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Post by zahidf on Nov 8, 2022 8:13:37 GMT
At the Harold Pinter Jan-March
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Post by blobble84 on Nov 8, 2022 9:09:03 GMT
Really enjoyed this at the Edinburgh festival back in 2017.
But the prices in London are ridiculous - up to Β£150 for a 75 minute, two hander?!?
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Nov 8, 2022 12:13:26 GMT
Really enjoyed this at the Edinburgh festival back in 2017. But the prices in London are ridiculous - up to Β£150 for a 75 minute, two hander?!? Β£45 is the top price other than just a few premium seats in Manchester. Got the front row of the stalls for that price. Excited to see this show again. Just been watching Jenna Coleman this week in The Sandman on Netflix.
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Post by drmaplewood on Nov 8, 2022 12:13:38 GMT
Insane prices. Β£15 and Β£25 are only in the balcony.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Nov 8, 2022 12:45:03 GMT
This is a great play but those prices are stupid. Iβve seen this play probably two or three times over the past few years, done either by am dram or fringe companies. Itβs not the kind of play that needs a West End run.
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Post by firefingers on Nov 8, 2022 16:20:43 GMT
Loved this play caught it in a London pub theatre which feels more its natural environment than a near 2000 seat barn like Manchester Opera House. Trying to make such an intimate show translate will be quite a challenge.
Initially I thought "What a brilliant idea, this show needs very little tech, cast of two, perfect for a recession where you can make top price 40 quid" but Β£150? Surely anyone paying that will come out feeling shortchanged?
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Post by theatrefan62 on Nov 8, 2022 16:24:16 GMT
Could be a hot ticket with those leads. Aidan has a strong fan base after Poldark and Jenna is just coming off of one of the biggest Netflix hits in recent years
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Post by nottobe on Nov 8, 2022 16:38:56 GMT
Was intrigued by this but alas the cheap tickets are only in the balcony and not even that cheap for a 75 min two hander. The website says from Β£15 and I can only see the cheapest being Β£20. I am not enjoying the recent trend of west end shows costing so much but sadly if tickets are selling producers will carry on.
Also do we need to add another two 'lemons' to the thread title.
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 8, 2022 17:02:30 GMT
Also do we need to add another two 'lemons' to the thread title. Yes we do, but then Manchester and Brighton would have to go. Compromises sometimes have to be made! π
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Nov 8, 2022 17:12:18 GMT
The Quays Theatre at The Lowry or the Playhouse in Liverpool would have been more suitable venues than the Opera House in the North West but maybe the casting will pull audiences in.
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Post by marob on Nov 8, 2022 18:45:23 GMT
Booked front row in Manchester for Β£40 (fiver off with a theatrecard.) London equivalent Β£85. π²
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Post by Jon on Nov 8, 2022 19:45:31 GMT
Also do we need to add another two 'lemons' to the thread title. Yes we do, but then Manchester and Brighton would have to go. Compromises sometimes have to be made! π Can't we just call it Lemons x 5?
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Post by kyvai on Nov 9, 2022 18:35:11 GMT
Yeah was about to say, Lemons^5 would work! (Or Lemons*5?)
I was excited about this, but yeah. £££. And I find the HP a really uncomfortable theatre with a lot of rubbish seats. Iβd like to see it but will wait to see if discounts happen, Iβd have happily paid Β£40-60 in advance for a reasonable seat, but not three time that!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 9, 2022 18:46:03 GMT
Rear stalls curtained off and gallery not on sale at Manc opera house.
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Post by maggiem on Nov 10, 2022 14:45:45 GMT
Booked a Β£25 ticket in the Circle. I enjoyed watching them on stage in Lieutenant of Inishmore and All My Sons.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Nov 14, 2022 17:50:56 GMT
Booked for Brighton, including the train it was Β£35 cheaper than London for an equivalent middle stalls seat.
A day in Brighton, show over by 9:00, enough time for a beer after the show and comfortably catch a train home.
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Post by theatreliker on Nov 15, 2022 8:23:56 GMT
Some unjustifiable ticket prices for this
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Post by alessia on Nov 15, 2022 15:28:57 GMT
Prices!!! I would love to see this but certainly NOT for those prices. Hopefully there will be some offers...
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Post by jm25 on Nov 15, 2022 22:11:09 GMT
Completely agree re. the pricing. I'm interested but not that interested. The cheap seats at the Pinter aren't worth the money in my view so wouldn't even want to give them a go.
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Post by lolli on Jan 4, 2023 20:17:30 GMT
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Post by alessia on Jan 5, 2023 10:44:54 GMT
Thank you, still quite pricey for what look like rather bad seats. I really want to see this but I think I'm going to wait more and hope for a today tix offer...
