515 posts
|
Post by callum on Apr 28, 2017 7:39:42 GMT
Morning all - I'm day seating for this at the moment but can't find a queue for it anywhere? Perhaps I'm the first one but I'm just stood outside the front of the theatre and I can't see a sign saying box office? I walked around to the stage door but nothing there either - am I in the right place?!
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Apr 27, 2017 22:33:02 GMT
Oh my god!!!! This is amazing!!!!!
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Apr 13, 2017 12:00:33 GMT
This production was when I first realised I'd fallen hard for eugene o'neill! Shame JI is a homophobic looney tune Homophobic is a bit far. He puts his foot in it from time to time (and usually clarifies what he meant) but he's had a far longer and more prolific record supporting Amnesty and homeless charities. Unfair to put him down for one remark.
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Apr 10, 2017 13:02:32 GMT
Not sure if who's playing Big Daddy has been announced but can't find it anywhere? Are they going for a 'name'? Fantasy casting if so: Spacey, John Goodman, Albert Finney (too old?), Sean Bean, SRB? Billie Piper? She's so hot right now
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Apr 10, 2017 0:55:17 GMT
I go the theatre twice a week and rarely pay full price so I don't think this is true. This is how I afford to do it. A go to places like Southwark and get their carnet or preview tickets (10 pound a show if you get the PAYE) B know what theatres close the balcony and buy the cheapest seat knowing you will be upgraded. Pay 15 sit in a 60 quid seat. C TKTS or Love Theatre offers D dayseats or just go to the box office at 7pm. Many like Mamma Mia don't have dayseats but they will give you an unofficial last minute discount seat (29.50 instead of 70) E Today Tix, physical and online lotteries. From standing outside Book of Mormon, the front row Dreamgirls lottery or the Aladdin website draw - this is a luck based way of getting cheap tickets F Group bookings. I have a group on Facebook and often get ten mates together and boo most new shows. Generally we pay 35 instead of 75 for front stalls. G Comp sites. I have been a member of two ticketing agencies for a few years now. They cost (one is about 75) but I got four premium free tickets to Miss Siagon. Pays back in one trip. H Fringe - Stratford East, Wimbledon, Bromley, Other Palace, Chocolate Mernier - book ahead and get the cheapest tickets and you will quadruple the amount of theatre you visit. I Cast seats. Know people in the cast or crew and they get discounts or comps! J Press invites and comps. Even bloggers can blog free tickets! Trust me! Fabulous post Wendy! Do you, or anyone else, have a tip for catching dynamic pricing? I got an Aladdin box and Glass Menagerie Row BB for £15 but don't seem to get lucky that often. Is there a particular time of day to be looking to pounce on a bargain? Perhaps later at night?
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Apr 10, 2017 0:47:17 GMT
Not sure if who's playing Big Daddy has been announced but can't find it anywhere? Are they going for a 'name'? Fantasy casting if so: Spacey, John Goodman, Albert Finney (too old?), Sean Bean, SRB?
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Apr 9, 2017 20:15:04 GMT
Glenn and Glenda were robbed!
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Apr 9, 2017 16:53:20 GMT
I think the only person that could sell it better than Bette would be Babs herself! Can see it doing a month long Coliseum run, though none of that 'semi-staged' nonsense this time...
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Apr 2, 2017 23:26:04 GMT
I saw Ballroom Bill Turnbull and Alistair Campbell at Madam Butterfly on Thursday. Not together, that would be weird. Bill was being very hand holdy with (I assume) his wife. Alistair Campbell was sitting a couple of seats in front of me and spent the interval talking politics with someone behind him, and was whisked off backstage as soon as it finished. He was on This Week on Thursday night, which they certainly make out is live? Would he have got to Westminster by 11.45?
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Apr 1, 2017 19:33:01 GMT
He's always replied to my tweets and seems a terrific guy - his politics also seem contrary to the newspaper for which he writes so can't even hold that against him! He has his favourite productions but so what. I can't think of anyone more showbiz than Baz, he does all of the film festival circuit too and was at the Oscars for *that* envelope-opening. Always enjoy his tweets.
