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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 5, 2018 6:45:19 GMT
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Post by asfound on Jul 5, 2018 7:54:04 GMT
Looks good, I'm guessing the £10 front row seats become available down the line? Or not if the reviews are good and it sells better than expected?
Also, I feel I'm the only person that prefers loud, visceral gun shots and effects. I guess they don't want to give the predominantly elderly audience heart attacks but a lot of productions seem to do the gunshots as sound effects through speakers which just a bit weak and Hollywood, not really in the spirit of live theatre to me.
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Post by dani on Jul 5, 2018 8:16:15 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2018 8:21:06 GMT
How often does the Sun publish theatre reviews these days? When the foxiest man on Sunday night TV is in a play one supposes. |
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Post by Boob on Jul 5, 2018 14:27:25 GMT
Yes, I actually think the fact the gunshots come through the speakers and not from the guns themselves had a detrimental effect on the overall tension and feeling of danger. They do handle the “effects” well tho.
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Post by Stephen on Jul 6, 2018 1:56:35 GMT
Is anybody able to post (in spoiler text) when to expect the gunshots and if there are any other loud noises/moments in the play. Would love to book for next week!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 8:47:18 GMT
^ Has it occurred to you that this might NOT be the play for you?
Just a thought...  |
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 6, 2018 10:33:47 GMT
Could someone please say if: {Spoiler - click to view}
Any real cats are used? If so, presumably they are not put under any distress? |
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Post by Marwood on Jul 6, 2018 11:48:20 GMT
No real cats get stressed, abused or ran over by a mulleted eejit on a bicycle- and i’ll leave it at that...
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Post by lookingatthestars on Jul 6, 2018 12:02:33 GMT
Could someone please say if: {Spoiler - click to view}
Any real cats are used? If so, presumably they are not put under any distress? {Spoiler - click to view}
One real cat is used. Absolutely no harm comes to him/her. And I believe there are two cats used in rotation. |
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 6, 2018 12:40:32 GMT
Could someone please say if: {Spoiler - click to view}
Any real cats are used? If so, presumably they are not put under any distress? {Spoiler - click to view}
One real cat is used. Absolutely no harm comes to him/her. And I believe there are two cats used in rotation. Thank you. I'd never hear the end of it if {Spoiler - click to view}
I took my wife to see something dubious (real) animal-wise |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 12:49:56 GMT
No real cats get stressed, abused or ran over by a mulleted eejit on a bicycle- and i’ll leave it at that... Mrs Slocombe breathes a sigh of relief. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 12:58:24 GMT
I mean a Poldark and a pussy joke is too easy right...right.
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Post by Stephen on Jul 6, 2018 13:03:43 GMT
^ Has it occurred to you that this might NOT be the play for you?
Just a thought... Nope. I know I really want to see it. It's just something that I really struggle with and get incredibly anxious about. |
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 6, 2018 14:00:00 GMT
Can I ask a serious question, Steve?
What will you do if, at the end of your course, you are offered your dream role, the one that will give you your big break, but it involves gunfire?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 14:26:09 GMT
Considering he's asking for information so he can prepare himself, I shouldn't imagine that scenario would present a real problem. There'll be a script, a rehearsal period, probably a tech rehearsal or two, so he will know precisely when the gunfire is due to sound, and presumably he'll be able to practice before getting in front of an audience.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 14:42:35 GMT
And if people keep using their mobile phones, he can also practice ON the audience too. Everyone's a winner.
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Post by Stephen on Jul 6, 2018 15:43:05 GMT
I'm more interested in directing anyway but I would hope I'd cope ok! And yes, for me, it's all about being prepared hence the wondering if the exact moments of loud noises.
Obviously the enquiries have become a bit annoying to some. From now on I'll keep them in the loud noises thread so you can avoid them. I just assumed it was something that may affect several other members too.
Thanks for the advice on this show though!
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 6, 2018 16:28:03 GMT
I obviously can't speak for everyone, but I wasn't annoyed at all. It's a perfectly legitimate question you asked, as I hope mine was?
It's dark, running water that terrifies me. You're far too young to remember A Touch of Frost, but in one episode, David Jason has to wade through the River Aire under Leeds railway station. Apart from not being able to act for toffee, I just wouldn't be able to do it.
