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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Oct 21, 2021 10:46:14 GMT
I mean....let's see how this goes.
I feel this has been more than a LIMITED run.
FLEETING?
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Oct 21, 2021 11:01:09 GMT
'Number of users in queue ahead of you: 6176
Expected arrival time on the website: more than an hour
Your estimated wait time is: more than an hour'
YUP.
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Post by fiyerorocher on Oct 21, 2021 11:02:40 GMT
Yeah I tried it and got 6300+. Considering they were sold out completely of tickets by 1300ish in the queue last time, I've pre-emptively given up :')
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Oct 21, 2021 11:07:00 GMT
Same. At least there's the live stream / archived recording - whatever it will be. At least that's something!
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Post by QueerTheatre on Oct 21, 2021 11:27:29 GMT
oh wow! i thought it was super easy & i was booking on my phone from portugal - i logged in at 11.45 & when i joined the queue only 62 people ahead of me!
i got myself a restricted view stalls seat for closing night, as that’s the only night i could make!
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Post by fiyerorocher on Oct 21, 2021 11:28:40 GMT
It's all luck of the draw - regardless of when you join the queue before 12, you're randomly assigned a place
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Post by peggs on Oct 21, 2021 11:38:20 GMT
Was 900 odd in queue, got on just after 12.30, a few circle standing tickets left for stream night, the rest gone so fastest sell yet.
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Post by G on Oct 21, 2021 11:41:09 GMT
It's all luck of the draw - regardless of when you join the queue before 12, you're randomly assigned a place Good to know at least I could not have gotten a better position in the queue by opening the site earlier - got 3,600, now down to 2,400, ETA is 1.30pm...  abandoning all hope  |
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Post by peggs on Oct 21, 2021 11:42:54 GMT
No entirely chance with the queue, a few standing tickets reappearing and going currently but that's a long old stand.
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Post by G on Oct 21, 2021 11:54:08 GMT
All gone: We’re sorry but tickets for in-person performances of The Tragedy of Macbeth have now sold out. Tickets are still available to watch our live streamed performances next week.
Online it is then
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Post by jamesxxx on Oct 21, 2021 15:23:15 GMT
Question guys. The live stream. Will this be worth it. Is it like NT live edited with different camera angles etc or a single view from a lone camera middle stalls? Not well explained on their website.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Oct 21, 2021 15:35:24 GMT
Question guys. The live stream. Will this be worth it. Is it like NT live edited with different camera angles etc or a single view from a lone camera middle stalls? Not well explained on their website. It's been a while since I watched Hymn, their last livestream, and that was filmed without an audience so it's hard to say how indicative it'll be of how this is filmed but it most definitely wasn't just a lone camera in the stalls, there was lots of handheld movement iirc. I also don't think they'd cheap out on something with big names like this, I honestly can't think of a single theatre livestream I've seen that has been a stationary single camera so I really doubt this is going to be anything like that. |
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Post by peggs on Oct 21, 2021 17:19:16 GMT
For the few remaining standing tickets in the circle today it said for all that there would be restricted views because of cameras being used to film and that there would be an on stage camera so audience members might be filmed. Or something like that but anyway sounds like multiples.
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Post by AddisonMizner on Oct 23, 2021 6:04:55 GMT
Are there any rumours of this transferring?
I did not get tickets, but am desperate to see this in person.
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Post by Dave B on Oct 23, 2021 7:46:30 GMT
I did not get tickets, but am desperate to see this in person. Might be no harm to call the box office every now and again. When we saw it last week, two people nearby at got returns earlier that same morning. |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Oct 23, 2021 9:08:51 GMT
I did not get tickets, but am desperate to see this in person. Might be no harm to call the box office every now and again. When we saw it last week, two people nearby at got returns earlier that same morning. Oh yeah or just regularly check the website, tickets pop up all the time |
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Post by barrowside on Oct 26, 2021 21:22:33 GMT
If you have the time queue from early morning. I arrived from Ireland at about 8.30am for Hamlet (before the filming and transfer were announced)and there was a longish queue and the 16 dayseats were gone at 10.30 once the box office opened. I went on a waiting list and you weren't allowed to leave the theatre as you had to be there if a seat became available. It was an exhausting day - I sat in the café on my tablet and organised some work at at about 3.30pm my name was called. I got a restricted view seat for £10 which was just up high and not really restricted. I just had time to go check into my hotel and shower and get something to eat before the show. I was questioning my wisdom but Andrew Scott soon dispelled that
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Post by lynette on Oct 27, 2021 14:27:43 GMT
If you have the time queue from early morning. I arrived from Ireland at about 8.30am for Hamlet (before the filming and transfer were announced)and there was a longish queue and the 16 dayseats were gone at 10.30 once the box office opened. I went on a waiting list and you weren't allowed to leave the theatre as you had to be there if a seat became available. It was an exhausting day - I sat in the café on my tablet and organised some work at at about 3.30pm my name was called. I got a restricted view seat for £10 which was just up high and not really restricted. I just had time to go check into my hotel and shower and get something to eat before the show. I was questioning my wisdom but Andrew Scott soon dispelled that What dedication. Am thinking of an award for total devotion to theatre. |
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Post by peggs on Oct 27, 2021 19:17:12 GMT
Watching live stream and you'd never know you were in a theatre, no sign or sound of audience and all lots of close up shots that I am finding strangely distancing.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2021 19:44:40 GMT
Watching live stream and you'd never know you were in a theatre, no sign or sound of audience and all lots of close up shots that I am finding strangely distancing. Yes I agree, it is making it seem even more over-stylised than it appears to be. Cutting the audience applause to a blank screen at the interval was just odd. It is reminding me of the recent NT Romeo & Juliet broadcast (the O'Connor/Buckley one). |
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Post by peggs on Oct 27, 2021 20:12:06 GMT
Camera angles driving me mad assume choices to fit with play choices but I'd quite like to see more than one person at a time or you know two people but you get both their heads in shot.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2021 20:25:56 GMT
Yes I agree. Also not well thought through given the number of times a cameraman has been caught in the shot!
I am glad they have streamed it given getting a ticket was practically impossible, but the way they have done it sadly hasn't held my attention.
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Post by Latecomer on Oct 27, 2021 20:52:32 GMT
Tried the Live Stream, managed half an hour but close ups didn't work with slow pace and use of the full stage and glass screens and just couldn’t hold my attention. I should really have remembered I’m not good with live streams but I think the way they did it and probably the production itself didn't help the format either. Never mind, Almeida got a bit of my money until I get back again sometime!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2021 20:55:30 GMT
And instead of seeing the bows we get finally to hear a bit of the applause over some end credits. Really, really odd.
The camera blocking needs to be completely rethought for the remaining showings, it just got worse as the play went on - such as an entirely unnecessary close up of Lady Macbeth after her death where you could see Saoirse Ronan breathing, and a shot in one of the final monologues that cut off the top of James McArdle's head (but wasn't so close that it seemed deliberate).
It's a shame, because the performances are decent and the cuts mostly work well. But as a filmed performance I was taken out of the atmosphere by the shot choices rather than drawn into it.
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Post by sweets7 on Oct 27, 2021 21:04:44 GMT
I really loved the production on this. Loved the visceral and the embedding in nature and, given the time of year amd Samhain, the essential celtic, druidness of it.
Off choice aboit not seeing the bows...weird and obviously.as far as filming goes it was a bit 9f a tech rehearsal. When they film one live they usually do film it earlier that day or the previous one for a run through. No chance here I gather.
As for the acting. I mean just uniformly brilliant.
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