Emilia (Globe and Vaudeville Theatre)

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BUMP: I have a spare ticket for this because I foolishly booked a date where I will be knackered due to 8 hours + of wine and spirits exams and I managed to get a free pair for later in the week.

I have ONE ticket for 12 March show Section OS Row B Seat 16

It is a collection ticket but I can email over the confirmation I have. Free to a good home.

Well that was quite the tour de force of Girl Power. You do come out of this in quite a positive mood, wanting to go out and make some change and considering all the cheers and hollering I probably wasn't the only one.

It's a really good production of what has probably been said over and over again but which does still need to be produced.

The stars of the show are definitely the Emilias. They each act their parts wonderfully well, getting across the individual issues each one encounters but still being the one Emilia. The three parts work well, changing at significant periods of her life. And the speech at the end is most rousing.

The ensemble add greatly to the show, with the ladies swapping roles and genders throughout. The over-exaggerated acting of the male characters is quite genius as it highlights some of the absurdity of male behaviours.

Staging is simple but effective and they do use the whole of the auditorium at times having actors in the boxes, the circle and in the stalls. I was in row B of the stalls and at the end of the first half I did wish that I had the head of an owl with the amount of spinning round it did. But these are for only short periods and really do add to the fun of the show.

And I think that word - fun - Describes this play quite well. Its a really fun play wrapped around a serious message.

Pretty much 5 out of 5 for me.

Found this a rather hard going first half, it's over long and not quite all pulled together. Second half seemed to bowl along better and there are certainly ideas in this worth exploring and some mice ideas just didn't hold together for me.
Wasnt sure about the wandering white clad musicians and what they added.
Mainly I kept thinking if I'd seen it at the globe, there were loads of lines than raised laughs but they'd have been whoops there. And I'm sure the end would have taken the roof off if it only had one. And I was also for some parts imagining the original cast playing them. So I suspect if I'd had seen it at the globe I'd have bounced out and joined in the roar rather than the more sedate I'm inside clapping. It went down very well but it's got to be a harder one to play in a standard theatre.
Bonus point for landing a pair of pants on an unsuspecting man's head.
Post interval I'd lost people on both sides of me, would have taken it personally if half the row hadn't gone too. Typical, the one time I had a whole half a row of seats to up grade myself too and I was already in a good seat.

The first half was a bit too long for me but maybe it was because of the appalling behaviour of a group of women who were actually working for the production!

Went to the first preview on Monday 11th March, seating in Upper Circle row B. I know it's normal that during early previews people working for the production sit in different parts of the theatre and take notes. There were a few women seating in different areas of the Upper Circle with note books and pens. The Upper Circle was half empty so these women decided to sit together a few rows back. No problem so far, but as soon as the play started they started talking and giggling continuously, ignoring people who were asking then to keep it down. One of the women even had her feet hanging on the seat in front of her.

During the interval there were several complaints to the ushers about them and actually one of them apologised after being confronted by two women in the audience. They came back after the interval with large glasses of wine and I thought they were going to talk again but they were actually quite so the second half was more enjoyable for everybody in the Upper Circle.

The second half was better and I found it funnier with some really clever bits. Maybe the first half was good as well but the unprofessional behaviour of these women was so distracting that I couldn't enjoy it.

Positive! My friend complained to the ushers and they told her they were working for the production and that's why they were taking notes

How dreadful of them. Although I do rather like the sound of a job where you can drink wine at the same time. Contractually.

In my youth (it was 2011) I temporarily worked for an office that would suck up to potential clients by creating cocktails in their honour.

Being half-cut at 11am whilst trying to be professional was a DELICIOUS challenge.

Having said that, I find I enjoy shows a lot more if I'm a bit pished - so if these women produce overwhelmingly positive notes, maybe it's the vino, not the show. 

And a longer review: thenerdytheatre.blogspot.com/2019/04/emilia-vaudeville-theatre.html

I found this interesting and watchable last night. The ending was rather jarring if you're a single man, but I suppose that was deliberate.

Seat A4 from TodayTix Rush is excellent. Second row, but an empty seat at front and you're much less likely to have underwear suddenly land on your head than those in the front row.

Stalls looked about half full. There were some people in the Dress Circle, but couldn't see how many. The Upper Circle was closed.

As others have said, this is a powerful production. The first half could be trimmed a bit (hopefully the cast were not too put off by the elderly lady next to me when she started to snore, but I didn't like to touch her). The second half works really well.

The audience was 95% female, so I guess this appeals well to that demographic. Bear in mind also this was a Monday, when audience numbers are traditionally lower.

I've seen some bad productions with multiple actors sharing the main role recently, but the way this was done was intelligent and worked well. Clarke Perkins (older Emilia) holds this together but all the cast give their all and are obviously very experienced with getting their beards on and off quickly.

Definitely worth seeing. As others have said, you do have to be in the right frame of mind. It isn't a play that requires particularly high levels of concentration, but there are powerful messages there, most of them not subtle.

Thank god I'm booked in this saturday

Hello, Did anyone try Day seat for this ? 9 is enough to show up on bo?

I know that you can get tickets £20 "Rush tickets " but at the same time I will try to get a ticket for six so all energy at today tix will be on the other play propably

Thank you for ifo

Please do! I'm going to try next Saturday if it's easy. I told my mum I'd take her but I'll only hold off booking if there's a reasonable chance.

I guess the odds are better on two show days!