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Post by callum on Jul 3, 2022 12:58:32 GMT
Day-seated this yesterday (fifth in the queue about 7:50, and I think everyone in line by the time BO opened got tickets) and nothing more to add than this is completely outstanding theatre and the most exhilarating performance you will ever see on stage.
From the front row I can also say that the stage floor is definitely real grass with actual insects crawling through it! And that Davey actually does record the Morris dancing on his iPhone, with a picture of a topless woman as his background!
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Post by alessia on Jul 3, 2022 17:18:19 GMT
So glad you liked it. I've seen it twice (once on front row, with a day seat like you) and planning to go again before it ends. I absolutely love it and I don't think I'll see something as amazing any time soon, if ever again.
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Post by partytentdown on Jul 6, 2022 22:22:38 GMT
Loved it from my seat in the Stalls Box, you are basically on the same level as the stage, very close, side view but you only really miss three first metre or so of one side. The best part is you can move the seat around so there is plenty of legroom and you can choose your viewing angle or lean on the padded ledge in front.
BUT is it just me or did this used to have live chickens wandering around? Did I miss them?
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Post by sfsusan on Jul 6, 2022 22:26:56 GMT
did this used to have live chickens wandering around? Did I miss them? When I saw it in June the live chickens were under the trailer. You could hear them. They brought one out for the curtain call. |
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Post by partytentdown on Jul 6, 2022 23:08:13 GMT
did this used to have live chickens wandering around? Did I miss them? When I saw it in June the live chickens were under the trailer. You could hear them. They brought one out for the curtain call. Ah. Maybe I missed them or they had a night off. I have such a vivid memory of them wandering free last time... |
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Post by tal on Jul 7, 2022 0:56:34 GMT
I also didn’t notice any chickens when I saw it last week.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Jul 7, 2022 6:41:52 GMT
I saw the matinee yesterday and there were live chickens under the trailer to the right of the door.
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Post by andrew on Jul 7, 2022 9:57:24 GMT
Did they run free in the last production? The chickens were present a few weeks ago, except I noticed they were not present when Act 3 began. Obviously Rylance releases them towards the end of the play to preserve them so I wondered if they are disappeared deliberately so they're not present after they've supposedly been released.
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Post by alessia on Jul 7, 2022 10:38:52 GMT
I've never seen the chickens! maybe will next time. Planning to go again next week, day seating!
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Post by lichtie on Jul 12, 2022 10:31:48 GMT
Finally got to see this at the weekend (having booked it last August - I think the furthest in advance I've ever booked anything). As with most of everyone else I also thought this was excellent. What I hadn't anticipated though was quite how much it already seems to be becoming a period piece. It will be interesting to see the response if they do revive it in another decade.
The chickens were also present and correct for the first two acts before disappearing during act 3 (when a carefully selected prop obscured the place they'd been under the trailer to hide the fact they weren't there).
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Post by alessia on Jul 12, 2022 12:34:16 GMT
I've got a day seat -quiet this morning, just me in the queue between 7 until 8,30- and hopefully will see the chickens this (third) time!
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Post by lichtie on Jul 12, 2022 14:17:35 GMT
I've got a day seat -quiet this morning, just me in the queue between 7 until 8,30- and hopefully will see the chickens this (third) time!
Just to the right of the steps under the trailer. If you're low down you might not see them easily. They tend to just sit around a lot.
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Post by tal on Jul 12, 2022 19:39:26 GMT
I can see the chickens tonight! It’s just a bit tricky seeing them from the front row, that’s why I missed them last time.
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Post by alessia on Jul 13, 2022 5:19:45 GMT
I saw them too, had to stretch get up for a second, but they were there, under the trailer.
Went with a friend who had not seen the play before and she loved it. She later said: Mark Rylance is not of this world.
Guy sat next to us - who is an actor himself- at the end of the show said he'll be doing various impersonations of Rooster Byron in all his upcoming performances & that he felt like he's been to see the Pope as a devout catholic LOL.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2022 11:23:26 GMT
I saw this a few weeks ago and you can put me firmly in the ‘meh’ camp.
It was a perfectly entertaining few hours in the theatre and Rylance’s performance is, of course, great. But unlike others I struggled to see much of relevance to contemporary life and am unconvinced it’s the greatest play of the last X number of years (mind you, I don’t know what I’d nominate instead).
Some gripes:
When you have an actor as strong as Rylance, you need the other roles to have equally strong actors. That wasn’t always the case. (Though I have to say the understudies we saw the day I went were both great, as was Mackenzie Crook).
One of the actresses supposedly playing a teenage girl seemed far too old and knowing. It stopped me believing in the story.
