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Post by A.Ham on Mar 20, 2024 15:36:30 GMT
How weird… I’m an ATG+ member and have logged in but the website still says not on sale yet… anyone have a link please?
Also signed up for the production presale but no email from them!
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Post by thedrowsychaperone on Mar 20, 2024 15:36:46 GMT
Anyone else just refreshing their emails constantly?
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Post by rumbledoll on Mar 20, 2024 16:24:55 GMT
I’m in only if Jamie is reprising his part 😁
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Post by thedrowsychaperone on Mar 20, 2024 16:32:12 GMT
Anyone else just refreshing their emails constantly? 2 £20 tickets in the second row for the first Saturday... I'm happy with that! |
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Post by PineappleForYou on Mar 20, 2024 17:31:59 GMT
I am so excited for this! Benji Butts (who has time to say "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") was one of my favourite shows from last year. I can't help but think that it might employ Mincemeat's "unique" pricing system as it's a similar sized ATG theatre. Slightly worried by that. A vote for Benji Butts to be the fandom name? So unbelievably excited - got my preview tickets already through sign up.. £20! #benjibutts #makebenjibuttshappen |
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Post by theatrekiwi on Mar 20, 2024 20:39:42 GMT
Anyone who saw this at Southwark - how much of an issue is the high stage in the Ambassadors likely to be with the set/staging of this show for seats in the front rows?
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Post by PineappleForYou on Mar 20, 2024 21:32:26 GMT
Anyone who saw this at Southwark - how much of an issue is the high stage in the Ambassadors likely to be with the set/staging of this show for seats in the front rows? Difficult to say really as the Southwark production was a thrust staging compared to this version so might be totally different set and direction. There was quite a bit of trapdoor action in that version though which might be cut off if it's that high. Lots of people crouching down. Equally, there was quite a lot happening up stage but I seem to remember that was raised up at the back. As the cast are the band, they often hang around the back of the stage. |
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Post by bigredapple on Mar 20, 2024 23:28:43 GMT
Lots of hype for this. Sounds good, but also plot sounds similar to time travellers wife (which was awful?)
Not sure if I should get excited or not
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Post by keepitupstairs on Mar 20, 2024 23:34:41 GMT
Lots of hype for this. Sounds good, but also plot sounds similar to time travellers wife (which was awful?) Not sure if I should get excited or not It's a total knock-out! Definitely get excited. |
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Post by PineappleForYou on Mar 20, 2024 23:38:07 GMT
Lots of hype for this. Sounds good, but also plot sounds similar to time travellers wife (which was awful?) Not sure if I should get excited or not Definitely get excited! One of the most heartwarming shows you'll see with a knockout score. |
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 20, 2024 23:43:33 GMT
Lots of hype for this. Sounds good, but also plot sounds similar to time travellers wife (which was awful?) Not sure if I should get excited or not This is the show time travellers wishes it was. I long for people the wider public to get behind this as it's so unbelievably good |
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Post by bigredapple on Mar 20, 2024 23:47:32 GMT
Thanks for all the replies!
Is there a magic element to it? Something like Harry Potter, stranger things or BTTF with stagecraft? Or
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Post by PineappleForYou on Mar 21, 2024 0:07:02 GMT
Thanks for all the replies! Is there a magic element to it? Something like Harry Potter, stranger things or BTTF with stagecraft? Or It's not really a spectacle of a show if that's what you mean. More a very well crafted, genuine piece with a very talented cast and a atmospheric production. Very folk inspired like telling a story around a campfire with the lively band from a local Cornish pub. Think of a show from the Watermill like Amélie vibe wise. Honestly, it's a show that's hard not to warm to. |
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Mar 21, 2024 1:23:46 GMT
This musical deeply moves me. Will be back.
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Post by forfivemoreminutes on Mar 21, 2024 13:42:28 GMT
Does it seem that all the front/second row tickets will be £20 or just a deal on the presale? This could be veeeery dangerous for my bank account
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Post by Adalea on Mar 21, 2024 15:22:49 GMT
When I eventually received the booking email, there was a discount code applied. I assume that means it's a presale rate?
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Post by matttom0901 on Mar 21, 2024 17:59:28 GMT
I can’t wait to see this again! I saw it twice at Southwark and it quickly became one of my favourites.
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Post by bigredapple on Mar 21, 2024 21:19:15 GMT
(Me again!) what presale is everyone using?
I signed up on the Benjamin button website and haven’t heard a peep
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Post by forfivemoreminutes on Mar 21, 2024 21:22:17 GMT
(Me again!) what presale is everyone using? I signed up on the Benjamin button website and haven’t heard a peep links really long so just sent it in a message! |
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Post by forfivemoreminutes on Mar 21, 2024 21:53:40 GMT
Interesting that Monday to Wednesday performances start at 7pm, and the midweek matinee is on a Tuesday which starts at 1:30pm
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Post by Jon on Mar 21, 2024 22:03:14 GMT
The Ambassadors is a tiny theatre so it'll be a tight squeeze getting Benjamin Button in there.
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Post by A.Ham on Mar 21, 2024 22:25:51 GMT
All booked for late October now - I know the stage is high but front row for £20 is a bargain, so alongside the rave reviews from last year’s Southwark run I’m very much looking forward to this.
The music (in the YouTube video I’ve seen) looks a little Come From Away-esque which can only be a good thing.
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Post by holbee22 on Mar 23, 2024 15:04:13 GMT
Thanks for all the replies! Is there a magic element to it? Something like Harry Potter, stranger things or BTTF with stagecraft? Or It's not really a spectacle of a show if that's what you mean. More a very well crafted, genuine piece with a very talented cast and a atmospheric production. Very folk inspired like telling a story around a campfire with the lively band from a local Cornish pub. Think of a show from the Watermill like Amélie vibe wise. Honestly, it's a show that's hard not to warm to. Yes, I can tell the director saw Amelie many times. |
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Post by gazzaw13 on Apr 14, 2024 18:52:59 GMT
It’s really in the magic realism genre and a complete knockout. I saw both versions at Southwark and much preferred the first version which used puppets. I thought the association of puppets with children was key to the piece and the ending was excruciatingly sad - I was in floods of tears. Sadly watching Jamie Parker rather than a puppet of Button at the end of the revised version took away most of the pathos. I found myself watching him acting which is surely not the point. I’m sure others prefer the second version but please please please bring back the puppet.
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Post by hermionejuliet on May 6, 2024 23:49:31 GMT
Any rumblings on the cast? The Southwark cast was absolutely magical and I hope the majority return!
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