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Post by amybenson on Jul 20, 2017 6:29:26 GMT
Anyone know the likely timeline for Jodie's first series to air - will they do next spring or might it wait until autumn 2018. I'm not keen in the 18 month breaks between series they often do or splitting series in two as they did with Matt Smith's 2nd and 3rd series. I'd happily reduce number of episodes her series to say 8 to ensure you got a series every year. It's still unclear. The filming is said to begin in October and November, which makes spring start unlikely, unless they do a split season and broadcast half in spring and half in autumn. At the moment it looks like it'll air in late summer-early autumn 2018. But there is a rumour about reducing number of episodes to 10 and even about a possible Easter special. At the moment it's all just speculation.
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Post by amybenson on May 16, 2017 3:45:17 GMT
Donald Glover at Cursed Child last Sunday
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Post by amybenson on May 12, 2017 1:24:02 GMT
Lesley Manville, Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie at Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? tonight.
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Post by amybenson on Jan 30, 2017 12:06:58 GMT
Is anyone else only getting a 'find seats for me' option rather than being able to choose? Yep.
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Post by amybenson on Sept 28, 2016 7:39:22 GMT
That all said, I think a Hunger Games stage show could work, but I'd have thought that creating a new story about new characters entering 'The Hunger Game' arena would have worked more - the audience would watch live how 12 is whittled down to just 1. Plus they could introduce new stories and new arenas every year. Oh, the irony!
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Post by amybenson on Aug 4, 2016 13:05:35 GMT
Is it just me or has the ATG queue just... stopped? "The event has ended The Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II event has ended, and the queue is now closed."
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Post by amybenson on Jul 26, 2016 8:28:12 GMT
I don't want to risk reading the reviews myself as I'm not in London until November to see the plays, but can anyone who has read them provide a summary of how Cursed Child scored? How many stars, positive/negative reviews, etc? From what I saw, reviews are mostly positive, 4 and 5 stars, and the consensus seems to be that it's not perfect, but it's magical and mostly deserves the hype.
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Post by amybenson on Jul 10, 2016 16:04:16 GMT
Hi everyone, Got my Sh** tickets eow F balcony seat 22 - hit me woth the worst. I am covered in potter tattooes thats how big a fan i am haha but due to personal issues i had very low funds back in october during the pre book day. *sigh So how bad are they im 6ft gonna go 9am on saturday to see about returns as have a bit of cash now Any luck with returns?
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Post by amybenson on Jun 30, 2016 22:32:08 GMT
Scorpius is as un-Malfoy as you'd expect. There is a part of me that questions whether someone who would come from such a twisted family would be such a functioning, good person, but that can be looked over. I enjoyed that it all seemed to break away from Rowling's all to often monochromatic view of the four Hogwarts house's representing very one dimensional archetypes. That was nice. Turns out Scorpius had loving parents. I think, a point can be made, how the books were all told from Harry's POV, while the play is not. Anyway, nice to have more nuance; and I loved that Harry himself was such a flawed character here, but still distinctly Harry.
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Post by amybenson on Jun 30, 2016 7:16:30 GMT
I think it's a projection across the whole set which is layered on during lighting changes so you don't notice it's there? I thought the same, but a friend thinks it just an effect added to the lighting, not a projection. Either way, very clever moment that has the audience going WTF? It looked more like the lightning to me, but I think some details contradicted it, so I don't know. Didn't think about a projection at the time, so may be... I was at the balcony, so could have missed something. But the fact that it happened several times during the play and didn't lose the WTF-effect is impressive.
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Post by amybenson on Jun 28, 2016 23:37:34 GMT
From a staging/ technical viewpoint it's stunning, those time ripples across the stage blew my mind the first time they happen! I still can't figure out how those ripples were done!
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Post by amybenson on Jun 28, 2016 23:37:19 GMT
I love how it ties into the Triwizard Tournament. It was always a big moment with repercussions for everyone in the original series and it's a perfect choice for an anchor for this story. Building it all around Cedric's death is one of my favourite parts of the play. His death didn't influence the plot much, but it was a turning point for the entire series, when the stakes were suddenly raised.
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Post by amybenson on Jun 28, 2016 23:29:06 GMT
The rest of the cast were also strong and Hermione was perfect but I thought the female characters were chronically underused. I was disappointed that this was yet another story that focused on the male leads and had women as bit parts. The original at least had Hermione as one third of the main gang. This dropped the girl sidekick in favour of a play about two boys and their relationships with their fathers. Rose was pointless. Yes the villain was a woman. But a pretty one-dimensional one. We got long winded monologues from Dumbledore and a chance for Snape to play the hero again. Yet Bellatrix didn't feature and only got a token mention at the end for those who somehow hadn't already worked out who Delphi was meant to be. I felt leaving that there were some missed opportunities to do more with some of the characters. Agree about the female characters. I expected to see more of Rose. I really liked both Hermione and Ginny as characters here, but there was just so little of them, and they were kind of static.
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Post by amybenson on Jun 27, 2016 14:19:44 GMT
I went there on 16th and 17th and it didn't feel mental, at least not as mental as I've seen for things with big-name stars in them. The crowd was friendly and quite polite, and there wasn't some terrible urgency - I was sitting at the balcony, so it was quite a way down, but when I got to the stage door, there wasn't a crowd yet. After part 1 we only got the young cast there. Sam Clemmett and Anthony Boyle were both absolutely charming. After part 2 the crowd was indeed bigger and all the leads signed stuff and did selfies. Thanks! It doesn't sound as horrible as I thought, I'll give it a try. How long after the show did the cast come out the stage door? It didn't feel like a long wait. After part 2 I have the first photo from 22:25. I think it was about the same time for part 1. But then we stayed there after the boys left and got to meet Cherrelle Skeete who plays Rose.
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Post by amybenson on Jun 27, 2016 9:22:33 GMT
Have any of you tried or plan to try the stage door? From pictures I've seen on Twitter it looks MENTAL. I'm assuming the actors are only doing it after the evening shows and not after the matinees? I went there on 16th and 17th and it didn't feel mental, at least not as mental as I've seen for things with big-name stars in them. The crowd was friendly and quite polite, and there wasn't some terrible urgency - I was sitting at the balcony, so it was quite a way down, but when I got to the stage door, there wasn't a crowd yet. After part 1 we only got the young cast there. Sam Clemmett and Anthony Boyle were both absolutely charming. After part 2 the crowd was indeed bigger and all the leads signed stuff and did selfies.
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