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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 9:54:50 GMT
Seem to remember The Habit of Art was pretty dreadful too
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Post by altamont on Feb 24, 2018 13:27:08 GMT
altamont, the critics were generally kind to PEOPLE coz they were scared not to be (Libby Purves gave it 5 stars if you please). Actual people - remember them LOL? - knew better. Ha! Oh well, we’ll see.... |
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 24, 2018 13:56:29 GMT
altamont, the critics were generally kind to PEOPLE coz they were scared not to be (Libby Purves gave it 5 stars if you please). Actual people - remember them LOL? - knew better. Ha! Oh well, we’ll see.... I liked People, it wasn't a great play but still very enjoyable. Though I do recall it having some rather undirected walk-on actors. The Habit of Art was really very good, I thought. There can sometimes be a distinct difference between the reality of how a play measures up in terms of 'the standard of good theatre' and how it's received on this forum. Thus, you can be reading on here how terrible something is during previews (or pointless, cliched, irrelevant, unfunny, unrelatable) only to discover when it's reviewed that it's actually possible you might enjoy it. |
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Post by Snciole on Feb 24, 2018 18:21:58 GMT
Hope so, love him. Had hoped he might return to the RSC. I guess that will partly depend on how much they're doing with his character in The Crown in the next series. I can't see them bothering to recast for age, as they are with the Queen and Phillip. He's probably closer in age to Windsor's dying age than the age he's playing in the last two series 😱 Regarding critical Vs audience reviews I do think the arts publications are a bit scared of upsetting those that provide the access. We've heard about Hytner's banned list of critics, which included the New Yorker. |
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Post by david on Feb 24, 2018 19:59:39 GMT
Booked for the sat night preview. It’s a shame that the theatre appears to have knocked the Sunday matinee’s on the head for this. From the 2 times I have attended shows on a Sunday they have been well attended and a good way to pass a quiet Sunday before getting the train back up north. Hopefully the powers that be will reverse this decision for future productions.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 2, 2018 10:21:56 GMT
Booking was painless this morning
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Post by fossil on Mar 2, 2018 10:29:18 GMT
150 in the queue. Less than 10 minutes then quick and easy booking. Loads of seats available including the £25 end of row seats.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2018 10:49:53 GMT
Got my tickets... Allelujah!  |
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Post by Marwood on Mar 2, 2018 11:04:53 GMT
No sign of any £15 front row seats on the dates I looked at, but got a £25 row A seat near the end of July.
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Post by MrBunbury on Mar 2, 2018 11:51:12 GMT
I got a £15 front row seat for the end of August, just before my birthday :-)
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Post by alece10 on Mar 2, 2018 13:36:39 GMT
Thanks for heads up just got some £40 seats for 2nd preview. Gallery 2. Never been to this theatre before so hope they will be ok.
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Post by CG on the loose on Mar 2, 2018 20:47:39 GMT
Thanks to all for the flurry of comments, had completely forgotten about public booking and am happy to have nabbed a bargain front row seat for my first visit to the venue.
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Post by theatrefan77 on Mar 3, 2018 1:23:25 GMT
Booking was quick and easy today. Picked the date I wanted and everything was sorted in under five minutes
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Post by showgirl on Mar 3, 2018 6:08:07 GMT
I rather missed out due to Friday being one of the regular days when I can't book until the evening so most of the cheap seats close to the stage had gone and as evening perfs don't start until 7.45 pm (why?!), it had to be a matinee for me (and why are they so early? 2.30 pm on Sats isn't the best but 2 pm midweek is worse as it limits what you can do beforehand), so availability meant going fairly late in the run.
After my unstable experience at Young Marx with one of the cheaper end-of-row seats, I opted instead, at the same price, for row A in the stalls but had to settle for being well to the side. Hope I don't regret booking ahead this time...
