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Post by theatrelover123 on Sept 1, 2017 17:34:26 GMT
Starts end October for a fairly short run.
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Post by Marwood on Sept 3, 2017 16:18:22 GMT
Any word on the casting?
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Post by Rory on Sept 3, 2017 16:22:38 GMT
Christian Slater and Stanley Townsend according to theatrelover123.
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Post by youngoffender on Sept 4, 2017 10:05:44 GMT
This should be quite a hot ticket. Checking his bio, I'm reminded that Slater has done the West End before (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), but that was over a decade ago, and it has also been ten years since the last revival of GGR. I'm of the generation that remembers Slater fondly for Heathers and Pump up the Volume.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2017 10:35:47 GMT
He also did Swimming With Sharks in 2007, with Helen Baxendale and a little-known fella called Matt Smith.
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Post by Rory on Sept 4, 2017 12:19:05 GMT
It's on Thurs 26th Oct - Sat 3rd Feb
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Post by Rory on Sept 4, 2017 12:35:13 GMT
Christian Slater, Robert Glenister, Kris Marshall, Stanley Townsend and Don Warrington.
It's up on the ATG website now but tickets don't appear to be on sale just yet.
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 4, 2017 12:35:29 GMT
Whatever you do, do not dare discuss the play after you've seen, otherwise Mr Mamet will be sending you a large bill!!!
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Post by theatrelover123 on Sept 4, 2017 13:09:44 GMT
Christian Slater, Robert Glenister, Kris Marshall, Stanley Townsend and Don Warrington. It's up on the ATG website now but tickets don't appear to be on sale just yet. Could you please send me a link to where it appears on the ATG website? I can't seem to find it. |
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Post by jadnoop on Sept 4, 2017 13:11:17 GMT
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Post by Rory on Sept 4, 2017 13:18:18 GMT
Christian Slater, Robert Glenister, Kris Marshall, Stanley Townsend and Don Warrington. It's up on the ATG website now but tickets don't appear to be on sale just yet. Could you please send me a link to where it appears on the ATG website? I can't seem to find it. They've removed it now. |
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 4, 2017 13:45:54 GMT
Int life funny? One minute you're sharing a caravan with Cleo Rocos, and the next you're sharing a West End stage with Christian Slater.
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Post by cropley on Sept 4, 2017 13:45:55 GMT
I am a HUGE fan of Denzel's younger brother Don  |
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Post by floorshow on Sept 4, 2017 17:02:28 GMT
Tix are onsale to non-ATG card folk now via Lovetheatre. I've always enjoyed this without ever having the opportunity to see it onstage so quite chuffed  |
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Post by jadnoop on Sept 4, 2017 17:08:12 GMT
I'm really not sure quite what to make of this. Despite finding Mamet's most recent films pretty terrible, I love the Glengarry Glen Ross film, and would like to see it 'for real'.
However, I'm not quite sure what to make of the cast. The brits seem solid enough, but I'm not that keen on Christian Slater, at least on screen. How is he on the stage?
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Post by floorshow on Sept 4, 2017 17:17:08 GMT
Are they charging a booking fee, though, floorshow ? Anything more than the prices I've quoted means that they will be. Yep, a whack of a booking fee (for BO collection no less..) but we are incredibly pedantic about seat choice - doubly so as one of us will be about 6 months pregnant when it comes round! |
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Post by Marwood on Sept 4, 2017 17:54:57 GMT
Int life funny? One minute you're sharing a caravan with Cleo Rocos, and the next you're sharing a West End stage with Christian Slater. Melvyn Hayes is in this? 😳 |
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Post by Marwood on Sept 4, 2017 17:57:49 GMT
A word of warning to those booking this because they liked the film, the play is a fair bit shorter than the film, Alec Baldwins character was written into the film to beef it up a bit and pad it out (I'm presuming they're doing the original version anyway)
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Post by Marwood on Sept 5, 2017 10:36:34 GMT
Time Out and Lovetheatre both offering priority booking for this at the moment. I had a look at Lovetheatres pricing last night and it looked ridiculously expensive, the ticket I had for the Pacino version on Broadway was cheaper than a lot of the tickets on sale. I'll wait for the inevitable offers before deciding on this.
