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Post by Marwood on Oct 1, 2018 20:51:21 GMT
The cat/kitten was certainly in a wriggly/moody mode tonight and had to be walked off stage: I wasn’t bored but I wasn’t that engaged either- David Suchet played his role extra, erm ‘fruity’ : with that syrup seemed he was doing a tribute to Melvyn Hayes.
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Post by learfan on Oct 3, 2018 6:17:08 GMT
Anyone know any details about the rehearsed readings of the three plays that for some reason aren't being given full productions?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 12:01:30 GMT
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Post by Rory on Oct 3, 2018 12:20:12 GMT
What I want to know is whether there'll be a sketch involving Jon Snow and, er, Jon Snow?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 12:26:27 GMT
Oh lovely. Sheila Hancock. Dame Keeley Hawes has her notebook at the ready.  |
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Post by kathryn on Oct 3, 2018 13:06:43 GMT
I just managed to book a couple of the £65 tickets in the stalls. News has made it to Twitter, so expect the Hiddles fans to snap them up pretty quick. Hoping my regular theatre buddy is up for it!
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Post by NeilVHughes on Oct 3, 2018 14:08:48 GMT
Very little available now (3:00), picked up a rear stalls unrestricted, further than what I would have liked but the best compromise.
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Oct 5, 2018 7:10:43 GMT
Could anyone advise me on the running times for these please? Also...unless I was in a parallel universe (which may have been the case), I remember seeing a PDF calendar of when all of the plays were being performed from the main website...but I can't seem to find this any more? Could anyone else enlighten me, or give me the name of a good counsellor?  |
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Post by kathryn on Oct 5, 2018 8:26:17 GMT
Very little available now (3:00), picked up a rear stalls unrestricted, further than what I would have liked but the best compromise. Do my eyes/memory deceive me, or have they actually a couple of rows of stalls on sale since the other day? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2018 8:28:28 GMT
Could anyone advise me on the running times for these please? Try here . . . Tovey or not Tovey |
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Post by Distant Dreamer... on Oct 5, 2018 10:18:24 GMT
Thank you  |
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Post by peelee on Oct 5, 2018 15:31:47 GMT
I got a supposed reduced-offer for these plays the other day, that seemed nothing of the sort; likewise All About Eve from some other outfit. Counter-productive, I think. Each offer amounted to simple advertising.
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Post by Marcus on Oct 6, 2018 20:13:42 GMT
Saw Pinter Two this afternoon. Really enjoyed it, the first play 'The Lover' was really funny and intriguing. I love that kitsch era and the overt falseness of it all. 'The Collection' was also really interesting, plus Russell Tovey was in his pants at one point - which was a massive added bonus.
Man next to me was taking notes the whole time - I was trying to look at him during the interval and work out if he was Jamie Lloyd (googling images of him looked very similar).
Both plays were really interesting and well acted. Felt refreshing.
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Post by joem on Oct 7, 2018 20:16:04 GMT
I'm a bit confused with Pinter 1 and 2 and this thread is going to be a mighty long one by the time the season is over. Still... I saw the one with the speeches and poems and vey short plays in the first half and A Kind of Alaska in the second.
This is a brave thing to do in a commercial theatre, Pinter for completists rather than looking to produce easy stuff. I enjoyed it and thought the acting was very good, especially Paapu Essiedu's. I don't see the point of the Trump impersonator, definitely a mistake in my view. If Pinter was still around I imagine he would loathe Trump and lambast him in interviews and newspapers. But I am certain he would never have written a play with Trump as a character. he was far too conscious of his position in the pantheon as a playwright who wrote on universal themes and not narrow, short-term topicalities.
Relieved the programme was just £1!
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Post by Jan on Oct 8, 2018 5:53:55 GMT
I'm a bit confused with Pinter 1 and 2 and this thread is going to be a mighty long one by the time the season is over. Still... I saw the one with the speeches and poems and vey short plays in the first half and A Kind of Alaska in the second. Actually "A Kind of Alaska", Pinter's absolute masterpiece amongst these short plays, hasn't started yet as it is in Pinter 3. |
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Post by kathryn on Oct 9, 2018 15:26:29 GMT
Some seats just released for tomorrow night's gala in the balcony and Royal Circle.
