A Mark In Time
Mark Knopfler Discussion => Local Hero Musical => London 2020 => Topic started by: jbaent on April 27, 2021, 11:25:35 AM
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I just received the following mail from the Old Vic:
We are writing to let you know that unfortunately the production of Local Hero will no longer go ahead at The Old Vic. We have tried to make this work within the theatre's schedule once we reopen but sadly this has just not been possible. We understand that this will be just as disappointing for you as it is for us and we want to thank you for your support of The Old Vic over the last year.
The Old Vic is an independent registered charity without any public subsidy and you sticking by us has been vital in helping us get through the most challenging period in our 200-year history.
Please select from one of the options below to let us know whether you would prefer a gift certificate or a full refund. Alternatively, you can also choose to donate the cost of your ticket to The Old Vic to help us continue in our journey to reopening
Very sad news, I hope this doesn't affect to the release of the cd with the music...
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I just received the following mail from the Old Vic:
We are writing to let you know that unfortunately the production of Local Hero will no longer go ahead at The Old Vic. We have tried to make this work within the theatre's schedule once we reopen but sadly this has just not been possible. We understand that this will be just as disappointing for you as it is for us and we want to thank you for your support of The Old Vic over the last year.
The Old Vic is an independent registered charity without any public subsidy and you sticking by us has been vital in helping us get through the most challenging period in our 200-year history.
Please select from one of the options below to let us know whether you would prefer a gift certificate or a full refund. Alternatively, you can also choose to donate the cost of your ticket to The Old Vic to help us continue in our journey to reopening
Very sad news, I hope this doesn't affect to the release of the cd with the music...
Wow, that's impressively sad. I think the opposite, releasing the CD would make it for a great "exchange" for canceled shows. Like, take at least the record.
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Has an alternative new theatre location already been named?
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Has an alternative new theatre location already been named?
Only information we have is that the Old Vic had cancelled it. No news about another theatre or the release of a cd with the music.
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I don't understand why they couldn't have done the same as Transatlantic Sessions have done - rehearsed the show then streamed it for the price of a ticket. I bought a ticket for Transatlantic Sessions and then downloaded the show, so now I can still see it. :)
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They just have to bring it back on stage again.
If they can't do it in London, why not simply bring it back to our beloved Edinburgh for a rerun (where it truely belongs)...
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I don't understand why they couldn't have done the same as Transatlantic Sessions have done - rehearsed the show then streamed it for the price of a ticket. I bought a ticket for Transatlantic Sessions and then downloaded the show, so now I can still see it. :)
These things cost millions to put on, I doubt it would be economically viable to get everyone involved together for such an enterprise without making a huge loss.
A real shame, I'm glad I go to see it in Edinburgh.
I hope the versions of the songs with MK singing see the light of day.
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Has an alternative new theatre location already been named?
I was so sad by the news that I didn't noticed what it says exactly:
"We are writing to let you know that unfortunately the production of Local Hero will no longer go ahead at The Old Vic"
I hope that means something and as you says, there is chance that it goes to another theatre :'(
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Somewhat perversely I believe there is a big shortage of venue space with thousands of events being postponed for up to 2 years.
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Has an alternative new theatre location already been named?
I was so sad by the news that I didn't noticed what it says exactly:
"We are writing to let you know that unfortunately the production of Local Hero will no longer go ahead at The Old Vic"
I hope that means something and as you says, there is chance that it goes to another theatre :'(
I'm so glad that I was able to see the show in Edinburgh - I hope it returns to The Lyceum.
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Somewhat perversely I believe there is a big shortage of venue space with thousands of events being postponed for up to 2 years.
Agree... I wasn't expecting the musical to be back until Summer 2022 but I truly thought that it went back as it was the second or third play scheduled at the Old Vic when it closed, so I expected that following that schedule should be easy to reschedule the musical.
Well, theorically Local Hero had its spot at the Old Vic and got cancelled, who knows if other play had its spot and got cancelled too?
I want to have hope, as far as MK official site said nothing yet.
