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Post by barelyathletic on Nov 5, 2024 10:37:23 GMT
Stockard Channing was quite game but obviously seemed to be thinking 'what the hell is this?'. The answer, as someone said above is 'tripe'.
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Post by ladidah on Nov 5, 2024 11:20:58 GMT
Thanks for the info, it's confirmed this is really not for me at all!  |
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Post by thistimetomorrow on Nov 5, 2024 11:28:39 GMT
‘please be reminded that throwing items on stage is strictly prohibited’. Did that really happened during the run?.. apparently someone threw a carrot plushie on stage from the 2nd balcony for miriam margoyle's |
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Post by matthew90 on Nov 5, 2024 12:28:03 GMT
‘please be reminded that throwing items on stage is strictly prohibited’. Did that really happened during the run?.. apparently someone threw a carrot plushie on stage from the 2nd balcony for miriam margoyle's That's true. Someone else threw coins which nearly got stuck in the revolving stage. We also had the uber keen lady who fought her way on to do the closing part also bring a carrot, but her attempt to throw it was too late. |
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Post by alison on Nov 5, 2024 12:31:48 GMT
‘please be reminded that throwing items on stage is strictly prohibited’. Did that really happened during the run?.. apparently someone threw a carrot plushie on stage from the 2nd balcony for miriam margoyle's Someone threw an actual carrot for Freema Agyeman. The man who came on stage to do the ending ate it! |
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Post by rumbledoll on Nov 5, 2024 16:51:41 GMT
Curiouser and curiouser.. this is what happens if you give people enough power..
I guess the more visits some eager folk pay the more determined they become to participate in certain sections knowing what’s gonna happen in advance. I am wondering is it just pure luck among what kind of audience you find yourself on the noght or the way the actor compose themselves would have an impact on general behaviour of a crowd as well.
Sounds like a possibility for another experiment.
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Post by rumbledoll on Nov 5, 2024 16:53:22 GMT
He would not get up until everyone left, no bows Both Sheila Atim and Jason Isaacs did this too I thought that was the whole point, the idea of ‘not knowing’ mentioned in the text. |
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Post by xrea2000 on Nov 5, 2024 17:27:01 GMT
This is definitely a show that's being slightly hijacked by repeat visitors. I saw Callum Scott Howells a few weeks ago, and no less than two audience members were 'randomly' able to instantly produce a carrot on demand. I just inwardly groaned at the look at me people. The show also had two audience members keen to pick up the script at the end, but the woman who started going towards to the stage got there first, and wasn't all that good.
I'm not sure I really thought that much of the source material. It's an interesting idea having a difference performance every night as such, but does seem we all get very different experiences out of it.
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Post by PineappleForYou on Nov 5, 2024 18:44:14 GMT
Hijacked is certainly the right word. I was talking to my friend about the repeat audience problem and she suggested that anyone who books again with the same email address as previously should be limited to only book the circle seats. It would slightly level the playing field.
She saw it early on in the run and apparently, rather awkwardly, nobody came forward to take the script until prompted again by the actor (Mathew Baynton I believe).
Anyway, they are getting out of hand and so cringy!
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Post by rumbledoll on Nov 5, 2024 18:58:52 GMT
Soon there gonna be a front row full of people dressed up as rabbits..
Nothing of a sort last night - a Canada cap for red, a bottle of water for a carrot. I believe it works much better when audiences are going in blind just like an actor.
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Post by fiyerorocher on Nov 5, 2024 22:59:09 GMT
Reading the reports here, I think Michael Sheen might have been the perfect show to see. Very near the beginning, so minimal (if any?) audience tomfoolery, and Michael did such an excellent job with the material. Someone I think used the word warmth earlier in the thread, and that describes it perfectly. His delivery had so much warmth. I can absolutely see where the hatred of the play would come from if you saw it with an actor who did a poor job, but I really had few complaints when I saw it.
Although I must say that while it could have been entirely expected that the actor would alter your experience of the show, I had not considered quite how much the audience could alter it too. It's a shame people seem to be going back and acting stupid just to get some attention.
