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Post by Mark on Nov 16, 2021 11:14:42 GMT
Previews begin tonight. Is anyone going?
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Post by Dave B on Nov 16, 2021 11:23:59 GMT
Yup, we are going next month. I find those nice and close £20 seats easier to get later in the run once public booking opens.
I had originally booked for the 2020 run and looked forward to that so I am glad it has come back.
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Post by sweets7 on Nov 16, 2021 22:33:05 GMT
I am later in the run. Looking forward to it.
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Post by Forrest on Nov 16, 2021 22:52:18 GMT
Also a bit later in the run, going on the 10 December, on a similar cheap seat as Dave B. Looking forward to it too.
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Post by dlevi on Nov 22, 2021 23:24:34 GMT
Saw this tonight - a mess of a play, badly designed and not particularly well directed ( Nancy Carroll does her best but... not enough) and when there's a chance for it to be seriously bold and take an unexpected stand, it fails.
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Post by lynette on Nov 22, 2021 23:32:30 GMT
Sounds like an Agatha Christie.
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Post by saul on Nov 23, 2021 4:08:53 GMT
New poster here but have to offer a different opinion. Saw this late last week and thought it was utterly wonderful from the quirky fun house setting to the flawless ensemble. And I found the ending genuinely edge of my seat thrilling. May be out on a limb on my own on this one, but I was a fan.
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Post by alicechallice on Nov 24, 2021 13:53:40 GMT
One star in the Guardian. Ouch!
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Post by n1david on Nov 24, 2021 14:13:30 GMT
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Post by Mark on Nov 24, 2021 15:47:00 GMT
I’m not one to take reviews as gospel but I’m certainly reconsidering whether to go to this one now or not.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Nov 24, 2021 16:11:45 GMT
It’s so very weird I kind of liked it just for the sheer weirdness factor alone. The set and some of the staging choices are bonkers. The script itself is boring and doesn’t address any of the issues it seeks to address more than superficially. A few nice gags. Some awful jokes.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Nov 24, 2021 16:19:34 GMT
Credit note requested. That many 0-2 stars can't ALL be wrong. Even the 3 star ones don't read as 3 stars. Phew  |
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Post by alicechallice on Nov 24, 2021 16:27:40 GMT
Is Rufus the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer of new writing?
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Post by saul on Nov 24, 2021 16:57:42 GMT
WOWZA those are brutal reviews. They make me feel like a bit of a rube for loving it so much. I felt like it deliberately avoided realism, and so the wackier twists all landed. Possibly I'm just an idiot, but...it really worked for me!
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Post by kathryn on Nov 24, 2021 18:21:02 GMT
Seeing with a mate on saturday. Oh dear!
Oh well, maybe it’ll replace Damned by Despair as the best bad play I’ve ever seen?
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Post by partytentdown on Nov 24, 2021 21:33:21 GMT
Do they still issue credit notes, no questions asked? Or do I need to come up with an excuse why I can't go?
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Post by Jon on Nov 24, 2021 21:51:53 GMT
Do they still issue credit notes, no questions asked? Or do I need to come up with an excuse why I can't go? Just saw you tested positive for Covid! |
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Post by n1david on Nov 24, 2021 22:14:42 GMT
Do they still issue credit notes, no questions asked? Or do I need to come up with an excuse why I can't go? Full credit voucher, no questions asked. Just email or call the box office. |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Nov 24, 2021 22:23:50 GMT
It’s definitely better than Damned by Despair, if only by being weird enough (or even possibly bad enough) to avoid total boredom.
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Post by Jon on Nov 24, 2021 23:07:13 GMT
It’s definitely better than Damned by Despair, if only by being weird enough (or even possibly bad enough) to avoid total boredom. I honestly wish I'd seen Damned by Despair, sounds like a complete car crash of a play! |
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Post by max on Nov 24, 2021 23:11:57 GMT
WOWZA those are brutal reviews. They make me feel like a bit of a rube for loving it so much. I felt like it deliberately avoided realism, and so the wackier twists all landed. Possibly I'm just an idiot, but...it really worked for me! Haha! Own it. Phone them up and say you'll do some seat filling for them. For free, of course. I'll come along, on freebie basis obvs. |
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Post by londonpostie on Nov 24, 2021 23:32:07 GMT
tbh, this has now edged up my list of what-to-see.
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Post by justinj on Nov 25, 2021 0:39:29 GMT
I quite liked it. Maybe because since covid I think this is the first ‘comedic’ play I’ve seen. Seen a lot of Shakespeare and misery, so this was an easy escape for 2hrs30
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Post by orchidman on Nov 25, 2021 1:56:38 GMT
Is Rufus the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer of new writing? To be fair Solskjaer started with 14 wins from his first 17 games, if Norris was a Premier League manager he wouldn't have lasted a season |
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Post by eatbigsea on Nov 25, 2021 3:02:57 GMT
My perspective may still be pandemic-skewed, but I liked this a lot more than the following at the NT: Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Exit the King, I’m Not Running, When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, etc.
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