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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 9:57:41 GMT
Ooh how exciting. I do love me a comedy and corset play.
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Post by Rory on Jul 6, 2017 10:06:40 GMT
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Not always very high value in terms of ticket yield or donations
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Post by Xanderl on Jul 6, 2017 10:18:31 GMT
Love the website design! Prices are not too bad but I think I'll hang on for offers for these.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jul 6, 2017 10:25:30 GMT
Thanks for this stefy69 . I've signed up for updates. Looking forward to it mucho.
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Post by stefy69 on Jul 6, 2017 10:27:37 GMT
Thanks for this stefy69 . I've signed up for updates. Looking forward to it mucho. A pleasure ! Me too but not sure my bank account is
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 10:35:08 GMT
The website is delightful, I've always loved those old-fashioned posters. I do wonder if there'll be dayseats (and how high the stage will be, and if there's any nudity/dogs/whatever) though, the 20,000+ tickets under £20 all appear to be way up at the back of the upper circle and I do like sitting a little closer than "hovering eighty feet above the Strand" where possible...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 11:05:21 GMT
Well. I can't wait personally. 'Lady Windermere's Fan' is just ripe for any number of filthy puns at its expense. I'm easily pleased.
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Post by peggs on Jul 6, 2017 11:17:52 GMT
Site blocked by work as being suspicious, what is my lunch break for if not for planning to spend more money on theatre?!
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Post by MrBunbury on Jul 6, 2017 11:56:50 GMT
Site blocked by work as being suspicious, what is my lunch break for if not for planning to spend more money on theatre?! Haha, same for me. Now I don't know what to do during the lunch break...
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Post by martin1965 on Jul 6, 2017 12:04:21 GMT
Dont want to sound glas half empty but it would have been better imo to have slotted in a Shaw or Boucicault? Do we really need all the Wildes?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 12:06:25 GMT
Apparently he is going to move onto other playwrights, but he's starting with Wilde.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 6, 2017 12:30:58 GMT
I hope this isn't a silly question, but why Classic Spring? I think even I can work out the Classic bit, but Spring?
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Post by Tibidabo on Jul 6, 2017 12:48:27 GMT
I took it to mean the season - as in next spring.??
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 6, 2017 12:54:58 GMT
I took it to mean the season - as in next spring.?? Possibly, but the season (different meaning) starts in the autumn, and runs for a year.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jul 6, 2017 13:09:38 GMT
On closer inspection TallPaul I realise I should have read it properly before answering! Now I'm as intrigued as you are! Edit: There's a little copyright thingy at the bottom and it's actually something called Classic Spring Theatre Company.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 13:11:51 GMT
Maybe it's like... playing off the idea that Spring is the season when things grow anew, with a little bit of "springing into life" in play, and it's just a pleasant-sounding title that suggests these old things will come fresh?
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Post by Honoured Guest on Jul 6, 2017 13:15:32 GMT
It struck me as an echo of the Arab Spring, with the West End rising from the tyranny of tat to produce popular, less exploitative theatre.
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Post by peggs on Jul 6, 2017 18:49:41 GMT
The website is delightful, I've always loved those old-fashioned posters. I do wonder if there'll be dayseats (and how high the stage will be, and if there's any nudity/dogs/whatever) though, the 20,000+ tickets under £20 all appear to be way up at the back of the upper circle and I do like sitting a little closer than "hovering eighty feet above the Strand" where possible... Yes don't really want to sit miles up but can't really justify stalls prices.
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Post by schuttep on Jul 10, 2017 14:36:10 GMT
I hope this isn't a silly question, but why Classic Spring? I think even I can work out the Classic bit, but Spring? A spring is also a small flow of water.
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Post by lynette on Jul 10, 2017 14:56:40 GMT
I think the Arab Spring is an unfortunate reference here. Maybe he is thinking along the lines of reinventing the classics, giving them a shove into a new era. We're talking about it anyway, which must be good. Not sure I can be bothered though.
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Post by martin1965 on Jul 10, 2017 17:40:07 GMT
Snap Lynette! Its a laudable idea to put these sort of plays on in we but as i have said above, a mix of writers would have been better. Casting might tempt me but...
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Post by Honoured Guest on Jul 10, 2017 17:44:48 GMT
I wonder whether people may decide to go to just one, and whether they'll see one they've enjoyed before or one that's completely new to them?
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Post by wickedgrin on Jul 10, 2017 22:53:02 GMT
It's just that when in town I think there will always be something more interesting/entertaining/exciting to see.....
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Post by showgirl on Jul 11, 2017 3:47:19 GMT
Just read the Stage article, it promises a season of Shaw to follow Wilde,much more interesting esp if they pick some of the lesser done plays. Exactly why I, too - now that we know the initial choice of plays - can't get excited about this. But here's hoping for something less well-known idc.
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Post by stefy69 on Jul 11, 2017 6:10:48 GMT
Have booked for A Woman of No Importance a combination of the play + Messrs Best, Bron and Gaunt swung it for me
A lovely pre-Christmas treat.
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Post by bordeaux on Jul 11, 2017 8:09:02 GMT
I am coming round to the idea of the season. I can't remember a major revival of A Woman of No Importance or Lady Windermere's fan in my 30 years of theatre-going, or one that got good enough reviews to make it worth going to see. Numerous Earnests, of course, and the fabulous Peter Hall/Martin Shaw An Ideal Husband, but the rest is, perhaps surprisingly, relatively rarely done these days.
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Post by martin1965 on Jul 11, 2017 8:33:13 GMT
I am coming round to the idea of the season. I can't remember a major revival of A Woman of No Importance or Lady Windermere's fan in my 30 years of theatre-going, or one that got good enough reviews to make it worth going to see. Numerous Earnests, of course, and the fabulous Peter Hall/Martin Shaw An Ideal Husband, but the rest is, perhaps surprisingly, relatively rarely done these days. RSC revived it at the Barbican admittedly in 1991, i thought it ok, cast included John Carlisle, Carol Royle and Nicola McAuliffe. Cant recall a major revival since not even at Chichester!
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Post by martin1965 on Jul 11, 2017 8:35:08 GMT
I'm quite surprised they didn't launch a "season ticket" like the KB season did. That did encourage me to book all the shows, and the saving was pretty good. More or less buy 4, get one half price. Much more common in North America but i agree have always thought theatres here could do it much more and i include the National and RSC.
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Post by martin1965 on Jul 11, 2017 8:39:43 GMT
Sorry! My post should have specifically mentioned Woman of no Importance. Lady Windemeres Fan is revived more often, productions at Chichester, at least two in WE and also i think Manchester.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2017 9:59:58 GMT
The Hampstead and the Young Vic have been known to use such a system. I don't often benefit from the Young Vic one because I'm buying the cheapest tickets anyway, but I've been successfully suckered into an entire season at the Hampstead with the promise of saving money before now.
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