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Post by alece10 on Apr 2, 2020 20:45:02 GMT
And 209,000 watching. That's very impressive for a play.
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Post by talkingheads on Apr 2, 2020 20:59:15 GMT
Loved that. As hysterical as I remembered, Jemima Rooper deserves a much, much bigger career!
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Post by jakobo on Apr 2, 2020 21:00:28 GMT
Does anyone know how the guy with the sandwich messed up the play?
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Post by greeny11 on Apr 2, 2020 21:11:27 GMT
Really enjoyed watching it again, having watched the Encore showing a few months ago. Loved James Corden in this, but Oliver Chris stole the show every time he was on stage - one of the funniest things I have watched in ages, and much needed.
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Post by kathryn on Apr 2, 2020 21:14:41 GMT
Ah, what tremendous fun that was. Takes me back to watching it in the actual audience at the Littelton.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 21:22:35 GMT
Does anyone know how the guy with the sandwich messed up the play? Sorry to ruin it but every bit of "audience interaction" was staged - I saw it twice and it was exactly the same each time! I think the idea was that by offering a sandwich the audience member undermined the fact that Francis was starving and desperate for food. |
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Post by londonmzfitz on Apr 2, 2020 22:05:22 GMT
I was in the audience for this, spotted myself during the sandwich bit. I loved that evening, and laughed like a loon. Although there were some dodgy sound issues I think that worked extremely well for home viewing.
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Post by theatrefan77 on Apr 2, 2020 22:22:14 GMT
I also spotted myself near Christine Paterson
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 23:36:57 GMT
And 209,000 watching. That's very impressive for a play. And probably more on pause - I got about 20 mins in then got called back to work so am just now sitting down to finish it! Plus further viewers over the next week too. |
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Post by alicechallice on Apr 3, 2020 0:00:40 GMT
I also spotted myself near Christine Paterson Have we seen "Christine" in anything else? Or do we reckon part of her contract was to never take another acting part ever again to keep the mystery alive? Did the "candelight dinner" suggestion happen at every performance? |
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Post by showgirl on Apr 3, 2020 3:32:24 GMT
Does anyone know, please, roughly what broadband speed you need for streaming? There has been nothing so far I'd have wanted to see and probably too late anyway, but for future ref. On a good day I/we can get 10 - 12 mbps, but none of the sites advertising streamed performances seem to give any idea of the speed required.
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Post by bob2010 on Apr 3, 2020 6:03:30 GMT
Does anyone know, please, roughly what broadband speed you need for streaming? There has been nothing so far I'd have wanted to see and probably too late anyway, but for future ref. On a good day I/we can get 10 - 12 mbps, but none of the sites advertising streamed performances seem to give any idea of the speed required. YouTube would automatically adjust the quality of the stream to cater for slower speeds so you should be fine |
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Post by adrianics on Apr 3, 2020 6:45:37 GMT
Does anyone know how the guy with the sandwich messed up the play? Sorry to ruin it but every bit of "audience interaction" was staged - I saw it twice and it was exactly the same each time! I think the idea was that by offering a sandwich the audience member undermined the fact that Francis was starving and desperate for food. My understanding was that "Christine Patterson" and the sandwich guy are plants, but everything else is genuine - I saw the show with Owain Arthur and both the suitcase moment and suggestion for a first date were completely different. The National Theatre Twitter account also confirmed that at one show during the Broadway run, Donald Trump was brought on stage for the suitcase scene. I know as well that there were several times that the bit was genuinely ruined by a savvy audience member offering food. |
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Post by David J on Apr 3, 2020 6:47:53 GMT
Does anyone know how the guy with the sandwich messed up the play? Sorry to ruin it but every bit of "audience interaction" was staged - I saw it twice and it was exactly the same each time! I think the idea was that by offering a sandwich the audience member undermined the fact that Francis was starving and desperate for food. It even got to the point we’re actual audience members offered sandwiches. When I saw it at the Aldwych and a second guy shouted he had one Corden said “you’ve seen the show before haven’t you”. He did the routine, took the sandwiches, chucked it off stage and Oliver appeared briefly munching on a sandwich And when the fake audience member offered his sandwich corden said “oh not again” and repeated the routine And I think when he said later on we’re over the running time he gave the real audience member the glare |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Apr 3, 2020 9:42:41 GMT
I also spotted myself near Christine Paterson Have we seen "Christine" in anything else? Or do we reckon part of her contract was to never take another acting part ever again to keep the mystery alive? Did the "candelight dinner" suggestion happen at every performance? Her name’s Polly Conway. She was in Doctors once but I don’t think I’ve seen her in any other stage productions. |
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Post by jojo on Apr 3, 2020 9:53:09 GMT
A much needed boost last night.
