Saw We Will Rock You for the fourth time last night(in 3 years), really great show, and Rachel Tucker from IDA was playing Scaramouche, she was really fantastic, the love scene between her and Ricardo was really emotional. Overall thought the whole piece was in very good shape, the sound was really crisp and clear, it was a very high stakes show. Looking forward to the next time!

And for anyone wanting to catch her as Scaramouche, she'll be on from 3rd - 15th of November.

Thanks for that monkeyman, I was wondering what sort of shape the show is in as I was listening to the soundtrack this morning remembering when I saw the show (many moons ago!!) and how much fun it was 

I hope I am correct but Scaramouche wasn't the part she was originally playing was it? Does she leave the show altogether on the 15th?

She plays Meatloaf, the role originated by Kerry Ellis, and understudies Scaramouche, the principal female role.

I love how the meat principal understudies Scaramouche. It's a great chance to see the same actress paly two totally different roles. For me, I think I'd prefer to see rachel as Scara so will prob try and go when she's on for that!

Just to update Rachels only on as Scaramouche 3rd to 10th Nov and also on the 15th.

Is this for certain?
Its just I'e booked tickets for the 12th especially for her as Scaramouche and will be very upset if its definate,

And who'll be playing Scaramouche instead?

Yeah, Sabrina's holiday dates changed to the 3rd - 8th November.
Rachel has a few dates on as Scaramouche in the beginning of Jan.

sabrina will be back to rock you tomorrow- good to have her back!
rachel will be on again on saturday for both shows to the best of my knowledge.

didn't like her. she is not what i think scaramouche should be like. i loved jenna, and i love sabrina.
i can barely understand her accent- she mumbles in scottish/irish, tires her voice out too quickly and she is not funny.

agreed..!

Sha does make a good meat though, just not keen on her scaramouche at all.
she's not really strong enough vocally and doesn't pocess much in the way of comic timing.

And enough of the "she's only been doing it a week" crap. The tickets aren't discounted according to ability of the cast on any particular night therefore we are all to expect the same professional standard each night, plus, she's had over 6 weeks of rehearsals, the principles only get a month before they're thrown on!

Didn't like amanda coutts for meat too much either. Her voice was too grainy.

Hmm ... can't say I was enthralled by her Meat in last night's performance (Nov 28). I was a big fan of Rachel's in IDA, but I don't think this is a very good role for her. She doesn't have the dancing dexterity Lucy Sinclair had - didn't even try the first high kick in Crazy Little Thing Called Love - and seemed very awkward in I Want It All. She just doesn't inhabit the role very well. Most disappointing for me was that she sang No-One But You *exactly* like Kerry Ellis (in her single version, not the cast recording), riffs and all.

Note-perfect and she does have a great voice, though. Maybe she needs more time to settle into it...I thought Lucy Sinclair was a better all-round portrayal (including the accent), though not the same voice quality.