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Post by Mark on Oct 10, 2019 8:13:41 GMT
Starts previews tomorrow. Anyone booked?
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Post by MrBunbury on Oct 10, 2019 8:51:21 GMT
Starts previews tomorrow. Anyone booked? I am going on the 29th because I will review it for work. |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 10, 2019 20:20:11 GMT
I saw it (a shortened/earlier version of it?) at the Orange Tree last year. performed by their youth theatre group. Some interesting moments but didn’t hang together well. Will be interesting to see how it’s developed since then.
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Post by foxa on Oct 15, 2019 14:24:26 GMT
Going on Friday and the 'before you visit' email I got today said it will be one hour 55, so sigh of relief on that.
Haven't really heard much about it - some twitter comments along the lines of 'intense.'
The content advisory which you can click on makes it look like a heavy evening.
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Post by showgirl on Oct 15, 2019 14:45:03 GMT
Running time has gone down even in the last few days, then, as very recently the website said 2 hours 10.
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Post by smallperson on Oct 18, 2019 12:28:16 GMT
1h 55m when we saw it on Wednesday.
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Post by smallperson on Oct 18, 2019 12:42:35 GMT
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Oct 18, 2019 17:47:59 GMT
Looks like 4 stars from most reviewers at the moment, apart from a couple. Seeing it in a couple of weeks.
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Post by Forrest on Oct 18, 2019 18:03:42 GMT
I usually try to avoid reviews before seeing a play, but glad to hear that the critics think it's OK.
I tend to be very excited about seeing plays, but somehow not so much about this one for no particular reason. The topic is a bit... dreary. (Bought a ticket on the 26 October to take my sister who is visiting to experience the Donmar, since I'd already booked on other dates for most things I really wanted to see.)
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Post by foxa on Oct 18, 2019 21:34:22 GMT
There are some talented folks involved with this and Jemima Rooper elevates everything she's in, IMO, but this was a very hard sit. Almost 2 hours, no interval and I felt every minute of it. A few people walked out, a few people fell asleep. There were probably 25 minutes of brilliance in there.
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Post by Forrest on Oct 18, 2019 23:19:01 GMT
Have to admit, that doesn't sound too promising...
Also, people falling asleep at the theatre are forever a mystery to me: if I was really *that* bored, I'd rather just leave. This way you're simply a nuisance to others, who are trying to see the play. (Speaking from experience here: an elderly man fell asleep during Rosmersholm at the Duke of York. He snored. People were, understandably, embarrassed to do anything. It was simply ridiculous.)
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Post by Latecomer on Oct 19, 2019 7:43:58 GMT
Have to admit, that doesn't sound too promising... Also, people falling asleep at the theatre are forever a mystery to me: if I was really *that* bored, I'd rather just leave. This way you're simply a nuisance to others, who are trying to see the play. (Speaking from experience here: an elderly man fell asleep during Rosmersholm at the Duke of York. He snored. People were, understandably, embarrassed to do anything. It was simply ridiculous.) Sometimes people can’t help it....i once went to a talk with my mother-in-law (P.D.James, very good) and she fell asleep 7 times. I nudged her awake each time (as I knew she really wanted to hear the talk and was in danger of snoring) but she literally could not stay awake! My husband has the same gene...falls asleep anywhere he is, and missed the end of so many TV programmes! I personally am amused by the ones in the theatre who sleep the whole way through a play and then exclaim how good it was at the curtain call!  |
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Post by foxa on Oct 19, 2019 11:13:14 GMT
The sleepers were no trouble, just gently and silently dropping their heads to their chests, like wilting flowers. One did wake up and leave. And I suppose it isn't a good sign of my engagement that I noticed them.
There were some terrific bits in this and we have talked about it afterwards with interest, but I found it really frustrating and, at times, dull.
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Post by eatbigsea on Oct 24, 2019 0:33:54 GMT
I appreciated it overall, but I did note the passage of time. The scene near the end was devastating, but didn't feel particularly earned. I thought of news stories I had read with similar outcomes whilst listening . I enjoyed the dinner party scene more than I probably should have as a paid up member of the middle classes, but it felt like over-egging the pudding in a number of ways. {Spoiler - click to view}
Treating the deliveroo wine delivery person noticeably worse than the actual drug dealer made little sense, especially since they accused the former of dealing drugs and welcomed the latter in a frankly unrealistic way, even given the tenor of the conversation. And I appreciate that Mum didn't want to miss anything, but {Spoiler - click to view}
you wouldn't hesitate to go and see if your child had been pissed on, if only to keep up appearances . |
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Post by david on Oct 26, 2019 16:25:45 GMT
Having watched today’s matinee and my final visit to the Donmar for 2019, this was a disappointing production to end my Donmar year on overall. At just shy of 2hrs, I really felt time dragged watching this . Despite some nice comedic moments (particularly the dinner party scene), I really couldn’t engage with this at all. It was just too disjointed and any social points the writing was trying to make really didn’t land for me.
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