Film and Theatre Lover!
Lin-Manuel Miranda is pretty amazing let’s face it In The Heights is an incredible show and he has been taking Broadway by storm with Hamilton was has been pretty impossible to get tickets for by the sounds of it!
When it was announced that the show would be coming to the West End I just knew that meant I would be having another trip to London. So signed up for the priority access which was open from June to October 2016, I am assuming I signed up in June.
Over the years I have spend hundreds of pounds, actually probably closing in if not over a thousand. I would honestly be too scared to count up all of the ticket prices on shows both as touring versions coming to the North East and on many trips down to London for the West End shows.
With all of that though I also stumbled across something called “day seats” if you are not aware these are seats that are sold cheaper on the day of the show direct from the Theatre it is being performed at, usually opening at 10am.
Most day seats were kept in the front row, but that depends on Theatre/Show.
Before I get into the list I thought it would be a great idea to mention that you can read about my 2016 Theatre trips here so you have an idea of which shows that I had to choose from when putting together my top 10 list of the year.
When picking the shows that could be in the list, I managed to narrow it down to 16! So then having to make the final pick was rather difficult as that is how much I really did enjoy and love them.
Just missing out on the list was Rocky Horror, Guys and Dolls, The End of Longing and Wicked. It was so difficult to have to leave out No Man’s Land as it was an absolute honour seeing Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart on stage. As well as Nice Fish with Mark Rylance (who is to be made a Sir).
Here I go with an overview of my 2016 of theatre trips to see musicals and plays. Touring shows that have come to the North East at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle and the Sunderland Empire. As well as managing to have a few trips down to London to take in what the West End has to offer! You can check out the list of shows here. I have somehow managed to out do 2015 catching 31 shows in 2016!
Do you hear the people sing? Let’s take a look back at my 2016 at the Theatre.
Cast
Raye Birk – Wayne
Kayli Carter – Flo
Bob Davis – The DNR Man
Jim Lichtscheidl – Erik
Mark Rylance – Ron
Mohsen Nouri – Lead Puppeteer
Venue: Harold Pinter Theatre
Date: Wednesday 21st December 2016 (2:30pm)
Today was my final theatre trio of the year to see Mark Rylance starring in the play he co-wrote Nice Fish (review to follow). Afterwards I headed to the stage door and was actually rather surprised that only two other people had decided to wait for him to come out.
After seeing Mary Poppins last night I must also report that it was not just the show that was magical the merchandise to buy was equally as good! I mean I had a feeling it would be considering Newcastle’s Theatre Royal was advertising for extra staff to work on the merchandise stands (that never happens, ever) so I had a feeling it would therefore be impressive.
Then I heard they were selling umbrellas with Parrot head and all!
Cast
Zizi Strallen – Mary Poppins
Matt Lee – Bert
Antony Lawrence – George Banks
Rebecca Lock – Winifred Banks
Violet Tucker – Jane Banks
Finley Miller – Michael Banks
Wendy Ferguson – Mrs Brill
Venue: Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Date: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Cast
Luke Baker – Ren McCormack
Gareth Gates – Willard
Maureen Nolan – Vi Moore/Principal Clark
Hannah Price – Ariel Moore
David J. Higgins – Rev Shaw Moore
Venue: Sunderland Empire
Date: Tuesday 11th October 2016
Cast
Kerry Ellis – Sara
Ramin Karimloo – Tom
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt – Narrator
Norman Bowman – Michael
Venue: Arts Theatre, London
Date: Thursday 6th October
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