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Audio gift: Next to Normal - Last London Preview (21 August 2023) - Donmar Warehouse
Cast: Caissie Levy (Diana Goodman), Jamie Parker (Dan Goodman), Jack Wolfe (Gabe Goodman), Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Natalie Goodman), Jack Ofrecio (Henry), Trevor Dion Nicholas (Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden).
Last performance before Press Night. Recorded from the aisle, so you can hear the cast running up and down the stage. Also includes the outtro music after curtain call.
Side note: There was a single camera present in the audience to professionally record the show for the ‘archives’.
#next to normal#audio gift#caissie levy#jack wolfe#eleanor worthington-cox#trevor dion nicholas#jamie parker#jack ofrecio#next to normal london#mt; next to normal#also this was probably the best Jack Wolfe’s been as Gabe vocally so far#enjoy!!#also I need Eleanor to know she is SO loved#best best best BEST Natalie
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Next to Normal is one of those shows that, after I saw it (for both runs in the UK) I had to seriously refrain myself from buying tickets to see it again and again (actually the Donmar run sold out so I couldn't but that's beside the point). I am bursting with good things to say about it with no one to blurt them out to so you get it here.
Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey weren't pulling punches when they wrote the lyrics and music to this show. I love that musicals can be whimsical and fun and not be taken seriously. But there's an extra special place in my heart for shows like this where the content is so incredibly meaningful. It's raw, and it's real, and you feel and understand something of the motivations of each individual character. And the cast is phenomenal.
Please, please go and see it. Bring tissues.
(but also please read the content warnings first)
#next to normal#next to normal uk#next to normal west end#caissie levy#jack wolfe#eleanor worthington-cox#jack ofrecio#trevor dion nicholas#jamie parker
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next to normal is nominated a lot!!! everyone go vote
best actress in a musical: caissie levy
best supporting actor in a musical: jack wolfe
best supporting actress in a musical: eleanor worthington-cox
best casting: anna cooper
best musical: next to normal
additionally, with jack wolfe:
best staged concert production: spring awakening
#next to normal#n2n#next to normal uk#n2n uk#next to normal west end#n2n west end#jack wolfe#caissie levy#eleanor worthington-cox#eleanor worthington cox#spring awakening#spring awakening musical#six of crows#wylan van eck#wylan hendriks#shadow and bone
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Jetzt aber hinterherhinkende Theater-Berichterstattung mal endlich: Next to Normal hinterläßt das Publikum in einem Meer von Tränen: Mutter leidet an bipolarer Störung und sieht nach sechzehn Jahren immer noch ihren als kleines Kind gestorbenen Sohn. Das ist für ein normales Familienleben eher nicht förderlich. Ist nicht der heiterste Musical-Stoff, aber von allen, teilweise noch sehr jungen Mitwirkenden ganz außerordentlich grandios gespielt.
#Next to Normal#Eleanor Worthington-Cox#Jamie Parker#Trevor Dion Nicholas#Cassie Levy#Jack Ofrecio#Jack Wolfe#Im Theater gewesen#Michael Longhurst#Musical#Tom Kitt#Brian Yorkey
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Crazy For You
NEXT TO NORMAL Wyndham’s Theatre, London, Thursday 11th July, 2024 (Matinee) The ‘rock musicals’ I’ve come across tend to be epic in scale, sometimes post-apocalyptic, sometimes even Biblical. But this one, with music by Tom Kitt and book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, is something different. It takes place mostly in a family home, so it’s a ‘kitchen sink rock musical’. The domestic setting…
#Ben Heathcote#Brian Yorkey#Caissie Levy#Chloe Lamford#Eleanor Worthington-Cox#Jack Ofrecio#Jack Wolfe#Jamie Parker#Michael Longhurst#Next To Normal#review#Tom Kitt#Wyndham&039;s Theatre
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Gothic Beauty and Slow-Burning Tension in Gwen (2018): A Dark, Uneven Journey
Gothic Beauty and Slow-Burning Tension in Gwen (2018): A Dark, Uneven Journey
Synopsis- During the Industrial Revolution, Gwen, a young girl, struggles to keep her life and family from falling apart while her mother suffers from a mysterious illness and her father suddenly disappears. Director- William McGregor Cast- Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Maxine Peake, Mark Lewis Jones Genre- Period | Horror Released- 2018 ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. Gwen, the 2018 British period…
#2010s Cinema#★★★#british cinema#British film#cinema#Eleanor Worthington-Cox#film review#Film Reviews#Historical#Horror#Mark Lewis Jones#Maxine Peake#movie review#Wales#William McGregor
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Next to Normal | Wyndham's Theatre | July, 2024 Jamie Parker as Dan Goodman Jack Wolfe as Gabe Goodman 📹: @mttztrading
Diana - Dan Diana - Gabe Diana - Natalie Dan - Gabe Dan - Natalie Gabe - Natalie
#literally my first time ever making gifs and I did it the easy way so no one look too close at the quality ok?#this production has just taken over my brain and i needed somewhere to put that energy#so have a dan and gabe gifset#yes there are three i am the one reprise gifs. i could probably do a whole other gifset for that song. it's just so good#next to normal#next to normal uk#jamie parker#jack wolfe#caissie levy#eleanor worthington cox#goodman gifs
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it only hurts when I'm here...
