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Post by mrbarnaby on Aug 22, 2017 8:23:58 GMT
Some plays are two hours with no interval and they don't seem to get as many issues or complaints as this one seems to be getting. Exactly. Why all the fuss about this show and not the countless other plays that are straight through with no interval? Is it because the emotion of the music /joy of the sequins are more likely to bring on the chances of wetting oneself? Book an aisle seat.. in the back rows.. or work on tensing those muscles in advance. This is the best thread in AGES!!!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Aug 22, 2017 8:24:53 GMT
I am now actually going to sit there feeling slightly tense that people around me are just going to start peeing everywhere.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 8:32:41 GMT
For a board that is theatre-obsessed, you'd assume most would understand that the best way to stage this show is without an interval and deal with it as it is for the good of the production.
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 22, 2017 8:39:07 GMT
I am now actually going to sit there feeling slightly tense that people around me are just going to start peeing everywhere. Good.
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Post by theatremadness on Aug 22, 2017 8:39:49 GMT
For a board that is theatre-obsessed, you'd assume most would understand that the best way to stage this show is without an interval and deal with it as it is for the good of the production. You do have a bee in your bonnet about this one, don't you!
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 22, 2017 8:42:45 GMT
go to the bathroom a few minutes before the performance begins, But honest Miss, I got a note from me mam Miss.....MISS.....!
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Post by popcultureboy on Aug 22, 2017 8:58:51 GMT
I wonder - given that they've specified that the 2hr 10mins running time is specifically for Preview 1, do you think they'll try both with and without an interval through previews and then decide which works best by press night? www.playbill.com/article/londons-new-follies-will-be-performed-without-an-intermissionThis article on Playbill notes that they will be making a firm decision on the interval by the opening night. My guess would be is if they can get the running time down to something slightly less unwieldy, they'll stick with it. A Woman Killed With Kindness was 2 hours without an interval, first preview ran 2 hours 20. If they can finesse 20 minutes off of this, then 1 hour 50 minutes really is fine. The first half of most Hamlets runs around that long and nobody minds. Some people just hear there's no interval and for some reason it sends them into a tailspin. I'm going to preview 2 tomorrow night, I'm assuming there will also be no interval, will be interested to see what they update the website info with tomorrow morning. And Poster J, if I ever develop a medical condition whereby I can't go two hours with wetting myself, then I'll have bigger concerns in my life as to whether a show has an interval or not.
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Post by comporhys on Aug 22, 2017 9:17:54 GMT
Some last minute tickets for tonight have just gone on-sale. Grabbed a £15 front row seat - never been to the National, so the view could be horrendous, but very much looking forward to it now!
I'll make sure to not drink for hours beforehand...
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Post by jampot on Aug 22, 2017 9:33:54 GMT
I see an oppertunity for some rather novel "Follies" branded items for sale at the mechandise area...
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 22, 2017 9:43:04 GMT
A handful of tickets on sale now for the Sondheim talk at 6pm.
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Post by ctas on Aug 22, 2017 10:20:33 GMT
A couple of £5 tickets for the Sondheim platform are online (not just entry pass) - run, don't walk.
Oops someone posted about it first haha!
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Post by tonyloco on Aug 22, 2017 10:36:16 GMT
'To pee or not to pee, that is the question!'
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Post by callum on Aug 22, 2017 10:42:37 GMT
Even a 100 minute movie becomes 2h10 with the length of trailers and ads nowadays. The artistic integrity of the piece is more important.
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Post by poster J on Aug 22, 2017 12:54:38 GMT
I've never said that the artistic integrity of the piece isn't important, I'm just surprised that so many people don't think the length is going to cause quite a bit of audience disruption towards the end of the performance once people who aren't in the know realise how long it is, and astounded at the apparent complete disregard for others and lack of concern displayed by some people in here for those who may have all manner of medical conditions. They're as entitled to go to the theatre as anyone else! I think there are a lot of very selfish attitudes being displayed in this thread and I for one find it quite distasteful. That's all I'm going to say on the point as we're just going round in circles now.
