Dude's got a point; I was kind of disappointed in AB when I saw it; for me she didn't have the maternal tendencies or the right mix of 'feisty yet vulnerable', and she did belt a bit too much (plus her Scouse accent slipped through several times, which was pretty jarring). But you know, just my opinion, I'm sure she's lots of people's quintessential Nancy.
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Sonia Swaby is my favourite Nancy. I didn't get to see her live but she's incredible in the Hey, Mr. Producer performance she did. I feel like she really elevates it from the park and bark that kind of role can get people falling into. I wish she'd been more of a star in general.
She really was amazing.
I stopped paying attention to MTAS when the creator of the page described themselves as an extremely influential and well known social media guru, then let some very subtle shade out.
No thanks.
Alasdair Harvey has been on the west end for 30 years, he’s been the phantom, done Les Mis, the little big things, Follies, currently in stage in In The Press as Andrew Neil, and was the original Beast in Beauty & The Beast when it came to the west end.
He was also brilliant in Come From Away as Nick!
Not West End (yet) but has anyone else been to see The Greatest Showman in Bristol? Was lucky to see it last night and they have done an excellent job with bringing the show to the stage.
yes i saw it early on and going back for the final show, i need this to hurry up to the west end
Lucky! How was it early on? We had one show stop during the second act (not gonna lie the only time I have ever experienced a showstop is in Bristol as it happened during Hamilton as well).
i had Katie Tonkinson’s Anne Wheeler debut and if it wasn’t for the 20 min delay to the show you wouldn’t have known. she hadn’t done a full dress run so was doing all the stunt rehearsals up until the very last second
but the show was near on perfect, i know they’ve had a few injuries because of how much is going on so they probably need a few more swings for london
but the show was near on perfect, i know they’ve had a few injuries because of how much is going on so they probably need a few more swings for london
Yeah, our show stop was during the 2nd act during the new song with Barnum/Lind. Not 100% sure what happened but they were back on again within 10 minutes or so.
I am surprised, with the amount of stunts, there aren't more swings/alternates and more injuries (like starlight express is notorious for). But we had Lorna Courtney on for Anne Wheeler and she was absolutely seamless with her transitions for her Stunts. As were all the cast so a lot of effort seems to have gone into the circus stunts etc and then rehearsals to get the show up to where it is.
Just a shame Bristol hippodrome seems to have so many technical issues to cause show stops. I've never been to any other theatre which has had a similar level of issue.
I haven't even seen the movie but this production looks so beautiful. I am envious of anyone getting to see it already, I wish I was there!
You can tell they've spent the money in bringing the show to the stage.
Oh this would wind me up. It's not like she decided to run it on a whim, they could have had no show scheduled for yesterday to accommodate her.
Her behaviour is frequently rude and diva-ish and I think she's lucky she's a good singer because she would rightly be consigned to the dustbin otherwise.
Grapevine of theatre crew says she’s been an absolute nightmare for the whole tech period and run of Dracula. I absolutely wouldn’t be surprised if she just decided to not perform yesterday so she was rested ahead of the marathon. She needs knocking down a peg, she’s not that good that she can treat audiences who pay a fortune to see her like tit
Cynthia is exceptionally talented imho but sadly also arrogant to the core.
It's sad, she really has so much going for her but the ego ruins it.
It's sad, she really has so much going for her but the ego ruins it.
I am currently reading Dracula but I struggle to see how it can be performed as a one woman show. 
I think I would be so bored watching a whole one person show doing multiple characters. It would annoy me too, I think.
I think I would be so bored watching a whole one person show doing multiple characters. It would annoy me too, I think.She may be talented, but she needs to put the ego away. Having a look at tickets, if I decided to pay £185 for one of the best seats (plus train and hotel costs, and London isn't exactly cheap for either of those things) I'm not going to be happy if the show is cancelled because she decided to take a day off.
There are hundreds of exceptionally talented performers performing in the West End every day, she specifically is pulling in an audience because of her name. Her name and talent doesn't really excuse her for being able to just do what she wants.
They use a lot of tech, screens etc... not every character is performed live by her. I went to see it early in the run and it was incredibleI am currently reading Dracula but I struggle to see how it can be performed as a one woman show.