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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 14:53:52 GMT
TodayTix has some tickets on sale (back row of the gallery) for some of the 2 part days which are sold out on the Young Vic site.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 15:04:35 GMT
I'm not saying I don't understand the urge to go to this to see Vanessa Redgrave, but I can't believe people would skip part 1 in order to do it. Madness. Same. For me if I’m being honest I could have stopped at part 1 in retrospect (that ending for me, was a perfect theatrical note to end on) But that aside why see part 2 of a 2 part play? And knowing (as it’s generally out there) that Ms Redgrave isn’t in it for the whole thing anyway? Folk are strange I guess. Having seen it once I’ve returned my second tickets as they were lucky dip, and there was no way I was travelling all that way/incurring that expense to risk standing for 7 hours (having seen it once). |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 15:11:01 GMT
I'm not saying I don't understand the urge to go to this to see Vanessa Redgrave, but I can't believe people would skip part 1 in order to do it. Madness. If people skip part 1 which has the most glorious ending of a play that I have seen for a long time to just see part 2 for Nessy, then they don't deserve to go to the theatre. In fact they should be blacklisted from London's glitzy West End forever. |
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Post by crowblack on Apr 5, 2018 16:26:32 GMT
Mary Beard and co. will be discussing The Inheritance on tomorrow's rebooted, Giles-Coren-free BBC2 Front Row Late. Or Late Review. Or The Late Show, if you're of a certain age...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 16:27:18 GMT
Mary Beard and co. will be discussing The Inheritance on tomorrow's rebooted, Giles-Coren-free BBC2 Front Row Late. Or Late Review. Or The Late Show, if you're of a certain age... You had me at "Giles-Coren-free". |
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Post by n1david on Apr 5, 2018 16:32:19 GMT
Mary Beard and co. will be discussing The Inheritance on tomorrow's rebooted, Giles-Coren-free BBC2 Front Row Late. Or Late Review. Or The Late Show, if you're of a certain age... Which is why she was there last night (as I said) |
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Post by lynette on Apr 5, 2018 16:44:42 GMT
Do they pre review something before they send the celebs?
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Post by jamb0r on Apr 5, 2018 21:52:19 GMT
Well thank you all for the advice about the lucky dip tickets. Got there about 40 minutes before it started and was the first in the lucky dip queue, ended up with a front row seat! It was perfect (apart from when I got 2 used cotton buds thrown on my shoes at one point!)
As for the play, I thought part one was WONDERFUL. I loved every second of it and really can’t wait for part two tomorrow night. I know you guys had mentioned about the final scene, but it was so much more moving than I was expecting. Currently sat on the train and still have blurry eyes!
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Post by dlevi on Apr 6, 2018 8:10:16 GMT
I've only seen Part One ( last night - Part Two tonight) and I think it's one of the most thrilling hilarious and deeply moving pieces of theatre I've ever seen. The issues that it raises in terms of gay history and identity are all too real to those of us older Gay men who meet younger ones who have little idea of what our various struggles are /have been. the fact that it is done through the prism of upward mobile gays in NY in the 80's and beyond and the eyes and mind of E.M. Forster makes the play even more reasonant for me. In the programme note Mathew Lopez talks about growing up in the Florida panhandle and a the age of 16 he went to see Howard's End and it "spoke" to him. Despite the fact that there was nothing in his upbringing that in anyway related to Howard's End - he felt a connection. No one told me at the age of 8 to be mesmerized by Judy Garland, I just was. My brain sensed an "otherness" that I didn't understand. The Inheritance is very much about that "otherness" that gay people once possessed but now, because of our being more open and a part of mainstream society, is getting lost . What Mr Lopez is trying to reconcile is whether that's a good thing or a bad thing . I can't wait for Part Two tonight. It's thrilling theatre.
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Post by jamb0r on Apr 6, 2018 22:03:03 GMT
Well I’ll definitely be lucky dipping at the Young Vic again, ended up with row C for part 2 tonight. Best £20 I’ve spent at the theatre in a long time! Looks like there was plenty of space for everyone to get a seat tonight from what I could see, and didn’t get turfed out of my seat for any last minute Redgrave fans.
Loved part 2 just as much as part 1, and I’d now go as far as to say I enjoyed this more than Angels in America (can’t help but compare the two), I think primarily because I could relate to this a lot more. I hope this has life after this current run. I’d love to see it again, but looks like getting a ticket for both parts for the rest of this run is pretty much impossible.
