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Hunger Games fans have been left disappointed after a chaotic preview night, which saw long delays, lengthy queues and even complaints over a lack of disability access

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Trouble has been brewing in the Capitol. The long-anticipated Hunger Games stage show has come under heavy fire from fans after its first preview on Monday, who have described the show as a “shambles”.

The on-stage adaptation of Suzanne Collin’s acclaimed young adult series opened at London’s specially-built Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre on the 20th of October. The show features John Malkovich as the villain President Snow and Mia Carragher as Katniss Everdeen.

But while fans were looking forward to the new live twist on the famous series, many were left disappointed by a laundry list of issues – including lengthy delays.

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Footage shared on TikTok showed audience members queuing outside the theatre at 7: 29pm, a minute before the show was due to start, with some claiming it eventually started an hour late. Others complained that due to the three-hour run time and interval, this meant they didn’t leave the venue until 11: 45pm.

Some fans said they still enjoyed the show, despite the chaos. One X user wrote: “Had to leave The Hunger Games early, was actually enjoying it despite the shambles of getting into the venue”.

“Hunger Games on stage view from district 11 row A. Really good despite being called restricted view. The venue and organisation was messy but the play itself was amazing”, another added.

However, it wasn’t just the long wait times that had fans disappointed. Disability influencer Sophie-Jayne Butler claimed she left the theatre before the show started and claimed a refund on her ticket because her seat in the venue “wasn’t accessible”.

She said in a TikTok video: “I couldn’t see anything from my seat. I was unable to see the stage from my window. The view of the set was then viewed in a picture with a metal rail.

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Sophie continued, noting that she was told it wasn’t possible to inquire about alternative seating when she went to the box office. She claimed that the situation was “deal with it” or that you could get a refund.

She continued, “I’ve been anticipating this for so long,” adding, “I’m so disappointed.” I don’t understand why accessibility issues like this persist in 2025.

The Mirror has reached out to The Hunger Games On Stage and Troubadour Theatre for comment.

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The judges on Britain’s Got Talent are left in shock as the actress Shani Wallis who played Nancy from Oscar-winning movie Oliver auditions – and goes down a storm

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The actress who played Nancy from Oscar-winning movie Oliver is making a comeback…at the age of 92. Shani Wallis went down a storm with Britain’s Got Talent judges after auditioning for the ITV show.

She sang As Long As He Needs Me from the 1968 film. After a standing ovation, Shana told the judges: “I was here on this stage 70 years ago but you probably know me as Nancy from the motion picture, Oliver. I wanted to be back on stage doing what I love. It would be wonderful to win”.

Judge Amanda Holden was left stunned. She said: “I feel really star struck, that is one of my all time favourite movies.” Alesha Dixon added: “Me too. Oh my god. I love you. What an honour to see you today. I’ve watched you so many times.” The scenes will be aired next year.

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Oliver won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. It starred Mark Lester in the title role, Ron Moody as Fagin, Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes, Harry Secombe as Mr Bumble, and Jack Wild as The Artful Dodger. Shani has said previously of her relationship with hard-drinking Reed: “Oliver Reed never actually hurt me but he was very frightening. The truth is, I had little to nothing to do with Oliver Reed off-set, his life, I believe was complicated.”

After the film, she appeared in TV series such as Charlie’s Angels and Murder She Wrote, was a regular in daytime soap The Young And The Restless, and appeared in films Terror In The Wax Museum and The Mojave Phone Booth. She has previously said that despite Oliver’s success, it didn’t provide the platform she would have liked.

“No, but that was my fault”, she said at the time. “When I came back to America, I had offers to do what became a very famous series on television, The Brady Bunch. I didn’t want to do that. I wanted to do movies. But then movie musicals like Doctor Dolittle flopped and they decided not to make any more, which was a big blow. I went back into theatre and nightclubs. If I’d stayed in the UK after Oliver!, I’d probably still be working hard. But I had an ultimatum from my husband”.

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Shani was married to American agent Bernie Rich from 1965 until his death in 2016. She said: “Bernie said: ‘ If you want to be with me, I won’t live anywhere but California. ‘”

The judges on Britain’s Got Talent are left in shock as the actress Shani Wallis who played Nancy from Oscar-winning movie Oliver auditions – and goes down a storm

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The actress who played Nancy from Oscar-winning movie Oliver is making a comeback…at the age of 92. Shani Wallis went down a storm with Britain’s Got Talent judges after auditioning for the ITV show.

