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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2018 16:29:54 GMT
I think it’s probably wrong to think that Scott’s fan base are newbie theatregoers or all that young, to be honest. He’s done a fair bit of theatre since Sherlock premiered back in 2010, and anyone who became a fan of his even as a young teenager in 2010 would be in their early twenties now. I’m afraid audiences across the board now seem to be incapable of making sure that electronic devices are turned off, Yes, it’s weird that audiences seem to be losing their focus. At the Theatre the other evening I could hear the rustle of snack packets, the consistent humming of silenced but still buzzing mobile phones; the woman sitting beside me drained the dregs of her drink very loudly through a straw; the woman behind me kept tapping my shoulder then indicated that she wanted to escape by climbing over my seat but then didn’t move. In the interval she said that she had been feeling ill but was now better. Someone had a child on their lap at a performance intended for adults. The child was well behaved except for intermittent whimpers. |
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Post by kathryn on Jul 2, 2018 19:15:08 GMT
Yes, that’s why I love my proper electronic noise cancelling ones - I don’t need to have them up loud to block out the background noise.
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Post by NeilVHughes on May 11, 2020 20:47:58 GMT
A masterclass in story telling, a performance of such precision and nuance the actor disappears and all that is left is Alex and his all encompassing hole. Destroyed.
Available for a week an one not to miss.
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Post by justfran on May 11, 2020 21:19:23 GMT
I watched it this evening - what a brilliant performance from Andrew Scott. I’ve been lucky enough to see him on stage (in a different play) and think he is such a great, versatile actor.
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Post by Forrest on May 12, 2020 12:55:29 GMT
I've watched the recording before, but could not resist watching it again last night.
It's such an incredibly beautiful text (kind of Churchill-esque, in the way how the unsaid is left to linger in the air, and yet very much Stephens in how nuanced and gentle it is - I love his writing; well, the little of it I know at least) and a performance that manages to be both light (and so charmingly funny, in that way that makes you giggle shyly) and excruciatingly devastating and heavy at moments. So beautiful.
(I think Scott is incredibly talented, and this just kind of helps cement that idea.)
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