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Post by lynette on Oct 3, 2018 11:23:53 GMT
Peer Gynt is never anything other than death at the box office. Put it on the radio. We all know that one, don’t we? |
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Post by lynette on Oct 3, 2018 11:28:33 GMT
Alex Jennings, Roger Allam and Lindsay Duncan. Like they have done research on demographic's fave actors. O SRB absent, must be an oversight. I expect he will appear later.
(Did I ever tell you I was at school with Ms Duncan? No. Well, I was. There is more to tell but all I will say is that I have yet to see a better Hermione in The Winter's Tale. Ever. )
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Post by kathryn on Oct 3, 2018 11:37:27 GMT
Glad I'm not fussed by the Katie Mitchell one, as I still hate ballots (and still have bad luck with them).
Agree if you're going to ballot you have to make sure that you're balloting everyone, and not holding tickets back for certain groups. Have they said what the returns policy will be for it? Ballots always run the risk of higher returns/more empty seats because the 'that sounds vaguely interesting, maybe I'll take a punt, oh I don't feel like it tonight' crowd are as likely to get tickets as the people who will battle through hell and high water to be there.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 11:38:47 GMT
A lot of interesting stuff there, although short on new plays outside the Dorfman (a common issue).
Does When We Have Sufficiently etc. really need a ballot? It's going to be relatively experimental and is on for quite a while. Will Cate Blanchett really sell it out? I'd be going for the writer and director, the actor isn't a factor as to whether it's 'for me' or not.
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Post by talkingheads on Oct 3, 2018 11:39:52 GMT
Well I don;t care how much it costs I'm going to Hansard, been wanting so long to see Alex Jennings onstage, and Lindsay Duncan too, what a treat! Lenny's Pryor play too.
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Post by kathryn on Oct 3, 2018 11:42:44 GMT
A lot of interesting stuff there, although short on new plays outside the Dorfman (a common issue). Does When We Have Sufficiently etc. really need a ballot? It's going to be relatively experimental and is on for quite a while. Will Cate Blanchett really sell it out? I'd be going for the writer and director, the actor isn't a factor as to whether it's 'for me' or not. Yes, Cate Blanchett will sell out. Hugely popular actress, hasn't been on stage over here since 2012. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 11:44:09 GMT
(Did I ever tell you I was at school with Ms Duncan? No. Well, I was. There is more to tell but all I will say is that I have yet to see a better Hermione in The Winter's Tale. Ever. ) Oooooh, let's get lynette drunk and she can regale us with stories of La Duncan! Hopefully they're salacious. She looks like she could be wonderfully wicked but don't you dare cross her. I hope that's the case. Agree if you're going to ballot you have to make sure that you're balloting everyone, and not holding tickets back for certain groups. I do think they should keep some back for members though. They do contribute to The Nash quite substantially. That monster ain't gonna get by on just selling £15 tickets. |
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Post by Ade on Oct 3, 2018 11:52:56 GMT
I know this is a musical but as this is a general NT 2019 thread, what happened to The Witches? Did that just get swept under the carpet?
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Post by zahidf on Oct 3, 2018 12:25:55 GMT
I know this is a musical but as this is a general NT 2019 thread, what happened to The Witches? Did that just get swept under the carpet? From what I've heard, it's not ready. Hence war horse coming back |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 12:27:13 GMT
I know this is a musical but as this is a general NT 2019 thread, what happened to The Witches? Did that just get swept under the carpet? There's nothing announced for the Olivier beyond Peer Gynt which starts in July, so presumably the Christmas show is yet to be announced. Either The Witches or Count of Monte Christo is my bet! Actually was The Witches ever officially announced by the National? I can only find stories from last year which all seem to be based on an article by Baz mentioning it as being "in development". |
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Post by David J on Oct 3, 2018 12:30:48 GMT
I’m down for Rutherford and Son, though Roger Allam has a lot to live up to Barrie Rutters scary performance
Small Island will be broadcast
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 13:30:52 GMT
I did hear last week there were a couple of 'unconfirmeds' being held back...
Anyway, ticking my demographic boxes with a dose of Roger Allam alongside the long-awaited James McArdle thing. Happy days....
(screw Cate, I'll stick with my lads!)
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Post by talkingheads on Oct 3, 2018 14:00:47 GMT
I'm going to assume Blanchett will be NT Live'd so not going to enter into that affray for tickets but as long as I get Hansard and Rutherford
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Post by showgirl on Oct 3, 2018 15:00:00 GMT
Only a handful of the new productions interest me but I'm not joining the online booking scrum again after being number 4,000+ last time, waiting 1 hour 45 mins for my turn, then finding tix sold out anyway. They used to give warning updates while you were waiting but haven't for ages, so that was a long and anxious wait and for nothing.
