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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2016 13:34:58 GMT
Ooh, well spotted then! Are you able to advise when it looks like it's extending to? Only I've not booked yet, and the rest of my year is getting awfully full. (Hopefully the announcement and subsequent sale is imminent!)
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Post by neilmbrown on Aug 30, 2016 13:53:26 GMT
Yep currently hidden. If you look in the source code they are still there. Tuesday 17 January 2017 is the latest date I can see. Ticket links are there as well, but site says currently down for maintenance.
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Post by rumbledoll on Aug 30, 2016 14:28:01 GMT
If you go to any available date now and click Change Date you can see all the remaining dates. Last one in Nov being 28 and first one in Dec being Dec 15 means Hedda Gabler starts somewhere in between? Not long a wait till it's official, I hope... I miss the times when full seasons were announced early so plenty of time to plan a trip...
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Post by martin1965 on Aug 30, 2016 15:37:26 GMT
As has been posted previously, there is a new booking period opening September taking things to January. This will include Hedda. The next booking will be in Jan which will include Twelfth Night and Angels in America and take things to approx May.😉
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Post by stefy69 on Aug 30, 2016 15:45:40 GMT
Can't wait for Ruth Wilson in Hedda Gabler !
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Post by lynette on Aug 30, 2016 21:39:19 GMT
Ridiculously short notice for the supposed major theatre in London.
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Post by martin1965 on Aug 31, 2016 5:32:35 GMT
Ridiculously short notice for the supposed major theatre in London. Alas Lynette it has always been thus at the National! Hytner tried to change things early in his reign but things soon slipped back.😕
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Post by stefy69 on Aug 31, 2016 6:47:12 GMT
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Post by Polly1 on Sept 2, 2016 9:53:22 GMT
New season being announced in a few minutes (11am)
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Post by foxa on Sept 2, 2016 10:09:03 GMT
Okay first up: LOVE In the run up to Christmas, three families are placed into cramped temporary accommodation.
A middle-aged man and his elderly mum, a young family with a baby on the way, a newly arrived woman from Sudan. Strangers. Forced together. No space is personal.
In this new play by Alexander Zeldin, written through a devising process, the audience are invited to bear witness to an intimate story of family love for our times.
Alexander Zeldin’s previous work includes the critically acclaimed, ‘raw’ (Financial Times) and ‘unforgettable’ (The Times) Beyond Caring. LOVE continues this unique approach to theatre.
Talks an
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Post by foxa on Sept 2, 2016 10:11:16 GMT
Ruth Wilson in Hedda and some other casting news.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 16:45:16 GMT
Damn! Still nothing about Disney's Pinocchio!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 17:23:58 GMT
Ruth Wilson in Hedda and some other casting news. Ooh fun. I must admit that I wasn't all that bothered about Lucien Msamati but I am intrigued by Adam Gillen as WAM. Loved him in 'Benidorm'.
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Post by bordeaux on Sept 2, 2016 22:06:51 GMT
Nothing new of interest in today's announcement, but I didn't know until a few minutes ago that Rufus Norris was directing a new Lucy Kirkwood play (she of Chimerica fame), Mosquitoes, next summer. That could be good.
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Post by youngoffender on Sept 5, 2016 10:41:15 GMT
Every one of the new Amadeus dates in January is Monday to Thursday. Why does this show have such an aversion to weekends? Not great news for anyone who works outside London and can only get down on a Saturday.
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Post by Snciole on Sept 5, 2016 12:14:05 GMT
With the obvious exception the casting just feels so meh yet still incredibly expensive. Are they relying on Amadeus's reputation to get the punters to pay £45+ because that casting won't.
The issue, I think, is that Rufus just doesn't seem to have the links that Hytner had built up over the years, perhaps it was a nepotistic but there were actors that made the NT their home and whilst I encourage variety and opportunity I think you need a name to sell a production, especially at the NT's current prices.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 12:19:03 GMT
With the obvious exception the casting just feels so meh yet still incredibly expensive. Are they relying on Amadeus's reputation to get the punters to pay £45+ because that casting won't. The issue, I think, is that Rufus just doesn't seem to have the links that Hytner had built up over the years, perhaps it was a nepotistic but there were actors that made the NT their home and whilst I encourage variety and opportunity I think you need a name to sell a production, especially at the NT's current prices. Errm We don't all go to the theatre for a name And you might note All dates currently available to book for Amadeus Are sold out So unsure of your point exactly
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Post by Snciole on Sept 5, 2016 13:13:24 GMT
Nothing is ever sold out at the NT, despite what the NT says and whilst I cannot speak for everyone I thought a bigger name (or names) would be attached to such a high profile production. I will go because it is a play I want to see but it is yet another production full of next to unknown actors, which would be fine in one of London's excellent fringe venues but not when it is one of the most expensive theatres in the city, despite the subsidies.
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Post by rumbledoll on Sept 5, 2016 13:29:25 GMT
Come on, NT never had a star in EVERY production they staged, even in Hytner era. I imagine with Amadeus the draw is a major revival of a famous play and not long since the playwright has *sadly* died.. Helen McCrory is in The Deep Blue Sea, Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield will be in Angels next spring, Ruth Wilson is leading Hedda soon, Mark Strong is in new Hare's play, Sophie Tompkinson is in Peter Pan (I don't know how famous she is though). There are sill actors that "made their home" at The National like Rory Kinnear, Olivia Vinall, Rosalie Graig. Shows are NOT sold out. Never. Ever. Everyone who read Daniel Rosenthal's epic book knows that, but the demand for Amadeus is pretty good still. Even though my personal choice for Mozart would be John Heffernan
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 13:41:20 GMT
Shows are NOT sold out. Never. Ever. Everyone who read Daniel Rosenthal's epic book knows that, but the demand for Amadeus is pretty good still. Even though my personal choice for Mozart would be John Heffernan Oh, The Heff would have been A. Ma. Zing.
