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Post by MrBunbury on Mar 28, 2019 11:53:32 GMT
I am interested in "'Master Harold’… and the boys" and "The secret river" and I will save some money since I saw "Translations" before.
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Post by MrBunbury on Mar 25, 2019 13:02:37 GMT
I will wait for the £10 stall ticket for a preview because I like to live dangerously :-)
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Post by MrBunbury on Feb 26, 2019 10:37:29 GMT
Very straightforward booking. I got three tickets for £15 so I have happy friends too.
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Post by MrBunbury on Feb 20, 2019 14:10:23 GMT
I saw the play last night. A middle of the road experience for me. The performances are very good and Fisayo Akinade seems to turn everything he does into gold. Some knowledge of Donald Trump and the American politics are essential, otherwise many references are missed (I hardly followed everything). Still, it is quite one-sided (privileged white liberals debating on how Trump could be elected), long and felt more like a debate than a real play. The dystopic Trumpian scenes are intriguing (and the second really reminded me of Mr Burns). Ultimately I feel "Sweat" told me more about who may have voted for Trump, but "Shipwreck" remains an interesting analysis of the post-truth world in which we seem to have plunged.
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Post by MrBunbury on Feb 13, 2019 9:57:14 GMT
Just wonderful! I thought I would never see her on stage (well, I have not yet the ticket though...).
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Post by MrBunbury on Feb 11, 2019 22:39:27 GMT
I was there too tonight (two Italians in the theatre). I agree that the second part became more dynamic but I was not bought by Mortimer and Isobel. And I still have the production at the National in my mind where the connection between Edward II and Gaveston was more convincing. The white hot spear at the end is realistic though!
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Post by MrBunbury on Feb 9, 2019 20:19:14 GMT
I saw it this afternoon and the three hours passed quickly. I liked it a lot, especially Golda Rosheuvel (always sublime), Ewan Wardrop and that adorable Fred Haig (may I order a copy on Amazon?). The musician are great too. My seat was unexpectedly in the front row after the change to a staging in the round.
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Post by MrBunbury on Feb 6, 2019 20:38:27 GMT
I went for one at £19.50 on the side, have to lean forward, two levels up. Quite a lot has gone already at these silly prices. I'll be up for four shows mid-week in mid-July. I've got Iguana, will probably go for Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge as I enjoyed the Hytner Julius Caesar so much, am intrigued by Rosmersholm, could conceive of going to see Andrew Scott in Present Laughter, but want to keep options open...am longing to hear what Michael Longhurst will be putting on at the Donmar and I believe there has been nothing announced after Three Sisters at the Almeida. Or should I be getting a good seat for the Jack Thorne play at the Royal Court? . The Almeida has announced The hunt for June-July.
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Post by MrBunbury on Feb 6, 2019 13:02:38 GMT
I saw it from a £15 sit in the Balcony last night and I could see everything on screen because there was one on both sides of the balcony (ideally it would be better to see that behind the main stage as wealthy theatregoers can do). I enjoyed it without being enthused (I am not convinced the live music and the videos add that much). Monica Dolan is superb and Gillian Anderson is very good. I guess I went with high expectations because the movie is amazing.
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Post by MrBunbury on Jan 29, 2019 9:37:11 GMT
I saw it last night and now I will need to write a review for work... I think it is an interesting play and reading the programme helped me to understand better the references to the original "Pamela" and some of the debate among different feminist groups. Cate Blanchett and Stephen Dillane are both very good. I cannot figure out how someone can have fainted because there is not much violence or blood on stage. I think Cate Blanchett made the right choice to do this instead of "All about Eve" because it looks like a more challenging role. Thumb up from me!
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Post by MrBunbury on Jan 19, 2019 10:38:53 GMT
Angela Merkel?
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Post by MrBunbury on Jan 15, 2019 13:26:32 GMT
Very easy to get a ticket for this for Monday.
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Post by MrBunbury on Jan 10, 2019 10:26:02 GMT
Great but I hope this isn't in lieu of a transfer. I don;t think so because it is just an extension of one week.
