[meerkat]

Saw John Barrowman in concert last night in Oxford. I think he is a great performer. I personally prefer it when he sings slower ballads and musical theatre songs rather than his uptempo "poppy" songs- but that is my personal preference. You cannot fault his energy on the upbeat numbers though.
No doubt his song sets are pretty much the same at each venue so I dont want to give spoilers for those of you going to future ones so I wont be too specific.

The highlights for me were
The percussionist who gave it his all and whose facial expressions had me wondering what he was on( I have never got that excited playing a tambourine!).
The tribute medley to JB's scottish heritage and Musical theatre roots.
JB's song from Mack and Mabel
Everything Daniel Boys sang.
The backing dancers energy and precision

The lows
As much as I admired the dancers technique and speed- I felt the style of choreography was too laptop/poledancing sleaze
The endless gay innuendoes
The heckling from overexuberant fangirls ( think Wicked and multiply it by 100)
The tribute to his late "friends"
The programme costing £10 which was really only a poster collection.
He didnt sing Sunset Boulevard or Defying Gravity.

[Jersey Girl]

I'm off to see them tomorrow. I have to agree on the 'poppy' songs, his voice is much better suited to musical theatre. I guess if this is the only way we're going to get to see him sing now (panto really can't be included!) then I guess it'll have to do until he graces the westend stage again.

[Godeskian]

The heckling from overexuberant fangirls ( think Wicked and multiply it by 100)

brrr. I'm seeing John in two weeks for his gig in London. I hope it's not going to be that.

[meerkat]

brrr. I'm seeing John in two weeks for his gig in London. I hope it's not going to be that.

Dont worry- perhaps I exxaggerated! But seriously there were a small group of girls near us who kept shouting out that they loved him- at every quiet moment- JB seemed used to it though.
All in all it was a very enjoyable evening. It started late due to lighting problems but he made witty remarks over the tannoy from his dressing room which appeased us.
You could spread his cheese on crackers but I still like the richness of his voice and his charisma especially in the ballads.

[Biddy]

I'm supposed to be seeing it in Cardiff this Sat - ie May 23-
BUT despite paying about £80 in November to order the 2 tickets (via SEE Tickets),
they've Not arrived.

I tried the online See Ticket Tracker:
last time I looked (May 11) it said "We are currently dispatching tickets for this event.
If you haven't received your tickets by 20/5/2009 please contact us."

I'm NOT pleased:
(1) I'm getting stressed in case they don't arrive in time.
(2) Sending them out this late
pre-supposes that I'm going to be at this Address to receive them in time -
whereas I'm/was hoping to wangle a trip to London to see Spring Awakening
& maybe also Sunset Boulevard &c,
& might have wanted to arrive back Sat teatime & go straight to my venue
rather than having to come back from London hours earlier
if I have to get home from town for the tickets, then back to town, by UNreliable buses:
an unnecessary round trip at least 2hours - 4hours if I don't risk missing the start.
(3) I might have forgotten the date by now, & double-booked myself!

I HAD been looking forward to it (especially with Daniel) - but now it seems soured.

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(I've looked again at the online Ticket Tracker today, & it says they were despatched on 15/05/2009 - ie Friday.
Hopefully they might arrive tomorrow - but I'm still very disappointed.
Even more so because I booked via a pre-order scheme,
especially for members of John's website & to people who'd booked his last tour -
ie hopefully not available to Touts - who I thought might be the reason for the delay in tickets.)

[Jersey Girl]

Saw the show tonight and I totally agree about the fangirls (and boys), I think no matter where you sat you were surrounded by them. I love Johns enthusiasm for everything and you can tell he is enjoying every minute of it I didn't like the lack of musical songs. I adored everything Daniel sang, he is such an amazing talent & I'm so glad he's finally being recognised for it.

[Jersey Girl]

P.S Biddy - I didn't get my tickets in the post (even though they were posted 2 weeks ago) I just rang up on Friday and they made sure they were at the box office for me so you shouldn't have a problem if you call them.

[Biddy]

P.S Biddy - I didn't get my tickets in the post (even though they were posted 2 weeks ago)

Oh dear - now I'm even more upset!

I'd hoped to be able to get one of them to my companion in advance,
so that even if one of us was running late, each of us could go straight in on arrival,
& not have to wait & meet outside (in the cold & wet?) for the ticket-handover.

[meerkat]

Oh dear - now I'm even more upset!

I'd hoped to be able to get one of them to my companion in advance,
so that even if one of us was running late, each of us could go straight in on arrival,
& not have to wait & meet outside (in the cold & wet?) for the ticket-handover.

When I have had a theatre companion running late I have left their ticket with the box office- would they not do that for you?

[Rain]

Saw the show tonight and I totally agree about the fangirls (and boys), I think no matter where you sat you were surrounded by them. I love Johns enthusiasm for everything and you can tell he is enjoying every minute of it I didn't like the lack of musical songs. I adored everything Daniel sang, he is such an amazing talent & I'm so glad he's finally being recognised for it.

I think he always has been recognised for it. Winning awards etc.