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Post by londonpostie on Jun 20, 2023 11:09:55 GMT
PcW day: My ETA is 12:32 (in the high 8 hundreds). Hopeful .. A Mirror at the Almeida also opened for public booking at noon today. That was more straight forward to book. GO GO GO!  |
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Post by jm25 on Jun 20, 2023 11:27:01 GMT
Surprisingly straightforward! I was in the first few hundred in the queue but there was loads of availability when I got in.
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Post by londonpostie on Jun 20, 2023 11:37:06 GMT
Yep, the updated website works like a tech dream. Significant investment, huge improvements.
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Post by foxa on Jun 20, 2023 11:40:50 GMT
I was in the 800s got 2 mid-stalls seats - unfortunately not together, but nice seats - for the Friday night. Slight glitch at the payment section where it froze but got it done in the end.
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Post by zahidf on Jun 20, 2023 11:47:20 GMT
Got mine sorted for the Monday
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Post by mkb on Jun 20, 2023 11:50:07 GMT
Got what appeared to be front row centre for the Monday. Taking a chance that the stage won't be too high. londonpostie thanks for the heads-up about A Mirror. I'd forgotten about that. I appear to have booked a "Wedding Chair" for that, whatever that means. |
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Post by londonpostie on Jun 20, 2023 12:25:51 GMT
Got what appeared to be front row centre for the Monday. Taking a chance that the stage won't be too high. londonpostie thanks for the heads-up about A Mirror. I'd forgotten about that. I appear to have booked a "Wedding Chair" for that, whatever that means. All I can say is congratulations. I hope you are both very happy. |
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Post by ceebee on Jun 20, 2023 22:40:10 GMT
I bagged a Monday seat too - looking forward to it. Love Sylvestra Le Touzel, so can't wait to see her in it!
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Post by theatregoer22 on Jun 21, 2023 17:59:23 GMT
Got what appeared to be front row centre for the Monday. Taking a chance that the stage won't be too high. londonpostie thanks for the heads-up about A Mirror. I'd forgotten about that. I appear to have booked a "Wedding Chair" for that, whatever that means. All I can say is congratulations. I hope you are both very happy. That gave me a good giggle. |
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Post by Polly1 on Sept 4, 2023 18:07:41 GMT
Hi, would anyone like my £10 PWC ticket (stalls L24) for this Thursday, 7th Sept? I can email ticket.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 4, 2023 18:47:40 GMT
Anyone else seen the trailer for this?
The cockerney accents from PF are not good
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Post by Jan on Sept 4, 2023 19:31:45 GMT
Anyone else seen the trailer for this? The cockerney accents from PF are not good Yes, rather odd. Bertie giving it plenty too, like the Wicked Witch of the West. I’d be amazed if that was the set, it looks nothing like a Richard Jones production. When Howard Davies directed the NT production (Frances Barber and Alan Howard) critics said he directed it as if it was My Fair Lady. Then on Broadway he directed My Fair Lady as if it was Pygmalion. I’m expecting Richard Jones to direct it as if it was every other Richard Jones production. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 4, 2023 20:34:30 GMT
It is on my list of potential projects for me t year. And the one thing I am clear about is that it mustn't feel like My Fair Lady without the songs.
I remember a TV version in the 80s and spotting where the songs should have been!
Never easy to make something this familiar feel fresh
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 4, 2023 21:32:25 GMT
Yes, rather odd. Bertie giving it plenty too, like the Wicked Witch of the West. I’d be amazed if that was the set, it looks nothing like a Richard Jones production. Yes, there's a noticeable lack of lurid wallpaper for starters! |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 5, 2023 7:27:07 GMT
That’s obviously not the set.
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Post by Jan on Sept 5, 2023 8:07:55 GMT
Yes, rather odd. Bertie giving it plenty too, like the Wicked Witch of the West. I’d be amazed if that was the set, it looks nothing like a Richard Jones production. Yes, there's a noticeable lack of lurid wallpaper for starters! And everything is level, no crazy perspectives. |
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Post by lynette on Sept 5, 2023 11:31:04 GMT
I’m gonna say it and then go away. This play is the one play that is better as a musical. My Fair Lady is an improvement on the play. Whatever you do with the ending, just hearing a couple of lines of dialogue and a song emerges… said it. Bye.
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Post by bordeaux on Sept 5, 2023 12:08:44 GMT
I’m gonna say it and then go away. This play is the one play that is better as a musical. My Fair Lady is an improvement on the play. Whatever you do with the ending, just hearing a couple of lines of dialogue and a song emerges… said it. Bye. Arguably Verdi's Falstaff is better than The Merry Wives of Windsor too! |
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 5, 2023 12:33:19 GMT
Arguably Verdi's Falstaff is better than The Merry Wives of Windsor too! Personally I've preferred most of the opera/musical/ballet adaptations of Shakespeare I've seen to the original plays! In fact the only one I can think of where I prefer the play is Much Ado About Nothing compared to Berlioz's Beatrice et Benedict. I definitely agree on preferring My Fair Lady to Pygmalion. It's not just the songs but having scenes - Ascot, the Embassy Ball - shown that are only talked about afterwards in the play. Presumably Shaw didn't believe in the "show, don't tell" principal whereas Lerner did! |
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Post by Jan on Sept 5, 2023 16:37:31 GMT
I’m gonna say it and then go away. This play is the one play that is better as a musical. My Fair Lady is an improvement on the play. Whatever you do with the ending, just hearing a couple of lines of dialogue and a song emerges… said it. Bye. West Side Story too. |
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Post by rumbledoll on Sept 5, 2023 16:53:00 GMT
Front row for first 5 performances now avail at 33 quid at Old Vic web page. Seen on their FB page, hope would help someone as I myself am too far away to go..
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Post by Polly1 on Sept 5, 2023 17:52:23 GMT
Hi, would anyone like my £10 PWC ticket (stalls L24) for this Thursday, 7th Sept? I can email ticket. Bump - no-one? |
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Post by rumtom on Sept 6, 2023 21:17:25 GMT
An enjoyable first night. 2 hours on the dot with no interval. Beautifully air conditioned thankfully. BC and PF both impressed - although Bertie reminded me of Richard Briers throughout, both in his speech and mannerisms (and probably dress sense too!).
I'll leave it to others to dissect, compare and contrast but it was an entertaining evening with a few genuinely funny moments, and even more moments of over acting. The acoustics weren't great, which wasn't great for a play where fast, clever and witty dialogue needed to be heard.
Overall, enjoyable, nothing groundbreaking, very warm applause at the curtain.
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Post by Rory on Sept 6, 2023 22:06:22 GMT
An enjoyable first night. 2 hours on the dot with no interval. Beautifully air conditioned thankfully. BC and PF both impressed - although Bertie reminded me of Richard Briers throughout, both in his speech and mannerisms (and probably dress sense too!). I'll leave it to others to dissect, compare and contrast but it was an entertaining evening with a few genuinely funny moments, and even more moments of over acting. The acoustics weren't great, which wasn't great for a play where fast, clever and witty dialogue needed to be heard. Overall, enjoyable, nothing groundbreaking, very warm applause at the curtain. Was there a traditional set? |
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Post by Jon on Sept 6, 2023 22:17:06 GMT
2 hours no interval makes me wonder how much was cut but also how My Fair Lady is much longer even with songs!
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