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Post by lookingatthestars on Jul 6, 2018 16:55:51 GMT
Is anybody able to post (in spoiler text) when to expect the gunshots and if there are any other loud noises/moments in the play. Would love to book for next week! Difficult to remember them all at the exact point in the text they occur. I would say if you read the play just before you see it, then you'll know when they are coming up ( If you don't mind knowing the plot)  |
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Post by harry on Jul 6, 2018 17:47:07 GMT
Is anybody able to post (in spoiler text) when to expect the gunshots and if there are any other loud noises/moments in the play. Would love to book for next week! As a fellow sufferer of loud bang anxiety I fully appreciate the feeling of forewarned is forearmed. Obviously who shoots who/what and when is massively spoilery so reading this will ruin some of the surprises for you but if you're like me you'd rather know! I should also say, they are quite-but-not-very loud sound effects and are all played over the speakers. As others have said, they're not really very jumpy. I can't promise that this list is exhaustive but from memory this is all the times a gun goes off.
{Spoiler - click to view}
So, in the second scene, Aidan Turner's character gets very upset on the phone, he then throws the phone on the floor and shoots it a few times.
Then there is a scene that starts with the young lad fixing his bike, and his sister starts shooting it with an air rifle from offstage. The sound really isn't very loud at all. There are small spark effects on the bike but they don't make a sound. I think it happens again at the end of the scene.
That's it for the first half. Lots of guns waved about but none that go off yet.
Act 2 is very heavy on the gunshots...
Firstly, when Aidan's character discovers the cat switch he shoots the cat in the box.
Then when the other thugs arrive and take him outside there's the offstage air rifle noise again.
Then the 3 now-blind thugs return and a big shootout ensues. There are just loads and loads of bangs but it's so obvious that it's going to happen that it doesn't make you jump at all.
Then in the final scene there is one last gunshot. I think this is too spoilery to even put in spoilers, but just to say it's the sister who pulls the trigger so watch out for when she picks up a gun.
Hope that's helpful, and enjoy the show! |
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Post by Boob on Jul 6, 2018 17:57:31 GMT
The bangs are lame and pre-recorded. They should not make you jump unless you are hysterical.
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Post by lynette on Jul 6, 2018 18:42:36 GMT
Harry your account of the gun shots in the spoiler is so funny. I read it cos I have seen the play before so no surprise for me. If they published that account , they would be either all arrested or go straight to Broadway.
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Post by Stephen on Jul 6, 2018 20:35:42 GMT
Is anybody able to post (in spoiler text) when to expect the gunshots and if there are any other loud noises/moments in the play. Would love to book for next week! As a fellow sufferer of loud bang anxiety I fully appreciate the feeling of forewarned is forearmed. Obviously who shoots who/what and when is massively spoilery so reading this will ruin some of the surprises for you but if you're like me you'd rather know! I should also say, they are quite-but-not-very loud sound effects and are all played over the speakers. As others have said, they're not really very jumpy. I can't promise that this list is exhaustive but from memory this is all the times a gun goes off.
{Spoiler - click to view}
So, in the second scene, Aidan Turner's character gets very upset on the phone, he then throws the phone on the floor and shoots it a few times.
Then there is a scene that starts with the young lad fixing his bike, and his sister starts shooting it with an air rifle from offstage. The sound really isn't very loud at all. There are small spark effects on the bike but they don't make a sound. I think it happens again at the end of the scene.
That's it for the first half. Lots of guns waved about but none that go off yet.
Act 2 is very heavy on the gunshots...
Firstly, when Aidan's character discovers the cat switch he shoots the cat in the box.
Then when the other thugs arrive and take him outside there's the offstage air rifle noise again.
Then the 3 now-blind thugs return and a big shootout ensues. There are just loads and loads of bangs but it's so obvious that it's going to happen that it doesn't make you jump at all.
Then in the final scene there is one last gunshot. I think this is too spoilery to even put in spoilers, but just to say it's the sister who pulls the trigger so watch out for when she picks up a gun.
Hope that's helpful, and enjoy the show! Thanks so so much! |
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Post by showgirl on Jul 7, 2018 4:28:45 GMT
I don't mind gunshots or other loud noises, though they make me jump, and I'm OK with blood; what I really can't watch is any sort of torture. I know there's some in this and I don't want to hear more (I've already read more than enough), so though it might not sound like my sort of play either, curiosity has led me to book a cheap ticket and I hope to look away when it turns my type of "nasty".
My thinking is it's reasonably short and if it's really harrowing, I can leave at the interval, get home a bit earlier and won't have wasted too much money or time. With luck I will even enjoy (most of) it, and that might be a better approach than going with high hopes to something I had really wanted to see and for which I had paid more, only to be disappointed.
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