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Post by Marwood on May 12, 2018 16:53:04 GMT
I booked solely for Danny Dyer: nothing against Martin Freeman but I’ve found him distinctly average in everything ive seen him in after The Office (alas I’ve never bothered watching Sherlock, the Basil Rathbone and Robert Downey Jr versions are enough for me)
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Post by Snciole on May 12, 2018 18:55:21 GMT
I booked solely for Danny Dyer: nothing against Martin Freeman but I’ve found him distinctly average in everything ive seen him in after The Office (alas I’ve never bothered watching Sherlock, the Basil Rathbone and Robert Downey Jr versions are enough for me) Me too! I worry Dyer is the last of generation unashamedly working class actors and I am so glad Lloyd has convinced him to return to the stage |
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Post by learfan on May 12, 2018 21:53:23 GMT
Booked for the first six today, no probs. So looking forward to this. It really is a major theatrical event.
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Post by Jan on May 13, 2018 9:26:57 GMT
I booked solely for Danny Dyer: nothing against Martin Freeman but I’ve found him distinctly average in everything ive seen him in after The Office (alas I’ve never bothered watching Sherlock, the Basil Rathbone and Robert Downey Jr versions are enough for me) Jeremy Brett definitive for me. Can't see any need to book early for these plays, as they are so expensive and some run through the unpopular January/February season there are bound to be cheap offers. Also starting with the political Mountain Language set will put off any casual theatre-goers who go to it from booking for any of the later ones. |
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Post by learfan on May 13, 2018 10:31:30 GMT
I booked solely for Danny Dyer: nothing against Martin Freeman but I’ve found him distinctly average in everything ive seen him in after The Office (alas I’ve never bothered watching Sherlock, the Basil Rathbone and Robert Downey Jr versions are enough for me) Jeremy Brett definitive for me. Can't see any need to book early for these plays, as they are so expensive and some run through the unpopular January/February season there are bound to be cheap offers. Also starting with the political Mountain Language set will put off any casual theatre-goers who go to it from booking for any of the later ones. Agree with Brett. I got the £15 tix and have to book in advance due to travelling and leave. If i was still living in London i would have waited. |
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Post by crowblack on May 13, 2018 10:58:22 GMT
have to book in advance due to travelling Ditto, ditto - I'm not a Pinter fan but I like the directors involved and it's clearly attracting a top cast (though the recent Birthday Party didn't convert me). |
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Post by joem on May 13, 2018 18:39:35 GMT
I booked solely for Danny Dyer: nothing against Martin Freeman but I’ve found him distinctly average in everything ive seen him in after The Office (alas I’ve never bothered watching Sherlock, the Basil Rathbone and Robert Downey Jr versions are enough for me) Jeremy Brett definitive for me. Can't see any need to book early for these plays, as they are so expensive and some run through the unpopular January/February season there are bound to be cheap offers. Also starting with the political Mountain Language set will put off any casual theatre-goers who go to it from booking for any of the later ones. Absolutely. Jeremy Brett the definitive Sherlock Holmes head and shoulders above everyone else. Basil Rathbone a very good Holmes but hampered by having to act (mostly) in dodgy non-canonical stories. Peter Cushing and Ian Richardson weren't bad either. |
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Post by crowblack on May 13, 2018 21:48:12 GMT
N7 or whatever it is - the behind the pillar seat - is £15 for these but was £25 in previews for The Birthday Party, I think (I bought one for my brother) |
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Post by joem on May 14, 2018 14:08:50 GMT
Careful with the ATG 10% discount. If you don't click on it at the start of the booking process it is not applied and they are "unable to refund the discount" although they will refund you the full amount if you want to book again. Computer says no.
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Post by crowblack on May 14, 2018 14:32:14 GMT
If you don't click on it at the start When I did click through, I got a security warning so ended up booking normally and couldn't get the refund Oh well. |
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Post by learfan on May 14, 2018 18:44:49 GMT
If you don't click on it at the start When I did click through, I got a security warning so ended up booking normally and couldn't get the refund Oh well. Snap, though as i was going for the £15 tix and they imposed their draconian booking fee, i wouldn't have saved too much. |
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Post by peggs on May 14, 2018 20:24:57 GMT
I tried the discount but found it had fewer seats on offer and none of the cheaper ones that were available if I went in via the individual play so skipped it as it was going to cost me more.
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Post by popcultureboy on May 15, 2018 8:45:21 GMT
When I did click through, I got a security warning so ended up booking normally and couldn't get the refund Oh well. Snap, though as i was going for the £15 tix and they imposed their draconian booking fee, i wouldn't have saved too much. Draconian booking fee? I thought ATG only charged a £3.65 transaction fee, no per ticket booking fee? |
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Post by learfan on May 15, 2018 12:07:54 GMT
Snap, though as i was going for the £15 tix and they imposed their draconian booking fee, i wouldn't have saved too much. Draconian booking fee? I thought ATG only charged a £3.65 transaction fee, no per ticket booking fee? d To me that is draconian! |
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Post by lynette on Jun 24, 2018 16:19:31 GMT
Help me out here. Please. Where is the schedule for the plays? Are they doing different sets at different times or in a kind of rep? I can only find booking for The Room with Victoria station and something else.
