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Post by Latecomer on May 18, 2016 13:47:29 GMT
Saw this recently having got a £15 ticket for near middle of Row B. Ticket said it was restricted view, but could see nothing restricted about it. So, bargain! The play totally hooked me. Definitely worth catching. That's where I was too...best restricted seat ever!
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Post by Latecomer on May 18, 2016 8:50:00 GMT
I was at the matinee yesterday and really enjoyed it. I loved how the relationship between the workmates developed...we cannot choose who we work with and sometimes it takes ages to get to know them and then something surprising or just very personal pops out....and it felt very real. I loved the phone conversation....with pauses the real length of time...as the person next to me remarked it felt almost embarrassing to be listening as it felt so real, like eavesdropping on a very personal conversation. I loved how a third person can throw a spanner in the works....relationships between friends never stay the same for ever. Of course it was the same person who did Mirror Circle Transformantion...she's a star!
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Post by Latecomer on May 4, 2016 18:48:07 GMT
Woyzeck I know really well and have seen a lot. Fingers crossed for this Woyzeck squarely aimed at young adults with lead actor John (Star Wars) Boyega in a new version by Jack (Harry Potter) Thorne directed by Joe (Nabokov) Murphy. Hated the version Woyzeck on the Highveld that came to Oxford some years ago.....but loved how Jack Thorne adapted Let the Right One In....that was splendid. I think inertia may win in the end....I am grumpy at the Old Vic and their 2 interval leanings....it sort of makes the cheap previews difficult for us travellers from afar and the normal ticket prices are too steep for me! Plus they never sold my cheap ticket when I returned it (as preview was too long)...magically released lots of unsold seats the day before when the show had been sold out! Grump, grumble....
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Post by Latecomer on May 1, 2016 6:40:01 GMT
The stairs are particularly bad as they are not all the same....so you can't get into a rhythm at all when walking down them. Some of the worst I have come across! And then it is also possible to shoot down a nasty gap when pushing past peole's legs to try and get to your seat! I am always extra careful here as I am naturally quite clumsy....I currently bear bruises from tripping up the escalator at Marylebone while rushing for the train....
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Post by Latecomer on Apr 30, 2016 19:14:35 GMT
{Spoiler - click to view}So for me this was all a bit "Bobby Ewing in the shower"....I thought the end scene made it obvious that it was all the mother's imagination....she was not in a spaceship (there was a tree outside the window for the last scene) and she said she had always wanted to travel to space? The strange child, sassy colleague and woman coming to the rescue were all her daughter as she sort of invaded all her thoughts.....so she was the strongest memory when her mother got Alzheimers?/Lost her mind...... Having said that I quite liked it and enjoyed how people swapped phrases and stories throughout...and it did make sense by the end for me.
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Post by Latecomer on Apr 27, 2016 19:04:21 GMT
Enjoyed this! Completely mad! Row A so nice and close. Excellent performances all round. Nice to meet Jelly Bean too!
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Post by Latecomer on Apr 25, 2016 13:56:17 GMT
Well I am looking forward to it - week after next. Booked very early as I somehow thought there would be a rush for tickets and the £25 Wednesday matinee seemed a good bargain. Could probably have got the same price for any performance. Good seats though, so I don't mind. I am front row matinee on Wednesday (lots of hair!) A6 I think, so come and say hello if you get the chance!
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Post by Latecomer on Mar 31, 2016 19:27:16 GMT
Not-too-off-the-wall-question: Regarding the intervals, are they long enough for a visit to the Ladies and a return before the curtain goes up? I live in dehydrated fear on theatre nights. 3 hours sounds like a killer. Thanks. I would recommend the loos up in the roof ....2 floors up...if you can manage the stairs quite well! There are lots up there and a hidden gem!
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Post by Latecomer on Mar 30, 2016 19:14:57 GMT
Really enjoyed this today with rather elderly matinee audience around me "Oh, the playwright is American then?" , "What's happening now?" " The box is rather good isn't it" etc etc. I felt like I had secret extra knowledge, having seen the first part at the Alemida all those years ago! It was quite surreal as the box set was EXACTLY the same and the scenes were even in the same places so it was a tad freaky as it was now in another theatre and I didn't remember the set in detail until I saw it! Loved the way the characters had changed and that the dilemmas were all turned on their heads a bit...and yes, quite Chekhov in places...useless indecisive men, letting down sassy women all over the place! Looking forard to part 3. Wouldn't it be great if the women decided to rule the world and not just hang around waiting for the men to love them? Oh and a play that had one interval and had finished and thrown us all out onto the street 2 hours 15mins later! Hurrah! (Yes Old Vic, I'm looking at you!)
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Post by Latecomer on Mar 30, 2016 12:36:56 GMT
When I looked this morning there was one ticket left....now quite a lot of tickets on the website. ..can't guarantee to sell mine as not sold out. Hmmmm. Won't refund ...I am not very impressed. Plus to sell it I has to get email,fill on all sorts of details on a form and mail back, despite having order number and leaving ticket at box office! Go to the bottom of the class Old Vic!
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Post by Latecomer on Mar 29, 2016 19:30:37 GMT
Have given back ticket for tomorrow night (Wed) due to long running time. They are taking the mickey with two intervals and as I am on my own it's too boring to spend 40mins just standing around, just for the pleasure of making me much later home! I doubt they will learn from their mistake.... It's not even as though one can get out quickly at the end...takes ages to shuffle out of the Old Vic! Disappointed as was looking forward to this....
