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Post by n1david on Feb 2, 2016 14:20:04 GMT
Directed by Robert Icke. 5 Feb - 26 Mar
Cast includes Jessica Brown Findlay, Vanessa Kirby, Richard Lumsden, Hilton McRae, Tobias Menzies, Ann Queensberry, Paul Rhys, Susan Wooldridge
Currently sold out (apart from one ticket on 8 Feb) but according to Almeida tweet, extra tickets are being released on Sat 6 Feb at 10am.
Had a very limited seating plan when booking opened to members, now looks more conventional albeit with longer side sections so assume it is being done on something like a thrust stage. So it looks like they can release extra seats now that they know better how the production is going to fit.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2016 14:35:10 GMT
Slightly worryingly, Rupert Goold has gone on Twitter saying how it's just as good and nearly as long as Oresteia.
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Post by n1david on Feb 2, 2016 14:49:49 GMT
Oh wow. And this is a 7.30pm start (Oresteia was 7) so curtain down is probably about the same time...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2016 14:55:59 GMT
My decision to see this the same day as The Master Builder may have been a mistake
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Post by n1david on Feb 2, 2016 15:39:27 GMT
You might want to wear flight socks to avoid the risk of DVT from prolonged sitting.
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Post by peggs on Feb 2, 2016 20:25:15 GMT
Okay so remind me how long Oresteia was then, I have this for matinee but have to decide whether I can get back in time for something in the evening, perhaps not by the sounds of it.
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Post by n1david on Feb 2, 2016 21:54:02 GMT
Oresteia was 3h40m.
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Post by peggs on Feb 2, 2016 22:10:31 GMT
Thanks
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2016 13:39:42 GMT
Okay so remind me how long Oresteia was then, I have this for matinee but have to decide whether I can get back in time for something in the evening, perhaps not by the sounds of it. About 2 1/2 weeks. At least that's how long it felt. |
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Post by Jan on Feb 3, 2016 15:21:46 GMT
Slightly worryingly, Rupert Goold has gone on Twitter saying how it's just as good and nearly as long as Oresteia. Rupie is an old tease, if I was guessing I'd say 2:50 including interval. Can't be longer. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2016 16:00:31 GMT
Suspect you're right, and bear in mind Rupert was talking about a run-through before even the first preview.
He also said
which makes me wonder if next time he should opt for a small house red rather than a large one at the interval
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2016 16:02:23 GMT
I hope that's not a typo - watching Manet paint would be significantly more rewarding than watching Mamet paint.
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Post by peggs on Feb 3, 2016 20:26:58 GMT
Slightly worryingly, Rupert Goold has gone on Twitter saying how it's just as good and nearly as long as Oresteia. Rupie is an old tease, if I was guessing I'd say 2:50 including interval. Can't be longer. Yeah I'll wait for opening to make a decision as even previews shouldn't be too far off what it ends up being, I might be relieved if sadly I can't make it back from the theatre in time. |
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Post by Jan on Feb 4, 2016 15:18:15 GMT
Of course Katie Mitchell managed to spin Three Sisters out to 3:30 by inserting about an hour of silence so who knows.
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Post by alnoor on Feb 5, 2016 16:47:00 GMT
Due to technical difficulties, tonight's performance has been cancelled.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 12:38:12 GMT
The running time is approximately three hours and 25 minutes including three intervals.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 12:40:44 GMT
Three short intervals don't you know
10 mins each
Almeida quickly becoming pretentious twats to overtake Old Vic
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 13:10:33 GMT
Just give us one normal sized interval - 10 min intervals are pointless! There is no way a fraction of the women in the audience could use the Almeida loos in that time; and it can take 10 mins to get a drink at the bar even when there is no one else there...
Though provides an opportunity to escape if it's crap, I suppose.
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Post by Jan on Feb 8, 2016 14:28:59 GMT
The running time is approximately three hours and 25 minutes including three intervals. Oh God no. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 15:18:59 GMT
U n c l e V a n y a C h e k h o v I c k e
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Post by Jan on Feb 8, 2016 15:39:52 GMT
U n c l e V a n y a C h e k h o v I c k e It was a bad sign when he did that talk on directing Chekov with Katie Mitchell. |
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 8, 2016 16:26:12 GMT
Now me, I quite like a quick interval to stretch legs (and back!) and then settle down again....I hope they have the ticking clock countdown again, I liked that!
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Post by DuchessConstance on Feb 8, 2016 17:29:03 GMT
I got the email with the timings this morning. Slightly dreading it. Still, three chances to escape if not as gripping as Oresteia.
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Post by Jan on Feb 8, 2016 17:32:27 GMT
I got the email with the timings this morning. Slightly dreading it. Still, three chances to escape if not as gripping as Oresteia. The problem is that the text only supports a running time of 2:45 with interval so I fear he has inserted lots of silence - it's a boring place a thousand miles from Moscow WE GET IT ! |
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Post by Jon on Feb 8, 2016 17:34:51 GMT
I imagine they'll be a lot of escapees by the third interval. If it started at 7pm, the running time wouldn't be so bad but at 7.30pm, that's tight for time to get last trains.
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