1,260 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 26, 2019 11:14:48 GMT
Got in relatively easy but didn't fancy paying £60+ for stalls or £40 for restricted high up. So decided to hold off and just book for the NT Live recording at the cinema.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 11:20:01 GMT
Not sure if it made it any quicker but I selected a date and got the page where you select a section of the theatre before 10:00, then selected an area at 10 and was about 280 in the queue. I guess if you are going in from the date selection page you have another step to get through pre-queue.
|
|
421 posts
|
Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 26, 2019 11:58:58 GMT
Ooo ticket booked  |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 14:13:43 GMT
Got in relatively easy but didn't fancy paying £60+ for stalls or £40 for restricted high up. So decided to hold off and just book for the NT Live recording at the cinema. What NT Live recording? Plenty of availability still from the £37.50 tickets up - I completely forgot to book this morning and there is now no queue! |
|
8,163 posts
|
Post by alece10 on Feb 26, 2019 14:33:37 GMT
I know this is a dumb question but what kind of play will this be?
Very deep and intelligent that will.go right over my head or a bit lighter or a comedy?
You can tell I really only do shallow musicals
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 14:43:04 GMT
I know this is a dumb question but what kind of play will this be? Very deep and intelligent that will.go right over my head or a bit lighter or a comedy? You can tell I really only do shallow musicals Not a comedy! It's the true story of Brunhilde Pomsel Towards the end of her life she wrote a memoir and was interviewed on camera - as this is a one-woman show I suspect it may be Dame Maggie as Brunhilde talking as if to the film-makers? Presumably will also reflect the fact as noted in some reviews of her book ... Quotes from www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-work-i-did-9781408894491/ |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 14:43:34 GMT
Based on the below, it doesn't sound like it's going to be a *barrel* of laughs..... A new play by Christopher Hampton, drawn from the life and testimony of Brunhilde Pomsel, directed by Jonathan Kent “I had no idea what was going on. Or very little. No more than most people. So you can’t make me feel guilty.” Brunhilde Pomsel’s life spanned the twentieth century. She struggled to make ends meet as a secretary in Berlin during the 1930s, her many employers including a Jewish insurance broker, the German Broadcasting Corporation and, eventually, Joseph Goebbels. Christopher Hampton’s play is based on the testimony she gave when she finally broke her silence to a group of Austrian filmmakers, shortly before she died in 2016. Maggie Smith, alone on stage, plays Brunhilde Pomsel. |
|
2,761 posts
Member is Online
|
Post by n1david on Feb 26, 2019 14:51:17 GMT
“Oh, that Goebbels, he was a right joker! Had me in fits all day...”
|
|
8,163 posts
|
Post by alece10 on Feb 26, 2019 16:11:17 GMT
“Oh, that Goebbels, he was a right joker! Had me in fits all day...” Hope that comment was an attempt at humour and not a dig at me for a totally innocent question. I sometimes think I should keep quiet on here. |
|
5,707 posts
|
Post by lynette on Feb 26, 2019 16:24:50 GMT
I suspect the play will challenge our judgement of her as a witness to the decisions made by her 'masters' . Was she complicit? Was she sympathetic? An actor of the stature of MS will be able to convey the ambiguities. Should be great. Fingers crossed.
|
|
1,260 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Feb 26, 2019 16:59:30 GMT
|
|
923 posts
|
Post by Snciole on Feb 26, 2019 17:39:37 GMT
“Oh, that Goebbels, he was a right joker! Had me in fits all day...” I'd love it if it went all Allo Allo. |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 18:43:18 GMT
“Oh, that Goebbels, he was a right joker! Had me in fits all day...” It might be the former history teacher in me but I proper laughed at that. I'm a terrible human. But yes as my Monkey friend says above, generally assume sarcasm/not taking anything very seriously. After all far too many people take the-at-re very seriously (dahling) enough for the rest of us to lark about a bit. |
|
3,321 posts
|
Post by david on Feb 26, 2019 22:58:17 GMT
“Oh, that Goebbels, he was a right joker! Had me in fits all day...” I'd love it if it went all Allo Allo. I’ve now got an image of Dame Maggie coming on stage to the Allo Allo theme tune dressed up as Helga. |
|
|
|
Post by talkingheads on Feb 27, 2019 9:48:04 GMT
I assume this will be NT Live'd? It'll be lovely to be there but equally it'll be nice to see it a second time at the cinema and catch all the detail up close.
|
|
5,160 posts
|
Post by TallPaul on Feb 27, 2019 9:54:53 GMT
Is the Bridge's capacity larger in the thrust format?
Seems an odd choice otherwise for a one-woman show!
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 10:04:01 GMT
I think a thrust configuration is maybe fairer for a one-person show. If you're doing a show with a larger cast and, say, a reasonably complex set, then you might be very concerned with having a greater deal of control over the visuals and thus a director might heavily favour an end-on proscenium-type configuration. But a one-person show tends to be much more word-based and doesn't rely on the set to do as much of the heavy-lifting, so if it's largely going to be about a single person telling a story, then the thrust configuration puts the performer closer to more audience members than an end-on configuration would.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 10:05:04 GMT
Is the Bridge's capacity larger in the thrust format? Seems an odd choice otherwise for a one-woman show! I think they used the same layout for "My Name is Lucy Barton"? |
|
5,160 posts
|
Post by TallPaul on Feb 27, 2019 10:33:17 GMT
The reason I asked is because I was thinking of all the things I've seen at the Crucible Theatre. I may be wrong, but I don't ever recall seeing anything with just one actor on that large stage. (Though Sir Ian is taking his one-man show there.)
Perhaps that is what separates those two from mere mortals.?
If people want to pay a goodly amount to look at Dame Maggie's back, who I am to stop them!
|
|
|
|
Post by QueerTheatre on Feb 27, 2019 11:34:42 GMT
The reason I asked is because I was thinking of all the things I've seen at the Crucible Theatre. I may be wrong, but I don't ever recall seeing anything with just one actor on that large stage. (Though Sir Ian is taking his one-man show there.) Perhaps that is what separates those two from mere mortals.? If people want to pay a goodly amount to look at Dame Maggie's back, who I am to stop them! Ive paid £15 to look at her back, and i figure if thats all i see... it'll still be a bloody good audiobook lol |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 11:47:06 GMT
I imagine an actor of Dame Maggie's calibre is able to walk and talk at the same time so she should be able to point her face in different directions during the show. Lucy Barton was played to all sides of the auditorium.
|
|
|
|
Post by QueerTheatre on Feb 27, 2019 11:48:40 GMT
It was indeed... but i'm the very last seat right at the back of the stage, so i expect to see a fair amount of back. If not - it's a happy surprise, but im gearing myself up for awful sight lines so i can only be impressed if they're not as bad as i expect!
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 13:00:36 GMT
I managed to get the furthest in £15 seats in gallery 3. So probably will be seeing the top of the back of her head |
|
2,389 posts
|
Post by peggs on Feb 27, 2019 17:45:50 GMT
I managed to get the furthest in £15 seats in gallery 3. So probably will be seeing the top of the back of her head But that is more than some can claim to have seen 😁 |
|
1,250 posts
|
Post by joem on Feb 27, 2019 17:50:42 GMT
The first time I saw Maggie I was disappointed because she'd just replaced Diana Rigg, who I really wanted to see, in Night and Day. But she's forgiven me since.
|
|
