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Post by Latecomer on Mar 4, 2017 9:04:58 GMT
Odd tickets available at the moment on 7th, 9th, 17th for those who find the website impossible to use! Lol!
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Post by Honoured Guest on Mar 4, 2017 10:48:07 GMT
I really wanted to try Klaxon for this, because... Roger Allam. But is anyone able to say what exactly gets cooked onstage? (Sorry to be a wuss, but certain food smells make me queasy and in as small and enclosed a space as the Donmar, it could get pretty uncomfortable for me.) Spoiler tag it if necessary! ;-) You could wear a face mask.
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Post by showgirl on Mar 4, 2017 23:52:56 GMT
I don't know whether time will clarify my views but at present I'm finding it really hard to know what to make of this - and I'm sure I did nod off at times, so I can only speak for what I did see. It was very well acted but though it could only be, as stated, an imagined version of events, I think it did suffer from exactly that, i.e. being based on truth and therefore allowing limited scope for dramatisation. Looking forward to reading more opinions - and to the critics' reviews.
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Post by jek on Mar 5, 2017 10:05:55 GMT
We really enjoyed this. I was 17 and growing up, actively involved in Labour politics, in nearby Stepney at the time of the events and so remember them quite clearly. So many details rung true. I know that locally we were all slightly in awe of the fact that the very glamorous David and Debbie Owen had made their home in our frankly dingy neck of the woods (this was long before gentrification) and that their children went to the local nursery. And Roger Allam's Roy Jenkins is uncanny. We were all also very aware that another early gentrifier Delia Smith was represented by Debbie Owen for her cookbooks.
I was apprehensive about the play since I had real reservations about Steve Waters' earlier piece 'Temple'. I suspect that part of this was due to the fact that with Temple I was expecting greater depth than could be delivered in a 2 hour play. Limehouse isn't deep - though it certainly prompts thought - but it is good fun and well structured with pointers to Labour's current predicament (I speak as someone still hanging on in after over 35 years as a Labour Party member).
The only seats we could get were front row stalls and I was quite apprehensive about sitting so close to the action. But there is a bit of a physical barrier which meant that it didn't feel intimidating in the way I had feared. Would certainly recommend this to others interested in politics.
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Post by showgirl on Mar 5, 2017 11:19:58 GMT
These are really interesting insights, jek. I was a bit older at the time (well into my twenties), not local and have never been involved in politics at any level, and whilst I vaguely remembering it all happening, I honestly couldn't even have said in which decade it did, never mind which year. I'm sure my OH would make a much more appreciative audience member than I did (not only is he interested in politics, as I've already said, but he has also been active in the Labour Party and another), so I hope he does see it.
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Post by Latecomer on Mar 5, 2017 11:59:35 GMT
I was 17 too and just about to start university!
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Post by theatremad on Mar 5, 2017 17:20:54 GMT
Sat in C11 and 12 last night for this, great view. Really loved this show, can't say I understood everything that went on, if it hadn't been for the voice I would never have recognised Roger Allam under his Roy Jenkins make up. Great set, and I hate the end product of the cooking but the prep for it smelt good
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Post by skullion on Mar 5, 2017 17:33:25 GMT
Just listened to an interview on Radio 4 where it was said that the three surviving members of the Gang of Four have been invited to the press night and are believed to be attending.
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Post by jek on Mar 5, 2017 18:09:43 GMT
Just listened to an interview on Radio 4 where it was said that the three surviving members of the Gang of Four have been invited to the press night and are believed to be attending. I heard this too and immediately felt for the actors portraying the surviving members. Bet Roger Allam is pleased not to have to worry about Roy Jenkins turning up!
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Post by showgirl on Mar 5, 2017 18:19:53 GMT
It must surely work both ways? I know people in the public eye must be used to biting lips, biding their time, etc, but imagine if you were the real person, watching a fictional portrayal of a key period from your past, and you disliked or disagreed with the playwright's interpretation? However strongly you felt, you would have to sit there silently and would be expected to applaud at the end. And this play has no interval so even if you were really outraged, you couldn't leave unless you walked out in mid-performance.
