[Millie Dillmount]

went to see cabaret again last night and kim was off, and rebecca bainbridge was on as sally bowles - she was stunning! it was spot on apart from james dreyfus who is far to camp and over the top bordering on panto to play the emcee who is supposed to be sinister and james was far from that!

rebecca bainbridge had a vulnerability to her sally that kim doesnt have, and also the rough edge which kim's performance didnt have. her voice was amazing particularly in 'cabaret' at the end of the show

dont know if kim is sick or on holiday, but it would be worth trying to see rebecca!

it sounds as though i didnt enjoy it with kim - i did, just rebecca gave a different interpretation to her sally and i like seeing understudies for that reason

[Susan]

Aww Kim must be ill she hasn't got any holiday, only 4 weeks left!
Interesting to hear about Rebecca though, I had wondered what she'd be like as Sally, i've seen a couple of other understudies but I love Kim's performances

[josh]

Aww Kim must be ill she hasn't got any holiday, only 4 weeks left!

She's leaving in four weeks?
Does anyone have any gossip on her replacement?
Or...is the show going to close?

[Susan]

Yeah last day, well for her and i've no doubt a lot of other people is 29th September. No idea about replacements, they must be sorting it now though, but it's definetly running until March 08

[josh]

Yeah last day, well for her and i've no doubt a lot of other people is 29th September. No idea about replacements, they must be sorting it now though, but it's definetly running until March 08

Ahh, I really want to know who's leaving and who the replacements are!

[Susan]

I'd imagine it'll be quite a lot of them because people like James, Michael, Harriet and I think it's about 6 of the ensemble will have been there a year so i'd imagine they'd want to stop now, and Kim decided only to do 6 months and i'd imagine Honor and Matthew wont be staying either

[josh]

Any news on who will be taking over from Kim? Maybe Rebecca Bainbridge will be stepping up, the same way Kelly Price did in Guys and Dolls. From the above review it sounds like she's more than capable.

Yeah, she's more than capable of playing the role full time, but remember, this is Kenwright we're talking about...

[Susan]

And she's already been doing it a year now, i'd imagine she'd want a change/break

[josh]

And she's already been doing it a year now, i'd imagine she'd want a change/break

That's very true. But she's an actress - I'm sure she wants a job, too.