It’s time… for the Edinburgh Fringe thread of all my thoughts / recommendations of the shows I see at this year’s festival!
Hopefully it’ll be of use to anyone planning their trip this year or for morning shows to keep an eye out for if they transfer / for their future life 🧵
With the cost of living crisis I thought I’d make a thread of ways to get cheaper tickets to West End / London / regional shows that you might not know about
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So I want to prove a point to the government about just how important the theatre industry is. LIKE this post if you have been to a theatre in the UK in the past year! Let's see just how many have (if more than once, comment below with the number of times).
#SaveTheArts
If an understudy is on for a show, don’t moan. 1) It would have been the hardest thing to call in but health comes first. 2) The understudy could be the lead in the next cast or of a future production.
Remember Imelda Staunton was once an understudy...
The 2024-25 Leading Actress in a Musical Tony Award category is going to be fascinating as this is how the season is already looking and who knows what else might be added!
A heartwarming thread 🧵
So the couple sat next to me at
@WickedUK
told me when they sat down that they had no clue they were seeing the show today.
Their child and partner had walked them to the theatre and surprised them by saying “you’re off to see Wicked now”
Saying “costly mistake” in a closing night show letter… 🙃 let people just be able to enjoy their final day and not tarnish it even further (then again, what did we expect with the turbulence that show has had)
I’d love to see a big concert where all the West End standbys, alternates and/or 1st covers get to perform their big numbers from their respective shows! Especially after all their hard work keeping our theatres open! 🎭
… no cast should find out their show is closing via socials … thoughts with the current cast/crew/FOH and to those that were waiting in the wings to take over …
I’m not really into theatre or Disney… 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
Today’s
@WestEndLIVE
queue line is a massive sign that theatre / West End is a major pull for tourism to London… may I suggest it should be in one of the parks next year?!
It’s pretty cool in the queue knowing everyone here loves theatre 👏🥳🎭
Just going to say this… the fact no culture website / paper etc to comment/celebrate or discuss the fact it’s taken until 2023 for a British female composer to have had two musicals play in the West End - Pippa Cleary has made history and that should be a massive talking point!
An exclusive new photograph of
@flemilyremily
(our alternate Sally Bowles) to celebrate her 100th performance as the Toast of Mayfair this afternoon.
📸
@brennerphotos
Just putting out there that the BRIT Awards should have a Best Musical Theatre Cast Recording Album Award the same as the Grammys to celebrate any British cast recording releases…
Horrific… especially reading more of the details that have came out since…
So. Many. Thoughts.
Mainly, people are working so hard to put on an incredible show and also to keep so many people same. Where’s the common decency and respect… 🙃🙃🙃
Went to The Palace Theatre in Manchester to watch The Bodyguard and a bunch of entitled pricks starting singing over the lead during the final song. A riot broke out, the show was cancelled and the police were called.
Person opinion: Day tickets / rush tickets / lotteries shouldn’t be a West End / Broadway only concept. Been really impressed that Disney have extended their Magical Mondays to the B&TB tour also. Touring prices are so similar to West End nowadays but without these options.
I always wish the West End had Playbills to… that’s all
(although it does save the trees but the fact every audience member would get that souvenir of the show as a memory without having to pay on top for that and so people realise how many people work on these shows…)
I miss the Dress Circle store… wish there were more theatre/stagey places in London that aren’t just shows (the National Theatre’s foyer/bookshop is one of my current go-to places for that vibe)
Who does everyone want on the £50 note? Personally I’m backing Alan Turing as he basically saved Britain through science and also it would be powerful to have an LGBT+ figure on a note! 🏳️🌈
This is not on… ever. A) why do people think that the creator won’t see their comments on their video. B) if people could only see the hours that Mickey puts into creating the content - that’s not got anything to do with that comment
C) he is STUNNING, GORGEOUS & BEAUTIFUL.
Just a quick note to say please don't comment on my weight / how my clothes fit in videos.
I don't mention it much but I have a turbulent relationship with food and weight (ED) and that aside, I think we should all strive to be a little kinder to each other.
First ever Broadway show… here we go! Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d get to see a show in New York but here we go! 🥰
@ChicagoMusical
{gifted}
We’re here and ready for
@MickeyJoTheatre
’s 2023 Birthday Show - it’s
@CrazyForYouLDN
! Every year I book tickets for the show that he thinks is the best show / show that brings him the most joy and this year it’s Crazy For You! 💙
So proud of
@MickeyJoTheatre
doing his thing interviewing on a Broadway opening carpet for the first time! 😍 He’s smashing it and I’m doing an okay job as the videographer 😝 - who knew I’d become a cameraman! 😅
@HeartofRNRBway
🩵🩷
Okay visiting Off Broadway theatres really highlights what is missing in London - theatres like Westside Theatre, New World Stages and Theatre Row really have shown me what London’s Off West End could be like / what shows we could see if we had these sized spaces & venues
Anyone else have a “pre-show theatre restaurants” list and then a “reliably speedy pre-show theatre restaurants” list? I’m always like “we only have this much time for food now so these are the options”
Wonderful evening at the gala performance of
@GeorgeTakei
’s
@allegiancebway
at
@CharingCrossThr
! This is now at the top of my current recommendations list - what a show! 👏👏👏
@TodayTixUK
are also doing £20 rush seats for the show for those planning on-the-day! {gifted}
At the end they both made sure to say how lovely it was to meet me and chat… now trying to stop myself from having a tear up! I totally sobbed through I’m Not That Girl…
A request: it’s unlikely that there will be a normal 2021 Olivier Awards as not enough shows will have opened, even for an October one again, so instead can we have a ceremony giving special awards to theatre things that happened during lockdown that deserve to be praised please?