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Post by andrew on Mar 3, 2018 9:44:14 GMT
Want to book, need to book, dying to book, no rota past May, can't book, shouldn't book, might book anyway...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 9:50:42 GMT
Want to book, need to book, dying to book, no rota past May, can't book, shouldn't book, might book anyway... God I remember those days What you need to ask yourself Is what sort of job Means you can’t plan ahead more than 2 months at a time And if that’s how you want to have to spend the rest of your days Planning plays around a rota 🤮 |
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Post by sf on Mar 3, 2018 21:51:13 GMT
I rather missed out due to Friday being one of the regular days when I can't book until the evening so most of the cheap seats close to the stage had gone and as evening perfs don't start until 7.45 pm (why?!), it had to be a matinee for me (and why are they so early? 2.30 pm on Sats isn't the best but 2 pm midweek is worse as it limits what you can do beforehand), so availability meant going fairly late in the run. After my unstable experience at Young Marx with one of the cheaper end-of-row seats, I opted instead, at the same price, for row A in the stalls but had to settle for being well to the side. Hope I don't regret booking ahead this time... Also didn't manage to book yesterday morning; I'd have liked one of the £15 seats at the front or in gallery 1 but they were gone; second choice was a folding seat, and there were plenty of those, but there was also one - just one - proper stalls seat at one end of the centre block in row A. So I'm pleased. Weekday matinee, but I'm OK with that - it's a straight shot on the tube from Euston to London Bridge. |
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 4, 2018 15:23:42 GMT
Seem to remember The Habit of Art was pretty dreadful too Oh yes, indeed. I seem to remember commenting to my theatre companion at the time that had the play been submitted to the NT without the "written by Alan Bennett" it would never have got produced. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2018 17:50:43 GMT
Seem to remember The Habit of Art was pretty dreadful too Oh yes, indeed. I seem to remember commenting to my theatre companion at the time that had the play been submitted to the NT without the "written by Alan Bennett" it would never have got produced. Good job it got all those five and four star reviews then. More complex than your average Bennett play and knowing a bit about Arden and Britten would be pretty useful but far superior to most. People, his next play, wasn't as good really. I hope that this is a much better swansong (not that it has to be and it seems as though he still has the compulsion to carry on). |
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 4, 2018 18:28:48 GMT
Good job it got all those five and four star reviews then. Of course, because it was "written by Alan Bennett" - National Treasure at the National Theatre! More complex than your average Bennett play and knowing a bit about Arden and Britten would be pretty useful but far superior to most and yes, as you imply my knowledge of Arden and Britten is fairly basic, but then I believe a play should not rely on the audience to have prior knowledge of subjects discussed. Of course, Art is subjective and that is the magic of it. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2018 19:20:56 GMT
Good job it got all those five and four star reviews then. Of course, because it was "written by Alan Bennett" - National Treasure at the National Theatre! More complex than your average Bennett play and knowing a bit about Arden and Britten would be pretty useful but far superior to most and yes, as you imply my knowledge of Arden and Britten is fairly basic, but then I believe a play should not rely on the audience to have prior knowledge of subjects discussed. Of course, Art is subjective and that is the magic of it. Critics liked it, you didn’t, but they didn’t warm to his next play whereas maybe some people preferred that. There is no conspiracy here, the world is full of too many of such theories at the moment. |
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Post by lynette on Mar 4, 2018 20:27:06 GMT
It's all about the movie now isn’t it? Whatever this will be is probably already optioned for a film version. Am I being cynical? Personally I didn’t like his last two offerings much. But at his best he has a wonderful 'ear' and being about old 'uns this might be one of his best.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2018 9:37:43 GMT
I liked The Habit Of Art. I seem to recall John Heffernan played a rather lovely chair. People wasn't great but it killed a couple of hours.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2018 9:47:38 GMT
I (whisper it) liked People. It wasn't his best but it was witty, had a point and had some great performances. Also I share his opinion that other people ruin things, so he was very much preaching to the converted.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 5, 2018 10:32:15 GMT
I (whisper it) liked People. It wasn't his best but it was witty, had a point and had some great performances. Also I share his opinion that other people ruin things, so he was very much preaching to the converted. I liked it too. |
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