Love Never Dies - planning their First Night

Over on the Love Never Dies blog they're talking about planning the First Night with all the theatrical complications involved:

Despite the Opening Night of Love Never Dies being over four months away, planning is already well underway for what should be one of the biggest nights in the West End next year.

Microsoft Excel whimpers under the weight of the exclusive First Night list. Filling a 1400 seat auditorium with invited guests, allocating seats and distributing tickets and keeping the right people happy is a logistical nightmare – one which we won’t wake up from for many weeks to come! From the First Night list to the First Night party – everything needs to be perfect.  It is one of our jobs to organise the logistical and technical aspects of the evening, ensuring that the chilled champagne is flowing, the food is arriving out of the kitchens hot and everyone is having a great evening.

Meanwhile, final preparations are being made for the start of rehearsals in January, rehearsal rooms are being kitted out, actors are being measured for costumes, sets are being constructed, lighting and sound equipment lists are being finalised and the marketing team are preparing for the next wave of advertising and promotional events.  The production office is busy interviewing and appointing staff for the various backstage departments – stage management, wardrobe, wigs, sound, automation, stage crew, lighting and follow spots.

Everything is on course for our first preview on February 20^th…

Keep checking the website for further updates.

via loveneverdies.com

I'm not so interested to hear about the first night party but it's good to hear that the February first preview date is still on course. Somehow this pointless little blog post does serve to make it all seem a bit more realistic.

Love Never Dies Theatre Breaks

reBlog from wizardofozlondon.co.uk: The Wizard of Oz is coming to London

Image via Wikipedia

I found this fascinating quote today:

Yes, The Wizard of Oz is coming to London and the person to play part of Dorothy will be chosen by another reality TV style competition with Andrew Lloyd Webber and the TV audience making the final decision.wizardofozlondon.co.uk, The Wizard of Oz is coming to London, Nov 2009

You should read the whole article.

Theatre Breaks Wiki

Seemed like a good idea to link to the Theatre Breaks Wiki which is a growing reosurce for all kinds of information and interesting articles about theatre breaks in London, keeping the shows and theatres up to date.

Newest pages are for

Hair

Legally Blonde

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

and there's a list of all the top London musicals and plays of course.

Theatre breaks are short holidays in London which combine best seat theatre tickets with a central hotel stay, usually three or fours star. It's a great way to see one of the big shows because you don't have to worry about traveling home afterwards, and everything is all paid for in one go - with discount rail fares from anywhere in the UK, and extras such as the London Eye flight or river trip on the Thames.

The Theatre Breaks Wiki here is used to maintain up to date information about the shows available for London theatre breaks, the Hotels and anything else that can help to build the best time in London's West End theatreland.

 

Posted via web from London Theatre Breaks

Theatre Breaks Wiki

Seemed like a good idea to link to the Theatre Breaks Wiki which is a growing reosurce for all kinds of information and interesting articles about theatre breaks in London, keeping the shows and theatres up to date.

Newest pages are for

Hair

Legally Blonde

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

and there's a list of all the top London musicals and plays of course.

Theatre breaks are short holidays in London which combine best seat theatre tickets with a central hotel stay, usually three or fours star. It's a great way to see one of the big shows because you don't have to worry about traveling home afterwards, and everything is all paid for in one go - with discount rail fares from anywhere in the UK, and extras such as the London Eye flight or river trip on the Thames.

The Theatre Breaks Wiki here is used to maintain up to date information about the shows available for London theatre breaks, the Hotels and anything else that can help to build the best time in London's West End theatreland.

 

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