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Post by jadnoop on Mar 6, 2017 11:35:11 GMT
The premiere of the adaptation of Paul Auster's City of Glass was on Saturday in Manchester, and it's running until March 18th before transferring to the Lyric in Hammersmith.
The few images and notes that have come out from the Home Twitter look intriguing (including mention of VR somehow connected with the show), but there doesn't seem to have been much else about it yet.
Has anyone here gone, or heard about it? I'm intrigued to catch it when it comes to London...
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Post by bee on Mar 6, 2017 12:54:25 GMT
The premiere of the adaptation of Paul Auster's City of Glass was on Saturday in Manchester, and it's running until March 18th before transferring to the Lyric in Hammersmith. The few images and notes that have come out from the Home Twitter look intriguing (including mention of VR somehow connected with the show), but there doesn't seem to have been much else about it yet. Has anyone here gone, or heard about it? I'm intrigued to catch it when it comes to London... I've heard about it, and have a ticket for Hammersmith. I read the book ages ago and liked it, but other than that I'm as much in the dark as you as to what it'll be like. |
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Post by joem on Mar 9, 2017 23:51:33 GMT
Looking forward to this. I am a big Paul Auster fan, caught him speaking at the Shaw Theatre a couple of years ago. Haven't got a clue what this will be like, read it years ago, I do remember the book it's from - The New York Trilgoy - causing a big impression on me though.
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Post by jadnoop on Mar 10, 2017 13:26:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2017 18:53:24 GMT
Reflections of reflections of reflections, as if David Lynch had filmed a Raymond Chandler crime novel.
I really liked this, although I'm perfectly happy to be thrown into a confusing, mind bending narrative. Others may feel less of a connection. The tech is thrillingly done and at the service of the story rather than grafted on. The performances are excellent, the images and atmosphere linger well after.
In summary, duality's a nightmare.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2017 21:31:13 GMT
I caught the matinee of this today. Technically, its fantastic, some stunning stuff and a few very clever moments, as you'd expect with 59. Plot wise however, I found it quite difficult to get into and connect with but its certainly unique production-wise and I am a sucker for a bit of technical wizardry.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 17, 2017 21:59:47 GMT
Wow, well that was baffling. Especially the ending! Great to look at though, especially one scene in particular when let's say the stars and planets align.
It did feel as though it could have been more satisfying if they'd just given the audience a bit more to go on. Interesting though, and worth a look.
1hr 40. No interval. Out by 9.15. Marvellous!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 20, 2017 19:34:14 GMT
I've been thinking a lot about this over the weekend, despite an onslaught of beauties, beasts and gay GI's. That in itself is a pretty good recommendation, no?
I still don't understand entirely what happened but I think it was good. And if you're even a bit intrigued, go and see it.
If you do and you can't get centre, opt for seats on the left. There's a fair bit of action on the right of the stage which I missed because I was on the extreme right of the stalls.
It started with a phone call
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 12, 2017 4:52:30 GMT
No booking fee offer on this in our ticket shop.
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Post by joem on Apr 30, 2017 10:22:30 GMT
It is worth going to this for the technical side alone. Quite dazzling with its use of audio-visuals, sound and general trickery.
But then it has to be because otherwise it is a pretty static production. I cannot claim to have the answer, but in adapting this story to the stage the medium has been to a large extent ignored. The production, as does the story, relies heavily on a Narrator for information, continuity and (eventually) participation. The effect this has is to give the play, for long stretches, the semblance of a partly-staged representation of a novel - rather than a proper adaptation.
I was not expecting an easy afternoon's viewing and it isn't. This is a complex post-modern work which addresses (for me) fairly esoteric issues such as the relationship between the creator and the creation by playing about with forms and genre. On the surface a modern take on the hard-boiled Marlowe-style American gumshoe story, this is dispelled by the absurd nature of the case which is no case. Is it all in the mind? Make up your own.
Ultimately a flawed but brave effort which merits seeing. There is not enough serious literary content to much modern theatre and it is to be welcomed on the rare occasions it appears.
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