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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2021 9:51:47 GMT
They’re doing Sunday performances to align when people are at home and have their leisure time, so given an extra opportunity to go to the theatre. So this suggest that theatre doesn’t seem to envisage tourists going in, for the short term anyway, hence trying to capture times best suited for the indigenous population and here lies the problem for me, as the people work in theatre are human too and have rights to a little bit of family life, we already ask a lot of them by working every evening and all day Saturday, so if you have a young family this is very harsh. Also take with a pinch of salt if you will the big names that support working on a Sunday, as they have the luxury of sending on a alternate when they feel they need their family life. I have no such issue scrapping the Sunday trading laws for shops. Surely working Sundays would mean they scrap one of the weekday performances in lieu. I'd vote Monday evening, especially if people now have four opportunities to see a show over the weekend. It looks like it's a fairly even divide between shows taking Monday/Tuesday off, so there's not a dark evening in town. |
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 4, 2021 10:14:38 GMT
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Post by southstreet on Mar 4, 2021 10:54:08 GMT
It was supposed to be happening from Jan, I had booked for one based on the cast. But as it got moved and no confirmation on cast I asked for a refund. If the cast for the first one stays as it was (it's still on the website), I will definitely rebook. :-)
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 14, 2021 13:34:26 GMT
It's quite long, but this is an interesting read about the pilots to get live events up and running again. A knowledge of snooker is not essential, so please don't let that put you off! wst.tv/crucible-to-welcome-fans/ |
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Post by theatreian on Mar 16, 2021 14:46:44 GMT
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 17, 2021 12:10:48 GMT
Really happy to see Bath Theatre Royal and Hampstead Theatre announcing new seasons. Safety precautions look good, even though I still find the thought of sitting for two hours in a mask an unappealing prospect. But if it means I get to sit inside a theatre this year then I'm all for it.
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Post by theatreian on Mar 20, 2021 14:33:46 GMT
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Post by Mark on Mar 22, 2021 10:30:09 GMT
Lion King reopening July 29th!
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 23, 2021 10:49:41 GMT
Cineworld is to reopen in May. I'm remaining cautious but that will be one of the first places I venture to. I won't renew my Unlimited card just yet though, quite happy to spend seven pounds on a ticket, still much cheaper than the current Video on Demand prices:
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 23, 2021 11:21:01 GMT
I do hope so. I really miss going to the cinema.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 23, 2021 11:30:29 GMT
I barely went to the cinema more than once or twice a year before lockdown but the one thing I want to go and see this year is In The Heights.
I want to see it on a big screen with proper sound.
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Post by david on Mar 23, 2021 11:37:48 GMT
Good news about Cineworld reopening. I just want to see the new Bond film this year if nothing else.
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Post by zahidf on Mar 23, 2021 11:44:48 GMT
I imagine the Kong vs Godzilla and Black Widow films will be the first ones out
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2021 11:53:07 GMT
Weirdly I'd happily go to the cinema over the theatre during the next few months. I think because of the bigger seating and the likliehood of not being crammed in anywhere.
The 'More of Less Theatre' thread gave me my first 'nightmare' in a long time last night. I was sat bang centre of the circle at a theatre waiting for a show to start and some big man sat next to me started coughing and wouldn't stop and no-one would budge to let me out so I was trapped there with him right there next to me constantly coughing. Stressed just thinking about it now.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2021 12:19:47 GMT
I barely went to the cinema more than once or twice a year before lockdown but the one thing I want to go and see this year is In The Heights. I want to see it on a big screen with proper sound. And West Side Story for the same reason! |
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Post by christya on Mar 23, 2021 13:00:07 GMT
Yeah I want to see both Heights and West Side Story in cinemas. I'm still a bit disappointed at them releasing Hamilton for home viewing, I'd much rather have seen it at the cinema.
