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Post by herculesmulligan on Jun 13, 2017 9:15:04 GMT
None of the cast will be coming with it.
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Post by martin1965 on Jun 13, 2017 13:55:38 GMT
Really? Would have at least been cool to see the guy who won the Tony.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jun 13, 2017 20:34:00 GMT
None of the cast will be coming with it. Based on what knowledge?
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Post by herculesmulligan on Jun 13, 2017 21:38:51 GMT
Based on initial casting reports
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Post by theatremadness on Jul 13, 2017 22:41:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 8:14:39 GMT
Oh. That's r-ehle not good news.
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Post by rumbledoll on Aug 10, 2017 14:52:51 GMT
Does anyone know will Toby Stephens proceed with WE transfer? Have a friend who is a super-fan but can't make in to NT shorter runs. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Post by RedRose on Aug 10, 2017 16:43:35 GMT
Does anyone know will Toby Stephens proceed with WE transfer? Have a friend who is a super-fan but can't make in to NT shorter runs. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks! Yes, he will. Has been confirmed by NT and himself, and if your friend is really a super-fan that should be no news.
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Post by rumbledoll on Aug 10, 2017 16:57:43 GMT
Does anyone know will Toby Stephens proceed with WE transfer? Have a friend who is a super-fan but can't make in to NT shorter runs. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks! Yes, he will. Has been confirmed by NT and himself, and if your friend is really a super-fan that should be no news. Thanks! She is out of the country on a long(ish) business trip actually with not much internet connection.. I guess she doesn't have time to follow the news closely at the moment. So I watch out on her behalf
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Post by argon on Sept 5, 2017 23:47:41 GMT
A drawn-out version of occupational hazards that played at the Hampstead theatre, same theme I.e negotiating to resolve a very difficult situation. However, this one had more levity which partially helped but still dragged along. For those needing trains afterwards this 1st preview finished at 10.43
Just a so-so play I felt
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Post by lonlad on Sept 6, 2017 0:00:35 GMT
Qualitatively on different planets from OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS, which was barely even a sketch for a play. OSLO, by contrast, is the real deal, though this cast will be hard pressed to rival the NY one, who were excellent across the board. Stephens seems wrong, but we shall see.
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Post by MrBunbury on Sept 7, 2017 10:26:22 GMT
I saw it last night. I really liked it and the three hours just flew by. And Toby Stephens stepped on my feet at the end of the play which in my mind is as far as I will ever get to someone in Maggie Smith’s family. Now I have to write a review of the play for work.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 10:53:27 GMT
And Toby Stephens stepped on my feet at the end of the play which in my mind is as far as I will ever get to someone in Maggie Smith’s family. Did he apologise?
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Post by MrBunbury on Sept 7, 2017 11:06:06 GMT
And Toby Stephens stepped on my feet at the end of the play which in my mind is as far as I will ever get to someone in Maggie Smith’s family. Did he apologise? No, he didn't. He was still acting. At least he did not utter any put-down as his mother would have done...
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Post by lynette on Sept 7, 2017 11:29:03 GMT
Stepped on by theatrical royalty.
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Post by eatbigsea on Sept 7, 2017 16:37:16 GMT
Just out of the matinee. I really enjoyed it, and agree that the time flew by. The cast was excellent (except for a not good & exaggerated US accent, which was thankfully brief). I particularly enjoyed the contrast between the buttoned-up Norwegians and the Israelis and Palestinians. The impressions of the politicians done by the characters were also very good, although you would need to be at least my age to remember them (and, as you would expect from a matinee at the NT, pretty much everyone was). Not a perfect play, but very good. So pleased it beat A Doll's House Part 2 (which I thought was awful, apart from Laurie Metcalf) to the Tony.