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Post by bwe28025 on Nov 6, 2024 21:10:53 GMT
Saw this with Minnie Driver tonight. Disappointed at the clearly repeat visitors. One sat in the front row with a red hat on, and badly acted being surprised when everyone pointed at her. She then ran to grab the script at the end and had a tug of war with someone else. Was rather sad she won although she wasn’t bad at the last couple of pages. Clearly knew what was coming which ruined the premise of the show.
Someone also threw a toy carrot from the second balcony when requested. Again disappointing and attention seeking! Why not let people around you experience it as it should be?
Overall an okay play and interesting premise but ruined by attention seeking returners.
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Post by aspieandy on Nov 6, 2024 21:39:17 GMT
I didn't get my meds right today which made this evening a curious affair. A number of us occupying the front row (in the round) were asked to call ourselves off at the beginning; number 3 and then number 5 were offered participatory parts on stage though not grumpy pants between them (me 4, number 4). The seats either side of me were empty. I felt somewhat conspicuous.
And then I dropped off for a bit (very drowsy). When I stirred someone else had joined Ms Driver on stage and I knew her from writing/performance classes a couple of years ago, though she took a little placing. It felt like the meds were mixing things up. And then it felt like Graham Norton, who was sitting opposite, became interested in my sleep pattern. It was getting a little uncomfortable. At the end, Minnie was laying on a revolve in her Primark best.
I don't remember much else. I didn't follow it well.
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Post by Dave B on Nov 6, 2024 22:35:32 GMT
We were also in this evening, second visit after Daisy-Edgar Jones.
Returners were frustrating alright, the bear and the red hat and the people shouting out and throwing the carrot. Ugh.
I liked Minnie Driver a lot, she has an immediate presence that Daisy-Edgar Jones didn't have. Possibly just career longevity and experience but there was an extra level of gravitas to her. She also took it quite a bit more seriously (this isn't meant as knock against DEJ as any way to play it is valid) but Driver wasn't so interested in her own reactions to the script and to sharing that part, yes in some moments but otherwise she was keen to get on with it and to get it right. I really liked one moment where she moved her rabbits and was so invested in the entire process to pause to tell us she was off script for a moment and she was now speaking. She also did stay down and watching on the monitors outside, for a good few minutes even after the room had emptied (or perhaps a straggler or two was guided out?). She did less with the audience moments than DEJ too which I liked. Her rabbits were just boom, you five people so no picking anyone who was trying to get attention or who wanted to be in there.
As Andy says, Graham Norton was in and she was amused to get to him in the count and had a momentary giggle.
So different but not hugely so, I would like to have seen someone do something very different and afterwards on the walk out we were talking about liking to see a comedian or someone who might come in with a different approach. Balcony seats remain great for this. Glad we did a second visit.
And sorry Andy, with the gaps each side - you were indeed a little conspicuous especially with the people on each side of the empty seats being participating numbers.
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Post by alessia on Nov 6, 2024 22:45:27 GMT
I was there also tonight with a friend and neither of us recognised Graham Norton 🤣 I have no idea.
I enjoyed the play tho I don't think it's particularly good per se. I loved Minnie Driver. We also thought it was a bit too obvious that some of those people had seen the show before (red hat lady, bear lady) - overall an interesting evening. I thought the carrot was thrown by a member of staff but might be wrong...
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Post by aspieandy on Nov 6, 2024 23:36:06 GMT
Bear lady was the lady I knew!
Weird, weird vibe tonight. Oh, and 666 posts. It's been a David Lynch kind of day.
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Post by proudmammoth on Nov 11, 2024 20:50:52 GMT
Did anyone see the closing night with Denise Gough?
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Post by ruthieh on Nov 11, 2024 22:10:19 GMT
..or Dermot O’Leary??
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Post by khiar on Nov 12, 2024 10:16:58 GMT
Denise was great, very bemused at the animal bits but appropriately solemn when the script got more serious. Someone came ready with a red had thrown down from one of the balconies, despite the announcement at the beginning of the show not to throw things (embarassing that people even have to be told). {Spoiler - click to view}She did down both the glasses, and remained lying down while the reader gave his bows but then arose for her own bow. |
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