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Post by thistimetomorrow on Oct 10, 2022 8:31:43 GMT
Seeing that Patrick O'Kane is leaving at cast change and would be very very grateful if anyone knows about any potential Atticus dates he has?
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Post by floorshow on Oct 10, 2022 8:55:14 GMT
Matthew Modine is quite a catch for them, very tempted with a return visit to see what he does with it.
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Post by Stephen on Nov 25, 2022 0:35:27 GMT
I really wish there was a published play text for this. I understand issues with the Lee estate etc but it's a missed opportunity for education and fans alike!
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Post by petrichor on Nov 25, 2022 19:08:15 GMT
I really wish there was a published play text for this. I understand issues with the Lee estate etc but it's a missed opportunity for education and fans alike! Totally agree with this. I was reading TKAM aloud to a class I was teaching the other week, and was really channelling my inner Anna Munden. She brought a bunch of real humour (as close as you can get) that I'd never really appreciated before seeing her in the role in the summer. That shift in register between the action and Scout's view of it. Would love the playscript as a companion!
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Post by Stephen on Nov 29, 2022 20:28:01 GMT
Anyone seen/seeing Matthew Modine as Atticus yet? Planning to return for another visit but wondering whether to hold off and see if there’s another extension past April with another actor!
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Post by Rory on Nov 29, 2022 21:04:19 GMT
Anyone seen/seeing Matthew Modine as Atticus yet? Planning to return for another visit but wondering whether to hold off and see if there’s another extension past April with another actor! Group bookings are being taken until 22nd July so it will be extending until then at least.
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Post by Stephen on Dec 1, 2022 15:33:48 GMT
Also thoughts on a final West End Atticus. I’m hoping they manage to get Rhys Ifans in for a stint if it’s not extending beyond July. Other votes in my household are going to Mark Strong and Ralph Fiennes but those seem increasingly unlikely!
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Post by westendboy on Dec 14, 2022 23:29:21 GMT
Saw this last night. I hadn't read the book, nor seen the film version with Gregory Peck, so this was my first time experiencing the story performed, even though I knew what happened beforehand. This was a lovely piece of theatre and I was engaged from beginning to end. Everyone of the actors were on top form, including Matthew Modine as Atticus Finch. The staging was also very well done and I really liked the two musicians who play the guitar and piano.
The only issue I took, and this is just a personal nitpick, was that I felt that Modine may had been a bit too old to play Atticus. I always imagined the character to be between his mid-40s to mid-50s, but that's just me.
Overall, I had a wonderful time at the Gielgud and I'm even tempted to watch this again in the near future.
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Post by Jon on Dec 15, 2022 0:10:14 GMT
Saw this last night. I hadn't read the book, nor seen the film version with Gregory Peck, so this was my first time experiencing the story performed, even though I knew what happened beforehand. This was a lovely piece of theatre and I was engaged from beginning to end. Everyone of the actors were on top form, including Matthew Modine as Atticus Finch. The staging was also very well done and I really liked the two musicians who play the guitar and piano. The only issue I took, and this is just a personal nitpick, was that I felt that Modine may had been a bit too old to play Atticus. I always imagined the character to be between his mid-40s to mid-50s, but that's just me. Overall, I had a wonderful time at the Gielgud and I'm even tempted to watch this again in the near future. Matthew Modine is 63 but he looks a lot older, Jeff Daniels was the same age when he originated the role but he looks younger. I think Rafe Spall and Richard Coyle were more age appropriate IMO
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Post by thistimetomorrow on Dec 15, 2022 10:49:35 GMT
I think Rafe Spall and Richard Coyle were more age appropriate IMO I agree. Matthew Modine looks like he could be Scout and Jem's grandfather not their father.
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Post by Mark on Jan 5, 2023 12:57:50 GMT
Some brilliant seats available at just £15 for this on TodayTix. Just got row D dress circle for £15 - usually top price/premium, for next week Monday. Now that's a deal!
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Post by Forrest on Jan 5, 2023 17:37:53 GMT
I booked for this on a whim too, as I couldn't resist row F of the stalls for the price of a coffee and a sandwich (or two coffees and two sandwiches, as I'm taking a friend too). Saving on calories, bingeing on theatre in 2023, I guess. :)
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Post by Rory on Jan 26, 2023 12:21:03 GMT
Closing date announced: 20th May 2023
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 26, 2023 12:25:35 GMT
Perfect timing for a transfer of Standing at the Sky's Edge. 😂
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Post by Rory on Jan 26, 2023 12:29:24 GMT
Perfect timing for a transfer of Standing at the Sky's Edge. 😂 You are determined to get this somewhere, TallPaul!! 🤣 This ties in with the Stranger Things rumour, presume it'll go to the Gielgud.
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 26, 2023 17:01:47 GMT
Perfect timing for a transfer of Standing at the Sky's Edge. 😂 You are determined to get this somewhere, TallPaul !! 🤣 This ties in with the Stranger Things rumour, presume it'll go to the Gielgud. Not to my knowledge, that's going elsewhere. Gielgud I think gets something short from June-Aug, and then something is definitely booked in from September
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Jan 26, 2023 17:31:45 GMT
You are determined to get this somewhere, TallPaul !! 🤣 This ties in with the Stranger Things rumour, presume it'll go to the Gielgud. Not to my knowledge, that's going elsewhere. Gielgud I think gets something short from June-Aug, and then something is definitely booked in from September it's a play transferring in.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Jan 26, 2023 18:36:57 GMT
Is this going to tour does anyone know? It seems like something that would sell well on tour
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Post by Rory on Jan 26, 2023 18:51:58 GMT
I thought mrbarnaby mentioned Stranger Things and the Gielgud. Maybe I'm wrong. Can anyone say what is going to the Gielgud then - maybe The Piano Lesson?
