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Post by crowblack on Apr 8, 2020 14:45:01 GMT
I always used TM's website for tips on seating, day seats and even directions to a theatre! Me too, a fantastic resource for navigating around theatres, especially when I was just getting back into theatregoing after a long illness break a couple of years ago. I do hope he comes back.
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Post by crowblack on Apr 8, 2020 10:22:20 GMT
I've heard mixed reports about his temprement at stage doors, etc. I did see a video of these fans bothering him at the Nash tho. He had a sore throat and just wanted to go home and was firm but polite, but they just stood round filming him and I'm like... just l e a v e h i m a l o n e I haven't met him but I don't think you can blame him for this - he doesn't strike me as an actor who has deliberately courted fandom/stardom (e.g. no social media profile, as far as I'm aware), but rather had it thrust upon him c/o Sherlock, a series that was itself a form of deluxe fanfic and played completely into the arms of that sort of fandom. And now the Marvel stuff. It seemed to get a bit like a quieter stage version of the Beatles, who stopped playing live (or so it was said) because they couldn't be heard above the screams.
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Post by crowblack on Apr 6, 2020 8:56:43 GMT
The Orton Diaries, published very posthumously in the 80s, are a great read, though with the warning that he is 'problematic' (he'd be in prison now for what he does in Tangiers, and he acknowledges that himself). The Alan Bennett-scripted film 'Pr**k Up Your Ears' was adapted from them. I'm currently reading Simon Callow's biography of Charles Laughton, and found that some of the screen tests and clips he mentions are now up on Youtube, while the Dirk Bogarde-presented documentary on the unfinished 1930s I, Claudius is included as an extra in the BBC box set of the 1970s I, Claudius.
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Post by crowblack on Apr 5, 2020 12:31:45 GMT
I thought it was an excellent performance. He did it well - my issue is the casting. In all the Schaubuhne productions I've seen, there have been few women in the cast. Hamlet doubled Gertrude and Ophelia - I get the point being made about Hamlet's attitude to women, but why not cast actresses 'sexblind' in some of the male roles, acting 'male'?
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Post by crowblack on Apr 5, 2020 9:28:40 GMT
But overall, the play felt a bit 'hollow', it was about one thing and one thing only. I agree - I watched it for Eidinger's performance, but the rest of the court paled into identikit insignificance and as a whole it didn't work for me in that sense (and making Margaret male was unforgivable - I'd like to see some sex-swapped roles the other way, thanks! This company seems to operate on the Smurfette principle, very male, very white).
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Post by crowblack on Apr 3, 2020 22:51:26 GMT
The film is on TV this coming Monday night at 1.30am (or the wee small hours of Tuesday)
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Post by crowblack on Apr 3, 2020 21:12:08 GMT
Richard III was indeed super and I'm glad I finally got to see it. I hope they show it again in the coming weeks.
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Post by crowblack on Apr 3, 2020 16:35:10 GMT
A hazelnut in every bite - Some chocolate bar, but the name eludes me "A squirrel turd!" was the playground reply.
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Post by crowblack on Apr 3, 2020 12:23:19 GMT
My speed is only around 2mbs and I had buffering during the 1st half and variations in picture quality. I moved to s different room near to a booster for the 2nd half and it improved slightly. Still enjoyed it though. If you mean One Man Two Guvnors, we watched it on Youtube through the telly (I think most modern TVs will allow this - ours is 10 years old but I did it through a newer Panasonic Freeview box). The night before I tried to watch the Schaubuhne Hamlet online and it kept stopping, so we watched that through the telly too (Vimeo with a Roku box on an ethernet cable) and it played smoothly without problems, though no subtitles.
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Post by crowblack on Apr 2, 2020 16:15:03 GMT
Eidinger's performance gave me no time to think, there was so much to process, at such a pace, all the time! Yes, I really hope they broadcast this again over the coming weeks - given how long this is likely to last it's a possibility!
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Post by crowblack on Apr 2, 2020 14:56:17 GMT
Btw, the Schaubuhne streams seem to end in the late evening - I watched Hamlet on the TV using a Roku box for Vimeo, so couldn't get subtitles, and hoped to be able to go back to a few bits afterwards via my desktop stream, but couldn't - it had already been taken off. I found the online/desktop version with subtitles kept stalling, making it impossible to watch, plus my Mum likes Lars Eidinger (blue eyes!) so we had to use TV.
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Post by crowblack on Apr 1, 2020 13:09:12 GMT
Anyone else, like me, getting the feeling we're not going to be seeing much theatre for the rest of the year? I wonder what's going to happen to TV / film productions too?
