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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 1, 2019 19:15:46 GMT
My last show, yesterday, was The Messiah (Barlow, not Handel). Unfortunately I didn't enjoy it at all so that ended 2018 on a down.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jan 1, 2019 20:55:17 GMT
Visits:
- Performances x220
- Plays x178
- Galas x2
- Musical x1
Theatres:
- Globe x26
- National x16
- Park x12
- RSC x10
Shakespeare:
- Performances x61
- Plays x25
Most Seen:
- Macbeth
- Performances x12
- Productions x10
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 1, 2019 23:56:28 GMT
Phantom, I admire you! When do you eat? Your dedication to theatre is remarkable. Oh thanks Lynn. Eating not a problem, that I do too much, sleep is a different question. I am very good at time management. Where most people attend the theatre, I am common and just rock up!!! Rory Without quoting your post as it will put all my theatre up again for a 3rd time and I think people have suffered enough. Saw Strictly Ballroom twice, because of blasted Todaytix and great offer and me forgetting how bad it was first time round. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 14:38:56 GMT
My last show of the year was 'The Messiah' at the St James Theatre. It was supposed to have been 'Dicky Two' at the Almeida but on the night I just could not be faffed so Lesley Gusset and co it was.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jan 2, 2019 16:46:34 GMT
Dicky Two LOL, Ryan never had you down as a fan of Charles Dickens.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2019 21:30:35 GMT
Finally got a list together of highlights (and a few low ones), although I haven't yet added my usual commentary......maybe later) Very Almeida and NT heavy, there appear to have been fewer theatres with their focus this year, which is one that chimes with my personal tastes.
NEW PLAY
John (NT – Dorfman)
The Writer (Almeida)
Dance Nation (Almeida)
Home, I’m Darling (NT – Dorfman)
Nine Night (NT – Dorfman)
Five Easy Pieces (Campo (Ghent) – Unicorn)
PLAY REVIVAL OR ADAPTATION
Summer & Smoke (Almeida)
The Octoroon (NT – Dorfman)
The Wild Duck (Almeida)
Chekhov’s First Play (BAC)
A Christmas Carol (Old Vic)
Richard II (Almeida)
MUSICAL
Fun Home (Young Vic)
My Left/Right Foot the Musical (National Theatre Scotland/Birds of Paradise, Edinburgh)
Sylvia (Zoonation – Old Vic)
Company (Elliot & Harper, Gielgud)
Hadestown (NT – Olivier)
PERFORMER
Patsy Ferran (Summer & Smoke - Almeida)
Romola Garai (The Writer –Almeida)
Ken Nwosu (The Octoroon- NT, Dorfman)
Ria Zmitrowicz (Dance Nation - Almeida)
Edward Hogg (The Wild Duck- Almeida)
SUPPORTING PERFORMER
Kaisa Hammarlund (Fun Home – Young Vic)
Kevin Harvey (The Wild Duck - Almeida)
Lyndsey Marshall (The Wild Duck – Almeida)
Imogen Doel (The Tell Tale Heart- NT, Dorfman)
Marylouise Burke (John - NT, Dorfman)
DISAPPOINTMENTS
Beginning (NT – Ambassadors)
Machinal (Almeida)
Underground Railroad Game (Lightning Rod Special – Edinburgh/Soho)
La Maladie de Mort (Bouffes du Nord – Edinburgh/Barbican)
ONE TO WATCH – Lung Theatre (for both E15 (BAC 2017) and Trojan Horse (Edinburgh 2018))
ONES MISSED & HOPE TO SEE SOON - ear for eye (Royal Court), Poet In Da Corner (Royal Court), The Watsons (Chichester), Bryony Kimmings' 'I'm a Phoenix, Bitch' would have been another but I've booked for its BAC run.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2019 21:38:23 GMT
So .. looking at ticket prices my average ticket price last year was £32 - up from £20 last year but that's because it was skewed by seeing the Ring Cycle at the ROH.
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