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Post by wiggymess on Jun 25, 2017 17:38:59 GMT
Aaaaaaaaaanyway
Is there any news on the extension / ticket details?
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Post by kathryn on Jun 25, 2017 17:46:52 GMT
there's been loads more than that about Angels in America On BBC1 / Radio 5? I think that's rare these days (I hadn't noticed Angels in America reaching that far but I may have missed it). When I was younger there were lots of arts reviews on mainstream TV but these days its relegated to Radio 3 and 4, and even Radio 4 is cutting back, axeing Saturday Review. Lyn Gardner's blog has been cut from the Guardian and is now behind the Stage's paywall. I'm glad theatre is getting mainstream coverage - it would be nice if there was more of it rather than just when there's a TV star or Bond movie director's name attached. I'm sure Emi could point you to more AiA stuff, here's the Front Row segment. Front Row is the arts programme, it always covers major theatre productions. And high-profile actors always turn up on the Graham Norton Show on BBC1 to talk about them. I suspect the only reason you are noticing press coverage of The Ferryman is that you didn't like it, and so feel it's disproportionate. It's not. It's completely normal for a high-profile production to get this much press. This production is high-profile predominantly because of the writer and a little bit because of the director. That's actually quite a refreshing change - it's more often a star in the cast creating this sort of buzz. |
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Post by crowblack on Jun 25, 2017 18:03:34 GMT
I suspect the only reason you are noticing press coverage of The Ferryman is that you didn't like it That's not it at all! I've had a long-term beef about the lack of arts coverage on the mainstream media (by which I mean the non-middle-class, non-broadsheet media) compared to the amount of coverage years ago (1 hour Arena progs on Genet or Peggy Ramsay, for instance) . Front Row and the soon-to-be-axed Seaturday Review are where I'd expect to hear about plays. The stars sometimes turn up on chat shows - Hayley Squires was on Ch4 a couple of weeks ago, but it's surprising when a writer or director turns up on the 10 O clock news or Radio 5, as the Ferryman did this week. The days when the likes of Joe Orton did quiz shows are long gone. |
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Post by popcultureboy on Jun 26, 2017 7:07:33 GMT
Aaaaaaaaaanyway Is there any news on the extension / ticket details? Given that press night is this Thursday, I imagine any planned extension will be announced if the reviews are a repeat of the Court ones on Friday. |
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 26, 2017 7:50:34 GMT
Aaaaaaaaaanyway Is there any news on the extension / ticket details? Given that press night is this Thursday, I imagine any planned extension will be announced if the reviews are a repeat of the Court ones on Friday. Lovely, ta |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2017 13:39:29 GMT
If anyone's interested, Delfont Mackintosh currently has a row C stalls ticket available for tonight at £29.50.
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Post by popcultureboy on Jun 27, 2017 7:29:13 GMT
Which, had you queued up for it in the morning, is a £12 day seat. DMT love a dynamic price up don't they?
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Post by theatre-turtle on Jun 28, 2017 22:25:23 GMT
I loooooooved this. Very Pinter-esque, I was gripped from start to finish. I reckon this is a play kids will be studying in school one day. I was laughing one moment, crying the next.
5* from me.
The final scene is incredible.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Jun 28, 2017 22:43:48 GMT
Was it a real baby?
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Post by popcultureboy on Jun 28, 2017 23:07:15 GMT
Yes. They have six of them for the show.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 8:36:29 GMT
Yes. They have six of them for the show. I now have this image of a rack of 6 babies ready for each performance - the one not crying or needing a nappy change being selected as required. |
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Post by lynette on Jun 29, 2017 9:53:58 GMT
I look forward to the book- my first appearance was as the baby in The Ferryman...
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Post by peggs on Jun 29, 2017 11:28:07 GMT
Yes. They have six of them for the show. I now have this image of a rack of 6 babies ready for each performance - the one not crying or needing a nappy change being selected as required. The script says 'crying baby' at one point but yes seem to have opted for smiley baby on stage, can't beat a smiley baby. |
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Post by Snciole on Jun 29, 2017 22:51:58 GMT
It just feels very unfocused. In light of NI's continued issues I hoped this would feel more poignant but the issue of The Disappeared seemed tacked on to an average family drama.
The issue I had is that 5-6 average tales loosely threaded together doesn't make a 5* play. It isn't bad but 5* suggests perfection, suggests a classic that will be performed for decades to come. I don't think it will for both practical (that cast size, see Incident at Vichy for example) and artistic reasons. It feels tedious to direct and what actor/actress would want to be part of this large ensemble. Imagine a Ralph Fiennes type banging down the door to play Quinn.
Laura Donnelly, Brid Brennan and Dearbla Molloy were great though as were many of the teenage cast. I think Butterworth is much better at writing for women and young people than men. Quinn is meant to be this virile stud and I just wasn't convinced. Too quiet, too weak and just too uninteresting set in a time that is still having repucusions to this day. I wanted a sprawling epic and got an anthology.
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Post by alnoor on Jun 30, 2017 6:25:40 GMT
Aaaaaaaaaanyway Is there any news on the extension / ticket details? Now booking until 6th Jan 2018 on Delfont M website |
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Post by showgirl on Jun 30, 2017 6:38:06 GMT
Think I've let myself in for a heavy day as I have the 3-hour-long matinee of this, followed by Mosquitoes, running time currently unknown. I intended to book a matinee for the latter but as I was unable to book at all when booking went live, I opted for wiggymess's deal rather than have to keep checking for returns or risk Friday Rush. This obviously isn't cheerful, so I hope Mosquitoes isn't also grim!
What have others seen on the same day, before or after this?
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Post by crowblack on Jun 30, 2017 8:37:05 GMT
This obviously isn't cheerful Actually, for much of the time it's rather jolly and light - it certainly isn't gruelling (I think I'd have liked it better if it had been!). |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 9:40:51 GMT
Aaaaaaaaaanyway Is there any news on the extension / ticket details? Now booking until 6th Jan 2018 on Delfont M website Argfh. Ok how much do I really need to see this? For whatever reason I cannot raise my enthusiasm over a mild 'meh' but I'm clearly missing out...
Y'all know my tastes am I just being a lazy arse here?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 10:28:27 GMT
Harsh Monkey harsh 
hehe I asked for it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 10:33:13 GMT
My intuition about booking for The Ferryman is that the degree of people's interest in seeing it would be very closely related to how they responded to seeing Jerusalem. That was the main factor of influence for me. I'm avoiding reading comment on The Ferryman until after seeing it, so I don't know yet if I made the right call here.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 10:41:52 GMT
True HG But I didn't see Jerusalem so I can't make that call |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 10:51:50 GMT
At the risk of being accused of mansplaining, that may well be at the root of your dilemma here.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 10:57:10 GMT
At the risk of being accused of mansplaining, that may well be at the root of your dilemma here. There's no need to be an arse about it (or just stop being an arse elsewhere). I just don't appreciate repeatedly having things 'explained' to me in a condescending way. Your comment here isn't condescending and entirely reasonable. Which you know. Which leads me to believe you know when you're being an arse elsewhere. So maybe rein it in a bit yeah?
I fully appreciate that I don't 'get' the hype having not seen the other 'hyped' one. Hence my general musing on the matter....
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 11:05:58 GMT
Jerusalem had a huge impact on me because it's about Englishness and storytelling. But The Ferryman, set in Ireland, may leave me more cold, however good it is, because its setting is alien to me. We will see.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 11:10:07 GMT
Aw see you can play nicely |
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