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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 9:01:07 GMT
Really enjoyed this revival of Peter Shaffer's early play. German tutor moves into the house of posh family who turn out to be totally screwed up in all sorts of ways. Interesting similarities to the Pasolini film "Theorem" which it pre-dates by 10 years.
First time I've been to the venue for a while - looking great in a charmingly shabby way and the bar downstairs is great!
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Post by Jan on Jan 24, 2016 14:00:02 GMT
Really enjoyed this revival of Peter Shaffer's early play. German tutor moves into the house of posh family who turn out to be totally screwed up in all sorts of ways. Interesting similarities to the Pasolini film "Theorem" which it pre-dates by 10 years. First time I've been to the venue for a while - looking great in a charmingly shabby way and the bar downstairs is great! Considering it. What is running time ? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 16:25:59 GMT
About 2 hours 30 minutes. Still the same uncomfortable wooden chairs as the previous incarnation.
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Post by Jan on Jan 24, 2016 17:53:30 GMT
About 2 hours 30 minutes. Still the same uncomfortable wooden chairs as the previous incarnation. That's odd because when I was there about a year ago it was not the wooden chairs from the old place at all, it was normal seating. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 18:09:13 GMT
I seem to remember reading that there is a multitude of performance spaces within the Print Room at the Coronet.
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Post by Jan on Jan 24, 2016 18:46:27 GMT
I seem to remember reading that there is a multitude of performance spaces within the Print Room at the Coronet. Yes. They are defined by a black curtain that they hang to partition off parts of the original auditorium into a smaller space. |
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Post by showgirl on Jan 31, 2016 15:47:27 GMT
Spiffing stuff, and an early contender for my best of 2016 list. Amazed that this play is so rarely revived but that said, this was a great production to see as a first-timer.
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Post by Zoephile on Jan 31, 2016 16:15:17 GMT
Wish I could fit this one in, though I'd have to hope the building is less bleak than it was when I went there last spring.
For those who can make it, the code WOSFIVE20 should get you £27 tickets for £20.
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Post by lonlad on Jan 31, 2016 18:03:36 GMT
it's a superlative production - don't miss it
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Post by joem on Feb 4, 2016 17:53:07 GMT
I hope to see this on Saturday! This venue has great potential.
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Post by joem on Feb 7, 2016 11:26:41 GMT
Excellent production! Good to see the place packed too. The acting was of a very high standard.
The play itself, which I hadn't seen before, is an interesting mixture of styles. You start off thinking you're going to get proto-Ayckbourn and end up with a pretty Rattiganesque piece. Higly recommended.
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Post by gazzaw13 on Feb 10, 2016 10:43:46 GMT
This is a must see. The second half is really gripping with excellent performances. I sat in Row A and Lucy Cohu's second act outburst gave me the biggest fright I think I've ever experienced in the theatre. I swear her eyes went red and tigerish.
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Post by Jan on Feb 13, 2016 9:19:56 GMT
I mainly went because I'm within walking distance and I was interested to see what progress they have made with the renovation. Play was OK, I did not enjoy it as much as some of the posters above. Unusually I was wishing they'd rewritten/adapted/reimagined it and set it firmly in 2016 (impossible I know with a play written in English by a living author) - put their second home in the Cotswolds, made the tutor a Syrian not a German etc. , I found the very 1950s setting a bit distancing. It's well-acted though.
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