She sang As Long As He Needs Me from the 1968 film. After a standing ovation, Shana told the judges: “I was here on this stage 70 years ago but you probably know me as Nancy from the motion picture, Oliver. I wanted to be back on stage doing what I love. It would be wonderful to win”.

Judge Amanda Holden was left stunned. She said: “I feel really star struck, that is one of my all time favourite movies.” Alesha Dixon added: “Me too. Oh my god. I love you. What an honour to see you today. I’ve watched you so many times.” The scenes will be aired next year.

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Oliver won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. It starred Mark Lester in the title role, Ron Moody as Fagin, Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes, Harry Secombe as Mr Bumble, and Jack Wild as The Artful Dodger. Shani has said previously of her relationship with hard-drinking Reed: “Oliver Reed never actually hurt me but he was very frightening. The truth is, I had little to nothing to do with Oliver Reed off-set, his life, I believe was complicated.”

After the film, she appeared in TV series such as Charlie’s Angels and Murder She Wrote, was a regular in daytime soap The Young And The Restless, and appeared in films Terror In The Wax Museum and The Mojave Phone Booth. She has previously said that despite Oliver’s success, it didn’t provide the platform she would have liked.

“No, but that was my fault”, she said at the time. “When I came back to America, I had offers to do what became a very famous series on television, The Brady Bunch. I didn’t want to do that. I wanted to do movies. But then movie musicals like Doctor Dolittle flopped and they decided not to make any more, which was a big blow. I went back into theatre and nightclubs. If I’d stayed in the UK after Oliver!, I’d probably still be working hard. But I had an ultimatum from my husband”.

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Shani was married to American agent Bernie Rich from 1965 until his death in 2016. She said: “Bernie said: ‘ If you want to be with me, I won’t live anywhere but California. ‘”

Roxanne Hoyle, a mother-of-two, stunned viewers by showcasing her slimmed-down figure in a dance video that showcased her newfound confidence.

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Roxanne Hoyle, who is better known as LadBaby Mum, has left fans stunned after showing off her new figure and incredible weight loss transformation in a light-hearted Instagram video.

As she performed a cheeky dance for her husband, YouTuber Mark Hoyle, known to millions as LadBaby, the social media star, 41, who has been open about her health and fitness transformation, appeared confident.

Roxanne is seen sporting eye-catching trainer heels, cropped sports jacket, and black leggings in the video.

Roxanne begins dancing around the room, squatting her hips and waving her arms until she grabs Mark’s attention as he rests on the couch scrolling through his phone. Mark is clearly amused by his wife’s antics and quickly cracks up in laughter.

She captioned the post, adding a flamenco dancer and high-heeled emoji, and said, “Testing my Trainer Heels for the Red Carpet.”

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5 images to be viewed

Her followers quickly flooded the comments section, praising both her toned appearance and sense of humor. “What the?!?! One person wrote, “They look so comfy,” while another person, “Love this! Consider purchasing a pair.

Fans wrote, “Wow you look great,” and “He’s so proud of you, your husband,” to name a few examples of her appearance.

Roxanne’s ability to dance in stiletto-style sneakers kept her attention even when she managed to pull off a partial split. Many people praised her energy and balance, calling her performance “hilarious” and “convincing goals.”

The mother-of-two has frequently shared images of her upbeat approach to staying active and frequented her Instagram posts about her commitment to exercise.

Despite her journey, there have been difficulties. Roxanne has previously discussed confronting online trolls who targeted her body.

5 images to be viewed

5 images to be viewed

Despite that, she credits her supporters with boosting her sense of self-worth. She once felt too self-conscious to do it, and she’s even thanked fans for helping her find the confidence to wear a cut-out swimsuit to the beach.

Roxanne and her husband rose to fame through their family-friendly YouTube channel, known for its pranks, light-hearted humor, and relatable parenting content. Their fun-loving chemistry and positive outlook have earned them millions of fans.

Opening up about her relationship, Rozanne recently told The Mirror: “We’re like two big kids together. We never want to grow up and not have fun. After what we’ve been through, we just say, ‘Why not?’ If you get the chance, grab it.

Every day, we talk. “We always talk. Our boys can also come to us with anything because we are so close. We remained the same people when we first met fifteen years ago, in my opinion. Our world has changed, but we haven’t.

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Roxanne Hoyle, a mother-of-two, stunned viewers by showcasing her slimmed-down figure in a dance video that showcased her newfound confidence.

5 images to be viewed

Roxanne Hoyle, who is better known as LadBaby Mum, has left fans stunned after showing off her new figure and incredible weight loss transformation in a light-hearted Instagram video.

