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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 17, 2018 11:07:37 GMT
OK you’ve persuaded me. I’ve booked my seat!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 17, 2018 9:44:05 GMT
I'm on stage this weekend and a bit nervous now. Should I be brushing up on my classic game shows in case I'm picked on? Which ones would you recommend? (And that's a joke about them knowing who the TheatreBoard members are, right? Right?) No joke. They've got a special spotlight that picks out TheatreBoard members at specific points in the show. It's your chance to be a star!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 17, 2018 8:53:31 GMT
I was in Stage SA5, which is the left side as you face the stage, front row and one of the two central seats on the aisle. I'd be interested to hear if they always go for that seat (or perhaps the other aisle seat). I'd think based on how the camera is positioned and where the host has to stand, there aren't really many options. I was also in stage seat A5.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 15, 2018 21:59:22 GMT
Todaytix is doing £15 tickets for the rest of the run.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 14, 2018 14:44:27 GMT
Matt Lucas at the Union Theatre for Twang this afternoon.
I was happy to assist with his entrance before the show.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2018 23:08:55 GMT
I was at a show that had quite a few children in the audience. A small girl in the front row carefully placed her toy dinosaur on the floor in front of here so that it could also enjoy all of the action. Quite sweet!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2018 23:06:01 GMT
Got a front row seat for £15. These are day seats, but ones not sold at the theatre go online. Today this was most of them and they went online before 10.30.
The stage is high and built out a bit further than some productions, so it was a bit of a neck ache!
The play is enjoyable enough, but I felt it never really dug into anything particularly deep either on the individual characters or the nature of opera.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2018 18:04:33 GMT
Went yesterday. £10 very well spent (thanks for the discount tip). Busy but not full, so I got moved up and had space to spread out. There was a technical hitch about 35 minutes in, so we had an impromptu interval of about 15 minutes. I enjoyed this a lot and concur with others on the performances and staging. I think it’s very possible we may have been sat next to each other! I was originally in row G last night with the other £10 ticket that was in that row, then got moved forward Enjoyed the play a lot too! Was my first time at the Menier and I loved the clever use of the space. That seems likely. Were you in a red shirt?
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2018 17:04:52 GMT
Erm... I don't want to potentially put anybody off seeing this but... That run time is quite something. Of course this could alter as the weeks go by, but my goodness me. I know there are numerous plays that go on for much longer than this, but this'll be the lengthiest production I've witnessed to date. The clue is in the title.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2018 15:59:55 GMT
Went yesterday. £10 very well spent (thanks for the discount tip). Busy but not full, so I got moved up and had space to spread out. There was a technical hitch about 35 minutes in, so we had an impromptu interval of about 15 minutes. I enjoyed this a lot and concur with others on the performances and staging.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2018 11:35:13 GMT
Someone sitting a row back on the on-stage seating came in on his own, made some jokes to everyone around about how we'd all be participating in the show, said "you don't know who I am, yet, do you?", then took his seat. I was expecting him to be involved in the show, but he wasn't and I never did find out what his involvement with the show was. Anyone else worked this out on a previous visit? The downside of sitting on stage is the theatre has a list of TheatreBoard members. They then single board members out to take part in the game shows. Thankfully, I'm old enough to remember Take Your Pick, or I wouldn't have had a clue what I was meant to do or what was going on when "Des O'Connor" descended towards me (the woman next to me confessed during the interval she had no idea what was happening and was glad she wasn't selected). [it may also just be that there's an assigned seat and the person sitting there takes part, which would make sense based on where the host and cameras are positioned] It's not a typical West End show, but it is well-produced, not stretched out to four hours like so many plays, and it is worth a visit. On my side of the stage seating there was no one making comments before the show - maybe the other side?
Also, when I went, I was the person taking part in Take Your Pick - I had no prior warning of it. However, your point about where the cameras are suggests that the number of potential victims for this part of the show is limited!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2018 10:04:07 GMT
And also for me - many thanks! A couple of nice, middle front row seats.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2018 9:57:20 GMT
I’ve been covering my eyes in the theatre recently.
The first was at The White Plague at the Landor. A piece about an infectious plague that makes almost everyone blind, but it is a white blindness. So, after a short introduction you don eye masks that turn everything white and you can see nothing. Being led to another room, you find that the blind have been quarantined into a building and left to fend for themselves. As you sit there, the actors tell a story of organisation, degradation and humanity reaching out. The story and effect are interesting and worth experiencing. The audience’s eyes are covered for about 1 hour 15 minutes. While this might seem long to be simply listening to a story unfold around you without vision, it would be no different to listening to a play on the radio!
