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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 14, 2019 12:53:51 GMT
Yes, mixed feelings: if there's little or nothing of appeal, it will save me the cost of renewing my membership, the stress of booking (9 am on a Saturday, when many regular theatregoers would normally be en route to see something) and fraught journeys with GTR. But I do, travel aside, really enjoy my trips to Chichester, as it's so much more pleasant than yet another visit to London; the shops are worth a look provided it's not too often and there are great exhibitions at Pallant House gallery. GTR aside travelling to Chichester, which is a slow and tedious journey. Summer woukdn’t Be complete with our cream teas, swallows in the air and a trip to Chichester.
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Post by David J on Feb 14, 2019 13:57:50 GMT
Since Chichester is only a drive away for me, I'll book for some of these. Especially the Minerva ones since there's less tickets that go sooner.
I'll get £10 ones for Macbeth and Oklahoma but wait on Shadowlands (liked the tour but not in hurry to see it again) and will wait for reviews on Plenty.
Otherwise, yeah it's pretty underwhelming. 8 Hotels and Hedda Tesman are the most interesting. Like me some Hadley Fraser in Deep Blue Sea. Not keen on Dervla Kirwan as Lady Macbeth. She delivered the lines very deliberately and carefully as Goneril in the McKellan King Lear, as if she wasn't comfortable with the language
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Post by Rory on Feb 14, 2019 17:39:01 GMT
Re. Evans, I guess I've been so disappointed by his conservatism (recent revivals from Chi and repeats of his Sheffield hits) after his great success at Sheffield that I was looking for some other outside reason. Yes this season is uber conservative. Last year they mixed a Penelope Keith with a Tinuke Craig double bill and Cock by Mike Bartlett. Very little innovation this year really. A missed opportunity for sure.
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 14, 2019 17:52:56 GMT
Now I never thought I would see Penelope Keith and Cock in the same sentence!
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Post by Rory on Feb 14, 2019 18:08:01 GMT
I did pause before I typed it! 😂
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Post by hal9000 on Feb 15, 2019 0:49:05 GMT
I saw the film of Oklahoma! over Christmas and Curly’s treatment of Jud may not go over well in this day and age, neither does the kangaroo court. Poor Jud Is Dead is horrifying. One could well frame Jud as an sensitive anti-hero and Curly as dim violent bully.
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 15, 2019 7:54:46 GMT
Now I never thought I would see Penelope Keith and Cock in the same sentence! It was a real surprise that Chichester chose to stage 'Cock' which had one of the greatest performances from a young actor I've ever seen on stage.
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Post by missthelma on Feb 15, 2019 10:35:13 GMT
One of the most anticipated announcements in theatre but I am afraid it is a yawn, instead of ‘wow’ Never understood why there artistic programme is just a summer thing and why they don’t do another big Christmas musical? I would think Chichester would be beautiful at Christmas. I would expect that given the usually shambolic state of Southern rail, if you add in 'weather' in Winter, very few would attempt the journey and any that did would end up on a rail replacement service to Carlisle
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Post by showgirl on Feb 17, 2019 15:06:25 GMT
Frustrated to realise that my membership expires the day before members' online booking opens but even though it will probably mean paying more for my tickets and having access to reduced availability, I can't justify renewing at £35 when it turns out that this season I wish to book for 2 productions only. The combined cost of the 2 tickets should still be less than the membership fee and leave something over towards the rail fares.
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Post by learfan on Feb 17, 2019 15:45:00 GMT
I renewed the other week and turns out there are at least four i want to see so will take advantage of the festival saver deal.
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 22, 2019 13:10:43 GMT
Just bringing back my general annoyance at this season...why couldn't they have done Gigi for the summer musical?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 22, 2019 14:45:24 GMT
Whilst there is some lovely music in Gigi, the plot is somewhat troubling these days..
Thank Heavens for Little Girls - I know the final line was added - but it is still an uncomfortable message
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Feb 25, 2019 8:36:11 GMT
Whilst there is some lovely music in Gigi, the plot is somewhat troubling these days.. Thank Heavens for Little Girls - I know the final line was added - but it is still an uncomfortable message Indeed...it depends on the director's angle.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Feb 25, 2019 9:01:37 GMT
Had a look through the season brochure over the weekend to determine what to book for, noticed there is very little overlap between new and old shows at the Minerva and Festival Theatre.
Was looking at Hedda Tasman and Macbeth an there is only one Saturday where you can see both and it was the same for Plenty and Deep Blue Sea.
Maybe it only affects the combinations I would want to see but a longer offset gives plenty more opportunity to mix and match.
