West End LIVE 2018: Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical

[@isabelrichards5677]

Can we all just appreciate Danielle Steers' high kick at the end?! :0

[@annika_panicka]

I haven't gotten to that part yet, but her vocal gymnastics are phenomenal! 🎵 (I saw a video of the West End production and I was in awe of her energy and talent.)

[@edakanari4408]

Six should of paid Bat commission with the amount of Queen's recruited from it 🤣

[@hamiltonhyla]

And heathers

[@lottie249]

Wait who’s in six and heathers ?? All I recognise is vicki

[@natalieworton2472]

@@lottie249 Jodie Steele was in heathers and she plays Howard on the uk tour and Lauren Drew was also in heaters and she plays Aragon on the tour and Sophie Isaacs was in heathers and she plays Howard in the London cast

[@lottie249]

@@natalieworton2472 ah i thought they meant people from bat were in heathers!

[@natalieworton2472]

@@lottie249 Courtney Stapleton, Vicki Manser and Collette Guitart were all in bat together then they were all in six together as well (it wouldn’t let me put it all in the other comment and I forgot to do another one)

[@ThrasherMadDog]

Digging the cheeky smiles at each other in BOOH...

[@gillianhilton9223]

Coming back in 2025.... got the tickets already!! See you in Manchester guys 😍😍😍😍

[@arwenford2554]

I nearly cried tears of happiness when Glenn was at west end live announcing it was back :)

[@johnnynotty]

Saw it 4 times in London and I'm left wanting more

[@jimtheyid]

Seen twice, and will go again and every time it's on . Absolutely amazing show. Just a shame the sound on here sounds terrible

[@garybell9878]

J Day I see it once and once is enough for me

[@pamelawing626]

So glad to find this, I was afraid it might not be posted. Love, love it, and love the people in it.

[@AlienNationLiveEvents]

theclarkebloke comment below is bang on. Having seen the show last year at The Coliseum, London a couple of times, and now again also again a couple of times on the new run at The Dominion, London, this taster goes nowhere near doing the actual show justice. In the theatre the whole cast deliver up a total feast of a musical, a brilliant and heart warming spectacle. Go see the show for real! I was there last night andwill be back again next Wednesday for both matinee and evening performance. It really doesn't get any better than Bat Out Of hell the musical.

[@christinebirtles4396]

Seen t wice and sound in domnican is wonderful 200 speakers took them 3 weeks to set up. Think Andrew sings wonderfully for a 21 yr od american wonderful voice! Best musical i have ever seen and seen them all in London. Wil see it again many tims.

[@fleurenzia]

This is the best musical in London and I’m so devastated it’s season is coming to an end, they were done so dirty in this performance with poor sound but it still slays 😍🦇🔥

[@ajones5687]

Friday night

[@emilyhancock3456]

Such a fun show

[@Queenbeeblaine]

So annoying how the sound is so awful when they’re all incredible vocalists.

[@liliaadderley1549]

Vicki manser!

[@mayamelie20]

Mcgonagall The Cat I’ve been looking for this comment

[@emmahirst1344]

Maya Glatz same 😂

[@emmahirst1344]

And collette

[@edakanari4408]

And Danielle

[@shaneD7378]

I saw the show on the 4th August it was brillant and they had real talent I agree with the comments made about the sound quality it dose not do them any justice

[@shaneD7378]

I can't wait to see this show In August

[@sthcalguy3024]

Shane Drayton It's really good. I saw it.

[@emilyhancock3456]

it's so freaking great

[@sarahcannon9074]

Same I going back again in Agustin for the 3 rd time

[@DavidMiller.93]

I'm going to see this in August too, I really can't wait :) the only London West End performance left on my "want to see" list.

[@Angelfish757]

Me too lol going again at the end of August after seeing it 2 weeks ago going back every month till Jan 2019 lol.

[@vampiricly]

i’m so sad the mic stuff was messed up. so many iconic lines were missed in Frying Pan :(

[@millie-rosezoldan8587]

seen this show 5 times!

[@toulahmusic6416]

Tickets booked this Friday for time 2’

[@CthulhuXVX]

Seeing this tonight! So excited 😁🤘🏻

[@beckyanderton9937]

Would give anything to see this show 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@theclarkebloke]

I just can't bare to see these great performers served so poorly by well below par sound. The sound mixes of these videos are almost always dreadful or non existent. Not fair or representative of those performing, the shows themselves or the talent involved. It's 2018. Ya gotta be able to do alot better than this.

