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Post by Jan on Jun 17, 2022 7:03:49 GMT
Here are all the Shakespeare productions the NT has ever done ranked by the year of the last production. I excluded all education/schools productions. It also excludes all outside productions which transferred to the NT - I remember a Hamlet (1987) directed by Ingmar Bergman for example, and a Ninagawa Macbeth (1987). There was also the 1995 production of Titus Andronicus by Doran/Sher which some people remember as an NT production but was a transfer from the Market Theatre Johannesburg so I'm not counting it. Probably there were other transfers.
Two Gentlemen of Verona NEVER Henry VI 1,2,3 NEVER King John NEVER Taming of the Shrew NEVER Henry VIII NEVER Titus Andronicus NEVER Julius Caesar 1977 Coriolanus 1971 1984 Cymbeline 1988 The Tempest 1974 1988 Richard III 1979 1990 Midsummer Night's Dream 1982 1992 Pericles 1994 Richard II 1972 1995 Merry Wives of Windsor 1995 Merchant of Venice 1970 1999 Troilus & Cressida 1976 1999 Winters Tale 1988 2001 Henry V 2003 Loves Labour's Lost 1968 2003 Measure for Measure 1974 1981 2004 Henry IV 1&2 2005 Much Ado 1965 1981 2007 All's Well 2009 Hamlet 1963 1975 1989 2000 2010 Comedy of Errors 2011 Timon of Athens 2012 Othello 1964 1980 1997 2013 King Lear 1986 1990 1997 2014 As You Like It 1967 1979 2015 Twelfth Night 1973 2011 2017 Antony & Cleopatra 1987 2009 2018 Macbeth 1972 1978 1993 2018 Romeo & Juliet 2000 2021
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Post by jek on Jun 17, 2022 8:17:02 GMT
This may have been mentioned elsewhere - apologies if that is the case. I went to the Barbican at the weekend to see the physical theatre/dance company Gecko perform The Wedding. In the digital programme it mentioned that they have been commissioned to make a show for the National Theatre which will appear there in 2023. Details here: www.geckotheatre.com/currently-in-development
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Post by anita on Jul 2, 2022 9:58:01 GMT
Anyone seeing "Jack Absolute Flies Again"?
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Post by Steve on Jul 2, 2022 12:42:58 GMT
Here are all the Shakespeare productions the NT has ever done ranked by the year of the last production. I excluded all education/schools productions. It also excludes all outside productions which transferred to the NT - I remember a Hamlet (1987) directed by Ingmar Bergman for example, and a Ninagawa Macbeth (1987). There was also the 1995 production of Titus Andronicus by Doran/Sher which some people remember as an NT production but was a transfer from the Market Theatre Johannesburg so I'm not counting it. Probably there were other transfers. Two Gentlemen of Verona NEVER Henry VI 1,2,3 NEVER King John NEVER Taming of the Shrew NEVER Henry VIII NEVER Titus Andronicus NEVER Julius Caesar 1977 Coriolanus 1971 1984 Cymbeline 1988 The Tempest 1974 1988 Richard III 1979 1990 Midsummer Night's Dream 1982 1992 Pericles 1994 Richard II 1972 1995 Merry Wives of Windsor 1995 Merchant of Venice 1970 1999 Troilus & Cressida 1976 1999 Winters Tale 1988 2001 Henry V 2003 Loves Labour's Lost 1968 2003 Measure for Measure 1974 1981 2004 Henry IV 1&2 2005 Much Ado 1965 1981 2007 All's Well 2009 Hamlet 1963 1975 1989 2000 2010 Comedy of Errors 2011 Timon of Athens 2012 Othello 1964 1980 1997 2013 King Lear 1986 1990 1997 2014 As You Like It 1967 1979 2015 Twelfth Night 1973 2011 2017 Antony & Cleopatra 1987 2009 2018 Macbeth 1972 1978 1993 2018 Romeo & Juliet 2000 2021 Never done "Taming of the Shrew" and "Titus Andronicus!?" I'm flabbergasted! :0
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Post by djdan14 on Jul 2, 2022 13:04:25 GMT
This may have been mentioned elsewhere - apologies if that is the case. I went to the Barbican at the weekend to see the physical theatre/dance company Gecko perform The Wedding. In the digital programme it mentioned that they have been commissioned to make a show for the National Theatre which will appear there in 2023. Details here: www.geckotheatre.com/currently-in-developmentI believe this has been announced for Home in Manchester prior to the national
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Post by mkb on Jul 14, 2022 11:13:22 GMT
I just bought tickets in today's sale for priority members and was surprised that, rather than ask me if I wanted to add a donation as previously, they automatically added a £6.00 donation. Had I not noticed it in the shopping basket at checkout, it would have gone through. Completely unethical behaviour, but then this is getting to be a regular thing now with the National.
