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Post by Honoured Guest on May 18, 2017 15:28:11 GMT
Who's Afraid of Kirsty Wark?
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2017 15:43:47 GMT
Anyone else seeing the cinema broadcast tonight?. Yep!!!!
Gotta rush home, throw some sausage casserole down my neck and rush out, but VERY much looking forward to it!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 18, 2017 15:45:50 GMT
Yep, I've already seen it in the flesh but I'm going for round two at the cinema. Seeing it all in close-up (and the actual drinks trolley this time!) will be a thrill. It's been years since I've been to one of the NT Live events - start time is 7pm but play won't actually start until 7.30 if I'm correct? And the first half hour is Emma Freud telling everyone about the play/cast etc? Play starts at 7. And it's 7 on the theatre's website too so half an hour earlier than usual tonight. 15 minutes of preamble starts at 6.45. Dobt be late!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 18, 2017 15:47:08 GMT
Anyone else seeing the cinema broadcast tonight?. Yep!!!!
Gotta rush home, throw some sausage casserole down my neck and rush out, but VERY much looking forward to it!
No stranger to gobbling a sausage down I'm sure reecey!
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2017 15:49:22 GMT
guilty as charged!
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Post by aine on May 18, 2017 17:51:36 GMT
Yep, I've already seen it in the flesh but I'm going for round two at the cinema. Seeing it all in close-up (and the actual drinks trolley this time!) will be a thrill. It's been years since I've been to one of the NT Live events - start time is 7pm but play won't actually start until 7.30 if I'm correct? And the first half hour is Emma Freud telling everyone about the play/cast etc? Play starts at 7. And it's 7 on the theatre's website too so half an hour earlier than usual tonight. 15 minutes of preamble starts at 6.45. Dobt be late! Yep, it's 7! I'm seeing it again tonight cause the stalls seats were so cheap but I almost forgot and ended up running here in the rain 😂 The main cameras are actually quiet far back in the stalls - in row P and they're about two rows in front of me, in the middle - don't know how good a view anyone is going to get if they're directly behind the cameras though
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Post by Latecomer on May 18, 2017 19:12:09 GMT
I was most amused at work today as 3 work colleagues, who all work with each other, all told me separately that they were going to live screenings (they knew I'd be interested!) .....they hadn't told each other, even though they sit about 6ft from each other and are all going in seperate directions to see it (Warwick, High Wycombe and Oxford!) Funny to think of them all at the same thing but not!
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Post by callum on May 18, 2017 19:15:51 GMT
Anyone else having minor sound problems? Keeps dropping out occasionally. Not sure if it's the live feed or just my cinema.
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Post by michalnowicki on May 18, 2017 19:19:34 GMT
Anyone else having minor sound problems? Keeps dropping out occasionally. Not sure if it's the live feed or just my cinema. Unfortunately same issues in View in Edinburgh. Sounds drops off for a second every 20ish minutes or so.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 18, 2017 19:19:35 GMT
Sound ok here in manc.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 18, 2017 21:41:53 GMT
God I had forgotten how relentlessly dark and cynical it was.
I enjoyed it but, sorry 30 minutes too long. Pass me the red pen and I will deal, and it will be better for it. Oh yes!
Also, the part where she talks at length about the child. People don't speak like that and didn't in the 60's either. And the elephant in the room, two elephants actually. Why don't the guests just leave?
Still, great to see Imelda chewing the scenery, spitting it out then wiping the floor with it.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 18, 2017 21:42:56 GMT
Oh and that bloke in the stalls in the white vest. I mean, a white vest? For the theatre?
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Post by michalnowicki on May 18, 2017 21:46:48 GMT
Oh and that bloke in the stalls in the white vest. I mean, a white vest? For the theatre? HA! I was wondering if I will see a comment about him here When I saw him I though "Geez, it must be really hot in the theatre tonight..." Also, a question. Was it just me, or was there a lot of coughing at the end of the play and Conleth Hill reacted to it? Or was it just someone in my cinema?
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Post by aine on May 18, 2017 21:53:37 GMT
Oh and that bloke in the stalls in the white vest. I mean, a white vest? For the theatre? HA! I was wondering if I will see a comment about him here When I saw him I though "Geez, it must be really hot in the theatre tonight..." Also, a question. Was it just me, or was there a lot of coughing at the end of the play and Conleth Hill reacted to it? Or was it just someone in my cinema? No there was actually a fair bit of coughing, and someone cleared their throat at one stage and I think some people thought it was one of the actors
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 18, 2017 22:01:29 GMT
Conleth was sweating like a glassblower's arse in Act 1. Maybe he had a cold.
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Post by lou105 on May 18, 2017 22:01:48 GMT
I thought he was mocking the person having the prolonged coughing fit but it was hard to tell.
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Post by michalnowicki on May 18, 2017 22:04:37 GMT
I thought he was mocking the person having the prolonged coughing fit but it was hard to tell. I had the same impression because it happened in the middle of him speaking and it sounded quite loud.
