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Post by moelhywel on Feb 26, 2024 14:38:13 GMT
I have just posted a ticket for sale for the evening performance on Wednesday.
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Post by moelhywel on Feb 26, 2024 14:36:38 GMT
I have just posted a ticket for sale for the matinee on Wednesday, includes a programme voucher.
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Post by moelhywel on Dec 6, 2023 10:32:34 GMT
I've just tried to book a ticket and having submitted payment details I got a message saying problems taking payment try again. However the seat I selected is showing as sold so I don't really want to try buying another seat and ending up with two. I shall try looking again later. Just received an email confirming booking. Relieved about that but what a mess!
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Post by moelhywel on Oct 10, 2023 20:37:52 GMT
FrontroverPaul I've been longing to try Chiltern Railways for years, both to enjoy the views en route and for what I hear is a better passenger experience. My ex recently beat me to it for an away game and reported back favourably. It didn't work for my Birmingham trip, for which I'm using WMR as usual (affordable tix & seat reservations both ways). I am however using Chiltern later this month for a day trip to Stratford though am concerned by what you say about overcrowding & the fact that their website said "seat reservations are not available" without giving any reason. Doesn't bode well for a long journey. In general Euston is a lot simpler for me to reach than Marylebone, or I'd have used Chiltern before and would consider it regularly. Chiltern have never done seat reservations. I use them frequently when I travel to London and usually try to arrive at the station with plenty of time to spare so that it is fairly easy to get the seat of my choice.
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Post by moelhywel on Oct 7, 2023 19:45:41 GMT
If you're thinking of visiting the City Art Gallery and Museum then be aware that it is currently closed for "essential ongoing maintenance work".
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Post by moelhywel on Oct 5, 2023 21:51:28 GMT
Birmingham Hippodrome performances next April/May also cancelled, so presume the whole tour cancelled. I've been offered credit which lasts for two years.
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Post by moelhywel on May 1, 2023 19:18:34 GMT
Michael Gambon as Othello, also Escalus in Romeo and Juliet and Peter Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais in Saint Joan at the Old Rep, Birmingham 1968. Anna Calder-Marshall as Juliet in R&J and Joan in Saint Joan as above. Derek Jacobi in the title role of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Mr Puff in The Critic (a double bill) at the new Birmingham Rep. in 1972.
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Post by moelhywel on Feb 22, 2023 12:30:15 GMT
In a queue which has now been paused!
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Post by moelhywel on Nov 11, 2021 20:35:04 GMT
Previews opened this week! Has anyone been yet or planning to go soon? I’m planning on going, I just need to find the time to get to Stratford. Hopefully I can see it at some point in the next month! Main issue is that I can’t do weekends & they only do Saturday matinees, meaning I’d probably have to find a place to stay in Stratford for the evening if I was to see the show. Anyone know somewhere to stay for the night in Stratford? There are Thursday matinees. I went this afternoon with my husband and there were plenty of empty seats, the most I've ever seen there. There are obviously a lot of people still not confident about visiting the theatre. There were some school parties there but they were very well behaved. Some people with masks on but a lot without. I enjoyed the performance but found some of the lyrics a bit repetitive. The music good but not particularly memorable. The elephant is very effective, operated by three people. Summer Strallen looking rather like Cruella de Ville hit some very high notes. I particularly liked Jack Wolfe as Peter and Marc Antolin as Leo Matienne. I'd had the tickets for this carried over from last year but originally was also going to see the two parts of Henry VI in the same visit. I'm not sure I would have booked just for this by itself if I hadn't already had the tickets, having to travel from Mid Wales. Can recommend Ashgrove House B &B on Grove Road as somewhere to stay, within walking distance of the theatre and not too far to walk from the station. It has it's own parking if you come by car.
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Post by moelhywel on Jun 24, 2020 21:53:17 GMT
Posted this in another thread as it seemed to follow on fron the last post there but thoght it relevant here as well.
Item on theatres coming up on Newsnight soon.
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Post by moelhywel on Jun 24, 2020 21:49:59 GMT
Item coming up on Newsnight about theatres.
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Post by moelhywel on Jun 3, 2020 18:32:00 GMT
I’ve just had an email from The Bridge Theatre about La Belle Sauvage
“Because of the continuing restrictions on theatres we are sadly having to postpone performances of The Book of Dust - La Belle Sauvage this summer. As soon as it’s safe to do so, we’ll get The Bridge back open.
