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Post by plaskett on Dec 7, 2017 21:43:54 GMT
Interesting to hear that already Graham is amending the script every night...
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Post by emsworthian on Dec 10, 2017 17:31:44 GMT
I loved "Quiz". The snippets from former Game Shows were hilarious and Keir Charles was brilliant impersonating Des O'Connor, Jim Bowen and Leslie Crowther, quite apart from his uncanny aping of Chris Tarrant's mannerisms. As people have said on this board, the audience participation was voluntary and there was no humiliation of the participants; everyone was joining in the fun and that was the first time that I have experience a Chichester audience whooping. The second half was more serious as it put the Ingrams' defence case and showed what they had been through. As we left virtually everyone was discussing how they had voted at the end on whether they thought the Ingrams were guilty. The audience at the Saturday matinee had a majority Not Guilty and a results board projected onto the of stage backdrop revealed that out of 39 performances, at all but at two performances the majority voted Not Guilty
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Post by n1david on Dec 11, 2017 12:22:55 GMT
The following spoiler relates to the spoiler posted by emsworthianThe show I was at was the first one to find the Ingrams guilty in the run (interesting to hear it was one of only two). The cast were genuinely taken aback and while they obviously had a script to prepared them for this, it was very unexpected. On the way out, theatre staff were asking people if they’d voted guilty at the end and if so, why. I wonder if this has been part of Graham’s recalibration if the show to weigh things one way or the other.
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Post by RedRose on Jan 25, 2018 13:14:47 GMT
Does anybody know when the on stage seats will go on sale?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2018 15:16:31 GMT
Does anybody know when the on stage seats will go on sale? Oooh, I want one of those. What happens if you accidentally have a cough while sat on the stage though? And why has no-one told me that James Graham was such a little cutie-pie?
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 26, 2018 13:54:29 GMT
And why has no-one told me that James Graham was such a little cutie-pie? @ryan has spent all morning wondering if he can justify a trip to Hull for opening night of The Culture.
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Post by alicechallice on Jan 26, 2018 14:33:31 GMT
Does anybody know when the on stage seats will go on sale? Oooh, I want one of those. What happens if you accidentally have a cough while sat on the stage though? And why has no-one told me that James Graham was such a little cutie-pie? We thought you already knew, dear!
Go to a National press night, he's always there.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2018 14:46:22 GMT
And why has no-one told me that James Graham was such a little cutie-pie? @ryan has spent all morning wondering if he can justify a trip to Hull for opening night of The Culture. If I knew where Hell was, I'd do just that.
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Post by n1david on Jan 26, 2018 16:11:23 GMT
@ryan has spent all morning wondering if he can justify a trip to Hull for opening night of The Culture. If I knew where Hell was, I'd do just that. Come on, this can’t be the first time someone has suggested you go to Hull.
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Post by n1david on Jan 29, 2018 17:54:44 GMT
Onstage seating now on sale.
People who are (understandably) unhappy about the trials of buying a single seat at some theatres should take some ironic pleasure from the fact that the front row of stage seating is a row of three seats, so you can’t buy for a couple, only one or three...
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Post by Xanderl on Jan 29, 2018 17:59:32 GMT
Stage seats now on sale, a bargain at £15 during previews, £27.50 for the rest of the run
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Post by Jonnyboy on Jan 29, 2018 18:49:19 GMT
Onstage seating now on sale. People who are (understandably) unhappy about the trials of buying a single seat at some theatres should take some ironic pleasure from the fact that the front row of stage seating is a row of three seats, so you can’t buy for a couple, only one or three... A three and a four on each side. I just snagged four front row stage seats together.
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Post by Latecomer on Jan 29, 2018 19:23:58 GMT
Onstage seating now on sale. People who are (understandably) unhappy about the trials of buying a single seat at some theatres should take some ironic pleasure from the fact that the front row of stage seating is a row of three seats, so you can’t buy for a couple, only one or three... Thanks to whoever booked a single seat for Wed 4th April matinee so that I could book the two left over!
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Post by peggs on Jan 29, 2018 20:12:55 GMT
Am I being very dense, I could see more than just a three and four for on stage seats?
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Post by n1david on Jan 29, 2018 20:15:00 GMT
Am I being very dense, I could see more than just a three and four for on stage seats? The front row is in a group of three and four, but there are more rows behind. I was just amused that booking for two I experienced the problem of not being allowed to leave a single seat...
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Post by peggs on Jan 29, 2018 20:23:24 GMT
That'll be a yes to dense then! Yes that is amusing although I looking at dates now someone has got around leaving a single. This has not been a good day for the credit card but thanks for the tip off.
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Post by Stephen on Mar 29, 2018 2:50:52 GMT
Very excited to see this! Thinking about booking onstage seating. Did anyone do this in chichester if it was an option?
Looks like it would be fun to be immersed! Wonder what the view would be like...
