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Post by Rory on Mar 24, 2018 16:35:54 GMT
Tracy Letts' black comedy with Orlando Bloom. Directed by Simon Evans. 13 week season Fri 18th May - Sat 18th August. Tickets on sale at 11am on Monday 26th March www.killerjoeplay.com |
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Post by Marwood on Mar 24, 2018 16:45:19 GMT
Hmm, saw the William Friedkin film starring Matthew Mcconaughey and Gina Gershon a few years back - good luck to Orlando Bloom (God knows he must need the work) but I’m struggling to picture him in this.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2018 16:52:35 GMT
I love Orlando Bloom, so frickin' sexy! And at least he has experience doing an 8 show week after both In Celebration in the West End and Romeo and Juliet on Broadway!
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Post by Oleanna on Mar 24, 2018 22:05:52 GMT
Well that came out of nowhere...
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Post by popcultureboy on Mar 24, 2018 22:56:01 GMT
Hmm, saw the William Friedkin film starring Matthew Mcconaughey and Gina Gershon a few years back - good luck to Orlando Bloom (God knows he must need the work) but I’m struggling to picture him in this. I absolutely can see Orlando Bloom in the Emile Hirsch role as the hapless goon who hires the titular Killer and I absolutely thought that's the role he would be playing. Nope. He's in the title role. That's.......bold. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2018 23:01:37 GMT
Hmm, saw the William Friedkin film starring Matthew Mcconaughey and Gina Gershon a few years back - good luck to Orlando Bloom (God knows he must need the work) but I’m struggling to picture him in this. I absolutely can see Orlando Bloom in the Emile Hirsch role as the hapless goon who hires the titular Killer and I absolutely thought that's the role he would be playing. Nope. He's in the title role. That's.......bold. and in the production at The Bush all those years ago, Joe was very much starkers, so maybe that paddle-boarding with Katy Perry was just preparation. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 24, 2018 23:08:45 GMT
Saw Orlando on Broadway in Romeo and Julliet, didn’t blow me away.
Do you guys think this will be a hot ticket? Small theatre, big actor and big playwright?
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Post by popcultureboy on Mar 24, 2018 23:09:41 GMT
Ha well let's not get ahead of ourselves, the Found111 production of BUG bottled it on the nudity front after all....
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Post by nash16 on Mar 24, 2018 23:20:21 GMT
Saw Orlando on Broadway in Romeo and Julliet, didn’t blow me away. Do you guys think this will be a hot ticket? Small theatre, big actor and big playwright? Yes...He's not the best actor, bless him. He will bring in the fan girls though, no doubt paying Traf 1 With Star prices... Wonder how many cheap tickets they'll be? And whether in the auditorium? 😂 |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2018 10:27:27 GMT
No. I will not be going to see this.  Oh, who am I kidding? He's so pwetty. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2018 10:34:50 GMT
To ask the question that I'm sure is in @ryan 's head... will be get to see "alot" of Orlando, ala Kit Harrington?  |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Mar 26, 2018 10:18:03 GMT
No issue ordering, not sure if this was because I got lucky in the random draw (48) or there is little interest.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2018 10:21:40 GMT
No issue ordering, not sure if this was because I got lucky in the random draw (48) or there is little interest. £15 |
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Post by jadnoop on Mar 26, 2018 10:42:37 GMT
The film adaptation was part of Matthew McConaughey's transition over the last decade, from being largely a rom-com star to taking more serious & gritty (and award winning) film lead roles. I wonder if it'll be part of a similar trend for Bloom, as he moves on from the Tolkien/ Pirates films.
I hope he does well, but from the film it doesn't seem like a natural fit. And if his fans are mainly teens, I wonder how they will find Killer Joe's bleak & grim tone.
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Post by RedRose on Mar 26, 2018 10:42:42 GMT
Doesn't sound very appealing to me. Even less after listening to Mark Kermode's review of the film.
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 26, 2018 11:21:55 GMT
Do Trafalgar Studios North except the ATG card anymore?
Also for this event there seems not be a seating map?
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Post by kathryn on Mar 26, 2018 11:22:58 GMT
Saw Orlando on Broadway in Romeo and Julliet, didn’t blow me away. Do you guys think this will be a hot ticket? Small theatre, big actor and big playwright? Bless 'im, but I'm afraid Orlando hasn't been a 'big actor' for a while! In Celebration didn't sell out back in the day when he *was* a star. Though obviously I'm going to go! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2018 11:39:36 GMT
Bless 'im, but I'm afraid Orlando hasn't been a 'big actor' for a while! Says someone who clearly hasn't seen those photos.  |
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Post by kathryn on Mar 26, 2018 11:47:49 GMT
Couldn't get a seating plan and it looks like there's no ATG card benefits available at Traf Studios any more? Wasn't sure where the £15 tickets actually were
- couldn't see Row CC on Theatremonkey's seating plan anywhere so decided to go for the £35 tickets - it gave me row R at the side.
Edit:
Checking a bit more thoroughly on Theatremonkey (damn that 10 minute basket time-out!) it looks like £15 for row CC would have been a bargain. Sod it.
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Post by kathryn on Mar 26, 2018 11:49:07 GMT
Bless 'im, but I'm afraid Orlando hasn't been a 'big actor' for a while! Says someone who clearly hasn't seen those photos. Oh, is that what you call it?! Casts a whole new light on some of your posts.... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2018 13:02:22 GMT
His fandom would have been teenagers, well over a decade ago. I think he still has a solid core of devoted fans but they are - thankfully - not as... outspoken as other fan groups. Anyway, I've taken a row CC £15 ticket on faith after finding a seating plan online that included the row, hopefully it should be a bargain.
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Post by andrew on Mar 26, 2018 13:23:13 GMT
Very hard to get £15 seats when I came across all this hubbub at 2pm, went for a £35 so I don't miss out.
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Post by kathryn on Mar 26, 2018 13:27:08 GMT
His fandom would have been teenagers, well over a decade ago. I think he still has a solid core of devoted fans but they are - thankfully - not as... outspoken as other fan groups. Anyway, I've taken a row CC £15 ticket on faith after finding a seating plan online that included the row, hopefully it should be a bargain. First Lord of the Rings film came out in 2001, so 16+ years now, would you believe. As a member of said 'fandom' (there was a forum, there were t shirts and hats, and we had 'conventions'!) it actually contained all ages, as well as a solid core of teenagers and early-twenty-somethings. But most people drifted away over the past 8-10 years or so as the work dried up and (frankly) dropped in quality - the mods gave up and closed the forum last year, and I only found out after the fact as I'd not been on it for a few months. He's been getting roles again post-Hobbit - though I must admit I haven't watched all them, some looked decidedly ropey. Romeo and Juliet was 5 years ago and I thought he'd progressed tremendously in presence and confidence on stage since In Celebration, even if he wasn't up to the standard of Shakespearean we regularly see in London. We shall see if he comes up with something interesting this time around. There was always a capable actor under the pretty face - as he ages out of it (and he *is* visibly ageing, so I don't think he's going to try the surgery-assisted eternally young thing) we'll see if he manages to be more than that. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2018 13:41:11 GMT
I'm going to wait at the stage door and ask him to sign my paddle board. I think he'll like that.  |
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Post by david on Mar 26, 2018 13:55:16 GMT
Managed to get a £35 ticket on Row R seat no 1 on the last saturday matinee. Im surprised that my ATG was not recognised during the purchase for the no booking fee benefit. I didnt see anything in the e-mail I received or online that my ATG card wouldn't work for this show. I also dont get why there was no seating plan to choose your own seat rather than being allocated one, maybe an IT glitch?
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