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Post by kathryn on Feb 15, 2018 9:20:47 GMT
I paid £15 to sit in the Upper Circle for the Garrick season, so for me the best part of £60 is extortionate. Normally when I pay that much I’m in the rear stalls or Circle. My own fault for being away when the priority booking period opened and missing getting the pick of the cheaper seats.
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Post by johnnyutah on Feb 16, 2018 21:04:18 GMT
A batch of more reasonably priced tickets, £30, 45 and 69, has just been released across the run via Love Theatre.
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Post by tmessenger91 on Feb 17, 2018 0:49:37 GMT
A batch of more reasonably priced tickets, £30, 45 and 69, has just been released across the run via Love Theatre. Thanks for the heads up! I've just impulse-purchased a £30.00 ticket via Love Theatre. D7 appears to be free for most dates in August at this price which looks to be a good balance between Upper Circle sightlines and affordability. |
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Post by popcultureboy on Feb 17, 2018 9:41:30 GMT
I paid £15 to sit in the Upper Circle for the Garrick season, so for me the best part of £60 is extortionate. Normally when I pay that much I’m in the rear stalls or Circle. My own fault for being away when the priority booking period opened and missing getting the pick of the cheaper seats. There were some £15 seats in the Upper, yes, but my point was the front clear view rows for the Branagh season were £65, which is more than what Lear is charging. Also, being front upper circle in a clear view seat is, I have always thought, a FAR superior experience to being at the back of the stalls in pretty much every venue I've ever been in. |
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Post by sherriebythesea on Mar 9, 2018 2:49:10 GMT
Is the website ever working for getting tickets?  |
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Post by sherriebythesea on Mar 9, 2018 15:47:54 GMT
Finally able to access website.
I'm getting into town a couple of days before this ends and there are not a lot of options still available. I'm presently trying to decide between Stalls B2 on Friday Nov 2nd or Royal Circle D5 on closing performance. I love the idea of being at the final performance but it looks like I would be able to see better in B2. I hate being so undecided. By the time I make up my mind they may both be gone !!!
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Post by sherriebythesea on Mar 9, 2018 17:13:59 GMT
B it is. Thank you. I was about ready to flip a coin to decide.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Apr 19, 2018 12:27:56 GMT
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 19, 2018 13:07:54 GMT
Pleased to see James Corrigan joining the cast
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 13:19:35 GMT
It's a shame Dervla Kirwan and Jonathan Bailey aren't transferring, they were great in Chichester. Well there's a ticket I don't need anymore.  |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 19, 2018 13:23:40 GMT
It's a shame Dervla Kirwan and Jonathan Bailey aren't transferring, they were great in Chichester. Well there's a ticket I don't need anymore. Luke Thompson is just as pretty |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 13:35:39 GMT
Nice to see Luke Thompson breaking free of Robert Icke, but I don't think I can even be tempted to NT Live this. I feel like I want to care, because both casts have been great and McKellen is terribly good at what he does, but I just can't get past the fact it's Lear and I've absolutely reached my limit with the damn play.
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Post by artnouveau on Apr 22, 2018 18:09:27 GMT
A bit of a downer to know Dervla Kirwan and Jonathan Bailey are not transferring with the rest of the cast...
Any ideas why? I hope it's because both of them are committed to other projects and not some internal conflict with the cast or company...
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Post by Rory on Apr 22, 2018 19:07:33 GMT
Shame Damien Molony not moving into town either.
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Post by adolphus on Apr 29, 2018 22:56:10 GMT
Missed getting decent tickets for this but NTLive broadcasting this on 27 Sept. Hardly a surprise but very good news
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Post by Adara on Jun 6, 2018 15:23:38 GMT
I have tickets for this at DOY on 26 July. Was contacted that this performance should not have been on sale and they're trying to move me to 25 July.
Anyone else hear of this?
(I have no reason to disbelieve it. Except that ATG still shows a performance on the 26th.)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 10:00:30 GMT
Thanks for that, lots of those still available
Also the upper circle boxes are available for £25 a seat for quite a few dates, not sure if those are newly released too? Had a go at it will sell you a single seat in a box I think.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 10:40:14 GMT
Am quite happy the box seats are for sale but how good are the views from them(box O and L)?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2018 21:10:16 GMT
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Post by jgblunners on Jul 15, 2018 16:00:21 GMT
I saw this last night - my first ever Lear! I hadn't appreciated just how bleak it is, but I suppose as it is a Shakespeare tragedy I shouldn't have been surprised by that.
