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Post by peggs on Feb 3, 2016 21:51:36 GMT
Apart from Jonathan Pryce re-visiting Merchant of Venice has anyone heard any rumours re casting for this?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2016 23:01:09 GMT
Martine McCutcheon as Portia Mitchell?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 9:09:32 GMT
They've got six names up for Merchant Of Venice (http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/theatre/whats-on/globe-theatre/the-merchant-of-venice-2016), including both Pryces. Haven't heard any casting for the rest of the season but I'm sure we must be due news fairly soon, right?
(I've just seen the slightly worrying credit on the page for The Taming Of The Shrew for a "physical comedy director". This... could be alarming.)
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Post by peggs on Feb 4, 2016 12:08:34 GMT
They've got six names up for Merchant Of Venice (http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/theatre/whats-on/globe-theatre/the-merchant-of-venice-2016), including both Pryces. Haven't heard any casting for the rest of the season but I'm sure we must be due news fairly soon, right? (I've just seen the slightly worrying credit on the page for The Taming Of The Shrew for a "physical comedy director". This... could be alarming.) Yep that's the only one I could find, as I will only buy standing may hold off as casting might swing it either way as I've seen most of the offerings for outside, though of course I might find myself drawn in by these magical trees we've been promised! |
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Post by stageyninja83 on Feb 15, 2016 11:40:00 GMT
Booked myself a ticket for The Merchant of Venice after missing it last year. I'm an avid groundling but as it's October I've splashed out on a seat. The rest of the season doesn't excite me as most of them have been recently performed at The Globe, was hoping for something a bit less well known.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 11:45:26 GMT
I always see everything at the Globe, as it's worth the £5 to me to not miss out on a production that may or may not contain a future beloved actor even if something doesn't sound very inspiring. I'm not in a hurry to book anything though, the yard is unlikely to sell out all of the shows before I'm next there in person.
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Post by peggs on Feb 15, 2016 12:19:19 GMT
Realise now having been to the Sam Wannamaker that actually standing in the yard isn't that bad after all! And as you say Baemax unless it's a really big name the yard doesn't sell out that fast so you don't have to do the booking frenzy in the same way that you do with seats.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 18:18:14 GMT
Is anyone else having issues trying to buy tickets for A Midsummer Night's Dream? There seem to be problems with the website this evening or has it sold out?
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Post by stageyninja83 on Feb 15, 2016 23:58:13 GMT
Is anyone else having issues trying to buy tickets for A Midsummer Night's Dream? There seem to be problems with the website this evening or has it sold out? I had problems buying tickets on my desktop, it wouldn't let me click on any ticket. Tried the mobile site and worked fine. Maybe they are having some issues, the site was down most of the day when I tried to get on. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 9:07:38 GMT
Thanks. Some shows were experiencing more issues than others.
I've booked this morning to see the 2:00 showing, the same day that I'm going to Doctor Faustus in the eve. I hope that an entire day of Elizabethan drama won't be too much of a headache!
Gone for the groundlings, I can never resist a bargain. I was surprised to see the tickets are allocated numbers (B25 etc.) is it reserved standing or just numbered to keep a track of how many have been sold?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 9:22:40 GMT
The latter.  And I regularly do two-show days at the Globe and the RSC (and have done three-show days with both when given the opportunity), you'll be fiiiiine. Especially as you'll only be standing for one of them. |
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Post by peggs on Feb 16, 2016 10:44:00 GMT
Similarly quite often do 2 shows at the globe when scheduling allows to save on train fare and it's fine, additionally as a groundling for the second play it solves that 'how early do I turn up' quandary, you just role out of one and into the queue for the next where quite often you find a familiar set of people from earlier.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 14:45:39 GMT
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Post by David J on Feb 16, 2016 15:10:51 GMT
Meow Meow is Titania
Those are two names I never thought I'd see in the same sentance
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Post by David J on Feb 16, 2016 15:40:36 GMT
Ray Fearon as Macbeth
Hell yeah
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Post by mistressjojo on Feb 17, 2016 3:51:12 GMT
Meow Meow is Titania Those are two names I never thought I'd see in the same sentance That is going to be one fierce fairy! |
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Post by hal9000 on Jul 5, 2016 20:41:30 GMT
Has anyone stood in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, right at the back of the upper, in the corner, "blocked by a candelabra"? How did you cope?