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Post by vickyg on Mar 24, 2021 9:43:13 GMT
I have woken up in a very pessimistic mood and I can't see how in less than three months the rules are going to allow hundreds/ thousands of people to sit next to one another in an auditorium. Shows that have started rebooking for dates in July and had previously decided they couldn't/didn't want to work with social distancing will inevitably have to postpone/cancel again one social distancing is maintained for the foreseeable future.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 11:01:21 GMT
I have woken up in a very pessimistic mood and I can't see how in less than three months the rules are going to allow hundreds/ thousands of people to sit next to one another in an auditorium. Shows that have started rebooking for dates in July and had previously decided they couldn't/didn't want to work with social distancing will inevitably have to postpone/cancel again one social distancing is maintained for the foreseeable future. Yes I also have moments like this. I am a bit torn really. On the one hand with the endless negativity in the news, all the panic now about Europe's 3rd wave and the fact that it feels we have been in this unrelenting lockdown forever, it does seem very hard to imagine theatre with no distancing from 21st June. Also in the UK we have had a pretty solid record of opening booking optimistically then cancelling, rescheduling, repeat ad infinitum. It's exhausting. Nothing on Broadway has taken bookings since this began. But on the other hand, with the vaccine roll out, I kinda think why CAN'T we open in June. Nearly all adults will be vaccinated by then and as far as I can tell there is nothing more that can be done. So if that doesn't work as well as we'd like don't we have to take the hit and 'learn to live with the virus' as people keep saying. As if not when everyone is vaccinated, then when? At some point we have to take the plunge. Is a tricky one - but I do remain hopeful for June. |
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Post by jojo on Mar 24, 2021 12:03:06 GMT
Weirdly I'd happily go to the cinema over the theatre during the next few months. I think because of the bigger seating and the likliehood of not being crammed in anywhere. The 'More of Less Theatre' thread gave me my first 'nightmare' in a long time last night. I was sat bang centre of the circle at a theatre waiting for a show to start and some big man sat next to me started coughing and wouldn't stop and no-one would budge to let me out so I was trapped there with him right there next to me constantly coughing. Stressed just thinking about it now. I agree. And for me I have to travel for most live theatre so all in it's more expensive and will have more potential for pinch points. The cinemas can afford to operate with audiences spread out, and presumably multiplexes can negotiate with the distributers to adjust their costs per play of a film appropriately if they put on extra screenings to allow it. Well timed screenings mean there should never be big queues for the toilets and I would argue that people who are feeling under the weather are more likely to postpone their trip to the cinema than a person who booked theatre tickets months in advance. Regardless, my first visit to a cinema will be a slightly anxious affair, so I'd rather get used to sitting in an audience when I am not spending as much or it's not a special night out. If I get there and realise that safety measures aren't what I'd expect, it's not a big deal for me to leave. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 24, 2021 12:07:06 GMT
I have woken up in a very pessimistic mood and I can't see how in less than three months the rules are going to allow hundreds/ thousands of people to sit next to one another in an auditorium. Shows that have started rebooking for dates in July and had previously decided they couldn't/didn't want to work with social distancing will inevitably have to postpone/cancel again one social distancing is maintained for the foreseeable future. Yes I also have moments like this. I am a bit torn really. On the one hand with the endless negativity in the news, all the panic now about Europe's 3rd wave and the fact that it feels we have been in this unrelenting lockdown forever, it does seem very hard to imagine theatre with no distancing from 21st June. Also in the UK we have had a pretty solid record of opening booking optimistically then cancelling, rescheduling, repeat ad infinitum. It's exhausting. Nothing on Broadway has taken bookings since this began. But on the other hand, with the vaccine roll out, I kinda think why CAN'T we open in June. Nearly all adults will be vaccinated by then and as far as I can tell there is nothing more that can be done. So if that doesn't work as well as we'd like don't we have to take the hit and 'learn to live with the virus' as people keep saying. As if not when everyone is vaccinated, then when? At some point we have to take the plunge. Is a tricky one - but I do remain hopeful for June. Not wanting to be pessimistic, but... fourth wave surely |
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Post by Mark on Mar 24, 2021 13:28:55 GMT
Third wave? Fourth Wave? Heck, 10th wave? Yes.
Will they be as "deadly"... with the vaccine - no.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 13:38:09 GMT
I've had enough of pessimism. Life is too short to be scared and negative all the time, I certainly have no intention of living like that. Each to their own of course, and I am not saying don't be cautious, but I need to think more positively now otherwise what point is there to life.
I am under no illusions, the virus is here to stay and anyone who still thinks the aim is the eradicate the virus completely does need to think again as that just isn't realistic in the short or even possibly medium term. That's life, that is unfortunately how viruses work.
This has always been risk management, no more than that, and that will undoubtedly continue, but it needs to evolve to the changing vaccine landscape. A third, fourth or whatever wave is not the same cause for alarm it was a year ago. It is inevitable, but it no longer means life has to stop. Endless lockdowns and closing things down just aren't feasible.
If people are not personally willing to take risks of going to events that is of course their decision, and places where people have no choice but to go such as supermarkets undoubtedly need to continue with safety measures, as well as basic hygiene measures everywhere, but other than that there is no reason to assume that everything will inevitably have to be closed again.
At some point there is a tipping point between case reduction and other damaging factors such as economic destruction where the lesser harm is to reopen and keep going with life almost as we knew it. With the vaccine, that point cannot be that far away, and it will then be a case of monitoring to ensure hospital caseloads are manageable and imposing some temporary restrictions if they are not.
Unless there is compulsory vaccination, there is no other way to make life any safer except to keep locked down indefinitely, which I doubt anyone really wants.
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Post by talkingheads on Mar 26, 2021 15:45:02 GMT
I have noticed particularly with comedy clubs, bookings for a lot of places are being sold only in tables of two, four or six; which leaves the solo traveller out in the wind!
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 29, 2021 13:34:49 GMT
In non-theatre news, there are people playing bowls in the park for the first time since the end of the 2019 season. Crown green, obvs. None of that flat nonsense around here.
We are getting there...though that's what I thought last year. Maybe if I keep saying it we will eventually get there?
(There is actually a John Godber play about bowls; except Crown Prince is not really about bowls, it's about climate change. Written in 2007 it were. Very much ahead of his time is our JG!)
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Post by anita on Mar 29, 2021 13:58:46 GMT
In non-theatre news, there are people playing bowls in the park for the first time since the end of the 2019 season. Crown green, obvs. None of that flat nonsense around here. We are getting there...though that's what I thought last year. Maybe if I keep saying it we will eventually get there? (There is actually a John Godber play about bowls; except Crown Prince is not really about bowls, it's about climate change. Written in 2007 it were. Very much ahead of his time is our JG!) My dad used to be a regular bowls player. - but it was the flat one! |
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