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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2019 1:13:04 GMT
Starring Alex Kingston, for a run at Trafalgar Studios then a four venue UK Tour.
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Post by orchidman on Jan 11, 2019 1:59:39 GMT
Very well-written and timely play, strong recommend.
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Post by Rory on Jan 11, 2019 2:09:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2019 2:29:39 GMT
2019 dates as follows:
Feb 28 - May 25 London Trafalgar Studios
May 27 - Jun 01 Richmond Theatre
Jun 03 - Jun 08 Cambridge Arts Teatre
Jun 10 - Jun 15 Malvern Theatre
Jun 17 - Jun 22 The Lowry, Salford
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jan 11, 2019 12:54:39 GMT
Booked for a matinee at Richmond, prefer to sit and chill on the Green beforehand rather than the melee of Trafalgar Square.
Could be doubled with Out of Water at the Orange Tree to make a day of it.
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Post by maggiem on Jan 14, 2019 11:12:15 GMT
2019 dates as follows: Feb 28 - May 25 London Trafalgar Studios May 27 - Jun 01 Richmond Theatre Jun 03 - Jun 08 Cambridge Arts Teatre Jun 10 - Jun 15 Malvern Theatre Jun 17 - Jun 22 The Lowry, Salford I'd like to book this for the Sat matinee at the Lowry, but not knowing if I'll be working that weekend, it'll have to be an evening performance. If it's only 90 mins I won't be home too late. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 16:22:33 GMT
Fans of 'Miranda' and 'Horrible Histories' will be thrilled to know that Sarah Hadland is also starring in this.
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Post by partytentdown on Feb 4, 2019 18:50:56 GMT
Can we fix the typo? Making my eye flicker a bit
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Post by NeilVHughes on Feb 13, 2019 8:39:48 GMT
Just received this offer from TodayTix
24hr Offer! £15 tix for Admissions
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Post by Rory on Feb 13, 2019 8:56:49 GMT
Yes Please fix thread title!
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Post by dani on Feb 13, 2019 11:03:28 GMT
Ecstatic about the thread title being amended. It was really bothering me!
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Post by maggiem on Feb 13, 2019 16:01:50 GMT
I now have my weekend schedule at work, and I'm free for the weekend, so Sat Mat booked for 22nd.
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Post by happytobehere on Feb 13, 2019 17:18:51 GMT
Love Alex Kingston & it was a really great price - booked!
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Post by lou105 on Feb 13, 2019 19:57:18 GMT
Happy enough with 2/3 way back, even if near the side, for £15. Hopefully my legs can last 90 minutes in there!
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Post by Dr Tom on Feb 28, 2019 22:15:36 GMT
I imagine the reviews for this one will be very mixed. From listening to the audience on the way out, they liked it or loathed it.
A cast of five white people perform a play about racial diversity and meeting quotas (or what in the UK we’d call positive discrimination). It’s framed around all the usual marketing stereotypes, like how do you get “one of each type” in publicity photos.
It asks the question, when is it fair to be overlooked as a white man? What if you’re part of the system that put that process in place?
It’s a long one.
Advertised run time is one hour forty with no interval. This started 10 minutes late at 7:40 and didn’t finish until 9:30, so a long time to cram into seats with no arm rests.
Alex Kingston is on stage throughout and very good.
My biggest frustration, a group of women near the back treating it like a comedy, removing all the tension, particularly during one long speech that future stage school students will love. The fact it’s based around the US school system will also be a barrier to some.
I liked it, but would like it a lot more if they tightened it down to 1 hour 30 and briefed the audience on what to expect. It definitely won’t be for everyone.
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Post by allthewayback on Mar 2, 2019 1:54:41 GMT
I’ve heard the actor playing the son in this is from the original production in NYC and steals the show and worth the price of ‘admission’ (haha)
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Post by noboiscout on Mar 7, 2019 12:58:36 GMT
Great performances from all - and yes, the 'son' is brilliant. 1 hour 45 or so last night. I found it really entertaining - Dr Tom's précis above is accurate. Full house. I would highly recommend, especially on a TodayTix sale ticket!
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Post by n1david on Mar 7, 2019 14:47:33 GMT
I saw this Tuesday and am still processing exactly what I thought about it, but I think I'm tending more towards the Vulture article about it than the rave reviews it got in New York.
These are all deeply unattractive people, and what the playwright successfully does is raise the questions in a rather more original way, letting the stereotypical liberals twist in the wind as the story progresses. But ultimately I thought it was just a bit too misanthropic to appeal to me. I agree that Ben Edelman as the son gives a great performance, but I thought Sarah Hadland was badly miscast - I couldn't get a handle on her character at all and her accent wanders all over the place. At least at the Trafalgar I didn't see the same response to the son that was reported in the Vulture article, but there's time yet - by the way, be aware that the Vulture article reveals a lot of the plot (as it needs to in order to discuss it).
It's an interesting play and I'm glad I saw it, but I wouldn't go as far as to say I enjoyed it.
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Post by orchidman on Mar 7, 2019 15:27:01 GMT
Read that Vulture review after seeing the US production and thought it incredibly myopic. You either share the reviewer's viewpoint or you are a 'creepy' (word used twice) racist, and it makes big assumptions about the playwright's intentions which are actually completely up for debate.
Comes across very emotional, this play challenged my beliefs and rather than process a reasoned response I proclaim the play and the people who enjoyed it to be wrong. Reviewer is clearly educated and intelligent which is interesting.
The play is willing to get into the hypocrisies, ironies and nuances of real life. The reviewer is not and seems to conclude that it is inherently a shortcoming for an artwork "to reach the bleak conclusion that, in the end, we’re all hopeless hypocrites."
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Post by drmaplewood on Mar 13, 2019 10:17:03 GMT
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Post by couldileaveyou on Mar 13, 2019 10:20:26 GMT
I heard Felicity Huffman will replace Alex Kingston.
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Post by lynette on Mar 13, 2019 12:17:13 GMT
I heard Felicity Huffman will replace Alex Kingston. Worth a repeat, made me smile |
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Post by missthelma on Mar 13, 2019 13:04:57 GMT
Oooh that's positive, I booked a cheap ticket based on this thread and now if the pretenious wank puffins at Time Out hate it, I reckon I made the right choice!! Here's hoping for a slating from The Daily Heil and I'll know I'm on a winner  |
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