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Post by harlow on Nov 23, 2017 20:34:53 GMT
Well just realised I have double booked. This and John at the NT. Which should I keep and which return? You should be able to exchange either for another date. I have done at Hampstead before (assuming you want to see both)
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Post by harlow on Nov 23, 2017 18:40:04 GMT
I got an email saying "if you liked Hapgood, you'll LOVE Cell Mates!". Thanks for the tip, Hampstead, I'll save my pennies. Booked for this then received this email and thought 'Oh no...'
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Post by harlow on Nov 23, 2017 18:38:44 GMT
There's lots of places to choose from - it depends on what you're looking for and whether you want to pay for your makeup to be done or would rather a redeemable service. I work as a makeup artist and freelance a lot in Liberty where most counters will do your makeup either for a small fee or by redeeming on a couple of products. If you want to just pay for the service you can go to any makeup boutique (there's a lot in Covent Garden) or of course there's MAC but you might not like the result as they tend to be quite paint by numbers.. I've got lots of recommended artists in Liberty and also SpaceNK if you want to message me.
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Post by harlow on Nov 20, 2017 17:18:13 GMT
Not so much as some, but have booked so far: Belleville, De Profundis, Network, The Birthday Party, Julius Caesar, The Brothers Size, Amadeus, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Macbeth, Girls and Boys, The York Realist, Summer and Smoke, The Inheritance, Absolute Hell, Caroline or Change, Fun Home, Company, A Very Very Very Dark Matter... and probably some things I've forgotten.
(I didn't include other performance - but have booked 6 classical music performances, 4 opera, and 8 poetry/literary readings.)
also probably going to NY for Travesties so will also book for Angels in America and Hello Dolly if that happens.
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Post by harlow on Aug 10, 2017 21:43:18 GMT
I would have loved to have gone to this as a costume designer and collector - sadly I'm in Bath that day (well, evening) to see The Real Thing.
Curse my bad scheduling!
I'm trying to tell myself that most of those 10,000 items will either end up being expensive (STARTING at £1 doesn't exactly suggest it isn't still a lot for the good stuff) or not be what I would be after.
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Post by harlow on Aug 8, 2017 23:06:35 GMT
Here's hoping they are - and that someone for whom it would mean a lot will end up getting her balloted tickets in a secondary round.
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Post by harlow on Aug 8, 2017 22:44:54 GMT
Who? Seriously, I'd pay that. I'm paying a lot more than that to see Oscar Isaac in Hamlet, since I'm going to New York for it! I've messaged you
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Post by harlow on Aug 8, 2017 22:21:17 GMT
And so the inevitable wave of people selling their 'won through ballot' tickets for hundreds/thousands of pounds begins... (yes, I've already had someone offer to 'sell' me their winning ballot for a simple 350 pounds - erm, no.)
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Post by harlow on Aug 8, 2017 21:40:22 GMT
No success for me or my mum. 😢 Sorry to hear that kathryn! Was holding out hope for you.
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Post by harlow on Aug 8, 2017 18:22:31 GMT
I was unsuccessful too.
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Post by harlow on Aug 2, 2017 11:23:10 GMT
My favourite one person play is Misterman by Enda Walsh. It's also one of the best plays overall that I've ever seen; dark, human, revelatory. Very funny and utterly heartbreaking .
I also absolutely adore Sea Wall by Simon Stephens. I think you can still find the short film with Andrew Scott if you'd also like to see it as well as read.
Neither is in the same vein as Fleabag though (stylistically or thematically).
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Post by harlow on Jul 25, 2017 16:24:46 GMT
I paid £15, matinee price, and have received the email moving me to row A. The same for me.
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Post by harlow on Jul 19, 2017 9:21:36 GMT
If anyone is having trouble booking for Albion when you get through and try and choose a seat - (every time I clicked on stalls it would throw me back out saying it wasn't available) if you click below on "select best available" and then choose the price you want tickets in the stalls will miraculously appear.
Odd thing - but hopefully that will help someone.
