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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 13:56:00 GMT
Apart from all the theatre chat I think one of this board's best points is that the 'obvious' questions are answered as if they are being asked for the first time and members are quick to share their experience and expertise, I know I have asked many a mundane question and received lots of helpful advice. I don't know about everyone else, but I just like showing off how much I know about the inside of theatres. I don't have a lot else going for me, might as well brag where I can.  Agreed. It's a niche market and it's so rare one gets the chance to show it off |
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 27, 2017 13:59:12 GMT
If only there was an online forum for theatre geeks!!!
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 27, 2017 14:12:13 GMT
I've not booked for Albion, I'm too daunted by all the pillars and possible bad seats.
When I've got more time I'll try and look into it a bit and see...
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 27, 2017 14:43:16 GMT
^ Wouldn't leave it too long, wiggymess, could get busy. Anyway, the stalls from G back are un-touched, so should be fine. So the K19/K28 type £10s are worth a go? |
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Post by RedRose on Jul 27, 2017 14:58:32 GMT
^ Wouldn't leave it too long, wiggymess, could get busy. Anyway, the stalls from G back are un-touched, so should be fine. So the K19/K28 type £10s are worth a go?
K 19 is K9 usually. I had that seat for Hamlet and it was fine.
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Post by jadnoop on Jul 27, 2017 15:21:39 GMT
Saying it out loud may get any 'theatre-going credibility' karma I've gained to be removed, but I have to confess that it's Twilight Zone that most intrigues me from this line up. I don't know what the playwright is like, but with the right choice of short stories and tone, this sounds like great fun. Like adult panto.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 15:39:19 GMT
A lot of people I know have stated a wariness of that one based on the playwright's previous outing at the Almeida, Mr Burns. I LOVED Mr Burns, but a lot of people found it infuriating. I think it's going to be great though.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 15:55:26 GMT
A perceptive analysis of Richard Jones's oeuvre! |
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Post by publius on Jul 27, 2017 16:37:40 GMT
A lot of people I know have stated a wariness of that one based on the playwright's previous outing at the Almeida, Mr Burns. I LOVED Mr Burns, but a lot of people found it infuriating. I think it's going to be great though. Each to their own and all that but it was amongst the worst things I have ever had th misfortune to see!!! |
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Post by sanddeep on Jul 28, 2017 23:09:05 GMT
I thought Mr Burns was amazing and will see anything with even the most tenuous connection to it at the drop of a hat.
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Post by mikey on Jul 29, 2017 6:29:36 GMT
So glad to see some others here also loved Mr Burns as well! Very excited to check out Twilight Zone.
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Post by lonlad on Jul 30, 2017 1:19:12 GMT
Mr Burns was extraordinary --- one of the best things the Almeida has done.
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Post by Jan on Jul 30, 2017 7:31:27 GMT
Saying it out loud may get any 'theatre-going credibility' karma I've gained to be removed, but I have to confess that it's Twilight Zone that most intrigues me from this line up. I don't know what the playwright is like, but with the right choice of short stories and tone, this sounds like great fun. Like adult panto. It is a good idea but like everything else he directs Jones will kill it stone dead - he'll make it all about himself as usual. |
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Post by showgirl on Jul 30, 2017 13:50:45 GMT
I'd be more likely to book for productions at the Almeida on the basis of an assurance (some hope, I know) that they will be nothing like those I've previously loathed there, including Mr Burns. After all, some cinema chains say in their promotional info "See this if you liked..." and proceed to list 3 earlier films likely to have appealed to a similar audience. Now if theatres could instead give advice on the lines of "Don't see this if you didn't like..." they might be onto something.
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Post by foxa on Jul 30, 2017 21:24:54 GMT
Saying it out loud may get any 'theatre-going credibility' karma I've gained to be removed, but I have to confess that it's Twilight Zone that most intrigues me from this line up. I don't know what the playwright is like, but with the right choice of short stories and tone, this sounds like great fun. Like adult panto. It is a good idea but like everything else he directs Jones will kill it stone dead - he'll make it all about himself as usual. I have to agree with you both. Twilight Zone did excite me and I booked for it right away and then ...noticed Richard Jones is directing it. I swore in my Once in a Lifetime review I would never go to see another of his productions and now my enthusiasm for the Twilight Zone has made me a liar. |
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Post by publius on Aug 1, 2017 8:08:58 GMT
Mr Burns was extraordinary --- one of the best things the Almeida has done. On the day I saw Mr Burns the theatre was 3/4 full. A scattering of those left at the first interval and a quarter of those remaining left during the second one... Fair to say that it divided opinion! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 9:32:02 GMT
I was one of few who seemed to enjoy Mr Burns the more it went on. The first section I found pretty dull but I thought that the choral ceremony at the end brilliantly showed how beliefs become perversely twisted out of a mundane reality.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 9:38:57 GMT
Imagine being one of the people who left Mr Burns at the second interval and stumbling across the production photos. You'd be doomed to always wonder what on EARTH was happening there.
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Post by Latecomer on Aug 1, 2017 10:20:56 GMT
I too liked Mr Burns....I like my theatre mad and so that it makes me think! I agree with Cardinal P.....
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Post by PalelyLaura on Aug 1, 2017 10:25:36 GMT
I too loved Mr Burns, and thought it was a prime example of why I think it's a bad idea to leave plays in the interval.
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Post by foxa on Aug 1, 2017 11:44:36 GMT
I liked Mr Burns as well - and I enjoyed the three distinct changes between the acts. I enjoyed the hyper-realism of the first act - I wasn't bored at all - and thought the last act was beautiful and strange, though probably the most difficult.
However I can't imagine what Jones will do with The Twilight Zone - I assume make it flat and mannered.
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Post by foxa on Aug 1, 2017 12:11:36 GMT
In preparation for seeing The Twilight Zone - you might want to check this out:
It's a 'Top Ten' compilation of some of the most famous episodes - the last two mentioned: Time Enough At Last and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet became iconic and have been referenced frequently.
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Post by jadnoop on Aug 1, 2017 12:50:48 GMT
In preparation for seeing The Twilight Zone - you might want to check this out: It's a 'Top Ten' compilation of some of the most famous episodes - the last two mentioned: Time Enough At Last and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet became iconic and have been referenced frequently. The page on the Almeida website lists Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont who are writers for certain episodes, rather than the show's creators, so it looks like they're adapting specific episodes rather than the general format of the show. I wonder how they'll deal with the fact that twists are a big part of the appeal, but some of the big episodes are part of popular culture these days. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 13:30:02 GMT
Another good couple of episodes to check out are 'Walking Distance" and 'The Monsters are Due on Maple Street'.
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