Ta
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Post by david on Jun 24, 2018 16:28:41 GMT
Help me out here. Please. Where is the schedule for the plays? Are they doing different sets at different times or in a kind of rep? I can only find booking for The Room with Victoria station and something else. Ta I’ve booked via the ATG website which gives you the full schedule for the season. By the looks of things, it looks like they are doing the season in a kind of rep as you thought. |
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Post by lynette on Jun 24, 2018 16:59:31 GMT
ok, thanks, found it. But how wearisome to have to be going back and forth to find wvening shows and so on...I can find only one Saturday night for Landscape and Alaska.
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Post by learfan on Jun 24, 2018 18:45:42 GMT
ok, thanks, found it. But how wearisome to have to be going back and forth to find wvening shows and so on...I can find only one Saturday night for Landscape and Alaska. Are you in London Lynette? I picked up a leaflet from the Theatre yesterday and it has a complete schedule inside. Also there is a bespoke website: pinteratthepinter.com. Ive booked for them all, so excited! |
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Post by lynette on Jun 24, 2018 22:58:50 GMT
Thanks, I’ll check out the website. I managed to go back and forth and write down a few dates I can do. I think I’ll get to three of them. I do think highly of Pinter's work. Not of him...
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Post by lynette on Jul 2, 2018 12:18:40 GMT
So do they want us to actually book for these plays? I phoned cos I usually do especially when buying more than one date to save all the back and forth on the iPad. Well, you would have thought I wanted a heart transplant. In the end I went on the website. I saw what the girl on the phone had told me, that the cheaper seats were restricted view, some of them and that there were no seats between them and the most expensive. Stay with me you at the back. They don’t mention the restricted until you select but not confirm so that is more taps and wiggles. More back and forth and finally after renewing password I booked for two dates, the Room group and Slight Ache group. O, that is after they told me my cc was wrong number and I had use a debit grrr. My cc number is engrained in my veins but I may have entered it wrongly in the kerfuffle. No chance of correcting that though and no way I could change the cc. Not having it. I wanted to see more but lost the will to live. And wow, the cost! Funnily enough the champagne experience cost less than the seats in row behind. But I just couldn’t go for that. Not for Pinter and it was still way more than I wanted to pay.
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Post by david on Jul 2, 2018 12:31:21 GMT
So do they want us to actually book for these plays? I phoned cos I usually do especially when buying more than one date to save all the back and forth on the iPad. Well, you would have thought I wanted a heart transplant. In the end I went on the website. I saw what the girl on the phone had told me, that the cheaper seats were restricted view, some of them and that there were no seats between them and the most expensive. Stay with me you at the back. They don’t mention the restricted until you select but not confirm so that is more taps and wiggles. More back and forth and finally after renewing password I booked for two dates, the Room group and Slight Ache group. O, that is after they told me my cc was wrong number and I had use a debit grrr. My cc number is engrained in my veins but I may have entered it wrongly in the kerfuffle. No chance of correcting that though and no way I could change the cc. Not having it. I wanted to see more but lost the will to live. And wow, the cost! Funnily enough the champagne experience cost less than the seats in row behind. But I just couldn’t go for that. Not for Pinter and it was still way more than I wanted to pay. Sounds like you had a right nightmare there Lynette. At least you’ve managed to finally get it sorted even if it’s cost you your sanity! This is one booking session that is definitely not user friendly as you say. I did mine through the iPad and ended up using pen and paper to write down what dates I could do for the productions I wanted to try and get the cheaper seats. Like you I lost the will to live sorting stuff out. It should have been easy, but the reality was somewhat different. |
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Post by lynette on Jul 2, 2018 13:48:23 GMT
Well, thank you David cos I thought it might just be me!
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Post by Marwood on Jul 12, 2018 7:01:11 GMT
For those of you wanting a taster, there is a free screening of The Dumb Waiter starring Colin Blakeley and Ken Cranham at the BFI this Saturday afternoon (introduced by Ken).
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Post by johng on Jul 24, 2018 15:20:46 GMT
Just noticed at evening shows on 2 and 4 October Mark Rylance performing Pinter's Nobel speech.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 26, 2018 9:29:32 GMT
The Jamie Lloyd Company is delighted to add Sir Antony Sher, Penelope Wilton, Jessica Barden, Kate O’Flynn, Hayley Squires, Luke Thallon and Russell Tovey to their extraordinary Pinter at the Pinter season.
Sir Anthony Sher and Kate O'Flynn join Paapa Essiedu and Maggie Steed in the season's explosive opening: One for the Road/ The New World Order/ Mountain Language/ Ashes to Ashes.
Russell Tovey and BAFTA nominee Hayley Squires will appear in The Lover/ The Collection, Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World) stars in Moonlight/ Night School whilst Luke Thallon (The Inheritance) joins The Room/ Victoria Station.
Also announced today is the World Premiere production of Pinter’s newly-discovered satirical sketch, The Pres and an Officer, an anarchic attack on the Presidency, will be performed alongside One for the Road/ The New World Order/ Mountain Language/ Ashes to Ashes from 6 September to 20 October, directed by Jamie Lloyd.
Close friend and long-term Pinter collaborator Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey) will make 12 special guest appearances performing the witty monologue, Tess, written for her by Pinter, from the 19th November as part of the performances of Landscape / A Kind of Alaska, starring Keith Allen and Tamsin Greig.
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