Times when Jack Wolfe made me forget that I'm not supposed to be rooting for Gabe to stay. . 🎥 @mttztrading
#next to normal#n2n#next to normal uk#jack wolfe#caissie levy#jamie parker#eleanor worthington cox#thea made a thing
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Catch me I'm falling, faster than anyone should.
Next to Normal, Act 1 - West End (2024)
#next to normal#caissie levy#jack wolfe#eleanor worthington cox#jamie parker#trevor dion nicholas#jack ofrecio#bootleg#i filmed this#musicals#slime tutorial#next to normal west end#next to normal uk
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I am what you want me to be And I'm your worst fear, you'll find it in me
Next To Normal - Donmar Warehouse - September, 2023
Taper: @lasagnatrades
Jack Wolfe is one of the best Gabe's I've ever seen and one of the most adorable
Stars: Caissie Levy, Jamie Parker, Jack Wolfe, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Jack Ofrecio, Trevor Dion Nicholas
#give lasagna your GODDAMN MONEY THIS BOOT IS INCREDibLE!?!?!??!?!!#I love JAck Wolfe so much after this show like hes so goddamn cute#next to normal#n2n#jack wolfe#caissie levy#jamie parker#eleanor worthington cox#jack ofrecio#trevor dion nicholas#donmar warehouse#west end theatre#off west end#london#london theatre#lasagna#musical theatre#musicals
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no one talk about how close we are to closing i’m sensitive
reference taken from @mttztrading video 🫶
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Jack and Eleanors final hug and bow... 😭🥺
#next to normal uk#next to normal#n2n#n2n uk#west end#wyndhams#closing show#jack wolfe#eleanor worthington cox
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in honour of the West End's next to normal closing today I've finally proof-read my 'things I noticed/general thoughts' post that's been sitting in my drafts since I saw it earlier this month. it's very long I'm very sorry.
Act One:
it was really fun watching this show in September given that there's two references to it in the first song
I adore the monologue about the pills that Dr. Fine gives during 'Who's Crazy'. it's rhythmic and funny yet also unnerving. It's such a quick and impactful way to summarise what Diana has been through for the past 16 years
Gabe does a 'one of your French girls' pose on the kitchen counter under the cabinets during 'My Psychopharmacologist and I'
Jamie Parker made direct eye contact with me during the last part of 'Who's Crazy' and it was one of the most intense experiences of my life
I might just be dense but I don't get the point of the neon sign that says 'Fine' which drops down during the Dr. Fine scene. Initially I thought that then one would drop down saying 'Madden' during his scenes to help people differentiate between the doctors but then it didn't so it just feels like a weird extra prop
speaking of random props, shout out to the iPad on the table in the opening scene which Gabe pretty much instantly takes away after telling Diana that she shouldn't obsess over tragic news stories and is then never seen again as far as I remember
Dan in the flashback scene being such an optimist about Diana's pregnancy and the future they're gonna have together... soul-crushing
Caissie Levy's 'I Miss The Mountains.' Holy Shit.
