THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Replacement Cast

Saw the new cast last week and thought they were remarkable. Didn't see the originals so I can't compare.

Curious to hear about this too.

It's a hard group to follow. The original cast weren't just the "first ones hired for the role", they were a group of friends who created this show years ago in a little pub and grew it over time to a larger theater, then a proper West End Theater, then spin-offs and tours and Broadway and beyond... I'd think they bring something very special and irreplaceable to the show, and am ready curious how well it can be followed up.

Also very excited to see what's next from the creators, who said they're working on a Christmas TV special next.

Peter Pan Goes Wrong is on Youtube. It's great. I haven't seen the replacement cast but I've seen the original in the West End and on broadway. They'll be hard to top though.

I didn't get a chance to see the old cast, but I saw the new cast on Friday and they did a phenomenal job. And very, very nice at stagedoor as well!

How's the rush been for this? Anyone know where the seats generally are?

I've rushed the show four times, all with the original cast, including their last performance (which was one of the best nights of theatre I've experienced in my life, but I'll leave that for a different post/thread. Hahaha).

Out of the four times I rushed, the only time I arrived before the box office opened was for the OBC's last performance because, as I correctly assumed, there were a good number of people like me that day who really wanted to see the OBC on their last performance. The other three times, I arrived at the box office probably 1-3 hours after it opened, and I was fortunately always able to get a "full view" seat. It is my understanding that if they run out of full view rush seats, then they start selling partial view.

My seats were all in the orchestra section. In order of the times I went, the seats were second row center, second row right, eighth row right, and then eighth row right again. I believe that at least a good portion of the rush seats are located on the extreme sides of the right orchestra section, and if I had to guess, the "partial view" seats are located on house left. Action happens in the box on house left, so I'm guessing partial view means that you're sitting underneath the box, so you can't really see what's going on up there.

I enjoyed the new cast after having seen the UK cast twice. They bring a different energy but it works equally well. I thought the division of accents was a little odd (if it wasn't for the asides at Trevor still having a British accent, I'd say it was just because the "actors" were in character vs. the "crew" just being themselves).

Mark Evans, who is in the replacement cast, toured as Elder Price in BOM for over a year - loved his performance there and he was perfect for the role in TPTGW

AMWB said: "I’ve seen the play and loved it. I’m thinking of taking my daughter and her friend (9-10 year olds) for her birthday .... but I can’t remember if there is any bad language in it??

Anyone know for sure? I don’t mind as much if my daughter hears a stray bad word or two but I can’t bring someone else’s child to an inappropriate play.
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The recommendation on Telecharge is for 8+. It's been 6 weeks since I saw it and I can't remember either if they used any bad words as it doesn't stick out for me in general but there were definitely kids that were probably about 10 in the audience. I think you're probably pretty safe but you could always tweet them and ask specifically. Hope you get to take them. I think the kids will love the physical comedy especially.

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