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Post by Latecomer on Mar 29, 2016 19:25:19 GMT
I'm going 7th May
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Post by Latecomer on Mar 28, 2016 18:14:00 GMT
Anyone going to what is now first preview on Tuesday? Would be grateful for approx running time as going Wed and have a train back to Oxford to catch! Quite excited for this now!
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Post by Latecomer on Mar 14, 2016 13:34:51 GMT
I always pay the £2 to return a ticket (I think it is a great service, wish others did the same!) but I never add a voluntary donation when booking...so I think of these £2s as my donations! It is surprising how many people do not know they can give back tickets for credit, no reason needed, and I always leave the tickets at the box office to make it easier!
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Post by Latecomer on Mar 11, 2016 15:07:20 GMT
I too have swiped a nest seat for We'd 12th Oct matinee! Website worked fine....
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Post by Latecomer on Mar 7, 2016 20:24:22 GMT
Paul Birchard as understudy for Antony Sher in Death of a Salesman at Stratord. Saw the understudy performance and it was a towering performance! Much preferred it to Sher.
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 25, 2016 19:26:14 GMT
I really enjoyed this production, despite sitting on a bench, and that is a testament to how good it is! Loved Dominic Rowan, soooo funny, and thought Phoebe Pryce and McMullan and Nixon were excellent. It was my first Tempest so I have nothing to compare it with! I liked how Nixon played the spirit as being very alien and other-worldly and thought the chemistry between her and McMullan was lovely. And his voice...I could listen to it all day!
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 24, 2016 19:51:45 GMT
Booked cheap £45 seats for the "3 Chekhovs in a day" this morning but a right scramble to find any cheap front tickets....in the end I think I probably got 2 singles that had been thrown back by people (perhaps if credit cards failed?) Anyway, checking tonight all the cheap seats have gone, but strangely half of the auditorium is sold out for each date....with the RHS as you look at the stage being well sold but the usual patchy mix of seats left...not a single seat on the LHS available....I think they may be holding some of the seats back?
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 23, 2016 19:17:41 GMT
I know what you mean Theatremonkey.....I was right up in the Gods and I just loved it! I think the fact that I had no clue where it was going was quite exciting and I really enjoyed all the performances....it was one of my highlights too!
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 21, 2016 17:14:55 GMT
Loved this. Weird, slightly creepy, so much to talk about afterwards! Great analysis and thoughts earlier in the thread, thank you all! And what great lighting and impressive set changes, really slick and kept you in the play, if you know what I mean! Even from row 2 the black was really black! Recommended!
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 19, 2016 16:25:56 GMT
I am happy with their new system...real theatre fans can book for the £10 previews (if you can fathom out how to get a seat on the website that no-one else has just nabbed!) and as I am not under 25 (by quite a long way) but not yet a senior (also by quite a long way!) I used to have to give most stuff a miss! I will take my chances on previews and probably see more than I used to here!
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 19, 2016 16:21:03 GMT
The brochure doesn't suggest Plough being Travelex either.. But they do have some bugs on the web site- like Depp Blue Sea page showing only performances in June though it's running through the August.. I helpfully rang the box office and told them the Deep Blue Sea page was missing July and August but the woman there said "oh yes, they are still working on it, it doesn't have to be correct yet as Monday is when booking opens" ...I pointed out that everything else had the correct dates and maybe she could pass on the message, as usually all the dates are pretty much correct when they put them up...but she was quite dismissive!
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 15, 2016 16:41:40 GMT
I sat next to the director Ian Rickson at Mojo (and Rhys Ifans) and told them both they would really like the play as I had seen it once and it was great.....classic, even for me!
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 12, 2016 14:12:19 GMT
I thought about this one...and imagined climbing those stairs, and sitting on those awful chairs and somehow I don't fancy it! I really, really didn't like this venue...it feels like it is waiting to be demolished, in a bad way.
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 8, 2016 20:37:30 GMT
Now me, I quite like a quick interval to stretch legs (and back!) and then settle down again....I hope they have the ticking clock countdown again, I liked that! At the speed people get out of their seats I'm not sure you can get out and back in again if you're stuck on the far side! Limited hydration I think. It's ok Peggs...we are H9 and H10, so door side...a triumph in planning!
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 8, 2016 16:31:02 GMT
Just a quick headsup for people...forum was running a bit erratically for me (seizing up a little and just freezing at odd moments) but I had not changed address to theatreboard.co.uk from the old proboards address....just in case anyone else has not updated yet! I have now changed to correct updated address and problems seem to have gone away!
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 8, 2016 16:26:12 GMT
Now me, I quite like a quick interval to stretch legs (and back!) and then settle down again....I hope they have the ticking clock countdown again, I liked that!
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 6, 2016 18:07:49 GMT
Thanks David...was wondering whether to book at Oxford, as it tours there! Will hold fire!
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Post by Latecomer on Jan 27, 2016 21:14:55 GMT
Sat in X6 Baylis circle bench seats...was fine. Missed nothing with a bit of leaning. 2 intervals helped with the slightly uncomfortable seat. Ralph and co were ace...wouldn't have missed it!
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Post by Latecomer on Jan 26, 2016 22:13:48 GMT
West admitted in an interview in the paper this weekend that he had trouble with the lines. No explanation as to why. Yes, I read that...he seemed strangely proud of the fact that he was "fluffing his lines for ages after press night"! He did seem fine when I saw him....finally got there!
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