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Post by wiggymess on Nov 11, 2022 13:38:35 GMT
I've never seen Lily Allen act... Who has? Well, all the people who saw her Olivier-nominated performance in 2:22...
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Post by wiggymess on Nov 10, 2022 16:42:54 GMT
Do we know a likely price chart for this?
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Post by wiggymess on Sept 8, 2022 13:00:09 GMT
I'm my opinion, the zoom call is a triumph of form working together with substance. We all know from social media that the most hostile partisan voices drown out anybody trying to mediate, and this scene reflects that perfectly. The scene is arranged so that the hostile partisan messages behind the actors draw your attention away from the actors. Because they are more hostile, and because those messages are so obviously heading for conflict, the actors trying to talk sense in front of those messages cannot hold our attention. The way this mirrors real life (familiar hostile insults, familiar hapless moderators, the inevitability and futility of it all) is what is so funny. We are forced to recognise our own addiction to drama over common sense, when the show demonstrates how instinctive it is to preference the former over the latter. I particularly loved the running thumb-up emoji joke, which times it's payoff perfectly. Interesting about the emoji, as I thought it was really overused and somewhat lost its power as a joke as a result. Think for me it summed up that scene as something that worked at first, then dragged, and ultimately outstayed its welcome a bit. The audience absolutely loved it though.
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Post by wiggymess on Aug 5, 2022 10:54:51 GMT
Tom Cruise was at Jerusalem on Tuesday (I wasn't there).
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Post by wiggymess on Aug 3, 2022 12:01:38 GMT
The theatre doesn't have a dress code. Anyone should be welcome regardless of whether they have the means to don evening wear or not. It's not 'bad behaviour' of any kind to go to a theatre in a t-shirt and shorts in the middle of summer. If they're sitting down and shutting up and not disturbing anyone else, there's no need to judge people. Fully agree with this. Often try and take my reluctant friends to the theatre and had one instance recently where one of them was almost too nervous to go into the theatre after realising not many other people had shorts on, on a boiling hot day. Told him no one cares what you're wearing as long as you don't disturb people. It's a shame that was a lie rather than the actual truth.
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Post by wiggymess on Aug 1, 2022 14:28:54 GMT
Anyone who lives/works near the theatre want to earn a few quid for joining the day queue for one of the shows this week? 🤣 can't get down there early enough as don't live in London.
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 6, 2022 11:06:58 GMT
OV website is an absolute mess.
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 1, 2022 15:08:39 GMT
Was wondering if anyone has sat in the Restricted View seats in row A of the side Dress Circle (seats 27 and 28)… how “restricted” is the view? Thanks! This is your best bet - reviews/photos of the seats. seatplan.com/london/apollo-theatre/seating-plan/
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 13, 2022 21:33:44 GMT
They have commissioned a Jewish writer, and one over 30. He's not a playwright though is he ? Looks like the first thing he's ever written for the theatre. Which is exactly what the RC was being criticised for not doing in the other thread.
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 13, 2022 21:32:45 GMT
Hold on... this is what we're supposed to want isn't it? This is what the RC is "supposed" to be programming. Surely we will all be supporting this new season and proving that there is demand and financial viability in commissioning new writers? Or are we back to wanting only established names? Confused. Perhaps I'm getting old but I do like a couple of familiar names in with the new ones. Sure, appreciate sarcasm doesn't travel work on the internet, I agree with you. It was more aimed at the fact that there are contradictions between this and the other thread about dave d.
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 13, 2022 16:55:25 GMT
Thats a bit of a stretch but we can agree to disagree. Not the best idea to market it that way but honestly I think an overaction, but not an unexpected one in this day & age.
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 13, 2022 16:52:30 GMT
Already causing controversy because none of the Jewish theatre artists who gave up their time for free to have meetings and provide free learning materials to the Court were invited to be involved, and that they’ve programmed the play to have its press night on a Jewish High Holy day. Good for doing something, but the Court really need to commission a Jewish writer to write an actual play, and not someone who’s Vicky’s best mate from school. They have commissioned a Jewish writer, and one over 30. Gasp. Or is it just that it's the wrong Jewish writer? It was her idea, doesn't look like she did write it. Why does it need to be an "actual" play?
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 13, 2022 16:49:27 GMT
Hold on... this is what we're supposed to want isn't it? This is what the RC is "supposed" to be programming. Surely we will all be supporting this new season and proving that there is demand and financial viability in commissioning new writers? Or are we back to wanting only established names? Confused.
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 13, 2022 15:01:22 GMT
Probably worth spoiler tagging that - I think some people will be wanting to go into this one blind. Sorry, I presumed the story was out there now through theatre Twitter and it's too late to edit (I've asked mods if they can do it). It just feels so tin-eared (again). Theatre still has a class problem, an access problem. To promote a play as being by a working-class sounding middle-aged first timer looked like they were trying to address that. As many on here suspected, that was too good to be true and just serves to highlight the problem more. I agree there are issues and you're right it probably was a bit tone deaf but I don't think it was their intention. It says he's worked in the security industry, the working class thing is a bit of a leap other people have taken, it wasnt signposted as LOOK WE ARE COMMISSIONING A WORKING CLASS WRITER. It's a shame people are disappointed & didn't cotton on to the whole point of the play. I tried early on here to warn that it wouldn't be what some people thought it was.
