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Post by Forrest on Dec 23, 2019 23:31:20 GMT
ruperto I must say I agree with you: somehow the play felt very calculated, as if it was meant to be a bit provocative (although can't say that I think it was, particularly) and it all also felt just a little too polished somehow, for a play relying on the daredevil streak of its main character... It felt a bit like it was trying really hard to be cool enough for a Broadway transfer. It was entertaining, and the cast is overall good, but I can't say it really got me hooked. McAvoy's performance is quite enjoyable - he is a good actor - but it all kind of felt, as you say, very in love with itself, a bit self-absorbed, rather than engaging with the audience. (At a certain point in the play I found myself thinking how it would be interesting to see a different actor in that role, someone of a lower profile but equally talented, just to see if that would help loosen things up a bit.) The thing I enjoyed the most, actually, was Crimp's adaptation of the text, which I thought was great! But the play failed to get me genuinely excited about the next Jamie Lloyd production (in the same way that I get excited when I see, for instance, the names James Macdonald or Rupert Goold associated with a production), so I believe I'll be skipping the line of his upcoming celebrity projects. (My ticket was decently priced, though, so no regrets there - TodayTix made me an offer for £18 I could not refuse. I found out later that the seats where I was sitting were normally sold for over twice as much, which would have been way too much for the view we got.)
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Post by kimbahorel on Jan 18, 2020 10:14:41 GMT
I know no one has posted here for ages and I don't know if no one has gone after hearing peoples reviews or no one has bothered to post. Either way I did go last night and really enjoyed it. I am not familiar with the story although I have heard the name before so outside of the reframing I assume the base story is the same.
The acting is fantastic esp Eben Figueiredo who was Christian and I always love Tom Edden in everything I have seen him do. And of course James McAvoy. I would however really want to go if Philip Cairns on as Cyrano having seen so much of one show and wanting to see covers my default is 'oooo I wonder about the covers'.
Not to bring up another tetchy subject with TB if anyone is planning on going to the stage door. They have in place (well at least yesterday they did). The you can only queue up at stage door if you have a ticket, single file along the barrier and once JM has signed or photo you leave and go away from the barrier and stage door. If you did want to appreciate the work of any of the rest of the 17 other cast members that was in the show made it VERY difficult. I remember when I saw Dr Faustus when there was a barrier and Kit Harington and a million people most of whom hadn't gone to the show. I did get my programme signed by all the cast except Kit I think. Its fair to have the only signed or photo and only if you saw the show but being forced away made it feel like McAvoy was the only one in the show. So I only managed to meet three of the cast.
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Post by jess173 on Jan 18, 2020 11:50:39 GMT
I saw it two weeks ago and went to the Stagedoor after. That day almost all of the cast exited before James. The principals like Christian and Roxanne walked inside the barrier along the theatre. I don’t know if someone stopped them but they got some applause when they exited. The others crossed the street right at the Stagedoor but I saw some people call them and some of them came back to the line to chat. So it wouldn’t have been difficult to get to them even when standing in line.
I think it was pretty well organised, same team and strategy as at Betrayal at the Pinter. The line moved pretty quickly and people respected the „either pic or autograph“ rule, unlike Betrayal where some people took ages...
It took me some time to get into the show. It wasn’t really what I had expected but I really started to enjoy it after the first 30 minutes or so. The cast was fantastic. I was really glad I caught this.
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Post by kimbahorel on Jan 18, 2020 13:13:57 GMT
I saw it two weeks ago and went to the Stagedoor after. That day almost all of the cast exited before James. The principals like Christian and Roxanne walked inside the barrier along the theatre. I don’t know if someone stopped them but they got some applause when they exited. The others crossed the street right at the Stagedoor but I saw some people call them and some of them came back to the line to chat. So it wouldn’t have been difficult to get to them even when standing in line. I think it was pretty well organised, same team and strategy as at Betrayal at the Pinter. The line moved pretty quickly and people respected the „either pic or autograph“ rule, unlike Betrayal where some people took ages... It took me some time to get into the show. It wasn’t really what I had expected but I really started to enjoy it after the first 30 minutes or so. The cast was fantastic. I was really glad I caught this. James came out very quick yesterday then he was out right after the show. I think then it may have been he just needed to/wanted to leave. Security were making everyone leave the line and stand over the other side of the road. Hense why it was difficult to meet any of the rest of the cast. Most of them came out after JM. |
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Post by zahidf on Jan 18, 2020 13:21:18 GMT
Anyone try for day seats?
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Post by kimbahorel on Jan 18, 2020 13:49:21 GMT
Anyone try for day seats? I did that yeaterday I only needed one and got there 7.30am. But if I had been 5 minutes later I would have lost out. |
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Post by zahidf on Jan 18, 2020 15:05:07 GMT
Thanks!
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Post by showtimeag on Jan 21, 2020 23:31:21 GMT
I have tickets for next month and plan to take my niece and nephew (15 and 13) - can anyone advice on extent of swearing and nudity - is it some here and there - or constant? thanks!