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 30, 2017 10:29:06 GMT
I'm a bit disappointed this has been discounted so much for its final month. I read the Sally Field Sam Gold production on Broadway is only playing 77% capacity. I don't see what makes this play any less commercial than similar works in the theatrical canon that have performed/are performing a lot better. (WAOVW, Streetcar, Long Day's Journey, Hedda Gabler...)
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 29, 2017 15:49:27 GMT
It would probably be rude not to see it again at that price. Didn't see the water effect from my previous seat.
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 27, 2017 21:12:21 GMT
When a play is 1h55 I think it needs an interval.
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 26, 2017 17:25:46 GMT
Is Damian Lewis famous??
VERY well known for people that like their prestige television dramas: Band of Brothers, Homeland, Wolf Hall, Billions as well as his solid collection of film and theatre roles. He puts in the work and does interesting stuff, I think he's very well admired.
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 26, 2017 15:41:23 GMT
I saw this from a Monkey nest last night and was a VERY mixed bag. For the crossover of people that like hedonist humour and are David Tennant superfans this will be a huge hit, but for everyone else not so much.
Basically it lurches from crude blowjob jokes, c-bombs and drug-taking to pretentious dance sequences and long monologues without much cohesion - the direction and the script seem to be at war with one another. David Tennant and Adrian Scarborough do their best to hold it together but it really doesn't go anywhere. There are some nudge wink-wink lines to the audience like 'are you a Doctor?' and Trump references that are extremely on the nose and very problematic to the rhythm of the play.
Still, there are some homorous throwaway lines and Tennant and Scarborough make seeing it worthwhile - the £10 nest was good value but if I was sitting in the best seats in the house I wouldn't want to pay more than £30; put it that way.
Will be looking forward to hearing about how Tennant's big speech towards the end changes during the run - there was a line about Prince George going to school that I imagine is '...insert current news event here...'. Reminds me a bit of The Audience in that respect.
In summary, if you have nest seats, keep them. It's not a total bomb but nevertheless still fairly disposable.
And I didn't even ATTEMPT stage door.
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 25, 2017 17:16:50 GMT
Wasn't this totally amazing. I was thinking about which actresses I'd love to see do George and Martha - Jessica Lange would be fantastic. Has this been revived as much as Williams/Miller etc?
And was anyone in the dress circle last night? A man whooping and gasping and groaning and clapping all the way through, he was loving it!
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 22, 2017 0:22:34 GMT
Well, I saw Cast 3 and founder it to have a better Cunningham than Cast 2 but a weaker Price (Cast 1 is unbeatable!). Price was mumbling a lot and seemed like he was having a weak-ish night, his voice was fairly limited. Cunningham gave a good balance between the goofiness and the subtlety. Show is just as brilliant as it's always been (though the British accents seem to be slipping through the company a bit more!) I can't wait for my next visit!
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 20, 2017 22:39:06 GMT
It's selling very well. The "3 week rule" applies. Londoners plan 3 weeks ahead, and after the reviews came out, 3 weeks is what it takes before it really reflects in how full the house is. The day seat line is busy, and the app hard to get in through, too. And word of mouth is fantastic. This just shows people Want to see it on the cheap Hot take: people want a decent ticket at a reasonable price!
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 19, 2017 2:06:02 GMT
Even this is far from sold out What's going on? The £110 stalls may have something to do with it She's hardly an oscar winner But still an Oscar nominee!
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 17, 2017 22:25:56 GMT
Chelsea Handler at Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Thursday.
|
|
515 posts
|
Follies
Mar 17, 2017 22:24:58 GMT
via mobile
Post by callum on Mar 17, 2017 22:24:58 GMT
I guess it makes sense not to open booking for Follies and Network at the same time - I guess both will be extremely Angels in America-like popular
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 17, 2017 15:35:35 GMT
I've just sent a £15 Stalls C2 ticket back for the evening on Saturday 13th May, I see it's on ATG already. Be quick!
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 17, 2017 12:20:58 GMT
Ah I see, thanks! I might bite the bullet for the price, that opinion seems to be the only really negative one I've heard.
