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Post by jason71 on Jan 26, 2016 23:13:59 GMT
Who is planning on watching the above play?
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jan 27, 2016 0:21:31 GMT
I'm going in May.
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Post by Coated on Jan 27, 2016 0:33:45 GMT
I initially didn't plan on going, but was roped in by a friend. I since realised that I saw the Moira Buffini adaptation of the play called 'Dying for it' at the Almeida about a decade ago and I *think* I really liked it then, unless I'm mixing it up with something else. Either way, looking forward to it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2016 8:22:11 GMT
I'm going in May. I've got a matinee in Kingston and I wanted to get something close to Waterloo station for the evening and this seemed like the best bet. It's got quite a good cast!
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Post by MrBunbury on Jan 27, 2016 8:46:29 GMT
I am going in late April.
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Post by DebbieDoesDouglas(Hodge) on Jan 27, 2016 8:50:11 GMT
Got ticket for first preview init though
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Post by Marwood on Jan 27, 2016 9:54:54 GMT
Got a front row ticket for the final night, mainly going to see it because of the presence of Paul Kaye and Javone Prince in the cast.
I'm sticking to £15 tickets for the NT for the foreseeable future so if it turns out to be a 'gem' like Everyman or Evening At The Talk House I won't feel TOO ripped off.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2016 13:10:39 GMT
Going in April, if memory serves. It sounded intriguing.
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Post by peelee on Apr 4, 2016 17:44:46 GMT
The preview on Wednesday night has been postponed until next week.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 8:20:58 GMT
May too (7th Matinee) a bit of an arbitrary 'what's cheap that weekend' choice initially but looking forward to seeing it.
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Post by theatremad on Apr 8, 2016 8:25:50 GMT
Saturday night for me
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Post by argon on Apr 10, 2016 15:03:26 GMT
First half had it's moments (generally entertaining and witty), then tends to fall apart after the interval somewhat ( in particular the funeral screen ). Still a work in progress but will need editing to bring some form of evenness to what follows after the interval.
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Post by Squire Sullen on Apr 11, 2016 15:56:28 GMT
Tonight's performance has been cancelled as Javone Prince has laryngitis. Considering I hadn't remembered that I'd booked for tonight this actually works in my favour.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 16:15:10 GMT
Oh dear, hope he's better for press night!
Those who've seen it: how bad/frequent is the strobe lighting? (I've only just seen the warning on the NT site and as a migraine sufferer triggered by light, I'm wondering if I should rethink my plans for Thursday...)
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Post by terrylondon79 on Apr 11, 2016 18:33:55 GMT
Did anyone get emails about tonight's cancellation, box office claim they sent out emails to everyone swing it tonight. Judging by the amount of people in theatre they were trying to fob off with comps to wonderland.. I doubt they did...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 18:06:06 GMT
They are resorting to an understudy now
Given the cancelled preview last week
And the Monday performance
Doesn't bode well for this mess of a show
On a related note I don't understand why sh*t directors like Nadia Fall are allowed at the NT
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Post by Steve on Apr 13, 2016 22:29:37 GMT
This was fun. Politics (a critique of Thatcher's me society, in which an anticipated suicide is digested as just another opportunity for societal parasites to promote themselves) never gets in the way of the farcical fun. Further, the politics of the play resists didactic simplicity, by caustically tarring everyone, left, right, apolitical, poor, rich and in between, with the same selfish brush. Tonight, understudy Adrian Richards took the lead role of Sam, a man whose every move is mistakenly assumed to be suicidal. That Richards was surrounded onstage by posters and projections of the absent Javone Prince (who's face was also all over the advertising of the show) felt oddly appropriate, given that the play concerns his character's humiliating discovery of how little he matters to anyone. The drama of the play is whether the pressure on Sam to please others by committing suicide will lead to him actually doing it. The comedy is in the exuberance with which he is urged to kill himself, and in Sam's relentless indignant ineffectuality. Although the setup rings false (Sam would be sectioned immediately in real life), the surrealism of certain scenes provides some cover for this, and all the comic threads pay off wonderfully. Standout comic performances come from the Donmar's female Falstaff, Ashley McGuire, as Sam's crass horny mother-in-law, Paul Kaye as a crazed documentary maker shamelessly scripting his own documentary, and Richards himself, as the schlub who just might be worth more dead than alive. Richards is perfection at being both extremely energetic and antic, yet utterly ineffectual and useless at the same time. Bravo to him!  4 stars. |
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Post by jek on Apr 14, 2016 7:16:31 GMT
When following a favourite pursuit of visiting the Sherling high level walk way in the National Theatre the other week there was a lot of things being painted green. Also a sign saying Clement Attlee House and what looked like mock ups of brutalist architecture. I'm guessing these were being prepared for The Suicide. Thinking of taking my teens to see this (one of them went to Boy at the Almeida last night on a school trip and enjoyed it) but think I'll give it a chance to settle first.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 9:41:23 GMT
They are resorting to an understudy now Quite interesting "point of order" is that the whole point of employing an understudy is so that the show can go on when the other actor is off. If you're suggesting that the earlier cancelled previews should have gone ahead with an understudy, isn't it the usual practice to rehearse understudies after press night? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 10:08:03 GMT
I'm suggesting that as soon as an understudy is ready, then performances should go ahead, yes. It's fine to cancel if they aren't, of course, but if they are, then why not, indeed? I suppose the unsatisfactory issue with an understudy, once ready, performing a major role in previews is that it removes the original actor from the process of making the show, and so it's less satisfactory and harder for the original actor to return to the role later. Of course, if the original actor leaves the cast, it's ideal for the understudy to be playing the role in previews! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 10:27:38 GMT
I once attended the first, pre-West End preview of a two-hander play where on arrival there were foyer notices of one understudy and an offer to exchange tickets for later performances. Immediately before curtain up, when we brave and resigned were all seated, there was a further announcement that the other role would also be played by the understudy.
Aaaggghhhh!!!
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Post by jason71 on Apr 14, 2016 11:02:36 GMT
What is the running time for this show?
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Post by DuchessConstance on Apr 14, 2016 11:26:30 GMT
2 1/2 hours.
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Post by Snciole on Apr 14, 2016 11:51:01 GMT
Did anyone get emails about tonight's cancellation, box office claim they sent out emails to everyone swing it tonight. Judging by the amount of people in theatre they were trying to fob off with comps to wonderland.. I doubt they did... Email is the quickest way of informing people but judging by the age of some audience members I'd be amazed if they know what a computer is, let alone email. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 13:32:05 GMT
Having booked this on something of a whim I'm excited to see it now.
Interesting discussion re: understudies. Of course never ideal in previews before the show it 'set' but there comes a point when it's a call between letting the rest of cast (and crew!) have a preview or cancelling . Later in the run I do enjoy a good understudy performance.
That said, in the days before email was used quite extensively I treked to Bath for a matinee of Look Back in Anger that was cancelled due to illness, so promptly found myself trekking back the next week!
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