We���ve made it to
@Paper_Mill
for the final matinee of Hercules the Musical! But first… pre-theatre meal! 😁 Me &
@MickeyJoTheatre
are as much Disney fans as theatre so this is mega exciting, especially as we’ve always heard about this theatre (it’s where Newsies debuted!)
Happy Birthday
@MickeyJoTheatre
! You manage to make every day brighter and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you ❤️ One of the most hard working people I know with a heart of gold, I’m so so proud of all you’ve achieved in the past year. Here’s to another year! ❤️
Just an appreciation post to say that I’m so thankful that
@MickeyJoTheatre
came into my life this year and I’m so proud of all that he’s achieved! Here’s to more adventures, soulmate! ❤️❤️❤️
So we made it to NYC, all checked in and trying to compute that this morning we were in London and tonight me and
@MickeyJoTheatre
are seeing our first ever Broadway show!
Then they were telling me about how it’d been 9 years since their last West End trip and how their first date ever was to see
@lesmisofficial
We had a big chat about my job, the theatre industry. How this is their first time seeing Wicked and my heart has melted.
Happy Birthday to my incredible fiancé
@MickeyJoTheatre
! ❤️ I love going on this non-stop adventure with you and I’m so incredibly proud of you. One of the most hard working people I know, with a heart of gold, and the person I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with ❤️
Broadway Show No. 2 was
@paradebway
! We queued for rush tickets this morning and I’m SO glad we did. It’s a show
@MickeyJoTheatre
loves and I’ve never really known much about. It’s so powerful and emotional with two stunning performances from Micaela Diamond & Ben Platt!
Okay in the interval but can already say that this is the best production of
@littleshopnyc
that I’ve ever seen!
Also love Westside Theatre as a venue 😍 {gifted}
Said how they’re about to celebrate their 30th anniversary and just watching how they’re watching the show and reacting and interacting is just melting my heart! 💚
Hopefully one day I’ll have the same 💚
I feel like we've had the best first trip to NY anyone has ever had
🍎 21 Bway, Off-Bway + Regional shows!
🍎 many great nights with friends
🍎 lots of omg heys on the street and a lovely meetup!
🍎 $10k+ raised for bcefa at a super fun event!
can't wait for you to see it...
Trying to get the knack of the
@playbill
shot (& adjacent) - slightly different from the programme shot as smaller / thinner paper etc but LOVE that you get them for every show and it means people learn about the cast/creatives (still wish it was in the UK)
{some gifted trips}
I really hope we’ll see more events like West End Live that allow more and more people to get a taste of theatre and to see what amazing things are happening in our theatres, to boost profiles and more importantly more places for theatre fans to meet!
So
@littleshopnyc
extending to 2025! Possibly the biggest extension I’ve ever seen a show announce! (Also it’s SUCH a good production, that I hope might someday head over to London)
My heart is with Laura Baldwin, she was my favourite part of Waitress. I know why and can understand how it’s happened as the show isn’t selling and needs to save it but Laura was one of the most memorable moments so just seems a big shame...
Last night we finally returned to
@hadestown
, having both seen the pre-Broadway run at the
@NationalTheatre
! I forgot just how much I love the score and vibes of this show and Lillias White’s vocals are SUBLIME and Eva Noblezada brought ALL the acting & vocal choices! {gifted}
Thanks to the lovely team at
@primevideouk
I get to take Mom to the World Premiere of
@JamieMovie
tonight! So SO happy that I get to make Mom feel like a Queen tonight as I’m so blessed to have her in my life, she has the biggest heart and always has been there! 🏳️🌈
#JamieMovie
“just like me, they long to be… close to you”
there are no other words than “thank you” and “I love you”.
Nanny Rose always was and I know still is one of my biggest champions and I’m just happy to know she’s found peace and is reunited with Grandad Ted ❤️
We’re ecstatic that our very own Amy Trigg has taken home the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical at this year’s
@OlivierAwards
. ✨
#TheLittleBigThings
Thank you
@frozenlondon
my little girl got overwhelmed with the situation of the theatre and your staff were quick to recognise this and offer us a tablet to watch a live stream in the foyer. Being a parent it makes life so much easier with this type of support.
My Nan is adorable but the cutest thing is that she loves to know how many “likes/RT” a photo with her gets so can you RT to help me surprise her that she’s amazing and can go viral! 😁🌹❤️
This is a photo of a guy, a strong guy. The reason he is strong? Because not many moments he cried because mentally he was in a bad place and he let his emotions out. He’s strong because he allowed himself the release that he needed.
#BoysDoCry
. Break The Stigma.
So much respect for
@MarkFosterSwim
in coming out and living authentically even in the public eye! Also to prove that having sports ability doesn't equate to straight!
#LoveIsLove
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Just a tweet to say that bloggers are a beloved part of the theatre ecosystem, who bring theatre to those that don’t get to go so often and create safe spaces. I’ve loved both when I’ve been one and working with so many incredible ones and to see their passion for theatre. ❤️
To say we had only arrived back in London from NYC just over 24 hours before, the jet lag didn’t stop us from dressing up and having an amazing time celebrating theatre on Sunday! What an amazing night the
@OlivierAwards
were! ❤️🎭
3️⃣
@Disney_UK
Magical Mondays! Every Monday at 12pm, Disney release a limited number of £29.50 tickets for that week’s performances to their shows inc
@frozenlondon
&
@TheLionKing
(West End & Tour)
🔗