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Post by Xanderl on Apr 16, 2018 13:55:59 GMT
At weekends seated tickets for Othello are pretty much sold out but as Marwood says there are a lot of standing tickets left. Not sure if they release those in chunks?
And yes, Sue Devaney! Best know to me as Jonny Briggs' sister. Having Brian Dick from "Earthfasts" as well it's a late 80s / early 90s CBBC special!
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Post by peggs on Apr 16, 2018 17:08:47 GMT
I don't think I've seen 'Two Noble Kinsmen' before but is that Sue Devaney, star of 'Dinnerladies', I spy in the cast? Booked! [quote timestamp="1523883377" author=" Marwood" I had to go back to the blog and stare intently to see which dinnerladies' alumni I'd missed, now spotted.
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Post by sherriebythesea on Apr 16, 2018 17:47:35 GMT
And I miss being able to see Mark Rylance at the Globe by 2 weeks ...........
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Post by Xanderl on Apr 23, 2018 13:26:18 GMT
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Post by lynette on Apr 25, 2018 8:58:58 GMT
Please see noticeboard for Othello tix.
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Post by lynette on Apr 25, 2018 9:00:14 GMT
If anyone is after tickets for "Shakespeare in the Abbey", they currently seem to be available for every performance. The page about the show says all tickets are sold out, but if you go via the calendar all dates are bookable although some are "limited availability" www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/d/2018-04-28Incidentally the £37 ticket price is more reasonable if you consider the normal entry price to Westminster Abbey is £20 so you're actually paying £17 for the show Also - cast announced for Two Noble Kinsmen blog.shakespearesglobe.com/tagged/Two-Noble-KinsmenMwah. Just got two. Love this board. Going tomorrow Thursday. Anyone else?
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Post by kathryn on Apr 25, 2018 9:42:35 GMT
I completely missed the tickets for the Abbey thing and really want to go, but frustratingly I can't check for tickets as their booking system isn't back up yet!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 10:43:13 GMT
Mwah. Just got two. Love this board. Going tomorrow Thursday. Anyone else? I’m going! I have blond hair and glasses.
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Post by lynette on Apr 25, 2018 12:15:33 GMT
To the 8.30 show? I have short dark hair and glasses! And am probably older than you! Probably I will be looking for somewhere to sit....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 15:29:02 GMT
To the 8.30 show? I have short dark hair and glasses! And am probably older than you! Probably I will be looking for somewhere to sit.... Ah, no, I am in at 6.30pm. Enjoy! I was reading the email about accessibility and apparently the nave is a good place to sit, and there are seats dotted around. I’m going with two people who won’t be able to stand the whole time, so I wanted to make sure they’d be ok.
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Post by peggs on Apr 25, 2018 21:06:03 GMT
How was it? Going sat and am hoping I don't manage to be in all the wrong places at the wrong times or at the back of grounds, when it comes to joining queues I always pick the one that turns out to be the worst so I have form in this.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Apr 25, 2018 21:52:28 GMT
First night, the Globe stripped bare, no set only the actors and the text to fill the space.
Thankfully Michelle is up to the task, an angry and forceful Hamlet that dominates the space.
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Post by lynette on Apr 25, 2018 22:02:02 GMT
First night, the Globe stripped bare, no set only the actors and the text to fill the space. Thankfully Michelle is up to the task, an angry and forceful Hamlet that dominates the space. Thanks for this, Neil. More from you when you recover?
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Post by mistressjojo on Apr 26, 2018 5:07:44 GMT
How was it? Going sat and am hoping I don't manage to be in all the wrong places at the wrong times or at the back of grounds, when it comes to joining queues I always pick the one that turns out to be the worst so I have form in this. If they do it like last year, apart from one or two bits there are no fixed locations or timings for the speeches. The players do stick to general areas ( I guess they are given their zones so as not to all bunch up) but wander about a bit and seem to burst into speech randomly. A couple of times a player just came up to me as I was admiring a tomb or something and started their speech as if chatting with a friend! Likewise you are free to wander about and join or leave a performance as you wish.
