Billy Elliot the Forum

porschesrule wrote:

ERinVA wrote: Nobody can see anyone else except for the few people in his/her section, and they are all listening through headphones and watching the conductor on small video screens.

Is that true of both London and NY?

Yes, pretty much, from what I have seen.

And now that Finale has pointed out the other thread, I will add these posts to it and close this one to avoid duplication.

Monday 21st Dec - Truly fantastic show
That said, musically, there were (in my view) some awkward moments - we seemed to be missing a Bass Guitar and the sound balance of the band in places went astray. Particularly noticible in 'Expressing yourself' when at one point, there was only one instrument playing without any accompanyment - Michael (George Maycock) and Billy (Fox) did really well to keep the tune going. We were sat at the front and we know that the MD was trying to bang out a bass to make up for the missing parts but the volume of his piano is totally controlled by the sound crew and they didn't pick this up until late in the song.
Overall though Musicians, we've heard you at lots of shows and you are great.