jan 22, 2020 22:29:09 GMT
Wow, needn’t have worried about this. It looked great with the shallow stage pushed right forward and plush regal purple curtains hiding it before it began. We had Harriet Watson on as Parr, but she disappeared for all of ‘All You Wanna Do’ and had a drink onstage with her so presumably wasn’t feeling great herself? Lauren Drew shone as Aragon; what a set of pipes she has eh? Jodie Steel was really quite funny and so much more suited to this than playing a high schooler. The stars of this are Moss & Marlow though. I didn’t think it would be my thing at all but its just very clever and hugely enjoyable.
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Post by wicked on Jan 22, 2020 23:41:12 GMT
This dipping out during AYWD seems to happen quite often now- I wonder if it's the agreed upon song that if you desperately need a break take it now, or if it's just a coincidence that people get that far and can't continue immediately. Feel bad for the others left there recoreographing!
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Post by ahaz on Jan 23, 2020 10:07:08 GMT
This dipping out during AYWD seems to happen quite often now- I wonder if it's the agreed upon song that if you desperately need a break take it now, or if it's just a coincidence that people get that far and can't continue immediately. Feel bad for the others left there recoreographing! Yeah wouldn't be surprised if it was. It's a long song (around 7 minutes I think) with choreography throughout so it would be the worst song to do if you were feeling ill or needed a break!
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Post by danb on Jan 23, 2020 10:51:08 GMT
To be fair it worked just fine with four of them dancing around the outside of her rather than five.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2020 13:06:35 GMT
Oooooh apparently I can't see this thread at work beyond page 6 because my work server says it's "offensive and tasteless". What did I miss?!!
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 23, 2020 13:09:06 GMT
Oooooh apparently I can't see this thread at work beyond page 6 because my work server says it's "offensive and tasteless". What did I miss?!! I think it must be Dan's "whopper"! 🙂
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Post by danb on Jan 23, 2020 13:22:07 GMT
Oooooh apparently I can't see this thread at work beyond page 6 because my work server says it's "offensive and tasteless". What did I miss?!! I think it must be Dan's "whopper"! 🙂 Maybe ‘plush regal curtains’? 😂😂😂
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Post by katykate on Jan 26, 2020 11:53:46 GMT
Saw the tour last Thursday at the wmc. What a fun show! Was hoping to see Jodie Steele as has previously seen her in heathers but we had an understudy kate Howard. Have loved the cast recording for ages and the show was better than expected! Really funny and wow those girls can sing! Stand outs were Lauren drew (disappointingly in a temporary costume) and Jane Seymour (sorry not sure of the actresses name!). Heart of stone is not my favourite on the album but was phenomenal on stage! Took two friends who had never heard of it and now they are converted and listening to the album every day since! The fangirls were out in force in a packed WMC and audience reactions v enthusiastic from the minute the queens appeared! So lovely to see so many young people at the theatre. My friends and I now consider ourselves 30 something year old members of the queendom! Also shout out to the AMAZING sign language interpreter side of stage who deserves her own show!
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Post by xanady on Jan 26, 2020 20:47:49 GMT
Great review katykate...wonderful to hear of more converts to the SIX phenomenon...long may the show reign👑
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Post by ahaz on Jan 26, 2020 21:11:40 GMT
Ah Katykate we were at the same show! Also thought Lauren Drew was a standout, I wasn’t a huge fan of Alicia who played Howard, she sounded like she was out of breath throughout her song but still enjoyed it. Lauren Byrne is Seymour and thought she was brilliant. I’ve seen it in the West End and I think I prefer the arts, I was back of stalls at WMC and couldn’t see the girls’ facial expressions as well and couldn’t see little details like Boleyn starting her song taking selfies on her phone. Was a complete sell out including standing tickets! What a phenomenal show and cast!
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Post by danb on Jan 27, 2020 6:09:28 GMT
I believe that the whole wmc run was a sell out. I went on every day after we’d been to try and rebook but nothing inc standing, ever came up. Good on ‘em!
