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Post by Rory on Feb 5, 2022 8:10:32 GMT
Started just a couple of mins late at 19.33 and finished 22.20 Thanks very much |
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Post by sfsusan on Feb 5, 2022 23:39:04 GMT
I saw this tonight and... wow! Yes, the focus is on the language, but not to the detriment of the emotions of the story. The scene where Cyrano imitates Christian's voice and pours out his own heart is swoon-worthy... there wasn't a sound in the house during it.
And Cyrano is an interesting part... the actor has to be sensitive (and intelligent) enough to be a believable poet and tough enough to be a believable fighter. James McEvoy carried it off beautifully.
This is the type of experience that reminds me of the power of live theater.
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Post by sfsusan on Feb 6, 2022 15:41:43 GMT
Sorry, created a duplicate in trying to correct my misspelling of 'McAvoy'.... |
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Post by latefortheoverture on Feb 17, 2022 18:54:00 GMT
I have two £15 tickets for tomorrow (Friday 18th) night. Great stalls seats.
Ideally just want my money back, but happy to take an offer.
They are under 30s and key worker tickets just FYI.
Have them on my emails so can email them straight over.
Message if you’d like them!!!
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Post by joem on Feb 20, 2022 23:23:10 GMT
Despite McAvoy's stage presence and some funny lines I was extremely underwhelmed by the whole experience. The theatricality of the event - yes I read Brecht's textbook seventy years ago - actually makes it undramatic. All those microphones dangling about the place, the characters staring out front when supposed to be engaged in deep dialogue, the hip-hop battle stances... funny once or twice but as an aesthetic for an entire production of a play set in the 17th century? No, doesn't work for me. I was half-expecting Eminem or Vince McMahon to turn up and grab one of the mikes.
I don't know if any text from the original was salvaged but I find myself asking the question one more time. Why didn't Crimp just write his own play about Cyrano? No law against it as far as I can tell.
And the nose? By far the worst nose on any production of Cyrano...ever!!!
I get it about the language and how expressive it was. This would have made a fantastic radio performance where the drabness of the staging and the static statuesque deliveries remained unseen.
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Post by floorshow on Mar 2, 2022 19:07:48 GMT
Saw the matinee today and loved it. First half is 30 mins too long and could lose a couple of scenes but it had a very appreciative crowd, laughing and gasping along in a an unusually well behaved way. Could hear a pin drop for the appropriate scenes too. Everyone instantly up on their feet at the end.
Cast were great, set was nothing special but its functional and was never an issue.
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Post by Rory on Mar 9, 2022 22:38:13 GMT
I saw the matinee today and thought it was absolutely terrific. I knew everyone had raved about it but for some reason I went in not expecting to like it as much as I did.
It's so vibrant, modern, erotic, inventive and theatrical and is just so brilliantly acted.
Wonderful stuff.
One thing I will say is that the Pinter was like an oven. There was a most welcome blast of air con just before the end of the long first act, but it was wildly uncomfortable for anyone wearing a mask.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Mar 14, 2022 4:15:52 GMT
I caught Friday performance without realising it was so near to the end of the run. I watched it for the first time in December 2019 and it was good to revisit it after Everything™️ that happened in between. I wasn't as transfixed as I was last time, but I still enjoyed it immensely. I think the comedy has become broader, particularly in the balcony scene. And I'd swear that the first time I saw it Christian was just not sharp, as opposed to now, when the character is played as monumentally dumb. There are moments in which the delivery of his lines seemed to mirror the way Manny Jacinto spoke in The Good Place. The second act is a bit clunky and the final scene goes on for a little too long, but still it remains a hugely enjoyable show with a masterful central performance.
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