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Post by andrew on Apr 7, 2016 19:58:20 GMT
Until theatres do "adult-friendly" performances where children are banned then that's the best I can do. (I wish to God they would. Likewise museums & stately homes.) For the past year, my problem has less been with children and more with elderly theatre patrons. Mostly for talking to their neighbour, or like tonight at People Places and Things when the octogenarian behind me gasped several times towards the end (fair enough), before bellowing "Shocking!". Completely drew me out of the scene.
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Post by andrew on Apr 7, 2016 19:47:51 GMT
They need a special show where they can tag each other in at random moments That would be amazing for the 10th anniversary with all the previous leads! They would make a lot of money just doing a show where various people come on and perform the Defying Gravity sequence, take a bow, and let the next one do it again.
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Post by andrew on Apr 7, 2016 19:19:28 GMT
Thanks. Grr guess I need to make alternative plans. Far too slow getting up this morning. It only started getting pretty busy by about 8:45. There were issues with the theatre 'system' though today and they could only take cash payments and give ticket collection receipts for later in the day. Not an issue for buying front row dayseats, but I saw yesterday that someone was offered row J in stalls at dayseat price, so it seems the theatre may do best available after selling all of front row, however that wouldn't work this morning if they can't get online to see what is actually on sale. I feel a bit sorry for the people further down the line if they missed out on seats due to the technology glitch. Suffered at the hands of this, couldn't get a seat to the evening performance today so settled for day seats at the matinee. Was fifteenth in the queue just after 9.00, I'd say about another 15-20 behind me at box office opening. Was in A20 and A21 (front row furthest left) and they were fantastic seats, nothing missed, apart from feet. The show itself didn't disappoint on any level. To compare to another contemporary play in the same genre, you could pick any 5 minutes of PP&T and it would say more about addiction than the entirety of The End Of Longing. Denise Gough deserves every bit of her Olivier, if only for the sheer endurance of being onstage, having a 2hr 30m breakdown every night. The rest of the cast were great as well. Set, sound, lighting etc equally brilliant. This has got to be one of the few plays that lived up to the hype. Loved it.
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Post by andrew on Apr 7, 2016 12:02:38 GMT
Overall though I'd much rather the shows I dearly loved closed up shop to make way for something new than run for years and years, so I feel justified saying the same thing about Thriller, or Stomp. I love Miss Saigon a painful amount, but am quite happy for it to leave so we can have something different.
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Post by andrew on Apr 6, 2016 20:58:09 GMT
Thriller is going nowhere. It's one of the few shows in the West End that sells out on a nightly basis. It's just incredibly difficult to understand why.
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Post by andrew on Mar 26, 2016 19:44:33 GMT
Is it particularly tricky to get the Monday tickets? Does anyone know what time they go on sale?
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