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Post by talkingheads on Apr 8, 2022 9:15:34 GMT
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Post by poster J on Apr 8, 2022 12:32:26 GMT
I have one ticket for sale for Sat 23rd April evening - completely forgot I'd booked it and I can't go. Listing on the noticeboard if anyone is interested, open to offers!
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Post by andrew on Apr 10, 2022 20:19:58 GMT
Selling a cheap ticket on the noticeboard also for Tuesday 17th May.
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Post by zahidf on Apr 13, 2022 13:07:55 GMT
Pay what you can released online every Wednesday for the week after. Got tickets today with a bit of a queue!
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Post by Mark on Apr 13, 2022 13:12:06 GMT
Pay what you can released online every Wednesday for the week after. Got tickets today with a bit of a queue! Where abouts are the seats?
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Post by zahidf on Apr 13, 2022 13:16:35 GMT
Pay what you can released online every Wednesday for the week after. Got tickets today with a bit of a queue! Where abouts are the seats? All three levels, dotted around
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Post by Rory on Apr 15, 2022 23:20:38 GMT
This is crazy, how can she sustain a nine week run in a one woman show if she has to deal with this after every show?
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Post by budd on Apr 15, 2022 23:33:50 GMT
This is crazy, how can she sustain a nine week run in a one woman show if she has to deal with this after every show? It'll probably calm down. First night, lots of fans would have turned up. But I'm surprised they didn't ban stagedoor signing as other places did.
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 15, 2022 23:46:51 GMT
Considering its just her, I think they'll re-evaluate after tonight and say she's not going to do it.
The run is totally sold out. If she gets sick there's no understudy it's just...off.
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Post by mattnyc on Apr 15, 2022 23:54:28 GMT
Aren't most shows on the West End doing stage door again?
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Post by theinvisiblegirl on Apr 16, 2022 4:53:15 GMT
Considering its just her, I think they'll re-evaluate after tonight and say she's not going to do it. The run is totally sold out. If she gets sick there's no understudy it's just...off. There is an understudy as she has a page in the programme. I saw the show last night and Jodie was absolutely brilliant.
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Post by talkingheads on Apr 16, 2022 8:04:59 GMT
Yeah I hope she doesn't do stage door. I've been seeing a lot of entitlement on Twitter from people demanding stage door, I thought the pandemic might have made people more courteous about this stuff, evidently not
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Post by Dave B on Apr 16, 2022 8:50:17 GMT
There is an understudy as she has a page in the programme. I saw the show last night and Jodie was absolutely brilliant. Would you have a rough running time by any chance please? I am going this evening with a standing ticket. Thank you!
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Post by theinvisiblegirl on Apr 16, 2022 9:16:33 GMT
It started a few minutes late and it was 9.12pm as we were leaving.
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 16, 2022 10:04:23 GMT
Considering its just her, I think they'll re-evaluate after tonight and say she's not going to do it. The run is totally sold out. If she gets sick there's no understudy it's just...off. There is an understudy as she has a page in the programme. I saw the show last night and Jodie was absolutely brilliant. Ah interesting, I had been told during rehearsals that there wasn't
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 16, 2022 10:05:38 GMT
Yeah I hope she doesn't do stage door. I've been seeing a lot of entitlement on Twitter from people demanding stage door, I thought the pandemic might have made people more courteous about this stuff, evidently not Let's also not forget that lots of people who are going to this have never been to the theatre before. She's bringing in people who want to see her and couldn't give a monkeys about the show.
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Post by jojo on Apr 16, 2022 11:16:41 GMT
There is an understudy as she has a page in the programme. I saw the show last night and Jodie was absolutely brilliant. Ah interesting, I had been told during rehearsals that there wasn't I wonder if they have someone who can come on to finish the play if she takes ill half way through or at very short notice? It would all be very odd, but with a sold out run you can't exactly invite people to return to another performance to find out how it ends. That stage door is too much. Yes, it's the first night, and I bet some present are paparazzi and the professional autograph hunters, and quite a few who won't have seen the show or have any intention of doing so. It's up to the management to put a stop to it. If it were a handful of people and it's outside then a quick hello should be safe, but that's not what I see in those photos. Even when it's a handful of people, it's extra work when she should be trying to switch off. They should make a decision that there's to be no hanging around at the stage door and get someone from security to make sure she gets out without disruption.