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Post by Marwood on Jul 6, 2016 7:04:19 GMT
Has anyone here been to see Macbeth/'the Scottish play' yet? Booked to see it next month, but the reviews I've seen have been less than glowing to say the least.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2016 8:13:46 GMT
I went, and personally I loved it. I can see how the witches might be incomprehensible if you don't already know what they're saying before you go in, but the visuals were amazing and the cast were extremely strong. I don't usually see things more than once at the Globe, but I've got my return ticket for this one all booked.
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Post by jek on Jul 6, 2016 8:15:03 GMT
I went to the Globe for the first time yesterday to see The Taming of The Shrew. I was hit by a car five years ago and so standing for a production isn't an option for me. We had front row upper gallery seats which had a great view but I can't remember ever having been in such uncomfortable seating at a play before. Even the Unicorn (where I saw the fantastic Hamilton Complex last week) where it feels like you're sitting on boards isn't that bad. My 6ft 2" 16 yr old son was with me at the Globe and had pretty much lost all circulation by the end of the play. While I enjoyed the play (and that is saying something as my dad was Irish and I am pretty allergic to anything involving Uillean pipes) I would have to really want to see a particular production to book at the Globe again. Is the seating arrangement all about authenticity? And are there any seats at the Globe that aren't quite such hard work to sit in?
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Post by foxa on Jul 6, 2016 8:20:36 GMT
Has anyone stood in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, right at the back of the upper, in the corner, "blocked by a candelabra"? How did you cope? I stood once at the Wanamaker - not very comfortable and someone fainted (and cruelly we were relieved because when she left we had a little more room) - it feels very claustrophobic. I was more to the side than the corner and could see probably 1/2. At another performance, when I was seated, at the interval, I heard some standing people saying that they might as well be listening to the radio, they were missing so much. Sorry not to be more positive, but maybe others have had a better experience? |
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Post by Latecomer on Jul 6, 2016 8:51:30 GMT
Has anyone stood in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, right at the back of the upper, in the corner, "blocked by a candelabra"? How did you cope? I stood once at the Wanamaker - not very comfortable and someone fainted (and cruelly we were relieved because when she left we had a little more room) - it feels very claustrophobic. I was more to the side than the corner and could see probably 1/2. At another performance, when I was seated, at the interval, I heard some standing people saying that they might as well be listening to the radio, they were missing so much. Sorry not to be more positive, but maybe others have had a better experience? I always book the back row in the circle as at least there you have a back of the seat to lean on! However, even there it is very uncomfortable as you can't tuck your feet under the seat, so makes for a very strange unnatural position. Always hire a cushion! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2016 8:58:30 GMT
Now I don't mind getting the authentic experience in the Sam Wanamaker (although it still smells like the inside of a garden shed) and begrudgingly accept that the uncomfortable seats form part of that but what I object to is the extortionate prices for the privilege. If they charged me a groat and half a cabbage to sit down for several hours until I can't feel my buttocks then that's fine but upwards of £40?? Outrageous!
It sometimes makes me want to smuggle in a family of termites.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2016 9:02:42 GMT
I never book the Upper Gallery of the Sam Wanamaker anymore. Too many candelabra, not enough visibility, not cheap enough to make up for the inconvenience. I'll stick with the cheaper seats in the Lower Gallery, or shift to the Pit if I'm particularly keen on something. It's just not a very good theatre. A beautiful oddity, but an awful theatre.
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Post by Snciole on Jul 6, 2016 15:31:28 GMT
I went to the Globe for the first time yesterday to see The Taming of The Shrew. I was hit by a car five years ago and so standing for a production isn't an option for me. We had front row upper gallery seats which had a great view but I can't remember ever having been in such uncomfortable seating at a play before. Even the Unicorn (where I saw the fantastic Hamilton Complex last week) where it feels like you're sitting on boards isn't that bad. My 6ft 2" 16 yr old son was with me at the Globe and had pretty much lost all circulation by the end of the play. While I enjoyed the play (and that is saying something as my dad was Irish and I am pretty allergic to anything involving Uillean pipes) I would have to really want to see a particular production to book at the Globe again. Is the seating arrangement all about authenticity? And are there any seats at the Globe that aren't quite such hard work to sit in? You rent a back rest but otherwise it is a pretty grim experience! |
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And I regularly do two-show days at the Globe and the RSC (and have done three-show days with both when given the opportunity), you'll be fiiiiine. Especially as you'll only be standing for one of them.