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Post by daniel on Sept 5, 2017 14:00:06 GMT
ATG site letting me in without Card access - anybody else tried?
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Post by Jan on Sept 5, 2017 17:40:08 GMT
A word of warning to those booking this because they liked the film, the play is a fair bit shorter than the film, Alec Baldwins character was written into the film to beef it up a bit and pad it out (I'm presuming they're doing the original version anyway) On the other hand the play is more bleak and cynical - they softened one part of it for the film. Also during rehearsals for the film Jack Lemmon was superb: unsympathetic and hard-edged but as soon as the cameras started rolling he became all twinkly. I saw the world premiere of this, at NT, about 100 years ago. |
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Post by floorshow on Sept 5, 2017 18:14:03 GMT
ATG site letting me in without Card access - anybody else tried? Just tried, letting me in without a card on my phone |
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Post by bellboard27 on Oct 28, 2017 16:26:34 GMT
Went this afternoon. Liked it (I do like Mamet which I know some are less keen on). Note first half is only 35 mins. We had half hour interval as there is a significant set change and by all the banging I think they had a bit of a delay. However we were still out after 1 hour 50. This reminds me of Speed the Plow here which was a short play unnecessarily lengthened by an interval (though in this case the set provides an excuse).
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Post by theatrelover123 on Oct 28, 2017 23:21:28 GMT
Tonight's performance cancelled after Robert Glenister fainted and collapsed 15 mins in. Was worrying  |
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Post by dani on Oct 29, 2017 9:49:59 GMT
Tonight's performance cancelled after Robert Glenister fainted and collapsed 15 mins in. Was worrying That's terrible. It's now been announced that he is okay. The Sun (okay, not my favourite news source) has a report of the incident, which includes the information that two weeks ago he lost a case against HMRC that left him liable for ten years' National Insurance contributions to the tune of £147,547. |
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Post by ali973 on Oct 30, 2017 6:41:33 GMT
Does anyone know if there are any discounts for this? 55 quid for the last row in stalls is a bit steep.
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Post by Jan on Oct 30, 2017 7:17:51 GMT
Tonight's performance cancelled after Robert Glenister fainted and collapsed 15 mins in. Was worrying That's terrible. It's now been announced that he is okay. The Sun (okay, not my favourite news source) has a report of the incident, which includes the information that two weeks ago he lost a case against HMRC that left him liable for ten years' National Insurance contributions to the tune of £147,547. Quite a few BBC actors are in the same position, their attempt to avoid income tax and National Insurance payments by setting themselves up as service companies (prompted by the BBC themselves it has to be said) has been disallowed. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2017 8:46:10 GMT
Tonight's performance cancelled after Robert Glenister fainted and collapsed 15 mins in. Was worrying That's terrible. It's now been announced that he is okay. The Sun (okay, not my favourite news source) has a report of the incident, which includes the information that two weeks ago he lost a case against HMRC that left him liable for ten years' National Insurance contributions to the tune of £147,547. Perhaps they can do a collection for him at the end of each show |
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Post by Honoured Guest on Oct 30, 2017 9:33:00 GMT
The fainting collapse may be unrelated to his tax avoidance. Everyone else pays NI contributions, most of us without fainting.
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Post by bordeaux on Oct 30, 2017 9:42:36 GMT
That's terrible. It's now been announced that he is okay. The Sun (okay, not my favourite news source) has a report of the incident, which includes the information that two weeks ago he lost a case against HMRC that left him liable for ten years' National Insurance contributions to the tune of £147,547. Quite a few BBC actors are in the same position, their attempt to avoid income tax and National Insurance payments by setting themselves up as service companies (prompted by the BBC themselves it has to be said) has been disallowed. What's a BBC actor? Is there such a thing as an ITV actor? It's actors, who presumably work for whoever will pay them, who are doing this (and newsreaders and others) and people such as the head of the Student Loans Company, the former Head of IT of HM Tax and Revenue, ironically. |
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