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Post by showgirl on Apr 24, 2016 14:17:50 GMT
I am still trying to see this but am fast running out of time as it ends on Saturday and I would have to make a 3rd, extra trip this week if I could get a ticket. However, I have lost count of the number of times I have entered the lottery, in vain (and if you enter by email, you seem not to receive any notification regarding the outcome); trying at the Box Office resulted in the offer of £90 tix only and I can't get the online booking to work at all - no matter how often I try, it won't even let me select a date/performance to see if there are tix available.
So I'd be grateful to know, please, whether anyone here has actually succeeded in obtaining a ticket via the lottery, either by email or using the app, and also for any clues as to how to get the online booking to work?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2016 14:36:21 GMT
I've just tried a few online outlets as a test and they seem to be off sale there too. Guess maybe they have sold well for the last week! However the Guardian newspaper's online theatre box office is showing a tiny bit of availability for 30th - grand circle e20/21 for £17.50, stalls row Q for £75. You might need to play around with the system to get it to show the one you want, though... www.theguardianboxoffice.com/london-theatre |
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Post by showgirl on Apr 24, 2016 16:59:27 GMT
Thank you so much, jeanhunt! I will indeed have a look.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 25, 2016 9:00:18 GMT
I've had the same issue - it's been near sold out for the last month, and I've also had no luck with the lottery. I'm surprised it's been so popular to be honest - Winter's Tale I expected to be in high demand, but not this. Sadly it doesn't seem to be available as an NT Live cinema screening either.
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Post by joem on Apr 29, 2016 20:55:06 GMT
Saw it tonight. I normally avoid farces like the plague but was drawn to this by the casting.
It was enjoyable, even if it isn't my type of humour, and the audience absolutely loved it. I thought Ken and Rob were good, worked together well and built it up to a great tempo. Mark Hadfield provided solid support too.
No point in going all Shakespearean to criticise this. Did what it said on the tin.
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Post by Phantom of London on Apr 30, 2016 0:40:55 GMT
Not a fan on farces myself, but still a glutton for punishment .
I saw Harlinquindae, which was painstaking and made me cringe and just confirmed that Mr Brangh cannot do comedy, but when seeing the Painkiller you realise I was wrong, but why? The answer is Mr Brydon a fantastic, nuisanced and subtle actor, who Mr Branagh could bounce off and flourish and it worked, this lacked in Harlinquindae as Mr Brangh was the lone star that made me cringe.
At the end Mr Brangh and Mr Brydon shared equal star billing for the bows and I see why.
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Post by theatreman on Mar 21, 2023 23:38:40 GMT
Does anyone know where i can buy the book for this play. It was published by Nick Hern publications, but i can't find it anywhere. There is hardly a picture of it's cover on the internet. I have located a copy on the french amazon which costs around 50 pounds. I would appreciate any info on this. Many thanks.
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Post by jr on Mar 22, 2023 8:41:37 GMT
I would try writing directly to NH books, they might have some copies lying around. Maybe try physical shops? National theatre or The Calder Bookshop & Theatre on The Cut, near Old Vic.
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