3,572 posts
|
Post by Rory on Jun 17, 2024 8:38:54 GMT
|
|
1,860 posts
|
Post by Dave B on Jun 17, 2024 8:59:46 GMT
|
|
1,101 posts
Member is Online
|
Post by blamerobots on Jun 17, 2024 12:51:40 GMT
Very interesting. Is the San Fran run closing around the time this opens and they're just bringing the set and cast all over?
|
|
|
|
Post by willjam39 on Jun 17, 2024 12:56:30 GMT
Love the fact this show has kept its following up as its a pure story telling piece with little in the way of gimmicks or glitz.
|
|
|
|
Post by hadeswasking on Jun 17, 2024 20:21:01 GMT
Very excited to see this again with a new cast. The previous two have been EXCELLENT and no doubt they'll knock it out of the park again.
|
|
|
|
Post by lt on Jun 17, 2024 20:47:14 GMT
Great, really keen to see this, not a NT member so will wait for public booking.
|
|
421 posts
|
Post by Distant Dreamer... on Jun 17, 2024 21:06:33 GMT
Let’s hope for a great cast!
|
|
3,572 posts
|
Post by Rory on Jun 17, 2024 21:09:48 GMT
Let’s hope for a great cast! Already announced. |
|
826 posts
|
Post by rumbledoll on Jun 18, 2024 9:53:53 GMT
Such a grat play and since Heff is involved I'm always in for yet another round  |
|
|
|
Post by bonnotonno on Jun 18, 2024 17:13:20 GMT
Glad this is coming back!
|
|
1,860 posts
|
Post by Dave B on Jun 19, 2024 9:08:30 GMT
Front row is £25 again!
|
|
|
|
Post by lt on Jun 19, 2024 9:15:50 GMT
Perfect - booked two centre front stalls tickets for £25 each. Looking forward to it.
|
|
1,860 posts
|
Post by Dave B on Nov 1, 2024 11:13:02 GMT
Third time seeing this last night. Annoyingly John Heffernan was off as I'd very much liked him in Nachtland earlier this year and was looking forward to seeing him again - but Leighton Pugh was excellent and not a single sign he was understudy - in what must be a tough roll.
GL was maybe 2/3 full and there was no issue with changing seats. So our £25 front row became even more of a deal as we moved back to the fancy seating area (along with a number of the others sat by us).
The show is what it is. I love it. I saw the NT transfer to the Piccadilly and I'd never seen anything like it. I pickup/notice more or different things on each visit and I'll happily revisit again next time it comes around. Given the number of empty seats (although Halloween and around many peoples payday so they could have been having a quiet night) and what looks to be a lot of seats through January, I suspect it might be a while before we see this one come around again.
Still 5 stars for me, it would take a really poor evening to drop it.
|
|
826 posts
|
Post by rumbledoll on Nov 2, 2024 0:14:44 GMT
Dave B, I know! I adore the show, seen it twice but this time booked specifically for John, miss his stage work! Hope he’s ok, seemed to be last minute, no mention of pre-planned absence on the web or via email.
I agree you wouldn’t notice otherwise, an excellent replacement, very SRB vibes coming in. The younger brother (and everyone who came after) impressed the most though.
Still completely spellbinding, this production never puts a foot wrong.
P.S. If anyone’s going next week please please update on Mr Heffernan, I might shift some things if he’s back.
|
|
|
|
Post by hamletothello on Nov 2, 2024 1:03:06 GMT
I saw this last Monday and John Heffernan was off then too
|
|
826 posts
|
Post by rumbledoll on Nov 6, 2024 18:12:52 GMT
Accidentally met John Heffernan at The Other Place matinee today (what are the chances??) he’s back on, still a bit if a harsh voice but very well recovered he said. He’s such a top class guy, had a lovely chat.
|
|
826 posts
|
Post by rumbledoll on Nov 10, 2024 3:40:10 GMT
Shifted some things and finally got to see John Heffernan - what a wonderful take, elegant, nuanced, allowing for spontaneity, his immaculate articulation and comic timing. I know he would nail it, such a feast for a talented actor, but he also brings something I haven’t seen in this part before. He would occasionally breaking the forth wall to tell a story face to face, not to the big black giant only. He would intentionally not change the characters swiftly and abruptly, but sometime would rather grow from one to another and this transition is fascinating to watch. Quite a departure from SRB, not only physically but in all kind of ways possible. They got lovely chemistry among the cast too and some bits I discovered as if for the first time.
