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Post by showgirl on May 11, 2016 6:38:28 GMT
It doesn't actually finish until 2 June - you had me worried for a moment, mallardo, as I knew I'd booked for June!
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Post by cirque on May 11, 2016 7:09:00 GMT
les Blancs is indeed magnificent.....I do think NT under Rufus Norris is really getting to grips with the formation of a very strong repertoire. Looking forward to Ivo Van Hove Hedda Gablet.........
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Post by cirque on May 11, 2016 7:09:34 GMT
Gabler. Whoops.
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Post by mallardo on May 11, 2016 7:18:46 GMT
It doesn't actually finish until 2 June - you had me worried for a moment, mallardo, as I knew I'd booked for June!
Yikes! Why did I think it was ending? Thanks so much for correcting me, showgirl!! I edited my post.
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Post by Honoured Guest on May 11, 2016 8:51:15 GMT
Yikes! Why did I think it was ending? Probably because it's not playing for the next three weeks (while The Threepenny Opera arrives) and then has just four midweek performances to end its run.
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Post by theatre-turtle on May 11, 2016 9:04:36 GMT
Yikes! Why did I think it was ending? Probably because it's not playing for the next three weeks (while The Threepenny Opera arrives) and then has just four midweek performances to end its run. Does anyone know why it has such a weird schedule? Why not have a normal 8 show week and end the run earlier
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Post by Honoured Guest on May 11, 2016 9:17:05 GMT
Does anyone know why it has such a weird schedule? Why not have a normal 8 show week and end the run earlier The schedule is quite usual for the NT which usually has two plays in repertoire in each theatre. The advantage is that this extends the run of each production (doubling the length of the run) and so a visitor to London at any time has a choice of up to six NT productions whereas there would only be three on offer (in three theatres) if the shows all had straight runs. Having said that, the Dorfman is switching to straight runs in July!
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Post by theatre-turtle on May 11, 2016 10:52:02 GMT
Does anyone know why it has such a weird schedule? Why not have a normal 8 show week and end the run earlier The schedule is quite usual for the NT which usually has two plays in repertoire in each theatre. The advantage is that this extends the run of each production (doubling the length of the run) and so a visitor to London at any time has a choice of up to six NT productions whereas there would only be three on offer (in three theatres) if the shows all had straight runs. Having said that, the Dorfman is switching to straight runs in July! Thanks. - is there a reason commercial theatres don't do the same?
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Post by Baemax on May 11, 2016 13:16:06 GMT
Facilities, I expect. The visible stage space of the Lyttelton is but a fraction of the space, as they've got room in both the wings and the flies to store and entire stage-sized set if necessary. With many commercial theatres, it's a struggle to imagine where they even put dressing rooms, let alone where they could fit a whole other production.
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Post by Honoured Guest on May 11, 2016 14:18:52 GMT
And cost of the acting company. Which used, in the past, to be less of an issue when all the productions in repertoire were cast from a permanent company. But now, usually, each play is cast independently and so two plays in rep doubles the cost of the actors.
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