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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 20:28:27 GMT
What? There are other, non-Harry Potter shows in London?  |
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Post by Squire Sullen on Jun 7, 2016 21:19:40 GMT
Seeing this tomorrow, feel like the only one excited by this rather than being on the Harry Potter bandwagon.
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Post by peggs on Jun 7, 2016 21:30:27 GMT
Interesting! Realise now this is going to be one of those cower and shut eyes productions for me, will be looking out for gore warning from those of you who see it before me, pre-warned is ready to shut eyes and stick fingers in ears. |
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Post by Steve on Jun 7, 2016 22:30:03 GMT
What? There are other, non-Harry Potter shows in London? Don't worry. Richard III looks a heck of a lot like Voldemort! |
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Post by ATK on Jun 7, 2016 22:34:11 GMT
Only a bit of gore in a plastic bag in one scene that’s no more offensive than a raw Sunday lunch.
It’s a rather straight, modern dress production with an interesting extra-textual scene as a preset, and a slight twist in Richard’s character at the end, but I don’t want to give away too much since it’s the only surprise, albeit a subtle one, in a play I know very well. Low lighting. Running time: 3 hrs 15 mins, but once the pauses go it should be closer to 3 hrs. A certain actress of a certain age was quite unsteady but I will attribute that to first night nerves because I wish her well in the part.
(Propeller, where art thou?)
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Post by Jon on Jun 7, 2016 23:55:34 GMT
3 hours 15 isn't too bad, I assuming this is the unedited version of Richard III
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Post by drmaplewood on Jun 8, 2016 9:38:59 GMT
Anyone having any joy in the new sale?
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Post by infofreako on Jun 8, 2016 9:42:27 GMT
None as yet
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Post by ATK on Jun 8, 2016 11:08:40 GMT
3 hours 15 isn't too bad, I assuming this is the unedited version of Richard III It’s trimmed, of course, but not radically edited. |
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Post by cmcphail on Jun 8, 2016 12:34:05 GMT
Somehow managed to book some of the seats released today. I believe they are restricted view, but I'm hopeful that the view won't be too bad.
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Post by RudyGrey on Jun 8, 2016 13:09:54 GMT
No, the Almeida's restricted view seats are excellent value, as the only restriction is a very slender pillar.
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Post by drmaplewood on Jun 8, 2016 15:15:35 GMT
Just got a £10 ticket now for late in the run so there's still some about. Bloody slow website though.
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Post by infofreako on Jun 8, 2016 15:54:34 GMT
I got one for late in the run eventually
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Post by peggs on Jun 8, 2016 16:17:02 GMT
Only a bit of gore in a plastic bag in one scene that’s no more offensive than a raw Sunday lunch. Thanks for the info. |
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Post by neilmbrown on Jun 9, 2016 11:22:44 GMT
Went last night, in case you want the running times. Won't post anything about the play so early on in the run.
7pm to 8:50.
9:05 ish to 10:25 ish.
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Post by foxa on Jun 9, 2016 11:25:14 GMT
I'm going Friday.
I think I'm looking forward to it, but am feeling some trepidation.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 11:28:15 GMT
I'm going Friday. I think I'm looking forward to it, but am feeling some trepidation. I also going Friday |
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Post by ATK on Jun 9, 2016 11:33:11 GMT
Only a bit of gore in a plastic bag in one scene that’s no more offensive than a raw Sunday lunch. Thanks for the info. You’re most welcome. It really is the most bloodless production I’ve ever seen or worked on. |
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Post by peggs on Jun 9, 2016 19:11:33 GMT
You’re most welcome. It really is the most bloodless production I’ve ever seen or worked on. Thanks, can go in all calm now and now worry about fainting possibilities, always reassuring. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2016 19:56:43 GMT
It's SO sh*t
I am desperate to leave
But I am being monitored
So have to stay
God help and give me strength
It pales into comparison when set against the Old Vic staging- that will be my lifetime gold standard
And is frigid when compared to the version Propellor dos
Fiennes is a sickly anaemic excuse of an actor
Staging is boring static
Why do Mark Hadfield and Daniel Cerqueira always do these stupid cod cockney accents
So many actors are incapable of exploring any sort of emotional depths
Kathryn Hunter is here laughing like a hyena
A big fat man is sitting next to me
God I feel like I have been sentenced to a death camp
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2016 19:57:53 GMT
It's SO sh*t I am desperate to leave But I am being monitored So have to stay God help and give me strength It pales into comparison when set against the Old Vic staging- that will be my lifetime good standard And is frigid when compared to the version Propellor dos Fiennes is a sickly anaemic excuse of an actor Staging is boring static Why do Mark Hadfield and Daniel Cerqueira always do these stupid cod cockney accents So many actors are incapable of exploring any sort of emotional depths Kathryn Hunter is here laughing like a hyena A big fat man is sitting next to me God I feel like I have been sentenced to a death camp Also re: audience Almeida continue to excel way and ahead For most Tw*t audience ever Someone smells of urine near me |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2016 19:59:45 GMT
I wonder which idiots are going to pay £60 to sit on the twin bench seats they have here
After Tricycle gets the much overdue refurb
Almeida will have the worst seating
Disgraceful
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Post by theatreliker on Jun 10, 2016 20:18:08 GMT
You're enjoying it then?
Seeing it next Saturday.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2016 21:16:32 GMT
Much better second half
But it still lacks any sort of wow factor
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Post by foxa on Jun 10, 2016 23:07:23 GMT
I liked Fiennes more than Parsley did, but it seemed like so many obstacles were put in his way, that it was hard to have a sustained, exciting performance, even though I think this is a character very much within his ability. (It reminded me a bit of Richard Dreyfuss in the movie 'The Goodbye Girl' where his performance as Richard III in an off-Broadway production is hampered by a ridiculous concept.) I liked Goold's 'The Merchant of Venice' so not sure what happened here. It was a preview so...maybe it will improve.
Timing: Out by about 10.15 - but it felt very loooong. Almost like Goold's only direction had been 'Go on, take all the time you want. No hurry here.'
Concept: Starts off with car park excavation, a nod to the recent-ish find of Richard III's bones, but then it is a sort of generalised modern setting, until, inexplicably they begin donning armour for the fights (and I think at one point towards the end, Fiennes does some original pronunciation as well or maybe he just decided to become another character.) So perhaps there was some idea about returning to the past. I dunno.
High points: James Garnon's mobile phone wielding Hastings - makes sense of why he misses what is going on. David Annen's creepy Tyrell. The scene when Richard III pretends to be religious. Gin and tonic in interval (£5.50) Asking a man if he was Parlsey and he wasn't: 'I am just a theatre-goer.'
Low points: The dream scene - my gawd was it never going to end. 'Sure, just amble on and speak with no expression, no problem.' The Queen Margaret/Duchess of York/Lady Anne scenes.
High low points: When the gun didn't go off and Buckingham had to just throw himself in the grave. Fiennes struggling to get out of the grave for the curtain call and looking a bit pissed off.
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