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Post by jgblunners on Mar 13, 2024 16:26:29 GMT
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Post by n1david on Mar 13, 2024 16:36:28 GMT
I've booked for this - ages since I've been to the Finborough. What's the current situation with the downstairs bar/restaurant - is it open or not these days?
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Post by dlevi on Mar 20, 2024 12:16:32 GMT
I think the bar is only a lobby now - while they sort out if its a Pub or not.
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Post by bee on Mar 20, 2024 15:32:35 GMT
The bar's completely shut at the moment. You enter the theatre via a door on the right-hand side of the building (if approaching from Earls Court tube station). From there, head upstairs for the box office and theatre, downstairs for the toilets.
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Post by n1david on Mar 27, 2024 9:57:43 GMT
Saw this last night and thought it was decent. Excellent central performance by Jake Richards and good supporting roles but the play's format, five vignettes of Crane's life from 1974 to 1993, makes for a disjointed evening. Seen in its entirety one can take it as a complete portrayal of Crane's life but I found it rather slow and unsatisfying during the show. To my shame I did not know that Nicky Crane, the central character, was a real person and I got rather more from this BBC article afterwards than I did the play. www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25142557 |
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Post by Libby on Mar 30, 2024 10:57:30 GMT
Seeing this next week! It looks like it has gotten mixed reviews but the set looks really great. Looking forward to it!
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Post by showqueen on Mar 30, 2024 18:12:40 GMT
I'm going next week and will report back. Looks like this might be a difficult play but there are some raves, including from The Stage and Arts Desk. Interesting that the professional critics have praised it and the bloggers/enthusiasts seem to be more divided.
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Post by wannabedirector on Mar 30, 2024 23:09:20 GMT
Caught this tonight, and thought it was really fascinating. Dark, and morally knotty, it’s probably not one for the faint hearted. Anchored by an incredibly strong lead performance from Jake Richards, and with equally strong supporting performances, especially from Kishore Walker, I’m glad I got round to this.
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Post by mkb on Apr 16, 2024 12:30:27 GMT
Saw this last night and thought it was decent. Excellent central performance by Jake Richards and good supporting roles but the play's format, five vignettes of Crane's life from 1974 to 1993, makes for a disjointed evening. Seen in its entirety one can take it as a complete portrayal of Crane's life but I found it rather slow and unsatisfying during the show. To my shame I did not know that Nicky Crane, the central character, was a real person and I got rather more from this BBC article afterwards than I did the play. www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25142557I completely agree with that, other than I did not find it slow. I was engaged, but I struggled to understand the point. There are interesting issues skirted around that are not properly addressed: - The incredible ability of the human mind to set aside personal ethics when sexually aroused; - How violence itself can be a sexual driver and aphrodisac for some; - The human need for identity and tribalism and belonging; - The incredible empathy that gay men and others showed to one another during the AIDS crisis regardless of who they were. Three stars. One act: 15:08-16:27 (Seen Saturday matinée 6 April 2024) |
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Post by showqueen on Apr 17, 2024 20:54:16 GMT
I caught this in its final week and thought it was excellent all round. A compelling, well acted play about a fascinating and difficult subject - a gay neo nazi. I agree with other members that it left many questions lingering and was inconclusive in that regard, but I thought that was the point. And anyway, I'm not sure how you would have tied all of the strands of the play up without moralising the whole thing.
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Post by n1david on Apr 17, 2024 21:06:37 GMT
I agree with other members that it left many questions lingering and was inconclusive in that regard, but I thought that was the point. And anyway, I'm not sure how you would have tied all of the strands of the play up without moralising the whole thing. That's a good point. Given that Nicky Crane was a real person, and he never explained his own contradictions, I suppose that it would be inappropriate for a play to come to some sort of resolution. I must say the play has lingered with me since I saw it, and I probably think more of it now than I did immediately leaving the theatre. It has been well regarded; I hope it has a future life. |
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