'Priscilla Queen Of The Desert- The Musical'- Palace Theatre — Page 17

Will look out for you John (and Tiggo). Can?t promise to match you in terms of feathers and sparkle but my friend is 6?2? so you may spot us !

OOPS!
SORRY!
It was me who said Farmers boy- ah the hell- you knew what i meant!

I could well be going then, myself and a few mates are going for my birthday (which is 4th August for those who wanna send me a pressie :)) and I will be going somewhen around then!

Will be very odd seeing an understudy for Tony. Ive seen the show twice and twice the audience stood as he walked down the stairs.

Even on that evening when that lady from the audience collapsed on stage at the start of Act II, the second half of the show was quiet low and nobody stood at the end till Tony walked down. Hes a legend and also a gentleman.

Here ya go LP, found this on flickr:



The photo is by Matt Crockett - well worth taking a look at some of his other pictures. There's some brilliant ones of this year's Pride: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattcrockett/

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Updated On: 7/17/09 at 01:34 AM

Am going on Monday as a friend is moving away for a couple of years and wants to see it before she leaves, plus I want to see Oliver Thornton's understudy. Got £25 'restricted view' grand circle seats, which are pretty bargainous, you miss very little sight-lines wise, though the atmosphere is a lot more muted that high up.

Got what I wanted for my birthday:



Not many of the buggers dropped within audience reach on Friday so I had to blag this one from the conductor.

Almost missed Tony Sheldon at the stage door too, but it was well worth the effort in the end (it was to me anyway, not sure my friends understood when I explained my mission before the show)! They absolutely loved it and one of them was particularly taken by the sight of Mr Thornton in a sparkly bikini.

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Updated On: 7/26/09 at 03:38 PM

Row C is absolutely fine - where in it are you sitting? I've been in Row B and it's fine. The only time you'll have an issue is with the giant shoe going overhead for a few moments, but apart from that you'll have an incredible view.

I think it all depends on what you enjoy personally, though, that close you're right up against the actors and that's thrilling in itself, and you don't really have to lean back much apart from the shoe moment - I really liked Row B when I sat there! But something like Row G is slightly less intense and a perfect view for everything, but I wouldn't not go for Row C, unless you're right at the edges, in which case you might have some restricted view?

I'd say go for Row C James - depending on how tall you are the only thing you might miss is the 'roadkill' scene (and you obviously won't get the full spectacle of La Traviata). But you might get a ping-pong ball(!) and you'll certainly experience a great atmosphere on a Saturday night in the front stalls - I've seen quite a few interesting costumes in the first few rows when I've been sat there...

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I was there. In the "Les Girls" scene, poor Young Bernadette's cape got caught on the kitchen table and she ended up dragging it around the stage with her.

I saw Craig Ryder on as Tick with Tony Sheldon and Oliver Thornton a good few weeks ago when Jason Donovan filmed the Jonathon Ross show - I thought he did a great job. He definitely got the emotions right and I thought he connected really well with his co-stars (who had to help him cope with a number of wardrobe malfunctions). I'm seeing him again as Tick in a couple of weeks when presumably he'll have had the luxury of more rehearsal time.

I also saw Matthew Cole on as Adam recently but wasn't quite so impressed - it seemed more like an impersonation of OT's performance than a different take on the character. But I think that was just a one-off too, so hopefully a week's run will see him grow into it more now the 'first-night nerves' have been dealt with.

Edited to add that I also saw Jeremy Secombe go on as Bob last week and he did a bonza job. I was worried he might look too young next to Bernadette (no offence to TS!), but they 'greyed' him up quite successfullly. Though I did notice they seemed to omit the line "He's not my type of course, he's far too old."

Good luck to Mark Inscoe for his upcoming stint as Bernadette. Don't think I'll be able to make the trek to London that week, so will be interested in hearing others' opinions.

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Updated On: 7/28/09 at 01:10 AM

Very sad to read today that PRISCILLA's Australian choreographer Ross Coleman died in his sleep aged 60. He was the very top of his field and will be greatly missed.