Doctor Who live show

[hummingbird]

This was mentioned in the Metro this morning.

linky: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10118464.stm

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[ori-STUDFARM]

Interesting…….

….and Nottingham is on the list too :)

[Alex]

Once after a night of heavy drinking my friends and I awoke to find that we had in our alcoholic stupor brought tickets to see the sooty show. Having spent the money we decided sod it and went along think we could have an ironic laugh at it. They were several excruciating hours where the staff of the theatre were convinced we were there to groom the children in the audience and at one point were reluctant to let us in. I have a strong feeling that, as much as the exclusive scenes etc make me interested, going to this would be a very similar experience…

[ori-STUDFARM]

….I find that assumption that you were there to groom the kids realy offensive!! For all they knew, you might have just had a puppet fetish!!

[redhead85]

> For all they knew, you might have just had a puppet fetish!!

I know a GREAT show for that… ;-)

[Alex]

….I find that assumption that you were there to groom the kids realy offensive!! For all they knew, you might have just had a puppet fetish!!

Believe me it’s not an assumption, after realising we were being monitored I had to explain the situation to the manager. That’s when it was explained what they thought we were up to…

[hummingbird]

I can’t see it being a problem with Who, as the show has so many adult fans …. which is generally not the case with Sooty ;-)

Myself and a small group of ladies will be going to the Liverpool show, if anyone wants to come along.

[Alex]

True, I would still expect it to be mostly an audience of children though (with a few parents going and using their children as an excuse). With the kind of stage show this will be i’d just naturally expect that to be the core of the audience. That said, I am debating whether to go to the Wembley show or not, guess i’ll see in 3 days when they go on sale.

[Andrew]

It’s surely gonna be about even between kids, parents and Who fans? Can’t imagine the latter group will stay at home assuming the place will be full of children…

[Alex]

It’s surely gonna be about even between kids, parents and Who fans? Can’t imagine the latter group will stay at home assuming the place will be full of children…

I never suggested they would, I was just saying that I can fully picture turning up and being one of the few adults to not be there with my children. You’ll obviously get fans turning out, but it seems to be aimed at a much younger audience. Asking around a few friends to see if thy planned on going they all seemed to think it would be more for the kids or be similar to ‘The Ultimate Adventure’. I just wouldn’t be surprised if that did put quite a few people off, especially as with booking fee it’ll be around 40 quid for a good seat making it a bit expensive to take a punt on. Still, I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. It’ll certainly be interesting to see what they’ve come up with exactly.

Is anyone else actually planning on going to the Wembley show?

[Seb Patrick]

I might see if I can get work to pay for a ticket.

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