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Post by Coated on Aug 14, 2016 22:20:38 GMT
Ah, this sounds like I might want to give this a miss on Tue. After 3 weeks of Bolshoi mania I won't mind not seeing the inside of a theatre for a week or so.
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Post by Coated on Aug 14, 2016 19:55:27 GMT
What's wrong with plonking them in front of a telly and teaching them the remote control? That's "learning" isn't it? You'll make an excellent Papa Bear, having figured out the basics of child rearing already. 😉 Once they are 2 or 3, they can graduate to YouTube on a tablet...
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Post by Coated on Jul 31, 2016 0:13:00 GMT
I had the misfortune to stand for 2.5hrs behind two of the most thoroughly perfumed blokes I have yet encountered. They didn't even have the decency to coordinate before they left the house, one was drenched in something more traditionally aftershave flavoured, the other opted for a gallon of something musky sweet. Depending on which one was moving around or clapping harder, I experienced alternating waves of acrid, nose burning aftershave and stomach turning, decaying sweetness. Bleurgh.
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Brexit
Jul 13, 2016 22:08:35 GMT
Post by Coated on Jul 13, 2016 22:08:35 GMT
If she wanted a token Boris, why not invent a new post of special-bumbling-about secretary where he won't do too much harm? Or go all the way and ask Prince Phillip to do a stint as foreign secretary
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Post by Coated on Jul 12, 2016 0:22:34 GMT
Eeeww. Baaaaaaad horton. Some things best remain forgotten.
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Brexit
Jul 12, 2016 0:07:16 GMT
Post by Coated on Jul 12, 2016 0:07:16 GMT
Hey, at least Cameron was singing a little ditty when he hopped back into number 10 after the interview. Love the 'right....good' at the end
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Post by Coated on Jul 9, 2016 1:08:48 GMT
I've decided to give up theatre for the summer and just watch the delightfully surreal political drama unfolding in the Tory party instead. Leadsom's relationship with reality alone equates a month worth of watching farce interspersed with kitchen sink dramas, let alone the wannabe Macbeths, disposed Kings and pretenders worthy of Shakespeare as re-imagined by Dad's Army
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Post by Coated on Jul 8, 2016 8:54:04 GMT
Breakfast at Tiffany's. I go in to my seat, on the way in step on what I think is a foot, apologise profusely but apparently it was a bag. On the way out (at the interval, never to return since the show was truly dire) I was told to watch out and not step on the bag. Lady, if it's that important to you, perhaps removing it from the floor when people are going out at the interval would be a good start. There's a part of me that would purposely have stepped on the bag a second time. I might even have come back to my seat and left again purposely to step on the bag a third and fourth time too. I am in perfect agreement with Ryan's proposed approach. I might also be tempted to pay strangers to join me marching up and down that row, making sure every attitudinally owned bag is trod upon
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Post by Coated on Jun 26, 2016 0:28:40 GMT
Sounds familiar, we have a guy at work who voted leave because the EU might outlaw vaping.
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Post by Coated on Jun 14, 2016 0:10:04 GMT
I find all Pinter apart from The Birthday Part intolerable. Birthday Party I can tolerate- just. Triple YES. Though I'd happily consign The Birthday Party to the same midden as the rest of Pinter's delights.
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Post by Coated on Jun 13, 2016 0:34:09 GMT
My heart sinks whenever Rory Kinnear shows up in a play I wanted to see. Hated his Hamlet, cringed at his Measure, detested his whiny Iago and don't even get me started on The Trial. The only thing I ever liked him in was 'The Man of Mode'.
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Post by Coated on Jun 9, 2016 22:32:02 GMT
Argh, I hate it when someone whose art I have enjoyed at times turns out to be an utter Tw*t.
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Post by Coated on Jun 2, 2016 23:07:30 GMT
I went to see it with very low expectations, and thought that people were a bit harsh on it after the first half. I left after the second half fully agreeing with every critical comment I'd read about the play. And then some. The hippy cafe woman was one of the worst characters I have seen on stage so far.
Still like the dairy joke though.
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Post by Coated on Jun 2, 2016 22:32:11 GMT
It is surprising how static a lot of recent productions are. I'm not expecting singers to jog around the stage whilst delivering an aria, but wouldn't mind if I never saw masses of near-stationary crowds on stage again.
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Post by Coated on Jun 1, 2016 23:26:47 GMT
Boo Hiss. Guy behind us at Les Blancs tonight thought it was appropriate to continue his intermission conversation after the lights went down in the dulcet tones of a peddler hawking his wares. Presumably he felt that the scene setting was not important and as long as the actors weren't talking yet, we'd prefer listening to him. I gave him a couple of minutes before I asked him to pipe down - he was utterly outraged at my audacity, but eventually stopped booming. Idiot.
