#look this is super rambley but i am having such a huge adhd moment and my brain is doing ten million different things

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I’m so happy that you got to see the show live!! <3

would love to hear your thoughts on it because I’m extremely jealous haha. did they change things from the off west end version? how were the performances? I’m very curious

(hope it’s fine that this isn’t an incorrect quote!!!)

i’m probably not the best person to go to since i couldn’t take a lot in because i was so mesmerised by stewart clarke whenever he was onstage 💙 (i say, like i’m not in love with every single one of them)

anyways, i didn’t notice any changes that were too significant? it felt like it was the same as the off west end production, maybe with a rewritten line or two thrown in somewhere. however, i was kind of swept up in the magic of being in an actual theatre again that i wasn’t being hyper vigilant about these things. i’ll hopefully be seeing it again next month so i’ll try and keep a closer eye out for these things. i noticed they were tighter with their comedic presence - millie, renée and blake in particular have really added to their humour.

performance wise - they were incredible!! you could get a sense of some of the cast’s nerves, but it was a lot of their west end debuts so i feel like that was a major factor. everyone’s vocals have improved so much since the other palace. special shoutout to blake who i feel his michael in the bathroom somehow got even better, and renée who just blew me away with how effortless her belting sounding. as always, miracle, eloise, stewart and james also need a shoutout for their phenomenal vocals too.

something that really got to me was chris fry’s mr heere. during two player game, when mr heere comes onstage to talk to jeremy, his acting blew me away. when jeremy tells him to put his pants on, chris looked like a father who could tell his son was starting to slip through his fingers and there was an understated devastation in his eyes and when he walked away you could feel everything. i’m talking it up because all i could muster during the interval was repeating SAD DAD over and over again.

stewart’s squip is phenomenal and if you’re on the fence about whether or not you enjoy the london productions, watch it for him alone. i don’t think any of my rambling could do what he brings to the squip justice. his pitiful children is always SO good? i love how evil he makes the squip, and how into the choreography he gets! he dances his little heart out during halloween, and he truly is living his best life.

i think scott is my favourite jeremy yet, because he captures the awkwardness so well. and i feel like there’s such a smooth transition from his nerdy self, to the cold squipped version of jeremy which deserves a lot of credit. renée’s “i would do anything to feel like i belong” hits me so hard, and i love that you can really feel how lost jake feels about himself in miles’ portrayal. eloise and miracle both add a lot of texture to brooke and christine too. eloise is my favourite and i think she deserves so much credit for what she brings to brooke. i think the reason why i love the london cast so much is because they’re all so young, and they really show the insecurities and the nuisances that each character has. if you couldn’t tell already, i have a lot of love for the london bmc cast.

it was such a good night, if you have the opportunity to see it i would highly recommend! ❤️