The Other Palace

The Truth is returning to the West End, that's the Florian Zeller play, for a second run, this time at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from the 29th of July for, or ahead of a UK tour.

In Pieces will have its fully staged world premiere at the Other Palace next year.

And Rowan Atkinson, the legend that is, is performing a new show at the Gillian Lynne Theatre for just 30 performances from the 8th of February, marking 40 years since he last did a sketch comedy show in the West End.

And then finally, congratulations to the Phantom of the Opera, which has just celebrated its 40th anniversary.

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I do appreciate when like new musicals like this actually workshopped and do like showcases in front of audiences because you know it's that you do need that voice and there's things that in the room that may not translate as well on stage when the audience are there so that's why when you get this influx of like one not only concerts at Drury Lane which are more often than not a disaster I'm like, why didn't you workshop that? Why didn't you do, you know, like, for example, In Pieces recently, the other Palace, Joey Contreras, who's brilliant, was constantly workshopping it, seeing the audience response, changing it, saying, I'm not staging it fully until it's perfect.

And he's constantly evolving it.

Jordan with Redcliffe as well.

I think that's so fun because it doesn't happen when you're doing telly.

You're just like, oh, I'll go again.

I remember I did the workshop of when they were doing a retranslation of... starlight express and we did a workshop version of it with no skating at the other palace public it was crazy so all the bits where they're racing on skates we were standing still and going on this it was so funny and it was so crazy and one day like oh god it was so great we did like a whole rap about tinder they were like we want to try some tinder lyrics tonight everyone was like okay um and angelo weber was teaching us how to how to rap that i have to say was a professional highlight

that's that's one for the grandkids the world's greatest rapper

The first big-budget professional stage adaptation was Pride and Prejudice, a sentimental comedy in three acts by Helen Jerome, which opened at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway in November 1935.

It was a huge success, running for 219 performances before transferring to the St. James Theatre in London and embarking on a national tour.

The lavish production was mounted on a scale previously unseen in Austen adaptations.

Expensive sets, props, music, and a flurry of costume changes made it a feast for the eyes, yet what defied expectations was the play's witty, fiery script, which critics said made the Regency seem modern.

Yes.

For those who don't know, they are working together along with seven other creatives and can do basic math on new musical, Ayla, which just dropped its concept album recently featuring multiple Western stars, and will also be getting a concert at The Other Palace coming up here.

So more info on that soon.

But yeah, great to have you guys on today.

... we are, we have already a next thing to do, which is, uh, I, I can tell you now, it's gonna be a concert.

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A live concert at the Other Palace on the-

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Now, we have had Rent in London.

We had a production that also toured around the UK that played at the Other Palace.

If you want to call that the West End, then you absolutely can, but it's not quite the same thing.

We also had Rent: Remixed, which, you know, the less said about that, the better.

Well, I mean, I do because it's got two incredibly sexy, handsome guys in the lead.

So I was thrilled to be invited to DP Rivalry Press Night, which is currently on at the Other Palace.

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