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Post by Dr Tom on Apr 7, 2018 20:18:47 GMT
Just watched the discussion of this on Front Low Late (which is up on iPlayer - the last segment starting at about 22 minutes in).
The panelists could well have read this thread as they picked up on much of the same things we have, including Mark Gatiss saying the play could have been shorter. But it's generally a positive response.
Worth a look if you like the play.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2018 8:58:28 GMT
Well. I loved Part 2 just as much as Part 1. It's just a glorious piece of theatre and if it's being compared to that other "AIDS play about the gays" then I think I may just prefer it to 'Angels in America'. The whole cast is sensational but really the main trio of Andrew Burnap as Toby (fabulously flawed but devastating), Samuel H Levine (heartbreaking) and Kyle Soller (MAG-NI-FI-CENT) are probably three of the best performances you'll see in or around London's glitzy West End for a long time. Levine in particular really comes into his own in Part 2 to deliver a wonderful performance but for me this whole production is about Kyle Soller who manages to hold the whole thing together and gives one of the most gloriously warm and engaging performances around. His Eric Glass is just such a delightful character and I can't imagine anyone else ever playing him. Where the play really works for me though is that it's so incredibly funny (there's a chase scene at a wedding which was hilarious) which makes the tragedy even more poignant. Vanessa Redgrave was a delight and gives such a lovely performance, the kind she does so brilliantly and a scene where she talks about her son had everyone in tears. There was a also a marvellous surprise which really deserved entrance applause when . . {Do you dare?}
. . . Paul Hilton makes another appearance as E. M. Forster. And it's a smasheroo. And for those who love a bit of hunks in trunks action, you will simply die. |
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Post by harry on Apr 11, 2018 12:59:09 GMT
I saw Part 1 last night and was spellbound. All encompassing in a way that I haven't felt in ages. Personally I enjoyed the writing far more than Angels in America which has some astonishing scenes and moments of humanity, but I feel wears its spirituality with a real heavy-handedness.
It spoke to me very personally as a gay man of roughly the same age as Eric and Toby, and I could feel that it similarly reached gay men in the audience of a slightly older generation who had lived through the AIDS epidemic. I'm a real sitter downer while everyone else is ovating kind of person if I don't think a show is truly brilliant, and last night I was on my feet immediately.
I wonder if it doesn't speak as strongly to those of a different persuasion (obviously I'm yet to see half of it and maybe I'll feel different after that, but Billington's complaint that the (almost)-all-male-ness of it is limiting seems to misunderstand the plays point about gay men passing on this "secret" or inheritance to other gay men.
And I love that a play about gay men's history is in itself a piece of that history. Can't wait for Part 2!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Apr 11, 2018 15:27:05 GMT
Oh crumbs I missed the end of part 1 (food poisoning). Anyone be willing to spoiler tag the ending before I see part 2?
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Post by dlevi on Apr 11, 2018 16:47:07 GMT
I wonder if it doesn't speak as strongly to those of a different persuasion (obviously I'm yet to see half of it and maybe I'll feel different after that, but Billington's complaint that the (almost)-all-male-ness of it is limiting seems to misunderstand the plays point about gay men passing on this "secret" or inheritance to other gay men. Billington may be the dean of our drama critics at the moment but he isn't aging well in terms of his tolerance of the depiction of gay life in our theatre. He's a straight guy of a certain age and while he's on the liberal side of things, he's simply not comfortable watching two men kiss on stage. Don't get me wrong he's a long way from Quentin Letts but he's just not as comfortable with graphic gay content as someone younger might be. |
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Post by tmesis on Apr 12, 2018 0:35:19 GMT
Just seen both parts today. I'm probably not the most reliable commentator on this since I love, and have read, Howards End several times so I was really intrigued by a play based on its plot and themes. Anyway I thought it sensationally good and the Forster element just made me love it even more. I really wouldn't have wanted it any shorter either; I've never known sevenish hours of theatre go by so quickly. The play got me on side in the first half hour by extolling two of my favourite things: Ravel's String Quartet and single malt scotch (I recommend both enjoyed together.)
An absolutely superb cast with my favourite being Kyle Soller as Eric (he was just so damned lovable) and it was elegantly directed with pitch-perfect precision by Daldry.
