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Post by callum on May 18, 2017 19:15:51 GMT
Anyone else having minor sound problems? Keeps dropping out occasionally. Not sure if it's the live feed or just my cinema.
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Post by callum on May 18, 2017 15:27:31 GMT
Actually I think it's Kirsty Wark - hopefully the lights work better than last night's Newsnight if anyone saw that!
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Post by callum on May 18, 2017 15:05:51 GMT
Yep, I've already seen it in the flesh but I'm going for round two at the cinema. Seeing it all in close-up (and the actual drinks trolley this time!) will be a thrill. It's been years since I've been to one of the NT Live events - start time is 7pm but play won't actually start until 7.30 if I'm correct? And the first half hour is Emma Freud telling everyone about the play/cast etc?
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Post by callum on May 13, 2017 20:03:16 GMT
The Pig, or Who is Sylvia? starring David and Samantha Cameron.
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Post by callum on May 13, 2017 0:29:51 GMT
This was a total stinker - even Jude Law couldn't save it. I saw all 8 hours-ish of Angels in America last week and this felt longer!
Perhaps ignorant but can someone explain why Ivo van Hove is such a huge name in theatre? This avant-garde minimalist stuff has been going on for years and, to my mind, the only production of his that was universally adored was the Young Vic's A View from the Bridge?
I'm really looking forward to seeing Bryan Cranston and Cate Blanchett on the stage over the next 12 months but I hope van Hove doesn't shackle them with duds like Law with Obsession and Ruth Wilson with Hedda.
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Post by callum on May 11, 2017 22:33:36 GMT
I think he's brilliant. Great news.
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Post by callum on May 7, 2017 21:12:42 GMT
Thanks, Baemax! I've had Bernadette's Losing my Mind on repeat for months!
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Post by callum on May 7, 2017 20:35:33 GMT
If anyone has come across the sitcom Difficult People, he does a delightful cameo in that as himself.
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Post by callum on May 7, 2017 20:32:52 GMT
Well, on the subject of Follies - I've booked to take my Grandma to see it in October, her tastes are probably, shall we say, more conventional. Les Miserables and Phantom are her favourites and in terms of Sondheim, she enjoyed Gypsy but I only just about got away with taking her to see Sweeney. She didn't mind the film of Into the Woods, either. I don't really know much about Follies so will this be up her street or is it more art-y and less commercial than the majority of musicals?
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Post by callum on May 3, 2017 22:48:44 GMT
The couple behind had said they could sit in their seats for acts 2 and 3 - they'd come to see friends in the show but it wasn't their cup of tea so they were off! I'd love to overhear how they explain that away when they next meet up... I guess Imelda won't be hosting the Oliviers with Michael Ball again any time soon...
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Post by callum on Apr 28, 2017 23:18:14 GMT
Day seats alas - check the previous page for my experience.
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Post by callum on Apr 28, 2017 22:56:12 GMT
Well, I thought this was tremendous. Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo can do no wrong and both were at the top of their game. Really blistering, like WAOVW, against supposed liberal values, whom Albee would've imagined, I suppose, to compose most of his audience. Deliciously dark but also challenging in the most rewarding way. An amazing set too, and those £5 day seats might be the best bargain in London at the moment! I might have to side with Billington on this and say five stars!
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Post by callum on Apr 28, 2017 9:55:50 GMT
Well, day seat queue experience (cc @theatremonkey): arrived at 8:30, first one there. Next came at 8:45-ish, then just after 9am, then about 9:20. Only the four of us were there when box office opened, which was through the doors at the front (a 'day seat queue here' sign might've been helpful). I guess you could've showed up at 10 and still got tickets but who knows. Will check back tonight after the performance.
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Post by callum on Apr 28, 2017 8:28:34 GMT
Guess I've been a bit conservative! Oh well, I'm enjoying my book
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Post by callum on Apr 28, 2017 7:55:31 GMT
Stay by the front doors. You must be the first. Thanks mallardo, thought it would be busier.