The second was Frogman at Shoreditch Town Hall. A piece from Australia about a young girl that went missing over 20 years ago, but with the recent discovery of the sunken boat that she had been on, the investigation is re-opened. In this case, there is live action with the police interviewing one of her friends, but this is punctuated with periods when the audience wears VR headsets to visit the children 20 years ago and also the original investigative dives that took place on the barrier reef. The repeated switch between live action and VR worked for me. Again an interesting story.
I might try covering my eyes in more productions (I’m sure some on this Board may have suggestions where this might improve the experience!).
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 11, 2018 18:21:27 GMT
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaants ingonyama bagithi baba Sithi uhhmm ingonyama Nants ingonyama bagithi baba Sithi uhhmm ingonyama Ingonyama Siyo Nqoba ngonyama Ingonyama nengw' unnameable Ingonyama nengw' enamabala Ingonyama nengw' enamabala From the day we arrive on the planet And, blinking, step into the sun . . . . Bit racist. Are you Princeton or Kate Monster? We have a right to know.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 11, 2018 16:48:31 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 11, 2018 16:45:00 GMT
Yesterday, tonight, tomorrow and Saturday evening at least cancelled.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 11, 2018 16:02:09 GMT
Several performances cancelled. I had seat for Saturday evening and visited box office as I was passing and got seat for a couple of weeks time. Bit mysterious when asked why cancellations. Might be illness but a bit coy about it.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 10, 2018 11:34:26 GMT
I also see that they seem to have released seats in the stage level boxes for the next week or so at £20. I've no idea what the view would be like, but much of the action takes place stage centre and front. However, if I chose a box seat I would sit on the one stage left (or right when facing the stage) as there is some coughing action towards the rear stage right. I hope that all makes sense!!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 9, 2018 17:32:29 GMT
The Tonys without a doubt. They're bigger, they're splashier, they're glitzier, they mean more. The Tonys are like going into Mayfair and buying a gorgeous bag. The Oliviers are like going to Hong Kong and finding a cheap knockoff of said bag. They may look alike from a distance but one is going to last you a long time and get admiring glances, the other is going to fall apart as soon as you put a lipstick in it and give you a rash on your hand. I’m confused. Where does my Tesco’s carrier bag fit into this?
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 9, 2018 15:34:44 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 9, 2018 11:25:09 GMT
Clearly we missed the opportunity for a Board meet-up on Saturday afternoon!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 8, 2018 16:35:04 GMT
Letts is confused. Someone can’t be cast because of their race if the casting is colour blind. Does anyone know what the RSC casting policy is? From their statement they suggest it is not colour blind but that might be a misinterpretation. His complaing seems to be that its wrong for it to be colour blind: the RSC should have just cast a white actor for the role Re-reading the article that is not clear. It seems to imply (on “ticking an inclusiveness box”) that the casting choice is not colour blind. Also the RSC response does not state that that is their policy. Hence my question if anyone knows. I fully agree with you on supporting colour blind casting.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 8, 2018 15:36:13 GMT
Letts is confused. Someone can’t be cast because of their race if the casting is colour blind.
Does anyone know what the RSC casting policy is? From their statement they suggest it is not colour blind but that might be a misinterpretation.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 8, 2018 13:09:38 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 8, 2018 7:51:47 GMT
I rather enjoyed this. I quite liked the musical structure and didn't have a problem with the libretto (maybe I was fortunate in avoiding St George having seen the comments on this Board!). I agree that the set is excellent and the clarity of the singing is spot on. As others have noted, the children in the audience seemed fully engaged.
Note that the advertised run time is 2 hours with an interval, but it was 2 hours 10 minutes (I don't think we had any delays)
Last night we managed to end at exactly the same time (21.10) as the concert hall, so the building was packed. Then, as we emerged onto Silk Street, these crowds merged with those leaving Pericles at the Silk Street Theatre, which also finishes at 21.10. It was a bit busy!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 7, 2018 22:28:59 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 7, 2018 22:20:48 GMT
What? Have they done a major refurb ? Nothing special about the Barbican loos, surely? There has definitely not been anything done to them. Hence the comment caught my attention!
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 7, 2018 22:17:50 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 7, 2018 22:09:12 GMT
Sorry no. The answer is The Barbican.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 7, 2018 17:33:27 GMT
Caught this today. I enjoyed it. Of course it’s not as incisive as his other plays, but it was fun.
I was in a front stage seat. They are fine and a steal for £15.
Has anyone else mentioned audience participation? The show looks back quickly over 3 earlier quiz shows. For each members of the audience are used. For 2, FOH asks for volunteers beforehand from stage seats and front row stalls. So you are not pressured during the show. However, for one the presenter does choose an unsuspecting member of the audience. I won! Got myself a free interval ice cream!
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