#nadims

[topcat77]

Nadim Zaidi

[godwantsit]

[theres-music-in-you]

Photos from the POTO Middle East/European tour's reopening in Sofia. Photos feature Nadim Naaman as the Phantom, Bridget Costello as Christine, and Dougie Carter as Raoul. Photos by Victoria Vucheva, taken from here (x).

[retro-friki]

Mercury/Samaya family + textposts

Cursed ep 12 textposts under the cut:

[marleneoftheopera]

Bridget Costello as Christine, from the Middle East Tour.

[amalgamasreal]

The main story is really painful, so here's a happy alternate time-line Samaya house hold. 😭 - by chestnut_ann

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[daisukoth]

Some art that I've yet to see posted here 1 2 3 4

[saskiasabri]

updated on few designs for Daud and Nadim!

[operafantomet]

The Romanian / Norwegian / Greek / Middle East + European Tour version is really starting to hit many countries and cities now. Along with some photos of the current cast (from the respective webpages I have linked to underneath), here's a complete overview to where it has played so far, and where it will play in 2024-2025 (*):

JAN 2015: Teatrul National de Opereta, Budapest, ROMANIA. This was the prototype, directed by Stephen Barlow and designed by Andrew Riley. Leading trio was Adrian Nour, Irina Ioana Baiant and Florian Ristei, and it was performed in Romanian.

SEPT 2018 - MARCH 2019: Folketeateret, Oslo, NORWAY. This was a much updated version of the original Romanian production, with new costumes, and revamped sets and effects. Leading trio was Espen Grjotheim, Mira Ormala / Astrid Giske and Carl Lindquist, and it was performed in Norwegian.

JAN - MAR 2020: Thessaloniki Concert Hall and Christmas Theatre in Athens, GREECE. This was pretty much the Oslo production, but with some changes for tourability. From Greece on it has only been performed in English, regardless of the location. The original leading trio in Greece was Ben Forster, Celinde Schoenmaker / Amy Manford and Nadim Naaman. The production closed earlier than announced due to Covid.

FEB - MARCH 2023: Christmas Theatre in Athens and Thessaloniki Concert Hall, GREECE. Back in Greece, still in English, still an international cast, even more set and costume changes. This time the leading trio was Tim Howar, Harriet Jones / Georgia Wilkinson and Nadim Naaman.

OCT - DEC 2023: The Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Continuing most of what was the case in Greece, except Nadim Naaman took over the role of the Phantom from Tim Howar, and Dougie Carter took over as Raoul. Was now dubbed "The Middle East Tour". It was the first time a full-scale production of Phantom of the Opera was done in Saudi Arabia.

FEB - MARCH 2024: Dubai Opera, Dubai. Same cast and overall set-up as Riyadh. This production followed in the footsteps of the World Tour (original version), visiting Dubai in 2019.

APRIL 2024: National Palace of Culture, Sofia, BULGARIA. Same cast and overall set-up as Riyadh and Dubai. This was, I think, the first time a city has housed two different non-replica productions. Not at the same time, mind you, as this version touring has meant the local productions are now allowed to perform for some time. This was at least what was announced from the producers in Bulgaria, Serbia and the Czech Republic. Curious.

AUG - SEPT. 2024: National Palace of Culture, Sofia, BULGARIA. The production has announced its return to Sofia this autumn. This due to the sold-out initial run.

OCT 2024: Sagros Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. The production has announced a run there from October 15-27, 2024. A concert version has previously been performed in Portugal, but it will be the first time a full-scale production is done.

NOV - DEC 2024: Musical Theater Basel, Switzerland. The production has announced a run there from Nov. 6 to Dec 22, 2024. The original Swiss production 1995-1997 did a hardcore thing of perfoming in both German and English. It will therefore not be the first time POTO is performed there, nor the first time it is performed in English. But it is the first time this exact version visits, and the 1995-1997 one was the original version.

FEB - MARCH 2025: Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium. The production has announced a run there from Feb. 6 to March 7, 2025. The original Belgian production ran from 1999-2000, and was performed in the local language, but it will be the first time it is performed in English. It will as such also be the 10th anniversary for this specific touring version, as it premiered in Romania in January 2015.

MARCH 2025: Kongresove Centrum, Prague, Czech Republic. The production has announced a run there from March 19-27, 2025. This means the local production 'Fantom Opery' at Goja Music Hall has been paused. According to the official website the Phantom will be Nadim Naaman, the role of Christine will be shared between Georgia Wilkinson and Bridget Costello, and Raoul will be Dougie Carter.

(*) More dates will likely follow. Kuwait was announced some time back, but cannot be found anywhere now. Also, the local Serbian production announced a break because another version was visiting, so I won't be surprised if Belgrade is added to the list later on.

[pureanonofficial]

Raoul's proposal in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (GREECE)

[war-is-bad-girls]

Ms. Miorine looks at a photo of Nadim by @cement_BAKAKAI

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Miorine: Ahaha! He looks just like you, Suletta. Suletta: Is that so...??

[cdaae]

Nadim Naaman and Bridget Costello

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[outletcrash]

killer moth backstory below!

nadim was raised by a single father and he certainly had a childhood. he was indeed raised. (he was a boring as hell nobody).

until one day when a portal to the otherworld opened behind his minimum wage job. the fairies chose him as their mortal host, the servant used to do their bidding. at first he was exited! until the fairies told him to buy cocaine.

so he went off with his sparkly companions to buy drugs. nadim was a straight-laced fella and had no idea how to go about this, even in gotham. predictably, he got his ass beat by a small gang after some fairy-based shenaniganery. the fairies stopped any blows from landing with invulnerability and fairy dust shields. now nadim has magic!

next, the fairies told him to get revenge on the grave of a former minion. the one chosen a hundred years ago. he helped them sneak in, the madness of the fae slowly seeping into his brain. they destroyed the headstone and alerted the security guard. the fairies gave him super strength (something i forgot to include on the reference) and he hit the lady into traffic (she survived).

his final task was to get revenge on a previous minions descendant, bruce wayne. the fairies gave him supernatural charm (which he was barely able to use) to sneak past security and receptionists in wayne tower. when he finally reached the top, he discovered the identity of batman.

they fought, and nadim (sanity hanging on by a thread) bested batman in combat. the fairies wanted to hang him by his underwear over traffic before killing him, but nadim slipped and fell while tying the man to a gargoyle. he almost fell to his death, but the fairies gave him fairy wings!

he flew back up, but by this time batman had beat the fairies. he was about to apprehend nadim, but he managed to fly away (batman was light-headed from being upside down so long).

the fairies cursed him for his failure. batman didn't remember his encounter with nadim and the fae, and nadim would never be able to tell the truth. the fairies then returned to the otherworld.

nadim is now completely insane, hallucinating fairies, his greatest desire so close and yet so far. he desecrates graveyards, beats up groups of people he thinks are the "gang" and "kills" people by hanging them from their underwear. its all in a desperate attempt to please the fae, to make them lift the curse. it never works. he always goes back to arkham, hoarsely screaming words he can never say.

he does meet firefly and man-bat in arkham, which is nice!

[theres-music-in-you]

An abundance of gorgeous photos from Phantom in Sofia, starring Nadim Naaman as the Phantom, Bridget Costello as Christine, and Dougie Carter as Raoul. These and many more photos can be found here (x).

[senshi-9]

What’s a birthday?

[marleneoftheopera]

Nadim Naaman and Georgia Wilkinson, Middle East Tour.