Gosh, I missed this show, it’s so flawless! I could watch it again once it’s finished. And then again.
Lively audience for a matinee too, applause mid scene and much more laughs than I remember last time
|
|
473 posts
Member is Online
|
Post by amyja89 on Nov 11, 2024 11:13:13 GMT
Hoping to pick up a ticket for this on Friday evening. Anybody have experience with the state of the TodayTix rush for it?
|
|
|
|
Post by forfivemoreminutes on Nov 11, 2024 17:54:50 GMT
Hoping to pick up a ticket for this on Friday evening. Anybody have experience with the state of the TodayTix rush for it? I've noticed they seem to be available for a few hours rather than selling out at 10am, so I reckon if you go on at 10am you will be fine |
|
826 posts
|
Post by rumbledoll on Nov 11, 2024 19:09:18 GMT
Hoping to pick up a ticket for this on Friday evening. Anybody have experience with the state of the TodayTix rush for it? I tried last week as a rehearsal Friday was fine - multiply availability in Stalls H, O, P and R and the row A circle. Tickets avail even after half an hour. Saturday was hopeless though - two shows, entered straight in at 10am, all tickets held, sold out in 4 minutes. Can’t understand such difference, maybe because I was aiming at a matinee, which is twice as popular since it’s a rather long one. 1pm starts makes it appealing for some who’s doing a double show day too, I suppose. |
|
473 posts
Member is Online
|
Post by amyja89 on Nov 12, 2024 10:28:51 GMT
Annoyingly, I've been doing rehearsal runs the last two days and I can never get through for a single ticket! No problems trying for a pair, but always get the 'all being held' pop up for a single!
|
|
826 posts
|
Post by rumbledoll on Nov 12, 2024 13:39:01 GMT
Annoyingly, I've been doing rehearsal runs the last two days and I can never get through for a single ticket! No problems trying for a pair, but always get the 'all being held' pop up for a single! Keep trying! Good luck  BTW, my comment above all referring to a single ticket search. Shame if they only sell in pairs and show avail for singles only when there's a lonely seat.. |
|
473 posts
Member is Online
|
Post by amyja89 on Nov 12, 2024 13:47:20 GMT
Annoyingly, I've been doing rehearsal runs the last two days and I can never get through for a single ticket! No problems trying for a pair, but always get the 'all being held' pop up for a single! Keep trying! Good luck BTW, my comment above all referring to a single ticket search. Shame if they only sell in pairs and show avail for singles only when there's a lonely seat.. Thanks! Will definitely keep trying. Will be in London on Friday anyway to my trip doesn't hinge on the play. Have to say, I haven't had much real success on with TodayTix for ages. Had a really good run getting pretty much everything I wanted, but had to end up paying full(ish) whack for Next To Normal, and still haven't seen Hadestown despite many attempts! |
|
|
|
Post by forfivemoreminutes on Nov 12, 2024 13:58:11 GMT
Have you tried Trilogy seats at all? Annoyingly I can't find a link to the last one they sent me, but I managed to get a great stalls seat on there last week
|
|
473 posts
Member is Online
|
Post by amyja89 on Nov 12, 2024 14:01:09 GMT
Have you tried Trilogy seats at all? Annoyingly I can't find a link to the last one they sent me, but I managed to get a great stalls seat on there last week I'm unfamiliar with Trilogy seats? |
|
