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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 10, 2018 23:03:00 GMT
317 days until Christmas.
6 Days until the announcement at Chichester.
I suspect everyone on here cares about the later.
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Post by meister on Feb 13, 2018 18:26:19 GMT
I'd love to see revivals of Grand Hotel and Me and My Girl Oh I forgot about Me and My Girl, which would be playing it ultra safe, this one would guaranteed to be box office gold - given the demographic of the Chichester audience, would have a fantastic chance of a West End transfer.
I could see Chichester going for this one and me the first in the queue for a ticket.
I haven't seen this show.
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Post by emsworthian on Feb 14, 2018 12:03:21 GMT
Just to let you know that according to Chichester Festival Theatre's twitter feed, Daniel Evans will be on online tomorrow at 12.30 to take questions on the new season. If you aren't free at that time tomorrow, you can post your questions in advance.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 6:08:23 GMT
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 15, 2018 7:06:18 GMT
Interesting mix. I had been wondering about Mrs Harris! Might have to join the Friends.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 8:44:09 GMT
Can Chichester handle Mike Bartlett's Cock? It gets about a bit though doesn't it...
Oh it's all too easy. (and the jokes)
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 15, 2018 8:57:01 GMT
I have this lovely vision of a Chichester lady of a certain age going to the box office and saying "I'd like to see Cock" and the Box Office Assistant responding "Wouldn't we all".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 9:00:15 GMT
I have this lovely vision of a Chichester lady of a certain age going to the box office and saying "I'd like to see Cock" and the Box Office Assistant responding "Wouldn't we all". "It's been 85 Years...." But part of me does LOVE the idea of the ahem, older demographic of Chichester, who book for everything having to ring up and ask for "2 for Cock" |
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 15, 2018 12:48:54 GMT
It would Ben more fitting if she took her trilby hat off first.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 12:53:34 GMT
I have this lovely vision of a Chichester lady of a certain age going to the box office and saying "I'd like to see Cock" and the Box Office Assistant responding "Wouldn't we all". Talking of cock, is anyone else getting fed up with Picasso’s cock in the ad on this website?! Great big thing in the woman’s face... Sometimes it’s replaced with Hyundai cars. Puts you off your stroke... |
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 15, 2018 13:16:09 GMT
Nice of Laura Wade to secure a gig for her old man. Perhaps they come as part of a BOGOF deal?
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 15, 2018 15:00:19 GMT
Anyone know the running times for the new shows please?
Planning to do couple of double headers, Festival and Minerva in the same day, however to do this I need to see the longest show in the afternoon, to give me the best chance of getting back to London.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 15:15:41 GMT
And hey, if you do have the running times for the new shows, anyone, I wouldn't mind a heads-up on next week's lottery numbers while you're at it.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 15:22:44 GMT
And hey, if you do have the running times for the new shows, anyone, I wouldn't mind a heads-up on next week's lottery numbers while you're at it. Equally if anyone would like to comment on the length of Mike Bartlett’s cock.... I’ll get my coat. |
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Post by stefy69 on Feb 15, 2018 15:48:33 GMT
And hey, if you do have the running times for the new shows, anyone, I wouldn't mind a heads-up on next week's lottery numbers while you're at it. Equally if anyone would like to comment on the length of Mike Bartlett’s cock.... I’ll get my coat. I've now pebbledashed my desk with coffee !!! |
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Post by showgirl on Feb 15, 2018 16:35:10 GMT
Anyone know the running times for the new shows please? Planning to do couple of double headers, Festival and Minerva in the same day, however to do this I need to see the longest show in the afternoon, to give me the best chance of getting back to London. Wouldn't this be useful? A constant bugbear to have no idea at the booking stage and when you need to plan travel. Even when a play/show has been on before - and even when it's a transfer of the same production - the previous running time is no guide: for instance, the version of The York Realist now at the Donmar is considerably shorter than the original. Late notice of running times/late changes to these have caused me more problems at CFT than anywhere else. Last year I had to miss one evening play as I simply couldn't get back after all, despite the Box Office kindly changing my original bookings to help; on another occasion, also last year, when I was trying to do the double and travel there and back in one day, I ended up having to pay for overnight accommodation after all, and this was more expensive due to the short notice. CFT does some great stuff and visits are always a pleasure, but the associated stress and extra expense aren't! |
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 15, 2018 20:00:46 GMT
The train station being at the other side of Chichester doesn't help either. A 15 minute brisk walk across the car park and through the town and the hope of getting out of the theatre before rigor mortis sets in among the audience!
