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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 22, 2022 18:04:39 GMT
Joanna Ampil is an absolute musical theatre megastar. So talented but also so humble and so charming. If anyone can make this work, she can! Anyway, I am really looking forward to this; fascinated to see what they do with it. And after the recent (ish) West End revival and subsequent tour (which I caught in Manchester and was simply stunning) it's great to have Miss Saigon back in the UK so soon. Truly one of the best scores ever written IMHO. Are Sheffield Crucible known as a producing house? Confess to not knowing much about them but had thought (perhaps wrongly) they were mainly a receiving house for tours. And snooker. The crucible is part of Sheffield Theatres. The Crucible and Crucible Studio are producing houses, the Lyceum which is next door is the receiving house and gets all the usual tours. The Crucible is a stunning building and it’s always an absolute pleasure to go to my home town to see something there. I’ll be booking at least one trip to Miss Saigon! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2022 18:12:02 GMT
Joanna Ampil is an absolute musical theatre megastar. So talented but also so humble and so charming. If anyone can make this work, she can! Anyway, I am really looking forward to this; fascinated to see what they do with it. And after the recent (ish) West End revival and subsequent tour (which I caught in Manchester and was simply stunning) it's great to have Miss Saigon back in the UK so soon. Truly one of the best scores ever written IMHO. Are Sheffield Crucible known as a producing house? Confess to not knowing much about them but had thought (perhaps wrongly) they were mainly a receiving house for tours. And snooker. The crucible is part of Sheffield Theatres. The Crucible and Crucible Studio are producing houses, the Lyceum which is next door is the receiving house and gets all the usual tours. The Crucible is a stunning building and it’s always an absolute pleasure to go to my home town to see something there. I’ll be booking at least one trip to Miss Saigon! Well this is wonderful :-) I shall definitely be going and really looking forward to it. Despite years living in Manchester, have never been! |
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Sept 22, 2022 18:19:04 GMT
It'll be an interpretive dancer who identifies as a helicopter, and you will enjoy it. HAHAHAHAHAHA |
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Post by matilda1 on Sept 23, 2022 7:51:25 GMT
Recent graduate Desmonda Cathabel as Kim?
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Post by viola on Sept 23, 2022 10:36:39 GMT
Recent graduate Desmonda Cathabel as Kim? I'm wondering about Sha Dessi (current Eponine). She reminds me of Monique Wilson when she was in Miss Saigon. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 23, 2022 17:09:07 GMT
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Post by theatremiss on Sept 23, 2022 17:39:22 GMT
I got quite excited until I read 'female Engineer'. For goodness sake, why? Surely you mean “why god why.” |
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 24, 2022 10:44:00 GMT
I’ll be booking at least one trip to Miss Saigon! Will you be travelling by train BurlyBeaR? At least at that time of year it will be light enough to see the Peak District in all it's glorious magnificence. |
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Post by AddisonMizner on Sept 24, 2022 13:09:59 GMT
Definitely booking for this - I love MISS SAIGON. Superior to LES MIS in my opinion (and I love that piece too). I remember seeing the UK tour (around 2005?) and falling head over heels for it. I went to the recent West End revival and didn’t love it as much, but I am looking forward to seeing this “reimagining” in Sheffield.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 24, 2022 13:16:12 GMT
I don’t think they’ll go anywhere near trying to recreate the helicopter. Even the touring version of that effect was stunningly executed. From the stalls I could almost feel my ears blowing back. It’s become so iconic that even if it wasn’t for the fact that it has to be designed for a very large thrust stage I think the Crucible would want do it quite differently.
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Post by ncbears on Sept 24, 2022 14:52:36 GMT
"at tonight's performance, the role of the helicopter will be played by _____"
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 30, 2022 10:00:31 GMT
General booking opens tomorrow at 10am sharp. Don't be late! Press night is Thursday 13 July. Sadly, tickets aren't available for the hoi polloi, which is regrettable for a subsidised theatre. Really simple pricing structure: £15, £25, £35 and £45. Be warned that prices will rise if there's high demand.   Anyone planning on seeing Standing at the Sky's Edge and Miss Saigon may wish to consider a subscription. |
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Post by ptwest on Sept 30, 2022 21:07:48 GMT
I actually did get a subscription for this - limited dates I could do and I have a few specific favourite seats at the crucible, so got what I wanted the night before press night. I’m not completely sold on the idea of a female engineer but I am completely sold on Joanna Ampil so will go with an open mind.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Sept 30, 2022 21:16:10 GMT
General booking opens tomorrow at 10am sharp. Don't be late! Press night is Thursday 13 July. Sadly, tickets aren't available for the hoi polloi, which is regrettable for a subsidised theatre. Really simple pricing structure: £15, £25, £35 and £45. Be warned that prices will rise if there's high demand. Anyone planning on seeing Standing at the Sky's Edge and Miss Saigon may wish to consider a subscription. Top tip - the orange coloured seats are very good value |
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 1, 2022 9:06:47 GMT
Pretty painless booking process, was put in a queue at 1 minute to 10 and was in within a couple of minutes and managed to get 2 of the £35 seats for £5 each due to being under 26, fantastic deal and what a great way to get young people into the theatre!
