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Post by mikey on Aug 17, 2017 23:02:41 GMT
Saw this tonight - I really enjoyed it. My first time seeing this musical! Now I'm gonna check out the PBS broadcasting of the original 80s production.
Cast was great, especially the leading lady. Would recommend checking it out if you have time this weekend
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Post by mikey on Jul 29, 2017 6:29:36 GMT
So glad to see some others here also loved Mr Burns as well! Very excited to check out Twilight Zone.
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Post by mikey on Jul 28, 2017 19:57:24 GMT
This all sounds very promising, very excited now! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by mikey on Jul 28, 2017 6:51:55 GMT
Ditto with the above, saw this on Monday and absolutely loved this!
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Post by mikey on Jul 24, 2017 12:59:46 GMT
A few tickets are currently available on the Young Vic website for this Thank you!!! Been stalking the website for weeks for returns!
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Post by mikey on Jul 19, 2017 22:15:42 GMT
Saw this tonight. Finished at about 10.30pm, feel it could shave off at least 30 minutes. It felt very long.
Still early previews, so appreciate it's a work in progress, but I found this pretty half baked. It tries to touch on a wide range of issues (grief, jealousy, aging, online bullying, blame), but does so only at a very surface level. I've seen these topics explored in a much in depth, interesting manner in other recent theatre. Perhaps if it had more focus, I would have engaged more with it.
The characters weren't very likeable - which is fine, I like spiky characters. However, they also weren't very interesting, which was my main gripe.
On the plus, I really liked the staging. Having the Dorfman in the round meant the view from side gallery seats was much better than usual!
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Post by mikey on Apr 23, 2017 21:06:05 GMT
I work for the publisher Penguin, working on the production side of things!
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Post by mikey on Mar 17, 2017 0:15:36 GMT
Saw a dress rehearsal today - it's a fabulous spectacle!
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Post by mikey on Feb 15, 2017 12:51:26 GMT
Saw this last night, in the cheap front row stalls. View is definitely great for the money.
Sorry to be a negative nancy but I wasn't a fan of this. There wasn't much plot from what I could work out, but that was partially due to the fact that the acoustics were terrible. The band was so loud it made it hard to work out what was being sung. I found this was also a problem in December when I saw Rent at the same theatre. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more/felt more involved if I'd known the songs/lyrics beforehand. The first act felt very long. I noticed a few people left at interval.
The jazzy songs were fun to begin with, but there are a lot of them and they became very samey very quickly. I didn't feel any connection to any of the characters, which I think is a problem inherent in the playtext but the direction didn't help.
Silver linings - there were some great, campy lines. It probably works better if you get as drunk as the characters before it starts. The cast really do put a lot of effort into the performance and the band played nicely, albeit too loudly. Also Dex Lee is topless for a good portion of time, which doesn't hurt.
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Post by mikey on Feb 1, 2017 14:53:51 GMT
Totally forgot this was today. Arghh. Now in position 1453 in the queue, assuming there won't be too much on offer by the time my turn comes! Nevermind...
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Post by mikey on Jan 24, 2017 9:32:03 GMT
I've been hoping to win lottery tickets for ages as well, with no success! Ended up getting a last minute ticket yesterday via ATG website for Row C in Grand Circle at a discounted £20 price. I'd suggest checking the ATG website a couple of hours before your intended performance - you might find a bargain worth giving up your lottery ticket hopes for. Amber Riley was on great form! I particularly liked Ibinabo Jack as Lorrell.
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Post by mikey on Jan 16, 2017 10:41:31 GMT
Thanks guys!
Was about to cry when I thought my presale code was broken. OK, now to spend the next 80 minutes doing no work, just staring at those tickets...
Wish I'd become a DMT+ member...
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Post by mikey on Jan 16, 2017 10:36:18 GMT
My code isn't working - am I right in thinking 'general public' presale starts at midday, and that tickets on sale now are for DMT members? Or am I just cursed?
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Post by mikey on Dec 18, 2016 0:28:10 GMT
I was there today, was an incredible experience to see all three plays in one go. What a terrific cast.
Really loved Sophie Stanton as Falstaff and Caliban.
As some other people have already commented on, I don't think The Tempest utlised the prison setting as well as the previous two plays.
I do agree that there was no need for dynamic pricing when all seats would have given very good views, I'd imagine.
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Post by mikey on Nov 20, 2016 23:12:57 GMT
Seeing the entire trilogy tomorrow. Anyone else going to be there? How was it, David? I'm heading there in a couple of weeks for a trilogy day as well.
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Post by mikey on Oct 26, 2016 22:58:44 GMT
Really enjoyed this tonight - really want to read the book its inspired from now. An amazing cast!
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Post by mikey on Sept 9, 2016 22:41:36 GMT
At about midday yesterday after two hours of no luck, I asked the Almeida's social media person to get someone to call me back from the box office. Someone called me back about an hour later and so I was able to book my tickets slightly more easily than some other people here...
Like everyone else here, I haven't received confirmation emails, so hoping to get them soon as I can't remember what seats I agreed on! Was quite shocked someone had actually phoned back!
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Post by mikey on Sept 5, 2016 20:22:26 GMT
I remembered to grab tickets two minutes after the first batch had been released, and there was already only very limited availability, so I imagine you need to be pretty quick.
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Post by mikey on Aug 26, 2016 11:12:32 GMT
Currently running until September 3rd.
"Trapped in a sexless marriage with her sickly cousin Camille, Thérèse Raquin embarks on an illicit, turbulent affair with her husband’s friend Laurent, that leads to madness and a horrifying conclusion. "
Saw this last night - would definitely recommend! A very strong young cast, with some genuinely frightening scares mixed in. Based on the novel by Émile Zola, which I haven't read.
Full frontal nudity. No dogs.
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Post by mikey on Aug 24, 2016 22:41:02 GMT
I'm excited to see this, I haven't seen Loserville - was it generally popular?
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Post by mikey on Aug 24, 2016 15:46:52 GMT
Kiss of the Spider Woman would be such a good choice!
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Post by mikey on Aug 24, 2016 15:46:09 GMT
Going tonight - so excited!!
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Post by mikey on Aug 23, 2016 22:45:42 GMT
Keeping my fingers crossed for it to be Fun Home.
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Post by mikey on Aug 23, 2016 19:59:01 GMT
New musical running at Union Theatre from 21st September to 8th October. "Newman Carter, a world famous astronaut mysteriously disappears in 1969. Forty years later, a troubled young man, turns up on his doorstep with a letter which changes everything for everyone. Out There is an original tale crossing three generations; sons, fathers and grandfathers. This heart felt story with its country inspired score is created by James Bourne and Elliot Davis - the team behind the musical Loserville." www.uniontheatre.biz/out_there.html
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Post by mikey on Aug 14, 2016 8:25:38 GMT
If could possibly transfer to the Trafalgar Studios maybe? Sound like a show which could move there I think that's a good idea. They would be able to replicate the Young Vic's stage design a la The Maids. Would be great.
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