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Post by crowblack on Mar 31, 2020 9:26:24 GMT
Sony are delaying major film releases until next spring and after. I wonder if there'll be any theatre/cinema at all this year?
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Post by crowblack on Mar 28, 2020 22:01:29 GMT
Just watched the Hedda Gabler, and can confirm the English subtitle function works!
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Post by crowblack on Mar 28, 2020 14:01:15 GMT
If not then I might be self-isolating with my mother for over 20 years, given both my grandparents lived to 93 & my mother is currently 72. Also, given how anxious I was yesterday about just dashing 200 years down the road to pick up some groceries from my aunt & uncle's house (left on the doorstep, no contact), I think I will find it very difficult after months/years of self-isolation to be in a big group of people. I imagine many others who, like me, find socialising quite difficult at the best of times will feel the same. Agree - I'm in the same situation here, and if/when theatre does start up again I hope it will allow some sort of home viewing access to those who will not be able to visit, either for their own safety's sake or because they are shielding others who are vulnerable. Access has always been an issue for many with physical or mental disabilities, geography and poverty so I hope theatres who now "discover" they can stream things into homes will continue to do so with future productions for those of us who are in these groups anyway.
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Post by crowblack on Mar 28, 2020 9:32:58 GMT
Economically, I cannot see how the closure can go beyond early to mid summer. I can't see how they can re-open this year - Autumn is optimistic, though I have booked a gig rescheduled to October. 'Lockdown' may 'flatten the curve' but even coming out of this, the disease is still out there and a sector that requires a lot of older people to sit in very close proximity for 2 or 3 hours is one of the highest risks, surely. And that's assuming people will still be in the mood to create and enjoy - I think the psychological effects of this are going to be devastating for many.
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Post by crowblack on Mar 26, 2020 10:15:37 GMT
...and my big bugbear is people who have accounts seemingly simply to retweet things, no original thoughts or insight. That seems odd. No, I do this a lot now - I use it as an online scrapbook for me, like newspaper cuttings. I don't tweet opinions/thoughts much myself anymore because, particularly as a woman, you can quite quickly get hostile responses and I just can't be arsed emotionally with the nastiness and endless notifications you get, plus I use my real name which is probably daft of me (maybe I should set up a made-up-name account for more freedom). I do tweet support for a great play, book, performance etc. if it's something that I feel isn't getting the publicity it deserves or if other people on Twitter are being unreasonably nasty about it. I rarely Tweet negative stuff (much as I'd like to sometimes!) because I know programme-makers, actors (and their families!) etc. look up their names, and it must be hurtful.
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Post by crowblack on Mar 24, 2020 23:27:28 GMT
Uncle Vanya, The Welkin and Shook, a fab debut play which I caught on tour at the end of last year - it was due for a West End transfer in April and I hope that it still goes ahead later in the year.
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Post by crowblack on Mar 24, 2020 9:04:04 GMT
But if no one is making films now and for the next six months then the backlog of films which were about to be released will be needed to fill in the gaps of the schedule next year. They could rerun some of those indies that got limited release! Fat chance, I know. Or a season of 'spectacular classics on the big screen once again' with a £6 ticket? I think people will be desperate for the social aspect of cinema by then...
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Post by crowblack on Mar 24, 2020 9:02:52 GMT
At the moment they're charging just over fifteen quid for 48 hrs rental. Sorry but sod that! Agreed - our local Cineworld is pricey, around £12 to £13 for regular 2D, but it's also generally pretty empty for the same reason! The Odeon has now dropped its prices to around £6. I'd pay higher for a small Indie film because they need the support, but not a big studio blockbuster. Btw I have just subscribed to the Bfi player, £49 for a year and a great film library.
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Post by crowblack on Mar 23, 2020 19:04:03 GMT
There will be a window with a countdown ahead of the streaming, but I don't know when exactly they put them up each day. Thanks! I'm really looking forward to Richard III - I missed it at the Barbican.
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Post by crowblack on Mar 23, 2020 17:19:05 GMT
Thanks for the link - where do I find these/open them on the page?
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Post by crowblack on Mar 19, 2020 21:17:52 GMT
I've just signed up for BFI player, though I don't think I can play it on my TV unless I get an amazon stick. Our desktop has a good screen though!
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Post by crowblack on Mar 19, 2020 21:00:51 GMT
BFI are putting some of the Flare festival films on BFI player.
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Post by crowblack on Mar 18, 2020 20:39:43 GMT
King Charles III, The Hollow Crown air on TV. They say they're putting a load of things back on iplayer so they could be included in that.
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