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Post by sf on Apr 12, 2018 9:03:23 GMT
Just seen both parts today. I'm probably not the most reliable commentator on this since I love, and have read, Howards End several times so I was really intrigued by a play based on its plot and themes. Anyway I thought it sensationally good and the Forster element just made me love it even more. I really wouldn't have wanted it any shorter either; I've never known sevenish hours of theatre go by so quickly. The play got me on side in the first half hour by extolling two of my favourite things: Ravel's String Quartet and single malt scotch (I recommend both enjoyed together.) An absolutely superb cast with my favourite being Kyle Soller as Eric (he was just so damned lovable) and it was elegantly directed with pitch-perfect precision by Daldry. I also saw both parts yesterday. I have a few very minor quibbles, mostly about part two, but I agree - it's spectacularly good. Daldry's direction is superb, and Kyle Soller is giving an absolutely astonishing performance. Yes, the seven hours flew by. I loved it. |
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Post by harry on Apr 12, 2018 9:53:13 GMT
Oh crumbs I missed the end of part 1 (food poisoning). Anyone be willing to spoiler tag the ending before I see part 2? What are you after? A quick precis of Part 1 Act 3, or did you just miss the final scene? |
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Post by addictedtotheatre on Apr 12, 2018 10:01:18 GMT
I loved, loved, loved this and after seeing Part One I urged my friends to see this. One of them was a little slow off the mark and only managed to get a ticket to Part I; he has since seen it himself and is desperate to see Part II. Any advice from my fellow theatreboard members on the best way to get a ticket?
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Post by sf on Apr 12, 2018 10:34:45 GMT
I loved, loved, loved this and after seeing Part One I urged my friends to see this. One of them was a little slow off the mark and only managed to get a ticket to Part I; he has since seen it himself and is desperate to see Part II. Any advice from my fellow theatreboard members on the best way to get a ticket? They appeared to sell a (very) few tickets at the theatre yesterday for individual parts (it was only bookable in advance as both parts together). It's worth a phone call, and they'll probably be lucky dip tickets if anything is available at all, and he'll have to go down there and queue, but it's worth a shot. |
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Post by addictedtotheatre on Apr 14, 2018 10:39:24 GMT
I loved, loved, loved this and after seeing Part One I urged my friends to see this. One of them was a little slow off the mark and only managed to get a ticket to Part I; he has since seen it himself and is desperate to see Part II. Any advice from my fellow theatreboard members on the best way to get a ticket? They appeared to sell a (very) few tickets at the theatre yesterday for individual parts (it was only bookable in advance as both parts together). It's worth a phone call, and they'll probably be lucky dip tickets if anything is available at all, and he'll have to go down there and queue, but it's worth a shot. Thanks for the tip. I did call a couple of times but no luck. But, as I was passing by the Young Vic on way to see 'Macbeth' last night at 5:30 I popped in and they had 'just' gotten a £20 ticket. My friend was very, very happy indeed. So it is worth checking! |
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Post by foxa on Apr 14, 2018 17:54:56 GMT
You are a good friend!
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Post by showgirl on Apr 14, 2018 21:00:23 GMT
I enjoyed the matinee of part 1 today - eventually, after struggling to stay awake for much of the first act, which was frustrating, though probably due as usual to sitting still and in semi-darkness, as it certainly wasn't lack of interest in the proceedings. I had a good (£20) seat but so far as I could see, all the Lucky Dip ticket-holders were seated and not usurped by late arrivals and there were still a few gaps left.
I'm looking forward to part 2, which I'm not seeing until May 9, so rather a long gap, but there was no way I could have coped with another long play this evening and the scheduling of the two parts made it difficult even to see them at separate matinees, so the gap couldn't be helped. Indeed, according to the Box Office, it wasn't originally intended that people should be able to see the two parts on different days, which would have excluded some with long journeys, etc.
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Post by sf on Apr 14, 2018 22:25:10 GMT
I enjoyed the matinee of part 1 today - eventually, after struggling to stay awake for much of the first act, which was frustrating, though probably due as usual to sitting still and in semi-darkness, as it certainly wasn't lack of interest in the proceedings. I had a good (£20) seat but so far as I could see, all the Lucky Dip ticket-holders were seated and not usurped by late arrivals and there were still a few gaps left. I'm looking forward to part 2, which I'm not seeing until May 9, so rather a long gap, but there was no way I could have coped with another long play this evening and the scheduling of the two parts made it difficult even to see them at separate matinees, so the gap couldn't be helped. Indeed, according to the Box Office, it wasn't originally intended that people should be able to see the two parts on different days, which would have excluded some with long journeys, etc. Presumably if they aren't performing part 2 later in the same day there's a curtain call at the end of part 1? |
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Post by showgirl on Apr 15, 2018 4:38:36 GMT
There was indeed yesterday, sf , but oddly, on the day I see part 2 at the matinee, it looks as if the evening performance is part 2 again. |
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