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Post by scarpia on Apr 4, 2019 10:56:44 GMT
I didn't know that about Adam Guettel - that's disturbing. :/
Count me as another potential audience member who was looking forward to this and then got totally deterred by the obscene prices.
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Post by Polly1 on Apr 4, 2019 14:21:41 GMT
Was interested in this anyway but Alex Jennings makes it even more attractive. However I'm also waiting on discounts. Tickets sales look poor, unsurprisingly, but maybe the RFH doesn't discount?
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Post by Baemax on Apr 4, 2019 14:23:27 GMT
I've got the impression that this production is going to the States after it's done in London, so maybe they don't care so much about ticket sales as long as they get some good press they can take with them?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 4, 2019 14:59:23 GMT
I've got the impression that this production is going to the States after it's done in London, so maybe they don't care so much about ticket sales as long as they get some good press they can take with them? LA opera is its next destination
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Post by Xanderl on Apr 5, 2019 8:03:58 GMT
Was interested in this anyway but Alex Jennings makes it even more attractive. However I'm also waiting on discounts. Tickets sales look poor, unsurprisingly, but maybe the RFH doesn't discount? They do - for instance timeout had discounts for Circus 1903 at the Festival Hall last year. Although I guess it may depend on the producer of an individual show?
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Post by emicardiff on Apr 5, 2019 8:42:30 GMT
God I am trash for Alex Jennings. Damnit. But I am also trying not to support utter trashbag artists (generally if it's not their PERSONAL show I'm less fussy, but god he's a bit of a dirtbag isn't he?)
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Post by squidward on Apr 5, 2019 12:46:01 GMT
God I am trash for Alex Jennings. Damnit. But I am also trying not to support utter trashbag artists (generally if it's not their PERSONAL show I'm less fussy, but god he's a bit of a dirtbag isn't he?) Mr Guettel seems to be a very 'complex' man. The thing I can't get my head around if he actually is as portrayed (and he didn't do himself ANY favours with that tweet), how on earth did Tina Landau (fabulous & highly political left wing feminist director/writer) manage to work alongside him to create the masterpiece that is Floyd Collins? Maybe Mr Guettel had a personality change since that collaboration? Also when I saw him in concert at The Hippodrome a few years ago (with Caroline Sheen and a couple of others whose names escape me), he seemed an utterly lovely chap. Very strange indeed (maybe he's just very good at playing that part?). I would have thought in this day and age, there may be quite a few artists who may not want to collaborate with him after that tweet though. I guess it's part of the on-going debate about whether it's possible to separate a person's views/deeds from their art.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 5, 2019 14:47:52 GMT
Already doing "No booking fee" deals for this, so... Thanks My hat just blew off with excitement
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Apr 5, 2019 15:56:58 GMT
God I am trash for Alex Jennings. Damnit. But I am also trying not to support utter trashbag artists (generally if it's not their PERSONAL show I'm less fussy, but god he's a bit of a dirtbag isn't he?) Mr Guettel seems to be a very 'complex' man. The thing I can't get my head around if he actually is as portrayed (and he didn't do himself ANY favours with that tweet), how on earth did Tina Landau (fabulous & highly political left wing feminist director/writer) manage to work alongside him to create the masterpiece that is Floyd Collins? Maybe Mr Guettel had a personality change since that collaboration? Also when I saw him in concert at The Hippodrome a few years ago (with Caroline Sheen and a couple of others whose names escape me), he seemed an utterly lovely chap. Very strange indeed (maybe he's just very good at playing that part?). I would have thought in this day and age, there may be quite a few artists who may not want to collaborate with him after that tweet though. I guess it's part of the on-going debate about whether it's possible to separate a person's views/deeds from their art. The sad truth is that a lot of views and behaviour have been legitimised, in some American’s eyes, by the election of Trump. If there is any use in him it’s been to reveal those who share in his hate, even if the sheer prevalence of it is so dispiriting. As Sun Tzu said in ‘The Art of War’ - “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”.
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Post by squidward on Apr 5, 2019 18:53:13 GMT
Mr Guettel seems to be a very 'complex' man. The thing I can't get my head around if he actually is as portrayed (and he didn't do himself ANY favours with that tweet), how on earth did Tina Landau (fabulous & highly political left wing feminist director/writer) manage to work alongside him to create the masterpiece that is Floyd Collins? Maybe Mr Guettel had a personality change since that collaboration? Also when I saw him in concert at The Hippodrome a few years ago (with Caroline Sheen and a couple of others whose names escape me), he seemed an utterly lovely chap. Very strange indeed (maybe he's just very good at playing that part?). I would have thought in this day and age, there may be quite a few artists who may not want to collaborate with him after that tweet though. I guess it's part of the on-going debate about whether it's possible to separate a person's views/deeds from their art. The sad truth is that a lot of views and behaviour have been legitimised, in some American’s eyes, by the election of Trump. If there is any use in him it’s been to reveal those who share in his hate, even if the sheer prevalence of it is so dispiriting. As Sun Tzu said in ‘The Art of War’ - “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”. You're right about Trump, but I'd like to think that the majority of artists working in theatre don't concur with his toxic viewpoint. Maybe that's a generalisation, but thankfully in my years of working in theatre and TV, I've never come across anyone who espoused that vile sexism/racism. Maybe I've just been fortunate in who I've worked with.I just can't believe someone like Tina Landau would put up with that sort of thing for a second.
