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Post by BGLowe on Sept 27, 2018 18:11:26 GMT
I'll be returning a £15 front stalls ticket for the matinee on Saturday 17 November if anyone is interested? Annoying that though that performance is all but sold out and I'm sure my ticket will promptly be re-sold,the NT will charge me a £2 fee. Have you already returned? I would have been interested!
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Post by showgirl on Sept 27, 2018 18:37:30 GMT
I'll be returning a £15 front stalls ticket for the matinee on Saturday 17 November if anyone is interested? Annoying that though that performance is all but sold out and I'm sure my ticket will promptly be re-sold,the NT will charge me a £2 fee. Have you already returned? I would have been interested! Not yet, no; I was in London yesterday so double-checked with the Box Office about the £2 fee but I won't back there for the next fortnight and am not in a rush. I never collect the ticket itself until the day for precisely this reason so provided we could work out how to do it, you'd be welcome.
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Post by ali973 on Oct 27, 2018 5:45:01 GMT
Anyone seeing an early preview? I'm really excited about this.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2018 5:58:14 GMT
Anyone seeing an early preview? I'm really excited about this. I'm going on Wednesday 7th... Will report back! poster J it's worth keeping regular tabs on the website as I managed to get a £29 returned seat during the week. Also Friday mid-afternoon there were still a number of rush tickets available for multiple performances on the NT website.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2018 4:55:09 GMT
Its coming in a day! Please post comments here!
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Post by theatrefan77 on Nov 2, 2018 7:37:35 GMT
I'm going on Monday!
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Post by priorwalter on Nov 2, 2018 21:42:57 GMT
Any reports from tonight?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2018 21:56:59 GMT
The set looks amazing based on Instagram photos!
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Post by Ade on Nov 2, 2018 22:39:09 GMT
I actually have nothing bad to say about this. Loved the set (simple but very effective), the music is just perfect, and the performances very good too. It’s been a long while since I’ve come out of the Olivier loving a production and I could easily go straight back in and see it again. I’m not sure the praise love was felt by everyone in the audience looking at the curtain call response, but I for one found it pretty spot on.
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Post by pianowithsam on Nov 3, 2018 0:25:26 GMT
So excited to see it now.
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Post by audrey on Nov 3, 2018 10:37:00 GMT
Saw the first preview last night and this is sensational. Can't remember the last time I've left the National and immediately wanted to see the show again. Its such a clever, contemporary retelling of the Orpheus story in the time of Trump, climate change, the growth of populism etc - but those are all implied rather than overt. The lyrics and the music are awesome - with an extra incredible injection of New Orleans style jazz. All the performances are sensational - Andre de Shields rocks as Hermes , Patrick Page channels Tom Jones as Hades and Amber Gray is pure sparkle as Persephone. Great use of the rotating stage. It runs 2'30 and make sure you stay for the encore .
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Post by cartoonman on Nov 3, 2018 10:58:02 GMT
Hello, saw it last night. Very good. I would give it four stars. Eva Noblezada (Eurydice) has a similar voice to Anais Mitchell and was well cast and did a good job. Patrick Page has a deep, gruff voice and was perfect as Hades. I have heard the CD, not the cast recording, and the songs have been put in a different order to fit the story better. The music was first class and so were the backing singers (the fates). Just about the best show I have seen at the NT in a long time. Good use was made of the drum revolve. There was lots of smoke in one scene which spilled over into the first couple of rows. Got a standing ovation and the end, it finished at about 10.10. but then had an encore. It helps to know the story of Orpheus and Eurydice I remembered it from seeing Orpheus in the Underworld at the ENO years ago, that was also a great show. This would be a good show to take youngsters to introduce them to theatre going.
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Post by Ade on Nov 3, 2018 11:42:30 GMT
Ah glad others had the same thoughts as me. I thought it was a mixed response at the curtain call with so many dashing straight out but perhaps that was the curse of it running 15 minutes over the advertised running time.