I love how Diana and Gabe are the only characters who sing on/stand on the table. it's as though it's this extra dimension of the house that only they have access to and it's a really neat and subtle way to show that they relate to each other in ways other characters don't
'It's Gonna Be Good' is so underrated. Jamie Parker's somewhat genuine optimism becoming optimism-through-gritted-teeth is incredibly acted
The way Jamie delivers the first line of 'He's Not Here' is devastating. the heaviness of that moment as you feel the audience around you realising what's just happened is something I'll remember forever
Gabe body-blocking Dan from Diana during 'I Am the One' is such good staging. People talk about how Jack Wolfe plays Gabe with a lot of layers and a lot of simultaneous contradiction and this song is one of the best examples of that. how Jack manages to project a character who is goading his father and protecting his mother at the same time is beyond me
also Jack has maybe half-an-inch on Jamie which obviously isn't something the actors control but it does makes Gabe seem just that bit more threatening when he's getting in Dan's face
for the first part of Superboy and the Invisible Girl when it's just Natalie singing, Gabe is actively laughing. He's totally unperturbed by her efforts to make herself seen to her mother. it's only when Diana replies, particularly when she says "you're our little pride and joy, our perfect plan" that you see his face drop and you see him trying to figure out a way to stop her from getting Diana's attention which then results in him kicking her off the melody in her own song
"I'll hurt you" being directed at Dan and "I'll heal you" being directed at Diana as Gabe gently touches her face gets me so bad. but the most painful part of 'I'm Alive' for me is when Gabe looks at Dan as he says "I'm the perfect stranger who knows you too well." that's the first time you realise that perhaps Gabe doesn't just impact Diana, and there's something much larger at play
Caissie and Jack W's voices harmonising on 'Catch Me I'm Falling' was one of my favourite parts of the whole show. Their voices are so magical together and their mother/son chemistry is incredible
The 'I Dreamed A Dance' into 'There's a World' sequence is one of the most tragically beautiful things I've ever witnessed. I went into the show knowing what Gabe was trying to achieve during 'There's A World' and yet Jack's voice is so beautifully haunting you totally forget you're supposed to root against Gabe in that moment
Jamie Parker's 'I've Been' is some of the best acting through song out there. Interestingly my friend and I had very different interpretation's of what Gabe's horrified reaction to the blood meant. I viewed it as him being upset about what he convinced Diana to do - he doesn't like seeing her hurt. Whereas my friend saw it as him being angry at himself that she didn't manage to follow through, meaning that he has failed to regain control over her life
'I'm no sociopath, I'm no Sylvia Plath. I ain't no Frances Farmer kind of find for you' is one of the best musical theatre lyrics of all time. I genuinely don't know why I Miss The Mountains is the 'big song' known from N2N over 'Didn't I See This Movie?', it's just so good
Natalie's 'She trusts you!' line is heartbreaking, I was basically watching that entire scene through my fingers because of how high the emotion was
Act Two:
'Pfizer's woman of the year' will in fact be peak comedy every time. Eleanor's delivery is *chef's kiss*
Gabe having just one line in 'Wish I Were Here', and that line being 'Wish I were here.' Yeah. I feel very normal about that.