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Post by callum on Apr 28, 2017 7:39:42 GMT
Morning all - I'm day seating for this at the moment but can't find a queue for it anywhere? Perhaps I'm the first one but I'm just stood outside the front of the theatre and I can't see a sign saying box office? I walked around to the stage door but nothing there either - am I in the right place?!
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Post by callum on Apr 27, 2017 22:33:02 GMT
Oh my god!!!! This is amazing!!!!!
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Post by callum on Apr 13, 2017 12:00:33 GMT
This production was when I first realised I'd fallen hard for eugene o'neill! Shame JI is a homophobic looney tune Homophobic is a bit far. He puts his foot in it from time to time (and usually clarifies what he meant) but he's had a far longer and more prolific record supporting Amnesty and homeless charities. Unfair to put him down for one remark.
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Post by callum on Apr 10, 2017 13:02:32 GMT
Not sure if who's playing Big Daddy has been announced but can't find it anywhere? Are they going for a 'name'? Fantasy casting if so: Spacey, John Goodman, Albert Finney (too old?), Sean Bean, SRB? Billie Piper? She's so hot right now
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Post by callum on Apr 10, 2017 0:55:17 GMT
I go the theatre twice a week and rarely pay full price so I don't think this is true. This is how I afford to do it. A go to places like Southwark and get their carnet or preview tickets (10 pound a show if you get the PAYE) B know what theatres close the balcony and buy the cheapest seat knowing you will be upgraded. Pay 15 sit in a 60 quid seat. C TKTS or Love Theatre offers D dayseats or just go to the box office at 7pm. Many like Mamma Mia don't have dayseats but they will give you an unofficial last minute discount seat (29.50 instead of 70) E Today Tix, physical and online lotteries. From standing outside Book of Mormon, the front row Dreamgirls lottery or the Aladdin website draw - this is a luck based way of getting cheap tickets F Group bookings. I have a group on Facebook and often get ten mates together and boo most new shows. Generally we pay 35 instead of 75 for front stalls. G Comp sites. I have been a member of two ticketing agencies for a few years now. They cost (one is about 75) but I got four premium free tickets to Miss Siagon. Pays back in one trip. H Fringe - Stratford East, Wimbledon, Bromley, Other Palace, Chocolate Mernier - book ahead and get the cheapest tickets and you will quadruple the amount of theatre you visit. I Cast seats. Know people in the cast or crew and they get discounts or comps! J Press invites and comps. Even bloggers can blog free tickets! Trust me! Fabulous post Wendy! Do you, or anyone else, have a tip for catching dynamic pricing? I got an Aladdin box and Glass Menagerie Row BB for £15 but don't seem to get lucky that often. Is there a particular time of day to be looking to pounce on a bargain? Perhaps later at night?
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Post by callum on Apr 10, 2017 0:47:17 GMT
Not sure if who's playing Big Daddy has been announced but can't find it anywhere? Are they going for a 'name'? Fantasy casting if so: Spacey, John Goodman, Albert Finney (too old?), Sean Bean, SRB?
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Post by callum on Apr 9, 2017 20:15:04 GMT
Glenn and Glenda were robbed!
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Post by callum on Apr 9, 2017 16:53:20 GMT
I think the only person that could sell it better than Bette would be Babs herself! Can see it doing a month long Coliseum run, though none of that 'semi-staged' nonsense this time...
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Post by callum on Apr 2, 2017 23:26:04 GMT
I saw Ballroom Bill Turnbull and Alistair Campbell at Madam Butterfly on Thursday. Not together, that would be weird. Bill was being very hand holdy with (I assume) his wife. Alistair Campbell was sitting a couple of seats in front of me and spent the interval talking politics with someone behind him, and was whisked off backstage as soon as it finished. He was on This Week on Thursday night, which they certainly make out is live? Would he have got to Westminster by 11.45?
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Post by callum on Apr 1, 2017 19:33:01 GMT
He's always replied to my tweets and seems a terrific guy - his politics also seem contrary to the newspaper for which he writes so can't even hold that against him! He has his favourite productions but so what. I can't think of anyone more showbiz than Baz, he does all of the film festival circuit too and was at the Oscars for *that* envelope-opening. Always enjoy his tweets.
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