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Post by intoanewlife on Dec 11, 2019 1:59:07 GMT
Going tomorrow night after the Fairview matinee.
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Post by intoanewlife on Dec 12, 2019 0:16:40 GMT
I thought this was great and it's definitely worth seeing. GOD those seats are uncomfortable though, especially for the running time of this beast.
My only gripe would be that the ending was a bit abrupt after nearly 3 and half hour. Though I guess that was the original ending, it could've been smoothed over a little here to ease us out as it felt like it just stopped with a massively cliched line.
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Post by quine on Dec 12, 2019 11:28:43 GMT
Pretty sure I came out at 10:52 last night.Could be wrong ... I was on the 22.52 from Waterloo. I had been very worried as thought I may miss my last train in these strike ridden times but made the second last. |
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Post by jek on Dec 13, 2019 13:39:10 GMT
I really loved this - having been very apprehensive about going, given the length. It reminded me of one of my favourite trips to the theatre - the Phyllida Lloyd production of Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman at the Royal Exchange in Manchester in 1990.
We were in the cheap circle seats and I have to say that the audience we sat among made the whole thing even better. Young and multi-ethnic they gasped and clapped and laughed with an energy that meant there was no chance of me starting to drop as - in my mid 50s - I am beginning to sometimes do! There was quite a bit of behaviour that would have landed my fellow audience members in the bad behaviour thread but I can't say that it interfered with my being able to concentrate on what was going on onstage and I'd rather have that than an all too polite National audience.
The circle certainly wasn't full so I suspect there are cheap tickets still to be had.
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Post by Dave B on Dec 23, 2019 23:54:01 GMT
Full this evening. I got £15 front row stalls while looking at random dates last week. Two in the centre, so returns perhaps? Great view but to echo above, so uncomfortable on my back! The plus side was that my legs didn't hurt at all, unlike most other theatre seats!
Enjoyed it a lot. I thought it explained the conflict in Nigeria really well, no heavy handed exposition and I felt like I learnt a little about something I knew zero about.
The thoughts on colonialism paried well with having just seen Translations at the NT a few days ago. A couple of very similar threads between the two plays.
A great cast, everyone was really good so yes, worth a look.
Finished at 10.40 this evening (and amazingly there was still a train going from Waterloo just after 11!)
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Post by theoracle on Jan 5, 2020 23:43:24 GMT
Finally saw this Friday and was really impressed by the adaptation. The discussion on the effects of colonialism was very hard hitting. With the recent developments in Hong Kong, it seems that post colonialism effects such as the breaking down of culture and identity are still taking place around the world. Last show I saw at NT was translations so this was a great follow up to refresh on my thoughts of this issue and new discussions need to be had
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Post by lichtie on Jan 7, 2020 15:52:14 GMT
Was busy when I saw this on Saturday, and a fairly diverse audience (thought I'd get that in given the discussion on the NT2020 thread!). Never sat in stalls row C before. Don't think I will again, even if it's nice to actually see the actors for a change as opposed to distant blobs from the back of the circle. I thought the transpantation to the Biafran conflict was interesting. Surprised more wasn't made of the oil angle though. If anything the problems here are actually that the play is a bit too faithful to the original, with some bits not making much sense in this context (the duel makes much more sense as something out of the doomed enfeeble Russian lower aristocracy than it does here; also keeping virtually the same roles for all of the characters in terms of their careers sits oddly with what might actually have happened in a middle class family in a newly independent state). Having said all that definitely worth a look.
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Post by lynette on Feb 14, 2020 0:13:34 GMT
Saw this production this evening and very much enjoyed it. I think the transposing worked very well. Having a war as a background to the sisters' personal tragedies made it even more poignant and universal. I think the changes made fitted this 'new' play but in the original the failure to go to Moscow was within their psychologies whereas here it was prevented by outside forces. Chekhov making a different point I think.
Some glorious acting especially in the conversations between two characters, the scenes with lots of characters less convincing.
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