Xanderl
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Not always very high value in terms of ticket yield or donations
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Post by Xanderl on Jul 11, 2017 10:38:25 GMT
Yes, I've done the same with the Hampstead deal (which was almost a 3 for 2 deal, I think, and unlike the Young Vic scheme worked for the cheapest tickets). Royal Court also did a similar scheme which seems to have ended, as did the Barbican.
I think the Grandage season had a no booking fees deal if you booked for the whole lot.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 11, 2017 12:42:05 GMT
I'm quite surprised they didn't launch a "season ticket" like the KB season did. That did encourage me to book all the shows, and the saving was pretty good. More or less buy 4, get one half price. It's taken me ages to work out that KB is Kenneth Branagh, not Kinky Boots. That must be the only time in history the two have been mixed up!!!
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Post by stefy69 on Jul 18, 2017 6:12:05 GMT
Just wondering if anyone here knows when booking will open for the other 2 Wilde plays coming in 2018 ?
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 18, 2017 12:47:28 GMT
A new Wilde themed 'aparthotel' will also be opening on the Strand in the autumn, so true devotees will be able to fully immerse themselves, especially with the Cadogan Hotel not due to reopen until 2018.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2017 11:15:38 GMT
*drum roll* Keep her away from the hairdryer . . .
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 28, 2017 11:17:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2017 11:20:26 GMT
Oooh theatrelover123, Anne is just like New York. So good we named her twice.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 28, 2017 12:19:31 GMT
Surely, @ryan, you're far too young to remember such an unfortunate accident, or have you 'shopped your pic?
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure she's a lovely person, but doesn't Anne Reid only ever play Anne Reid.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2017 12:35:53 GMT
Surely, @ryan , you're far too young to remember such an unfortunate accident, or have you 'shopped your pic? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure she's a lovely person, but doesn't Anne Reid only ever play Anne Reid. Oh God bless you for noticing TallPaul, yes I am too young to remember her in Corrie. If I had a Christmas card list, you'd be on it.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 28, 2017 12:39:16 GMT
Are you one of those people who pretends to donate to Charity in lieu?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2017 12:44:14 GMT
Are you one of those people who pretends to donate to Charity in lieu? How very dare you Sir. How. Very. Dare. You. I'm a very giving person I'll have you know. I give, give, give. Take no notice of the graffiti on Canal Street.
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Post by stefy69 on Jul 28, 2017 12:58:21 GMT
Are you one of those people who pretends to donate to Charity in lieu? How very dare you Sir. How. Very. Dare. You. I'm a very giving person I'll have you know. I give, give, give. Take no notice of the graffiti on Canal Street. Or do you have a portrait in the attic that shows the " real " you
*did you see what I did there *
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Jul 31, 2017 13:08:41 GMT
I wonder whether people may decide to go to just one, and whether they'll see one they've enjoyed before or one that's completely new to them? If there was a discount for booking all four of the main shows in the season, I'd be tempted but as it is I've booked to see Lady Windermere's Fan and will probably book to see An Ideal Husband when that goes on sale, neither of which I've seen before. A Woman of No Importance doesn't particularly appeal while I'm not sure I need to see another Earnest, not unless Imogen Doel is cast as Cecily Cardew again anyway.
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 30, 2017 13:53:29 GMT
Forgive me for cutting and pasting from an email:
"Emma Fielding, Dominic Rowan, Crystal Clarke, Harry Lister-Smith, Sam Cox, William Mannering, Paul Rider and Phoebe Fildes join the cast of A Woman of No Importance, alongside the previously announced Eve Best, Anne Reid, Eleanor Bron and William Gaunt. Emma Fielding’s recent stage credits include Rapture, Blister, Burn (Hampstead Theatre) and Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again (Royal Shakespeare Company). A regular on The Globe stage, Dominic Rowan, most recently starred as the Duke in Measure for Measure (2015). Other credits include starring opposite Hattie Morahan in Carrie Cracknell’s acclaimed production of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (Young Vic/West End/BAM New York) and Jacob Thorne on ITV’s Law & Order. American actor Crystal Clarke trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and then won a role in the feature film Star Wars: The Force Awakens from an open audition call of over 67,000 people. She will also appear in the forthcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi later this year."