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 13, 2022 13:36:13 GMT
I don’t think anyone seriously expects the Court to programme a completely inexperienced writer who’s never written a play before (although as a matter of fact they have done exactly that, and of course it was a Royal Court employee who was good mates with Vicky Featherstone). There are lots of extremely talented women and minority writers who are burning up the fringe scene, not new writers but people who have been working for 5 years at places like Vault, Edinburgh, Bush, Soho, Pleasance, had TV and film commissions but who unfathomably are yet to have a full length professional production at a major theatre. Those are exactly the kind of promising early career writers the Court should be programming but the Court and theatres of a similar level won’t touch them because they’re not part of the right clique or not from the right background. It’s shocking that they programmed an employee who’d never written a play before but won’t even take meetings with critically acclaimed emerging playwrights who have made their mark on the fringe scene. New season does seem to include the sort of writers you're talking about, no?
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 13, 2022 12:08:02 GMT
I was one of the naive people until I read the early messages on here. I'd be happy to see a play by the actual writer, whose work I really like, but was also excited by the idea of a real older writer with no theatre background, because I can't remember the last time I saw a play by a new writer who wasn't either under 30, already a writer of other forms, or already working in theatre as an actor or other capacity. I don't think it matters much - the play will be remembered for whether it is well-written, not for the gimmick. But it feels a bit cliquey to do it this way... The RC markets itself as 'the writers' theatre' and part of its remit is to find and nurture new writers. So, yes that should include a wide range of ages, just as I'd expect it to include a range of cultural and class backgrounds. The key word there being "nurture" not commission or programme. Their writing groups include a wide variety of ages and backgrounds but it's not realistic or practical to imagine someone will be plucked out of obscurity and be programmed in a theatre like that without some sort of previous experience, proven track record or (unfortunately) helpful connections, despite how exciting and interesting to see someone like that have a play on at the RC. Are the same people who complain about this the same who shell out and put the effort into seeing new writers in the many fringe theatres across London? Something tells me no.
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 13, 2022 11:37:46 GMT
Probably worth spoiler tagging that - I think some people will be wanting to go into this one blind.
It's very clear why it wasn't billed as that, because of the whole concept of the play... let's not be disingenuous about this and pretend they could have billed it as a play by... The whole idea is pretty clear. I'm honestly really surprised anyone didn't clock onto the fact it wasn't a security worker or whatever the blurb was. The description, the fact it says no one is who they seem, heck even the title of the play gives it away, this wasn't as cryptic as being made out.
I don't disagree it would be interesting for them to commission inexpericed writers, middle-aged etc etc but why is that what they "should" be doing? It really isn't. It isn't their remit. Neither is it any of the other big theatres.
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Post by wiggymess on Jun 13, 2022 9:13:17 GMT
This has caught a fair bit of heat on twitter. Could argue it wasn't the wisest way to market it with the manufactured details given about the "writer" but... blimey... I do feel a bit of common sense would have told you it was an alias and people seem quite keen to take this a personal attack on particularly older writers who haven't been commissioned.
Are we now to pretend other big theatres are doing anything different?
I looked at some of the spoilers in this thread as wasn't sure whether to go, now I'm more interested...
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Post by wiggymess on May 26, 2022 22:57:44 GMT
Does anyone know roughly the time it takes to get from the Elizabeth line platform to the Jubilee platform at Canary Wharf? Can't seem to find out online. Going to the O2 next week and my initial excitement about cutting out a bunch of faff getting there from Paddington has died down now I realise it probably isn't going to make much difference what with changing. You have to leave the station, turn right and walk straight through Jubilee Place shopping centre. I’d say maybe 6 minutes or so platform to platform. Thanks. Not much benefit in using that route then.
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Post by wiggymess on May 26, 2022 22:47:53 GMT
Does anyone know roughly the time it takes to get from the Elizabeth line platform to the Jubilee platform at Canary Wharf? Can't seem to find out online.
Going to the O2 next week and my initial excitement about cutting out a bunch of faff getting there from Paddington has died down now I realise it probably isn't going to make much difference what with changing.
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Post by wiggymess on May 26, 2022 15:35:11 GMT
Proving to be annoyingly elusive this. Any time the website shows a link to book for tickets there’s never anything actually available on the seating plan. Would suggest another route to try for a ticket would be Twickets - occasionally they pop up on there. Very legit site and you're only able to sell for face value, but I expect they go quickly on there too so worth setting up an alert (but you'll have to be quick once you get it!) If you search on twitter you can see that some have popped up this week. Good luck!
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Post by wiggymess on May 26, 2022 11:06:45 GMT
Does anyone know the situation as it stands with day seats? I see they're popping up a lot less online so wondering what sort of time I'd need to get there to snap up a front row seat? And I guess still £15? Any insight would be very helpful! Trying to arrange to go with some fairly broke, non-regular theatregoers and would be great if they could experience from the front rather than a tricky view up in the balcony. Thanks in advance! I got a day seat on the first Saturday of May. I joined the queue around nine in the morning and was fifth in line. By the time the box office opened, twelve more people were behind me. I paid £15 for a front row seat, which was a great deal! Hope this helps. Great, thank you!
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Post by wiggymess on May 26, 2022 10:50:35 GMT
Does anyone know the situation as it stands with day seats? I see they're popping up a lot less online so wondering what sort of time I'd need to get there to snap up a front row seat? And I guess still £15? Any insight would be very helpful! Trying to arrange to go with some fairly broke, non-regular theatregoers and would be great if they could experience from the front rather than a tricky view up in the balcony.
Thanks in advance!
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Post by wiggymess on May 19, 2022 21:17:41 GMT
I am hearing this production hasn't been an instant hit. Which makes me twice as excited to go watch it next week. Based on what? I thought it was fantastic and was very well received on Saturday..
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Post by wiggymess on May 15, 2022 9:32:51 GMT
Am I missing something here? When did front row day tickets become £75? Is that the case from now on?
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