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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 12:15:27 GMT
Calling all fans of the traffic-stoppingly lovely Indira Varma should head on to the Almeida to see her in 'The Treatment' 'cos she's joined the cast: link
Julian Ovenden is there too. Not that I think I'll ever forget him in 'My Night With Reg' to be honest. Oh my. Martin Crimp writes. Lynsey Turner directs. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 12:34:42 GMT
Ryan now holds the record for new mention of Ovenden in Reg. (to be fair, we were all thinking it)
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Post by PalelyLaura on Feb 24, 2017 15:48:47 GMT
I love Julian Ovenden, I hate Martin Crimp. What to do?!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 15:51:07 GMT
I don't think I'd book for Martin Crimp even if Simon Russell Beale was in it. And that's saying a lot.
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 24, 2017 16:12:46 GMT
I adored In the Republic of Happiness. I still go on about eating satsumas! Have booked. I love Indira and Julian..thanks Ryan!
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Post by theatreliker on Feb 24, 2017 17:32:35 GMT
Or you could put in a request to see if the actors would do something else?
I'm in two minds whether to book for this.
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Post by peggs on Feb 24, 2017 20:36:35 GMT
Booked, Indira, how can I resist plus don't know if I loathe/love martin crimp so need to establish that, my excuse and i'm sticking to it.
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Post by drmaplewood on Apr 25, 2017 11:57:57 GMT
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Post by MrBunbury on Apr 26, 2017 9:42:50 GMT
I am going tonight. Does anyone know how long the play is? Quite a last minute question but I could not find that detail in the website.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2017 13:40:55 GMT
It appears to have a cast of 38!
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Post by theatrelover123 on Apr 26, 2017 19:09:53 GMT
A friend saw this the other night and said it's 90 mins plus interval so 1hr 45/ 50 it seems.
She also said when I asked her how it was:
Hmmm - not completely convinced. Very interesting piece but we weren't particularly taken with some of the technical things which were a bit clunky (it was a preview) and it's very thinky and meta. Couple of outstanding performances (Indira Varma is a goddess) and impressive set. Not sure I completely got it but I'm a bit thick. x
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Post by lynette on Apr 26, 2017 21:20:53 GMT
Just realised I've e got tix for this. I like 'thinky and meta' 😳
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Post by RedRose on Apr 27, 2017 7:29:42 GMT
Pretentious Rubbish!
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Post by schuttep on Apr 27, 2017 9:01:14 GMT
A friend saw this the other night and said it's 90 mins plus interval so 1hr 45/ 50 it seems. Surely 1hr 45/50 means it's 155 minutes? |
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Post by MrBunbury on Apr 27, 2017 10:14:08 GMT
A friend saw this the other night and said it's 90 mins plus interval so 1hr 45/ 50 it seems. She also said when I asked her how it was: Hmmm - not completely convinced. Very interesting piece but we weren't particularly taken with some of the technical things which were a bit clunky (it was a preview) and it's very thinky and meta. Couple of outstanding performances (Indira Varma is a goddess) and impressive set. Not sure I completely got it but I'm a bit thick. x I must agree with your friend. I don’t think I got everything the play is about (especially moving towards the end) but Indira Varma is a force of nature and the ‘travelling’ sections are rather funny. It is only my second Crimp’s play (after ‘In the republic of happiness’, which I really liked) and I find his characters speak in a unique way (you can see what they say and what they mean diverging in real time). Overall, it is an enjoyable play but I had paid 10 pounds so I had no major expectation. |
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Post by peggs on Apr 27, 2017 11:55:21 GMT
Just realised I've e got tix for this. I like 'thinky and meta' 😳 someone remind me what meta is please. |
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Post by theatrelover123 on Apr 27, 2017 14:46:11 GMT
A friend saw this the other night and said it's 90 mins plus interval so 1hr 45/ 50 it seems. Surely 1hr 45/50 means it's 155 minutes? Errrrmmmm...no 1hr45 or 1hr50 depending on whether it's a 15 or 20 min interval |
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Post by peggs on Apr 27, 2017 19:26:58 GMT
Right, thanks foxa. I get sucked in by the almeida by its habit of getting good actors and having affordable seats, gosh darn it!
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Post by theatrelover123 on Apr 27, 2017 22:04:51 GMT
Saw this tonight. Dear Lord I thought it was freaking terrible. Pretentious, nonsensical, didn't care for any character or situation, terrible dialogue, bland scenery. Indira Varma OK. Julian Ovenden miscast. Clifford actor did a bad American accent. Other characters over-acted. Terrible waste of the 400 odd extras who did 'extras' acting. Couldn't wait for it to end. A real stinker in my opinion.
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Post by n1david on Apr 29, 2017 7:12:38 GMT
Maybe I'll treat myself to a nice meal beforehand so that I won't question my choices so much. Radici, the new place over the road from the theatre (used to be Almeida restaurant) does great pizzas. Haven't seen the Treatment yet. |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 20:16:39 GMT
Left in interval this evening. It was ok but me and me chum weren't feeling it and fancied getting back before 10.30pm
What happened in the end? Did it just follow that guys treatment? Did he get killed by the blind cab man?
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Post by peggs on May 2, 2017 20:53:26 GMT
For those who have seen this do i need to be concern, i saw mention of something in a review which made me pause {Spoiler - click to view}
eye gouging? |
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Post by foxa on May 6, 2017 8:42:01 GMT
This was a pleasant surprise for me, partly perhaps because I'd braced myself for the worst and partly because I took n1david's advice and had a really tasty meal at Radici beforehand (aubergine pizza, almond cake with berries....) I think the play itself is only so-so (pretentious and self-regarding, but with moments of humour and originality. Ambitious - Shakespeare references abound.) However this is given a first-rate production . The director, Lyndsey Turner, has done a fantastic job mining the text for quirky, interesting moments and creating some beautiful stage pictures, as has the designer Giles Cadie and the actors, especially Indira Varma, Aisling Loftus and in a much smaller role, Ben Onwukwe. The first two scenes were really strong - probably the best writing in the piece - with Varma lightly catching every bit of the humour and absurdity of the situation. I also enjoyed the writer character played by Ian Gelder and his helpless plight. Julian Ovenden's part just didn't make sense and where perhaps there might have been an emotional/moral centre or else a satiric point - it just seemed weak and contradictory. However I LOVED the final image of the play. There are also a lot of extras who add to the ambiance and mood.
For the faint-hearted? Possibly not.
Take Away: Who owns your story?
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Post by peggs on May 6, 2017 19:41:13 GMT
oh damn, Foxa, how not faint hearted is this? Brief moment? Lots of it?
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Post by foxa on May 6, 2017 23:19:14 GMT
oh damn, Foxa, how not faint hearted is this? Brief moment? Lots of it? I'm going to try to the spoiler thingy so hope this works. {Spoiler - click to view}
There is an eye gouging scene. There is a description of a fork having been sharpened to do it and quite a bit of build up. One eye is done by one character and the other by another. There is quite a bit of blood. There was also, it seemed to me, a popping noise with the second one which was icky. That's the only gory bit and it made me a little tense, but I'm not particularly squeamish. It's probably on a par with the Gloucester eye-gouging in most King Lears (and I think that was what was being referenced.) |
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