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Post by katykate on Jan 27, 2020 16:37:42 GMT
Ah Katykate we were at the same show! Also thought Lauren Drew was a standout, I wasn’t a huge fan of Alicia who played Howard, she sounded like she was out of breath throughout her song but still enjoyed it. Lauren Byrne is Seymour and thought she was brilliant. I’ve seen it in the West End and I think I prefer the arts, I was back of stalls at WMC and couldn’t see the girls’ facial expressions as well and couldn’t see little details like Boleyn starting her song taking selfies on her phone. Was a complete sell out including standing tickets! What a phenomenal show and cast! Agree with you about K Howard seeming out of breath. I think the song lacked the sinister impact it should have had! We were sat about 7 rows back centre stalls so had a fantastic view so dan imaging some of the little details would be lost further back. Very tempted to book for Bristol.....
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Post by ahaz on Feb 11, 2020 9:52:38 GMT
Just seen that this has been announced in Woking for 9-14 November on the theatre website which is after the last date, although not yet up on the Six website...
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Feb 11, 2020 11:50:01 GMT
Great tip, ahaz.
This is currently on presale to ATG Theatre Card holders. Front row of stalls (AA) is expensive VIP tickets but second row back a reasonable £38.
I think I was first to book and got two dead centre row BB for chosen performance.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 11:58:56 GMT
I think Birmingham will be a cast change for this tour then. It was originally supposed to close then so I wouldn't be surprised if the 2019-20 cast's contracts ended then.
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Post by itsemily on Feb 11, 2020 13:43:11 GMT
Just booked for Woking! So excited as I never thought I would get to see the tour!!
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Post by intoanewlife on Feb 11, 2020 14:40:06 GMT
So will this tour just keep going and eventually start doing the same places again?
If it keeps selling the way it has been I don't see a need for them to stop it.
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Post by sophie92 on Feb 11, 2020 15:30:15 GMT
So will this tour just keep going and eventually start doing the same places again? If it keeps selling the way it has been I don't see a need for them to stop it. Well they’re already going back to Milton Keynes
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 11, 2020 15:34:13 GMT
So if it stays out on the road, where do we think the Christmas residency will be?
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Post by LaLuPone on Feb 11, 2020 15:37:40 GMT
So will this tour just keep going and eventually start doing the same places again? If it keeps selling the way it has been I don't see a need for them to stop it. Well they’re already going back to Milton Keynes Yep plus Bath and Cheltenham.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 16:01:13 GMT
This show could tour indefinitely with the week-long sit downs. It is one of the most popular, if not THE most popular, musicals in the UK at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 16:05:15 GMT
BurlyBeaR Could we maybe remove the "2019/20" from the thread title? It's probably going to run into the next year.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 11, 2020 20:30:30 GMT
BurlyBeaR Could we maybe remove the "2019/20" from the thread title? It's probably going to run into the next year. Done 🙂
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2020 0:27:14 GMT
Thank you!
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Post by craig on Feb 12, 2020 11:15:45 GMT
Finally seeing this tonight in Aylesbury. I'm not convinced it's the show for me, but I've heard nothing but raves about it, so hopefully it'll prove me wrong!
Shamefully, it's also my first visit to the Waterside Theatre since I moved to Aylesbury 15 months ago.
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Post by ABr on Feb 12, 2020 12:44:05 GMT
Finally seeing this tonight in Aylesbury. I'm not convinced it's the show for me, but I've heard nothing but raves about it, so hopefully it'll prove me wrong! Even if you don't enjoy the show overall, the tour casts performances are amazing! So hopefully that's enough if you don't overly enjoy the show!
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Post by robertb213 on Feb 12, 2020 17:43:28 GMT
Just announced for the Derngate in Northampton, 24th to 28th November 2020
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Post by craig on Feb 12, 2020 22:25:12 GMT
Well, I was totally wrong about this and absolutely loved it!
The cast were off the scale and I wasn’t expecting such a beautiful feminist statement from it. An absolute celebration of the diversity of womanhood.
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Post by ensembleswings on Feb 18, 2020 19:33:15 GMT
Managed to get a standby ticket for this Saturday in Bath. Was regretting not booking seeing as it's the closest venue to me so I'm glad to have picked up a cheap ticket
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