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Post by MrBunbury on Jan 7, 2019 12:47:23 GMT
Does anyone know when tickets for this show will be on sale? It should open on the 21st of January but nothing has been announced in terms of tickets/prices/times so far.
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Post by MrBunbury on Dec 14, 2018 9:12:19 GMT
Thanks theatrelover123. I got a ticket for the 9th :-)
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Post by MrBunbury on Dec 7, 2018 17:49:26 GMT
With you andrew , the feeling of exclusion has been excruciating n the last few days. . I did not win either and they did not even send me the email to say that
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Post by MrBunbury on Dec 6, 2018 13:35:32 GMT
Going next Wednesday. Quite excited by the alleged impact of the play on the audience (I will take a paper bag with me, in any case...).
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Post by MrBunbury on Dec 5, 2018 8:30:51 GMT
Anyone know of some good three hander plays to perform? 2 male 1 female/3 male. Maybe four-hander if one could play two roles I should know some given how much I’ve seen but I always go a blank. All I can think of is Art Mike Bartlett's "Bull" Richard Greenberg's "The dazzle" Harold Pinter's "The caretaker" (3 men) Brian Friel's "Faith healer" Stefano Massini's "The Lehman trilogy" (3 men)
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Post by MrBunbury on Nov 24, 2018 8:47:59 GMT
I knew it would happen sooner or later... Last night I went to see Part 1 (I had seen it twice before at the Young Vic). I sensed that something was odd when at the door I was told that there was just an interval and a five minute pause (in my mind I thought: “How strange, that is what was done for Part 2”). I checked my ticket but it said “Part 1”. Then the play started and it was clearly Part 2. I stayed but in the interval I was a bit annoyed and plotting to write a terrible email of complaint to Delfont Mackintosh for selling me a ticket for Part 1 for the wrong date. And then I looked at the ticket again and I saw that it was for Part 1, but for the 22nd of November (the day before)! Three people had checked my ticket besides me and nobody had noticed the wrong date. I did not know if I had to laugh or book a visit to the ophthalmologist. For sheer luck, despite the stalls were full, nobody came with the right ticket and asked me to leave my seat in the front row. So I stayed trying to make myself inconspicuous by assuming the colour of the seat, like a chameleon. The lessons are that: 1- you can gate-crash a show in the West End; b- I need to double-check what I have written on my calendar... P.S. Vanessa Redgrave was full of energy this time.
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Post by MrBunbury on Nov 11, 2018 12:25:05 GMT
I saw it on Thursday night. I really liked the use of candles to create the atmosphere. I always struggle with Shakespeare because I am not a native English speaker and it is one of the rare times that Michelle Terry did not make the impact I expected. But I am sure I am in the minority and everybody will like it. I was standing after a very long day at work so that may be why I was less receptive than usual.
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Post by MrBunbury on Nov 5, 2018 13:25:58 GMT
I managed to get cheap tickets for all productions on sale (and a ticket for Spring Awakening). Now I will go and ask for a mortgage because by savings were depleted...