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Post by Jon on Sept 7, 2017 16:44:27 GMT
Do the cast use their own accent for the characters? Also since it's transferring to the Pinter, what's the set like? I imagine they would have had to alter it from the NY productions which were done a thrust stage
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Post by MrBunbury on Sept 7, 2017 17:20:17 GMT
Do the cast use their own accent for the characters? Also since it's transferring to the Pinter, what's the set like? I imagine they would have had to alter it from the NY productions which were done a thrust stage Toby Stephens sounded very English but I am a foreigner so my capacity to detect accents is appalling. The set is very simple and functional. I don't foresee any problem in adapting it to the Pinter. P.S. Lydia Leonard has a very nice dress or at least it really suits her. This point is the result of growing up in an Italian family working in fashion: you can't help noticing these things :-D
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Post by eatbigsea on Sept 7, 2017 18:20:36 GMT
Do the cast use their own accent for the characters? Also since it's transferring to the Pinter, what's the set like? I imagine they would have had to alter it from the NY productions which were done a thrust stage Toby Stephens and Lydia Leonard went for subtle Norwegian accents. I couldn't say how well they were done, but they sounded suitably Scandinavian to me. Similarly, the actors playing Israelis and Palestinians had accents which sounded pretty good to me, but again I'm no expert. (As a Canadian, I feel able to comment on US accents). As for the set, I agree with Mr Bunbury that it would be able to transfer to the Pinter without a problem. Nice projections, not overused.
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Post by Latecomer on Sept 7, 2017 19:46:06 GMT
I was there too. Runs 3 hours now, for those wanting to know. Will comment on the rest after press night. So was I, with Angram! Theatreboard outing!!!! I liked this...reminded me of James Graham play, took what could be a very dry subject and told the story in a clear way, lots of humour, makes you think a bit at the end....excellent!
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Post by foxa on Sept 8, 2017 8:38:54 GMT
A friend and I were up in Row E of the circle for the matinee too.
I felt I learn things I didn't know before but it largely seemed an oddly untheatrical play. The set was fine, most of the acting was also fine (agree about the dodgy American accent which was accompanied by a dodgy wig and a couple of dodgy lines.) The script and direction seemed, at times, a bit turgid. There were a few exciting, sit forward moments, but also moments that I didn't get (the tourists?) I agree that it was a bit like a James Graham play.
The usher said that as it had been on Broadway it wasn't considered a preview (the thinking being, I suppose that the script and direction won't change) so I suppose I'm okay to give it 3*s.
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Post by foxa on Sept 8, 2017 12:22:24 GMT
Ah so close! Then you must have noticed the people who came in late (about two minutes into the beginning) and half of Row D had to stand to let them in. The people next to me were a but muttery and I heard them saying 'Sorry, ha, they're not sorry. If they were sorry they wouldn't have come in late,' etc. Then a phone went off (probably the same culprits!) I look forward to hearing what you thought about it.
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Post by andrew on Sept 8, 2017 13:46:45 GMT
Saw this on Wednesday night. It's a terribly cliched thing to say, but it could've been 25 minutes shorter. I didn't have a sore bum or anything, I just had had enough of it. It's not the best play I've seen this year by some distance but it is good. Certainly I never would have engaged with this subject matter for this length of time in any other way, it was appropriately informative, set everything in context very nicely, funny where it should be. I don't mind the lack of drama because I don't want these sorts of semi-historical plays to make stuff up for the purposes of conflict and tension, but where's theres less of it I think the script has to be a bit punchier, and hence a bit shorter. Cast were great, I thought the lighting and (don't kill me) use of projections was quite nicely done. Hovering down the lower end of 4 stars.
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Post by Jon on Sept 8, 2017 14:14:09 GMT
It's interesting it has three press nights, I assume the reviews will be released after the third press night.
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Post by popcultureboy on Sept 8, 2017 18:18:46 GMT
It does?
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Post by martin1965 on Sept 8, 2017 19:45:36 GMT
Going a week tomorrow, looking forward to it.
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Post by Jon on Sept 9, 2017 0:53:09 GMT
15th, 16th and 18th September IIRC.
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Post by popcultureboy on Sept 9, 2017 6:48:25 GMT
15th, 16th and 18th September IIRC. How odd. There is no mention of this on the NT site, which has previews ending on Monday and Tuesday with a 7pm start so I thought it only had the one.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Sept 9, 2017 9:53:03 GMT
15th, 16th and 18th September IIRC. How odd. There is no mention of this on the NT site, which has previews ending on Monday and Tuesday with a 7pm start so I thought it only had the one. The Oslo press release on the NT website states what Jon has mentioned. Perhaps a clash on the original 12th so they had to move the press at short notice and chose to spread them over three days, in preference to cancelling public bookings on a new single-date press night?
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Post by kathryn on Sept 9, 2017 18:25:29 GMT
Saw the matinee today - our back of circles rush seats were upgraded to central row J in the stalls!
Really enjoyed it - an excellent, funny, pacey play on a subject that could have been very dry and boring. The three hours flew by.
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