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Post by dazzerlump on Aug 22, 2017 14:06:58 GMT
I wonder when we will see some more images of the sets and costumes?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 14:22:52 GMT
For a board that is theatre-obsessed, you'd assume most would understand that the best way to stage this show is without an interval and deal with it as it is for the good of the production. You do have a bee in your bonnet about this one, don't you! I just don't see what the big fuss is about when people happily go to one act plays or to something like Hamlet which has something like a two hour first half but this is the show people are getting annoyed about.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 14:26:39 GMT
Because you are young and healthy and strong and have never pushed a child out of your lower body. People who can't hold their bladder for two hours aren't automatically disorganised or selfish, they're not just necessarily young and/or healthy and/or strong, and/or they've pushed children out of their lower body. We're all built differently, and we all have different limits, and that's all that the "well I don't see why they can't hold it" side are being asked to remember.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 14:43:42 GMT
I completely get that and understand that, and I'm really trying to not come across how it is seeming. I do think some who have said issues though should at least consider an aisle seat out of consideration of the others in the audience. Because its not fair to make people get up midway through a performance twice to let you in and out of your seat. It not only takes them out of the show, but also those in front and around. All of ya'll saying you want an interval tho, if the show opens with an interval and it doesn't quite work for you, you cant complain about it, cause its what you all wanted.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 22, 2017 14:49:20 GMT
One of the people I'm going with in October can't walk past a lav without going. Sometimes, we go to the theatre and he goes before we sit down. Then we sit down, and he has to get up and go again like TWO MINUTES before the curtain goes up. At Billy Elliott he also had to go before the interval (to much tutting from me).
He doesn't drink before the show, no medical conditions, it's completely psychological.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 22, 2017 14:52:43 GMT
Einstein on the beach is 5+ hours long and has no interval #justsaying
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Post by michalnowicki on Aug 22, 2017 14:55:22 GMT
After reading this thread I want to be a urologist!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 22, 2017 14:56:12 GMT
It's making me want a wee
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Post by Dawnstar on Aug 22, 2017 15:01:32 GMT
I do think some who have said issues though should at least consider an aisle seat out of consideration of the others in the audience. Because its not fair to make people get up midway through a performance twice to let you in and out of your seat. It not only takes them out of the show, but also those in front and around. I quite agree with that principal in general. However it's a bit difficult for this production when the majority of the audiences will have booked tickets months before we found out that it's (probably) being done without an interval & the first 2+ months of the run are almost sold out so there's unlikely to be any opportunity for people to swap to aisle seats.
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 22, 2017 15:14:10 GMT
After reading this thread I want to be a urologist! Now you're just taking the pi.....
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Post by theatremadness on Aug 22, 2017 15:32:30 GMT
You do have a bee in your bonnet about this one, don't you! I just don't see what the big fuss is about when people happily go to one act plays or to something like Hamlet which has something like a two hour first half but this is the show people are getting annoyed about. OK my love, but you seem more annoyed than anyone! Sure it'll be cool to see the show as it was originally performed (and I've no problems with no interval as I'm young & healthy thank goodness) but there have been so many subsequent high-profile productions that include the interval that I really don't buy the whole 'artistic integrity' thing. It will be what it will be. I'm seeing it on Sat, so I expect it to be interval-less unless it goes drastically wrong these next few days!
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Post by shady23 on Aug 22, 2017 15:33:23 GMT
If there's no interval how are we meant to post our #intervaltweets?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 15:38:27 GMT
Was it originally done without an interval anyway? I've never seen a production, but I'm assuming it was based on peoples comments and the decison being made for there to not be an interval?
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Post by ali973 on Aug 22, 2017 15:41:28 GMT
I don't need to piss. As stated above, my ass gets tired. Sitting down for two hours is just exhausting.
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Post by michalnowicki on Aug 22, 2017 15:46:31 GMT
If there's no interval how are we meant to post our #intervaltweets? We're just meant to do Live video on Facebook throughout the show.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 15:48:06 GMT
I've never said that the artistic integrity of the piece isn't important, I'm just surprised that so many people don't think the length is going to cause quite a bit of audience disruption towards the end of the performance once people who aren't in the know realise how long it is, and astounded at the apparent complete disregard for others and lack of concern displayed by some people in here for those who may have all manner of medical conditions. They're as entitled to go to the theatre as anyone else! I think there are a lot of very selfish attitudes being displayed in this thread and I for one find it quite distasteful. That's all I'm going to say on the point as we're just going round in circles now. If I have a medical condition that means I can't go for five secs without shouting the word 'sausage', am I as entitled to go to the theatre as anyone else, regardless of the disruption it causes others? Not trying to be unsympathetic, but I see this attitude a lot and I find it hard to see theatre-going as a right and something you're entitled to do regardless of circumstance. If you have a condition that means you can't do what going to the theatre requires (basically sit still, be quiet and not leak any bodily substances) then you might just have to accept that you can't go to the theatre. The idea that your desires aren't the most important thing in the world and that it's good to behave with some consideration towards others seems to have gone the way of the dodo. I know I sound old. Maybe I am old. I've got a bladder of steel though.
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