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Post by Dave B on Mar 25, 2021 9:57:46 GMT
Based on the Hirokazu Kore-eda movie, tickets on general sale April 30th.
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Post by bordeaux on Mar 25, 2021 16:08:44 GMT
I'm afraid the grumpy middle-aged man in me immediately asks why someone needs to provide additional material for Under Milk Wood and why we need to put on an adaptation of a film rather than an original piece written for the stage.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2021 23:13:53 GMT
I'm afraid the grumpy middle-aged man in me immediately asks why someone needs to provide additional material for Under Milk Wood and why we need to put on an adaptation of a film rather than an original piece written for the stage. I can't answer about Under Milk Wood as I don't know the piece, but after this pandemic I don't think it's a bad thing for the National to reopen with an adaptation to bring more people in (that's if After Life is a well known enough film to draw a crowd in....or unless they go in thinking it's the Ricky Gervais series!).
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Post by andrew on Apr 22, 2021 14:27:26 GMT
Even getting 9th in the queue, there were precious few seats on sale for todays tier of booking. Some dates sold out from the offset, many offering between 5 and 10 seats, essentially no pit seats across a huge range of dates. Obviously there'll be a new allocation for the public booking but this given they can only do 150 patrons a night I can see this being an absolute nightmare to secure tickets for unless you're lucky with the queue. I just hope it's worth it...
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Post by david on Apr 22, 2021 14:46:13 GMT
Not much choice for the only date I could do in June. So a £20 High Seat up in the Gods is what I ended up with. I just hope it is not too bad up sat up there.
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Post by zahidf on Apr 22, 2021 16:37:34 GMT
Any news on rush tickets?
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Post by justinj on Apr 22, 2021 20:09:38 GMT
Any news on rush tickets? Sure I read a message saying it was sold out at one stage but that rush tickets would be available.
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Post by properjob on Apr 23, 2021 18:54:04 GMT
I missed out on the orginal release on Thursday but my membership level but got a seat this afternoon and saw a pair (I was after a single) come up as well.
So keep checking if you missed out are eligble to book at the moment.
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Post by mjh on Apr 28, 2021 11:36:49 GMT
Fairly painless Amex presale today - no big queue and while there was only 3 pairs of seats per performance, I managed to secure the seats I wanted.
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Post by mrnutz on Apr 30, 2021 11:45:02 GMT
Just picked up a couple of seats in the general sale. Not where I wanted (side circle) but there wasn't much available across the whole run!
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Post by mkb on Apr 30, 2021 12:03:32 GMT
Also managed to pick up a couple of side circle seats. I could have bought in the Amex sale had I known about it, but hadn't received any marketing materials from NT or Amex (despite being opted in) about that sale so wasn't aware until I saw here that it had already happened.
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Post by djdan14 on Apr 30, 2021 13:10:34 GMT
Now showing as sold out
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Post by lichtie on Apr 30, 2021 13:21:19 GMT
Snuck in with a seat on the only day I could go even though the Queue-IT had said they were sold out... I presume someone forgot to checkout their basket in time.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Apr 30, 2021 14:15:29 GMT
I'd like to see this as I liked Kore-eda's Shoplifters and I'm interested to see how his work would translate to the stage but I got in too late. I'll try for the Friday Rush but I did notice one performance was to be filmed. Does this suggest an NTLive performance or would it just suggest being filmed for the archive (I feel like normally it only says it's a filmed performance when it's NTLive but maybe I just never noticed otherwise before)?
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Post by edi on May 28, 2021 13:06:30 GMT
I got straight through the rush queue but double tickets were only available in the side gallery.
Would have let it go in normal times but I SO MISS theatre!
I hope it's not too distant.
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Post by Mark on Jun 2, 2021 14:06:41 GMT
I got straight through the rush queue but double tickets were only available in the side gallery. Would have let it go in normal times but I SO MISS theatre! I hope it's not too distant. Where were the singles (if any)? Hoping to snag a rush ticket for next week.