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

The sound last year was very good. They need to bring back last years sound guy.

[@Ryan_P]

The sound this year was better than last year which was very quiet on many of the performances, however this year there were still the odd performers who were muted or needed extra gain. I’m no sound engineer, but I’m assuming it must be difficult to mix for so many different styles of music being played one after the after with only a day of sound checks.

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

Ryan Prince- Nonsense. There were NO complaints about the sound last year. Most videos have poor sound this year.

[@Ryan_P]

Bob Smithies there were complaints from me. I was stood approx midway between the circle and the front of the stage, and had trouble heading some of the performers. Many of the videos from 2017 have really poor sound - like they were just using the mic on the single camera they were using. At least this year it sounded like they were using the feed to the speakers. This year I could barely hear the start of Soul of a Man from Kinky Boots - it was only once the actor got to the louder bits that I could hear him.

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

Ryan Prince- We are talking about the videos. Not where you happened to be stood. You do not know what you are writing about.

[@garybell9878]

Best Show ever in the West End London

[@Itsdarkmoons]

I really want to see this so bad!

[@horrorenjoyer]

It’s so much like Tanz 😭 I love it

[@azuraathena]

Ashley Horror i hadnt heard of this musical before yesterday but all i could think about when i heard the songs was Tanz.

[@horrorenjoyer]

azuraathena that’s Cos Steinman wrote the music for Tanz!!!! Half the Tanz cast seen this show and I’m so excited to see it too

[@tobealostwanderer]

Yo sound dude. Fix the mics xD

[@mezzate3122]

Guys , accidents happen and I know the mics suck but there are times where I and other people have to perform with no mics at all. I love this tho

[@DerekHartley]

mezza te Absolutely. From what I can tell it's just that one guy's head mic that's gone down. And he's never off stage long enough to replace.

[@mezzate3122]

DerekHartley thank you :)

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

DerekHartley- not true. For the west End this sound is unacceptable. Someone should be fired.

[@iainmckerracher7777]

Seen this show a few times and the atrocious sound quality here bears no resemblance to the show. They absolutely nail the music and vocals in the theatre If your thinking of going don't be put off by this poor quality sound

[@ajones5687]

Bat out of hell musical andwer polec signing

[@ajones5687]

Thanks again And

[@pdgf]

Wow i didnt know there was a musical about this great album! Wish meatloaf had a cameo though 😁😉

[@mrjcb91]

What is up with the sound in all these videos? I hope it is just a video issue and it wasn't like this at the event.

[@lottiepink2905]

changedforgood91 the sound was a bit better live but not by much sadly!

[@nicemimomisu]

Some of the mics are muted for no reason and the whole mix is just a piss poor job, really

[@DerekHartley]

Michal Motyčka One mic is dead. That's all. Nothing you can do about it. It happens in our business.

[@nicemimomisu]

Ok, one of the mics was dead obviously but there are other mics that are not leveled properly either, that's what I meant what I said about the mix. Sure, in an event like this, you cannot run up or stop the show for one mic but the whole thing sounds very poorly mix. Which also might be the TV's mix, not the stage one (I have seen that happen many times before).

[@M12NSY]

Gio from this years x-factor in the background?

[@rhodriwilliams2599]

He was in it at the end of December so he must have come back

[@hamplon1]

And to think: they're a couple in real life !!!! :-) X

[@hecate1391]

hamplon1 are they really a couple?? :))

[@phoebefair]

Which two? There are a lot of people to choose from on that stage.

[@emilyhancock3456]

+hamplon1 where did you hear that?

[@ComeAgainVicky]

They’re just friends

[@hamplon1]

they are quite a bit more than "just friends", trust me

[@itsamyox]

QUESTION: WHY on every single west end live video, no matter the year or what show it is, is the sound quality absolute shite?! are the sound techs asleep or just stupid? fix this issue and do the production, the story, the cast, the crew and everyone else involved justice on how amazing the shows are, instead of showing badly recorded snippets the make the show sound appalling and NOTHING like it does in the actual theatre/proper production.

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

Bring back last years sound guy.

[@Dundeeyouth]

Its the Head Of Sound for each show that mixes !! Unfortunately with very little time for soundcheck

[@JohannaBedoire]

I badly wanna give this video a thumbs down because of the terrible sound but I seriously can't bring myself to do that cause this is just awesome! Hadn't heard of this musical before and now all I wanna do is travel to England and see it!