There are also going to be a series of Oscar Wilde talks:
"Classic Spring is delighted to announce that Stephen Fry, Frank McGuinness, Franny Moyle and Merlin Holland will give pre-show talks before evening performances of A Woman of No Importance at the Vaudeville Theatre this autumn. Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde’s grandson will give the first address, offering his unique insight, entitled ‘The Remarkable reputation of Oscar Wilde’. Stephen Fry will reflect on ‘Playing Oscar’, having portrayed Wilde on the big screen in ‘Wilde’ (1997). Also included in the series are Franny Moyle (author of ‘Constance: The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs. Oscar Wilde’) exploring Wilde’s women, and Frank McGuinness, who has adapted ‘De Profundis’ for the season will consider Wilde alongside Ibsen and Strindberg in ‘Wilde the European’."
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Post by Latecomer on Aug 30, 2017 15:02:18 GMT
I have also noticed that one can select seats from the theatre plan!!!! What a novelty for Nimax! I decided I didn't get out enough I was so excited at this.....
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Post by peggs on Aug 30, 2017 21:13:25 GMT
Forgive me for cutting and pasting from an email: "Emma Fielding, Dominic Rowan, Crystal Clarke, Harry Lister-Smith, Sam Cox, William Mannering, Paul Rider and Phoebe Fildes join the cast of A Woman of No Importance, alongside the previously announced Eve Best, Anne Reid, Eleanor Bron and William Gaunt. Emma Fielding’s recent stage credits include Rapture, Blister, Burn (Hampstead Theatre) and Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again (Royal Shakespeare Company). A regular on The Globe stage, Dominic Rowan, most recently starred as the Duke in Measure for Measure (2015). Other credits include starring opposite Hattie Morahan in Carrie Cracknell’s acclaimed production of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (Young Vic/West End/BAM New York) and Jacob Thorne on ITV’s Law & Order. American actor Crystal Clarke trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and then won a role in the feature film Star Wars: The Force Awakens from an open audition call of over 67,000 people. She will also appear in the forthcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi later this year." There are also going to be a series of Oscar Wilde talks: "Classic Spring is delighted to announce that Stephen Fry, Frank McGuinness, Franny Moyle and Merlin Holland will give pre-show talks before evening performances of A Woman of No Importance at the Vaudeville Theatre this autumn. Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde’s grandson will give the first address, offering his unique insight, entitled ‘The Remarkable reputation of Oscar Wilde’. Stephen Fry will reflect on ‘Playing Oscar’, having portrayed Wilde on the big screen in ‘Wilde’ (1997). Also included in the series are Franny Moyle (author of ‘Constance: The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs. Oscar Wilde’) exploring Wilde’s women, and Frank McGuinness, who has adapted ‘De Profundis’ for the season will consider Wilde alongside Ibsen and Strindberg in ‘Wilde the European’." as if this wasn't,t tempting enough already
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Post by martin1965 on Sept 3, 2017 12:20:38 GMT
Good cast for this, might have to book now😄
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Post by loureviews on Sept 3, 2017 18:33:24 GMT
Does anyone know why after all these years the Holland family haven't reverted their name back to Wilde?
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Post by zahidf on Sept 7, 2017 9:26:28 GMT
Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop and Samantha Spiro for Lady Windermeres fan
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Post by theatrelover123 on Sept 7, 2017 10:17:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 11:00:28 GMT
O. M. Gosh. Fingers at the ready. Booked.
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Post by vdcni on Sept 7, 2017 11:12:27 GMT
My husband loves Jennifer Saunders so I'll be booking that - perfect for a Christmas Present!
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Post by moelhywel on Sept 7, 2017 21:00:38 GMT
Just noticed that the Vue cinemas are showing the first two of these being broadcast in the cinema, in November and March respectively. I assume other cinema chains will probably follow suit.
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 8, 2017 10:39:44 GMT
Perhaps we should start a book on who will be cast as Lady Bracknell. Maybe Jennifer will put a good word in for Dawn!
