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Post by NeilVHughes on Jan 18, 2023 14:53:48 GMT
It is a fairly anodyne season but can understand why as in the end they are a business, footfall is all and the last couple of years have been tough.
They are the more ’lightweight’ and reasonably well known of Shakespeare’s plays which should hopefully pull in the tourist pound and help to rebuild their bank account.
I have not been impressed with the last couple of seasons and hopefully this year they will let the actors do the talking rather than some questionable props and casting.
I’m not sure what Michelle is trying to achieve and am hankering more and more for the traditional Dromgoole era.
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Post by cavocado on Jan 18, 2023 16:04:47 GMT
I used to book a lot in advance there, but now I wait for reviews and discounts. Too inconsistent, too many 2-3 star productions with very average casts.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jan 18, 2023 18:20:00 GMT
In my opinion to stage Shakespeare in a fully traditional way would be one of the most radical things you could do in 2023 and could be quite good if pitched right. That might actually persuade me to go the Globe again. Nothing in either the Rice or Terry eras has made me want to go. Why go to all that expense to build an authentic Elizabethan theatre then stage 21st century style productions in it! |
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Post by caa on Jan 18, 2023 19:39:34 GMT
I wonder if its getting to a point when the Globe will stage a musical
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Post by lynette on Jan 18, 2023 20:22:19 GMT
That is a season with no ambition. No new writing No history play Only one non comedy Are they struggling for income? If they are struggling for income, they need to do comedies and the GCSE syllabus. And do them in a fairly straightforward way. |
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Jan 25, 2023 15:33:50 GMT
That is a season with no ambition. No new writing No history play Only one non comedy Are they struggling for income? Michelle Terry is not an artistic director imo. I just feel like her vision is so misplaced for the Globe. But then how much of the decision making is made by her; maybe the Board have more input. Bizarre. |
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Post by ladidah on Feb 1, 2023 11:28:37 GMT
I am a big fan of the Globe but recent productions have felt very samey, a big dance number at the end, the same faces.
I am also fed-up of hoards of teenagers talking or on their phones.
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Post by cavocado on Mar 4, 2023 14:08:02 GMT
I liked Titus. They've made it a sort of Brechtian black comedy, with songs about pet bunnies eating their young, and how we'll feel better about our own terrible lives once we leave the theatre. The all-women pyjama-wearing cast add to that - you're not allowed to get too absorbed in anything naturalistic, always reminded that this is a play. It was an interesting approach to presenting this horror-fest to a modern audience that also managed (for me) to throw a new light on the text. One of the best things I've seen at the Globe since Covid.
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Post by cavocado on May 24, 2023 18:59:54 GMT
A Midsummer Night's Dream was pretty good. I'm not a big Michelle Terry fan, but I enjoyed her Puck - witty, sharp and other-wordly (great costume too). I also liked Francesca Mills as Hermia. She spoke better than anyone else on stage, was funny and touching. She has a form of dwarfism, which made some of the insults levelled at Hermia feel darker and more uncomfortable - not a bad thing. The rude mechanicals were pretty good, especially Mariah Gale as Bottom, or 'Nicola Bottome'. It didn't have the sense of magic of some productions, and several actors could have spoken more clearly, but overall it was fun and hit a lot of the right notes for an enjoyable summer production.
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Post by joem on May 24, 2023 21:04:39 GMT
They've worked pretty hard to alienate audiences, not really surprised it's going downhill which is a great shame because it did have some very good seasons. End of the day people mutht be amuthed, you can't expect to be lecturing, hectoring all the time and expect people to part with their hard-earned cash to receive a browbeating.
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Post by ladidah on Aug 23, 2023 13:46:16 GMT
Tempted to see the new As You Like It - which starts tonight but it's so expensive. £50ish for seats, £40 for restricted.
No wonder it's half empty!
