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Post by Jan on Aug 25, 2024 9:50:30 GMT
It is one of the greatest of the Jacobean plays with startling and brilliant verse and great parts for actors. It is far superior to Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus which is going to come with a trigger warning as long as your arm. And what about those misogynist classics Taming of the Shrew and Troilus and Cressida ? I find the werewolf strand and the neverending series of gruesome deaths in the final act rather tiresome. It is just too easy for modern audiences to laugh at Act 5. I would absolutely prefer to watch any of the Shakespeare plays you cited than another version of Malfi I have seen seven productions of it and honestly say the audience didn’t laugh at any of them. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 25, 2024 11:27:56 GMT
The two productions I have attended both had laughs at the over the top nature of the final act.
Some might have been uncomfortable but tonally it feels just too much and that creates a comic feel.
I just don't feel the need to see it ever again.
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Post by aspieandy on Sept 6, 2024 14:27:26 GMT
Is it me or are the prices for this mad?
Will have to try lottery / rush / day tckets
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Post by Talisman on Sept 6, 2024 18:04:53 GMT
Is it me or are the prices for this mad?
Will have to try lottery / rush / day tckets
But it’s got some one from Dr Who so it must be worth every penny. |
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Post by dahlia on Sept 7, 2024 1:02:51 GMT
Hmmm. £7 in additional charges for booking two tickets via ATG even as a member. What't the point of ATG running ticketing for this venue if they don't get them to sign up to ATG+ benefits? Just guaranteed to get the backs up of those of us who fork out for membership. £3.50 for me for two tickets. I had to call as my booking had a technical issue, the lady I spoke to described Trafalgar as 'awkward' and said it was the only venue that charged the transaction fee, clearly something she'd come across before. The Trafalgar doesn't participate in the ATG+ bar discount, either. The last time I was there, on an ATG ticket, they were very apologetic and mumbled that they didn't do those.
I've never seen Malfi, and am tempted, if nothing else to enjoy the Miss Marple reference, she attends a Gielgud performance of Malfi in Sleeping Murder. If wikipedia is to be trusted, that performance was at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
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Post by crabtree on Sept 7, 2024 12:02:24 GMT
Back in the 80's there was a startling production of Malfi at the royal exchange in Manchester with Helen Mirren and Bob Hoskins - the Duchess's death was a staggering piece of stagecraft, especially up close. A year or two later I got to wear hoskin's costume for this at the Venice Carnival.
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Post by aspieandy on Oct 1, 2024 14:28:23 GMT
Is it me or are the prices for this mad?
Will have to try lottery / rush / day tckets
Becoming less mad, email today >>
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Post by amyja89 on Oct 4, 2024 16:12:11 GMT
Just booked for Oct 17th matinee for £28 on TodayTix. Row E of dress circle, and I don't think it was listed as being a sale price?
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Post by lt on Oct 5, 2024 10:23:25 GMT
24 hour deal on tickets on TodayTix, bought pair of preview tickets in row L in the stalls for £25 each.
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Post by Jan on Oct 5, 2024 17:43:19 GMT
This doesn’t seem to be selling well at all. Maybe I’ll go and see it after all but I’d like to know the extent of the “adaptation”.
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Post by aspieandy on Oct 5, 2024 17:56:20 GMT
Def got the pricing wrong on this from the start. Now scrambling into full Sports Direct mode.
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Post by Rory on Oct 6, 2024 11:20:08 GMT
Anyone see it last night?
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Post by timmyt on Oct 7, 2024 20:09:42 GMT
Seeing it now.
Ticket pricing is mad. I know if a preview, but my ticket was £15 and the following week it’s going for £110.
At the interval, the show is fine. The acting is fine, the set design is fine, the script is fine. Hoping the second half is wonderful. But overall, I’m not really feeling the sense of threat I think I’m supposed to be feeling from the brothers. If I’m not scared of them, I’m not feeling the motivation for any of her actions.
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Post by timmyt on Oct 7, 2024 21:10:25 GMT
Ok, finished it now. Second half much better. Jodie did great, as did rest of the cast. Strange audience reactions though. People laughing at things I’m sure weren’t meant to be funny.
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Post by blaxx on Oct 7, 2024 21:38:00 GMT
Take this with a grain of salt, as I have no previous exposure to the material, and I'm no Doctor Who fan whatsoever.
I found the tone of the production terribly uneven. Is it a dramedy, or a rom-com, sex farce? What's with the songs? Does the text go from modern to classic and back?
Is the character of the Duchess so tepid in the original? I found Whittaker to be one-note throughout.
The beginning of Act II is so amazingly disturbing and terrifying. Then it turns into a Tarantino-esque farce that had us in hysterics The audience leaves laughing at the tragedy, all with smiles and high-spirits.
In a season with shows like Oedipus, Macbeth, Fear of 13, The Other Place, this seemed like a weak offering to me. The first act felt very long.
Maybe those familiar with the original text will find it more exciting as I did, the stakes were pretty low for me, but I did laugh (unintentionally) a lot, in a play-that-goes-wrong kinda way.