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Post by andrew on Apr 16, 2022 12:26:09 GMT
Ah interesting, I had been told during rehearsals that there wasn't I wonder if they have someone who can come on to finish the play if she takes ill half way through or at very short notice? It would all be very odd, but with a sold out run you can't exactly invite people to return to another performance to find out how it ends. That's what an understudy does. This show has an understudy. Every show operates differently, but usually the understudy remains in the theatre until most of the show is over then slips off home towards the end.
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Post by poster J on Apr 16, 2022 13:31:41 GMT
I wonder if they have someone who can come on to finish the play if she takes ill half way through or at very short notice? It would all be very odd, but with a sold out run you can't exactly invite people to return to another performance to find out how it ends. That's what an understudy does. This show has an understudy. Every show operates differently, but usually the understudy remains in the theatre until most of the show is over then slips off home towards the end. I think the point is more whether the understudy would go on if Jodie fell sick before the show and couldn't go on at all, or was out for several days.
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Post by jojo on Apr 16, 2022 14:04:05 GMT
That's what an understudy does. This show has an understudy. Every show operates differently, but usually the understudy remains in the theatre until most of the show is over then slips off home towards the end. I think the point is more whether the understudy would go on if Jodie fell sick before the show and couldn't go on at all, or was out for several days. Yes, that's what I was wondering. It's not the first time I've come across the concept of an understudy! I was trying to resolve the previous claim of there being no understudy with there being a page for one in the programme. It might be that somewhere along the way 'no alternate' became 'no understudy', but given that it's a new play with one actress who happens to be one of the UK's hottest talents right now, most people will have booked based on the desire to see her. Hopefully we won't have to find out their policy if she does fall sick before a show. Stage door scrummage aside, I'd like to think that being a one woman show might offer her some protection from COVID along with the other bugs that spread through companies. I think it's worth saying that whilst Jodie is a very popular and successful actress who appeals to people who don't normally go to the theatre, a lot of occasional and regular theatre goers will think she's great and want to see what she can do too. Of course if Jodie promoted her appearance in the play via social media then it would give her fans a head start to buying tickets over theatre fans who happen to think she's great, but I would argue that the most hardcore of them would want to be there for opening night, while the more theatre experienced fans would know the benefits of giving it a few days.
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Post by andrew on Apr 16, 2022 17:21:07 GMT
I think the point is more whether the understudy would go on if Jodie fell sick before the show and couldn't go on at all, or was out for several days. Yes, that's what I was wondering. It's not the first time I've come across the concept of an understudy! I was trying to resolve the previous claim of there being no understudy with there being a page for one in the programme. It might be that somewhere along the way 'no alternate' became 'no understudy', but given that it's a new play with one actress who happens to be one of the UK's hottest talents right now, most people will have booked based on the desire to see her. Hopefully we won't have to find out their policy if she does fall sick before a show. Stage door scrummage aside, I'd like to think that being a one woman show might offer her some protection from COVID along with the other bugs that spread through companies. I think it's worth saying that whilst Jodie is a very popular and successful actress who appeals to people who don't normally go to the theatre, a lot of occasional and regular theatre goers will think she's great and want to see what she can do too. Of course if Jodie promoted her appearance in the play via social media then it would give her fans a head start to buying tickets over theatre fans who happen to think she's great, but I would argue that the most hardcore of them would want to be there for opening night, while the more theatre experienced fans would know the benefits of giving it a few days. My bad, I got the wrong end of the stick. Bearing in mind you can't rebook it anyway, I'd so much rather see an understudy do this than nothing. But TheatreBoard has very divergent and strongly held opinions on both sides about what should happen when the star is out, so I don't want to poke that beast.
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Post by jojo on Apr 16, 2022 18:46:20 GMT
Easily done on the internet!
Personally speaking, I'd rather have the option of seeing an understudy, even if the only reason I'd gone to the effort of booking a show is because I wanted to see it performed by the famous person.
I can't think that I'd not go ahead with watching a show in those circumstances, especially if I'd made it as far as London. I might want to swap dates, but it looks like that would be out of the question for this run. There's bound to be COVID related returns and some house seats would be released, but not enough to cover everyone who wants to switch.
