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Post by david on Jun 24, 2018 16:28:41 GMT
Help me out here. Please. Where is the schedule for the plays? Are they doing different sets at different times or in a kind of rep? I can only find booking for The Room with Victoria station and something else. Ta I’ve booked via the ATG website which gives you the full schedule for the season. By the looks of things, it looks like they are doing the season in a kind of rep as you thought.
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Post by lynette on Jun 24, 2018 16:59:31 GMT
ok, thanks, found it. But how wearisome to have to be going back and forth to find wvening shows and so on...I can find only one Saturday night for Landscape and Alaska.
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Post by learfan on Jun 24, 2018 18:45:42 GMT
ok, thanks, found it. But how wearisome to have to be going back and forth to find wvening shows and so on...I can find only one Saturday night for Landscape and Alaska. Are you in London Lynette? I picked up a leaflet from the Theatre yesterday and it has a complete schedule inside. Also there is a bespoke website: pinteratthepinter.com. Ive booked for them all, so excited!
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Post by lynette on Jun 24, 2018 22:58:50 GMT
Thanks, I’ll check out the website. I managed to go back and forth and write down a few dates I can do. I think I’ll get to three of them. I do think highly of Pinter's work. Not of him...
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Post by lynette on Jul 2, 2018 12:18:40 GMT
So do they want us to actually book for these plays? I phoned cos I usually do especially when buying more than one date to save all the back and forth on the iPad. Well, you would have thought I wanted a heart transplant. In the end I went on the website. I saw what the girl on the phone had told me, that the cheaper seats were restricted view, some of them and that there were no seats between them and the most expensive. Stay with me you at the back. They don’t mention the restricted until you select but not confirm so that is more taps and wiggles. More back and forth and finally after renewing password I booked for two dates, the Room group and Slight Ache group. O, that is after they told me my cc was wrong number and I had use a debit grrr. My cc number is engrained in my veins but I may have entered it wrongly in the kerfuffle. No chance of correcting that though and no way I could change the cc. Not having it. I wanted to see more but lost the will to live. And wow, the cost! Funnily enough the champagne experience cost less than the seats in row behind. But I just couldn’t go for that. Not for Pinter and it was still way more than I wanted to pay.
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Post by david on Jul 2, 2018 12:31:21 GMT
So do they want us to actually book for these plays? I phoned cos I usually do especially when buying more than one date to save all the back and forth on the iPad. Well, you would have thought I wanted a heart transplant. In the end I went on the website. I saw what the girl on the phone had told me, that the cheaper seats were restricted view, some of them and that there were no seats between them and the most expensive. Stay with me you at the back. They don’t mention the restricted until you select but not confirm so that is more taps and wiggles. More back and forth and finally after renewing password I booked for two dates, the Room group and Slight Ache group. O, that is after they told me my cc was wrong number and I had use a debit grrr. My cc number is engrained in my veins but I may have entered it wrongly in the kerfuffle. No chance of correcting that though and no way I could change the cc. Not having it. I wanted to see more but lost the will to live. And wow, the cost! Funnily enough the champagne experience cost less than the seats in row behind. But I just couldn’t go for that. Not for Pinter and it was still way more than I wanted to pay. Sounds like you had a right nightmare there Lynette. At least you’ve managed to finally get it sorted even if it’s cost you your sanity! This is one booking session that is definitely not user friendly as you say. I did mine through the iPad and ended up using pen and paper to write down what dates I could do for the productions I wanted to try and get the cheaper seats. Like you I lost the will to live sorting stuff out. It should have been easy, but the reality was somewhat different.
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Post by lynette on Jul 2, 2018 13:48:23 GMT
Well, thank you David cos I thought it might just be me!
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Post by Marwood on Jul 12, 2018 7:01:11 GMT
For those of you wanting a taster, there is a free screening of The Dumb Waiter starring Colin Blakeley and Ken Cranham at the BFI this Saturday afternoon (introduced by Ken).
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Post by johng on Jul 24, 2018 15:20:46 GMT
Just noticed at evening shows on 2 and 4 October Mark Rylance performing Pinter's Nobel speech.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jul 26, 2018 9:29:32 GMT
The Jamie Lloyd Company is delighted to add Sir Antony Sher, Penelope Wilton, Jessica Barden, Kate O’Flynn, Hayley Squires, Luke Thallon and Russell Tovey to their extraordinary Pinter at the Pinter season.
Sir Anthony Sher and Kate O'Flynn join Paapa Essiedu and Maggie Steed in the season's explosive opening: One for the Road/ The New World Order/ Mountain Language/ Ashes to Ashes.
Russell Tovey and BAFTA nominee Hayley Squires will appear in The Lover/ The Collection, Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World) stars in Moonlight/ Night School whilst Luke Thallon (The Inheritance) joins The Room/ Victoria Station. Also announced today is the World Premiere production of Pinter’s newly-discovered satirical sketch, The Pres and an Officer, an anarchic attack on the Presidency, will be performed alongside One for the Road/ The New World Order/ Mountain Language/ Ashes to Ashes from 6 September to 20 October, directed by Jamie Lloyd.
Close friend and long-term Pinter collaborator Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey) will make 12 special guest appearances performing the witty monologue, Tess, written for her by Pinter, from the 19th November as part of the performances of Landscape / A Kind of Alaska, starring Keith Allen and Tamsin Greig.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jul 26, 2018 9:38:03 GMT
I can hardly imagine anyone less suited to the role of Nicolas in One for the Road than Sher. He is going to ACT so hard. It just won't work. It needs so little obvious effort to make that as menacing as it needs to be. Sher isn't that sort of actor. He is all about showing himself as an Actor.