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Post by Coated on May 27, 2016 0:22:24 GMT
A nice entitled young lady at Frankenstein at the ROH decided that she could return to her seat anytime after the intermission was over. She was unpleasantly surprised when the usher intercepted her and started arguing with him in a reasonably low but still annoying way and tried to push through to her seat. When he wouldn't let her make the whole row get up for her, she lost the plot completely and started shouting to her companion that they won't let her sit down and she's leaving.
I suspect dear Brian was slightly mortified.
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Post by Coated on May 25, 2016 21:49:58 GMT
I loved the chorus pieces, Tiresias and most of all the Sphinx, but probably would have been happier if the opera had less padding. The coup de theatre was great, but at times the staging was getting very static and somewhat boring.
For some reason I only started getting emotionally involved when Antigone started interacting with her father, my friend was gripped by the story throughout the entire second half after having had a nice snooze during act 1&2.
Can't see how this got a 2 star review, but equally thought the 5 star review I've seen elsewhere was perhaps a bit enthusiastic.
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Post by Coated on May 21, 2016 14:00:18 GMT
I think that clapping needs to be seen in the same way as puppy training. If your puppy pees on the sofa, you should not respond by giving it a highly sought after treat.
So yes, I'm one of the people who is perfectly happy to not clap when I can't see any redeeming features in a show. There is also a point where I get very tired of hearing how actors/singers/dancers 'have given so much and worked so hard'. That's their job, and the reason why I pay for tickets.
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Post by Coated on May 20, 2016 1:11:34 GMT
If I remember correctly from my one visit there, the Park is very keen that you don't print your ticket if you can help it. I remember being surprised by this instruction (even if I've mistaken the theatre), as most theatres are emphatic that showing them the ticket on your smartphone or other device *won't* be good enough, and you *must* print it out. Which is fair for security reasons if not green ones, 'cos unless they have some sort of system to ensure no duplication, there's nothing to stop you booking one ticket, then you and a friend both logging into the same email account to get through the doors. Sharing an email login with a friend is worse than sharing underpants in my book, and I suspect that even (or especially) the slightly unethical bunch who'd sneak in others without paying would much rather print out a couple of extra copies for their cheap mates instead of giving them a nice opportunity to reset their Facebook password or send a quick rude email to the sneak's granny ...
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Post by Coated on May 14, 2016 11:01:34 GMT
I had to switch that trailer off after a minute or so, very annoying in a wannabe artsy way that I had thought long dead
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Post by Coated on May 13, 2016 3:21:52 GMT
Yup, that's the one
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Post by Coated on May 12, 2016 1:18:06 GMT
Give it a whirl, the worst that can happen is that you leave at the intermission. It is a rather attractive production. If you want to be on the cheap side, there are some £12/£20 Balcony tickets left. Just avoid row B; and row A if you need legroom and mind a bar that can be easily looked past.
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Post by Coated on May 12, 2016 0:05:09 GMT
Tell your friend that by stigmatising the word Suicide she is perpetuating the perception that it is a taboo, thereby putting unnecessary harsh pressure on anyone affected, making them feel that they will be judged and found wanting. Ooh, got a bit ranty there, but I'm related to a rather suicidal bunch and get fed up with self declared spokes people making assumptions - seeking out art and stories (particularly darkish comedy ones) about suicide is a fairly common way of getting to grips with the aftermath.
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Post by Coated on Apr 27, 2016 21:16:56 GMT
Oops, 83 things booked. I don't normally count since it makes me feel like I might be a tad insane.
1 musical 3 concerts 7 plays 14 operas 58 ballet/dance
I'm very fussy about where I sit (or more to the point, stand), hence the early booking
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Post by Coated on Apr 26, 2016 22:19:36 GMT
All I can say is Wigmore Hall. They will tell you to suppress coughing, sometimes in a jokey fashion but always with the implicit "we'd rather you choke soundlessly to death than interrupt our performance". Reminder to switch off mobiles again after the intermission and a well trained crowd who will take on anyone attempting to make unauthorised noises.
The look of sheer panic on an audience member's face when they have an itchy throat is priceless.
My favourite place in London.
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Post by Coated on Apr 25, 2016 21:50:04 GMT
Perhaps a bit croaky in places, but deliciously Norma Desmond, rising from the sickbed for her fans out there in the darkness. Thoroughly enjoyed it and feel like sweeping down the road dramatically now (seeing that I'm not Norma, I went for the more rational option of boarding a bus by hailing the driver with a slightly more dramatic wave then required)
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Post by Coated on Apr 20, 2016 22:22:51 GMT
For a soundbite of Vienna (the slightly surreal 80s version) you could try a few snippets of 'Kottan Ermittelt'
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Post by Coated on Apr 6, 2016 15:14:47 GMT
Yup, the translation for The Nose makes no sense to me. Didn't even notice in my first perusal, guess I won't need more than one ticket for this one...
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Post by Coated on Apr 1, 2016 0:24:52 GMT
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Post by Coated on Mar 24, 2016 0:28:36 GMT
Wouldn't it be lovely if those stringent tests were applied to Board Members and Executive Directors to ensure that they are capable of running an arts organisation?
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