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Post by jason71 on May 28, 2016 15:17:16 GMT
Has anybody been on one of the above tours?
I was told that the waiting list was a long one. I phoned up yesterday and got a place on the tour on 4th June.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2016 18:43:22 GMT
What are you planning to go as? Have you booked a cossie or are you running one up yourself?
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Post by bellboard27 on May 28, 2016 22:16:10 GMT
Go dressed as Nick Hytner and keep grumbling and saying 'I should come back'.
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Post by samjane92 on Aug 11, 2016 11:30:42 GMT
Doing this on Saturday have done the backstage tour twice so looking forward to it. Has anybody done this before?
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Post by jek on Aug 11, 2016 12:15:20 GMT
Did this earlier in the year - combined it with a matinee performance of The Threepenny Opera. In a way the wig bit was the most interesting because the actual practitioners were present to demonstrate their craft. Unsurprisingly there were no costume people on duty on a Saturday morning and so it was left to the very enthusiastic guide to explain what we were looking at. There were a couple of questions asked which he found difficult to answer because he clearly had less experience of sewing anything than some of the people on the tour (there was a costume student who had just done a placement at the Royal Opera House, for example). Plenty of opportunity to handle costumes and to look at source books and the like. You also get to go in to the fitting room. It's a long time since I did a general tour but this specialised tour certainly was different from what I remember seeing in those.
I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2016 14:00:22 GMT
I did a backstage tour about this time last year and really enjoyed it. I really love the National Theatre so it was really fun to go to were they made all the props and learn interesting new things.
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Post by Snciole on Aug 11, 2016 14:24:28 GMT
I've booked for the Bank Holiday Saturday on the basis of this thread. I love a theatre tour!
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Post by Phantom of London on Aug 11, 2016 16:16:52 GMT
Is everything for the National, costume and set made on the South Bank?
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