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Post by Kenneth_C on Jul 26, 2018 15:11:33 GMT
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 26, 2018 19:40:10 GMT
Apologies if this has already been asked but what's the verdict on row a? Possible neck ache?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jul 26, 2018 19:42:23 GMT
Neck ache is worth it for a close up with Mr Tovey....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 22:53:03 GMT
To be fair you don't have to be up close, you'd see those ears from the merchandise stand in the foyer.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 23:09:44 GMT
So some people on the forum are allowed to make Comments about actors personal appearance
And others are not
Very fair and consistent approach
He can’t help his ears
I once referred to SRB As rotund
And people shat themselves
Interesting As obesity is usually self inflicted From poor diet lack of exercise And is an epidemic
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Post by Jan on Jul 27, 2018 6:59:44 GMT
I can hardly imagine anyone less suited to the role of Nicolas in One for the Road than Sher. He is going to ACT so hard. It just won't work. It needs so little obvious effort to make that as menacing as it needs to be. Sher isn't that sort of actor. He is all about showing himself as an Actor. 100% agree. Bizarre casting.
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 27, 2018 8:58:57 GMT
Apologies if this has already been asked but what's the verdict on row a? Possible neck ache? Not on sale yet, but if it is, take the chance, the stage is rarely high at the Pinter. Onsale for £15 for under 30s, so think I'll go for it. Thanks
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Post by asfound on Jul 27, 2018 9:17:39 GMT
Bit of a weird selection, not for full time students? What exactly is a key worker anyway - I work part time as a researcher for the NHS, does that count?
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Post by lynette on Jul 27, 2018 10:05:42 GMT
I had such a problem booking for some of these ( see above) that I have no idea what plays I did book for or who is in them. So could be a nice surprise. I did write down the dates 😀
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Aug 11, 2018 1:38:17 GMT
Sir Anthony Sher and Kate O'Flynn join Paapa Essiedu and Maggie Steed in the season's explosive opening: One for the Road/ The New World Order/ Mountain Language/ Ashes to Ashes. Jonjo O’Neill in this one too.
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Post by RedRose on Aug 13, 2018 8:36:03 GMT
Sir Anthony Sher and Kate O'Flynn join Paapa Essiedu and Maggie Steed in the season's explosive opening: One for the Road/ The New World Order/ Mountain Language/ Ashes to Ashes. Jonjo O’Neill in this one too. Even happier now I booked this. Love Kate and Jonjo.
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Post by wiggymess on Aug 14, 2018 14:52:57 GMT
Lee Evans added to cast.
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Post by saints on Aug 15, 2018 5:24:36 GMT
£15 front row seats now available for plays featuring Lee Evans
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Post by RedRose on Aug 15, 2018 8:30:51 GMT
£15 front row seats now available for plays featuring Lee Evans This can be a mistake- as it is usually reserved for the under 30s. Better be quick.
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Post by schuttep on Aug 16, 2018 8:09:25 GMT
Lee Evans in Monologue seems to have been added to the Landscape and A Kind of Alaska group, and The Pres and an Officer has been added to the One for the Road group.
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Post by jason71 on Aug 16, 2018 15:25:20 GMT
So i can get a front row seat for £15. WOW! Book it online or on the phone & then get clobbered with a rip off £3.65 fee. Parasites. If you pay this charge then you're a mug
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Post by wiggymess on Aug 16, 2018 15:28:48 GMT
So i can get a front row seat for £15. WOW! Book it online or on the phone & then get clobbered with a rip off £3.65 fee. Parasites. If you pay this charge then you're a mug Thanks m8
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Post by Jan on Aug 16, 2018 18:27:28 GMT
£15 front row seats now available for plays featuring Lee Evans This can be a mistake- as it is usually reserved for the under 30s. Better be quick. Thanks for the info. A good saving. Could be a mistake but I bought £15 front row seats for The Birthday Party via TodayTix and there was no restriction on who could buy them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 7:47:35 GMT
Well. Cher was not in this. I was most disappointed. I was ready to join in with the 'Dark Lady' claps too. Instead we got some portly old chap torturing lovely little Papa Lazarou instead. I shall be writing a strongly worded letter. With appropriate pauses.
I'm also amazed that Harold was such a psychic. Even though he died 10 years ago he managed to write a play about Donald Trump as President. I'm stunned Antonia Fraser didn't ask him for the lottery numbers at some point. She'd never have to write again.
Papa stole the show for me (he was wonderful and manged to show real variety) even though I really don't think I knew what was going on for most of the time. I think I should have read up on the plays before going in. It's basically a set of scenes, a bit like a nasty revue. It reminded me a little of the recent 'Machinal' at the Almeida. Maggie Steed was of course wonderful as always and Kate O'Flynn was terrific even though I couldn't get it out of my head that she sounds somewhat like Patsy Routledge as Kitty in the old Victoria Wood show.
Just a word of warning. The show is in two acts. There's a very odd curtain call at the end of the first act where everyone bows and I think lots of people thought that was the end as there were lots of empty seats after the gin break. I almost headed out with my coat on too. Well, stylish chunky cardigan actually. Papa and Kate come back on to do another scene after the interval and then only they get to bow.
For those of a nervous disposition there is blood and some bare buttocks. But they're sat on a chair so if like a squashed buttock then you will be in heaven.
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