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Post by harlow on Jul 15, 2017 16:41:01 GMT
Anyone else finding that booking both parts of the Inheritance plus one other is not allowing for the 20% saver price? Yes, me, nine posts above yours! Because the 2-play days are being sold on one ticket it's obviously counting them as one show. Ah sorry thought that was just the 2 play days - I was trying to book on separate days.
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Post by harlow on Jul 15, 2017 15:50:47 GMT
Anyone else finding that booking both parts of the Inheritance plus one other is not allowing for the 20% saver price?
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Post by harlow on Jul 13, 2017 23:46:53 GMT
Transferring next year at the Lyric - hoping to catch it there.
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Post by harlow on Jul 8, 2017 16:58:30 GMT
The Wig Out reading was spectacular. 2 hours 10 with an interval, and semi-staged with costumes, costume changes, songs, dance routines (including Jonjo chair-dancing in sparkly platforms!). Extraordinary that they managed to do all that in one day of rehearsal and in no way a "reading." Some of the actors were even off-book! Ha! Having seen the Royal Court Theatre production, I couldn't imagine how Wig Out could possibly work as an unstaged reading. Absolutely loved Wig Out - Jonjo was definitely a highlight but thought everyone bought so much joy and life to it. Definitely not your standard "reading"! The atmosphere in the room was really wonderful - I had originally not booked for this one as I wondered how on earth they would manage this play as a reading but I was so excited by the cast that I decided to chance it, so glad I did.
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Post by harlow on Jul 4, 2017 20:41:07 GMT
He's also performing as part of Queers at the Old Vic later in July.
AiA not keeping him busy enough?
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Post by harlow on Jul 3, 2017 19:21:38 GMT
I do love George MacKay and SRB is always a pleasure but I was also expecting something a little more exciting - probably because all the others were announced and this left out so I kept dreaming of possibilities. I am still going - it's a play that holds a special place in my heart - but can't help but think there were more surprises in the other casts. Don't know if I would do a 6 hour journey for it emi..
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Post by harlow on Jul 3, 2017 16:38:32 GMT
FINALLY!!
BENT Simon Russell Beale (as predicted), along with George MacKay, Paapa Essiedu, Adrian Grove, John Pfumojena, Pip Torrens
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Post by harlow on Jul 3, 2017 11:50:43 GMT
I can't take this waiting....
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Post by harlow on Jul 1, 2017 23:46:49 GMT
All the cast is up on the NT site now except for Bent
Along with the two above there is
Certain Young Men Jonathan Bailey, Ben Batt, Oliver Chris, Billy Howle, Lorne MacFadyen, Stephen Rashbrook, Brian Vernel, Toby Wharton
Wig Out! Arun Blair-Mangat, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Tunji Kasim, Alexia Khadime, Kadiff Kirwan, Jonjo O'Neill, Abiona Omonua, Tom Rhys Harries, Ukweli Roach, Cat Simmons, Craig Stein
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Post by harlow on Jun 16, 2017 19:59:14 GMT
Would have loved to see this - but I was too slow. All sold out.
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Post by harlow on May 18, 2017 23:54:29 GMT
I really enjoyed this when I saw it in Oxford - but it isn't really a play as such. It's beautifully written and will definitely appeal to fans of poetry. It is as David J says mostly a monologue of reminiscence (interjected by the recitation of Betjeman's poetry) but Edward Fox lends it a subtle grace and real warmth. I wasn't a huge fan of Betjeman when I'd studied him at university and went to this on the strength of Fox whose charisma really carries it. I think if you go into it expecting theatre you will be disappointed, there is very little by way of movement or mise en scene, but if you are a lover of words it is quite compelling.
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Post by harlow on May 10, 2017 13:45:34 GMT
This week it's Monday - Nell Gwynn (The Globe) Tuesday - The Ferryman (Royal Court) Wednesday - A Lie of the Mind (Southwark Playhouse) Friday - Life of Galileo (Young Vic) Saturday - Gabriel (Greenwich Theatre)
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