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Post by cavocado on Oct 19, 2023 12:37:14 GMT
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Post by mrnutz on Oct 19, 2023 14:57:51 GMT
The London dates seem to be selling very badly - who knew audiences wouldn't be clamouring to pay £150 to sit in a cold warehouse in Canada Water?
Bring on the discounts and papering...
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Post by Jan on Oct 19, 2023 17:12:15 GMT
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Post by Jan on Nov 18, 2023 10:04:58 GMT
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Post by mrnutz on Nov 18, 2023 13:13:14 GMT
"immersive"
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Post by Jan on Nov 18, 2023 13:22:43 GMT
”immersive” but not “visceral”. Surprising. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 18, 2023 16:02:41 GMT
Is it me or does walking through a ‘war zone’ seem in particularly bad taste at this moment?
Of course they would have planned and designed this well before the Israel Gaza conflict- but this would make me feel uneasy.
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Post by nash16 on Nov 18, 2023 17:14:26 GMT
Is it me or does walking through a ‘war zone’ seem in particularly bad taste at this moment? Of course they would have planned and designed this well before the Israel Gaza conflict- but this would make me feel uneasy. Not in bad taste at all. It will have been planned months/years ago, plus Fiennes has often said he has little interest in doing Shakespeare in period clothing as it distances the audiences even further from the relevance of the stories to the present. His Coriolanus film did the same. Watching that conflict play out on TV, I feel/hope this production will bring audiences even closer to the realities of being in such a terrible situation. |
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Post by Jan on Nov 19, 2023 17:35:18 GMT
Is it me or does walking through a ‘war zone’ seem in particularly bad taste at this moment? Of course they would have planned and designed this well before the Israel Gaza conflict- but this would make me feel uneasy. It was planned and designed during the Russia - Ukraine conflict which is still ongoing and much bigger and no one has complained about that. Nor should they. |
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Post by crowblack on Nov 20, 2023 10:34:17 GMT
Is it me or does walking through a ‘war zone’ seem in particularly bad taste at this moment? Of course they would have planned and designed this well before the Israel Gaza conflict- but this would make me feel uneasy. It was planned and designed during the Russia - Ukraine conflict which is still ongoing and much bigger and no one has complained about that. Nor should they. It's not a play that takes war and murder lightly. In contrast, I thought the BBC's decision to schedule a TV comedy drama with torture scenes at primetime last night was a bad one - they should have delayed it & found a different slot (when a British hostage in Iraq was murdered, ITV cancelled a Carry On film that included 'comedy' beheadings). |
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Post by Dave B on Nov 24, 2023 17:00:21 GMT
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Post by david on Nov 24, 2023 17:45:11 GMT
Dave B I was meant to be watching it on Sunday. Unfortunately the show got cancelled. I’m now booked in for Dec 12th.
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Post by parsley1 on Nov 24, 2023 18:06:43 GMT
Google Macbeth under news
There is a local review
It’s not great and the production concept looks boring
I suspect the Donmar one will be the better
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 25, 2023 14:17:53 GMT
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Post by mrbarnaby on Nov 25, 2023 14:33:54 GMT
This looks incredibly uninspiring.
Why go to the effort of being site specific, if you’re just (in effect) going to build a theatre within it
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Post by Rory on Nov 25, 2023 18:44:07 GMT
Carl liked Fiennes.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Nov 25, 2023 20:40:42 GMT
I really doubt that his Macbeth is a ‘revelation’. Maybe a well spoken and understand Shakespearean performance delivered in a similar way to other performances. But not ‘a revelation’ |
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Post by marob on Nov 25, 2023 20:56:54 GMT
Interested to see what people make of this. If it was city centre I’d almost definitely be going, but I’ve gotten really fed up of travelling to shows, not helped by the unreliable transport network. The extra faff of travelling into Liverpool and then having to get to some random business park put me right off.
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Post by david on Nov 26, 2023 0:17:04 GMT
Interested to see what people make of this. If it was city centre I’d almost definitely be going, but I’ve gotten really fed up of travelling to shows, not helped by the unreliable transport network. The extra faff of travelling into Liverpool and then having to get to some random business park put me right off. , I ended up scouting out the Liverpool venue last weekend and it took me a good while to find it in the daylight. As I’m going midweek after work I didn’t want to risk getting lost in the dark. |
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Post by Courfeyrac on Nov 28, 2023 9:04:27 GMT
Yeah, I picked up a cheap ticket for Edinburgh but I have no idea if I'm actually going to make it out to the venue or not. Unless the local buses put on the special service, you're facing a country road walk to a bus stop for an infrequent bus service, or walking up the back roads to the airport, or a taxi.
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Post by bordeaux on Nov 30, 2023 6:50:21 GMT
Another three star review from Arifa Akbar in the Guardian! Four from Whatsonstage.
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Post by coco on Nov 30, 2023 7:43:23 GMT
Another three star review from Arifa Akbar in the Guardian! Four from Whatsonstage. I wonder does AA like any plays🤣 |
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Post by david on Dec 11, 2023 18:38:13 GMT
Finally getting to see this in Liverpool tomorrow night. Hopefully it is worth the wait.
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Post by coco on Dec 11, 2023 19:00:50 GMT
I went to Liverpool last week to see it because I couldn’t make its London run and I sat at the front row. I think the acting part is quite good (not surprised), especially the actor playing Macduff.
When I entered the venue, it reminded me of Newsies, giving you an quasi-immersive vibe starting from the venue.
Overall a four star production for me. But the trouble of going all the way to Liverpool makes it a bit unsatisfying.
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