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Post by Marwood on Nov 9, 2016 15:25:55 GMT
The Wikipedia page doesn't have a synopsis for Lazarus, sadly. Edit: But the movie does of course!  Sorry, lack of sleep has made me particularly oblivious, it seems! Thanks guys, I know the music used in the play so it won't be the end of the world if it doesn't make much sense, I can just enjoy the music. I know the general idea/plot of TMWFTE so I won't be completely in the dark. |
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Post by charliec on Nov 9, 2016 15:32:49 GMT
What do we think are the chances of tickets getting reduced on the website closer to showtime? has anyone noticed this happening so far?
I entered the lottery today and got a notification saying I didn't win but I could buy tickets through todaytix for £25. I went in as soon as I got the notification but it said that allocation was sold out.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 9, 2016 17:30:24 GMT
UGH, not a fan. The cast is great and so is the direction, visually it has its moment but what a nonsense. I can't believe the same person who wrote the beautiful book of Once wrote this pretentious horror. It's like a f*cked up version "the little prince", with shallow, trivial dialogues. And they should have cut several songs, they didn't add anything to the story and they all sound the same. The cast was very very good, I'd love to see Michael C. Hall in a good musical. He could be a great Ben in Follies.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2016 22:36:23 GMT
UGH, not a fan. The cast is great and so is the direction, visually it has its moment but what a nonsense. I can't believe the same person who wrote the beautiful book of Once wrote this pretentious horror. It's like a f*cked up version "the little prince", with shallow, trivial dialogues. And they should have cut several songs, they didn't add anything to the story and they all sound the same. The cast was very very good, I'd love to see Michael C. Hall in a good musical. He could be a great Ben in Follies. I think what you mean to say is u dislike Bowies songs and Bowies script. Which is of course fine. Of course his songs DONT all sound the same |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 9, 2016 22:51:58 GMT
UGH, not a fan. The cast is great and so is the direction, visually it has its moment but what a nonsense. I can't believe the same person who wrote the beautiful book of Once wrote this pretentious horror. It's like a f*cked up version "the little prince", with shallow, trivial dialogues. And they should have cut several songs, they didn't add anything to the story and they all sound the same. The cast was very very good, I'd love to see Michael C. Hall in a good musical. He could be a great Ben in Follies. I think what you mean to say is u dislike Bowies songs and Bowies script. Which is of course fine. Of course his songs DONT all sound the same I did not dislike the songs, but there are too many of them considering how slim the plot is, and most of them feel random and unrelated to what happens onstage. They made the most basic mistake a jukebox musical can make. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2016 23:02:12 GMT
(I don't see this till 1st December) isn't this literally a jukebox musical met with avant garde though? This isn't Mamma Mia or Jersy Boys. It's a weird guy whom wrote a lot of weird songs whom wanted to write a weird play before he died to go with a lot of weird stuff he did.
I'm a Bowie fan but not the biggest. I'm just looking forward to seeing the last bit of art some guy created.
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Post by Marwood on Nov 9, 2016 23:10:43 GMT
Same here, I've got a few Bowie albums, but never saw him live or would say I was one of his biggest fans, just interested to see what is being put on without being that interested that I'd pay a fortune for a premium seat.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2016 0:06:16 GMT
I had never listened to his albums in my life
The music is inoffensive and even likeable in fact
The performances are good
It's just the story and cheap venue and staging which let it down
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Post by alece10 on Nov 10, 2016 8:48:10 GMT
Stinker of a review by The Times and Evening Standard.
Looks like this is another "marmite" show.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2016 9:12:09 GMT
Does 'The Laughing Gnome' feature in this? That's my favourite Bowie song.
No Laughing Gnome. No Ryan.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2016 9:34:33 GMT
Does 'The Laughing Gnome' feature in this? That's my favourite Bowie song. No Laughing Gnome. No Ryan. I ADORE that song! Me and Louisa used to sit at the back of the school bus in Germany listening to that everyday! We would then go to her house and watch ultra violent movies! |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 10, 2016 11:06:36 GMT
Does 'The Laughing Gnome' feature in this? That's my favourite Bowie song. No Laughing Gnome. No Ryan. No Laughing Gnome, sorry Ryan |
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Post by talkstageytome on Nov 12, 2016 14:02:06 GMT
Back here tonight. Hoping to make more sense of it this time round!
