Mark Gatiss in The Madness of George III - Nottingham

Do things transfer much from here? Am already going to Nottingham to see Christine and the Queens at the end of the month so not sure I’m up for two trips.

Considering Adrian Scarborough rarely does the regions and Mark Gattis also, you'd think they must have a transfer in place. I can't imagine many people will be travelling to see it in Nottingham.

Having said that they are NT Live-ing it around the country, which would kill off quite a few in person sales if it did come to London, so maybe the cinema broadcast is their "transfer".

So basically Friday night in Oldham bus station. Good to know.

Wondring whether to shell out for the NT Live or might it transfer? Do they do NT Lives for things likely to travel?

Excellent review of this in todays edition of The Times and an even better one ( 5 stars ) in the Daily Telegraph.

I'm crossing everything for a transfer.....!

Doesn’t touch the warnings around the theatre for Misty:
‘This performance contains balloons’!

Having seen this at today’s matinee. Mark Gatiss was brilliant as King George and brought a great comedic touch and a physicality to the role during his madness. He must be absolutely shattered after every show, and even more so on a double show day. This production is definitely worth the 4* reviews that it has received from the critics and would in my opinion be worth transferring to London. Even after the 25 years that this play was written, it’s themes and satire about politicians and royalty that Bennett writes about still seem relevant today.

The other cast members were for me just as good and it would be unfair to single anyone out. This was my first time at the Nottingham Playhouse, and I have to say it’s a really lovely theatre. It’s one of those theatres that wherever you sat (I was in the stalls today), I don’t think you would get a bad sightline. For £25 I certainly got great value for my ticket.

It’s definitely worth watching on NT Live on the 20th Nov if you get the chance.

Yep, I thought it was excellent. I wasn't so thrilled with the theatre tbh. We were shuffled in via a side door past a load of stacked up chairs and spare bins, and our sight lines in the far right front stalls were ok, but not ideal. And the staff were clueless about where to stamp out parking discount ticket. It wasn't a patch on the lovely Derby theatre I also visited for the first time a few weeks ago.

Anyway, that aside, production was excellent, and I really liked the set. I particularly liked the Queen, I thought she was really good. At the end of act 1, when the light shone down on poor George and the music really kicked in, I got the shivers, for one of the very few times in the theatre this year.

I want to go and listen to Handel now.

Picturehouse has encores on December 4th, but during the day. Haven't seen any listed at Vue, not sure about other chains. 

This production had already sold reasonably well, but tickets have been flying out of the Box Office since the reviews came out. Whether that makes a West End transfer likely is another matter all together.

Let's face it, George III is no Rip It Up!