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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 18:42:02 GMT
You are in for a treat
The staging is quite something
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Post by theatrelover123 on Apr 21, 2017 21:43:51 GMT
A friend said:
If you haven't got tickets for Jude Law in Obsession, at the Barbican then it's not a problem. If you have, then it might be. It's 1hr 50 minutes of your life you'll never get back. Don't be thinking you can escape at the interval either. They're not silly, they haven't put one in.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 21:48:25 GMT
A friend said: If you haven't got tickets for Jude Law in Obsession, at the Barbican then it's not a problem. If you have, then it might be. It's 1hr 50 minutes of your life you'll never get back. Don't be thinking you can escape at the interval either. They're not silly, they haven't put one in. I can only agree 1000% For once Ivo Van Hove Has fallen from his pedestal And by the looks of this car crash He needs an ITU bed It's utterly awful Laughable Surely they have only chosen Law due to his admittedly good upper body physique The direction is terrible The acting leaden It's a massive mess |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 21:51:03 GMT
BUT
It's almost sold out on the name of Law
And it's too late
People are stuck with tickets
What is even more hilarious
Is you can see the narrow scope of this "genius" director
Like he shat out all his ideas again in one go
There is much pouring of black liquid onto people
The sort of crowd coming to see Law
Are going to hate it
And be bored rigid
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Apr 21, 2017 22:25:03 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 21, 2017 22:25:03 GMT
Good grief! That leaves me with 3 weeks of glorious anticipation before I go!
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Apr 21, 2017 23:03:57 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Apr 21, 2017 23:03:57 GMT
you can get free credit for tickets. Thatll happen if its THAT bad
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 9:22:54 GMT
You are in for a treat The staging is quite something 👀 I can only agree 1000% For once Ivo Van Hove Has fallen from his pedestal And by the looks of this car crash He needs an ITU bed It's utterly awful Laughable Surely they have only chosen Law due to his admittedly good upper body physique The direction is terrible The acting leaden It's a massive mess I'm confused. Are you twins? Or did you drink the potion between posts? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 9:26:01 GMT
You are in for a treat The staging is quite something 👀 It was being sarcastic The staging is terrible Really and truly awful The best thing about it are Jude Laws pecs He really is in excellent shape for his age He is quite hairy So they have waxed his back and upper arms And you get this delineation where it meets the hairy lower arm from the elbow down I was in the front row so could see clearly |
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Post by foxa on Apr 22, 2017 9:26:03 GMT
Damn, Going on Friday.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 9:34:50 GMT
I don't know about anyone else but I'm dying to see this now after those glowing reviews.
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Post by jadnoop on Apr 23, 2017 6:45:40 GMT
On first reading through this thread I got the impression of a wave of near-unanimous negative comments, but on re-reading I see that there's just one poster's opinion spread over several separate posts, plus a post with a second-hand comment.
Obviously that doesn't mean that the play is any good, but I'm hoping that this is just a case of the show just not meshing with the early commenter(s) here, rather than the first steps of a truly terrible run. A few user comments are up on Time Out and they seem more positive (although still fairly lukewarm).
I have a few weeks to wait to see it so will keep my fingers crossed.
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Post by foxa on Apr 23, 2017 8:26:56 GMT
The little I have seen on twitter is very bad. Stuff like: 'play by committee.' 'Looks a dream team on paper but...' 'attempt to kill off theatre' 'spectacularly bad' 'portrayal of women is AWFUL' and (unusual this one) 'the audience left angry.' So more Song from Far Away than A View from the Bridge or Hedda, I reckon. My daughter was going to come with me, but I simply can't inflict this on her (it took her months to recover from Song from Far Away - I'm not sure still that she has.) At least I got relatively cheap seats.....
I have to say I'm surprised - I've always though Law was quite savvy in his theatre choices. Or (she says optimistically) maybe they are struggling during previews and then something magical will happen.
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Post by kathryn on Apr 23, 2017 8:45:09 GMT
I utterly loved Song From Far Away.
Having said that I'm usually 50/50 love/meh with Van Hove, and I loved Hedda, so due a 'meh'.
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Post by foxa on Apr 23, 2017 11:29:15 GMT
I know a couple of people on here loved Song From Far Away, but it remains a low water mark for theatre in my household ;-)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 11:44:47 GMT
On first reading through this thread I got the impression of a wave of near-unanimous negative comments, but on re-reading I see that there's just one poster's opinion spread over several separate posts, plus a post with a second-hand comment. Obviously that doesn't mean that the play is any good, but I'm hoping that this is just a case of the show just not meshing with the early commenter(s) here, rather than the first steps of a truly terrible run. A few user comments are up on Time Out and they seem more positive (although still fairly lukewarm). I have a few weeks to wait to see it so will keep my fingers crossed. Might want to keep toes, arms and legs crossed too You will need it |
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Post by jadnoop on Apr 23, 2017 11:58:51 GMT
I have a few weeks to wait to see it so will keep my fingers crossed. Might want to keep toes, arms and legs crossed too You will need it  sounds like a line from an 80s Schwarzenneger film. |
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Post by aksis on Apr 24, 2017 7:03:57 GMT
Got tickets to see this in Amsterdam. Am very curious after reading these reactions.
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Post by edmundokeano on Apr 24, 2017 7:55:19 GMT
I saw this on Thursday and liked - but not loved - it.
The set detracts from what is a good play because it is far too big and I felt the use of video images didn't work as much as van Hove thinks they do but, if you can overlook this, there is a good play in there.
Law, however, has never been one of my favourite actors as I feel he is lazy and I did feel a bit under-whelmed by his performance in this. I felt he was either holding something back or, even worse, just going through the motions when it was a chance to shine as the writing would have allowed him to do.
3 out of 5 for me.
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Post by sadephram on Apr 24, 2017 13:22:04 GMT
Thanks for your reviews.
May I ask where you sat? I'm in row D on the high number side and one seat (D35) is marked restricted view while the other (D34) is not. It has me a little worried about sightlines...
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Post by edmundokeano on Apr 24, 2017 13:34:19 GMT
Thanks for your reviews. May I ask where you sat? I'm in row D on the high number side and one seat (D35) is marked restricted view while the other (D34) is not. It has me a little worried about sightlines... Upper gallery, row B.
No problems at all except when the kitchen was used and you only saw the lower part of the actor's body.
Most action takes place outside this area though.
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Post by sadephram on Apr 24, 2017 13:48:02 GMT
Thanks for your reviews. May I ask where you sat? I'm in row D on the high number side and one seat (D35) is marked restricted view while the other (D34) is not. It has me a little worried about sightlines... Upper gallery, row B.
No problems at all except when the kitchen was used and you only saw the lower part of the actor's body.
Most action takes place outside this area though.
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Post by bamaboy on Apr 24, 2017 22:04:49 GMT
Are are the side sections in the stalls?
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Post by sadephram on Apr 24, 2017 22:07:35 GMT
Are are the side sections in the stalls? Yes, my seats are in the stalls... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2017 5:52:45 GMT
D35 is at a slight angle to the stage - D34 is the last one that is directly face on to the stage. I think "partially restricted view" is a standard warning they give for these angled seats when they don't know what the staging will be like. I'd be very surprised if there's a problem.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2017 10:19:14 GMT
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sounds like a line from an 80s Schwarzenneger film.
