Well like Steve mentioned earlier, yes I was at the show last night, thanks to Hokeys quiz!
Firstly, I would like to say that it was a lovely gesture that this prize was given away. Thank you, I have donated the ticket cost to charity.
Due to the fact that I missed my train to get to London, the heat was on for me to arrive in time for 7:30…, which thankfully I did with a few minutes to go before curtain up!
Now I haven’t got my programme in front of me so I apologise that I won’t be able to mention all the new actors names but here goes:
Leon was playing “Billy” and Joey was “Michael” and Emma played “Debbie”. So what can I say about these three!
Leon, I think is a brilliant all rounder. His singing is always on top form and the ballet parts are great. Lets hope he’s with the company for some time to come…
As for Joey, he is so funny and plays the part of Michael down to a tea. You two are hilarious in “Expressing Yourself”.
If you read this guys, don’t change a thing!
Emma was also good in her role, adding slightly different parts to her character due to some small changes in the show.
In terms of the new cast…
The guy who has taken over in Tim Healy’s footsteps, I thought was amazing. Had I been going to the show for the first time, you wouldn’t have thought that this was his first performance along with the others.
In a few weeks time, I do feel that he will match what Tim had on stage.
“Big Davey” and “Mr Braithwaite”, has now been rolled into the one character, with Alex doing a good job in both areas. There is however parts that Steve Elias added to this role that Alex has dropped but again, within time I’m sure he will make it his own.
This is similar to the new actor playing “George”. Very comical though it did seem to go slightly flat at the start of the second half just before “Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher”.
As for Chris who is now playing “Tony”, he was good but there was something about Joe Caffrey that I liked? However saying that, his partnership with his dad, especially when they sung “He could be a star” together, was very powerful.
In terms of the show as a whole, there are quite a few changes in the script, more so in the first half with new lines, jokes etc. being added, and there are some really nice touches.
I won’t tell you too much about this as it will spoil the next time you all go.
All in all, I think that this show is going from strength to strength… well done to all the cast for making it such a memorable evening.
"All you have to do is learn to care less..."
