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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 31, 2023 15:41:34 GMT
Much as I enjoyed, indeed loved, The Encounter, there was a sense that it was no longer a shared experience with your fellow audience members. You are in a little bubble, isolated by the headphones.
It does sound like they have good plans in terms of accessibility. Hygiene is a little sketchy at this stage. But hopefully it will be secure.
I wonder whether some of the soliloquys will be prerecorded to make them more interior monologues rather than the character sharing their thoughts directly with the audience
Time will tell.
Will be hard to do a broadcast...
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Post by mistressjojo on Oct 31, 2023 20:01:10 GMT
I get the feeling this may spark a few returns. Headphones are not everyone's cup of tea.
Anyone after tickets should start checking the website.
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Post by lynette on Oct 31, 2023 20:28:24 GMT
Maybe the whole point is the broadcast; on the telly it doesn’t really matter where the voice is coming from. I must say that I booked this to hear and see Tennant act in front of me. I can access him on YouTube any day if the week. As for hygiene, I take the point that any close contact is risky a la Covid but wearing something right on your face which might have been just before on the face of someone with covid or a cold doesn’t appeal. I’m not a silly person, I don’t still wear a mask and all that but I do have serious reservations which the person I spoke to at the theatre could not help me with.
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Post by marob on Oct 31, 2023 20:49:50 GMT
It’s the norovirus I’d be more concerned about at this time of year.
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Post by zahidf on Oct 31, 2023 21:15:26 GMT
It'd be interesting how they do it
A lot of places have shared headphones etc. My guess would be they have two sets of headphones for each audience member, or something a little over that, which they alternate and clean in between performances
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Post by Jan on Nov 1, 2023 12:44:04 GMT
The scope for technical problems and resulting audience complaints would appear to be high.
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Post by cavocado on Nov 1, 2023 16:46:35 GMT
So we've got Branagh with his inexperienced cast and breakneck speed, Fiennes and Varma in a warehouse for some reason, the Globe and RSC with consistently underwhelming casts and average productions, and now we've got to listen to Tennant through headphones.
Hoping the Almeida's forthcoming Lear and NT's Coriolanus will just aim for boring old good acting and directing in gimmick-free productions.
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Post by Jan on Nov 1, 2023 18:28:19 GMT
So we've got Branagh with his inexperienced cast and breakneck speed, Fiennes and Varma in a warehouse for some reason, the Globe and RSC with consistently underwhelming casts and average productions, and now we've got to listen to Tennant through headphones. Hoping the Almeida's forthcoming Lear and NT's Coriolanus will just aim for boring old good acting and directing in gimmick-free productions. I expect you'll have to wait till the Orange Tree's Twelfth Night in December 2024 for that. However, there is a new regime at the RSC so there is hope ...
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Post by theatremiss on Nov 1, 2023 19:12:42 GMT
So we've got Branagh with his inexperienced cast and breakneck speed, Fiennes and Varma in a warehouse for some reason, the Globe and RSC with consistently underwhelming casts and average productions, and now we've got to listen to Tennant through headphones. Hoping the Almeida's forthcoming Lear and NT's Coriolanus will just aim for boring old good acting and directing in gimmick-free productions. When is Coriolanus due at the NT?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 1, 2023 20:15:33 GMT
So we've got Branagh with his inexperienced cast and breakneck speed, Fiennes and Varma in a warehouse for some reason, the Globe and RSC with consistently underwhelming casts and average productions, and now we've got to listen to Tennant through headphones. Hoping the Almeida's forthcoming Lear and NT's Coriolanus will just aim for boring old good acting and directing in gimmick-free productions. I expect you'll have to wait till the Orange Tree's Twelfth Night in December 2024 for that. However, there is a new regime at the RSC so there is hope ... I wonder how different Littler's version will be compared to his Oxford production when he was a student... Polly Findlay's AYLI at the National had similarities to her student version at the Oxford Playhouse
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Post by Jan on Nov 1, 2023 20:28:50 GMT
I expect you'll have to wait till the Orange Tree's Twelfth Night in December 2024 for that. However, there is a new regime at the RSC so there is hope ... I wonder how different Littler's version will be compared to his Oxford production when he was a student... Polly Findlay's AYLI at the National had similarities to her student version at the Oxford Playhouse He has directed it since then at Guildford. www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk/twelfth-night-14/
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Post by Dave B on Nov 1, 2023 22:43:27 GMT
So we've got Branagh with his inexperienced cast and breakneck speed, Fiennes and Varma in a warehouse for some reason, the Globe and RSC with consistently underwhelming casts and average productions, and now we've got to listen to Tennant through headphones. Hoping the Almeida's forthcoming Lear and NT's Coriolanus will just aim for boring old good acting and directing in gimmick-free productions. When is Coriolanus due at the NT? It was announced for the Oliver in 2024. Currently Nye is scheduled to end 11 May, so perhaps late May unless something else comes in first.
