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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Mar 11, 2024 16:25:47 GMT
I had issues with ATG as login wouldn’t work - password reset was impossible. Wanted to make sure I had it ready for general on sale. Reached out on their socials and they provided (to my surprise) the presale link. So I don’t even have a membership yet managed to obtain it. 😅 £23.50 including a fee. Aisle seat, no restricted view. Can’t complain. But begs to differ why a membership exists if they’re just sending out the link… I regret not seeing this previously, did try day-seating at Wyndhams but absolute fail. Very happy!
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Post by theatremiss on Mar 11, 2024 19:10:04 GMT
Have ATG members been sent a link yet? I’m a member and I’ve received nothing
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Post by happysooz2 on Mar 11, 2024 19:37:30 GMT
Me too. Not a sausage from ATG.
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Post by Rory on Mar 11, 2024 21:03:54 GMT
I got an ATG email about this around noon today.
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Post by bwayboy22 on Mar 11, 2024 21:40:12 GMT
Not familiar with this show. For those that saw the previous version, how good were the stage seats?
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Post by theatreliker on Mar 11, 2024 21:52:40 GMT
We saw it at Wyndhams from the onstage seats and can confirm they were excellent.
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Post by drmaplewood on Mar 12, 2024 6:40:52 GMT
Yep they were the best seats in the house (and only £15 back then, inflation bites!)
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Post by bordeaux on Mar 13, 2024 14:13:28 GMT
NT have sent a link. Stage seats look good but apart from that prices seem very high indeed. There are 30 rows of seats in stalls and circle, only 5 of which have seats at less than £60.00 (including booking fee). And theatre people constantly tell us they want to widen access....
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Post by harlow on Mar 13, 2024 17:56:22 GMT
Going to go for on stage tickets for this - would those who saw it from the stage last time suggest a particular row is best? I want to be able to see well but don't like the idea of being 'on show' so was thinking of the back row. Thoughts?
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Post by drmaplewood on Mar 13, 2024 18:27:53 GMT
Going to go for on stage tickets for this - would those who saw it from the stage last time suggest a particular row is best? I want to be able to see well but don't like the idea of being 'on show' so was thinking of the back row. Thoughts? It's raked so any seat will be fine.
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Post by dynamiccoins on Mar 14, 2024 10:41:39 GMT
Looking forward to this - I just booked front row stage seats
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Post by mrnutz on Mar 15, 2024 10:04:32 GMT
Also booked for front row stage seats!
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Post by Rory on Mar 25, 2024 19:05:25 GMT
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Post by Rory on Mar 27, 2024 10:37:02 GMT
Sinead Cusack joining the cast.
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Post by Libby on Mar 30, 2024 11:03:46 GMT
My coworker said this one is a "must see" so I am going to try to catch it when it comes to Trafalgar in May!
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Post by jakobo on Apr 29, 2024 12:12:05 GMT
So what does seating on stage entail? Is there an ‘immersive’ element? And why are they £45 on the booking page even though the website says they’re £35 for every performance?
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Post by drmaplewood on Apr 29, 2024 13:50:26 GMT
So what does seating on stage entail? Is there an ‘immersive’ element? And why are they £45 on the booking page even though the website says they’re £35 for every performance? Interesting, I paid £35. Dynamic pricing again? A majority of the dates have lots of availability so that seems unusual. You're just a lot closer to the action on stage, and for me at the Wyndham's, it added to the claustrophobia of the piece a lot more.
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Post by lt on Apr 29, 2024 14:37:09 GMT
So what does seating on stage entail? Is there an ‘immersive’ element? And why are they £45 on the booking page even though the website says they’re £35 for every performance? Interesting, I paid £35. Dynamic pricing again? A majority of the dates have lots of availability so that seems unusual. You're just a lot closer to the action on stage, and for me at the Wyndham's, it added to the claustrophobia of the piece a lot more. I booked last week, and since then prices seem to have gone up. Either that or less deals in place.
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Post by Being Alive on May 3, 2024 21:43:56 GMT
I'll never get over this. 9 years late to see it but every bit as good as everyone had ever said. Gough is herculean. Thank god we still make stuff like this.
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Post by parsley1 on May 3, 2024 21:58:07 GMT
Despite the fact it is excellent
It’s barely sold any tickets over the run
I do wonder the logic and sense in bringing it back so soon
Bizarre
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 3, 2024 22:39:51 GMT
Despite the fact it is excellent It’s barely sold any tickets over the run I do wonder the logic and sense in bringing it back so soon Bizarre I agree It’s Odd But Denise Gough
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Post by Oleanna on May 3, 2024 22:49:53 GMT
Saw the first preview tonight and loved it just as much as the original. A real casting coup with Sinéad Cusack, she and Gough are perfectly paired.