In the meantime, we would very much like to hold your booking for The Book of Dust - La Belle Sauvage with the seats you chose - and we’ll get back to you with a new date as soon as we can. If you’re happy with that, you don’t need to do anything.”
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Post by moelhywel on Apr 9, 2020 13:31:47 GMT
Just had an email from the RSC saying that all performances are cancelled until 30th June and the Swan will be closed completely until 26th September.
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Post by moelhywel on Mar 26, 2020 14:17:42 GMT
If you look at the seating plan for The Wars of the Roses in the autumn it is radically different.
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Post by moelhywel on Mar 17, 2020 21:37:53 GMT
If you’re willing to pay £1.50 each way the metro(tram) now runs from New Street station in Stephenson Street up to Broad Street with a stop right outside the Rep. Senior citizen’s bus passes not valid unless you have a B’ham one.
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Post by moelhywel on Feb 12, 2020 21:28:48 GMT
Would anyone know the running time for this. Booked the train well in advance, 1705 from Stratford and wondering if I was going to make it? It’s always the same, when I book a later train the play is only 1.5 hours and I have hours to kill! Thanks in advance. I went to see this last Saturday and you’ll be fine for catching that train. My train back to B’ham was 17.03 and I had plenty of time to spare, I couldn’t have caught an earlier train however. As for the play I recommend it. Brought out lots of things about the British slave trade I hadn’t known about, especially how the slaves weren’t really free even after they’d been “freed”. Very good performance by Richard Clothier as Alexander Boyd. I had a seat on the side of the first circle for £16. Excellent value for money.
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Post by moelhywel on Sept 15, 2019 8:36:25 GMT
“I’m always slightly worried about seeing something that is "rarely performed". There is often a reason!”
It is probably rarely performed because nearly all of Barrie is rarely performed today. Dear Brutus was at the Southwark Playhouse recently but apart from that I can’t remember seeing any Barrie advertised for years. I suppose he’s considered old fashioned these days but perhaps some revivals could be considered.The Admirable Crichton seems to be the only one of his plays which comes around occasionally. I remember seeing a production of Mary Rose in the eighties at the Shaw Theatre with Mia Farrow in the title role and she was ideally cast in that.
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Post by moelhywel on Sept 1, 2019 8:27:19 GMT
I’m not sure this is the right place for this post but Phoebe Waller-Bridge will be signing copies of Fleabag: The Special Edition at Waterstones, Piccadilly today at 2pm.
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Post by moelhywel on Jun 11, 2019 23:13:49 GMT
I don’t know if this has been mentioned elsewhere but a screening date for this has been announced at last - Wednesday 20th November.
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Post by moelhywel on May 15, 2019 14:07:47 GMT
New seat layout... Q35 is the new Q34. Pillar has moved maybe an inch more over, but there's nothing behind the seat so you can move your head as usual. Q3 too has the same view - pillar is only 50cm from the side of the stage, but you can't move your head to see around it. Other rear stalls now are mainly pillar free in the centre of rows. Edge views are about the same as usual. Slightly OT but I just looked at seat Q35 for Endgame and it was coming up at £65 and not £20. Have they decided it’s not worth a restricted view price?
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Post by moelhywel on Apr 16, 2019 18:27:10 GMT
I’m on both but have different usernames. I’m Pulcinella on the ballet forum.
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Post by moelhywel on Mar 16, 2019 23:18:20 GMT
Just back from seeing Sir Ian at the Theatr Hafren in Newtown and what a special evening it was. I doubt if this theatre has ever had anything like this before and probably never will again. A really entertaining programme and how he will keep this up for the entire tour I don’t know. At the end of the evening he was shaking the bucket for donations and then signing programmes. So nice to see quite a lot of children there, probably because of his role as Gandalf, but hopefully will inspire them to go to live theatre, especially after his story of how he wanted to be involved in theatre.