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 15, 2018 20:04:58 GMT
On another note this seasons announcement does not seem to have caused much discussion on here. Usually there are multiple posts either loving the season or saying it's lacklustre for various reasons. At least some discussion. However, this year apathy seems to be the reaction.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 16, 2018 5:16:00 GMT
It seems to be a couple of musicals which have attracted most of the comments, so they're on their respective threads in that section (Flowers For Mrs Harris and Me And My Girl); also a couple of plays (The Chalk Garden and Cock) in that section.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 16, 2018 11:23:03 GMT
Anyone know the running times for the new shows please? Planning to do couple of double headers, Festival and Minerva in the same day, however to do this I need to see the longest show in the afternoon, to give me the best chance of getting back to London. Sorry but how is anyone going to know rhat now!? |
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Post by showgirl on Feb 16, 2018 12:49:06 GMT
Maybe people who've seen the original (if a transfer) or an earlier production (if a revival) - just as a rough idea.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 13:14:12 GMT
Maybe people who've seen the original (if a transfer) or an earlier production (if a revival) - just as a rough idea. Even when a play/show has been on before - and even when it's a transfer of the same production - the previous running time is no guide: for instance, the version of The York Realist now at the Donmar is considerably shorter than the original. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 17, 2018 0:16:12 GMT
Anyone know the running times for the new shows please? Planning to do couple of double headers, Festival and Minerva in the same day, however to do this I need to see the longest show in the afternoon, to give me the best chance of getting back to London. Sorry but how is anyone going to know rhat now!? I know people cannot be exact and Chichester cannot give a guide time, as they will be open to accusations if they got it wrong. Showgirl and I are in the same boat, ai would wish to see the longest show in the afternoon, seeing the shortest one in the evening, to give the best shot for the 22:07 Three Bridges train. Also the Minerva can sell out quickly, so feel forced to buy my ticket ASAP and going blind on running times. it would be handy if Chichester on a 2 Show day, did the occasional 7pm start, but saying that I guess the make up of the audience is local, so this is unlikely to happen. |
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Post by sf on Feb 17, 2018 1:06:06 GMT
I have this lovely vision of a Chichester lady of a certain age going to the box office and saying "I'd like to see Cock" and the Box Office Assistant responding "Wouldn't we all". When I saw Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art a few years ago at the Lowry, the two nice ladies-of-a-certain-age sitting next to me spent much of the interval having an earnest discussion about how difficult it must have been to discreetly procure a rent boy in Oxford in the early 1970s. Was there an underground network? Did you have to write on the wall in the toilets in the bus station? Could you leave a card in a phone box? The effort of not a) looking as though I was eavesdropping and b) dissolving in fits of laughter very nearly gave me a hernia. |
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 17, 2018 7:37:57 GMT
Sorry but how is anyone going to know rhat now!? I know people cannot be exact and Chichester cannot give a guide time, as they will be open to accusations if they got it wrong. Showgirl and I are in the same boat, ai would wish to see the longest show in the afternoon, seeing the shortest one in the evening, to give the best shot for the 22:07 Three Bridges train. Also the Minerva can sell out quickly, so feel forced to buy my ticket ASAP and going blind on running times. it would be handy if Chichester on a 2 Show day, did the occasional 7pm start, but saying that I guess the make up of the audience is local, so this is unlikely to happen. Thats the way of the world, they know a fair proportion come from London, and there are direct trains. I travel from Birmingham New Street and a matinee is doable in a day but onviously if i do a double header i stay over at Premier Inn or Travelodge. The same when i will go up north next month for Spring Awakening and Paint your Wagon, you have to take educated guess based on experience re what train to book. |
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