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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 27, 2016 17:45:39 GMT
Agree about Tinkerbell being seriously awful. I was grateful (s)he was on for relatively few scenes.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 27, 2016 9:20:47 GMT
Susannah Clapp gives the trilogy 5 stars and calls it one of the most important theatrical events of the last 20 years. I am there for the day next Saturday (thanks to everyone for the feedback).
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 26, 2016 22:26:12 GMT
Cast work hard, but there is something missing. It needs some fairy dust.
Run time 2h 35 mins.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 26, 2016 18:04:09 GMT
I don't know if I'd like to see Cher in 'King Lear'. Although I did love her in 'Moonstruck'. I suspect a rendition of "If I Could Turn Back Time" might be quite appropriate for Lear.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 26, 2016 17:50:36 GMT
I think xanderl is right on the seating. I was in the front row and thought I would not like to have been in the end of row seats.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 26, 2016 17:26:57 GMT
Also just out of Red Barn also. What couldileaveyou said!
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 26, 2016 13:37:57 GMT
I book tickets to shows across Europe quite frequently and there are no problems. Often sites have an English option and where not they are usually quite obvious. My only issue is that for some sites seat selection does not work so well on mobile devices (which can be useful when travelling). I'm off to Opera Bastille 3 weeks today.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 25, 2016 22:29:49 GMT
My other half is not white & loved this show. She is not British and commented that it was great seeing a musical that was very English. Just one view though.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 25, 2016 22:19:03 GMT
Bit dull for me. Some funny lines & I'm sure it will tighten up as it goes along. But while I can see what a 1930s satire is trying to say, it does not bite like it may have done at the time. Seems a bit of an odd choice for the Young Vic.
Run time 2hr 20, with the interval 2/3 of way through- so don't worry it might be overrunning!
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 25, 2016 21:12:04 GMT
Theatreboard interval meet up with Phantom - great!
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 25, 2016 19:20:16 GMT
C32 - also cheap seat!
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 25, 2016 19:15:15 GMT
Am sitting waiting for the first performance to start!
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 25, 2016 12:06:54 GMT
The article refers to Lear. Just to note that, of course, Shakespeare did not write any roles for women to play. So if Lady Macbeth is now viewed as an 'iconic' role for a female actor, then so can Henry V, Lear or Shakespearean character. Also, there is a difference between a female actor playing the part as a male character or a female character. Glenda J has not changed the gender of Lear (still 'king'), but the gender swaps in RSC Cymbeline have changed them to female characters.
Swapping genders need not be about making more roles available (for either sex). It can simply be about changing perspectives. Imagine a simple two-hander about a woman in an abusive relationship with a man. Swap the actors around and leave the text unchanged - audience reactions may be different. So, I'm all for mixing things up - as long as what comes out is interesting (and not for the sake of doing it!).
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 22, 2016 19:19:34 GMT
;-) ]Note: got an email today from the Royal Court as part of First Look asking for comments - I rambled on a bit. Can't imagine what they'll make of it. [ They will probably ask you to submit a script.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 22, 2016 17:27:30 GMT
Ah, I didn't know that. Was it an example of people who saw it being fascinated by it but the theme being of limited general appeal so that it hardly reached beyond the core Royal Court audience? When I saw it at the Royal Court, my overriding reaction was amazement that it was real and not a figment of my imagination. It's interesting that theatre companies seem to be leaping at the challenge to present The Nether - Latecomer reported here that there was recently a student production in Oxford and there's a planned production in Cardiff in the spring, for example. It's quite unusual for a new play to be widely taken up like this by other companies so quickly. It is excellent but there were no star names and definitely upgrades, if not comps, when I went to see it but it very much relied on word of mouth as I had no interest until people on here raved about it. Yes, excellent - I went to both RC and DoY for it. My memory might be playing tricks, but I seem to remember quite a few empty seats at the RC when I went.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 21, 2016 19:24:45 GMT
I found this OK, but not more. As rumbledoll says, it is whimsical. Visual gaps and increasingly surreal as it continues. Rylance puts in a steady performance, but it does not up there with other performances of his.
Agree though I adored the sequence at the end when {Spoiler - click to view} they talk about how life resembles films (many true statements here that made me laugh out loud) and Rylance does an incredible physical transformation into an old lady. Agreed!
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 21, 2016 19:23:22 GMT
So the mainstream media are still blaming Clinton's loss on third parties and Sanders. They're calling him the Ralph Nader of 2016. Meanwhile they fail to see that Ralph Nader running had only a very small part in Bush' win. Bush won Florida officially by 537 votes. Nader got 97,488 votes in Florida. 7 other candidates polled more than 537, two over 15,000. So third party candidates are likely to have had an effect.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 21, 2016 14:19:54 GMT
Molière?
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 21, 2016 14:09:05 GMT
Went over the weekend. An odd show for me, in that at the time I reacted relatively positively, but have grown more negative about it since. As others have said, the two halves are quite different and this did not work for me (though I don't object to it in principle). I liked that it drew on real experiences. However, while some of it touched me, it did not move me as I thought it might.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 21, 2016 14:02:47 GMT
I found this OK, but not more. As rumbledoll says, it is whimsical. Visual gaps and increasingly surreal as it continues. Rylance puts in a steady performance, but it does not up there with other performances of his.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 20, 2016 9:31:14 GMT
I once went to a theatre that existed in a vacuum. It really sucked me into what it was doing.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 19, 2016 17:54:20 GMT
I believe that when Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats is translated into dog its lyrics are quite different. But that's dogs for you - no feline respect.
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 19, 2016 17:44:51 GMT
The first time I entered the todaytix lottery I won - but never been lucky since!
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 19, 2016 8:28:40 GMT
I really don't want to have to wait until the new year to sss this but tickets were so sold out!! There's the £15 lottery to try!
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 18, 2016 12:01:20 GMT
Well, I was not sure what to expect, but came away feeling very positive. I won't add to earlier comments, which are generally spot on. Just to note that the theatre was busy, but not full. Also, the dynamic pricing seems quite dynamic - I got a couple of £15 tickets in the central block of the circle and looking on the website these are appearing for some future dates.
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