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Post by emj892 on Nov 3, 2018 23:48:51 GMT
Saw this tonight and really enjoyed it! I can see why it was so popular. Ended with half standing ovation. I was sitting in the circle D34 and felt like the view was great. There was only one moment where I saw backstage. I've included spoiler tags just in case. They give out a free cast list. The programme (£4.50) contains the usual stuff plus a guide to characters, interview with the orchestrators, and some mythology discussion. Agree with previous comments, really liked the staging. Creative use of the turntable. Use light to great effect, warning for flashing lights is apt. Particularly effective in doubts come in. Excellent number! I came into this musical completely blind, haven't heard either of the albums, and deliberately didn't listen to them beforehand. I booked on the positive word of mouth. I'm quite interested to see if my opinion changes at all after listening to the recordings. Reeve Carney was a bit meh for me. I really didn't enjoy his voice in the first act and just about warmed to it in the second. I was interested to hear Eva Noblezada live as I had an understudy when I saw les mis. She has a powerful voice, definitely distinctive. Weirdly not sure if I enjoyed her performance - can't quite put my finger on why. I adored Amber Gray and Andre de Shields as Persephone and Hermes respectively. With Amber you could tell she owns this role and has a lot of fun with it. Musically really really good. Particularly enjoyied ensemble stuff. LOVED the fates! Their Acapella song was potentially the highlight of the night for me. Especially shout out to Katie. Also great job from David Neuman on their choreography in particular. Their physicality was great. Didn't notice anything special vocally for Seyi Omooba but she was my favourite dancer right from the beginning. Definitely was poignant and relevant. Particularly obvious with the audience reaction after Why we build the wall (Lyrics included in the programme) Overall definitely glad I booked a ticket for this! Will certainly be checking out more of Anais Mitchell's work as the music was truly wonderful.
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Post by ali973 on Nov 4, 2018 6:47:22 GMT
You mean Andre De Shields.
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Post by danb on Nov 4, 2018 7:47:46 GMT
Saw this tonight and really enjoyed it! I can see why it was so popular. Ended with half standing ovation. I was sitting in the circle D34 and felt like the view was great. There was only one moment where I saw backstage. I've included spoiler tags just in case. They give out a free cast list. The programme (£4.50) contains the usual stuff plus a guide to characters, interview with the orchestrators, and some mythology discussion. Agree with previous comments, really liked the staging. Creative use of the turntable. Use light to great effect, warning for flashing lights is apt. Particularly effective in doubts come in. Excellent number! I came into this musical completely blind, haven't heard either of the albums, and deliberately didn't listen to them beforehand. I booked on the positive word of mouth. I'm quite interested to see if my opinion changes at all after listening to the recordings. Reeve Carney was a bit meh for me. I really didn't enjoy his voice in the first act and just about warmed to it in the second. I was interested to hear Eva Noblezada live as I had an understudy when I saw les mis. She has a powerful voice, definitely distinctive. Weirdly not sure if I enjoyed her performance - can't quite put my finger on why. I adored Amber Gray and Andre de Silva as Persephone and Hermes respectively. With Amber you could tell she owns this role and has a lot of fun with it. Musically really really good. Particularly enjoyied ensemble stuff. LOVED the fates! Their Acapella song was potentially the highlight of the night for me. Especially shout out to Katie. Also great job from David Neuman on their choreography in particular. Their physicality was great. Didn't notice anything special vocally for Seyi Omooba but she was my favourite dancer right from the beginning. Definitely was poignant and relevant. Particularly obvious with the audience reaction after Why we build the wall (Lyrics included in the programme) Overall definitely glad I booked a ticket for this! Will certainly be checking out more of Anais Mitchell's work as the music was truly wonderful. Thanks for this. Know very little about it but love Carneys voice & Eva of course. Welcome 👋
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Post by emj892 on Nov 4, 2018 8:53:36 GMT
You mean Andre De Shields. Oops thank you. Changed that now.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2018 9:58:25 GMT
Saw this last night and like other people here I thought it was very good. Wasn’t a weak link in the cast and they all had very strong performances but I really liked the use of the ensemble and they felt they echoed a Greek chorus throughout and liked all their choreography. Very nice use of the revolve and stage of the Olivier and all of it was just well done. I liked the music and it was a new show to me. As it was a preview I still feel like it could have a few improvements as act 2 dragged a little bit at some points and some of the songs felt just a little bit too long but I don’t know then previous versions so maybe it is always like this. Overall I am glad I saw it and had a good time.