Furthermore, the NT did admit recently when I put it to them that, as some here have said, they do hold tix back for subsequent booking periods - but they are not open in telling members this. If they announced this upfront and people still chose to pay for membership (or a higher tier of membership) and try their luck on "their" day, then fine, but keeping quiet about it and leaving people to find out, usually to their disadvantage, is underhand.
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Post by Rory on Oct 3, 2018 15:53:12 GMT
I'm going to assume Blanchett will be NT Live'd so not going to enter into that affray for tickets but as long as I get Hansard and Rutherford I wouldn't assume that, despite the hype, as plays are rarely streamed from the Dorfman. |
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Post by crowblack on Oct 3, 2018 16:01:58 GMT
plays are rarely streamed from the Dorfman. Yes - I thought they'd NT Live Mosquitoes - sold out in minutes, national treasure Olivia Colman, would have ben very popular in cinemas, but they didn't. |
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Post by talkingheads on Oct 3, 2018 17:31:03 GMT
I'm going to assume Blanchett will be NT Live'd so not going to enter into that affray for tickets but as long as I get Hansard and Rutherford I wouldn't assume that, despite the hype, as plays are rarely streamed from the Dorfman. Perhaps not, but given Blanchett's popularity across the world they'd be mad not to capitalize. |
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Post by bordeaux on Oct 3, 2018 19:54:50 GMT
It's just a bit dull, isn't it? The Bruce Norris sounds great. But a lot of the rest sounds dutiful, especially when you compare it to, say, the Almeida. Amongst classic revivals, the RSC have got there first with Tartufffe and the Almeida with Three Sisters. I might give Peer Gynt a go, as Jonathan Kent can be excellent but it is a tricky one to do. The only one I've seen was a rare Declan Donellan misfire at the National in 1990. Do I remember that Ninagawa's was adjudged a failure too?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 19:55:24 GMT
After the huge success of Nine Night it is back to business as usual with no plays by women of colour.
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Post by learfan on Oct 3, 2018 20:41:59 GMT
It's just a bit dull, isn't it? The Bruce Norris sounds great. But a lot of the rest sounds dutiful, especially when you compare it to, say, the Almeida. Amongst classic revivals, the RSC have got there first with Tartufffe and the Almeida with Three Sisters. I might give Peer Gynt a go, as Jonathan Kent can be excellent but it is a tricky one to do. The only one I've seen was a rare Declan Donellan misfire at the National in 1990. Do I remember that Ninagawa's was adjudged a failure too? The RSC production in 1994/5 with an Olivier award winning Alex Jennings was excellent. |
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Post by sf on Oct 3, 2018 22:26:15 GMT
First world problems: tickets go on sale to priority members at 8.30am on a day where I'll have got off a train at 2am (having been out since before 8am) and arrived home somewhere between 2.30 and 3. There will be a LOT of coffee in the house.
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Post by Jan on Oct 4, 2018 5:44:34 GMT
It's just a bit dull, isn't it? The Bruce Norris sounds great. But a lot of the rest sounds dutiful, especially when you compare it to, say, the Almeida. Amongst classic revivals, the RSC have got there first with Tartufffe and the Almeida with Three Sisters. I might give Peer Gynt a go, as Jonathan Kent can be excellent but it is a tricky one to do. The only one I've seen was a rare Declan Donellan misfire at the National in 1990. Do I remember that Ninagawa's was adjudged a failure too? The RSC production in 1994/5 with an Olivier award winning Alex Jennings was excellent. Yes that one was about the best. To add to the other failures mentioned there was a terrible one at the Barbican a few years ago directed by Irina Brook which imagined Peer as a rock star, and before that the notorious utterly shambolic one at the NT directed by Conall Morrison (three actors playing Peer). |
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Post by partytentdown on Oct 4, 2018 8:38:41 GMT
Any idea when the Amex priority on sale will happen? Interested in Downstate.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2018 10:39:14 GMT
Rather funny typo on the Standard: "Tickets for the already announced When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, which will star Cate Blanchett, are to go on sale via a ballet which will open on November 22." I never thought that Swan Lake could be used to select those who can buy a ticket... No plié, no entrer. |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 4, 2018 13:25:00 GMT
I feel very wanky saying this but Blanchett is the least appealing part of the production for me. Blanchett I can take or leave but the combination of Mitchell (whose work I love) and Crimp (whose work I don't know well, but Attempts on her Life is a big influence) is irresistible.
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