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Post by cavocado on Dec 11, 2022 9:30:49 GMT
I also really like Hampstead as a space - nice foyers, mostly good sightlines and comfortable seats, not bad value, and next to a tube station. I hope they can find a model where they retain the new writing Downstairs and make upstairs more commercial.
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Post by chameleon on Dec 11, 2022 10:20:22 GMT
I'm clearly in the minority on 'Blackout Songs' - I liked the first 15 minutes, the acting was great, but then it kept going round in the same circles, the question on hand - keep the addiction, have a wild time, and destroy yourself/each other, or lead 'tedious' clean lives, is a very familiar one from 'trainspotting', and there was nothing to make me care about either of the protagonists, so after a while I just wanted it to be over. Did you have a free programme on your seat? It would have helped you understand the circles.
As it's finished I'll mention it is primarily a memory piece with an emphasis on something called Korsakoff Syndrome.
oh, I understood, of course. just the structure didn't really help examine the question at the heart of the play. if it had been a play about, say, how to make amends for all the hurt you caused in your alcoholic years, when you can't remember any of it correctly, this might be the right structure. but a decision on whether to choose life, or not, probably works better in a linear structure... |
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Post by Jon on Dec 11, 2022 15:44:32 GMT
Weren't Hampstead in the doldrums before Ed Hall took over? I think they need an AD who can come up with programming to entice audiences again and make the case for ACE funding again.
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Post by alessia on Dec 13, 2022 16:01:16 GMT
Was supposed to go see Art of Illusion on Saturday evening but it has been cancelled & I got the money back- probably will rebook for January.
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Post by Dave B on Dec 13, 2022 16:13:29 GMT
Was supposed to go see Art of Illusion on Saturday evening but it has been cancelled & I got the money back- probably will rebook for January. Uh oh, did they say why? We are due Monday which is the performance after. Thanks! |
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Post by alessia on Dec 13, 2022 16:31:28 GMT
Was supposed to go see Art of Illusion on Saturday evening but it has been cancelled & I got the money back- probably will rebook for January. Uh oh, did they say why? We are due Monday which is the performance after. Thanks! The email only mentioned 'unforeseen circumstances' - and that the first preview will now be Monday 19th so you should be fine! |
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Post by Dave B on Dec 13, 2022 17:13:33 GMT
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