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Post by jason71 on Nov 11, 2018 11:48:22 GMT
This opened last week at the above venue. Yet to see anybody mention it. Has anybody seen it? Who is planning on seeing it?
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Post by lynette on Nov 11, 2018 12:10:17 GMT
I hesitate with the Wanamaker especially in the winter. The venue is rather dark and chilly and let's be honest, my knees can’t cope with the seating. I have seen some great stuff there but I need to be really lured back there now.
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Post by MrBunbury on Nov 11, 2018 12:25:05 GMT
I saw it on Thursday night. I really liked the use of candles to create the atmosphere. I always struggle with Shakespeare because I am not a native English speaker and it is one of the rare times that Michelle Terry did not make the impact I expected. But I am sure I am in the minority and everybody will like it. I was standing after a very long day at work so that may be why I was less receptive than usual.
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Post by nash16 on Nov 12, 2018 0:27:49 GMT
What was Michelle thinking, casting her husband opposite her, and in leading roles, within her first year?
Praying this is a smash, otherwise...
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Post by learfan on Nov 12, 2018 7:08:05 GMT
I hesitate with the Wanamaker especially in the winter. The venue is rather dark and chilly and let's be honest, my knees can’t cope with the seating. I have seen some great stuff there but I need to be really lured back there now. Im going to Edward II but only coz ive missed a couple of previous productions of it. For me its been a missed opportunity since it opened. There are loads of plays from the English Renaissance they could be doing. |
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Post by learfan on Nov 12, 2018 7:10:21 GMT
She has already cast herself as Hamlet, now this. Well if you are AD why not i guess? She wasnt going to play those parts otherwise. Wonder if she will be Hal next year.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 9:21:35 GMT
What was Michelle thinking, casting her husband opposite her, and in leading roles, within her first year? Praying this is a smash, otherwise... Larry Olivier did that at the Old Vic and The Nash didn't he? If it's good enough for Mr Vivien Leigh, it's good enough for Michelle Terry. Plus she seems a sweetheart. |
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Post by alexandra on Nov 12, 2018 11:09:57 GMT
I hesitate with the Wanamaker especially in the winter. The venue is rather dark and chilly and let's be honest, my knees can’t cope with the seating. I have seen some great stuff there but I need to be really lured back there now. I actually love the SWP in winter. It feels festive and cosy (and you can pick up good kids' Christmas gifts in the shop). Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing this. I have no idea why I'm showing as a new member with 18 posts. I feel like a pretty old member. Don't care though. |
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Post by Jan on Nov 12, 2018 11:30:45 GMT
I hesitate with the Wanamaker especially in the winter. The venue is rather dark and chilly and let's be honest, my knees can’t cope with the seating. I have seen some great stuff there but I need to be really lured back there now. I actually love the SWP in winter. It feels festive and cosy (and you can pick up good kids' Christmas gifts in the shop). Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing this. I have no idea why I'm showing as a new member with 18 posts. I feel like a pretty old member. Don't care though. Learfan has told us that "old" starts at age 80, so you don't qualify. Sorry. My problem with the Wanamaker, in all seasons of the year, are its ticket prices - too rich for me. |
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Post by learfan on Nov 12, 2018 11:39:38 GMT
I actually love the SWP in winter. It feels festive and cosy (and you can pick up good kids' Christmas gifts in the shop). Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing this. I have no idea why I'm showing as a new member with 18 posts. I feel like a pretty old member. Don't care though. Learfan has told us that "old" starts at age 80, so you don't qualify. Sorry. My problem with the Wanamaker, in all seasons of the year, are its ticket prices - too rich for me. Even with your senior discount? |
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Post by alexandra on Nov 12, 2018 11:53:49 GMT
 Incidentally Paul Ready is a genius. Very happy to see his Macbeth, whoever he's married to. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 11:57:28 GMT
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Post by Jan on Nov 12, 2018 12:33:14 GMT
Learfan has told us that "old" starts at age 80, so you don't qualify. Sorry. My problem with the Wanamaker, in all seasons of the year, are its ticket prices - too rich for me. Even with your senior discount? They don’t have a senior discount, and even if they did I wouldn’t qualify. |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Nov 12, 2018 13:02:46 GMT
‘My problem with the Wanamaker, in all seasons of the year, are its ticket prices - too rich for me’
Michelle agrees,
What are your plans for the indoor Sam Wanamaker Playhouse?