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Post by profquatermass on Mar 6, 2017 12:50:22 GMT
My first Klaxon experience. Only remembered at 12.30 - 15th in the queue and there were still a few tickets on the only day I could go. Hurrah!
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Post by sondheimhats on Mar 6, 2017 17:41:54 GMT
Still some scattered tix available for those looking! Just picked myself up a £10 seat in the Circle. I'll be seeing it the same day that I see Hamlet at the Almeida. Should be an interesting day...
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Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 6, 2017 18:50:57 GMT
3 dates currently with available tickets at most prices. Most of the stalls available for Wed 15th March it seems
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Post by profquatermass on Mar 6, 2017 21:25:06 GMT
My first Klaxon experience. Only remembered at 12.30 - 15th in the queue and there were still a few tickets on the only day I could go. Hurrah! Or indeed 150th in the queue. Would definitely do it again
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Post by joem on Mar 6, 2017 22:09:17 GMT
I really find this experiment in virtual crowd control distasteful and, behind the egalitarian statements of intent, just a way to show us who is boss.
Having said that, I got a couple of crap tickets for March 25th, but to be honest I am not fussy when I really want to see something.
Anyway, Soylent Green is people.
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Post by profquatermass on Mar 6, 2017 22:19:41 GMT
How would you suggest they try to distribute tickets fairly for a show that will inevitably be over-subscribed?
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Post by Honoured Guest on Mar 7, 2017 10:15:46 GMT
How would you suggest they try to distribute tickets fairly for a show that will inevitably be over-subscribed? Most people on this board have no interest in the fair distribution and pricing of theatre tickets. They just want a system which allows theirself to easily get the best tickets for minimal cost.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 11:05:44 GMT
Most people on this board have no interest in the fair distribution and pricing of theatre tickets. They just want a system which allows theirself to easily get the best tickets for minimal cost. To be honest, I don't see how those are mutually exclusive. Presumably by fair distribution and pricing you're implying that people who want to go to the theatre should be able to go, and people who can't afford to pay very much shouldn't have to pay very much while people who can afford to pay lots pick up the slack by paying the higher prices? Some of us aren't exactly wealthy, you know. Theatre doesn't have to be an expensive hobby, but for some of us getting tickets for minimal cost is a necessity rather than a choice, and why wouldn't we want to get the most cost-effective seat for what we can afford to pay? There are wealthy people out there who snap up bargains when they could easily afford to buy a dozen premium tickets without even blinking, but I promise you I am definitely not one of them, and I'd be surprised if we had anyone who fitted the description of "rich cheapskate" here, let alone an entire forum made up of them.
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Post by profquatermass on Mar 7, 2017 11:41:12 GMT
I'm not going to name them but there are certainly people on these boards who wouldn't dream of slumming it in the circle of the Donmar or anywhere else and who were enthusiastic users of the Barclays Front Row scheme
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Post by lynette on Mar 7, 2017 12:46:28 GMT
As if. I don't sit in the circle in Donmar unless I have to ( Liasons for example, I sat there looking down into various cleavages ) because I value my knees. And despite being a supporter ahem, and booking in the priority time, I never got a front row seat for anything while the Barclays scheme was in operation. They were for people who had the time and patience to use their computers at the right time. I'm just not capable of doing that. I didn't resent paying a higher price, indeed I would have liked being given the choice to pay more and sit where I wanted to sit, if I had wanted to. The scheme didn't work did it? Or why change it now? Don't chuck accusations about, prof. It sours the atmosphere.
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Post by Snciole on Mar 7, 2017 13:13:40 GMT
I used and abused the front row scheme despite my knees being good but I didn't use it for every show. It was a scheme, like most theatre schemes, that are available to all but only known by a select few.
