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Post by Honoured Guest on Dec 4, 2016 20:14:30 GMT
Anyone yet seen this seasonal show based on Hans Christian Andersen tales? I'm seeing it before the holidays and am getting excited already.
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Post by bordeaux on Dec 4, 2016 20:59:35 GMT
It sounds great. I'm hoping, given that it is Emma Rice, that it will tour, rather less expensively, to the regions...
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Post by QueerTheatre on Dec 6, 2016 14:03:02 GMT
I really want to see it, but agree that the pricing put me off (and the general discomfort of the Wanamaker)
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Post by Honoured Guest on Dec 14, 2016 3:39:44 GMT
I was upset that, every time the production referenced the dispossessed of today, my neighbours gave little knowing chuckles or smirks, to say oh how clever to make that point, but without a scintilla of empathy or care. It made me ponder whether much theatre is wasted on its bourgeois audience, which I don't generally believe.
The kids in the audience got the most rapturous pleasure from the show, which is as it should be.
The music and especially the singing is very good, and the whole thing is very sincere and tasteful within the bounds of Hans Christian Andersen. It's funny and engaging without seeming effortful. And lots of candles!
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Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 14, 2017 11:13:10 GMT
It sounds great. I'm hoping, given that it is Emma Rice, that it will tour, rather less expensively, to the regions... It's the main house Christmas show at Bristol Old Vic from 30 Nov to 14 Jan. Tickets approximately half the prices in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. |
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Post by bordeaux on Feb 14, 2017 11:15:45 GMT
It sounds great. I'm hoping, given that it is Emma Rice, that it will tour, rather less expensively, to the regions... It's the main house Christmas show at Bristol Old Vic from 30 Nov to 14 Jan. Tickets approximately half the prices in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Was just about to post that! My home town too!
Glad to hear the Golem is touring, and intrigued at another Julius Caesar.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 14, 2017 19:04:43 GMT
I may now see it - no agonising 'seats' at the DwP for me
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 14, 2017 19:04:56 GMT
I may now see it - no agonising 'seats' at the DwP for me
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Post by Honoured Guest on Nov 30, 2017 22:43:27 GMT
It sounds great. I'm hoping, given that it is Emma Rice, that it will tour, rather less expensively, to the regions... And lo! the first preview of the tour was tonight! Good to see Shakespeare's Globe on the road again! Oxford Simon must be ecstatic! |
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Post by QueerTheatre on Dec 1, 2017 11:59:45 GMT
Has anyone seen a full list of tour dates? Last i checked there wasn't one on the globe site, so i had to check each local theatre individually....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2017 12:07:20 GMT
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Post by QueerTheatre on Dec 1, 2017 12:44:17 GMT
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Post by lynette on Dec 1, 2017 17:08:30 GMT
I was upset that, every time the production referenced the dispossessed of today, my neighbours gave little knowing chuckles or smirks, to say oh how clever to make that point, but without a scintilla of empathy or care. It made me ponder whether much theatre is wasted on its bourgeois audience, which I don't generally believe. The kids in the audience got the most rapturous pleasure from the show, which is as it should be. The music and especially the singing is very good, and the whole thing is very sincere and tasteful within the bounds of Hans Christian Andersen. It's funny and engaging without seeming effortful. And lots of candles! Thank you HG, this is useful. So often one hopes for a show for kids but find it is for adults behaving like kids...sort of thing. |
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Dec 1, 2017 17:10:29 GMT
I loved this when I saw it last year and the ending (no spoilers) caught me by surprise and was very choked up by it. Excellent use of puppetry too for one of the characters.
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Post by Jan on Dec 1, 2017 17:52:57 GMT
I was upset that, every time the production referenced the dispossessed of today, my neighbours gave little knowing chuckles or smirks, to say oh how clever to make that point, but without a scintilla of empathy or care. It made me ponder whether much theatre is wasted on its bourgeois audience, which I don't generally believe. . ! Hardly surprising that theatre produced by bourgeois creatives appeals to a bourgeois audience is it ? |
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Post by bordeaux on Dec 1, 2017 18:33:22 GMT
I was upset that, every time the production referenced the dispossessed of today, my neighbours gave little knowing chuckles or smirks, to say oh how clever to make that point, but without a scintilla of empathy or care. It made me ponder whether much theatre is wasted on its bourgeois audience, which I don't generally believe. The kids in the audience got the most rapturous pleasure from the show, which is as it should be. The music and especially the singing is very good, and the whole thing is very sincere and tasteful within the bounds of Hans Christian Andersen. It's funny and engaging without seeming effortful. And lots of candles! How would they have shown their compassion, out of interest, given that they were watching a play and presumably didn't want to disturb other members of the audience with excess sighing, weeping or rending of garments? You have no idea what they were thinking inside, surely? |
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Post by Honoured Guest on Dec 1, 2017 21:51:49 GMT
Hardly surprising that theatre produced by bourgeois creatives appeals to a bourgeois audience is it ? I didn't comment on that, did I? |
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Post by Jan on Dec 2, 2017 18:34:05 GMT
Hardly surprising that theatre produced by bourgeois creatives appeals to a bourgeois audience is it ? I didn't comment on that, did I? What I mean is that when you moan about audience members sniggering at contemporary references and thinking “oh how clever”, I think of the director/writer sniggering and saying “oh aren’t we clever to put these in” - they are the same. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 9, 2018 12:38:33 GMT
It would seem that this is struggling to sell. At least here in Oxford.
Just had an email with a 50% off code
Get 50% off full price tickets by using the code MATCHGLOBE online or via telephone booking (Oxford Playhouse can be reached on 01865 305305).
Valid on tickets above £10, for performances Tuesday to Thursday only, if booked before 13 February. No limit on number of tickets. Subject to availability, not available retrospectively or in conjunction with any other offer.
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