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Post by jadnoop on Jul 25, 2017 12:52:33 GMT
Monkey nests are £12.50 Apologies for a stupid question, but what's meant by 'monkey nests'? Do you just mean high/balcony seats generally, or are you talking about specific locations?
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Post by lynette on Jul 25, 2017 12:53:11 GMT
Aaaggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this a good Aagh or a bad aagh?
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Post by CG on the loose on Jul 25, 2017 12:59:36 GMT
Monkey nests are £12.50 Apologies for a stupid question, but what's meant by 'monkey nests'? Do you just mean high/balcony seats generally, or are you talking about specific locations? Balcony A5 and 26 - see attached both for origins of name and full description of seats! www.theatremonkey.com/WYNDHAMSbooking.htm#BA
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 25, 2017 13:01:12 GMT
Monkey nests are £12.50 Apologies for a stupid question, but what's meant by 'monkey nests'? Do you just mean high/balcony seats generally, or are you talking about specific locations? Never apologise. I've learn't over the last few months that (within reason) there is no such thing as a stupid question on TheatreBoard. As I understand it when people write about 'monkey nest' seats at the Wyndhams, they are referring to A5 and A26 in the balcony (very top level). They are separate from others on A row, and you have to sit sideways.
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Post by Xanderl on Jul 25, 2017 13:18:07 GMT
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Post by jadnoop on Jul 25, 2017 13:37:30 GMT
Thanks for the info Hmmm. Seats seem good, and £12.50 is an absolute bargain. On the other hand, in all honesty a main draw for me would be a chance to see a master like Jeremy Irons on stage, and the reviews from Bristol seem to suggest that he wasn't on form and forgetting lines (and, oddly, said that he would only transfer to National or to New York) so perhaps it might be a disappointment.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 25, 2017 13:41:00 GMT
If I was going to be disappointed, as a Yorkshireman, I'd much prefer be disappointed after spending £12.50, rather than £98.50!
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Post by martin1965 on Jul 25, 2017 17:11:44 GMT
Saw this in Bristol, absolutely superb, pleasantly surprised by WE transfer as Irons isnt a fan!
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Post by Marwood on Jul 25, 2017 17:19:50 GMT
Thanks for the info Hmmm. Seats seem good, and £12.50 is an absolute bargain. On the other hand, in all honesty a main draw for me would be a chance to see a master like Jeremy Irons on stage, and the reviews from Bristol seem to suggest that he wasn't on form and forgetting lines (and, oddly, said that he would only transfer to National or to New York) so perhaps it might be a disappointment. Only time I've seen Jeremy Irons on stage was in Isabella Rossellini's tribute to Ingrid Bergman at the Royal Festival Hall a couple of years ago - I wouldn't call him a master going by that, he was a bit too, er, mannered to be honest (I would say hammy but the sun is out and its payday so I might have guilt pangs later about being mean to him 😛)
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Post by deadyankee on Jul 25, 2017 21:21:07 GMT
Thanks for the info Hmmm. Seats seem good, and £12.50 is an absolute bargain. On the other hand, in all honesty a main draw for me would be a chance to see a master like Jeremy Irons on stage, and the reviews from Bristol seem to suggest that he wasn't on form and forgetting lines (and, oddly, said that he would only transfer to National or to New York) so perhaps it might be a disappointment. I saw this in Bristol and there was no forgetting of lines on that night. It was an excellent production although, as good as Irons was, I thought Lesley Manville was the star of the show.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 26, 2017 12:55:28 GMT
Saw this in Bristol, absolutely superb, pleasantly surprised by WE transfer as Irons isnt a fan! Mr Irons strikes me as the type of actor who will stop a production mid-flow to deal with a mobile phone, etc. At least he'll be able to park his motorbike around the back of the Wyndham's.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 13:19:40 GMT
Mr Irons strikes me as the type of actor who will stop a production mid-flow to deal with a mobile phone, etc. At least he'll be able to park his motorbike around the back of the Wyndham's. Oh how exciting. Remind me to schedule a call half way through the show to see if he goes the full Patti. Who do you THINK you ARE? In all honesty, I'm only going to see this to complete the family trio. I'll have seen husband, wife and son then. Is that some kind of theatre top trump?
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 26, 2017 13:39:31 GMT
Mr Irons strikes me as the type of actor who will stop a production mid-flow to deal with a mobile phone, etc. At least he'll be able to park his motorbike around the back of the Wyndham's. Oh how exciting. Remind me to schedule a call half way through the show to see if he goes the full Patti. Who do you THINK you ARE? In all honesty, I'm only going to see this to complete the family trio. I'll have seen husband, wife and son then. Is that some kind of theatre top trump? The things Sinead has put up with over the years, allegedly. I've seen Mr & Mrs Godber performing together. That must be worth a bonus point, surely?
