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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 Xanderl 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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Post by alessia on Feb 25, 2020 17:19:46 GMT
I'm now convinced! Will go to cinema for Cyrano- at least it will be a bargain compared to seeing it in person... Lehman Trilogy was my favourite play of last year (I saw it when it moved to the West End). Amazing piece of writing and acting
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Post by eatbigsea on Feb 27, 2020 21:22:39 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. In the interval now and so agree. James McAvoy does a wonderful MLE (Multicultural London English) accent.
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Post by zahidf on Mar 4, 2020 11:21:09 GMT
Moving to New York May 8-31st
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Post by alessia on Mar 13, 2020 14:57:20 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. Happy to report that i loved this at the cinema. Glad i gave it a go! It was a bit strange at the beginning but the play itself was brilliant so i almost forgot i was watching a recording. Have to say, McAvoy was superb, such intensity and passion. I wish i had had the budget to see this at the theatre and close enough to see the actor's faces. I highly recommend catching this if you can, if still shown somewhere.
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Post by Dave B on Oct 29, 2021 11:03:44 GMT
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Post by floorshow on Nov 1, 2021 12:13:34 GMT
V pricey
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Post by shady23 on Nov 1, 2021 12:24:43 GMT
I'm in London in February for Camelot anyway so have booked the Sunday matinee of this beforehand.
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Post by londonpostie on Nov 1, 2021 12:28:57 GMT
Painful. Couldn't have paid that without vouchers. My fault, should have caught it early on first time around.
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Post by floorshow on Nov 8, 2021 14:06:49 GMT
On Todaytix now, prices no better though. As we get closer to the time, how likely is it that rows A & B will appear as day tix or something?
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 8, 2021 15:02:49 GMT
I thought I read somewhere that there would have been discounted tickets for NHS workers, under 30s etc, but I can't find this piece of information anywhere – did I make it up?
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Post by sfsusan on Dec 16, 2021 0:32:23 GMT
I just saw an ad for this on Facebook and was startled by the prominence of the face mics. They don't seem to be skin-colored, and even the tape holding them in place is obvious in the photos. I don't remember seeing this before... I assume the mics would be less noticeable from the audience, but in the close-up photos, they're somewhat distracting. Did I just not notice before or are publicity stills usually done without mics?
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 29, 2022 10:53:43 GMT
I thought I read somewhere that there would have been discounted tickets for NHS workers, under 30s etc, but I can't find this piece of information anywhere – did I make it up? James McAvoy has just been interviewed on the radio. They will be released every Monday at 12 noon. £15 each.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jan 29, 2022 12:30:57 GMT
I thought I read somewhere that there would have been discounted tickets for NHS workers, under 30s etc, but I can't find this piece of information anywhere – did I make it up? James McAvoy has just been interviewed on the radio. They will be released every Monday at 12 noon. £15 each. Thank you!!
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 29, 2022 14:03:11 GMT
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Post by hubertmcqueen on Jan 29, 2022 14:55:08 GMT
I just saw an ad for this on Facebook and was startled by the prominence of the face mics. They don't seem to be skin-colored, and even the tape holding them in place is obvious in the photos. I don't remember seeing this before... I assume the mics would be less noticeable from the audience, but in the close-up photos, they're somewhat distracting. Did I just not notice before or are publicity stills usually done without mics? Microphones and the use of them is very much part of the aesthetic of the show. They are deliberately prominent. The whole theatricality of the piece is very overt so there’s been absolutely no attempt to hide or conceal them. The same is true of The Seagull, I think.
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Post by sfsusan on Jan 31, 2022 18:58:09 GMT
Microphones and the use of them is very much part of the aesthetic of the show. Interesting. I'm glad to know this before I go, thanks.
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Post by Dave B on Feb 3, 2022 10:33:29 GMT
TodayTix just announced £25 Rush Tickets for this via email. Usual process, 10am daily etc etc.
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Post by zagat2 on Feb 3, 2022 17:47:29 GMT
Hello. I see that Cyrano starts "previews" tonight but does anyone know when is press night / opening?
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Post by Dave B on Feb 3, 2022 19:27:28 GMT
Hello. I see that Cyrano starts "previews" tonight but does anyone know when is press night / opening? I'm not sure there is one. They seem to refer to tonight as 'opening night' and it's run wasn't covid impact last time, it had finished in the West End if I recall right.
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Post by zagat2 on Feb 3, 2022 20:28:19 GMT
Hello. I see that Cyrano starts "previews" tonight but does anyone know when is press night / opening? I'm not sure there is one. They seem to refer to tonight as 'opening night' and it's run wasn't covid impact last time, it had finished in the West End if I recall right. I thought so too until I saw the evening referred to as first "preview" on the Jamie Lloyd Co. Instagram
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