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Post by mkb on Jul 14, 2022 11:53:45 GMT
The other thing that's changed in this and the previous sale, is that, when you click on a seat on the plan, the pop-up window to select ticket type always used to have Full Price tickets listed first followed by various concessions. Now Under18s is sometimes listed first.
In the last sale, in my rush to checkout before the system crashed, I inadvertently selected the £20 Under18 rather than the £20 Full Price, and had to get them changed afterwards. I nearly did it again today.
I wish they would keep the sequence the same each time so that I am not undone by force of habit. It also begs the question as to why they bother to separate out concession tickets that offer no discount.
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Post by Jon on Jul 14, 2022 13:41:51 GMT
I just bought tickets in today's sale for priority members and was surprised that, rather than ask me if I wanted to add a donation as previously, they automatically added a £6.00 donation. Had I not noticed it in the shopping basket at checkout, it would have gone through. Completely unethical behaviour, but then this is getting to be a regular thing now with the National. I think calling it unethical behaviour is pushing it, maybe you should write to Rufus and complain.....
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Post by mkb on Jul 14, 2022 14:36:42 GMT
I think calling it unethical behaviour is pushing it..... Seriously? If you were doing your supermarket shop, and the staff snuck something extra into your trolley half-way round, hoping you wouldn't notice at the till, that would be ethical would it? If so, we have different concepts of right/wrong.
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Post by andrew on Jul 14, 2022 15:29:34 GMT
I think calling it unethical behaviour is pushing it..... Seriously? If you were doing your supermarket shop, and the staff snuck something extra into your trolley half-way round, hoping you wouldn't notice at the till, that would be ethical would it? If so, we have different concepts of right/wrong. The NT is literally a charity, Tesco is not. They do things to encourage donations, and yeah I understand there is trickery of sorts involved, but I pretended to buy a ticket to see how "unethical" it is and I don't really buy it. See below: There's a big donation box at the top, it lists the donation at the bottom, and the total price at the bottom reflects the donation. The reason I think you/other people may not notice the donation is because we're used to getting to ticket confirmation pages and seeing the total price being higher than the face value we selected, with booking fees. The NT have stuck a £3 (in this case) donation there instead of what Ticketmaster would have done and stuck a £20 booking fee, and I have minimal issue with that.
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Post by mkb on Jul 14, 2022 16:19:15 GMT
Yes, that's the screen I've had in the past, but today I did not get that. I added two seats to my basket on one browser window, added two seats from a second show in a second browser window, clicked the button to continue to checkout, and there was the donation already added.
I am guessing that the Donation banner at the top was not rendering for some reason - maybe overload on the server? If so, that's better, as it means it was a technical issue rather than a change in policy.
It's an odd argument that an organisation that has charitable status can be held accountable to a different set of standards, even assuming you support what the charity is doing.
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Post by andrew on Jul 14, 2022 16:58:58 GMT
It's an odd argument that an organisation that has charitable status can be held accountable to a different set of standards, even assuming you support what the charity is doing. I see where you're coming from but I do think there is a different standard for what I'll tolerate from a commercial enterprise and what I'll tolerate from a charitable organisation. I don't think they should be secretly taking your money, but if they try heavily to influence you into donating to them at every opportunity I think they get that right by being a charity as opposed to a money grabbing fatcat.
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Post by Jan on Jul 14, 2022 19:24:33 GMT
The ticket price is my donation. Anything else should be opt-in not opt-out.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 14, 2022 20:33:51 GMT
The ticket price is my donation. Anything else should be opt-in not opt-out. Agreed. I'm happy to donate but it will be to a small venue like Jermyn St or Southwark Playhouse. I suspect neither will have corporate sponsorship and both have interesting programmes unlike the NT
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Post by Phantom of London on Jul 14, 2022 21:31:36 GMT
I don’t donate too, for no other reason I show my support by attending frequently.
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