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Post by keyspi on Nov 26, 2024 9:12:00 GMT
I can't imagine they want a load of empty Part 2 tickets. Yes, agreed. My query was just about the best way to get a decent ticket for Part 1 only. It doesn't get any cheaper than this website. harrypotter.ticketing.nimaxtheatres.com/tickets/plans/harrypotterandthecursedchildpartoneI purchased a £15 ticket for Part 1 this Monday and am attending tomorrow, so there is good pricing available even at short notice. Mind you the sightlines and legroom in this price range are said to be terrible, but considering it is £15 I'm not complaining 🤷♂️ |
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Post by keyspi on Nov 27, 2024 18:20:46 GMT
Saw part 1 earlier today and I couldn't be any happier that I had not booked part 2 as well.
Granted, at just over 30, I'm hardly the target audience for the show, though I did grow up with the Harry Potter books and films at the height of their popularity.
I've attended around 200 plays & musicals in London over the course of the past 3 years and this was easily top 3 most disappointing ones.
I found the writing uninspired, there was no suspense, no intrigue and I often found my attention veering towards exploring the ceiling while deliberating over what meal I was going to go for once this all wrapped up.
This wasn't helped one bit by the fact whoever was sat in front of me kept leaning forward significantly obscuring the view, but having paid just £15 for my seat, I was prepared to have something like that happen to me.
On the positive side, the "magic" is cleverly executed and transitions are very smooth on stage, but I found that to be the only redeeming quality of the show.
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Nov 28, 2024 11:18:42 GMT
If that was in the bottom 3 of 200 shows, I really wonder what else you see in the theatre...
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Post by keyspi on Nov 28, 2024 17:15:10 GMT
If that was in the bottom 3 of 200 shows, I really wonder what else you see in the theatre... Just within the last 7 days "How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found", "The Unseen" and "Reykjavík". I am a bit too old to be impressed by simply prancing around waving magic wands à la HP and Wicked, without this also being backed up by more complex character development and engrossing dialogue. To quote HP & CC Part 1 "Wizzo. Wizzo? Wizzo!" I expect Part 2 is more of the same P.S. I've also previously seen and thoroughly enjoyed Jack Thorne's When Winston Went to War with the Wireless and Stranger Things: The First Shadow |
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Post by Figaro on Nov 28, 2024 18:51:08 GMT
Saw part 1 earlier today and I couldn't be any happier that I had not booked part 2 as well. Granted, at just over 30, I'm hardly the target audience for the show, though I did grow up with the Harry Potter books and films at the height of their popularity. I would say you are the exact target market. |
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 28, 2024 18:52:34 GMT
Yeah same, and if you've seen 200 shows in the UK this year you'll have seen some proper crap that's objectively worse than this 😂
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Post by keyspi on Nov 28, 2024 21:06:44 GMT
Yeah same, and if you've seen 200 shows in the UK this year you'll have seen some proper crap that's objectively worse than this 😂 Well, I haven't seen 200 shows in the UK this year, have I? 🤔 |
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 28, 2024 21:21:33 GMT
Yeah same, and if you've seen 200 shows in the UK this year you'll have seen some proper crap that's objectively worse than this 😂 Well, I haven't seen 200 shows in the UK this year, have I? 🤔 Oh apologies - hadn't read 3 years - assumed it was all in 1. |
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Post by nash16 on Nov 28, 2024 21:38:24 GMT
This sounds, sadly, like a classic case of Balcony-itus too. If anyone has sat up top at the Palace will testify. Cheap, but certainly not cheerful. I kind of wish you'd been able to see it lower down.
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Post by orchidman on Nov 28, 2024 21:41:22 GMT
If that was in the bottom 3 of 200 shows, I really wonder what else you see in the theatre... It's one of the worst shows of all time. |
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Post by properjob on Dec 1, 2024 14:26:07 GMT
If that was in the bottom 3 of 200 shows, I really wonder what else you see in the theatre... It's one of the worst shows of all time. That is quite the claim. The number of stars from reviews, the number of awards it has won and the length of time it has been running suggests what you have posted might not be entirely correct. |
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Post by ceebee on Dec 1, 2024 14:30:45 GMT
It's one of the worst shows of all time. That is quite the claim. The number of stars from reviews, the number of awards it has won and the length of time it has been running suggests what you have posted might not be entirely correct. Agree - aloadus bollococus.. the awards and repeat extensions speak for themselves. |
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