As she performed a cheeky dance for her husband, YouTuber Mark Hoyle, known to millions as LadBaby, the social media star, 41, who has been open about her health and fitness transformation, appeared confident.

Roxanne is seen sporting eye-catching trainer heels, cropped sports jacket, and black leggings in the video.

Roxanne begins dancing around the room, squatting her hips and waving her arms until she grabs Mark’s attention as he rests on the couch scrolling through his phone. Mark is clearly amused by his wife’s antics and quickly cracks up in laughter.

She captioned the post, adding a flamenco dancer and high-heeled emoji, and said, “Testing my Trainer Heels for the Red Carpet.”

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5 images to be viewed

5 images to be viewed

Her followers quickly flooded the comments section, praising both her toned appearance and sense of humor. “What the?!?! One person wrote, “They look so comfy,” while another person, “Love this! Consider purchasing a pair.

Fans wrote, “Wow you look great,” and “He’s so proud of you, your husband,” to name a few examples of her appearance.

Roxanne’s ability to dance in stiletto-style sneakers kept her attention even when she managed to pull off a partial split. Many people praised her energy and balance, calling her performance “hilarious” and “convincing goals.”

The mother-of-two has frequently shared images of her upbeat approach to staying active and frequented her Instagram posts about her commitment to exercise.

Despite her journey, there have been difficulties. Roxanne has previously discussed confronting online trolls who targeted her body.

5 images to be viewed

5 images to be viewed

Despite that, she credits her supporters with boosting her sense of self-worth. She once felt too self-conscious to do it, and she’s even thanked fans for helping her find the confidence to wear a cut-out swimsuit to the beach.

Roxanne and her husband rose to fame through their family-friendly YouTube channel, known for its pranks, light-hearted humor, and relatable parenting content. Their fun-loving chemistry and positive outlook have earned them millions of fans.

Opening up about her relationship, Rozanne recently told The Mirror: “We’re like two big kids together. We never want to grow up and not have fun. After what we’ve been through, we just say, ‘Why not?’ If you get the chance, grab it.

Every day, we talk. “We always talk. Our boys can also come to us with anything because we are so close. We remained the same people when we first met fifteen years ago, in my opinion. Our world has changed, but we haven’t.

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Coleen Nolan made the difficult decision to move her mother into a nursing home as she struggled with Alzheimer’s

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Loose Women star Coleen Nolan admits she still feels “guilty” about moving her mother into a care home, despite it becoming too “dangerous” to look after her at home. Coleen and her family made the difficult decision to move Maureen into a care home as she battled with Alzheimer’s.

It led the family to make the “heartbreaking” decision to move Maureen into a nursing home so she could receive 24/7 support. Coleen says Maureen, who died in 2008, was “barely recognisable” towards the end of her life.

On the Loose Women: Just Between Us podcast, Coleen, 60, explained how the family let Maureen pick her own nursing home. It came after a podcast listener said they were struggling with deciding whether to move their father into a home.

Coleen said: “We knew she had to go into a home because she was getting to the point where it was dangerous on her own, and with us, we weren’t trained and it was 24/7 and we all worked. We did this thing where you can choose it.

“In actual fact, the one I would have chosen for her, she hated. It was brand new, it was like a five-star hotel, it was this, that and the other and her own bathroom, it was modern and beautiful and she went, ‘Well I’m not staying here’.

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“She hated it. The one she picked, when we walked in I went, ‘She won’t like this one’. [And she said] ‘I like this one, It’s homely’.”

The star however says she still feels “guilty” about the decision. Speaking to fellow Loose Women star Charlene White, she added: “I hate the guilt.”

In 2008, Coleen opened up about her mum’s condition to the Mirror. She said: “Her mind has deteriorated so much that she is barely recognisable as the woman I grew up adoring. I can’t stand to see her like this, she has no quality of life.”

Dublin-born Maureen trained as a soprano at the Royal Irish Academy and had her own singing career.

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She developed a music act that saw all 10 members of the Nolan family performing on stage together.

Her five oldest daughters – Bernie, Denise, Linda, Anne, Maureen, and Coleen – went on to form The Nolans in the 1970s. They had a number of hit singles including I’m in the Mood for Dancing, Gotta Pull Myself Together, Who’s Gonna Rock You, Attention to Me, and Chemistry.

Coleen says her mum was “at peace” listening to music towards the end of her life. Speaking to the BBC in March, she said: “We did try music and talking to her.