Mamma-Mia! Singalong where is the audience?
August 26, 2008
As reported on our main site, it is just when you thought this summer’s Abba-mania was starting to die down, producers have announced they are releasing an exclusive sing-a-long version of the recent box-office smash musical Mamma Mia! at cinemas nationwide. Special subtitled screenings of the film, which features hits such as Dancing Queen, S.O.S, Money, Money, Money and the title song, are due to begin later this week at participating cinemas
One of those cinema is the Odeon, Silverlink but at the Saturday showing there were only 16 people and last night (August 25th Bank Holiday) 21. Our party made up 8 of the audience and varied in ages from two seven year olds to someone the rightside of 50! But despite the lack of an audience, we all clapped, sang along and waved our arms in the air. At the closing “Waterloo” number we stood up and danced, soon followed by the six people was behind us. No one left until they had clapped and sang through the closing credits and then one female voice rang out from the darkness at the back of the cinema thanked everyone for joining in and making her night.
This is a great night out and as the stage show has bypassed our area (nearest theatre the tour played was the Edinburgh Playhouse) it is possibly the only chance to catch this feel good show in the North East for some time.
Having seen the movie in both “straight” and now singalong versions, I can recommend either as a great night out. I would really like to witness this singalong with a packed cinema as I am sure the place would be electric. The Odeon had only one showing per day at 21.20 , so maybe audiences were going elsewhere in the region as coming out at 11.30 p.m. is a bit late.
Despite the fact it was only released last month (10 July), Mamma Mia! has already become the biggest selling musical in UK cinema history, and recently surpassed Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as this year’s highest grossing film. It features a stellar cast including Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Julie Walters, and is adapted from the hit stage musical which premiered in 1999.
Capital entertainment in the region
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As The Pitmen Painters prepares to open at the National Theatre after two sell out runs at the Live Theatre , in Newcastle, it is interesting to see how many shows currently running in the West End have recently played the region, either on pre London tryouts or on separate tours.
Currently The 39 STEPS, Darren Brown, Woman in Black, as well as Pitmen Painters, are all playing in the capital having recently played the region. While Penelope Keith, as Lady Bracknell in The Importance Of Being Ernest has just ended her run, having played the Theatre Royal prior to the West End, as has The History Boys. While the musicals Eurobeat, due at the Theatre Royal on July 7th and High School Musical are already taking bookings for their London seasons which follow on from playing in the North East. Read more
Wayne’s child catcher ends May 17th
May 4, 2008
As Chitty Chitty Bang Bang settles in to its final English date in
Sleep played the same part at the Palladium opposite Jason Donovan before reviving the role on tour. For each performance he undergoes a make- up transformation taking twenty five minutes.
Although on tour his exits is much gentler as he is hoisted in a net which disappears in to the wings, in the orginal production at the Palladium he was swung out over the audience before ascending through the roof of the auditorium eight times a week.
No announcement has been made, so far, as to who will play the child catcher in Sunderland from May 19th to June 7th, before the tour moves to
Revenge Tour arrives in Newcastle
April 27, 2008
WWE’s WrestleMania® Revenge Tours of Europe finished as the most successful in WWE history, selling out 15 of 20 events.
More than 175,000 fans were in attendance at events in the United Kingdom, Spain, Austria, France, Switzerland, and Portugal to see their favourite Superstars from the RAW®, SmackDown® and ECW® brands. For fans that missed the excitement and for those who want more
following an incredible sell out show in April, WWE returns to wreak havoc on the Metro Radio Arena on Wednesday 12th November 2008 with the Survivor Series Tour feat.
The return of Rambert
March 3, 2008
Having achieved record-breaking audience attendance in London during its autumn tour 2007, Rambert Dance Company embarks on the second leg of its World View Tour, spring 2008. The Company will perform its new work, Scribblings, by American choreographer Doug Varone, L’eveil by Melanie Teall, Swansong by Christopher Bruce and Infinity by Garry Stewart. With Artistic Director Mark Baldwin firmly at the helm, the world-class Rambert Dance Company returns to the Theatre Royal Newcastle from Tuesday 1 April – Saturday 5 April 2008.
Described as a ‘craftsman’ of irresistible intensity, Doug Varone, Artistic Director of Doug Varone and Dancers, uses his extraordinary musical instincts to present Scribblings, his first commission for Rambert. Inspired by composer John Adams’ flamboyant Chamber Symphony, Varone draws on the comic exaggeration and energy in the music to create a daring and complex work set in an off-kilter world with touches of urgency and humour. Read more
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