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Post by Jan on Sept 8, 2017 15:53:20 GMT
Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop and Samantha Spiro for Lady Windermeres fan Jennifer Saunders can't act at all, she always seems very self-conscious and almost embarrassed and is the same every time, the fact she's in it puts me off.
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Post by princeton on Sept 8, 2017 16:24:35 GMT
Jennifer Saunders is playing the Duchess of Berwick, which isn't a particularly large part - one of those typical WIldean older aristocratic women. If I recall, and I get my Wilde plays mixed up, she kick starts the plot by reporting the alleged scandal then largely hovers around in the background with the occasional one liner. Not dissimilar to the character Anne Reid is playing in A Woman of No Importance.
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Post by peggs on Oct 13, 2017 19:46:31 GMT
At woman of no importance, something has gone wrong, I'm not laughing. Is still in previews would expect it will bed in and become lighter, more tripping with the dialogue but so far this is a very expensive non hit for me. Hopefully will improve in second half, eve best has at least made her entrance so there is hope.
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Post by peggs on Oct 13, 2017 21:27:10 GMT
Second half much better, largely because eve best was in much of it and Anne Reid looked to be having a whale of a time getting a little squiffy and waving a tamberine. Some of the cast don't yet appear to be quite there, some of the clever, funniest lines garnered not more than an odd titter and I could quite easily forget some of the characters but it's early days I guess and I assume this sort of play gets better with time and in fairness it was a quiet audience which didn't help. I thought I'd read this but if I had I'd forgotten it all, it's rather a nice change to not know where you're going even if you can make an educated guess.
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Post by mallardo on Oct 19, 2017 17:53:24 GMT
Re The Woman of No Importance (which should perhaps have a thread of its own?) I pretty much agree with peggs. The play really begins midway through the 2nd (of 4) acts when Eve Best arrives and all the posing and the arch dialogue - everyone speaking in epigrams as if Wilde had written all the parts for himself - turns real. The whole cast suddenly ups their game and we learn that the play has a point to make beyond portraying the silly rich as, well, silly, and has a fairly decent plot.
By the time we get to the last act Best is in full flight and she has a long emotional speech that had me - and everyone else in my row - reaching for the tissues. This woman is such an amazing actress!!
And the play itself - which I did not know previously - is not half bad. Wilde was not just a playwright who could string bons mots together, he was a craftsman. The piece is nicely structured with many lines and plot points from the early acts paying off in the finale. The last line of the play actually got applause, so right and so apposite was it.
Dominic Dromgoole's production is nice to look at but a bit clunky and not all performances are where they should be. Anne Reid and Eleanor Bron as the two grandes dames are both terrific - old pros showing us how this sort of thing should be done - while young Harry Lister Smith as Best's son is a real find. And Dominic Rowan, whom I have never much liked in anything, provides a good foil for Best and, to his eternal credit, is her match in that final act where everything comes together.
For those who care, I was in a day seat in the front row which is always excellent at the Vaudeville with its low stage. A bargain. To sum up, not everything worked but it was fun and, eventually, quite involving. And Ms Best, as they say, was worth the price of admission.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 14:56:39 GMT
Well. I just loved this. It's not an Oscar Wilde play that I am especially familiar with but it's a delightful story with a serious heart. Lovely set and a great cast. Anne Reid is a delight, especially as she gets a little more sauced as the evening goes along, Harry Lister Smith is a lovely Gerald and I found Phoebe Fildes hilarious as Lady Stutfield. The musical numbers between scenes are fun although I wonder if the two actors playing the servants were selected because they had the same set of eyebrows?
Anyhoo, the play is worth seeing for Eve Best alone. She is just the most delicious actress in London's glitzy West End and while others seemed like they were "acting Oscar Wilde", she's just so utterly natural (not to mention GORGEOUS). She's an absolute joy.
With La Best here and earlier in the day Natalie Dormer in 'Venus In Fur', Imelda Staunton's grasp on that Best Actress Olivier that seemed so sure earlier in the year looks decidedly shaky now.
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