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The Musicals/Stage Productions Topic!!!

DiogoJ42 said:
I once saw "Robin Hood: Prince of Sherwood: The Musical" Somewhere in the West End (I want to say the Piccadilly Theatre?)
It was pretty ****, delving deep in to the "Sheriff is a devil worshiper" **** that came from that film.

Would have been better is they just went with the Brooks version tbh.
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When you look at the history of Robin Hood musicals on the West End, it ain't good, anyone know of the infamous failure that was 'Twang!'?
 
QTXAdsy said:
When you look at the history of Robin Hood musicals on the West End, it ain't good, anyone know of the infamous failure that was 'Twang!'?
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Nope, never heard of it. But I assume that's meant to be a reference to the onomatopoeia of loosing an arrow?
 
John_P said:
Booked to see Operation Mincemeat when it tours next year, heading The Lowry in Salford so a new venue as well.
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Ironically had about 2 hours in New York a few weeks ago and went down to Times Square, then Central Park.

Went in a cafe for breakfast, sat down and looked out the window and saw this:

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Just booked to see Dear England in October, can't wait! Something else for me to look forward to as well 😊
 
Watched Mary Poppins at the Birmingham Hippodrome last week, I’d never even seen the film before, but it was really impressive! Some of the stage work was masterful, a really great night, highly recommend.
 
Mick said:
I’d never even seen the film before
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You haven't lived mate! 😂
 
Saw Operation Mincemeat last night.
Without a doubt, the second worst thing I have ever seen in a theatre. We got cheap tickets in their lottery, I wasn't the one who paid, and I still feel ripped off.
 
In a funny turn of events, I saw Operation Mincemeat last week and quite enjoyed it.

But I did come away thinking it is probably one of those musicals that would absolutely drive some people up the sodding wall for a variety of different reasons. 🤣
 
It was entertaining in the same way as watching Troll 2, or The Room.
Would have been an acceptable student production, but it has no place in the west end.
 
Saw Wicked on the West End a few weeks ago. Absolutely brilliant. The set design was truly astounding, for starters, and...Well, let's put it this way. There's a very good reason why they decided to split the film adaptation into two parts. How on earth can you follow on from 'Defying Gravity'?
 
Noticed the original cast recording of Hamilton was on at the pictures this week to mark 10 years after it started on Broadway (the recording was done in 2016).

It's really well done and more than just them filming the stage over a few performances as they did bits with the theatre closed so there's plenty of close ups and other angles, and a few bits staged to show characters in the background I've never noticed when seeing the musical live myself.

It had in hindsight an amazingly loaded cast packed with talent, I mean a member of the chorus has won an Oscar.

The screening started with a short collection of the cast and production crew talking about how it came to be and the tenth anniversary.

It's also still on Disney+ if people haven't seen it but don't fancy the trip to the cinema.
 
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GooseOnTheLoose said:
Because the stage version source material is also in two parts.
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Only thing I have in my defence is that I was genuinely unaware of this. Never really had anything to do with the world of the Wizard of Oz as a child due to my parents’…somewhat fundamentalist beliefs, shall we say. We got pulled out of a drama group we were in (one based in a church, as it happens) due to the plans to put on ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and its apparent portrayal of witchcraft and wizardry in a positive light. Not even joking - that’s the justification we were given.
 
Saw Dear England last night, what a brilliant show! I was smiling the whole way through and would see it again in a heartbeat. A fantastic cast and there were lots of really funny bits, just a hugely enjoyable production. Lots (and lots) of swearing though, but that's football eh. 😛

11/10
 
Been to see a stage version of Little Women at the Liverpool Playhouse.

Bit of a spare of the moment thing as I only booked it last week and my ticket was £10 for a slightly restricted view.

Really good cast and definitely captures the book well. Cast of just 8 as well so it really pares down the characters to the essence of the play with others mentioned as off stage.

Was also able to find out if they were Little Women, or just far away.
 
Got to see the touring production of Inside Number 9: Stage/Fright last night, having been wanting to see this live for a while. I watched the series on Netflix and iPlayer a few years ago, including the episode they perform on stage.

It blends the horror/comedy aspect of the show really well, with there being about 4 or 5 major set pieces throughout the show, each focusing on different styles of performance. Which in a sense makes it a really good variety show, admittedly not one you’d take young children or elderly relatives though.

Seeing the creators of the show live on stage is definitely the big pull of the show, and those who know the connection between the anthology’s episodes will be happy to know that it does indeed have a role within the greater show.

The mix between the tension of horror and the absurdity of comedy is brilliant. I won’t go into too much detail because it needs to be seen with as few spoilers as possible,

The only glaring issue with the show is the pre-recorded sections, stuff that would play well in a cinema, on headphones or a TV screen does not mesh well with theatre acoustics and the live noise. This was quite immersion breaking, and didn’t quite translate some aspects of the TV show, however this is a broader issue with modern tech within a theatrical setting as I had the same issue with Hamilton last year. Audio acoustics in theatres are setup very differently to cinemas, and when there’s a moment designed as if it was TV or Film, it kind of falls flat.

Very good experience overall, please go and see it if you’re interested before the tour run ends in early January, highly recommend.
 
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