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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 11, 2017 20:37:46 GMT
Great atmosphere here in the RAH.
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 7, 2017 8:53:05 GMT
The number of times I've suggested this while dating. It tends not to go down well.
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 6, 2017 17:39:16 GMT
Posted in wrong thread - sorry. Now that is bad behaviour!
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 6, 2017 15:41:36 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 6, 2017 9:17:54 GMT
The Oliviers are fixed?
Which Andrew will it be? Which Andrew will it be?
And the award for best actor goes to ....
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Jude Law!
WTF?!
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 5, 2017 17:54:47 GMT
Cheers Jon, fingers crossed it gets the go ahead. Indeed. The sooner Stomp can get shuffled on out and some decent new theatre in, the better! I suppose when they start clearing out, they've already got the bins to put the rubbish in.
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 5, 2017 7:44:19 GMT
Dear 7 year old girl making derogatory comments about the actors during Addams Family at the top of her voice ("She's ugly", "Hurry up, get on with it!", "Her skirt's on backwards - can't she dress herself?"), unless you can do better, shut your mouth and have a bit of respect for the actors putting on a show to entertain you. Also, mother who did nothing whatsoever to curb her behaviour, you should be ashamed of yourself. The daughter of Quentin Letts?
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 3, 2017 17:11:20 GMT
They would do anything for a musical, but they won't do that. They would confiscate your water, sandwiches and Malteser shaped bombs off you on the way in, AND charge you about £25 for a glass of wine though, and two out of three ain't bad Yes. The way to get water in (learning from the Harry Potter play security) was to wear a coat with deep pockets for the water and carry a bag. Only the bag gets checked.
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 3, 2017 15:11:59 GMT
I was recently at a one woman show in n the US and one guy was laughing loudly at every little thing to the point of absurdity. It was starting to put the performer off. Fortunately the story took a dark turn that even this guy could not continue to laugh at.
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 3, 2017 13:17:57 GMT
It certainly isn't - I love my vegetables and happily eat them every day. You're just saying that. I suspect a diet of cream eggs.
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 3, 2017 13:06:39 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 3, 2017 7:52:05 GMT
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 2, 2017 19:29:00 GMT
The story has nuances? That sounds even less likely than a TheatreBoard thread staying on topic! Strat, Raven, Sloane, Falco, Zahara, Jagwire, Tink, Ledoux and Blake don't spend almost 3 hours having zero meaningful character development to be shown this kind of disrespectful attitude They would do anything for a musical, but they won't do that.
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 1, 2017 19:37:33 GMT
I went to the 2nd four of these yesterday at the Old Vic. An enjoyable hour indeed.
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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 31, 2017 9:09:39 GMT
Nice and easy. Oddly my password did need resetting even though I'd only booked with the theatre 3 days ago!
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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 28, 2017 19:08:08 GMT
Yes, indeed. It's very difficult to understand how a brand-new company got such a big chunk of funding on the basis of being in the South West without actually having any productions in the South West announced, when other regional organisations with strong track records had their funding cut. Maybe by southwest she merely was referring to the Old Vic being southwest of the Globe.
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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 28, 2017 17:18:28 GMT
The WoS press release calls this a 'pantomime' and apparently this will be a refreshed reinterpretation, with Dickens himself turned into a character; other characters include 'Mrs Snapchat' and 'Uber'. Hmmm.. So the ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet to come all arrive at the same time as they have cut costs by using uber pool.
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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 28, 2017 16:21:23 GMT
Oddly in the middle of this run, there is a separate production of this in Greek with English surtitles at the Shaw Theatre: shaw-theatre.com/index.php?id=254Two shows only. Could be curious two show day if someone wants to see both productions.
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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 27, 2017 17:07:25 GMT
@parsley said to book this
So I did
He was not wrong
Excellent
Thanks
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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 27, 2017 9:39:34 GMT
I am definitely on the very positive side for this one. I thoroughly enjoyed it - both the music and the drama. And £5 seats for press night were a bonus! It has clearly split the critics. A glowing 5 star review from Billington down to 2 stars from WOS.
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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 26, 2017 9:32:19 GMT
Saw it Monday night. Having read about it and knowing what to expect, it was not as bad as I was expecting. In fact some scenes were rather good. Some of the acting leaves a bit to be desired and the start is particularly confusing if you don't know the story. However, I quite liked the mix of old and new and the staging (which had no problems). Having said this, overall there was still something unsatisfying about the play as a whole.
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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 25, 2017 12:23:23 GMT
Yeah, I think it's laboured too But "Milk / Plain / Dark" could get you into trouble with Race Relations. Buttons, Malteasers, Bars probably needs copyright clearance. Hard, melted and soft, well, say no more... Side track: Richard Branson originally wanted to call his airline classes "Upper, Middle and Riff-Raff." Only one of those names survived. Should have been Magenta, Columbia and Riff Raff
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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 24, 2017 15:20:14 GMT
Not had an email from them yet, though, about my own seat either. Your seat's fine. Could do with a bit of toning and it wouldn't hurt to wiggle it a bit more, but otherwise nothing to worry about.
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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 24, 2017 14:28:05 GMT
I've just returned from a trip to Washington DC, attending several theatres. None had any security checks. This included going to both the opera house and the theatre in the Kennedy Center. There were plenty of security staff there, but my only interaction with them was offers of help if I looked like I was lost.
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Post by bellboard27 on Jul 24, 2017 14:20:37 GMT
Just impulse-booked a press Night £5 ticket in the dress. Use promo code PRESS5. Thanks!
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