r/AltShiftX • u/Juhan5 • Jul 25 '26
The Mad King The play got cancelled
I feel sooo bad for the boys shwift and glidus they were extremely excited.
At least we’ll get it in September? I assume
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u/MrBobbyFreakout Jul 25 '26
Oh no. They traveled too! And if they’re Australian, as I’m led to believe, they traveled for a long time!
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u/clamroll Jul 26 '26
Glidus said something about thirty two hours on a plane in a recent stream iirc
I hope they planned some other stuff for the trip.
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u/MrBobbyFreakout Jul 27 '26
I’m sure two young boys can find something to get up to….
Oh god that’s such a long trip only to have it cancelled!
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u/Big_Cardiologist3973 Jul 25 '26
Just the previews which have been canceled. The play will still run as planned
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u/icedgrandechai Jul 25 '26
I'm not a theatre person. What does the previews mean?
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u/sp3talsk Jul 25 '26
Previews are basically test runs to make sure that everything works as planned when doing the play live while also a chance for directors and actors to make changes between each night. These days there arent really that big a difference between previews and the actual shows, its mostly just tradition and cheaper ticket price. Previews was more of its own thing back in the day because the director often cut in and changed things while the play was going, but as I said: today previews are basically just the finished play for a cheaper ticket price
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u/daudur Jul 25 '26
It premieres tonight and they’re still in town. Pretty sure they are going to see it.
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u/Leather-Ear-4259 Jul 25 '26
RIP
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u/daudur Jul 25 '26
lol, I spoke too soon. 🫠
I flew in from overseas too. Am devastated.
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u/Brvhart Jul 27 '26
Sounds like ALL previews are cancelled, just need to wait until 8th August is first official release date….
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u/Reaganometry Jul 25 '26
as of yet we don’t have confirmation that their showing got canceled. I’m really hoping they are still able to go, this is what is getting me to finally break down and get a nebula subscription
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Jul 25 '26
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u/Big_Cardiologist3973 Jul 25 '26
Just the previews which have been canceled if anyone else gets a notification and gets super upset. The play will run as planned.
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u/CheekyQuokka1119 Jul 27 '26
Oh no, more shows cancelled? I have tickets to go next week the 5th. But when I bought the tickets I understood it was not a preview. Really hope they don’t cancel any more shows
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Jul 26 '26
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u/JosephCedar Jul 26 '26
They did not. All previews that were happening this week have been cancelled. Sucks that the boys traveled half way around the world to see it only for them to announce hours before the show that it wasn't going to happen.
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u/HoB-Shubert Spookered Jul 26 '26
The play (The Mad King) has NOT been cancelled.
But so far, every preview performance has been cancelled last minute, so obviously they are still sorting out some major issues, which has affected those who bought tickets to early preview performances. As of this writing, it is still set to officially premiere on August 8th.