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Post by MrBunbury on Oct 25, 2018 10:53:47 GMT
Well. Normally something like this would send me running for the bar and I normally like a corset and a few wigs with my Ibsen but I found myself rather enthralled. It all starts with a bit of a TED Talk about lies which was nice and there's a bit too much talking into the microphone to the audience ("Hello, I'm a character in an Ibsen play", "I didn't say that at all", "He really does look dreadful", "I rather fancied some crispy duck as it happens", that sort of thing) but once it all gets going it all rather zips along. Not much of a set really, just an old sink and a table for the most part, BUT . . . {Duck Off} . . . there's a wonderful reveal of the attic towards the end which is really rather beautiful . . . . . . which drew gasps. Gasps I tell you. The thing I found so emotional about it though is that it's just so devastatingly sad (I've never seen the play before). The cast on the whole were glorious I thought and they all had such wonderful voices. Really, genuinely beautiful voices. I could have quite happily listened to them doing it as a radio play. I thought Edward Hogg was absolutely sensational myself, the forced happiness and then the absolute despair were heartbreaking and matched by Lyndsey Marshal. Rick Warden was also terrific as was Nicholas Farrell. Kevin Harvey has a voice that's like being covered in melted Galaxy chocolate but I can honestly say that I don't think I've hated a character as much as I did Gregory. What an absolute . . well I can't say it. Full credit to Harvey for not trying to make him all sympathetic though. The devastation he wreaks is unforgivable. There's a bit of a false ending to act one though. You think it's done and you clap but there's a little bit more so don't rush out for an ice cream straight away. Stay for the interval if you can as Gina and Hedwig change the set, roll out a carpet and do a bit of hoovering. I'm not sure if that counts as child labour? There is a duck though (thankfully) but it makes a fleeting appearance, like Judi Dench in 'Shakespeare in Love'. Like DJD, it stole the show. Although it didn't seem particularly wild. Perhaps it used to be in its youth but has mellowed. Like Toyah Willcox. Spot on review, Ryan. It must be one of the most negative plays I have seen. Gregory is absolutely hateful and Edward Hogg is excellent in portraying a man who goes to pieces.
P.S. I was there last night too (and I saw you dashing into the bar).
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Post by MrBunbury on Oct 24, 2018 9:16:11 GMT
I saw it last night. Very enjoyable and inclusive production. I love the melancholy of "Twelfth night" which was not here, but it was still very nice. I had a cheap ticket and they put me in the first row which was interesting for many reasons: I got a piece of roasted pineapple, a lovely Slovakian community actress sat with me before the show and we chatted about low cost flights, Rupert Young sat just close to me for his scene with the unbuttoned shirt (on the notes of 'Is this not love?', which prompted some pondering and the conclusion: "Mmm, probably it is") and, there isn't an elegant way to put it, Silas Wyatt-Barke (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) did some stretching on my knee accidentally.
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Post by MrBunbury on Oct 22, 2018 15:13:19 GMT
Very exciting stuff. Thanks for the tip!
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Post by MrBunbury on Oct 19, 2018 12:28:39 GMT
Chickened out of standing this time, but got a lovely seat on the aisle about half way down the arena space in circle 1 for... well I thought £35, but forgot I had that kind £10 credit from "Allujah!" front row change... One happy monkey. I got a £25 promenade ticket: I hope I will not regret it :-)
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Post by MrBunbury on Oct 18, 2018 15:51:28 GMT
I saw this on Tuesday night and I found it rather disappointing. Maybe I was spoiled by all the nice things I have seen before written by Martin McDonagh, but it did not seem to have much to say. I studied the evil Belgian colonialism in school though so I missed the surprise element there.
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Post by MrBunbury on Oct 3, 2018 17:18:51 GMT
The way to do it badly is what the Royal Court did with The River, meaning that proximity to Sloane Square and a life of leisure was the way to get a ticket, cutting out pretty much anyone who has to sort accommodation and transport in advance and prioritising those not working who could get to the box office for that allocation. The tickets for "The river" were available online. I got one without being in London at the time.
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Post by MrBunbury on Oct 3, 2018 11:05:33 GMT
Rather funny typo on the Standard: "Tickets for the already announced When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, which will star Cate Blanchett, are to go on sale via a ballet which will open on November 22." I never thought that Swan Lake could be used to select those who can buy a ticket...
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Post by MrBunbury on Aug 7, 2018 15:53:17 GMT
Hubby's been successful in the ballot. For £25, I'll give it a go. I was contacted last Friday from the Donmar saying I had been successful. I booked on the phone with no problem whatsoever.
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Post by MrBunbury on Aug 6, 2018 19:49:54 GMT
I've got my speedos in my bag. I shall be seeing this tonight! . I have not seen anyone in shorts: just a guy in a dashing black and white short sleeved shirt and black trousers with a white line on the side. It must be someone else then 😉
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