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jan 21, 2020 23:34:12 GMT
I have tickets for next month and plan to take my niece and nephew (15 and 13) - can anyone advice on extent of swearing and nudity - is it some here and there - or constant? thanks! no nudity and some recurring "f***"s here and there |
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Post by showtimeag on Jan 21, 2020 23:43:22 GMT
I have tickets for next month and plan to take my niece and nephew (15 and 13) - can anyone advice on extent of swearing and nudity - is it some here and there - or constant? thanks! no nudity and some recurring "f***"s here and there Thanks for the quick reply I was completely confused as most booking sites refer to 'full frontal nudity' and one review said soldiers stripped off not keen on upsetting the family! |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jan 21, 2020 23:56:56 GMT
no nudity and some recurring "f***"s here and there Thanks for the quick reply I was completely confused as most booking sites refer to 'full frontal nudity' and one review said soldiers stripped off not keen on upsetting the family! no full frontal, it must have been cut before the first preview since it was mentioned in interviews, website and script. The soldiers just take their shirts off, and maybe trousers, but they definitely keep their underwear on |
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Post by kimbahorel on Jan 22, 2020 20:50:31 GMT
On Monday the understudy Cyrano, Philip Cairns is on. For any of you who are interested. It doesn't look like they have sold many tickets and plenty of £15 left. I got a standing for stalls. I love McAvoy but I couldn't resist the chance to see a cover (well two).
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Post by dip on Jan 29, 2020 18:55:14 GMT
Got two under-30's Stalls tickets to tomorrows matinee that I can't use, if anyone wants 'em?
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Post by lightinthedarkness on Jan 29, 2020 20:56:21 GMT
Got two under-30's Stalls tickets to tomorrows matinee that I can't use, if anyone wants 'em? Potentially interested! How much for them? |
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Post by dip on Jan 29, 2020 21:34:59 GMT
Got two under-30's Stalls tickets to tomorrows matinee that I can't use, if anyone wants 'em? Potentially interested! How much for them? just PMed you |
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Post by zahidf on Jan 31, 2020 13:29:13 GMT
I really liked this! Felt intense and was very funny in places
Had standing, and they kindly moved me to the stalls
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Post by maggiem on Feb 4, 2020 12:47:30 GMT
Right oddity, this. Thought I was going to be bored, ended up admiring if not actually loving a lot of it. 4* and worth it for the curious. Main plus is that it isn't some bloke blundering around the stage with a rubber nose. It's far cleverer than that all round. I saw this on Friday night, and loved it. I bought a copy of the text at the interval and just need the time to read it through. All of the performances were great, but I must admit my favourite bit was the moment when Cyrano is pretending to be Christian. James McAvoy's impersonation of Eben Figueiredo was spot on when reading the letter, and the staging is so simple but very effective, so that she has no idea of what's really happening. Tom Edden makes for a wonderfully hissable villain too. |
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Post by stuart on Feb 11, 2020 8:46:10 GMT
Has anyone taken up a Standing space at the back of the Upper Circle? What’s the view like? Do you have anything to lean on?
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Post by sherriebythesea on Feb 13, 2020 20:15:51 GMT
I was going to bite the pocketbook bullet on this but nothing much seems to be offered other the SRO for the week I'm there. That's what I get for waiting too long I guess
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Post by youngoffender on Feb 21, 2020 14:32:38 GMT
I saw the NT live broadcast of this last night, and enjoyed it very much. The first ten minutes are an alienating mess of workshoppy nonsense, seemingly left over from early rehearsals when the cast were getting to know each other, but the production finds much-needed focus when McAvoy gets onto the stage, and he is a magnetic presence throughout. He and Anita-Joy Uwajeh as Roxane have some rivetingly intense scenes together, and Martin Crimp's contemporary verse adaptation is exhilaratingly dextrous.
I didn't particuarly buy into Eben Figueiredo's Christian or his supposed hold over Roxane, but the scene where McAvoy takes on his Hounslow accent is brilliantly done. Credit too to Tom Edden as a fantastically poisonous De Guiche.
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Post by stuart on Feb 23, 2020 8:28:21 GMT
Has anyone taken up a Standing space at the back of the Upper Circle? What’s the view like? Do you have anything to lean on? There's a wall to lean on. View should be better than corners of the circle further forward as the curve takes off the ends. You may lose a bit of front stage, perhaps, as they have built it quite a way out. Just to follow up on this, the view from the Standing spots at the back of the Upper Circle was brilliant for £15! The front of the stage was cut off but very little happened there and could be visible if you leant forward. Also worth mentioning that due to the “No latecomers are permitted” rule that once the doors closed and the preshow began, the ushers started distributing seats to the Standing patrons with a caveat that you may need to give them up for Act 2. We stayed Standing as I think we probably had a better view than most of the Upper Circle! I did feel bad for the elderly couple who made it in the door seconds before the play started but the usher had already reallocated their seats meaning they had to join us in Standing for the long first act. |
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Post by sherriebythesea on Feb 25, 2020 9:19:38 GMT
That was fabulous. Loved the acting, staging, production, everything. I’m so happy my daughter pushed me into getting the dear ticket for this
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Post by alessia on Feb 25, 2020 11:23:24 GMT
Would anybody recommend a cinema screening of this? I have never seen a play at a cinema before.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2020 11:33:48 GMT
Would anybody recommend a cinema screening of this? I have never seen a play at a cinema before. I saw the NTLive screening the other night, thought it worked really well and given the impossibility of decent affordable seats for most people I'd definitely recommend it. It was my first time seeing a full-scale play via NTLive (saw Fleabag last year) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2020 12:40:32 GMT
Would anybody recommend a cinema screening of this? I have never seen a play at a cinema before. I can't say for Cyrano, but I went to my first NTLives last year (The Lehman Trilogy and Present Laughter) and really enjoyed them, almost just as much as being there. Will have to catch an encore for Cyrano. |
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