My issue is with theatres, rarely have I been to a sold out show-even if it is marked as such. Why make returns so difficult, which might result in more people seeing a production.
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Post by stefy69 on Mar 7, 2017 15:53:39 GMT
There was a good article/interview with Roger Allam in today's Times about this.
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Post by Latecomer on Mar 7, 2017 17:44:59 GMT
As I sat in the circle (row C) last week I idly wondered if, for once, Lynette was in a seat in front of me! Of course I went for the Front Row seats for nearly every production I fancied....I would have been a fool not to....but I am a real fan and am prepared to sit anywhere to see good theatre! It was a daft scheme but have to say I loved it!!! I am now reacclimatising to my old seats in the circle, where I used to sit before the scheme!
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Post by profquatermass on Mar 7, 2017 18:47:49 GMT
As if. I don't sit in the circle in Donmar unless I have to ( Liasons for example, I sat there looking down into various cleavages ) because I value my knees. And despite being a supporter ahem, and booking in the priority time, I never got a front row seat for anything while the Barclays scheme was in operation. They were for people who had the time and patience to use their computers at the right time. I'm just not capable of doing that. I didn't resent paying a higher price, indeed I would have liked being given the choice to pay more and sit where I wanted to sit, if I had wanted to. The scheme didn't work did it? Or why change it now? Don't chuck accusations about, prof. It sours the atmosphere. I didn't name names and am not going to do so now. I'm just saying that I observed people who always sit in the front of the stalls) (according to them) saying they'd used to Barclays scheme I have no idea if the scheme did what was intended. It may have changed because their sponsorshi[ changed. There will never be a totally fair way of allocating seats for a sell-out show
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 12:24:59 GMT
Well. Some thoughts:
David Owen didn't seem very nice at all really. Didn't recognise Roger Allam under all the makeup. Fancied some macaroni cheese after the show. You gotta love Delia.
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Post by peggs on Mar 8, 2017 12:31:39 GMT
Well. Some thoughts: David Owen didn't seem very nice at all really. Didn't recognise Roger Allam under all the makeup. Fancied some macaroni cheese after the show. You gotta love Delia. Oh Ryan you've brought up that macaroni cheese again and my mug shot of pasta is not looking quite as appealing as it did 30 seconds before!
But yes David Owen did not seem nice and his wife came across as more astute.
Re the scheme I did £10 front row seat when I got the opportunity and consequently saw a lot more than I would have done, prior to that I had membership and paid more but let is lapse when I was getting worse seats for more money. Now days it's either the circle or splash out if it's something I really want to see assuming at some point I can get the website and my brain to work together.
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Post by foxa on Mar 8, 2017 13:38:13 GMT
I was a bit 'meh' about booking for this, but decided to go for Circle seats and from the comments so far am glad I did. Looking forward to seeing it.
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Post by showgirl on Mar 8, 2017 14:54:42 GMT
Well. Some thoughts: David Owen didn't seem very nice at all really. Didn't recognise Roger Allam under all the makeup. Fancied some macaroni cheese after the show. You gotta love Delia. [b Hah - in haste, Ryan, I misread this as "found some macaroni cheese after the show" and was thinking that I didn't remember them chucking it about and that I must've slept through that part!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 15:00:00 GMT
Wait, Roger Allam's in makeup? Is this going to be a Moderate Soprano situation all over again, where we'll have to close our eyes and just get our kicks from his sonorous voice?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 15:24:52 GMT
Hah - in haste, Ryan, I misread this as "found some macaroni cheese after the show" and was thinking that I didn't remember them chucking it about and that I must've slept through that part! They should have done! It might have livened up the evening. Wait, Roger Allam's in makeup? Is this going to be a Moderate Soprano situation all over again, where we'll have to close our eyes and just get our kicks from his sonorous voice? Yep. Well more a bald cap. I wouldn't necessarily have recognised him straight away to be honest. You do still get the voice but just with Roy Jenkins' speech quirk instead.
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