Hopefully this is all academic. There's no reason to think Jodie won't manage the full run.
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Post by jampot on Apr 16, 2022 21:39:48 GMT
Was at the Pinter this evening and I have to say this was excellent in every regard. Boy can this lady act..The brilliant book and staging really helps Jodie to showcase all her talents..Every emotion is on display. I couldn't take my eyes off her. Absolutely command's the stage. So confident. I didn't see any weakness in the production and didn't want it to end..Music is added throughout with heavy base at times that could annoy some. Audience on the whole were well behaved. I noticed what I believe to be some kind of security guy amongst the ushers keeping an eye for potential problems..I really hope it doesn't get spoiled by a minority of fans as it deserves the upmost of respect. Awards galore i would imagine and wouldn't surprise me a run on Broadway if scheduals work.. Bravo..if I could give it 6 out of 5 I would...
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Post by Dave B on Apr 16, 2022 22:18:45 GMT
I was there this evening. Started 19.36 and over at 21.14.
I was standing at the back of the Royal Circle. They don't pack too many people into the space so easy to pick a spot and lean on the rails, a reasonably comfortable stand and I'd suggest a way better standing option than the balcony. The usual amount of people confusing dress/royal/balcony and having to move seats. 3 seats left empty though the performance was listed as fully sold out.
Essentially, Jodie Comer knocks it out of the park, she is fantastic throughout. For the second (maybe third?) preview of her stage debut... she owns the stage from the second she steps foot on it - not a hint of nerves. I know it's early in the season but her performance has awards written all over it.
The play itself is excellent and sharp and hits hard. The staging is good, there are some slight timing issues with lights and music (and too loud music at the start that mostly settles down) but I imagine that'll be nailed down in the next couple of days.
A very young audience, reminded me very much of Tom Hiddleston in the same venue a few years ago, I'm not sure I've seen a crowd as invested in a single performer since then - massive rush of people on exit (a young man tried to push me on the stairs... that did not go well for him!) with people running to the stage door.
Poster, t-shirt, playtext and a reasonably decent programme on sale.
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Post by Jon on Apr 16, 2022 23:00:53 GMT
What accent does Jodie use for the role?
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Post by jampot on Apr 16, 2022 23:25:39 GMT
What accent does Jodie use for the role? Numerous accents depending on whom she is at the time..This very much a talking heads kind of production. You do get plenty of her scouse accent (watered down I would say)
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Post by Jon on Apr 16, 2022 23:30:15 GMT
Numerous accents depending on whom she is at the time..This very much a talking heads kind of production. You do get plenty of her scouse accent (watered down I would say) Thanks, for some reason I thought because it's by an Australian playwright, that Jodie Comer might play the character(s) in an Australian accent but I assume they've made changes so that it makes sense to a British audience.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2022 13:29:25 GMT
It did look as if they had put a barriered area up for Jodie to go around so she wouldn't get mobbed but lots of pushing. Also with theatres there are other staff using the SD so if there is a crowd they either have to fight through it or they or star uses different entrance. When Tom Hiddlestone was there I think they queued everyone up and he came out a door further up possibly one of the Stalls exit doors and they had a crash barrier and a security guy by him so he could just work through the queue. That idea was certainly the best way to control it IMO.
At the Pinter I've known performers to sign at SD and then leave via a door out onto the bottom road behind the theatre and they have had numerous big names there over the years so seem to know how to handle crowds pretty well.
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Post by shady23 on Apr 18, 2022 22:08:38 GMT
Yeah I hope she doesn't do stage door. I've been seeing a lot of entitlement on Twitter from people demanding stage door, I thought the pandemic might have made people more courteous about this stuff, evidently not Let's also not forget that lots of people who are going to this have never been to the theatre before. She's bringing in people who want to see her and couldn't give a monkeys about the show. It's a one woman show. Let's be honest. We are all going for her. Nobody is going for the show.
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Post by mjh on Apr 19, 2022 10:46:12 GMT
Has anyone tried for 'on the day' standing tickets? Just wondering if there's been much of a queue and if they're Royal Circle or Balcony standing?
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