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Post by david on Jun 2, 2021 18:15:48 GMT
Mark, Had a quick look at my NT order and I got a single ticket in Row S of the Gallery. From what I can remember there wasn't much choice for us solo theatre-goers.
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Post by edi on Jun 3, 2021 5:48:50 GMT
I got straight through the rush queue but double tickets were only available in the side gallery. Would have let it go in normal times but I SO MISS theatre! I hope it's not too distant. Where were the singles (if any)? Hoping to snag a rush ticket for next week. Cannot recall, i was concentrating too much on snapping up my tickets... But all rush tickets are higher up, no amazing seats were on offer
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Post by Mark on Jun 4, 2021 13:01:26 GMT
Managed to get a rush ticket in the far sit of the “pit”. Doesn’t say restricted view or anything although I suspect it will be quite side on! Happy with it only being £10 though, I was expecting it to be £20.
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Post by zahidf on Jun 4, 2021 13:17:22 GMT
Managed to get a rush ticket in the far sit of the “pit”. Doesn’t say restricted view or anything although I suspect it will be quite side on! Happy with it only being £10 though, I was expecting it to be £20. Got one as well, pleasant surprise
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Post by MrBunbury on Jun 4, 2021 13:47:36 GMT
Unlucky again, despite having four pages open... Next week then :-(
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Post by zahidf on Jun 8, 2021 20:40:43 GMT
This was wonderful I thought! Really moving in places and wonderful design.
Came to just over 90 minutes
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Post by n1david on Jun 8, 2021 21:18:06 GMT
Extended to 7 August
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Post by frosty on Jun 10, 2021 14:35:26 GMT
Just noticed there are 2 seats available in the pit for tomorrow's performance - be quick!
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Post by Mark on Jun 10, 2021 20:49:19 GMT
This was excellent! Loved the concept and it all worked very well. The hour and 40 minutes flew by.
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Post by Mark on Jun 11, 2021 16:23:23 GMT
Also just to add (can't edit above due to timing) - A2 in the pit for £10 was a total steal through the Friday rush - not restricted at all.
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Post by david on Jun 12, 2021 17:27:23 GMT
First trip back to the NT since last March to watch After Life this afternoon. A really thought provoking and engaging 100 minute play by Jack Thorne that worked well in the more intimate setting of the Dorfman Theatre. Despite being sat up in the Gods in Row S, I had the whole row to myself and only missed a few brief periods of action at the side and in the right hand corner of the back of the stage. A nice blend of more emotionally charged moments with light hearted scenes worked well together and with great set, lighting and sound designs by Bunny Christie, Neil Austin and Tom Gibbons respectively.
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Post by edi on Jun 13, 2021 5:18:29 GMT
Row R on the balcony on the rush sale was a steal, amazing seat, good and close view.
It was great to see a proper thought provoking play again. The night I went there was an actor reading his script, just replaced someone else. It was disrupting but understandable. Another one was obviously "acting " but I think these will smooth out as they gel more.
Very poignant story, interestingly the story didn't develop as i expected.
I picked my story since...
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Post by andrew on Jun 18, 2021 8:29:59 GMT
I didn't come away with quite the same acclaim that you guys did, I thought it was good, not great. The design was excellent, and I liked the concept, but there were a lot of sub-par performances on show (and I'm not including the last minute replacement) and I found the concluding sequences much less emotionally satisfying than I expected. The absolute star of the show, as he's been in everything I've seen him in, is Luke Thallon. I don't know whether to call him promising or not, now that he's been in lots of big things, but he's just a joy to watch.
I don't know, it just didn't connect with me, it was quite predictable once it got going, I think I just wanted a little bit more from the script and some of the cast.
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Post by cavocado on Jul 12, 2021 8:52:12 GMT
I enjoyed it and agree that Luke Thallon was outstanding, but a couple of the other actors seemed a bit disengaged, which meant some of the big emotional moments lacked impact.
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