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Post by callum on May 18, 2017 22:08:12 GMT
Oh god yes it was a coughing bonanza at the end? Imelda will be introducing cough tests next to go alongside her no ice rule!
Actually, while it was very intense just like seeing it live, the cinema broadcast definitely alters how one perceives the show. When Imelda acts, she acts for the theatre. That's to say that she is extremely exaggerated, animated and shouty. This works brilliantly in the theatre and makes her the star she is, but with cameras up close (and with subconscious comparisons to screen acting), she might come off as hammy or over-the-top. I found the same with the recorded version of Gypsy. Heresy, I know.
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Post by Honoured Guest on May 18, 2017 22:23:22 GMT
Actually, while it was very intense just like seeing it live, the cinema broadcast definitely alters how one perceives the show. When Imelda acts, she acts for the theatre. That's to say that she is extremely exaggerated, animated and shouty. She was also like that in conversation with Andrew Marr on Sunday morning television.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2017 23:37:43 GMT
I'll never recover from Staunton's kissing scene with Treadaway. Talk about CHEMISTRY.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 18, 2017 23:41:12 GMT
Oh god yes it was a coughing bonanza at the end? Imelda will be introducing cough tests next to go alongside her no ice rule! Actually, while it was very intense just like seeing it live, the cinema broadcast definitely alters how one perceives the show. When Imelda acts, she acts for the theatre. That's to say that she is extremely exaggerated, animated and shouty. This works brilliantly in the theatre and makes her the star she is, but with cameras up close (and with subconscious comparisons to screen acting), she might come off as hammy or over-the-top. I found the same with the recorded version of Gypsy. Heresy, I know. So pleased you said this.
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Post by madsonmelo on May 19, 2017 0:55:21 GMT
It's really hard to put screen acting in comparison to theater, it's literally two really different things, especially in this role.
Also, I met a woman at Glass Menagerie and she saw Uta Hagen doing this and for her, Taylor was all about scream, and while I disagree with her, I have to say that Imelda was a tour-de-force.
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Post by dee on May 19, 2017 4:21:55 GMT
Oh god yes it was a coughing bonanza at the end? Imelda will be introducing cough tests next to go alongside her no ice rule! Actually, while it was very intense just like seeing it live, the cinema broadcast definitely alters how one perceives the show. When Imelda acts, she acts for the theatre. That's to say that she is extremely exaggerated, animated and shouty. This works brilliantly in the theatre and makes her the star she is, but with cameras up close (and with subconscious comparisons to screen acting), she might come off as hammy or over-the-top. I found the same with the recorded version of Gypsy. Heresy, I know. I thought that loud cough was in my theatre (I just got home a few hours ago from seeing it in the States). Makes me happy that I shared the experience (five hours later!) with all of you who went. I've never seen this play nor the film so it just blew me away. I agree that Imelda can come off a bit OTTon screen, but her acting is so brilliant it doesn't bother me. I did notice the difference between live Gypsy and recorded Gypsy, though. The whole ensemble was terrific - I came back feeling so excited about how much theatre can move me. It is long, but I'd possibly see it again if I had the chance.
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Post by katurian on May 19, 2017 6:23:39 GMT
I saw this through NTLive too and wow, I was rather stunned into silence by the end!
I haven't read or seen the play or film before, so this was all new to me. I didn't know where it was going to go (except increasingly badly for all the characters!) and the deft intelligence, sparking humour and sharp points of the script were superb. The whole production was! This is a static one room play of the kind that can only succeed by pairing great writing with great acting, and the ensemble were terrific. In particular I was moved throughout by Conleth Hill. I felt I followed him most throughout the play, and he has such a seamless way of moving between humour and tragedy in a second. I loved George's development from defeat and passive aggression to a growing volatile anger of life still left in him yet.
Fab, couldn't fault it, wish I could see it again!
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2017 8:31:40 GMT
Oh and that bloke in the stalls in the white vest. I mean, a white vest? For the theatre?
Thank god it wasn't just me!!! I sat there and caught myself saying "Do people not dress for the theatre any more?!"
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Post by rumbledoll on May 19, 2017 9:10:12 GMT
Can somebody please comment on the running time of the show (NTLive, including features)? Thanks!
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Post by michalnowicki on May 19, 2017 9:34:44 GMT
Can somebody please comment on the running time of the show (NTLive, including features)? Thanks! It started at around 7pm with the presenter giving a brief overview, then there was a short video about the author, the play started at around 7.30pm and I think I left the cinema at 10.20pm
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Post by callum on May 19, 2017 11:46:33 GMT
I'm not saying that Imelda is a bad screen actress, simply that personally if I'd have seen the cinema broadcast only and not the play in person, I'd probably come away thinking she was a total ham. But, obviously, she isn't. Just pointing out the inherent problem with filming a play. If that makes sense.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 19, 2017 19:02:18 GMT
Do you think Mike Leigh based Abigail's Party on this? Or at least had it in mind?
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Post by Honoured Guest on May 19, 2017 19:03:51 GMT
No.
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