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Post by cartoonman on Nov 4, 2018 14:05:59 GMT
I saw a preview and enjoyed the show but was surprised that it got a standing ovation. Its the first one I've seen at the NT. A friend says that this is very much in the American style. There were some Americans in the audience and I wonder if they stood up others follow. The encore must have been planned as it was a song not previously in the show. I have not previously seen an encore at the NT neither. Has anyone got any views on this?
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Post by ali973 on Nov 4, 2018 14:09:50 GMT
There are standing ovations in London for deserving and non-deserving shows as well, especially musicals. It's pretty much a default, in my experience. And yes, I would make no assumption that the encore is an improved and impromptu moment.
Looking forward to seeing it next month.
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Post by n1david on Nov 5, 2018 12:04:39 GMT
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Post by firefingers on Nov 5, 2018 14:02:29 GMT
Yes, hopefully it is about a little nip here, and extra verse there etc. If we have another situation like Sylvia... but thankfully I don't think that can be the case given the comments board members have made thus far.
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Post by greenswan on Nov 5, 2018 14:53:40 GMT
I don’t think there is any need to be concerned. I saw Sylvia quite late in the run and with a full performance, when it was still an(interesting) mess. This is ready. If I had any concerns on Saturday it was that the stage appears a bit small at times for the energetic dancing and the second half drags a bit. But this is complaining at a high level, for me it’s definitely a 4 star production.
I particularly enjoyed the way they play the end of the two acts on both story and meta level. Plus, there’s not only the allusions to Trump but more generally the debate about industrialisation vs nature.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend going to see it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2018 16:42:11 GMT
There are standing ovations in London for deserving and non-deserving shows as well, especially musicals. It's pretty much a default, in my experience. And yes, I would make no assumption that the encore is an improved and impromptu moment. Looking forward to seeing it next month. Oh yes, the great unwashed will stand for anything nowadays. I don't think they get out much. Although, with all of danieljohnson14's favourite shows closing at around the same time next year, I imagine he might be too upset to give an ovation at a show for quite some time so that should bring the average down a little. Oh lovely. Are we allowed to provide feedback during the show? Or in a comments box perhaps? Or do we need to write a letter to Rufus like 'Points of View'? "Why oh why oh why . . . "
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2018 16:51:24 GMT
@ryan... you know me too well. 😂😂😭😭
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Post by ali973 on Nov 5, 2018 17:24:52 GMT
For those of you who have seen it, how is Andre De Shields? He's quite a departure from Toby (!) on the cast album.
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Post by intothewoods on Nov 5, 2018 18:12:33 GMT
So intrigued by the score, the looks and the good word of mouth around here ... will have to try and find a way to fit this into my trip.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2018 18:23:09 GMT
For those of you who have seen it, how is Andre De Shields? He's quite a departure from Toby (!) on the cast album. I really enjoyed his performance, he has a real sense of being an entertainer being very charming, possibly a bit like Sammy Davis Jr. I feel and has the audience on his side straight away. I can't compare his to the previous actor but I thought he was terrific!
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Post by sherriebythesea on Nov 5, 2018 19:35:21 GMT
I really liked it. IMHO Andre de Shields needs to step it up a bit. Trying to figure how to do spoilers. Wait. He’s listed in credits as Hermès so he’s a god FFS. I think part of the issues with the Orpheus character is that, in the legend, he is the weakest link. {Spoiler - click to view} And that la di da tune for the one who woke the gods love was lame Also in regards to the comparison to Sammy Davis Jr, his stage presence could only be overtaken by Frank Sinatra, when they were on the same stage. No comparison to this
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Post by alicechallice on Nov 6, 2018 1:02:47 GMT
Afraid I'm going to buck the trend and say I thought this was distinctly average this evening. The music was good and the staging had its moments but crikey it was pedestrian!
The two young leads were really quite bland, particularly Spider-Man, actually quite whining in parts and rather earnest which didn't help and I felt like it had very little drama pushing it along. Almost felt like an interesting concept in search of a good show.
I think there were lots of fanboys/girls in as they were clapping at every opportunity but I couldn't quite share their enthusiasm.
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