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#1

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 4/13/10 at 7:55am

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Original Cast Recording released on June 8th. Pre-order form 24th April.
A great show that I liked in New York. The basic recording from last year was great but this new full on recording should capture the show brilliantly and give everyone a taste of what they'll see at the NT this winter.

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'
#2

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 4/13/10 at 11:26am

Are you tempted to see this at the National when it comes over?
#3

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 4/13/10 at 11:35am

I'll be going, Gonna book my Entry Pass tickets ASAP as I think it will be extremely popular!
#5

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 4/30/10 at 8:15am

TODAY!

£10 seats are gone for practically all performances, just 1 or 2 dotted about in the back of the circle.

That said, I've just booked Sam and me 2 tickets, Row B stalls, £5 each through the entry pass scheme for November 13th.

Big Broadway transfer, Saturday night, and £5 each. Gotta love the National.
#6

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 4/30/10 at 8:38am

"Are you tempted to see this at the National when it comes over?"

Not even remotely LOL. I've watched clips on youtube and listened to some audio clips and the music sounded so horrible it actually made me want to scream. I'm sure it is a genuinely innovative piece of theatre and the book may well be strong but the bottom line is if the score is the kind of music I really hate, I could not sit through 2 and a half hours of it.
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#7

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 4/30/10 at 10:42am

Row B!? ooh good times :)
i've not really had an interest in this show and haven't looked up any clips or anything, hell i don't even know who Fela is...(he is a person right?) But i'm just gonna go with an open mind, knowing nothing about it, which is very rare these days, for me at least Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'
#8

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 4/30/10 at 10:55am

From the clips I have seen it looks like the SARAFINA! cast are all grown up (sounds the same).
#9

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 4/30/10 at 12:01pm

Any reason this is on sale so long before the rest of the season?
#10

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 4/30/10 at 2:58pm

I wouldn't class this as 'a big Broadway transfer' just yet, but it just might be after the Tonys.

Row B seats for a fiver though - I'd go for it too based on it's provenance, even if I wasn't that familiar with it.

Hope you both enjoy it Mark and Sam (BWW's version of Sam & Mark???) Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'
Seen some shows in my time....
#11

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 5/1/10 at 5:04am

awh Tigg! You've caught us...we are in fact Sam and Mark of Pop Idol/CBBC fame!
#12

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 5/1/10 at 6:19am

I still find this an unusual choice for the National. Considering the last Broadway import they had was 'August: Osage County' (that correct?), it's a strange one to follow up. Still, wish it all the best and I hope it finds an audience in London!
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#14

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 5/4/10 at 9:04am

I saw this show just after it opened in New York. As enjoyable as it was I am still completely dumbfounded as to why its been picked up by the National, totally.
#15

Getting Geared Up For 'Fela'

Posted: 5/4/10 at 11:39am

I agree it is a strange choice given the choice of shows they could of picked.

My only thought is that it is to capture the British Black population, which A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof did so well.

All credit to the people involved in bringing this show over though.

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