All My Sons-Old Vic

Is Stompboy's question perhaps in the wrong thread? Man Of La Mancha is at The London Coliseum, not Old Vic .

I was there as well, in G32. Great seat, stirring performance.

There was no real restriction there at all so was happy to be there - if anything was pleased to be next to something of much focus. And also watch out for the visibly frustrated usherette reminding everyone to not knock microphones placed right at the edge of the stage so that many people couldn't avoid brushing past them, to no avail.

Really, really enjoyed this - incredibly powerful and will stay with me a long while. Thought Field was just fantastic and very moving.

Petty point but the programme really could have had more content - one proper article and a plain cover. For all the creatives involved in such a production...!

Was also there yesterday afternoon (in one of the rail-in-view seats in the dress circle). Can't praise Sally Field enough, she's giving an extraordinary performance. So is Jenna Coleman. Perfectly good performances from everyone else, but Field and Coleman walk away with the show.

The play creaks a bit, and the direction doesn't manage to disguise it.

Could you look at next door, please - Q35 ..

Damn bought wrong seat, spent ages dithering over which to buy and seem to have plumped for wrong one.

Saw this yesterday, and I thought it was good, but perhaps not quite great. It felt like the theatre equivalent of an Oscar contending drama: top notch acting by a starry cast, first rate set, costumes, etc but ultimately perhaps not hugely exciting.

I wish the OV website would take a different approach to content-warnings. The notes about what happens, unavoidably displayed on the site, are arguably spoilers. The Royal Court is much better on this in my opinion, giving a separate page/ phone number for audience members to be able to check for specifics if they choose to.

Completely agree with this! Though I was 'spoiled' by an A4 piece of paper that I had seen stuck on a wall as I was entering the theatre.  I spent the whole play waiting for 

One of my favourite plays and a brilliant production. I really liked this one. Never seen a really laid back Joe Keller, a different take on the role taken by Bill Pullman.

Turned right out of the Old Vic down the Cut following a young couple who had watched this play for the first time. So enthralled, captivated and excited. Reminded of myself first time I saw All My Sons.

Followed this play with a trip to the Bridge Theatre and a German Life. In theatre heaven yesterday, Sally Field and Maggie Smith!! My first day at the theatre when I have awarded two five stars. And gave Maggie Smith's performance only my fifth standing ovation.

Saw this Monday from the front row and a lot of what I got out of it was all of the facial expressions and small details - I don’t think anyone sat farther back would have the same experience. Sally Field’s stares of terror and she strides towards Ann for example, or the flickers of torment that Bill Pullman is showing on his face.

Absolutely worth seeing and a great privilege to see those performances up close. Front row is the way to go if you can get it.

Both day seat and stage door process were remarkably well-organised by the Old Vic, I have to say.

I was near the front and I loved it overall though I felt it was a bit more uneven than the Suchet version a while back.

For me Field and more surprisingly, given her lack of stage experience, Coleman really provided the stand out performances, their relationship was the most interesting thing in the whole play which I don't remember being the case last time.

Pullman was very good though by being so laid back I wasn't quite so convinced he would do what he does at the end.

Morgan to me is the weak link, not a bad performance but as others have mentioned it doesn't feel like he's really found how he wants to play it so we get 3 or 4 different performances in one.

I loved this too, and I completely agree that Field and Coleman were the standouts. The latter especially I thought was excellent and stole the show (with only the very occasional minor slip back into a more English accent which can easily be forgiven!) given her lack of stage experience - I expected Field to be good, Coleman was more of a surprise, though I've always rated her TV performances.

I thought Pullman was rather good as well, the more laid back manner really worked for me and I found it very effective characterisation in terms of seeing how he ended up doing what he did.

I also agree Morgan was sort of giving multiple performances in one - some of his choices didn't seem to be quite sure. At times he was very effective, but not so much in others, and his last scene was a bit overplayed to me, to the extent it took me out of the moment. Still a good performance though, and he and Coleman work well together.

I thought the set was wonderful and the limited sound effects very effective. Facial expressions were all very clear from row Q and I thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Highly recommended.