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Post by Rory on May 4, 2024 3:07:00 GMT
Saw the first preview tonight and loved it just as much as the original. A real casting coup with Sinéad Cusack, she and Gough are perfectly paired. I saw them both together in Conor McPherson's version of The Birds at the Gate Theatre in Dublin years ago. Also saw PP&T at the Wyndham's and it is both exhilarating and heartbreaking with a juggernaut performance from DG. .
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Post by max on May 4, 2024 8:52:11 GMT
Sales are poor based on seat plans, even for performances coming soon. It'll take off after press and review - but on a three month run perhaps with deals.
Yes it's commercial theatre this time, but at these prices, and holding these values perhaps they're helping particular groups of people to see it: "We all felt a responsibility to make the play, primarily, for those who know what it is to live with addiction, for them to feel represented and seen" - MacMillan interviewed ahead of remount.
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Post by sophia on May 4, 2024 9:04:57 GMT
Has anyone sat in the stage seats for this yet? I remember in A Little Life we had to switch off our phones and lock them away in pouches - is it the same for this or less strict?
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Post by lt on May 4, 2024 12:09:29 GMT
Has anyone sat in the stage seats for this yet? I remember in A Little Life we had to switch off our phones and lock them away in pouches - is it the same for this or less strict? That sounds an excellent idea for all productions!
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Post by ncbears on May 5, 2024 19:15:07 GMT
Sales are poor based on seat plans, even for performances coming soon. It'll take off after press and review - but on a three month run perhaps with deals. Yes it's commercial theatre this time, but at these prices, and holding these values perhaps they're helping particular groups of people to see it: "We all felt a responsibility to make the play, primarily, for those who know what it is to live with addiction, for them to feel represented and seen" - MacMillan interviewed ahead of remount. We booked 21 June when booking opened. it's our only weekend in the UK. Just checked and there are no tickets sold around us (center of first row of dress circle).
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Post by parsley1 on May 5, 2024 20:40:48 GMT
Sales are poor based on seat plans, even for performances coming soon. It'll take off after press and review - but on a three month run perhaps with deals. Yes it's commercial theatre this time, but at these prices, and holding these values perhaps they're helping particular groups of people to see it: "We all felt a responsibility to make the play, primarily, for those who know what it is to live with addiction, for them to feel represented and seen" - MacMillan interviewed ahead of remount. What an entitled comment from the playwright Make no mistake they are bringing this play back under the misconception that it’s a cash cow like Jerusalem AKA greed and because the playwright has been incapable of producing any new material of significance since then And that will be a hugely expensive misjudgment of error for them Were the playwright or actress or producers GENUINELY bothered about addiction They could have presented the issues through a fresh lead character from a different demographic background and ethnicity and cast a new lead Or written a new play building on the subject If they think a rose tinted view of addiction through the lens of a white middle class female is addressing or acknowledging the topic in a meaningful way a decade down the line they are quite wrong It is purely designed to entertain and appeal to theatre audiences themselves of a certain demographic This play might be revelatory for NT audiences I can tell you having worked in addiction it barely scratches the surface There are MANY better and realistic portrayals of addiction and substance misuse which present it in a more engaging way eg: Euphoria, Long Days Journey into Night, Dopesick, etc etc etc If you want to see a hysterical performance though then it might hit the spot
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Post by wiggymess on May 5, 2024 21:41:49 GMT
Yawn
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Post by max on May 5, 2024 22:20:35 GMT
parsley1 - the recent revival of 'Blue/Orange' (with Giles Terera in the role first played by Bill Nighy) was a good example of what you describe: galvanising and drawing new angles out of an established recent modern hit/classic. Very much not colour-blind casting (how could it be agnostic in 'Blue/Orange') the decisions made by a Black consultant on the fate of a Black patient in the mental health system brought new layers of complexity. The fallout from the play's situation made you wonder if Terera's Robert would be hung out to dry, while Nighy's Robert would find a way back via louche charm and the old school tie. The previous line in the Duncan Macmillan quote says that in the original process:"the company visited treatment centres and worked closely with people in recovery". But as you say, that was then. What's now, and what's new? At some point plays fly free from their original process and integrity, and hope to find a new truth and different integrity in someone else's hands. Repeating the same production later, but in new commercial circumstances, may be the most uncomfortable formula for playing it again.
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