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I was kind of expecting this sad news I'm afraid. As Dusty said I am also glad to have seen it in Edinburgh, probably where it most belongs, and feel even more privileged now.
For those who missed out I can thoroughly recommend the record when it is eventually released, although the music will obviously mean more to those who have seen the show.
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Just clicked the "refund" button.
I don't know why, this has been a quite hard thing to do. When damm covid stopped the world, me and my friends had hopes (very little) that the situation could be solved in any way and travel to London on summer 2020 to attend the musical, as far as they were not cancelling it, but in the end they didn't cancelled but postponed, which was logic seeing the way the pandemic was. The fact that they postponed was something there, a hope in a better future to come, a connection with being able to travel to London again, and enjoy something Knopfler-related with my usual gang of friends, but now, that's broken :'(
This affected me more than I thought. I still have hopes that this is not cancellation of the musical but just for the Old Vic, specially to those of you who hadn't attented the musical in Edinburgh. Those of you who did, all of you know how lucky we were to attended it, it was beautiful, it was wonderful... I'm happy about attented at least the Edinburgh representation, but still sad about London ones :'(
Just forgive this post. I kind of needed to write it...
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Guy says that:
Very sad that the Old Vic can no longer host. Stay tuned, we are not letting go of this.
Holding my breath...
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Just clicked the "refund" button.
I don't know why, this has been a quite hard thing to do. When damm covid stopped the world, me and my friends had hopes (very little) that the situation could be solved in any way and travel to London on summer 2020 to attend the musical, as far as they were not cancelling it, but in the end they didn't cancelled but postponed, which was logic seeing the way the pandemic was. The fact that they postponed was something there, a hope in a better future to come, a connection with being able to travel to London again, and enjoy something Knopfler-related with my usual gang of friends, but now, that's broken :'(
This affected me more than I thought. I still have hopes that this is not cancellation of the musical but just for the Old Vic, specially to those of you who hadn't attented the musical in Edinburgh. Those of you who did, all of you know how lucky we were to attended it, it was beautiful, it was wonderful... I'm happy about attented at least the Edinburgh representation, but still sad about London ones :'(
Just forgive this post. I kind of needed to write it...
I asked for a refund just a week ago, before this announcement. I had just about given up hope of seeing the show in the near future because of covid and The Old Vic had my £130 for two years, which is quite a lot of money. I received the refund immediately.
My hope is that it will return to Edinburgh in the not so distant future, which I would prefer anyway.
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I'd love to go back to Edinburgh, always. I once said it's the most beautiful city I ever been, and still is (and I've been in Rome, Florence, Verona...)
I think that they would want to try it in London as it was planned. Something says to me that they had further plans if it worked well in London... Maybe touring through the UK as the "Last Ship" musical by Sting did?
However, this answer by Guy made my day. Now I feel far better...
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Just clicked the "refund" button.
I don't know why, this has been a quite hard thing to do. When damm covid stopped the world, me and my friends had hopes (very little) that the situation could be solved in any way and travel to London on summer 2020 to attend the musical, as far as they were not cancelling it, but in the end they didn't cancelled but postponed, which was logic seeing the way the pandemic was. The fact that they postponed was something there, a hope in a better future to come, a connection with being able to travel to London again, and enjoy something Knopfler-related with my usual gang of friends, but now, that's broken :'(
This affected me more than I thought. I still have hopes that this is not cancellation of the musical but just for the Old Vic, specially to those of you who hadn't attented the musical in Edinburgh. Those of you who did, all of you know how lucky we were to attended it, it was beautiful, it was wonderful... I'm happy about attented at least the Edinburgh representation, but still sad about London ones :'(
Just forgive this post. I kind of needed to write it...
I asked for a refund just a week ago, before this announcement. I had just about given up hope of seeing the show in the near future because of covid and The Old Vic had my £130 for two years, which is quite a lot of money. I received the refund immediately.
My hope is that it will return to Edinburgh in the not so distant future, which I would prefer anyway.
It's sort of its spiritual home anyway. It seemed to be popular and was on billboards and plastered over buses in the city. It was great to see this during its run.