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Post by talkstageytome on Nov 13, 2016 1:27:17 GMT
Okay, just back from the evening show. It's very clear which aspects of this show work and which don't. Projections and lighting are wonderful. Surely some awards coming their way, and rightly so! At times it was almost like watching an art instillation piece at a museum. Cast is also exemplary. Michael C Hall's voice is very unique but he nails the Bowie-esque vocal stylings too. The title song is performed particularly well. Amy Lennox also wonderful. Jamie Muscato and Julie Yammanee are great in their roles but have next to no stage time unfortunately. For me the standouts are Michael Esper as Valentine and Sophia Anne Caruso as the Girl. The former is just completely unnerving and has three showstopper songs, which he nails. Seem to remember 'Valentine's Day' was one of the only songs that got an applause last time. (No applause after any of the songs tonight, which felt natural. Standing ovation at the end though). Caruso is just stunning. Still can't believe how young she is as her voice has so much power behind it, but vulnerability too. If nothing else the cast album is worth buying just for her version of Life On Mars. On the negative side, the story is just non-existent. Script is ponderous and pretentious to begin with, which is a shame, although I suppose it is probably meant to show off Newton's lack of human conversational skills. I said it last time and I'll say it again... Where does the bad guy go at the end?! He just wanders off with his ghost girl person? Who is he? Is he real? Why is he there? Why does he want to 'kill love'? Why does he want to kill Newton, who doesn't have any love anymore? WHY?! Also, I love a good souvenir brochure, but they were £8!!!! Totally the same as my £6 preview one, except now the back two pages are production shots not rehearsal photo. Oooooooh. . . (I definitely got one though. No shame.) Overall though, I'd say this is worth seeing. Probably not going to be the best thing you see all year, but definitely a good talking point. Sat on the side in row O and the view was great. Was a little bit tricky to see some of the action low to the ground/on the floor, but not too bad. Would reccomend the front row over it though. Our seats were sold by the online box office but I believe todaytix does a £15 lottery now. |
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Post by Lopsided on Nov 15, 2016 18:05:15 GMT
Well, that's annoying - just received an email informing me that the evening show on New Years Eve has been cancelled. And there was me feeling smug about havibg front row seats.
Offer to refund or rearrange, but not sure I'll be able to get any seats with a comparable view.
Ah well, at least Michael will have the night off to enjoy himself.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 18:19:49 GMT
I would contact them asking for comparable seats at the same price.
Got to be worth a try!
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Post by theatrefan77 on Nov 15, 2016 19:22:35 GMT
Nothing can beat the front row for this show. Great view and the visuals are just fantastic. Pity about the story, or lack of it. But Michael C Hall delivers the Bowie songs so wonderfully that it's really difficult not to enjoy this even if you don't care about the story.
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Post by wickedgrin on Nov 16, 2016 19:27:36 GMT
At Lazarus now. The venue is vile. Like an industrial aircraft hanger. Not enough seats, no cloakroom, hideously bright lights......let's hope the show is better than the venue!! Still at £15 for a front row seat I shouldn't complain.
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Post by wickedgrin on Nov 16, 2016 23:29:05 GMT
Positives
The view from the front row for £15 is fantastic. Great staging and projections. Fully committed performances from the entire cast especially Michael C Hall. Great vocals.
Negatives
Cold auditorium. Running time of almost 2 hours too long without an interval. Completely confusing narrative if any at all.
Warm applause at the end but no standing ovation. Seemed full.
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Post by wickedgrin on Nov 17, 2016 0:26:52 GMT
Positives The view from the front row for £15 is fantastic. Great staging and projections. Fully committed performances from the entire cast especially Michael C Hall. Great vocals. Negatives Cold auditorium. Running time of almost 2 hours too long without an interval. Completely confusing narrative if any at all. Warm applause at the end but no standing ovation. Seemed full. EDIT: To say that this isn't a musical really (i.e. with a narrative) more performance art. |
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Post by rumbledoll on Nov 18, 2016 12:05:34 GMT
I know this production might be flawed but I LOVED it last Saturday matinee. It plays with your imgination a lot, looming about the idea of how we rather dream our futures than try to make them true. The incredible capacity of our minds to biuld new worlds and find ourselves at peace when there's nothing else to live for. Astonishing performance by Machael C Hall and Sophia Anne Caruso, singing wise (blimey, THE VOICES!) and plotwise as well (might be the most touching father-daughter figure relationship I saw on stage in ages). Some nusual and innovative renditions of well-known songs that fitted wonderfully into the story told (even some may thinks there's not much of it). The thing I love most about it is that you feel all the creative talents of Ivo, Enda and David blend together in a peculiar and beautiful way and still can see the individual contribution to the project. And oh yes - front row dead center for this show is "the seat with the clearest view"  Very moving at the end and a standing ovations as far as you can see. |
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Post by kathryn on Nov 18, 2016 13:26:17 GMT
Has anyone had experience of transferring tickets to a different person's name yet? Colleague now can't go next Friday, and has offered us her tickets, but her name is on them.
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Post by talkstageytome on Nov 18, 2016 13:54:22 GMT
The box office are so helpful and accommodating in my experience. Maybe just ask her to ring them up and explain the situation. I'm sure it'll be fine.
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Post by rumbledoll on Nov 18, 2016 20:03:43 GMT
Dunno about the other prrson collection but all the instruction about not bringing your own drinks/arriving early are rubbish. No one checked our tickets when we came in, let alone bags at the entrance..
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Post by talkstageytome on Nov 20, 2016 18:29:40 GMT
Just saw a really nice ad for this before a video on YouTube but I can't find it on YouTube or Facebook anywhere. Featured clips on the London cast, which was nice to see.
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Sorry, lack of sleep has made me particularly oblivious, it seems! 
Very moving at the end and a standing ovations as far as you can see.