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Post by CG on the loose on Feb 25, 2019 9:07:39 GMT
Yes NeilVHughes, I had the same problem. I usually manage to see what I want to see from the season in four two-show days but the overlaps didn't work in my favour this time, so while I've only booked six productions I'm still having to make the long trek four times.
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 25, 2019 11:05:28 GMT
Had a look through the season brochure over the weekend to determine what to book for, noticed there is very little overlap between new and old shows at the Minerva and Festival Theatre. Was looking at Hedda Tasman and Macbeth an there is only one Saturday where you can see both and it was the same for Plenty and Deep Blue Sea. Maybe it only affects the combinations I would want to see but a longer offset gives plenty more opportunity to mix and match. It's annoying that they don't still have the two shows in rep over in summer in BOTH theatres. In July/August 2010 for instance, you could have seen any of 42nd Street, The Real inspector Hound/The Critic, Pygmalion & The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists over a few days.
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Post by learfan on Feb 25, 2019 12:47:39 GMT
Had a look through the season brochure over the weekend to determine what to book for, noticed there is very little overlap between new and old shows at the Minerva and Festival Theatre. Was looking at Hedda Tasman and Macbeth an there is only one Saturday where you can see both and it was the same for Plenty and Deep Blue Sea. Maybe it only affects the combinations I would want to see but a longer offset gives plenty more opportunity to mix and match. I was looking at the same as im travelling down from Birmingham and has to be a double header to justify the faff. So im planning Plenty/DBS in June and then Oklahoma /8H in August. The last one i am v intrigued about, casting will be interesting!
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Post by learfan on Feb 25, 2019 12:48:42 GMT
Had a look through the season brochure over the weekend to determine what to book for, noticed there is very little overlap between new and old shows at the Minerva and Festival Theatre. Was looking at Hedda Tasman and Macbeth an there is only one Saturday where you can see both and it was the same for Plenty and Deep Blue Sea. Maybe it only affects the combinations I would want to see but a longer offset gives plenty more opportunity to mix and match. It's annoying that they don't still have the two shows in rep over in summer in BOTH theatres. In July/August 2010 for instance, you could have seen any of 42nd Street, The Real inspector Hound/The Critic, Pygmalion & The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists over a few days. I agree but those days seem to have gone.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Mar 2, 2019 9:17:47 GMT
Reasonably painless, 400 in the queue at 9:00 and plenty of seats available for the days I wanted, two, 2 play days
- Plenty - The Deep Blue Sea
- Macbeth - Hedda Tasman
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Post by learfan on Mar 2, 2019 9:38:54 GMT
Reasonably painless, 400 in the queue at 9:00 and plenty of seats available for the days I wanted, two, 2 play days - Plenty - The Deep Blue Sea - Macbeth - Hedda Tasman I went old school and actually rang! I got two double headers : Plenty and DBS. Plus Oklahoma and 8 Hotels. Im particularly intrigued by the last named. Will they cast from across the pond?
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Post by showgirl on Mar 2, 2019 10:29:02 GMT
OK for me, too, despite starting at 600+ & always being full of trepidation after so many dire experiences with the NT. Got a matinee ticket for the 2 Minerva productions I wanted & midweek in case of weekend engineering work yet to be announced.
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Post by emsworthian on Mar 2, 2019 10:37:06 GMT
I was 485 in the queue at 9.00. I got through within 8 mins and managed to get a ticket for 8 Hotels - the only production I am really interested in this year. I'll probably get a ticket for Macbeth later on; as it is in the main theatre, I expect that will have better availability than the Minerva.
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Post by missthelma on Mar 2, 2019 13:37:24 GMT
Perhaps the ease of booking today is an indication of the quality of the season?
No queue at all just now and tickets available for most things. Got an 8 Hotels ticket, my main (only?) reason for bothering, bugger only knows whether I will be available on that day and no clue as to who will be in it but it sounds fascinating so worth a punt.
On a whim, got a £10 ticket for Shadowlands, I must confess to a weakness for Hugh Bonneville, I saw the original West End production about a thousand years ago, Nigel Hawthorne and.........possibly Jane Laportaire? (Scurries off to check the web, Yes!) but have only a vague memory. The film version I seem to recall not being very good?
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Post by showgirl on Aug 22, 2019 18:32:57 GMT
I saw 8 Hotels today and really liked it but cannot find a thread. Odd if no-one had posted about it since early March though I know there have been dedicated threads for other productions in Chichester this season. Nicholas Wright seems to write few plays but they're well worth seeing when he does.
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