I tried a bit of a WhatsApp chat watch along with some work colleagues and an old friend, but some didn't turn up until it actually started (to be fair, they are the sort of people who would turn up at the last minute for a real play).
We hadn't quite established our interval etiquette. Do we all pause and nip to our respective loos with no queue? Do we make ourselves an interval G&T? Do we chat about the show? Do we chat about our lives? How do we decide when it's time to start watching again? People wanted to pause for the 8pm clap for carers, but how would we decide when to pause and for how long?
In reality, some of us paused, got a drink and had a mini chat. Some kept going and one got changed into her pyjamas! Another kept pausing because she has needy children who wanted to chat to her, and not their father. The late ones didn't do any pre, post or interval chat except to say 'excellent' at the end. We were all out of kilter by the end, and some had issues with the picture reverting to the holding screen, while the dialogue continued.
So not quite the virtual collective theatre experience I'd imagined, but I enjoyed the play and the excuse for a gin and it made for a very refreshing change from most evenings.
I hope they do raise a decent amount of money, but either way, it's a very valuable service they are providing. Does anyone know if it costs them money to do a live stream, or is it covered by YouTube advertising at the beginning?
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Post by bengal73 on Apr 3, 2020 10:19:01 GMT
Felix Hagan of operation mincemeat fame is doing a musical theatre hour on facebook live this evening at 7
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Post by tysilio2 on Apr 3, 2020 11:19:56 GMT
Does anyone know, please, roughly what broadband speed you need for streaming The adverts say between 2.5 and 3mbs, so you are well inside that. I've found it to be around 5 to avoid buffering, though. My speed is only around 2mbs and I had buffering during the 1st half and variations in picture quality. I moved to s different room near to a booster for the 2nd half and it improved slightly. Still enjoyed it though. |
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Post by tonylony on Apr 3, 2020 12:12:04 GMT
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Post by crowblack on Apr 3, 2020 12:23:19 GMT
My speed is only around 2mbs and I had buffering during the 1st half and variations in picture quality. I moved to s different room near to a booster for the 2nd half and it improved slightly. Still enjoyed it though. If you mean One Man Two Guvnors, we watched it on Youtube through the telly (I think most modern TVs will allow this - ours is 10 years old but I did it through a newer Panasonic Freeview box). The night before I tried to watch the Schaubuhne Hamlet online and it kept stopping, so we watched that through the telly too (Vimeo with a Roku box on an ethernet cable) and it played smoothly without problems, though no subtitles. |
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Post by showgirl on Apr 3, 2020 14:17:52 GMT
Thank you all for the broadband speed/streaming replies; when I can stay awake late enough I will try to catch one of Curzon's director Q & A sessions. Then if a tempting play comes up, I will know whether it's worth my while to try to watch it.
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Post by Dr Tom on Apr 3, 2020 18:19:49 GMT
Luke Bayer is doing a live stream from his kitchen now (on the londontheatredirect Instagram - app only I believe).
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Post by crowblack on Apr 3, 2020 21:12:08 GMT
Richard III was indeed super and I'm glad I finally got to see it. I hope they show it again in the coming weeks.
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Post by kathryn on Apr 3, 2020 21:15:46 GMT
Sorry to ruin it but every bit of "audience interaction" was staged - I saw it twice and it was exactly the same each time! I think the idea was that by offering a sandwich the audience member undermined the fact that Francis was starving and desperate for food. It even got to the point we’re actual audience members offered sandwiches. When I saw it at the Aldwych and a second guy shouted he had one Corden said “you’ve seen the show before haven’t you”. He did the routine, took the sandwiches, chucked it off stage and Oliver appeared briefly munching on a sandwich And when the fake audience member offered his sandwich corden said “oh not again” and repeated the routine And I think when he said later on we’re over the running time he gave the real audience member the glare A lady walked to the front of the stage and handed offered Corden a cheese sandwich when I saw it at the NT. It was early in the run and may have been the first time it happened - Corden spent a good five minutes improvising with her, it was hilarious, but stopped the play dead - in the end he had to call for someone in the wings to come on in order to get it back on track. It was glorious. |
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Post by kathryn on Apr 3, 2020 21:17:10 GMT
Have we seen "Christine" in anything else? Or do we reckon part of her contract was to never take another acting part ever again to keep the mystery alive? Did the "candelight dinner" suggestion happen at every performance? Her name’s Polly Conway. She was in Doctors once but I don’t think I’ve seen her in any other stage productions. According to her Twitter she runs her own shop now, so I don’t think she is acting much any more. |
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