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Post by rumbledoll on Sept 5, 2016 13:49:59 GMT
Shows are NOT sold out. Never. Ever. Everyone who read Daniel Rosenthal's epic book knows that, but the demand for Amadeus is pretty good still. Even though my personal choice for Mozart would be John Heffernan Oh, The Heff would have been A. Ma. Zing. I know! I met him (accidentally, during Chekhov Three-Play-Day) in August and had a little chat with him mentioning that there's not nearly enough of him in theatre and I'm waiting for his new works - he laughed and said: So am I!
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Post by Jan on Sept 5, 2016 14:41:37 GMT
Come on, NT never had a star in EVERY production they staged, even in Hytner era. I imagine with Amadeus the draw is a major revival of a famous play and not long since the playwright has *sadly* died.. Helen McCrory is in The Deep Blue Sea, Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield will be in Angels next spring, Ruth Wilson is leading Hedda soon, Mark Strong is in new Hare's play, Sophie Tompkinson is in Peter Pan (I don't know how famous she is though). There are sill actors that "made their home" at The National like Rory Kinnear, Olivia Vinall, Rosalie Graig. Shows are NOT sold out. Never. Ever. Everyone who read Daniel Rosenthal's epic book knows that, but the demand for Amadeus is pretty good still. Even though my personal choice for Mozart would be John Heffernan The actor for Motzart is Harry Melling but I see he's playing the most thankless role in drama instead: Edgar in the Old Vic King Lear. A couple of years ago he played Fool in the Chichester King Lear. He is a sucker for punishment. His is as good as Simon Russell-Beale was at the same age, he should be at the NT.
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Post by rumbledoll on Sept 5, 2016 14:49:01 GMT
Just for the record: I have nothing against Harry Melling
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 14:58:48 GMT
John Heffernan would be an excellent Mozart, but that's because John Heffernan is an excellent actor generally. I don't know that I'd immediately cast him in the role myself though, he's maybe not as obviously boyish as I'd like for a Mozart. Joshua McGuire at Chichester was a SUPERB piece of casting, just a shame the production wasn't as up-to-much as it should have been. I don't really know Adam Gillen (apparently I saw him in School For Scandal at the Barbican?), but I trust Michael Longhurst an awful lot so I'm sure he'll be great. (I think I saw Harry Melling in the same School For Scandal actually, so I guess Deborah Warner has dibs on him. Lucky Deborah, he too is superb!)
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Post by youngoffender on Sept 5, 2016 15:23:14 GMT
The muse is clearly sitting on Lucy Kirkwood's shoulders at the moment - that will be two premieres in six months, after the Royal Court production of The Children.
*Mosquitos* is a gift title for reviewers - either it will be an 'infectious' new play, or it will suck.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Sept 5, 2016 15:32:46 GMT
Every one of the new Amadeus dates in January is Monday to Thursday. Why does this show have such an aversion to weekends? Because it's in rep with family show Peter Pan whose primary audience prefers weekends.
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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 5, 2016 16:26:23 GMT
Thought the David Everett production would have came up from the South Coast and failing getting a West End theatre, should have came to the National.
With the National production currently 'sold out' there is obviously an appetite for it, so imagine how well the above would have sold?
This time of the year the national normally announce a mini-extention to their artistic programme?
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Post by martin1965 on Sept 5, 2016 17:05:28 GMT
Come on, NT never had a star in EVERY production they staged, even in Hytner era. I imagine with Amadeus the draw is a major revival of a famous play and not long since the playwright has *sadly* died.. Helen McCrory is in The Deep Blue Sea, Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield will be in Angels next spring, Ruth Wilson is leading Hedda soon, Mark Strong is in new Hare's play, Sophie Tompkinson is in Peter Pan (I don't know how famous she is though). There are sill actors that "made their home" at The National like Rory Kinnear, Olivia Vinall, Rosalie Graig. Shows are NOT sold out. Never. Ever. Everyone who read Daniel Rosenthal's epic book knows that, but the demand for Amadeus is pretty good still. Even though my personal choice for Mozart would be John Heffernan The actor for Motzart is Harry Melling but I see he's playing the most thankless role in drama instead: Edgar in the Old Vic King Lear. A couple of years ago he played Fool in the Chichester King Lear. He is a sucker for punishment. His is as good as Simon Russell-Beale was at the same age, he should be at the NT. I thought him poor as the fool but am going to the old vic in November, maybe he has improved, srb was far better circa 90 imo.
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Post by stefy69 on Sept 21, 2016 7:57:40 GMT
Yes fairly painless for me small wait to get into the site and got the seats and performance I wanted for HG so a very happy girly
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Post by RedRose on Sept 21, 2016 10:39:06 GMT
Putting in a certain voucher code emptied my basked, so I didn't get the ticket for HG I wanted, but luckily I got another suitable date. So a bit more stressful than necessary.
Got also cheap tickets for Peter Pan, Red Barn and Amadeus on the days I wanted.
I hate that the day seats in the Olivier are now in the back row of the circle :-(
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