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Post by peggs on Apr 26, 2018 11:19:48 GMT
How was it? Going sat and am hoping I don't manage to be in all the wrong places at the wrong times or at the back of grounds, when it comes to joining queues I always pick the one that turns out to be the worst so I have form in this. If they do it like last year, apart from one or two bits there are no fixed locations or timings for the speeches. The players do stick to general areas ( I guess they are given their zones so as not to all bunch up) but wander about a bit and seem to burst into speech randomly. A couple of times a player just came up to me as I was admiring a tomb or something and started their speech as if chatting with a friend! Likewise you are free to wander about and join or leave a performance as you wish. Thanks mistressjojo I will have to resist my fear of being potentially accosted and just listen and enjoy.
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Post by lynette on Apr 26, 2018 22:29:28 GMT
It was lovely, not least the fact that you can wander round the Abbey any way you like and not have to follow the path as you do when you visit as a tourist. They have kept the numbers down so it is very comfortable, plenty of places to sit and beautifully lit. The actors mingle and then start up a speech with another actor or alone. They don’t bother with gender, so Isabella is spoken by a bloke, but on the whole the actors suit the characters as written. Mark Rylance gives us an intense five minutes of RIII. It was a Shakespearean love fest! Great singing at the end. Gosh the Abbey is a great venue. Should do more big drama there but I suppose the security etc would be dreadful to sort out.
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Post by peggs on Apr 27, 2018 10:21:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 16:44:35 GMT
After a rocky start, I really enjoyed this.
Why the rocky start? We’d just walked into the Abbey and someone I recognised leaned in to me to say something. I couldn’t quite place them...and then after they’d declaimed at me for a while, as an audience gathered, I realised that I don’t actually “know” Shobu Kapoor (Gita from Eastenders) I just recognised her from the telly. So I was worried that this was going to be far more interactive than I was expecting. I honestly did not know what to do with my face while she gave her speech.
Anyway, me being paralysingly British aside, this offered lots of wonderful moments. At the end, when the cast come together, many having donned Elizabethan clothing, I realised that I had probably missed quite a lot of performances, but I think that’s to be expected. The cast wear modern clothing, even down to carrying tote bags, so it’s quite breathtaking when someone next to you breaks out.
My favourite moment was John of Gaunt’s speech, I need to check the name of the actress. Delivered on the steps to the Cosmati pavement (uncovered!) she made the hairs on my arms stand on end. Her’s was the only performance I saw that was applauded. In case you want to find her, she was carrying a black Toast bag.
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Post by peggs on Apr 27, 2018 19:56:52 GMT
Thanks for the tip off @happysooz I had assumed they'd be in some costume and was thinking I would be able to identify them at a distance that way. I think that experience would have made me paralysingly British too, hopefully I can project a calmer response now
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Post by NeilVHughes on Apr 27, 2018 22:10:05 GMT
Found it initially disconcerting, was in the vaults, next moment someone ambles over an opens with ‘Is this a dagger....’
As the evening went on and stopped being a tourist (my first visit to the Abbey) really enjoyed it, being ordered by Mark/ Richard to get out of the way was a special moment.
Missed so many, next year will most probably go to both of the evenings productions.
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Post by peggs on Apr 28, 2018 21:14:14 GMT
Well that was rather beautiful, Shakespeare seemed very appropriate in the Abbey especially if it was something about kings or death and you were surrounded by tombs. The part of me that wanted to experience every speech did want to rather dash wildly from place to place suspecting it was missing something better around another corner but fortunately the majority of me won in the stand still and engage with what is going on in front of you. When you got caught up in a small space with not many of you and a speech happened it was the best but it was very well done and with very strong acting throughout.
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Post by Steve on Apr 28, 2018 22:05:34 GMT
It's very odd to be in the Abbey with so few people. One moment Mark Rylance is doing Caliban's speech about the isle being "full of noises" next to the tomb of Elizabeth I, and then he exits, and everyone follows him out, and I find myself totally alone with the tomb of Elizabeth I. No noises any more, just my footsteps.
Nothing was happening in the tomb of Henry VII, so I go in, and it's just me and Henry VII. Weird.
Phillip Arditti was one of the actors, and every time I came across him, all I could see was Uri Savir, the peacemaker he played so well, and so humorously, in "Oslo." It was nice to have the avatar of Uri Savir spreading a bit of peace about among the tombs of so many war makers.
Beatriz Romilly reprised her "Much Ado" Beatrice role from last year's Globe season, in the room with all the red velvet chairs that face each other. She performed the "Kill Claudio" speech with Mark Rylance replacing Matthew Needham as Benedick. At the Globe, Matthew Needham was a Latin Revolutionary Benedick, in a sombrero, so his macho indignance at Beatrice's extreme request got a big laugh. No laughs this time, as Rylance took the righteous fury of Romilly's exhortation to murder utterly seriously, with fearful placidity and pliant grace.
Romilly was exceptionally good, though I do hope her furious murderous Beatrice subsequently ran into Phillip Arditti's Uri Savir, and went to the pub to talk peace over a pint.
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Post by n1david on Apr 28, 2018 22:43:31 GMT
Goosebumps moment for me was being in the room of Mary Queen of Scots' tomb, and a gentleman emerging to perform Mark Antony's soliloquy on Caesar's death. There were only three of us in the room. As a Scotsman brought up on the Mary Stuart myth, hearing someone fulminate over the loss of the monarch and demanding revenge, hearing those words, in that space, was phenomenal. The highlight amongst a night of remarkable experiences.
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Post by altamont on Apr 29, 2018 5:58:01 GMT
And my highlight was Sir Mark performing To be or not to be, in a small side chapel, for at least part of which he was looking me straight in the eye. There were quite a few people present, but it felt personal. So many different highlights for different people - but there seemed more of an emphasis on the history plays this time - but maybe that was just our experience. The gathering together for the song at the end was a truly joyous way to conclude the evening.
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Post by Xanderl on Apr 29, 2018 7:49:29 GMT
Agree with the above, this was an amazing experience. I was a couple of feet from Rylance doing his thing several times! The real standout performer for me though was Mat Fraser, now really regretting missing his Richard III last year. Amusingly at one point saw an actor wander into a space and start declaiming, only for another one at the other end of the room to start declaiming more loudly, so the first one laughed and wandered off to do his thing elsewhere. So I guess the performances are relatively random although there is a structure to it, with the costume changes etc. And getting to wander around the Abbey at will when it's relatively quiet was pretty much worth the ticket price on its own. Also great wandering in and out past crowds of tourists who were hoping to get in Only regret I have is not doing some research on the Abbey layout beforehand so I could take in all of the key sights along with the performances.
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Post by peggs on Apr 29, 2018 7:55:38 GMT
Looking at the cast list now I realise I missed loads including the majority of the scenes mentioned above and how on earth did anyone find time to admire at the same time, it seemed like we'd barely arrived and it finished. Could have happily explored this for hours more.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2018 17:40:37 GMT
Well that was rather beautiful, Shakespeare seemed very appropriate in the Abbey especially if it was something about kings or death and you were surrounded by tombs. The part of me that wanted to experience every speech did want to rather dash wildly from place to place suspecting it was missing something better around another corner but fortunately the majority of me won in the stand still and engage with what is going on in front of you. When you got caught up in a small space with not many of you and a speech happened it was the best but it was very well done and with very strong acting throughout. Yes. My FOMO was going nuts. I agree with whoever said they are going twice next year!
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Post by argon on May 24, 2018 7:47:09 GMT
Get 2 for 1 standing tickets by entering promo code 2KINSMEN41 online, or quoting the code over the phone or at the box office. If you’d rather sit, quote NOBLE20 for £20 best available seats.*
Offers for the globe, looks like this production may be slow in selling.
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