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Post by blaxx on Oct 7, 2024 21:55:03 GMT
Ok, finished it now. Second half much better. Jodie did great, as did rest of the cast. Strange audience reactions though. People laughing at things I’m sure weren’t meant to be funny. Totally unintentional, which made all that sequence hilarious. Can't a professional production get a realistic sound effect for a weapon? I felt bad for the performers, but the whole thing had me in stitches. |
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Post by wingfield on Oct 9, 2024 15:45:34 GMT
Take this with a grain of salt, as I have no previous exposure to the material, and I'm no Doctor Who fan whatsoever. I found the tone of the production terribly uneven. Is it a dramedy, or a rom-com, sex farce? What's with the songs? Does the text go from modern to classic and back? Is the character of the Duchess so tepid in the original? I found Whittaker to be one-note throughout. The beginning of Act II is so amazingly disturbing and terrifying. Then it turns into a Tarantino-esque farce that had us in hysterics The audience leaves laughing at the tragedy, all with smiles and high-spirits. In a season with shows like Oedipus, Macbeth, Fear of 13, The Other Place, this seemed like a weak offering to me. The first act felt very long. Maybe those familiar with the original text will find it more exciting as I did, the stakes were pretty low for me, but I did laugh (unintentionally) a lot, in a play-that-goes-wrong kinda way. I'm a huge fan of the original play and completely agree with everything you've said here - found it quite depressing to watch so many good actors in something so muddled and with the most subtext-free script I've encountered in a long time. There was no consistency to the way that things like the songs and projected titles were used and the dance section in the second act felt pretty cringe to me. Wish I could have seen this cast and a handful of the ideas in a production of the original text instead! |
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Post by lt on Oct 9, 2024 15:51:23 GMT
£3.50 for me for two tickets. I had to call as my booking had a technical issue, the lady I spoke to described Trafalgar as 'awkward' and said it was the only venue that charged the transaction fee, clearly something she'd come across before. The Trafalgar doesn't participate in the ATG+ bar discount, either. The last time I was there, on an ATG ticket, they were very apologetic and mumbled that they didn't do those.
I've never seen Malfi, and am tempted, if nothing else to enjoy the Miss Marple reference, she attends a Gielgud performance of Malfi in Sleeping Murder. If wikipedia is to be trusted, that performance was at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
Glad I'm not the only one, as soon as I heard this production was being staged, I thought of Miss Marple... |
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 9, 2024 21:41:02 GMT
So who knew? That David Beckham being a former top class footballer, A list celebrity and now a associate sound designer on this show!
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 9, 2024 21:43:05 GMT
The Trafalgar doesn't participate in the ATG+ bar discount, either. The last time I was there, on an ATG ticket, they were very apologetic and mumbled that they didn't do those.
I've never seen Malfi, and am tempted, if nothing else to enjoy the Miss Marple reference, she attends a Gielgud performance of Malfi in Sleeping Murder. If wikipedia is to be trusted, that performance was at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
Glad I'm not the only one, as soon as I heard this production was being staged, I thought of Miss Marple... I saw this and for me for better or worse this felt like very Almeida and not West End. |
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Post by ladidah on Oct 10, 2024 8:00:49 GMT
Ok, finished it now. Second half much better. Jodie did great, as did rest of the cast. Strange audience reactions though. People laughing at things I’m sure weren’t meant to be funny. Totally unintentional, which made all that sequence hilarious. Can't a professional production get a realistic sound effect for a weapon? I felt bad for the performers, but the whole thing had me in stitches. I am so curious with this - can you tell me what it was? (in spoilers!) |
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Post by billy on Oct 10, 2024 9:48:21 GMT
Another one where dynamic pricing has worked in my favour as I couldn’t afford the original prices but I just grabbed central Dress Circle Row A (£125 once the previews end) for £35 on TKTS for today’s matinee, reduced further to £32 as I had a theatre token discount voucher. Hoping Jodie’s still in it as quite a few tickets still left!
(Edit: And in fact there are now £25 rush tickets back on TodayTix, also in £125 premium seats despite saying sold out earlier, which is an even better deal)
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Post by greatauntedna on Oct 11, 2024 9:05:28 GMT
How high is the stage? Anyone sat near the front?
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Post by jake on Oct 11, 2024 11:49:28 GMT
How high is the stage? Anyone sat near the front? Unless it has changed since I was last there the Trafalgar stage is barely raised at all. I remember thinking that I could almost have been one of Marlene's dinner guests in Top Girls (although being the wrong sex might have been an obstacle). At The Hothouse and The Homecoming I also had the same feel of being in the thick of the action. Front stalls might, in fact, be a bigger advantage than usual because I got the impression the rake is pretty shallow (though I can't remember ever sitting further back than the third row). |
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Post by nash16 on Oct 12, 2024 0:31:11 GMT
How high is the stage? Anyone sat near the front? Unless it has changed since I was last there the Trafalgar stage is barely raised at all. I remember thinking that I could almost have been one of Marlene's dinner guests in Top Girls (although being the wrong sex might have been an obstacle). At The Hothouse and The Homecoming I also had the same feel of being in the thick of the action. Front stalls might, in fact, be a bigger advantage than usual because I got the impression the rake is pretty shallow (though I can't remember ever sitting further back than the third row). It should be noted that the theatre HAS changed since you were last there. You are describing the old Trafalgar Studios 1. Both Trafalgar Studios spaces have since been REconverted back to how it was prior, as it was as the Whitehall Theatre; now called the Trafalgar Theatre. It now consists of a stalls and a circle level. The stage IS elevated above the audience, and if this production has any revolve or trapdoor features, it will be raised even higher. Hopefully a future attendee can get a photo of the current front stalls area for greatauntedna |
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