Chat about BETM UK/Ireland Tour

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It will be some months before there are any new BETM performances (or indeed theatre performances of any description). There are hints/rumours/gossip of a new UK tour and/or a new film some time in the future, but these possibilities cannot have been helped by the financial damage caused to the performing arts industry by Covid-19. Looking randomly at past performances of BETM during lockdown, this stirred memories of the 2016/2017 tour, during which time I criss-crossed the UK (and Hamburg). There are many pages of posts on this topic ; reviews, videos etc. and I have frankly little which is new to add. However, as there is now so much of this available on line, I have pulled together in one post some of the various fragmented videos, which might spark memories for others who followed the tour. If you weren’t able to attend any tour performance - I hope you can endure, or otherwise ignore !

Leading up to the tour - rehearsals etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8J7TlKJNiQ 2 mins 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpMSRgXLR7k 2 mins 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vIlk4Hblk 2 mins 1080 available

The Billys and Michaels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OWviLjSJNg 2 mins 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxp4RkePGoE 2.5 mins 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB5d4jSQTI0 2 mins 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FChAcCXuiws 2 mins 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXPsrJ0qWHY 2 mins 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52s9rAUSnhw 2 mins 1080 available

The Venues : The first venue was Plymouth in February 2016 and the last Hamburg in July 2017. For the first three venues - Plymouth, Sunderland and Bradford - the idea had not arisen of making venue specific trailers. This changes for Cardiff and thereafter. Liverpool, Milton Keynes and Hamburg were tagged on to the schedule, apparently at short notice, and this resulted in a partial cast change due to prior commitments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcMC23dA91M Cardiff 1 min 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYqOyGBiVfk Dublin 1 min 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWTpplR7eek Edinburgh 1 min 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrk9kh_lWd4 Bristol 1 min 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLTEV9SL4gU Manchester 1 min 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf38ifg0jSY Southampton 1 min 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGTzlTqz8do Birmingham 1 min 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcccB8NgXU8 Liverpool 1 min 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYHdWSu7rMM Milton Keynes 1 min 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UnuVQc3YFY Hamburg 1.5 min 1080 available

There were reservations about how BETM might be received in Hamburg. The main obstacle was language, and closely linked to this the verbal humour which does not transfer easily from one language to another. In the event not a problem. The response was enthusiastic, near ecstatic. People travelled from across Europe to attend. They are looking forward to the return of any new production

Ensemble & Backstage : The first video below I had never seen before, and has not been posted on this site before. It spins through the first year of the tour at whirlwind speed and is possibly best viewed at slower than normal speed (three quarters ?) because of this. The madness of life on the road. Crazier than a rugby club tour. The other videos have previously been posted, and give a view of backstage life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raHml8uIyK4 7.5 mins 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6d7_f0oEvU 8.5 mins 1080 available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x5BjPL6XIs 9 mins 1080 available

Finish !
https://www.facebook.com/MehrTheateramG ... 249765856/ 3.5 mins 750 available
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