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Post by theatremiss on Nov 1, 2023 22:49:41 GMT
When is Coriolanus due at the NT? It was announced for the Oliver in 2024. Currently Nye is scheduled to end 11 May, so perhaps late May unless something else comes in first. Thank you hopefully it will be announce in the New Year. Any casting rumours?
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Post by cavocado on Nov 2, 2023 7:20:40 GMT
It was announced for the Oliver in 2024. Currently Nye is scheduled to end 11 May, so perhaps late May unless something else comes in first. Thank you hopefully it will be announce in the New Year. Any casting rumours? David Oyewolo, directed by Lindsey Turner.
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Post by justfran on Dec 3, 2023 9:55:54 GMT
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Post by mistressjojo on Dec 4, 2023 7:45:34 GMT
Now intrigued by two things. -the audio set up - David Tennant in a kilt
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Post by lichtie on Dec 4, 2023 10:05:08 GMT
Briefly saw 6 tickets in the seat plan just now for the week ahead booking - but by the time I'd clicked on one and hit continue they'd all vanished.... Some people obviously have fast fingers!
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Post by samcavila on Dec 4, 2023 10:21:09 GMT
I was wondering about this! I tried getting online this morning right before 10am, and didn’t see anything, even after 5 min. Is there some special Donmar daily website? Or is it the regular website with the calendar to book tickets, and tix just went so fast?
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Post by lichtie on Dec 4, 2023 10:30:15 GMT
Regular website - just keep refreshing the actual date page furiously....
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Post by samcavila on Dec 4, 2023 11:35:37 GMT
Regular website - just keep refreshing the actual date page furiously.... Ah ok thank you!!
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Post by jampot on Dec 4, 2023 13:14:27 GMT
There is a further limited ticket release this wed (members) Thurs (general) at Noon both days...
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Post by coco on Dec 4, 2023 15:51:12 GMT
I wonder at what time they normally release the £15 standing tickets and the Donmar Daily tickets as they say will be available 7 days before performances. 8 am? Or is it a random time.
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Post by samcavila on Dec 5, 2023 10:08:36 GMT
I wonder at what time they normally release the £15 standing tickets and the Donmar Daily tickets as they say will be available 7 days before performances. 8 am? Or is it a random time. It's been 10am for Donmar Daily, and I believe it says midday for standing (so...noon?). I tried again this morning, refreshing as soon as it turned 10, but saw 2 tickets disappear within a second! I live in the US so I'm just trying to get an idea of the system before I go in a few weeks.
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Post by lichtie on Dec 5, 2023 11:13:16 GMT
Donmar are always a bit prompt - the booking will open just before 10.
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Post by coco on Dec 5, 2023 11:37:54 GMT
I wonder at what time they normally release the £15 standing tickets and the Donmar Daily tickets as they say will be available 7 days before performances. 8 am? Or is it a random time. It's been 10am for Donmar Daily, and I believe it says midday for standing (so...noon?). I tried again this morning, refreshing as soon as it turned 10, but saw 2 tickets disappear within a second! I live in the US so I'm just trying to get an idea of the system before I go in a few weeks. Thank you for the info!
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Post by drmaplewood on Dec 6, 2023 10:16:02 GMT
Got a ticket in the Daily sale today, approx. 2 seconds before 10am they appeared (only 3 in total from what I could see).
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Post by marob on Dec 6, 2023 10:44:31 GMT
I wish they’d just put a show like this that is obviously going to sell out immediately straight into a bigger theatre. I’d like to see it but can’t be bothered with the hassle of trying to get a ticket.
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Post by NorthernAlien on Dec 6, 2023 11:37:03 GMT
I wish they’d just put a show like this that is obviously going to sell out immediately straight into a bigger theatre. I’d like to see it but can’t be bothered with the hassle of trying to get a ticket. Yes. I didn't even try to get a ticket, as I knew it would be absolute chaos. I'm hoping it transfers, when I might stand a better chance...
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Post by mistressjojo on Dec 6, 2023 20:52:50 GMT
I wish they’d just put a show like this that is obviously going to sell out immediately straight into a bigger theatre. I’d like to see it but can’t be bothered with the hassle of trying to get a ticket. Because it's part of the Donmar anniversary celebrations? Moving it to a different theatre kind of defeats the purpose.
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Post by jampot on Dec 7, 2023 10:43:55 GMT
During the members sale yesterday..I only saw 2 dates that had seats for sale..non of the were stalls..
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