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Post by lynette on Jul 26, 2017 15:03:29 GMT
Come guys who saw this in Bristol, is it really good? Be honest.
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Post by bordeaux on Jul 26, 2017 16:00:36 GMT
Come guys who saw this in Bristol, is it really good? Be honest. Yes, with cast and a director you would have expected to see at the National or the Almeida. It is London-worthy, if that's what you mean. I've seen it twice before, in the 90s, once with Timothy West and Prunella Scales (and young Stephen Dillane) at the National and then at the Young Vic with Richard Johnson and Penelope Wilton, both very good, but I think this Bristol one has the edge.
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Post by martin1965 on Jul 26, 2017 16:10:47 GMT
Come guys who saw this in Bristol, is it really good? Be honest. I did and i was in tears at the end, really really good. Go!☺
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 16:44:10 GMT
Grabbed a monkey nest for early March. Read the play in my first year of uni but have yet to see it performed.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Jul 26, 2017 23:40:38 GMT
Yes, with cast and a director you would have expected to see at the National or the Almeida. It is London-worthy, if that's what you mean. I've seen it twice before, in the 90s, once with Timothy West and Prunella Scales (and young Stephen Dillane) at the National and then at the Young Vic with Richard Johnson and Penelope Wilton, both very good, but I think this Bristol one has the edge. That Tim & Pru NT production also did a short UK tour and I saw it at Bristol Old Vic! When Richard Eyre became AD of the NT he co-produced several Lyttelton shows with regional theatres and toured them as part of their Lyttelton run. Of course, the BOV stage and seating configuration is different now.
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Post by callum on Jul 27, 2017 0:03:13 GMT
Don't think I'll be able to handle the poor comfort of a monkey nest for how long this play is. Will wait to try and grab front row day seats.
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Post by stefy69 on Jul 27, 2017 5:49:02 GMT
Come guys who saw this in Bristol, is it really good? Be honest. Is it Good It's got Jeremy Irons in it- be still my beating heart!
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Post by emicardiff on Jul 27, 2017 7:36:51 GMT
Come guys who saw this in Bristol, is it really good? Be honest. Is it Good It's got Jeremy Irons in it- be still my beating heart! I really enjoyed it and the chance to see Jezza Irons on stage was a treat. But everyone was really great in the production.
(caveat I Irons is one of the actors I occasionally just ignore outside of the roles he plays for my sanity, and ability to enjoy my Brideshead Revisited Box-set)
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Post by callum on Aug 29, 2017 1:08:17 GMT
Was watching Helen Mirren's Theater Talk interview and when Michael Riedel asked if she'd ever wanted to play Mary Tyrone she said it's a boring part because she wanders in and out always on heroin! I was shocked, I love this part!
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Post by Baemax on Aug 29, 2017 7:31:10 GMT
She doesn't exactly have a great deal of agency of her own though. She exists primarily in relation to the men in her life, and although great actresses make her a compelling watch, it doesn't quite excuse O'Neill's failing to write a completely rounded character in the first place.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Nov 15, 2017 11:46:52 GMT
Playing at The Wallis, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, California from June 8 to July 1 2018.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2017 13:07:46 GMT
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Post by callum on Nov 28, 2017 18:30:59 GMT
Lesley Manville looks to be getting excellent notices for Phantom Thread - wonder if they'll let her go to Oscars if she's nominated...
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Post by tonyloco on Dec 2, 2017 21:41:14 GMT
Please can anyone tell me whether this production gives us the complete final act with all the poetry quotations? The last two major productions I saw had almost none of the poetry at all. I can understand the desire of a producer to want to keep running time down to a reasonable commercial length but on the other hand I would love to experience seeing the play that O’Neill actually wrote.
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 4, 2017 14:21:32 GMT
/\ You should think yourself very lucky to be able to see any version of Long Day's Journey. On his death, O'Neill left strict instructions that it was never to be performed.
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Post by tonyloco on Dec 4, 2017 19:52:18 GMT
Thanks TallPaul. I didn’t actually know that, so I clearly haven’t been paying attention to my programme notes. That’s very important because I had not appreciated the importance of the superb production I saw in Sydney in July 1959. After the show I walked back to the city centre with Clive James who drew my attention to the significance of the poetry in the last act. I then bought a copy of the play that I still have and see it is the English edition by Jonathan Cape, June 1956, reprinted 1956 and 1958.
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Post by tonyloco on Dec 5, 2017 0:03:07 GMT
PS On one of those early evening quiz shows recently a contestant offered up a play by Eugene O’Neill called: “Long Day’s Journey into Space”
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