Natalie's line of "Can I hide my stupid hunger, fake some confidence and cheer?" being pretty much exactly what Gabe has done throughout the entirety of act 1
"And you're not a scary rockstar anymore" got one of the biggest laughs at both of the shows I went to
Dan's desperation during 'Better Than Before.' He is simultaneously trying to cajole Diana into remembering and get Natalie to be more positive. This one song really highlights how he's being pulled in a million different directions while trying to hold it all together and Jamie portrays that so well
Aftershocks. Wow. The way the last word of each line echoes throughout the theatre is great sound design. I've been in exam halls louder than the audience during that song. Holding a room that captive as a silhouette is quite the feat Jack Wolfe you will always be famous
"I don't know where the fucking pieces go" as Diana pushes things off the table as if there's a real jigsaw there that she's rage quitting and choosing to give up on is such a nice detail
"Have you talked of your depression, your delusions and your son?" The gasp in the theatre both times was sickening
the response of "good' in reply to "name?" when technically that was part of his name as they are the "Goodmans". I don't really have a point here I just think it's neat
The 'It's Gonna Be Good" reprise was one of my favourite Dan/Diana moments. Caissie and Jamie are really pushing each other to their emotional limits and they handle it so well
The first "Why stay?" is so fragile as Diana sits against the kitchen island. Also interesting given that Dan and Gabe will also sit against there later when they are at their lowest point in the story. The idea of the characters crawling to the 'centre/heart' of the home when they are at their weakest
"This is one old game that I can play so well" is the line that has stuck the most with me throughout the show. Jack's delivery of it while striding across the kitchen table - seemingly totally invincible - is crazy.
how Caissie manages to deliver "you shrugged and said that no one really knows" with humour and desperation at the same time is amazing
When Gabe and Diana stand on the table and if they let go of one another they'll fall. yeahhhhh.....
Gabe's realisation that Diana isn't going to give up on getting better. Totally collapsing in on himself and beginning to cry. How you manage to feel bad for him after all the destruction he's caused is wild
Diana's "maybe I'm tired of the game" relating back to Gabe's "this is one old game that I can play so well"
the lyrics in 'Hey #3' clearly reflecting things Diana has done, Henry cutting Natalie off at "bleeding in the bathtub"
"I am the one who'll heal you" being said to Dan not Diana this time
"Why didn't you go with her?" is the most devastating line in the whole musical I said what I said. Jamie's delivery of it is heart wrenching
the drums and bass kicking in for the loud part of I Am The One as Gabe becomes desperate to be seen once again
Jack and Jamie's acting in this moment is so intense. there's a moment where it's genuinely feels as though only one of them can make it out of the interaction alive
Jack's emphasis on the word 'loved' in the line "I am the one who loved you" nearly killed me on the spot. how somebody can deliver a line so desperately while remaining pitch perfect is unfair
Natalie coming in to kiss Dan's head at the start of 'Light' like Gabe kisses Diana's in the first scene. I'm such a sucker for a gut punching
the "And are they real?" line about Diana's parent's from Henry gets such a loud reaction from the audience. Some people laugh immediately, some people clearly get shocked out of their sobs. so good
In conclusion, this is my favourite musical of all time and I'm going to be so annoying waiting for the pro-shot to come out
#next to normal#next to normal uk#next to normal west end#caissie levy#jamie parker#eleanor worthington cox#jack wolfe#trevor dion nicholas#jack ofrecio
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Jack Wolfe's part of the cast of Next to Normal's performance at the Olivier Awards 2024
#jack wolfe#next to normal#caissie levy#eleanor worthington cox#olivier awards#gabe goodman#musical#I love him a normal amount#sorry the gifs are so big#but I needed them like this
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A list of some things I noticed during the last matinee of Next to Normal UK
Diana pointed and yelled something from upstairs just before Natalie started singing for the first time. Like “wahey” sort of energy
She also absolutely bellowed “dive in with both feet” an inch from Dan’s face
Diana was very insistent that Dan not touch her sandwiches. Kept waving him off
While Natalie was singing Everything Else Diana was peeling the crust off bread slices in time with the beat. I’ve never noticed that before so idk if it was a last day thing or if I’ve just missed it until now but it was very funny.
Natalie looked like she was tearing up in Perfect for You. She was so happy and it was so cute
Dan juggled three pieces of garlic bread during It’s Gonna Be Good lmao
Natalie was so distressed during It’s Gonna Be Good. Like going “please get down!” when Diana climbed on the chair and flinching away from the water. She also mouthed “I’m so sorry” to Henry while everyone else was setting the table
I could hear her sobbing as she ran upstairs
Diana was mouthing “fuck off” to herself a lot while Dan was singing I Am the One.