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Post by mrnutz on Oct 1, 2022 9:10:46 GMT
Very painless booking - got a couple of the £35 seats for a Saturday matinee near the start of the run. First visit to this theatre!
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Post by cezbear on Oct 1, 2022 9:15:12 GMT
Not painless for me so far, couldn't pay because cardholder field empty but there's no cardholder field... trying again on laptop rather than phone so back in the queue.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Oct 1, 2022 9:31:02 GMT
Also got exactly what I wanted for a Saturday matinee with no problems at all.
Reasonable prices, one of my favourite musicals and one of my favourite theatres too so well worth the 400 mile round trip. Ticket received immediately and already printed, diaried and filed.
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Post by benny20 on Oct 1, 2022 9:44:28 GMT
All booked. Pretty quick and easy
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Post by WireHangers on Oct 1, 2022 9:50:08 GMT
Those who know the venue and local audience well, how likely is this to sell out?
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Post by Dr Tom on Oct 1, 2022 13:23:59 GMT
Those who know the venue and local audience well, how likely is this to sell out? Nothing sells out right now. I want to book, but I just can't confirm dates I can be in Sheffield next summer yet for various reasons. But I'm sure there will be seats available, especially singles. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 1, 2022 16:42:03 GMT
Those who know the venue and local audience well, how likely is this to sell out? Sky’s Edge sold out during the run I think ( TallPaul will remember if I’m wrong). Same with Life of Pi. I’ve just booked a matinee and a LOT of the central £45 seats have gone already. Having said that the back four or 5 rows aren’t on sale, sometimes they will put them on sale if demand is high, sometimes they don’t. I wouldn’t hang about if interested to be honest, even if you only get the best £15 ticket you can see and risk losing it if you can’t go. Got mine for £5 as I had a credit. Result! |
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Post by WireHangers on Oct 1, 2022 21:13:35 GMT
Those who know the venue and local audience well, how likely is this to sell out? Sky’s Edge sold out during the run I think ( TallPaul will remember if I’m wrong). Same with Life of Pi. I’ve just booked a matinee and a LOT of the central £45 seats have gone already. Having said that the back four or 5 rows aren’t on sale, sometimes they will put them on sale if demand is high, sometimes they don’t. I wouldn’t hang about if interested to be honest, even if you only get the best £15 ticket you can see and risk losing it if you can’t go. Got mine for £5 as I had a credit. Result! Might just take the plunge and book. My husband is from Leeds and we down regularly so wouldn’t mind planning a trip around the show then taking a wee day trip to Sheffield to watch it. |
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Post by undeuxtrois on Oct 2, 2022 20:31:53 GMT
Pretty painless booking process, was put in a queue at 1 minute to 10 and was in within a couple of minutes and managed to get 2 of the £35 seats for £5 each due to being under 26, fantastic deal and what a great way to get young people into the theatre! How did you make it £5? |
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Post by LaLuPone on Oct 2, 2022 21:41:28 GMT
Pretty painless booking process, was put in a queue at 1 minute to 10 and was in within a couple of minutes and managed to get 2 of the £35 seats for £5 each due to being under 26, fantastic deal and what a great way to get young people into the theatre! How did you make it £5? If you create a Sheffield Theatres account and put in your date of birth it automatically gives you the deal at checkout for any seats below top price, and you can get a maximum of two seats. The offer is only valid for performances from the 8th-20th July though (presumably the preview period) and it’s something like 40 tickets of this nature available per week, so the allocation could possibly be sold out by now. |
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Post by stepha on Oct 3, 2022 7:11:21 GMT
Thanks to the folks here for bringing this to my attention, 2x £35 seats booked - really interested to see what they do with this. The longer I think about a female engineer, the more I can see it working - I think this could make it darker. Am really looking forward to it!
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Post by richey on Oct 6, 2022 8:26:00 GMT
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Post by inthenose on Oct 6, 2022 19:19:22 GMT
Thank you for sharing this. In case anyone can’t watch for whatever reason, here are the takeaways. - She was invited to a meeting with Sheffield Theatres to discuss a role in a musical without knowing what it was. At the meeting she was told it was to play the Engineer and she immediately accepted. - The role will be played as a woman, with whole new backstory and what sounds like heavy rewrites. - Rehearsals begin on the first week of June and will last 5 weeks. Prior to this, she is in Korea playing Grizabella in Cats. - She doesn’t know anything about other casting, but has another meeting with the production team soon where she may find out more. - She doesn’t see the point in talking to former Engineers such as Leo Tavarro Valdez or Jon Jon Briones because she her character is going to be very different. That about covers the new information! |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 6, 2022 19:55:00 GMT
Aww isn’t she lovely?
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Post by inthenose on Oct 6, 2022 20:07:23 GMT
Yes, she is as nice as they come. |
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