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Post by NeilVHughes on Sept 29, 2019 21:38:23 GMT
Took the crumbling house as an allegory to the erosion of the truth as the witnesses and perpetrators of past atrocities slip into history, either the house continues to decay and its history lost or redeveloped to a historical pastiche with new inhabitants with no recollection of its past, both scenarios having the same effect, after a few generations the past becomes a foreign country and they do thing differently there.
The family once the secret is exposed move on and abandon their true heritage due to its incompatibility with their current ideology and internal romanticised historical narrative which they do not want to, or cannot reconcile. (the arc of the album can be considered in a similar way)
To me the ending was the strongest part and had a powerful impact.
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Post by Stephen on Sept 29, 2019 23:03:24 GMT
How much are the programmes for this and are they selling posters?
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Post by Rory on Sept 30, 2019 9:50:51 GMT
How much are the programmes for this and are they selling posters? The Donmar always sells posters for £3.
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Post by sf on Sept 30, 2019 11:32:57 GMT
Programme was £4. Didn't notice about the poster. There's also a combo deal where you can get a programme and a script for £10.
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Post by Stephen on Sept 30, 2019 22:54:04 GMT
Gosh. {Spoiler - click to view} I was shocked tonight that the audience as a whole laughed a lot (and not just nervously) when the child comes in with the KKK hood on. A terribly insensitive response I thought to a very serious subject. I did find a lot of the comedy in this play strange but at this moment i just didn’t get it. Am I missing something? A real slow burner. I was doubting that it would improve at after the interval (it did) as did the performances to a climax. I liked that the noises were effective but not so loud as to make me jump. Result sound design wise in my book! I was in C2 in the circle tonight. Very uncomfortable as warned by @theatremonkey on the website but also a steal for £10.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Sept 30, 2019 23:29:35 GMT
Gosh. {Spoiler - click to view} I was shocked tonight that the audience as a whole laughed a lot (and not just nervously) when the child comes in with the KKK hood on. A terribly insensitive response I thought to a very serious subject. I did find a lot of the comedy in this play strange but at this moment i just didn’t get it. Am I missing something? A real slow burner. I was doubting that it would improve at after the interval (it did) as did the performances to a climax. I liked that the noises were effective but not so loud as to make me jump. Result sound design wise in my book! I was in C2 in the circle tonight. Very uncomfortable as warned by @theatremonkey on the website but also a steal for £10. I and a lot of my audience definitely laughed. The whole show is definitely darkly comic and that moment is so unexpected and such a terrible thing that it flips back round to being funny.
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Post by Forrest on Oct 1, 2019 6:48:22 GMT
Took the crumbling house as an allegory to the erosion of the truth as the witnesses and perpetrators of past atrocities slip into history, either the house continues to decay and its history lost or redeveloped to a historical pastiche with new inhabitants with no recollection of its past, both scenarios having the same effect, after a few generations the past becomes a foreign country and they do thing differently there. The family once the secret is exposed move on and abandon their true heritage due to its incompatibility with their current ideology and internal romanticised historical narrative which they do not want to, or cannot reconcile. (the arc of the album can be considered in a similar way) To me the ending was the strongest part and had a powerful impact. This is the reason why I love discussing theatre: it never fails to amaze me how insightful some comments are and how others will notice the things I didn't consider at all (and there I was thinking I understood something)! Beautifully spotted and written (especially the part I marked in bold)!
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