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Post by Snciole on Apr 6, 2019 22:41:02 GMT
So as I am Jennings obsessed so I spent £38 on a balcony ticket. *GULP* but I also love Florence. Here is hoping I get bumped up and a free limoncello.
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Post by Snciole on Apr 6, 2019 22:44:17 GMT
The discount for Universal Credit is such an insult. An absolute joke. Its making me angry. I agree. My mum is on UC and she is strugggling to eat and pay her bills. I could just about buy a £67 ticket with my AMEX and I am in full time work. An absolute low.
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Post by learfan on Apr 8, 2019 18:56:04 GMT
So as I am Jennings obsessed so I spent £38 on a balcony ticket. *GULP* but I also love Florence. Here is hoping I get bumped up and a free limoncello. Haha, thinking of doing this now. Must be a good chance of being bumped!
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Post by Snciole on Apr 8, 2019 19:38:21 GMT
So as I am Jennings obsessed so I spent £38 on a balcony ticket. *GULP* but I also love Florence. Here is hoping I get bumped up and a free limoncello. Haha, thinking of doing this now. Must be a good chance of being bumped! I am hoping to be bumped up to Jennings' lap at those prices.
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Post by learfan on Apr 8, 2019 20:53:19 GMT
Haha, thinking of doing this now. Must be a good chance of being bumped! I am hoping to be bumped up to Jennings' lap at those prices. Easy tiger!
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Post by learfan on Apr 20, 2019 16:52:33 GMT
Booked for balcony on the matinee on 15 June. Feel sure that will be closed off and i along with others will get bumped, there is as they good availability!
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Post by n1david on May 10, 2019 10:16:08 GMT
Cheaper tickets now on TodayTix. Just got row B for £55. Row S also at £48 on the date I looked.
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Post by theinvisiblegirl on May 10, 2019 10:28:37 GMT
Cheaper tickets now on TodayTix. Just got row B for £55. Row S also at £48 on the date I looked. Thanks for this, I just got row A for £50! So glad I held off booking now.
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Post by FrontroverPaul on May 10, 2019 11:39:38 GMT
I'd like row A but I get offered the same B12 seat for every date I tried...
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Post by Xanderl on May 10, 2019 12:02:41 GMT
I'd like row A but I get offered the same B12 seat for every date I tried... Try selecting that on your phone then going to a web browser and looking for the same date (or vice versa, obviously!)
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Post by andrew on May 10, 2019 17:34:54 GMT
Is it idiotic to continue holding off for even cheaper?
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Post by kzf on May 10, 2019 17:51:56 GMT
Is it idiotic to continue holding off for even cheaper? If so, please slap an idiot sticker on my forehead. Was tempted but think I can keep the fear of missing out at bay a little longer.
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Post by westendcub on May 11, 2019 11:10:37 GMT
I’m holding out, have a feeling they may do rush tickets for this!!
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Post by anthony40 on May 11, 2019 14:55:54 GMT
I’m holding out, have a feeling they may do rush tickets for this!! Same here
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Post by FrontroverPaul on May 13, 2019 1:20:09 GMT
I'd like row A but I get offered the same B12 seat for every date I tried... Try selecting that on your phone then going to a web browser and looking for the same date (or vice versa, obviously!) Thanks. Your suggestion prompted me to try stealth mode on my PC and by adding six B row seats to my basket there I was then offered one in row A. Side block but will do me fine.
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Post by mjr on May 13, 2019 7:58:17 GMT
A word of warning for those of you thinking that low sales may mean being bumped up to a better seat. I attend at least 1 concert a week at the Festival Hall and on occasion an orchestra might play to less than 50% capacity but all levels remain open. I think the RFH is used to having empty seats, can't imagine they'll change policy for this.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 8:48:07 GMT
Is this production a concert, semi-concert or fully staged? Is the orchestra on stage? Does anyone know the physicality of the production yet? I don't know what to expect
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on May 13, 2019 10:00:47 GMT
Is this production a concert, semi-concert or fully staged? Is the orchestra on stage? Does anyone know the physicality of the production yet? I don't know what to expect I've been assuming it's a full production since it doesn't seem to say otherwise on the website and if it was a concert/semi-staged I imagine they'd state that somewhere.
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 13, 2019 10:10:51 GMT
t's a Co production with opera companies in La and Chicago so I'm expecting a full fat staging.
It's produced by John Berry who was at ENO for a good while. And remarkably for Berry he hasn't asked one of the Alden's to direct it.
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Post by couldileaveyou on May 16, 2019 8:39:51 GMT
The discount for Universal Credit is such an insult. An absolute joke. Its making me angry. What happened to this? I seem to be able to select only the standard price!
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