Firstly, I think Jonathan Munby has done an amazing job with this. The modern setting isn't jarring at all, and the 3.5 hours fly by (even the Icke Hamlet started to drag a bit for me, but this didn't). I also thought the set design was fantastic - deceptively simple but very stylish. McKellen is, of course, marvellous. He is particularly strong in Acts I, II, and V, although I felt that he definitely went for 'unravelled' rather than full-on 'mad' in the middle acts. I would've liked to see him take it a little further. The stand-out performance for me, though, was Kirsty Bushell as Regan. I thought her portrayal was spot-on in the context of this production. She really came into her own in the eye scene, where she showed the Regan's true nature uninhibited.
I thought that Acts I-III were better than IV and V, but I have a feeling that's down to the text rather than the direction. In the former, it's all about the build-up of tension and compounding of lies and deceit, whereas in the latter we basically just watch everything fall apart. Regardless, I never lost interest and remained engaged in every scene. Definitely worthy of the transfer to the West End, and it'll be interesting to see whether it yields any Olivier noms.
4 stars
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Post by crowblack on Jul 22, 2018 12:46:15 GMT
I've just got an email saying row A get rained on. Might have to wear lenses instead of glasses, then.
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Post by wickedgrin on Jul 22, 2018 14:28:24 GMT
I've just got an email saying row A get rained on. Might have to wear lenses instead of glasses, then. It was very heavy tropical rain in Chichester too - the cast got absolutely drenched! The front rows were well away though with the rain contained in a circular trough/dais. Hopefully you will only catch the edge of the storm!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 9:34:38 GMT
I thought McKellan was a three star Lear in an almost four star production. He mumble-mouthed his way through acts 1-3, only really understandable in the final scenes. When you stand back you can see that he has delivered Lear, but it’s Impressionistic at best. If you are a fan of, say, the text, you will find it wanting.
This production emphasises the regal with a beautiful opening scene. They make full use of the stage, a wonderfully cinematic storm and the white cliffs of Dover. That said, I go to the theatre too much to be glamoured by rain on stage. The rain was so noisy it interfered even more with understanding what Lear was saying.
Regan was an odd take. I’m listening to the Stephen Fry Harry Potter audio books at the moment and Kirsty Bushell’s performance felt a bit too much like one of the voices he does. She was just being a bit too deliciously evil *leg kick* with little nuance.
I liked Danny Webb (even though I thought he was Simon McBurney for the first act) and the female Kent worked for me, probably because of Sinead Cusack
I came away wishing I could have transplanted Glenda Jackson into this staging. But sadly theatre does not work like that.
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Post by crowblack on Jul 25, 2018 11:09:19 GMT
cast got absolutely drenched! Illness and heatwave meant I had to postpone it till October so I can't yet report on the row A rain. |
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Post by emsworthian on Jul 26, 2018 11:48:49 GMT
I thought McKellan was a three star Lear in an almost four star production. He mumble-mouthed his way through acts 1-3, only really understandable in the final scenes. When you stand back you can see that he has delivered Lear, but it’s Impressionistic at best. If you are a fan of, say, the text, you will find it wanting. This production emphasises the regal with a beautiful opening scene. They make full use of the stage, a wonderfully cinematic storm and the white cliffs of Dover. That said, I go to the theatre too much to be glamoured by rain on stage. The rain was so noisy it interfered even more with understanding what Lear was saying. Regan was an odd take. I’m listening to the Stephen Fry Harry Potter audio books at the moment and Kirsty Bushell’s performance felt a bit too much like one of the voices he does. She was just being a bit too deliciously evil *leg kick* with little nuance. I liked Danny Webb (even though I thought he was Simon McBurney for the first act) and the female Kent worked for me, probably because of Sinead Cusack I came away wishing I could have transplanted Glenda Jackson into this staging. But sadly theatre does not work like that. I confuse those two as well. |
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