Ink (Almeida and Duke of York's)

Saw this with OH yesterday; for me it was very accessible and entertaining but OH, who knows more about the background, said he would have preferred a more serious treatment (i.e. without the singing, dancing and one-liners). However, given the success of this version, I doubt we'll ever see the other type.

Oh gosh, is it? I did see it years ago but can't recall a thing about it, other than who wrote it and that I saw Anthony Hopkins in it.

There was an 8 minute feature on Ink on this morning's Andrew Marr show (3rd September), an interview with the writer and Bertie Carvel recorded at the end of July at the Almeida.

Has anyone been to see Ink this week
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Loved this. Just to note I booked the day before when they seemed to have released the box seats for £10 each. So had a dress circle bargain box to myself. Very little view restriction.

Really want to see this but the prices are putting me off currently

It seems to be standard West End pricing, so does this mean you're currently not seeing anything in the West End? 

Saw this tonight. Mr. Goold better hurry over and have a quick look-see -- first half often unintelligible, especially Carvel who stage whispers much of the part and doesn't seem at all to have a measure of his new space. Coyle walks away with the production whereas at the Almeida it was much more of an ensemble. Weird audience, too, laughing at things that weren't at all funny, like Muriel's desperate phone call .... oh well. Quite a few empty seats, which surprised me.

Very well written and very imaginative staged.  Richard Coyle is excellent and truthful but Bertie Carvel is less so.  And there is a lack of chemistry between them and the rest of the cast, although fine individually, don't create the feeling of a true ensemble unlike the entire company of The Ferryman who seem to actually breathe as one.  An enjoyable evening nevertheless.  

After seeing three poor-ish plays in a row - Prism, Mosquitoes, Apologia - with one word titles I was somewhat leery of Ink - but needn't have been. It's a great play in a great production - and, bonus, great seats: the 15 pound front row day seats are a steal.

As others have said, the time flew by, only slowing down in the Page Three section of the 2nd act where the piece pretty much ground to a halt for reasons I'm still pondering. But that's the only (for me) miscalculation that the brilliant James Graham has made. Loved the energy and the cleverness of the thing. A big bravo to Rupert Goold - this is exactly the kind of show he does so well.

The cast were uniformly superb. Richard Coyle was an excellent leading man if a bit too one-note in his burgeoning intensity - but that's the character and he played it beautifully. I was more impressed - unlike some - with Bertie Carvel. Really, a subtle nuanced performance, very detailed and always interesting. I can't speak to the audibility issue that has been raised but from my perch in the front row I found him riveting.

Just a wonderful show, I could not recommend it more highly.

This never held me. Richard Coyle is great but from the 5th row of the stalls i missed an awful lot of Bertie Carvell Thought the direction was too similar to Enron which I didn't enjoy much either.