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Post by jampot on May 8, 2020 15:25:44 GMT
I had an atg email re dr on the 24th April saying working on rescheduled dates. Seagull will be back too...Caught that before it closed...
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Post by clair on May 8, 2020 16:21:20 GMT
I've already had my refund from ATG on this one so shouldn't be a problem for anyone needing one - I was due to see it in Richmond
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Post by n1david on May 8, 2020 16:41:41 GMT
ATG and the Almeida are both showing on their website a very short run for this now, from 29th June to 18th July, so you may still struggle to get a refund if your tickets are at the end of the run, even if it seems unlikely to go ahead.
The Almeida website still lets you book tickets for tonight's performance!
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Post by n1david on May 13, 2020 11:08:37 GMT
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Post by londonpostie on May 13, 2020 11:25:55 GMT
Pretty sure they plan for this to dovetail into a New York run.
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Post by zahidf on Apr 5, 2022 9:11:36 GMT
This is onsale at noon for Duke of Yorks from 25th September 2022
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Post by mjh on Apr 5, 2022 9:44:25 GMT
Playing Tues - Sundays
Stalls Row A available in advance for £15.
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Post by jampot on Apr 5, 2022 10:02:56 GMT
Playing Tues - Sundays Stalls Row A available in advance for £15. Booked the £15 tickets..hoping I get to see something!? |
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Post by drmaplewood on Apr 5, 2022 11:48:40 GMT
The production will also tour to Brighton (5-10 Sept), Bath (13-17 Sept) and Richmond (19-24 Sept).
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 5, 2022 13:17:11 GMT
Playing Tues - Sundays Stalls Row A available in advance for £15. Thanks for the heads up. I've bagged some |
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Post by Rory on Aug 11, 2022 9:29:30 GMT
Cast announced. No Jamie Parker this time!
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Post by alicechallice on Sept 6, 2022 22:44:31 GMT
Saw this tonight in Brighton. Thought it was rather fabulous, some very interesting ideas in the casting. Probably mentioned earlier in the thread but not read it yet, soz.
Nice to have such a serious play at our Theatre Royal and you could tell the audience were pretty enraptured.
One thing my pal noticed though is if you have a glance at the trigger warnings signage dotted around the place, it spoils aspects of certain reveals. So do try to avoid reading unless you absolutely have to.
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Post by theoracle on Sept 23, 2022 10:14:45 GMT
Saw this last night and thought it was right up my street. Very compelling stories and the characters nicely detailed and the set used very effectively whilst remaining understated and avoided being flashy. Sadly no Juliet Stevenson and from what I’ve been reading, she doesn’t seem have done any of the Richmond run so far - do we know what’s happened? Nevertheless Celia Nelson was terrific as Ruth in what was a truly riveting evening of theatre. Considering going again to see how Juliet does it differently
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Post by mjh on Oct 8, 2022 18:25:25 GMT
FYI for those who booked Row A at the Duke of York’s, the stage is very high. I’m 5ft11 and struggled to see stuff at the back of the stage.
While still reasonable value at £15, I’m surprised there isn’t a warning when booking as if you’re less than 5ft6 you’ll struggle to see anything.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2022 2:19:01 GMT
"There are brilliant contradictions in The Doctor: unapologetically cerebral, it hooks us in emotionally, expanding in our chests. A play about mortality, it ends with hope. It will doubtless ruffle feathers, however removed we feel at the outset, its arguments bedding down deep and forcing us out of our own entrenched certainties, however briefly. It is, in the end, a captivating and profound argument against absolutes."
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Post by londonpostie on Oct 10, 2022 16:08:08 GMT
And five stars also from The Telegraph; so that's pretty much both ends of the mainstream UK socio-political spectrum.
I should hope so, this work by Robert Icke is masterful; the best piece of theatrical writing in [insert x years].
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Post by alessia on Oct 10, 2022 16:30:31 GMT
FYI for those who booked Row A at the Duke of York’s, the stage is very high. I’m 5ft11 and struggled to see stuff at the back of the stage. While still reasonable value at £15, I’m surprised there isn’t a warning when booking as if you’re less than 5ft6 you’ll struggle to see anything. Oh no...I'm row A, and short. Do people think I should just re book a different seat? Is a lot of the action at the back? |
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Post by Mark on Oct 15, 2022 21:23:38 GMT
Thought this was exceptional, with particular praise for Juliet Stevenson. Very engaging throughout. It maybe slowed a little in the scenes with the young girl.