When Diana started yelling Natalie covered her ears and she was sobbing so hard like the hardest I’ve ever seen someone cry on stage oh my god
Gabe laughed when Natalie came down the stairs in Superboy
Diana kept mouthing “shut up, shut the fuck up” when Gabe and Natalie started singing together
A lot of tears during Catch Me I’m Falling
Gabe was so horrified when he saw the blood during I’ve Been. Like he came on, knelt down on the stage and was just staring at the floor, at one point with his nose like inches from the stage. I’ve seen various interpretations but to me it always seems like he can’t quite understand what’s happened or how it’s got there. He knows he told Diana to join him but didn’t realise how violent that would be? Idk. But anyway then he curled against the counter crying and combine that with Jamie’s unbelievable acting through song and it was a hard watch
During the first verse of Wish I Were Here Natalie kept reaching for Diana
I think there was a muck up matinee prank happening in the wings on (the audience’s) left. As the island was spinning Trevor, Jack and Jamie seemed to notice something and were trying not to laugh. Like they’d look into the wings, smile a bit, and then they’d look at each other and then really quickly look away. This happened for the whole song every time the stage rotated. Caissie also seemed to do the tiniest double take when she faced that side of the stage.
Jack didn’t leave the stage after Aftershocks he was standing in the farthest box. So you could see Gabe’s silhouette in the far corner while the next scenes were happening which was quite powerful.
Diana literally went “what the fuck?” when Dr Madden sent her away after telling her about Gabe
Diana fully gasped as she put the music box down and the intro to How Could I Ever Forget started.
When Diana moved away from Gabe during I’m Alive (Reprise) she had her hands over her heart and she was crying and just kept mouthing “my baby”. It was heartbreaking. Then the realisation hit her of what it meant and she got scared and ran off.
Gabe started crying even before Diana looked at him during The Break. He went from exhilaration during the first verse to suddenly getting scared when Diana came in with “they tried a million meds…”. For the rest of the song he was trying to get her attention, crawling up and down the counter in tears. Then when she touched him he completely broke down and was clinging onto her and crying so hard.
He was also crying when he came out from behind the counter
Natalie sobbed out “stop” when Diana kissed her head in Maybe
I Am the One (Reprise) may deserve its own post but anyway: Gabe was crying from his first lines (Jack was subtly wiping their face on their sleeve between phrases). He absolutely latched onto Dan, and Dan was sob-shouting his lines while Gabe was absolutely screaming his. When Dan pulled away Gabe tried so hard to catch hold of him again so they had this little tussle mid song during the “yeah”s. Dan then backed away, Gabe leaned fully over the side of the counter reaching for him and tried to belt out “I am the one who loved you” with all his soul but his voice broke so badly basically no sound came out until “loved you”. The same happened with the “tried” on the next line. It was absolutely beautiful and so heartbreaking. He then managed to get out the “you’ve always known who I am”, did this massive sobbing gasp afterwards and was just staring at Dan with tears running down his face. “Hi Dad” was so small and cracky it shattered my heart. Dan then slowly walked towards Gabe with his hand outstretched but stopped just before he reached him, and Gabe raised his hand too so their fingers almost touched and that’s when Natalie came in. Gabe then broke down audibly sobbing
Dan started to break when Gabe touched Natalie’s hand but Gabe then stopped at the bottom of the stairs to cry and Dan started absolutely gasping and sobbing and it was so sad. Like he was watching Gabe leave him for a second time and it destroyed him.
Diana was watching Nat and Henry interact in Light which was a lovely moment. She did a kind of “well fair enough” smile when Henry asked if her parents were real
#next to normal#next to normal uk#n2n#west end#jack wolfe#caissie levy#jamie parker#eleanor worthington cox#jack ofrecio#trevor dion nicholas
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gay son & thought daughter
Parallels between Natalie and Gabe Goodman
🎥: @mttztrading
Eleanor Worthington Cox as Natalie Jack Wolfe as Gabe
#forever thinking about jack saying they both had quite traumatic childhoods#that made them these antagonizing powers#don't think too much abt the quality#i gave up keeping the quality when compressing#next to normal#next to normal uk#jack wolfe#eleanor worthington cox#natalie goodman#gabe goodman#dan goodman#diana goodman#jamie parker#caissie levy#musical theater#my gifs
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