I struggled to hear one of the supporting actors a lot of the time, and I was only mid-stalls.
For all that Rooster is the main character, and a huge character, he seemed not to drive much of the action. Things happened to him, not because of him. Which seems an odd writing decision.
Cast appear to be a tight-knit group, though - the young actor playing Rooster’s son seemed a little down at curtain call and the actress playing his mum was clearly doing her best to cheer him up.
And no solo bow for Rylance. Instead he went straight across that stage directing a huge smile and outstretched arm at Crook. Given some of the discussions in other threads, perhaps there’s a valuable lesson in teamwork and humility some young actors could learn from a master!
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Post by marob on Jul 13, 2022 13:32:32 GMT
Glad it’s not just me, because I must admit I failed to see what all the fuss was about myself. And I felt like I’d already seen the ending when I saw the Ferryman.
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Post by alessia on Jul 14, 2022 10:17:05 GMT
It's good that we all have different taste otherwise it would be a very boring world indeed lol. I've seen the Ferryman and would go a second time if it was produced again, but I don't think it is as great as Jerusalem. I've seen the latter 3 times now and will probably go again before it closes!
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Post by westerbuck on Jul 22, 2022 12:23:51 GMT
A friend & I were planning on trying for day tickets next week. From those who have done it can I ask how many day tickets they have; are they all front row stalls; what sort of time we need to be in line; and can you purchase two tickets each. Thanks 😊
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Post by drmaplewood on Jul 22, 2022 12:52:49 GMT
A friend & I were planning on trying for day tickets next week. From those who have done it can I ask how many day tickets they have; are they all front row stalls; what sort of time we need to be in line; and can you purchase two tickets each. Thanks 😊 40 ticket released per day, front row stalls and when they're going front row of the balcony. £15 each, 2 per person. As for timings, Theatre Monkey is your friend. Most recent reviews don't suggest too early but things will likely ramp up now its close to ending (though nothing close to the 2011 run where people queued overnight for day seats!) www.theatremonkey.com/day-seat-finder |
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Post by jamb0r on Jul 22, 2022 14:04:44 GMT
There’s definitely not 40 day seats available every day. Last time I queued up (a few weeks ago) they handed out tokens to the people in the queue to indicate how many seats were available and told us there was a very limited number that day. It was a 2 show day and there were probably less than 15 tokens in total given out across the 2 performances.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Jul 22, 2022 14:06:05 GMT
A friend & I were planning on trying for day tickets next week. From those who have done it can I ask how many day tickets they have; are they all front row stalls; what sort of time we need to be in line; and can you purchase two tickets each. Thanks 😊 Just in case you're unaware, you can also get £15 tickets for the week ahead online every Monday at 10am. When I got mine it looked like front and back of the balcony were released, not sure if all of them were £15 but the front of the balcony definitely was because that's what I ended up getting (would not recommend the front row of the balcony if you can avoid it though, you have to lean a lot and my back was killing me by the end!). |
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Post by Being Alive on Jul 22, 2022 14:13:47 GMT
I sat in the very back right hand corner in the Balcony for £15 and its a brilliant view.
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Post by al on Jul 22, 2022 16:00:29 GMT
I queued on Wednesday. Arrived at 8.40am. 9 people there. After me only two more people arrived until 9.45am. The day seats were limited to the 14 front row seats for each of the matinee and evening performances. 2 per person. Most wanted the evening. Basically for the evening you needed to be there at 8.30am. For the matinee you could have rolled up at 9.45am and got seats. So tricky to assess time on any day. Will probably get busier as gets closer to end of the run. Wed matinee probably best bet if that works for you.
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Post by wiggymess on Aug 1, 2022 14:28:54 GMT
Anyone who lives/works near the theatre want to earn a few quid for joining the day queue for one of the shows this week? 🤣 can't get down there early enough as don't live in London.
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Post by alessia on Aug 2, 2022 6:05:15 GMT
I queued on Wednesday. Arrived at 8.40am. 9 people there. After me only two more people arrived until 9.45am. The day seats were limited to the 14 front row seats for each of the matinee and evening performances. 2 per person. Most wanted the evening. Basically for the evening you needed to be there at 8.30am. For the matinee you could have rolled up at 9.45am and got seats. So tricky to assess time on any day. Will probably get busier as gets closer to end of the run. Wed matinee probably best bet if that works for you. I agree with this- last time I queued (2 wks ago) I was on my own in the queue for over an hour, I got there at 7 to be on the safe side- it was a Tuesday. I am sure there aren't as many as 40 tks available; my understanding is that they only sell the front row ones as day seats (so 14), and then some balcony seats, at their discretion on the day. |
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