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Post by n1david on Mar 29, 2018 8:21:28 GMT
Very excited to see this! Thinking about booking onstage seating. Did anyone do this in chichester if it was an option? Looks like it would be fun to be immersed! Wonder what the view would be like... No onstage seating in Chichester but the theatre was in the round so I’m guessing that the onstage seating is to give the sense of the Millionaire set which is in the round. The view may not be great if you’re at the back of the stage as I’d have thought they’ll play most of it “out front”, which might be why the onstage seats are cheap. Nonetheless I’m going onstage this time just to get closer to the action. There is also some (arranged in advance, consensual) audience participation which may only use onstage people, although it’s impossible to know until we see how they’ve restructured the staging.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2018 13:07:48 GMT
I’ve just booked, decided to go with being on the stage. Quite fancy something a bit different. I loved the show so much, I spent t many hours day dreaming what question I would answer to win a million.
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Post by basi1faw1ty on Mar 29, 2018 14:16:07 GMT
The stage seats used to be £27 up until today. I went to book and they've shot up to £42! I don't feel as keen now. Is it *that* good to justify the price rise?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2018 14:23:51 GMT
WOW. They were definitely still £27 when I looked earlier. I wonder if they're trying to make it look more exclusive and like more of an "event" by putting the prices up, so as to trick people into "treating themselves" or something. Or maybe they're using dynamic pricing to trick people, like if you see them on sale for £42 now, you'll be more likely to buy them for £27 in a couple of weeks? I did find it odd that there are still more than 35 stage seats available for the performance I'm seeing, but if this is a trick, it's a very strange one to play!
EDIT: stage seats are still £27.50 for performances up to and including 19th April, then shoot up in price from there. Either get in early or wait for the dynamic pricing to realise it's scaring people away and come back down again.
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Post by n1david on Mar 29, 2018 14:50:13 GMT
Definitely dynamic pricing. My stage seats for early May were only £27 when I booked them in Jan.
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Post by basi1faw1ty on Mar 29, 2018 15:31:42 GMT
I did find it odd that there are still more than 35 stage seats available for the performance I'm seeing, but if this is a trick, it's a very strange one to play! EDIT: stage seats are still £27.50 for performances up to and including 19th April, then shoot up in price from there. Either get in early or wait for the dynamic pricing to realise it's scaring people away and come back down again. Exactly! I was planning to see it in June as part of a fun weekend romp down south, and all but one stage seat had been taken for the day I wanted, so they weren't exactly selling like hot cakes to begin with. What on earth are Delf Mac and co. thinking?? And say what? They're £27 up until 19th April? No way I can make that. ARGH!!
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Post by Dr Tom on Mar 29, 2018 15:34:11 GMT
My stage seat was £15 when I booked a month or so ago. Don't know if I got lucky with dynamic pricing, but there were loads of £15 ones about then.
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Post by basi1faw1ty on Mar 29, 2018 15:40:57 GMT
My stage seat was £15 when I booked a month or so ago. Don't know if I got lucky with dynamic pricing, but there were loads of £15 ones about then. They were... h-how mUCH?
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Post by vdcni on Mar 29, 2018 15:56:23 GMT
Yeah mine were £15 though they are in previews.
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Post by Stephen on Mar 31, 2018 1:25:21 GMT
Booked for next Thursday evening! Excited now! Quite a few different pairs of good value £15 seats on offer. Decided on the very side of Row B in the Dress Circle which I think gives the best value for money if the back centre row of the dress is sold out. What does @theatremonkey.com think? I chose these seats over the Stalls boxes.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Mar 31, 2018 8:12:24 GMT
Booked stage seats for eve Thu 12th Apr, hope you don’t consider myself presumptuous robertb213,used your code to save myself £10. Initially sceptical, and being in the West End was going to give a miss, on re-reading the reviews and comments on here it seems my scepticism is misplaced. On stage seating if anything will provide a new experience and at least I can dine beforehand.
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Post by robertb213 on Mar 31, 2018 8:57:31 GMT
Booked stage seats for eve Thu 12th Apr, hope you don’t consider myself presumptuous robertb213,used your code to save myself £10. Initially sceptical, and being in the West End was going to give a miss, on re-reading the reviews and comments on here it seems my scepticism is misplaced. On stage seating if anything will provide a new experience and at least I can dine beforehand. No that's fantastic Neil, thank you! Hope you really enjoy it. It's on my list to see as well so let me know your verdict 😁
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Post by demelza on Mar 31, 2018 22:24:17 GMT
A friend and I were at the first preview tonight (B26 & 27 in the royal circle) and had a brilliant night! Daniel Evans came out at the top of act one and gave a brief speech, saying how because it was a first preview there was a chance that things could go wrong (as it was, one of the screens hanging from the truss in front of the proscenium wasn't working but it did not really affect things too much)
I didn't really know too much about the Ingram scandal going into it, having been too young at the time, but I don't think this really hampered my enjoyment of the piece. The set and video designs were brilliant, and the audience participation worked really well.
The cast were all brilliant, although Keir Charles deserves a special mention for his scenestealing and uncanny portrayal of Chris Tarrant (among others). Gavin Spokes and Stephanie Street played the Ingrams well, although I did not find them to be overly sympathetic.
I definitely thought showing the result of the final audience vote of previous performances was interesting (in this case the board presented the results of the final ten performances in Chichester).
Just so others don't make the mistake my friend and I did, the voting remotes are hanging from a black string on the back of the chair in front of you. We didn't find ours until the interval, so we missed most of the voting aspect.
I definitely would recommend going to see it! I never got to see it at Chichester so I can't say how it compares but it does work well at the Noel Coward, and judging by the audience reaction at the end, others felt the same way.
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