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Post by moelhywel on Jan 15, 2019 19:56:09 GMT
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Post by moelhywel on Sept 19, 2018 22:21:49 GMT
A chance to look at the revamped ROH this weekend:
The Royal Opera House will be open as part of Open House London Saturday 22 - Sunday 23 September. 10am – 6pm, free entry. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIFTEEN YEARS THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE WILL OPEN ITS DOORS FOR OPEN HOUSE LONDON WEEKEND Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 September, 10am – 6pm. Free entry For the first time in fifteen years the Royal Opera House will take part in Open House London on Saturday 22nd – Sunday 23 September, 10am – 6pm. Offering the perfect opportunity to come and see the Opera House’s newly refurbished public spaces and experience the new Linbury Theatre, the West Ends newest most intimate theatre. Having undergone a major £50.7m three year refurbishment by architects Stanton Williams, the Royal Opera House has transformed its public spaces with inviting new entrances, extended foyers and terraces, a new café, bar and restaurant. The refurbishment is part of the Open Up project unveiling the Royal Opera House as a destination venue open to non ticket holders throughout the day and night. At the heart of this project is a brand new Linbury Theatre, providing an additional world-class stage for The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera and a host of internationally celebrated artists and partners. During Open House weekend visitors can take in the new spaces, café, restaurant and shop which stocks a selection of bespoke merchandise inspired by the art forms of ballet and opera. Animating the new Linbury Theatre over this weekend will be a world premiere of Faces, a short film by choreographer and filmmaker Kim Brandstrup. Staring Carlos Acosta, Alina Cojocaru and Zenaida Yanowsky, the film is set to music by Francois Couperin. A pop up exhibition by Stanton Williams charts the three year refurbishment project from initial design to completion. Also on display will be pieces from the Royal Opera House archive including Margot Fonteyn’s iconic Black Swan tutu from the 1950s production of Swan Lake and Maria Callas’ costume from Franco Zeffirelli’s 1964 production ofTosca. In addition to the new spaces the main auditorium designed in 1856 by EM Barry will also be open for visitors to experience.
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Post by moelhywel on Sept 19, 2018 21:50:41 GMT
A new book about the National Theatre, Dramatic Exchanges by Daniel Rosenthal is due to be published on 1st November by Profile Books, priced £25. Subtitled The Lives and Letters of the National Theatre it is “A rich collection of correspondence like no other, this book offers a fascinating and celebratory look at the world of theatre and beyond. This book brings together for the first time eight hundred of the most inspiring, dramatic and amusing letters from the life of Britain’s most beloved theatre, from fantastical good luck missives to long conspiratorial letters. Together they reveal the stories behind some of the most lavish, triumphant, daring and disastrous productions in the theatre’s history.”
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Post by moelhywel on Aug 18, 2018 19:57:14 GMT
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Post by moelhywel on Aug 6, 2018 22:03:51 GMT
2019 Summer Season announced September 2018 in the What's On leaflet I picked up tonight at the RSC. Plays still not yet announced are Taming of the Shrew, 3 parts of Henry VI, Richard III, Comedy of Errors, King John, As You Like It, Measure for Measure, All' Well That Ends Well, Pericles, The Winter's Tale and Henry VIII. All taken from the programme in date of writing order.
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Post by moelhywel on Jun 5, 2018 22:06:44 GMT
Just back from the cinema screening of An Ideal Husband and really enjoyed it. Have to agree with all the comments about Freddie Fox, he was the stand out performance, but also really liked Frances Barber and Sally Bretton. I also thought that the difference in the ages of the actors for the ages they were supposed to be didn't quite make sense but it was so good that it didn't really matter. The cinema was more or less sold out, just the odd seat empty, but the age demographic was ancient. I'm over 60 and I think I was one of the younger members of the audience. Have people who have seen this in the theatre find it was the same?
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Post by moelhywel on Apr 23, 2018 22:23:26 GMT
Just back from seeing this, a production aimed at the younger generation. Modern dress, minimal set, mainly an enormous cube, open on two sides, which can be turned round. The interior acts as Friar Laurence's cell and the Apothecary's shop and the top as Juliet's bedroom and the tomb. No swords but youths who carry knives, as a lot of todays young do. There are about six school students who appear at the beginning (and then occasionally at other times) when they are all declaiming the opening lines and talking all at the same time so you couldn't hear what was being said. This really put me off and I thought that setting it in the current day was a big mistake but gradually I was won round and overall thought it worked really well. The main changes are giving the roles of Mercutio, Escalus, Gregory, Friar John (here Sister John) and the Apothecary to females. The only one of these that really bothered me was Mercutio but that was maybe because I wasn't keen on the actress. There is an interesting article in the programme as to why Erica Whyman chose to do this and another article on knife crime in Shakespeare's time and now.
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