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Post by Fleance on Oct 9, 2018 18:58:31 GMT
Actually "A Kind of Alaska", Pinter's absolute masterpiece amongst these short plays, hasn't started yet as it is in Pinter 3. I saw A Kind of Alaska at the Duchess, many years ago, but I was too young to appreciate it. It starred Dorothy Tutin, Colin Blakely, and Susan Engel. Other Pinter plays on that bill (which was called Other Places) were Victoria Station and One for the Road. Kenneth Ives directed (1985). |
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Post by peggs on Oct 9, 2018 19:13:25 GMT
At Pinter Two last night, in The Lover and in the second scene if in fact there were scenes a confused male voice could be heard in the quietness saying questioningly 'but he was the husband right?!'. I approached it with the it's Pinter therefore it's okay if i'm not quite sure what is happening, just have a guess and who knows. Echoing above it's good to have the opportunity to see these shorter plays and matching them up to make you feel like you've had an evening's worth. Loved the acting, amused and somewhat menaced in equal parts by what occurred and yes is that the most relaxed cat ever? Is having it's face stroked it's thing, as can't imagine many cats not clawing your arm off if you tried that. David Suchet may have ruined Poirot for me now, i'm never going to quite be able to see him in the same light again (in a good way, what a delight) and played beautifully off the other three.
My it's getting nippy though, time to move into my woolly hat, scarf combos for evening theatre even if I don't need to break out the thermals yet.
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Post by Jan on Oct 9, 2018 19:35:42 GMT
Actually "A Kind of Alaska", Pinter's absolute masterpiece amongst these short plays, hasn't started yet as it is in Pinter 3. I saw A Kind of Alaska at the Duchess, many years ago, but I was too young to appreciate it. It starred Dorothy Tutin, Colin Blakely, and Susan Engel. Other Pinter plays on that bill (which was called Other Places) were Victoria Station and One for the Road. Kenneth Ives directed (1985). I saw the original production at NT in 1982 directed by Peter Hall with Judi Dench, Anna Massey and Paul Rogers. It was on with Victoria Station and Family Voices. Odd it would be revived in the West End so soon after the premiere, not least because Peter Hall always liked to line his own pockets with NT transfers. |
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Post by joem on Oct 9, 2018 21:05:44 GMT
I'm a bit confused with Pinter 1 and 2 and this thread is going to be a mighty long one by the time the season is over. Still... I saw the one with the speeches and poems and vey short plays in the first half and A Kind of Alaska in the second. Actually "A Kind of Alaska", Pinter's absolute masterpiece amongst these short plays, hasn't started yet as it is in Pinter 3. I told you I was confused............. |
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Post by londonmzfitz on Oct 10, 2018 9:41:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2018 13:11:28 GMT
Yes, managed to book an immproved seat for one of the shows I'm seeing. The offer is on band C, D and E tickets so mostly rear stalls or restricted view. Not available for Pinter 7 (Dyer /Freeman / Dumb Waiter). Had problems getting the links on the offer page to work but then when I went back in the offer code PINTER10 was there which activated the offer if I used "best available". Bit of a faff!
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Post by peggs on Oct 10, 2018 16:39:20 GMT
Is having it's face stroked it's thing A lot of cats love having their whiskers stroked against their face, and will rub their head like that on someone. It's a way of "scent marking" them. Mine also loved having under her chin rubbed. Oh yes under chins and them scent marking on people I've experienced but not the stroking of their whiskers, I'll take your word for it unless I find s very friendly cat. |
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Post by Fleance on Oct 10, 2018 18:41:32 GMT
Odd it would be revived in the West End so soon after the premiere, not least because Peter Hall always liked to line his own pockets with NT transfers. Yes, he was famous for doing that. According to Michael Blakemore's book Stage Blood, the NT was to receive nothing from the transfer of Amadeus to New York. Peter Shaffer generously donated part of his own earnings to the NT, from that transfer. |
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Post by Jan on Oct 10, 2018 19:38:22 GMT
Odd it would be revived in the West End so soon after the premiere, not least because Peter Hall always liked to line his own pockets with NT transfers. Yes, he was famous for doing that. According to Michael Blakemore's book Stage Blood, the NT was to receive nothing from the transfer of Amadeus to New York. Peter Shaffer generously donated part of his own earnings to the NT, from that transfer. But Hall got a percentage of the box office. None of the other NT associate directors got anything extra from West End transfers, only Hall. |
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