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Aberdeen is, I think, the biggest city closer to Pennan and there is theatre called "His Majesty's Theatre" that according wikipedia has a capacity of 1470 seated... The Lyceum in Edinburgh has, also according to wikipedia, 658 seated capacity...
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Appropriate as it may be that it returns to Edinburgh, if the production is moved to another venue I would hope that it doesn’t stay exclusive to Scotland so that it can cater for those like me who live at the opposite end of the country! The play got great reviews and seemed to be received very well when it opened, so I should hope it can be revived somewhere. Sting’s The Last Ship did indeed tour the UK, so I’m sure Local Hero could do the same.
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Aberdeen is, I think, the biggest city closer to Pennan and there is theatre called "His Majesty's Theatre" that according wikipedia has a capacity of 1470 seated... The Lyceum in Edinburgh has, also according to wikipedia, 658 seated capacity...
I did think about that but for people travelling from afar I think the capital is more appropriate, although a certain member here may not agree! ;)
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It has to be a theatre which has around 6 weeks vacant, as it was for the Lyceum. Also, Aberdeen would probably be a bit too far north for most people to travel, so Edinburgh would be the best.
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I think the Old Vic was from late June to late August, more than two months.
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Aberdeen is, I think, the biggest city closer to Pennan and there is theatre called "His Majesty's Theatre" that according wikipedia has a capacity of 1470 seated... The Lyceum in Edinburgh has, also according to wikipedia, 658 seated capacity...
It’s a beautiful theatre indeed but people aren’t going to travel here just to see a show (normal people anyway :) )
You need somewhere easily accessible to a large number of paying customers, if not London then I guess Birmingham or Manchester.
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Aberdeen is, I think, the biggest city closer to Pennan and there is theatre called "His Majesty's Theatre" that according wikipedia has a capacity of 1470 seated... The Lyceum in Edinburgh has, also according to wikipedia, 658 seated capacity...
It’s a beautiful theatre indeed but people aren’t going to travel here just to see a show (normal people anyway :) )
You need somewhere easily accessible to a large number of paying customers, if not London then I guess Birmingham or Manchester.
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I think that a touring thing, like the Sting's Last Ship musical did, would be perfect, but probably they'll need to conquer London first!
Maybe this time they'll do at the West End, I'd love the Dominion Theatre, in Tottenham area, has availability...
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This is the normal state of affairs for musicals in the UK, like Mama Mia or whatever, they do extended runs in big cities then do shorter runs as part of a big tour.
I had tickets last May for Book of Mormon for example, was going to be in Aberdeen for 2 weeks I think.
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This is the normal state of affairs for musicals in the UK, like Mama Mia or whatever, they do extended runs in big cities then do shorter runs as part of a big tour.
I had tickets last May for Book of Mormon for example, was going to be in Aberdeen for 2 weeks I think.
South Park fan?
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This is the normal state of affairs for musicals in the UK, like Mama Mia or whatever, they do extended runs in big cities then do shorter runs as part of a big tour.
I had tickets last May for Book of Mormon for example, was going to be in Aberdeen for 2 weeks I think.
South Park fan?
Yes.
I saw Book of Mormon on broadway. It's one of the greatest things I've ever seen, in any medium.
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I'd like to see it too but I guess I'll need some kind of subtitles, lol
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Well I guess it’s easier to understand than the Scottish accents in Local Hero!
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Well I guess it’s easier to understand than the Scottish accents in Local Hero!
In local hero i knew what's gonna happen so the accent wasn't a problem at all, lol
When watching South Park I need subtitles, they speak very fast and as all the voices are made by the same two people, they do special voices so it makes it more difficult!
I guess the book or Mormons would have the same kind of fast speaking...
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I can’t really remember, have a listen to the songs on Spotify and see what you think :)
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Just noticed that there are more than 30 theatres in what's called the West End in London... I hope there are gaps in any of them for Local Hero! Personally I'd love to see it at the Dominion Theater!