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 17, 2017 11:14:38 GMT
I've sat in O7, immediately behind it. There's a slim pillar in your sightline. You will need to move your head at times to see the action but if it's a good price compared to seats around it I'd say it's worth it - better than the side seats in the circle, certainly. I was just about to buy E21 - do elaborate!
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 16, 2017 0:41:08 GMT
Thanks Dan - there are 4 of us that want to go and we're all on a budget so a loge seems the best option. Am looking forward to seeing the new cast, too.
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 16, 2017 0:19:28 GMT
How are the Loges for this? Thinking of Box 2 or 4 (the higher ones) because I've seen the show twice before and good to get cheaper tickets - but I saw it a while ago. If I had to take a punt, more action seems to happen house left than house right? So Box 2 would be better if I had to choose? Thanks!
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 13, 2017 23:44:40 GMT
Nigel Planer at The Kid Stays in the Picture. Think it's the second time I've seen him at a play.
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 13, 2017 23:25:47 GMT
I was also there tonight - Simon McBurney came out before it started and said that there hadn't been a dress rehearsal before Saturday so Saturday's performance was the 'dress rehearsal' and this was thought of as the first preview. I'm wondering what went wrong in the rehearsal process for the amount of line fluffs and technical errors that happened. The script was also up on a screen which was extremely visible from the slips where I sat. More or less, the first act was 75 mins, interval 15 mins, second act 60 mins - finished at 10. For the show itself, it is a wild animal, constantly feeling volatile and raw and rough but crucially, never dull. None of the cast play one particular character, with Evans himself having his lines divided between the cast, though Danny Huston playing him in the autumn of his life and narrating the events on stage from behind a screen like Oz. The rest of the cast tell the story of Evans' childhood, his role in the making of Rosemary's Baby, The Godfather, Chinatown and The Cotton Club and his personal issues like his marriages and drug addiction. There are characters like Roman Polanski, Mia Farrow, Francis Ford Coppola, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway (ironically this time she read the right lines!), Robert Shapiro, Henry Kissinger and Richard Gere. The staging is very particular and wonder if it may change during the rest of the previews. It's extremely difficult to describe. Definitely if you have tickets hold on to them, it's a wild ride but totally worth it. The second act was in the same style then? I was kind of hoping it wud all be set in that room with the tv in at end of act 1 and wud make a full turn around and become a nice gentle comedy At the interval I thought from then on it would be Danny Huston playing Evans on stage but the second half is identical to the first in terms of style - you only see him as Evans behind the screen or hear him making voice over. Act II is more focused on Evans' personal life but still has the rotating door of celebrity name-dropping and archival soundbites. If you didn't like the first half, you wouldn't have liked the second. Perhaps I'm being too spoilerific in these posts so admin feel free to edit what you think is appropriate.
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 13, 2017 23:13:16 GMT
I was also there tonight - Simon McBurney came out before it started and said that there hadn't been a dress rehearsal before Saturday so Saturday's performance was the 'dress rehearsal' and this was thought of as the first preview. I'm wondering what went wrong in the rehearsal process for the amount of line fluffs and technical errors that happened. The script was also up on a screen which was extremely visible from the slips where I sat. More or less, the first act was 75 mins, interval 15 mins, second act 60 mins - finished at 10.
For the show itself, it is a wild animal, constantly feeling volatile and raw and rough but crucially, never dull. None of the cast play one particular character, with Evans himself having his lines divided between the cast, though Danny Huston playing him in the autumn of his life and narrating the events on stage from behind a screen like Oz. The rest of the cast tell the story of Evans' childhood, his role in the making of Rosemary's Baby, The Godfather, Chinatown and The Cotton Club and his personal issues like his marriages and drug addiction. There are characters like Roman Polanski, Mia Farrow, Francis Ford Coppola, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway (ironically this time she read the right lines!), Robert Shapiro, Henry Kissinger and Richard Gere. The staging is very particular and wonder if it may change during the rest of the previews. It's extremely difficult to describe.
Definitely if you have tickets hold on to them, it's a wild ride but totally worth it.
|
|
515 posts
|
Post by callum on Mar 11, 2017 16:50:20 GMT
Has anyone rushed using TodayTix? How competitive is it?
|
|