I loved the debate scene at the top of act two though - a very interesting look at everything. I must find myself siding with Dr Wolff for the most part. It is an interesting look at how a situation can be blown up.
Some discussions around me in the interval around how the casting of different race/gender was confusing to them - however I thought it worked really well and then to have the flip at the top of act two.
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Post by rumbledoll on Oct 16, 2022 5:31:50 GMT
What Rush seats for this are like? Anything at the front?
Saw it back at Almeida, i think i would love to revisit and invite a friend, just looking for the better view for lesser price.
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Post by alessia on Oct 16, 2022 5:54:50 GMT
What Rush seats for this are like? Anything at the front? Saw it back at Almeida, i think i would love to revisit and invite a friend, just looking for the better view for lesser price. Yesterday morning I had a go at the rush tickets to see if I could get a better view seat for the matinee- as I'd booked a front row and worried I wouldn't see much after reading comments in here about the stage being v high. The only tickets that were being offered on Rush were the Royal Circle row F, so rather far away. I tried again and again but that was all being offered yesterday morning. Not sure other days are any different. Decided to stick with my £15 front row seat and make the most of it. Duke of York staff got lots of complaints before the start, from fellow audience members in the front row, and they gave us all booster seats lol. I felt a bit like a toddler at dinner, but the booster seat did help a lot. In the end it wasn't as bad as I feared, I was able to see everything except the very few moments when actors stood at the door at the very back of the stage, but it was just instants here and there. I did not get any back or neck ache despite the play being v long. Certainly not as bad as when I saw The Starry Messenger years ago. The play itself deserves all the praises it got- loved it. I felt myself internally siding with the Doctor all the way, but it was v interesting to see how the tv debate played out, and see the other points of view from the various identity groups. Overall really good afternoon at the theatre, excellent acting and script. |
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Post by jamb0r on Oct 16, 2022 6:41:48 GMT
What Rush seats for this are like? Anything at the front? Saw it back at Almeida, i think i would love to revisit and invite a friend, just looking for the better view for lesser price. I got Royal Circle row F on Friday. The view was great (didn’t feel too distant), the only restriction was I couldn’t see the drummer at the top of the stage |
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Post by oedipus on Oct 17, 2022 10:00:35 GMT
I also got a rush ticket in the Royal Circle (Row D) and it was a perfectly fine seat for this play (particularly when the stage was full -- as during the fraught committee meeting).
The play itself is pretty stunning. It's cerebral, yes, but grows increasingly moving as the intellectual debates increasingly intersect with the lived experiences of real people--the doctors, the patients, the panelists, and more. I wasn't wild about the flashback scenes with the doctor's partner (those seemed sometimes awkwardly shoehorned into the largely linear narrative) but I was never unengaged. And the scrambling of races and genders really keeps the audience on its toes (in a good way). Juliet Stephenson was amazing; she wasn't on my radar before, but she certainly is now!
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Post by orchidman on Nov 5, 2022 0:08:59 GMT
Have absolutely no idea why Robert Icke added a dementia subplot to this: a topic that is depressing, boring and overdone. Very weak ending for that reason. Cut that subplot and we could have all got home half an hour earlier without subtracting anything. But then Mr. Icke would have had to actualloy write a proper ending. The idea that a world-class dementia researcher would be attending to a girl who has botched an abortion is hilariously stupid. |
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Post by jaggy on Nov 5, 2022 1:26:42 GMT
I too was confused by the {Spoiler - click to view}
dementia subplot.
I had to discuss it with someone afterwards as I had to come to a conclusion as to why it was there. I thought maybe Icke included it as it humanises the character and could be an explanation as to why she reacted so unprofessionally with the priest, she was {Spoiler - click to view}
still grieving the loss of her partner.
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Post by nicolaa on Nov 6, 2022 13:47:24 GMT
Really good play - loved most of it.
I thought dementia was there to hammer home the theme of not accepting at face value what we (think we) have seen. Found the young girl character was the weak point both plot and performance wise.
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