‘I think we’ll have a festival-type model of programming. And I know it was authentic to have high ticket prices, but I think we need to dismantle that. It’s extortionate, it’s elitist in a way we’re completely not at the Globe.’
Not much evidence of progress at the moment.
I love the Swanamaker, lost some of its intimacy with the use of electric lightning last year, the candlelit All’s Well That Ends Well most probably my Shakespearean highlight of the year.
No real issue with the nepotism, he is a good actor and would likely do the same in her position even though it would be easier from a childcare perspective to do otherwise.
Looking forward to seeing it on the 7th Dec, expecting an extremely shadowy production.
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Post by Stephen on Nov 12, 2018 15:34:51 GMT
Any chance of me getting a young person/student ticket for this? Not seeing much on the website.
Also, the seats in the pit look like they'd all cause some serious neckache (especially in a longer play) a bit pricey...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 16:08:30 GMT
Attending any performance in any seat at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is like being waterboarded at Guantanamo Bay and being expected to pay for the privilege.
They really need to burn the place down and start again.
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Post by david on Nov 12, 2018 16:15:21 GMT
Any chance of me getting a young person/student ticket for this? Not seeing much on the website. Also, the seats in the pit look like they'd all cause some serious neckache (especially in a longer play) a bit pricey... I sat in the pit area seating last year, an experience NEVER to be repeated. |
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Post by Jan on Nov 12, 2018 16:21:41 GMT
For those pit seats the Comfort/Price ratio approaches zero. Main problem is lack of back support.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 16:27:45 GMT
Any chance of me getting a young person/student ticket for this? Not seeing much on the website. Also, the seats in the pit look like they'd all cause some serious neckache (especially in a longer play) a bit pricey... I sat in the pit area seating last year, an experience NEVER to be repeated. They're awful aren't they? They're just the pits. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 16:36:27 GMT
I don't mind the Pit, the visibility is grand, but the running times REALLY need to be a lot shorter for every production in that theatre because there is no way to be comfortable so the responsible thing to do would be to minimise the amount of time the audience is in agony.
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Post by peggs on Nov 12, 2018 17:55:03 GMT
If you are able to get a back row pit seat you can lean so bit better otherwise accept it's just gonna be pain and very squashed. I think I've forgotten how uncomfortable hence I've booked again though went for level 1 behind pillar over pit twist pain with added ease of exit if it's a blood test and I threaten a faint. Though you could probably faint in the pit and stay upright you're so tightly packed.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 18:25:28 GMT
I've never been to anything in this theatre, and based on these comments, I am unlikely to! Am going to spend my evening reading about the set up there.
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Post by david on Nov 12, 2018 19:57:33 GMT
I sat in the pit area seating last year, an experience NEVER to be repeated. They're awful aren't they? They're just the pits. My guess is that whoever decided to put those benches in and put them in that configurationhas never sat in them for any length of time. They really should have a health warning attached to them. The ticket prices they charge to sit on them are stupid in my opinion. They should be designated cheap seats and not £30-40. Poor seating, though I do love the auditorium. |
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Post by peggs on Nov 12, 2018 20:25:27 GMT
I think they went 'authentic' didn't they?
For intimate theatre it can be amazing and the candle light is pretty cool but uncomfortable and there is on cheap decent option.
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Post by david on Nov 12, 2018 20:37:56 GMT
Having a read about the theatre, the ‘authentic’ look was definitely the aim when they decided to build the theatre. I really do love the interior and the play by candlelight idea really is great and really adds to the atmosphere of the play.
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Incidentally Paul Ready is a genius. Very happy to see his Macbeth, whoever he's married to.