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 26, 2023 21:04:02 GMT
I thought mrbarnaby mentioned Stranger Things and the Gielgud. Maybe I'm wrong. Can anyone say what is going to the Gielgud then - maybe The Piano Lesson? Stranger T is going to the Phoenix
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Post by Steve on Feb 9, 2023 16:47:15 GMT
Saw yesterday's matinee, and enjoyed it for the classical old-fashioned drama it is. Matthew Modine is a terrific Atticus, and in a massively underwritten part, Cecilia Noble proves what a remarkable actor she is, getting 10 lines of impact out of every one line! Some spoilers follow. . . I went because I wanted to see Matthew Modine in this, as he played Birdy in Alan Parker's "Birdy," a wonderful film, in which he spends the whole running time dreaming of and imagining he is a bird. So I figured if anyone understands what a sin it is to kill a mockingbird, he does. And he does. It's an impassioned and sensitive performance. I hadn't realised Cecilia Noble was in this, or I would have booked earlier. She has been pitch perfect in everything I've seeen her in, with "Nine Night" bensuring I'm a fan for life, her character eliciting more laughs per line than anyone ever. But of course, this is a drama, so not so many laughs, though those that are there she nails emphatically. Still, she's equally magical with drama, and even though her part is small, she carries an enormous amount of the emotional weight, being the conscience of the piece, along with Modine's Atticus. I refer to the piece as old-fashioned, as I'm not sure that if this wasn't based on a famous work, we'd see too many shows like this, that place the burden of defending the civil rights of black people in the hands of white people, and cast all the major roles as white, with all the monologues going to white characters. Nonetheless, this is not a "white saviour" drama, as such, just a little old-fashioned in it's focus, though it's focus on the awakening of the youthful white characetrs is nonetheless worthwhile, and well-done, particularly by Ellis Howard as Dill Harris. Perhaps I just wanted Cecilia Noble to have more lines lol! Simon Hepworth as Link Deas and Niall Buggy as Judge Taylor are both on point in their roles. It's a great cast right now. 4 stars from me.
PS: On the first Tuesday on each month, "All Rise" tickets are released for the month. I scored two tickets, at £15 each, that way, in Row G of the Stalls, which was great value.
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Post by sfsusan on Feb 11, 2023 21:53:55 GMT
that place the burden of defending the civil rights of black people in the hands of white people, and cast all the major roles as white, with all the monologues going to white characters. Given the time and place of the setting, there wouldn't have been a black lawyer to defend Tom Robinson. There wouldn't have been black people on the jury or working in the court system. That's not to say that there isn't a need for a view of the proceedings from the black community's perspective... but that isn't what this is. I think news needs to include all perspectives, I'm not sure a given piece of art does.
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Post by theatregoer22 on Feb 12, 2023 19:17:15 GMT
Does anyone know if you can purchase more than two £15 All Rise tickets at a time? Looking to try and get some next month and I may have two friends interested in coming with me.
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Post by Mark on Feb 13, 2023 11:32:18 GMT
Does anyone know if you can purchase more than two £15 All Rise tickets at a time? Looking to try and get some next month and I may have two friends interested in coming with me. Yes you can. I got three together.
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Post by theatregoer22 on Feb 13, 2023 19:39:27 GMT
Does anyone know if you can purchase more than two £15 All Rise tickets at a time? Looking to try and get some next month and I may have two friends interested in coming with me. Yes you can. I got three together. Perfect, thank you!
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Post by Dave B on Mar 1, 2023 8:37:15 GMT
We went last night, a second time for me and a first for my better half. The £15 front row seats are fab.
A show stop a short-time in, the house only came down halfway and they had to reset over about 5 minutes.
I really really liked Matthew Modine. I think Rafe Spall is great and his performance in Death of England was dazzling but I found Modine to be levels above here, more suited to the role. Not just the age difference but the gravitas and dignity, Finch isn't played with energy now and for me at least it added a lot more. Niall Buggy as the judge is fab, not least of all for his accent which seems to try South for his first appearance and then decide it is not worth it and instead we get a very Irish judge, amused me greatly. In fact I found all of the cast changes to really work, Anna Munden is great as Scout and really engages with the audience, placing more emphasis on her narration by looking at us a lot more, narrating while directly looking at me more than once but also clearly looking and bringing in the gods too.
I don't know what it was, maybe it was them or maybe it was me the first time around but I enjoyed this a lot more and with bonus points for Modine's death glare as he pauses on his line until a phone is shut off.
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Post by theatregoer22 on Mar 7, 2023 10:10:28 GMT
Anyone know why this months £15 tickets haven't gone on sale yet on TodayTix (I've checked both the website and app)? Am I looking at the wrong day?
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Post by Stephen on Mar 7, 2023 11:17:35 GMT
Anyone know why this months £15 tickets haven't gone on sale yet on TodayTix (I've checked both the website and app)? Am I looking at the wrong day? Maybe they go live at Midday? Not sure though. Think I’ll hold off and get the April release and see this again just before it closes. I wasn’t fussed about seeing Matthew Modine having enjoyed Rafe Spall so much. The reviews of his performance here have changed my mind!
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Post by theatregoer22 on Mar 7, 2023 11:36:59 GMT
Anyone know why this months £15 tickets haven't gone on sale yet on TodayTix (I've checked both the website and app)? Am I looking at the wrong day? Update: TodayTix have said they don't know yet when this month's allocation will go on sale.
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Post by theatregoer22 on Mar 28, 2023 10:19:04 GMT
The last lot of £15 All Rise tickets have finally gone on sale on TodayTix. Mostly Row R in the stalls plus some restricted view seats, but there are a few better seats available on some dates.
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