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From Guy's site:
By: Icelander
Categories: Miscellaneous
June 2, 2021
With most of the world finally getting control over the Pandemic what are the chances of you and Mark finally getting your musical onto a London stage? We were about a week too late to catch it in Edinburgh.
Answer: Stay tuned
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I just heard that Boris Johnson is going to cancel all restrictions regarding Covid, and trying to live with the virus, and also they are going to cancel all restrictions to travel to the UK, so maybe this would help to revamp the Local Hero musical in London?
Thinking in what Guy was telling, despite the Old Vic canceled it at his stage, Guy said they are not going to let this go, so I assumed they were trying to take the musical to other theatre, which would be amazing also because the CD release of the musical depended on the London shows, so I really hope that with the upcoming situation, they could announce anything regarding the musical and the record release, and being back at London soon to attend this wonderful musical again!
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I just heard that Boris Johnson is going to cancel all restrictions regarding Covid, and trying to live with the virus, and also they are going to cancel all restrictions to travel to the UK, so maybe this would help to revamp the Local Hero musical in London?
Thinking in what Guy was telling, despite the Old Vic canceled it at his stage, Guy said they are not going to let this go, so I assumed they were trying to take the musical to other theatre, which would be amazing also because the CD release of the musical depended on the London shows, so I really hope that with the upcoming situation, they could announce anything regarding the musical and the record release, and being back at London soon to attend this wonderful musical again!
Yeah but BJ is an utter clown so don't believe what he says!! After all he said we must lock down but it didn't apply to him and his Tory clonies.....grrrrr
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I just heard that Boris Johnson is going to cancel all restrictions regarding Covid, and trying to live with the virus, and also they are going to cancel all restrictions to travel to the UK, so maybe this would help to revamp the Local Hero musical in London?
Thinking in what Guy was telling, despite the Old Vic canceled it at his stage, Guy said they are not going to let this go, so I assumed they were trying to take the musical to other theatre, which would be amazing also because the CD release of the musical depended on the London shows, so I really hope that with the upcoming situation, they could announce anything regarding the musical and the record release, and being back at London soon to attend this wonderful musical again!
Yeah but BJ is an utter clown so don't believe what he says!! After all he said we must lock down but it didn't apply to him and his Tory clonies.....grrrrr
Where is David Knopfler when you need him? :lol
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Restrictions are one thing, but covid is still out there and there is a big financial risk putting on a show like this. One person gets covid and the whole thing has to shut down.
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Restrictions are one thing, but covid is still out there and there is a big financial risk putting on a show like this. One person gets covid and the whole thing has to shut down.
You're right, but there are a lot of other shows happening so there must be a way to do it.
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It's definitely possible, just a risk.
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Just clicked the "refund" button.
I don't know why, this has been a quite hard thing to do. When damm covid stopped the world, me and how to get rid of moobs (https://www.outlookindia.com/outlook-spotlight/how-to-get-rid-of-gyno-aka-moobs-best-otc-supplements-for-gynecomastia-news-238274) my friends had hopes (very little) that the situation could be solved in any way and travel to London on summer 2020 to attend the musical, as far as they were not cancelling it, but in the end they didn't cancelled but postponed, which was logic seeing the way the pandemic was. The fact that they postponed was something there, a hope in a better future to come, a connection with being able to travel to London again, and enjoy something Knopfler-related with my usual gang of friends, but now, that's broken :'(
This affected me more than I thought. I still have hopes that this is not cancellation of the musical but just for the Old Vic, specially to those of you who hadn't attented the musical in Edinburgh. Those of you who did, all of you know how lucky we were to attended it, it was beautiful, it was wonderful... I'm happy about attented at least the Edinburgh representation, but still sad about London ones :'(
Just forgive this post. I kind of needed to write it...
I asked for a refund just a week ago, before this announcement. I had just about given up hope of seeing the show in the near future because of covid and The Old Vic had my £130 for two years, which is quite a lot of money. I received the refund immediately.
My hope is that it will return to Edinburgh in the not so distant future, which I would prefer anyway.
Have you got the refund yet or not? Do tell this to us about your experience.