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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 13:32:11 GMT
Do you know your seat in advance with the Rush tix?
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Post by cmcphail on Mar 9, 2017 13:34:02 GMT
Do you know your seat in advance with the Rush tix? I was assigned seats when I put them into my basket on the app. |
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Post by peggs on Mar 18, 2017 15:53:29 GMT
Any thoughts on day seating on a Saturday and how early you'd need to get there? Anyone wandered past that way?
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 18, 2017 17:58:17 GMT
Any thoughts on day seating on a Saturday and how early you'd need to get there? Anyone wandered past that way? I got there about 10.20 this morning (aimed for 10 but trains messed up) & they had all gone. The box office staff said there had been quite a long queue by 10 & they understood the first people had got there about 9. I turned down the offer of row E upper circle at £20. However I couldn't find anything else I wanted to see (either understudies were on when I wanted to see leads or leads on when I wanted to see understudies) so I decided to try the Apollo again about 2.15 & got stalls K4 for £35 rather than the usual £62.50. I see it's white on @theatremonkey.com's site but I thought it was a good seat. I really enjoyed the play again. Not much had changed from the Menier, as far as I could remember, apart from the very start. |
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Post by peggs on Mar 19, 2017 16:19:29 GMT
Thanks Dawnstar, will see how keen I am to get up early next weekend, all my London stations will be shut so it'll mean working my way around the tube which will add on time.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 23:51:09 GMT
Snaffled a £20 rush ticket for the matinee with TodayTix, dress circle row A. Great bargain. Enjoyed this far more than other Stoppards I've seen. (Possibly because this was more about art than, say, science or philosophy - so I was automatically on surer ground.)
Still some utterly baffling scenes, though. The actor who stepped forward at the end to tell the audience about the Comic Relief collection the theatre was running began with "Ladies and gentlemen, this afternoon you've laughed at lines even WE don't understand!" and the rest of the cast were giggling, so I guess the feeling is universal.
Thought Tom Hollander was wonderful, and am very pleased to have also finally caught Freddie Fox on stage (his, ahem, unexpected entrance after the interval was priceless).
The less said about TodayTix's 'swipe to complete transaction' functionality the better, though...
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Post by peggs on Mar 26, 2017 16:34:46 GMT
Day seated for this yesterday and after a first initial ten minutes of bafflement whilst I tried to catch up with everyone else who were roaring away I loved it. Bellboard27 thanks for tip re the centre seats, avoided those pile of books and Dawnstar for day seating timing tips. I spent 2 very chilly hours sat on the front step but happily chatting to a similarly minded theatre goer and then a great few hours of theatre. Yes quite a lot of passed me by and I do need to go and do a fair bit of googling now to find out more about some people and bits of history but that was half the fun. I found it very funny, quick, lovely paper filled set, with interludes of dancing all round clever writing and wonderful acting. I haven't seen Tom Hollander on stage in quite a while and he was just great and glad to see Freddie Fox after hearing so much good stuff but there are no weak links here. Of course I'll never be able to explain what it was about to anyone but hey ho they already think I see odd sounding things.
PS Theatremonkey you are really are famous, had a whole conversation with my fellow queue just about how great your site is.
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Post by Dawnstar on Mar 26, 2017 16:51:40 GMT
Day seated for this yesterday and after a first initial ten minutes of bafflement whilst I tried to catch up with everyone else who were roaring away I loved it. Bellboard27 thanks for tip re the centre seats, avoided those pile of books and Dawnstar for day seating timing tips. I spent 2 very chilly hours sat on the front step but happily chatting to a similarly minded theatre goer and then a great few hours of theatre. Yes quite a lot of passed me by and I do need to go and do a fair bit of googling now to find out more about some people and bits of history but that was half the fun. I found it very funny, quick, lovely paper filled set, with interludes of dancing all round clever writing and wonderful acting. I haven't seen Tom Hollander on stage in quite a while and he was just great and glad to see Freddie Fox after hearing so much good stuff but there are no weak links here. Of course I'll never be able to explain what it was about to anyone but hey ho they already think I see odd sounding things. PS Theatremonkey you are really are famous, had a whole conversation with my fellow queue just about how great your site is. Glad the day seating tips helped. I too had to look up various pepople & events after I first saw it at the Menier. Yesterday I bought the script, as even after 2 viewings I felt there were some bits I didn't get, especially as some of it is delivered very rapiedly. |
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Post by Latecomer on Apr 22, 2017 18:38:02 GMT
Well this was fun! I don't think it is really pretentious.....complicated, yes, pretentious no. I like how he just weaves stuff together and leaves you with a train journey home googling stuff! And hey, if people don't want to go and see it, or feel stupid if they don't understand it that's up to them...when I don't understand or know something I don't feel stupid, I go away and read up a bit on things! I am tremendously ignorant about lots of things but this is beacuse I have not been taught about them and not because I am stupid and a difficult play does not make me question my intellect! There we go....rant over! I found this a delight and thought everyone in it was great. Sometimes a production has a certain sort of joy in it, where you feel that the actors are having the best of times, and this was one of those! Great set and lighting and music and bingo, a great afternoon out. Good job I am short, though....F23 in the circle has NO legroom! I cannot believe they would sell these seats for the price advertised! Luckily TodayTix Rush seat for £20 was a bargain...especially as I had £20 credit from using a code and then someone using mine!  |
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Post by bordeaux on Aug 17, 2017 9:28:33 GMT
Fascinating. Rather brave - and cheering in my view. I wonder if any of the cast will follow; is Hollander a big name in the US? I doubt it. I am interested to note the name of the theatre it's transferring to: the American Airlines Theatre. Is that a foretaste of things to come over here? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 9:34:53 GMT
I am interested to note the name of the theatre it's transferring to: the American Airlines Theatre. Is that a foretaste of things to come over here? You mean like the Dorfman?  |
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 17, 2017 9:47:59 GMT
Don't get me wrong, I'm very pleased a London production is transferring to New York, New York, but I doubt many Americans will 'get it', though they'll pretend they do!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 10:22:31 GMT
It's not a long run though, and in one of the smaller Broadway theatres so I'm sure they'll find an audience. The AA is about the same capacity as the Garrick or the Playhouse I think.
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