Site Supporter MickyD Posted April 17 Site Supporter Share Posted April 17 During the Easter break, I enjoyed a couple of nights in London, Thursday to Saturday. On the Thursday we went up to the West End and failed to get tickets for Les Mis. Well, we could’ve got a pair but not for the £200 each they wanted. Anyway, we went next door to the Gielgud Theatre and got a couple of decent seats for £50 each. The musical was Opening Night starring Sheridan Smith. Fucking woeful! Many in our area didn’t return after the interval it was so crap. I decided the second half couldn’t be as bad as the first. I was wrong! What’s the feeling in Theatre Land that it’s been cut short by a couple of months. Is this usual or do they normally persevere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted April 17 Site Supporter Share Posted April 17 Maybe that was the plan 😛 Recall reading that there were flops like Annie 2, Carrie and musical version of Gone with the Wind that got pulled quickly. Rocky Horror apparently failed at first as a theatre show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 9 hours ago, MickyD said: During the Easter break, I enjoyed a couple of nights in London, Thursday to Saturday. On the Thursday we went up to the West End and failed to get tickets for Les Mis. Well, we could’ve got a pair but not for the £200 each they wanted. Anyway, we went next door to the Gielgud Theatre and got a couple of decent seats for £50 each. The musical was Opening Night starring Sheridan Smith. Fucking woeful! Many in our area didn’t return after the interval it was so crap. I decided the second half couldn’t be as bad as the first. I was wrong! What’s the feeling in Theatre Land that it’s been cut short by a couple of months. Is this usual or do they normally persevere? Yeah - Easter innit - never get cheap seats. My mrs works on a lot of the WE and we can't get comps over Easter hols unless its directly work, easier over xmas. No real feeling, just hasn't sold - it happens. I mean Rufus Wainwright's music is a bit esoteric for many people, but casting Sheridan g'tees a certain level of Box Office. As I say, it happens, if anyone actually knew what would be a hit everytime no one would need to work. Those shows that looked nailed on fail, those that look like they'd be a struggle and have a long build up process - like say Operation Mincemeat - can be massively successful. Not even ALW or Macintosh have a hit everytime. Wessex Grove a very successful producers, just hasn't landed this time. Put it this way, if I won the lottery, I'd put as much of my win in a theatre show as I'd be comfortable to lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted April 18 Author Site Supporter Share Posted April 18 I believe Les Mis wasn’t a hit with the critics yet the audiences love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 3 hours ago, Not in Crawley said: Put it this way, if I won the lottery, I'd put as much of my win in a theatre show as I'd be comfortable to lose. Wanderersways The Musical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 hour ago, Sweep said: Wanderersways The Musical At least it would be a cheaper version of Les Miserables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 hour ago, DirtySanchez said: At least it would be a cheaper version of Les Miserables Not sure, there's more fights than the June Rebellion and certainly more cast members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 2 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said: Not sure, there's more fights than the June Rebellion and certainly more cast members. Nobody would be paying £200 though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted April 18 Site Supporter Share Posted April 18 16 hours ago, MickyD said: During the Easter break, I enjoyed a couple of nights in London, Thursday to Saturday. On the Thursday we went up to the West End and failed to get tickets for Les Mis. Well, we could’ve got a pair but not for the £200 each they wanted. Anyway, we went next door to the Gielgud Theatre and got a couple of decent seats for £50 each. The musical was Opening Night starring Sheridan Smith. Fucking woeful! Many in our area didn’t return after the interval it was so crap. I decided the second half couldn’t be as bad as the first. I was wrong! What’s the feeling in Theatre Land that it’s been cut short by a couple of months. Is this usual or do they normally persevere? MickyD LuvvieD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 6 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said: Nobody would be paying £200 though 'A Way to Wander' A New Musical When you're in your 40s but voice hasn't even broken and you reek of crime, so-called society is designed to be a remote-controlled switch off. Everyday an endless loop of meaningless sales messages and trying to scrape by on £100,000 a year. What can you do to keep your sanity? Send the wife to her sisters, turn on the kid's playstation, flush the drugs down the toilet and regsiter a username to begin to wander into a new home; a fractured community of like-minded fools and chancers. A final chance for a middle-aged nobody to finally be themselves.... But what happens when this fractured community starts to bleed into reality, when the personal messages become personal threats and when loggin on is simply waking up? The award-winning new muscial 'A Way to Wander' is brought to you from the award-winning producers of Sydney Opera's Houses' smash Hit, 'It Was Only A Triffling Matter' and Broadway's thrilling new drama 'A Burger in Trump Tower.' Book today. Tickets from £90 at www.winklepickerproductions.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 11 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said: 'A Way to Wander' A New Musical When you're in your 40s but voice hasn't even broken and you reek of crime, so-called society is designed to be a remote-controlled switch off. Everyday an endless loop of meaningless sales messages and trying to scrape by on £100,000 a year. What can you do to keep your sanity? Send the wife to her sisters, turn on the kid's playstation, flush the drugs down the toilet and regsiter a username to begin to wander into a new home; a fractured community of like-minded fools and chancers. A final chance for a middle-aged nobody to finally be themselves.... But what happens when this fractured community starts to bleed into reality, when the personal messages become personal threats and when loggin on is simply waking up? The award-winning new muscial 'A Way to Wander' is brought to you from the award-winning producers of Sydney Opera's Houses' smash Hit, 'It Was Only A Triffling Matter' and Broadway's thrilling new drama 'A Burger in Trump Tower.' Book today. Tickets from £90 at www.winklepickerproductions.com Host it in the platinum suite or the BRSA club in Horwich and you'll have a sell out Chuck in a chippy tea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) Cast Soundtrack just released including 'Why does everyone only call my husband Undies, anymore?' 'Travel Cheap, Travel Traf' 'What, What, What-aboutery' 'I'm Happy to be a Happyclapper' 'The Bright Lights of Crawley' 'New Year, New Me' 'Women on the co-comms again.' 'Selling my soul on the Costa Del Sol.' 'A Palestine State of Mind.' Edited April 18 by Not in Crawley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted April 18 Author Site Supporter Share Posted April 18 Who would we all have playing us? Obviously MickyD would be played by George Clooney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySanchez Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 4 minutes ago, MickyD said: Who would we all have playing us? Obviously MickyD would be played by George Clooney. I'd be Brad Pitt playing me playing Brad Pitt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 I'm producing so auditions will be held outside the clubshop where potential actors will not be required to learn lines but to see who can windmill without landing a punch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter FrancisFogarty Posted April 18 Site Supporter Share Posted April 18 3 hours ago, FrancisFogarty said: MickyD LuvvieD I read it in a “dear dear Johnny” Gieldgud voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanGreavsie Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 It would be an eclectic mix, with summat for everyone. MickyD gets a pop inspired highlight While Casino's is darker and takes the audience down a different route but to finish off Gonzo provides a tearjerker (not sure where he's "going back to"? Chippy near Preston? North Stand Upper? Wembley?). And who are the other WWers accompanying him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 hour ago, SatanGreavsie said: It would be an eclectic mix, with summat for everyone. MickyD gets a pop inspired highlight While Casino's is darker and takes the audience down a different route but to finish off Gonzo provides a tearjerker (not sure where he's "going back to"? Chippy near Preston? North Stand Upper? Wembley?). And who are the other WWers accompanying him. Nice to see No Balls make a cameo in my song 🥹 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted April 18 Author Site Supporter Share Posted April 18 34 minutes ago, gonzo said: Nice to see No Balls make a cameo in my song 🥹 Oh, you’re going to be in a lot of pain for that if she still lurks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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