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

Go before the show moves to New York.

[@JohannaBedoire]

Bob Smithies I won't be able to afford a trip to the UK to see it so.. 😔

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

The pound is cheap at the moment. Travelodge and Easyjet are cheap. Same here, I want to see Hamilton but cannot really afford to go (and I live in North England).

[@JohannaBedoire]

Bob Smithies it doesn't really matter how cheap the pound gets I still won't have the money for this kind of things, at least if I wanna survive for like the next 6 months or so 😂

[@jacquelinekelly5261]

It's on.in other countries, as was world wide tour.

[@victoriawilson2065]

Does anyone know when the cast album is available for purchase?

[@RadiantAngelEnergy]

Victoria Wilson it's already out. Dress Circle have got copies back in or you should be able to buy them at the theatre x

[@victoriawilson2065]

Radiant Angel Energy thanks for that information. I was meaning online like iTunes etc.

[@pamelawing626]

I can't get in the US, it makes me so sad. I don't know why they don't produce for here, like nobody from the US has seen it, or likes it, or would want an album?

[@RadiantAngelEnergy]

Pamela Wing If you want the CD then although not America Amazon Canada was selling it last year so might be worth trying them as that's where we in the UK were buying it from before they released it here x

[@RadiantAngelEnergy]

Victoria Wilson No not yet as far as I'm aware x

[@pauld950]

I have asmath to

[@MaxineIrvine]

After watching the whole show live two nights ago I came across this.... This is poor in comparison.

[@annika_panicka]

Andrew Polec looks like the rock-n-roll lovechild of Tim Curry and Roger Taylor. 💔

[@timg185]

I have to admit I’m not a fan of musicals. But I thought I would check this out because I love Meatloaf. It’s cool this music lives on . But I thought this was kinda cheesy and this guy does not compare to Meatloaf in his prime vocally.

[@stuartcorbett4902]

Giovanni for xfactor 2018 to win about time there was a proper singer on it not these lame make believers

[@shtcare]

imitators, all of'em couldnt hold a candle to the original

[@joshuamcgregor9017]

meatloaf far superior like hih scool reuion this

[@joshuamcgregor9017]

the sound mix is poor por quality it bad

[@SteveDorsett]

You can see why the show failed - great music, but awful direction. No focus on the vocals and flooding the stage with cheesy dancers. It's always been the power of Meatloaf's songs which made them work. The director missed the mark by a country mile.

[@smajyman6496]

Saw this musical today and thought choreography was really hammy

[@danclarkson3468]

Seriously, all the incredible Sound Number 1s on West End were too busy to mix this? Man this sounds like garbage. And I still can't get a West End mixing gig....

[@222ferrett222]

its like michael ball doing it , just doesnt sound right

[@erintilley5244]

I was gonna see this recently in London but saw School Of Rock instead and I'm so glad I did.I didn't like this one but cause I'm not much of a fan of Meatloaf and was very pleased I choose School Of Rock instead.i loved that show.

[@johnalexander4480]

sorry. sorry. gotta skip to the original.

[@jim13759]

His voice is not strong enough for Meatloaf

[@Queenbeeblaine]

jim13759 well number one, meat loaf thought so. And two, he’s not supposed to sound like meat loaf, he’s supposed to be an 18 year old called Strat... and personally, I think his voice is strong enough. When you watch it live, it gives you shivers.

[@pamelawing626]

Jim Steinman and Meatloaf think Andrew's voice is fine.

[@jim13759]

It does not matter what part he is playing, he is singing meatloaf songs....badly

[@Queenbeeblaine]

jim13759 but he’s not

[@tenshialpha]

You say "his" as if there's only one man on stage. Did you even watch the video?

[@bryanleigh6497]

West End and Broadway Rock musicals, what do they do? Target the most theatrically OTT performances in rock history by such as Queen (We Will Rock You), 80s hair bands (Rock of Ages), and Meatloaf (Bat Out Of Hell), and embed them in a paper thin story that functions just to pass the time between songs. The music is stripped of what little wit, edge and spontaneity it had, with classical orchestrations and stage school kids who strut and skip and gurn and stare and bare their teeth in a cartoon parody of rock's raw energy and threat. (Something similar might be said about Mercury, Jovi and Meatloaf themselves of course!) A night at the theatre for people who appreciate neither authentic music nor mature drama, I guess.

[@babyshark154]

this show is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad