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Post by TallPaul on Feb 15, 2018 13:16:09 GMT
Nice of Laura Wade to secure a gig for her old man. Perhaps they come as part of a BOGOF deal?
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 15, 2018 15:00:19 GMT
Anyone know the running times for the new shows please?
Planning to do couple of double headers, Festival and Minerva in the same day, however to do this I need to see the longest show in the afternoon, to give me the best chance of getting back to London.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 15:15:41 GMT
And hey, if you do have the running times for the new shows, anyone, I wouldn't mind a heads-up on next week's lottery numbers while you're at it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 15:22:44 GMT
And hey, if you do have the running times for the new shows, anyone, I wouldn't mind a heads-up on next week's lottery numbers while you're at it. Equally if anyone would like to comment on the length of Mike Bartlett’s cock.... I’ll get my coat.
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Post by stefy69 on Feb 15, 2018 15:48:33 GMT
And hey, if you do have the running times for the new shows, anyone, I wouldn't mind a heads-up on next week's lottery numbers while you're at it. Equally if anyone would like to comment on the length of Mike Bartlett’s cock.... I’ll get my coat. I've now pebbledashed my desk with coffee !!!
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Post by showgirl on Feb 15, 2018 16:35:10 GMT
Anyone know the running times for the new shows please? Planning to do couple of double headers, Festival and Minerva in the same day, however to do this I need to see the longest show in the afternoon, to give me the best chance of getting back to London. Wouldn't this be useful? A constant bugbear to have no idea at the booking stage and when you need to plan travel. Even when a play/show has been on before - and even when it's a transfer of the same production - the previous running time is no guide: for instance, the version of The York Realist now at the Donmar is considerably shorter than the original. Late notice of running times/late changes to these have caused me more problems at CFT than anywhere else. Last year I had to miss one evening play as I simply couldn't get back after all, despite the Box Office kindly changing my original bookings to help; on another occasion, also last year, when I was trying to do the double and travel there and back in one day, I ended up having to pay for overnight accommodation after all, and this was more expensive due to the short notice. CFT does some great stuff and visits are always a pleasure, but the associated stress and extra expense aren't!
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 15, 2018 20:00:46 GMT
The train station being at the other side of Chichester doesn't help either. A 15 minute brisk walk across the car park and through the town and the hope of getting out of the theatre before rigor mortis sets in among the audience!
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 15, 2018 20:04:58 GMT
On another note this seasons announcement does not seem to have caused much discussion on here. Usually there are multiple posts either loving the season or saying it's lacklustre for various reasons. At least some discussion. However, this year apathy seems to be the reaction.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 16, 2018 5:16:00 GMT
It seems to be a couple of musicals which have attracted most of the comments, so they're on their respective threads in that section (Flowers For Mrs Harris and Me And My Girl); also a couple of plays (The Chalk Garden and Cock) in that section.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 16, 2018 11:23:03 GMT
Anyone know the running times for the new shows please? Planning to do couple of double headers, Festival and Minerva in the same day, however to do this I need to see the longest show in the afternoon, to give me the best chance of getting back to London. Sorry but how is anyone going to know rhat now!?
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Post by showgirl on Feb 16, 2018 12:49:06 GMT
Maybe people who've seen the original (if a transfer) or an earlier production (if a revival) - just as a rough idea.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 13:14:12 GMT
Maybe people who've seen the original (if a transfer) or an earlier production (if a revival) - just as a rough idea. Even when a play/show has been on before - and even when it's a transfer of the same production - the previous running time is no guide: for instance, the version of The York Realist now at the Donmar is considerably shorter than the original.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 17, 2018 0:16:12 GMT
Anyone know the running times for the new shows please? Planning to do couple of double headers, Festival and Minerva in the same day, however to do this I need to see the longest show in the afternoon, to give me the best chance of getting back to London. Sorry but how is anyone going to know rhat now!? I know people cannot be exact and Chichester cannot give a guide time, as they will be open to accusations if they got it wrong. Showgirl and I are in the same boat, ai would wish to see the longest show in the afternoon, seeing the shortest one in the evening, to give the best shot for the 22:07 Three Bridges train. Also the Minerva can sell out quickly, so feel forced to buy my ticket ASAP and going blind on running times. it would be handy if Chichester on a 2 Show day, did the occasional 7pm start, but saying that I guess the make up of the audience is local, so this is unlikely to happen.
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Post by sf on Feb 17, 2018 1:06:06 GMT
I have this lovely vision of a Chichester lady of a certain age going to the box office and saying "I'd like to see Cock" and the Box Office Assistant responding "Wouldn't we all". When I saw Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art a few years ago at the Lowry, the two nice ladies-of-a-certain-age sitting next to me spent much of the interval having an earnest discussion about how difficult it must have been to discreetly procure a rent boy in Oxford in the early 1970s. Was there an underground network? Did you have to write on the wall in the toilets in the bus station? Could you leave a card in a phone box? The effort of not a) looking as though I was eavesdropping and b) dissolving in fits of laughter very nearly gave me a hernia.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 17, 2018 7:37:57 GMT
Sorry but how is anyone going to know rhat now!? I know people cannot be exact and Chichester cannot give a guide time, as they will be open to accusations if they got it wrong. Showgirl and I are in the same boat, ai would wish to see the longest show in the afternoon, seeing the shortest one in the evening, to give the best shot for the 22:07 Three Bridges train. Also the Minerva can sell out quickly, so feel forced to buy my ticket ASAP and going blind on running times. it would be handy if Chichester on a 2 Show day, did the occasional 7pm start, but saying that I guess the make up of the audience is local, so this is unlikely to happen. Thats the way of the world, they know a fair proportion come from London, and there are direct trains. I travel from Birmingham New Street and a matinee is doable in a day but onviously if i do a double header i stay over at Premier Inn or Travelodge. The same when i will go up north next month for Spring Awakening and Paint your Wagon, you have to take educated guess based on experience re what train to book.
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 20, 2018 19:52:17 GMT
Well I know that, but does it really have to be a crapshoot when you book, I don't really want to splash out for a hotel, if I don't have to and I need to get someone in to feed the cats, so only other option is to drive, which I am not keen to do and is another big expense and you have the stress of getting there on time and whether you will find a parking spot. The National Theatre archive can be a good resource, as it gives running times of past productions. catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/CalmView/Advanced.aspx?src=CalmView.PerformanceWhich has Copenhagen down as running 2hr 20min and Present Laughter down as 2hr 55min and the Country Wife 3hr. Also the Stage gives running times in their review.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 21, 2018 7:08:39 GMT
Well I know that, but does it really have to be a crapshoot when you book, I don't really want to splash out for a hotel, if I don't have to and I need to get someone in to feed the cats, so only other option is to drive, which I am not keen to do and is another big expense and you have the stress of getting there on time and whether you will find a parking spot. The National Theatre archive can be a good resource, as it gives running times of past productions. catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/CalmView/Advanced.aspx?src=CalmView.PerformanceWhich has Copenhagen down as running 2hr 20min and Present Laughter down as 2hr 55min and the Country Wife 3hr. Also the Stage gives running times in their review. Well im from south london and if i still lived there AND had a car, it would be a no brainer to drive. Its a decent drive and you park in the huge car park adjacent to the theatre. Plus of course no fretting about running times.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 21, 2018 7:09:07 GMT
Well I know that, but does it really have to be a crapshoot when you book, I don't really want to splash out for a hotel, if I don't have to and I need to get someone in to feed the cats, so only other option is to drive, which I am not keen to do and is another big expense and you have the stress of getting there on time and whether you will find a parking spot. The National Theatre archive can be a good resource, as it gives running times of past productions. catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/CalmView/Advanced.aspx?src=CalmView.PerformanceWhich has Copenhagen down as running 2hr 20min and Present Laughter down as 2hr 55min and the Country Wife 3hr. Also the Stage gives running times in their review. Well im from south london and if i still lived there AND had a car, it would be a no brainer to drive. Its a decent drive and you park in the huge car park adjacent to the theatre. Plus of course no fretting about running times.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 21, 2018 7:10:15 GMT
Oops! Didnt mean a double post.
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Post by emsworthian on Feb 21, 2018 7:34:43 GMT
Well I know that, but does it really have to be a crapshoot when you book, I don't really want to splash out for a hotel, if I don't have to and I need to get someone in to feed the cats, so only other option is to drive, which I am not keen to do and is another big expense and you have the stress of getting there on time and whether you will find a parking spot. The National Theatre archive can be a good resource, as it gives running times of past productions. catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/CalmView/Advanced.aspx?src=CalmView.PerformanceWhich has Copenhagen down as running 2hr 20min and Present Laughter down as 2hr 55min and the Country Wife 3hr. Also the Stage gives running times in their review. Well im from south london and if i still lived there AND had a car, it would be a no brainer to drive. Its a decent drive and you park in the huge car park adjacent to the theatre. Plus of course no fretting about running times. The "huge" car park can get very full for matinees. If we go by car, we usually park in a side road near the theatre.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 21, 2018 12:18:22 GMT
The "huge" car park can get very full for matinees. If we go by car, we usually park in a side road near the theatre. Matter for you but it is a huge car park that is v handy and you will get a place.
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Post by bellboard27 on Feb 21, 2018 12:26:29 GMT
The "huge" car park can get very full for matinees. If we go by car, we usually park in a side road near the theatre. Matter for you but it is a huge car park that is v handy and you will get a place. Usually it is fine but I have turned up at the car park to find it absolutely full. Bit of a shock given how much space there has been other times! (It was prior to a matinee so I parked elsewhere and moved the car in prior to the evening performance to allow for a quick getaway).
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Post by showgirl on Jul 20, 2018 4:14:09 GMT
Just to say I was at PN yesterday for Charlotte Jones' new play in the Minerva (The Meeting); will post more later in appropriate thread but no time now so will just say it's great, if hugely reminiscent - for me - of The Crucible.
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