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Post by Dave B on Jan 12, 2023 9:22:11 GMT
Seem to be a lot of 'special prices' for the first couple of weeks going around now. I think four agencies have popped into my mailbox over past couple of days. Worth a look around in case anyone is interested.
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Post by alessia on Jan 12, 2023 13:08:40 GMT
Seem to be a lot of 'special prices' for the first couple of weeks going around now. I think four agencies have popped into my mailbox over past couple of days. Worth a look around in case anyone is interested. Yes I noticed the same! I still don't think the offers are good value though & haven't bought anything yet.
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Post by stagedoorsally on Jan 12, 2023 22:32:36 GMT
Booked for Brighton - donβt actually like that theatre much, but itβs a bit more local and the London prices didnβt seem worth it.
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Post by drmaplewood on Jan 13, 2023 10:08:40 GMT
Β£25 offer on TodayTix today
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 18, 2023 15:42:46 GMT
πππππOpens tonight. Poll open! πππππ
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Post by alessia on Jan 18, 2023 16:36:58 GMT
Β£25 offer on TodayTix today I noticed. Glad of it, Hopefully I'll manage to catch it once during the run...
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 18, 2023 20:16:02 GMT
Very keen to see this, but am absolutely not paying all that money for a show that last an hour.
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Post by Steve on Jan 19, 2023 23:17:30 GMT
Very keen to see this, but am absolutely not paying all that money for a show that last an hour. This production doesn't, in fact, last an hour: it's a solid 95 minutes based on tonight, so you'll get an extra 35 minutes for your money lol. That is by design, rather than just a feature of it being an early preview, as the signs around the theatre all say "95 minutes without an interval." I think it's been reworked significantly by the author. I absolutely LOVED the show tonight! I laughed and I was moved to tears. Two wonderful, teasing, vulnerable, humorous performances, that completely convey the value of communication, words and love itself. Some spoilers follow. . . Great love stories generally work better for being denied something. Frequently, that thing is life itself, as in "Romeo and Juliet," or any number of operas that have one of the lovers collapse with tuberculosis, choking out one last magnificent aria as they do. Even great happy love stories are enhanced by some great lack (eg Darcy's lack of tact and humility vs Elizabeth Bennett's lack of money and opportunities). Often we set love stories in historical periods where there was some great lack: eg gay or interracial love stories when horrible laws made things illegal and dangerous. In this love story, the period is the future, and the illegality pertains to speaking more than 140 words per day. It is of course a gimmick of a premise, that only holds up through a wilful suspension of disbelief on the part of the audience. For example, if it is ok to tap morse code on the floor, why not just learn British Sign Language and say whatever you want? Why even enact such a silly law in the first place? If you let the gimmickiness get to you, you will be like a person who watches "Back to the Future" and says it's no fun because time loops make no sense. I'd say just run with it lol. I did, and Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman are so incredibly precious together in this, their relationship chemistry adorably believable and believably adorable, with Turner's rising playful cadences perfectly balanced by Coleman's equally playful mimicking caustic rejoinders. Class imbalances, money imbalances, and Orwellian political imbalances, specified by the script, build insecurities and vulnerabilities into these two characters that make you doubly root for each of these playful witty people, and even more for a potential love match that might salve these deficiencies and create a more perfect romantic whole. Scenes that involve fulsome playful banter become poignant in the knowledge that the word-denying law will take this all away. And scenes that follow the law become poignant for awareness of the banter that is no longer possible. And by intercutting such scenes in a nonlinear way, we are always heartbreakingly aware of all of it. And, as if by magic, small things like cheeky wordless gesturing glances (Turner) and nose twitching playfulness (Coleman) are magnified into the potential of a great love. The whole non-linear, flashing from scene to scene, shape of the play is similar to Nick Payne's "Constellations," and this show captures the magic of that play's sense of life's infinite possibilities. This being an early preview, Turner forgot his lines once, and repeated a scene, and never has such a thing felt so perfectly part of the concept (words proscribed by memory are as much a denial of something wonderful as words proscribed by law) that the magic of the concept felt enhanced by the moment. I expect that it has been hard for the actors to learn this ever-expanding play, as it is still listed as 75 minutes running time on the ATG website, and it was fully and intentionally 20 minutes longer than that in tonight's preview. I wouldn't lose a single extra precious word. Wonderful, and I'd love to see it again in a more mature form after press night. 4 and a half stars from me.
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Post by Mark on Jan 20, 2023 10:24:33 GMT
No luck with rush first thing when it opened. However checked a few mins ago and it said available and I was able to get a front row seat. Theatremonkey lists these as in person dayseats but Iβd guess they didnβt have a line at the box office, and so released them to todaytix.
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