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Post by kate8 on Aug 23, 2023 19:57:05 GMT
Tempted to see the new As You Like It - which starts tonight but it's so expensive. £50ish for seats, £40 for restricted. No wonder it's half empty! I usually go for the ground floor bays at the side of the stage. They’re around £25, but IMO better value than many of the more expensive restricted view seats. |
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Post by ladidah on Aug 24, 2023 7:49:58 GMT
I don't know why more places don't do dynamic pricing, they must have been half empty last night.
I think all prices have gone up, even bad seats were £40ish.
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Post by Jan on Aug 24, 2023 9:20:21 GMT
I don't know why more places don't do dynamic pricing, they must have been half empty last night. I think all prices have gone up, even bad seats were £40ish. Laffer Curve in action - put prices up and make less money overall. I can’t think of a theatre that uses genuine dynamic pricing - those using it only ever put the quoted box office prices up when something is popular but not down when it is unpopular. They prefer to disguise it via rush/day tickets. |
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Post by ladidah on Aug 24, 2023 9:27:38 GMT
I don't get it, the Globe desperately needs a crowd and an atmosphere to work
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Post by ladidah on Aug 24, 2023 9:41:17 GMT
Just found a good ticket, going Sunday. Will review!
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Post by cavocado on Aug 25, 2023 7:14:24 GMT
The Globe often discounts via ticket agents, but I can't remember seeing discounts on their own website. Seatplan and Todaytix both have As You Like it heavily discounted at the moment, top price tickets £45, which I think are £68 if you buy from The Globe.
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Post by ladidah on Aug 27, 2023 16:34:59 GMT
Just left As You Like It
Quite disappointed. I know it's a weaker play but for at least half of the play it's silly. Some actors are great, others are weak and talking so fast or so quietly you can't hear them. One moment Rosalind is channelling Cher Horowitz, the next is doing interpretative dance like a Swan.
The audience reaction was bemused, especially by the end when they were twerking to pop songs. The songs were vaguely familiar but so awkwardly and badly sung.
For a production that really hyped being queer and modern it didn't come off to me as much of either. This may be because the play is already a tangle of gender identities already, so it didn't feel groundbreaking or celebratory - to me.
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Post by matildaswinton on Aug 29, 2023 10:40:15 GMT
I was so looking forward to your review, because we couldn’t make this at the last minute a few weeks ago. I was hoping for good enough praise to bring us back to it, but alas. We walked out of Mackers at the interval… how they managed to throw language away and deaden such a play was astonishing. Except for Lady M who had to suffer through that slog of a concept. And Midsummer was just okay, mostly because of Hermia and a star turn by Bottom, but we thought Terry was a joke, no character other than a thorn crown and shouting. And the fairies in general were bad. Forgeries of jealousy was shockingly boring… We also couldn’t make our booking for Comedy of Errors… I hope that saved the season, but it seems I too prefer the Dromgoole era.
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Post by ladidah on Aug 30, 2023 9:57:26 GMT
Can't see any other reviews for this, wonder when it's been reviewed.
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Post by cavocado on Aug 30, 2023 10:26:31 GMT
Can't see any other reviews for this, wonder when it's been reviewed. Press night is tonight. |
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Post by ladidah on Aug 30, 2023 10:36:01 GMT
Oooh! I have a feeling they might like it more than me.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 30, 2023 11:00:06 GMT
Just left As You Like It Quite disappointed. I know it's a weaker play but for at least half of the play it's silly. Some actors are great, others are weak and talking so fast or so quietly you can't hear them. One moment Rosalind is channelling Cher Horowitz, the next is doing interpretative dance like a Swan. The audience reaction was bemused, especially by the end when they were twerking to pop songs. The songs were vaguely familiar but so awkwardly and badly sung. For a production that really hyped being queer and modern it didn't come off to me as much of either. This may be because the play is already a tangle of gender identities already, so it didn't feel groundbreaking or celebratory - to me. I only read about the casting for this recently and can see how their choices will not have made the play anything other than more confusing. Sometimes people try too hard... |
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Post by zahidf on Aug 30, 2023 11:04:39 GMT
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Post by ladidah on Sept 4, 2023 11:55:25 GMT
Reviews are very mixed, the Guardian felt similarly to how I did - 2 star.
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