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[DanielWhit]

Jen, on 13 July 2011 - 11:58 AM, said:

Thanks for that!

And I believe 'gabby/stenographer' is 2nd u/s for elle if I'm right?

That was the cast in the OLC (and I think it is again now), but hasn't always been the case.

[greeny11]

Saw the tour tonight - OMG has a door on one side of the stage, a table on the other which the girls are gathered around with the 3 main Delta Nu girls holding a big book with a pink E on.  Also, there was no balcony so the girls did the choreography they use for TV performances for So Much Better.  They ran out of programmes so I can't post the list of unerstudies.

A few notes on the cast:

Faye Brookes - excellent, really good voice and great comic timing - couldn't hold the last note of SMB
Iwan Lewis - very good, sounds like Alex when he's speaking, has a strong singing voice - plays it more confident/angry than Alex did
Neil Toon - did well with a mediocre role
Liz McClarnon - excellent, loved her interpretation - no high note in Ireland, and sometimes slightly slipped into Scouse
Dave Willetts - great, preferred him to Peter
Charlotte Harwood - plays it very bitchy, far more so than Siobhan - great high note in Remix
Hannah Grover - loved her, great acting and an amazing voice - she goes for a very high note in Whipped Into Shape - higher than Viv's in Remix
Sinead, Sophie and Micha - Sinead and Micha are brilliant, very funny and great voices.  Not so keen on Sophie though.
Lewis Griffiths - lame Chad, decent Dewey and a brilliant UPS guy - got the biggest cheer at curtain call
Gemma Baird - didn't like her at all

[cat123]

Why didn't you like Gemma? How did she play it?

[greeny11]

Enid is quite a loud bubbly character, Gemma played her as quite shy which just doesn't work.  Plus vocally she was poor, her 'back the hell out of the way' was terrible.

[HoppyToad]

I saw this on Tuesday and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. It definately missed the Delta Nu house though, and whilst nobody in the cast blew me away, they all gave solid performances. Seeing as it was only their first week, I'd love to see it after they've settled in a bit more. I really liked Liz McClarnon as Paulette. I actually prefer her to Natalie Casey, who I just didn't take to.

From the programme, Understudies are:

Elle: Amy Ross, Sophie Isaacs

Emmett: Michael Vinsen, Andy Rees

Warner: Chris Milford, Lewis Griffiths

Vivienne: Gemma Baird, Amy Ross

Callahan: Graham Lappin, Andy Rees

Paulette: Rhona McGregor, Hannah Woolley

Brooke: Niamh Bracken, Hannah Woolley

Pilar: Lori Barker, Niamh Bracken

Serena: Niamh Bracken, Sophie Isaacs

Margot: Nia Jermin, Katie-Marie Hicks

Chad/Dewey/Kyle: Andrew Gordon-Watkins, Chris Milford

Is it not a little strange that the lead Margot, Sophie Isaacs, is also an understudy for Serena?

[greeny11]

Serena is the lead Delta Nu girl and so a slightly bigger part than Margot - but yes it does seem odd.

[WOS Manchester]

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