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Post by daniel on Apr 11, 2017 12:41:49 GMT
Couldn't find an existing thread for this, so apologies if I've missed it.
Just announced for Birmingham, October 2018
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Post by Marwood on Apr 11, 2017 15:59:34 GMT
There was a big advert for it up in the window of the Brighton Centre when I was in Brighton a couple of weeks back, it's on there January-February 2018, but I'm not really tempted to book (Brighton Centre is OK for seeing bands or comedians, don't think it'd be that great to see a play/musical there, but I don't live in Brighton - it might be more tempting if I lived locally)
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Post by Phantom of London on Apr 11, 2017 16:55:28 GMT
Just had a look at the proposed tour and a massive gap between the last date on the announced tour and Birmingham, which tells me they're going to add a few more dates. the tour hasn't been announced for Manchester, Bristol or/and Cardiff, Southampton, Norwich, Plymouth etc. or anywhere in Ireland or Scotland.
Surprised they opted for Brighton, this would have been excellent in the Festival Theatre, Chichester.
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 11, 2017 19:24:00 GMT
Time to fit in stints at Newmarket, Ascot, Lingfield and Aintree.
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Post by djdan14 on Apr 11, 2017 19:43:25 GMT
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Post by crabtree on Apr 11, 2017 21:13:34 GMT
I wonder if the live music issue has been resolved. Also I gather this will be a tiny bit scaled down...mind you compared to how it was at the Olivier, the whole production has evolved somewhat.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2017 21:15:50 GMT
The first tour counted the Lowry as the Manchester date going there twice, never went to the Palace or Opera House. Same with Curious Incident and One Man, Two Guvnors. |
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Post by daniel on Apr 11, 2017 22:48:03 GMT
Yes the National always seem to use the Lowry over other Manchester venues.
Re the live music debate - it was fully pre-recorded on the last tour so I'd expect it to be the same this time too.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Apr 12, 2017 12:31:27 GMT
Just had a look at the proposed tour and a massive gap between the last date on the announced tour and Birmingham, which tells me they're going to add a few more dates. the tour hasn't been announced for Manchester, Bristol or/and Cardiff, Southampton, Norwich, Plymouth etc. or anywhere in Ireland or Scotland. Surprised they opted for Brighton, this would have been excellent in the Festival Theatre, Chichester. Did you look at the tour dates for a different show? War Horse is at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff from 4 - 28 July 2018. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Apr 12, 2017 16:07:27 GMT
Yes the National always seem to use the Lowry over other Manchester venues. Re the live music debate - it was fully pre-recorded on the last tour so I'd expect it to be the same this time too. Which is the best venue of the 3 Manchester theatres |
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Post by daniel on Apr 12, 2017 21:43:59 GMT
Yes the National always seem to use the Lowry over other Manchester venues. Re the live music debate - it was fully pre-recorded on the last tour so I'd expect it to be the same this time too. Which is the best venue of the 3 Manchester theatres My personal favourite to go to is the Lowry - it's a relatively new-build, is more modern, better facilities, comfier seats etc etc. That said, the Palace and Opera House both have that certain charm that comes with older buildings, and are in Manchester City centre so easier for public transport, whereas The Lowry is in Salford Quays - great for car parking but a little more awkward for public transport. There's also a couple of smaller venues in Manchester - I'm sure BurlyBeaR can tell you about the Hope Mill, and the Royal Exchange is another favourite, though I think you've been there PoL if memory serves correctly? |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 13, 2017 11:26:55 GMT
Dont forget the Royal Exchange too, lovely theatre in the round and we also have the new Home, The Contact Theatre, The Dancehouse and a couple of pub venues.
I think The Palace is my favourite, apart from the fact that I live close enough to be able to pop home to my own loo in the interval, it has a huge stage and is rather beautifeil inside (but ugly from the outside).
For comfort it's the Lowry which is like sitting in a box of Milk Tray, very purple. Access is easier now that the metrolink goes there (media city).
The Hope Mill is lovely, reconfigurable auditorium like the Southwark but a much nicer building and atmosphere.
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Post by ruby on Apr 14, 2017 6:33:39 GMT
Just had a look at the proposed tour and a massive gap between the last date on the announced tour and Birmingham, which tells me they're going to add a few more dates. the tour hasn't been announced for Manchester, Bristol or/and Cardiff, Southampton, Norwich, Plymouth etc. or anywhere in Ireland or Scotland. Surprised they opted for Brighton, this would have been excellent in the Festival Theatre, Chichester. Bristol was announced at the end of last year. Dates are Wed 18 Oct - Sat 11 Nov 2017. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Apr 14, 2017 11:57:03 GMT
I have been to all those venues except, Home or Hope Mills, oh never been to the Contact either.
Love the Royal Exchange, a true one of a kind theatres, but the Lowry is one of my favourites in the country, offers the patron unrivalled great comfort. Need a couple of modern theatres like it in London. Palace is a bit of a barn, but the interior is nice. All this is enhanced by the excellent Metrolink, that keeps growing every time I go there, I work in public transportation myself and Metrolink is truly well managed and run.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Apr 16, 2017 10:18:25 GMT
I haven't used the Metro when visiting Manchester because it seemed too complicated to work out how - How do you buy tickets or passes? Where does it go? What is the timetable? Etc. I'm sure it's great if you live in Manchester and can learn to understand it, or if you give yourself plenty of time as a visitor to do just one route, say from the city centre to the Lowry.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2017 14:53:11 GMT
Just had a look at the proposed tour and a massive gap between the last date on the announced tour and Birmingham, which tells me they're going to add a few more dates. the tour hasn't been announced for Manchester, Bristol or/and Cardiff, Southampton, Norwich, Plymouth etc. or anywhere in Ireland or Scotland. Surprised they opted for Brighton, this would have been excellent in the Festival Theatre, Chichester. Southampton was announced over a month ago |
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Post by crabtree on Jun 20, 2018 17:47:14 GMT
Just back from the matinee at the Lowry. 11 years on, and I know we lost the drum and the revolve, and the spikes and some horses, and most of the live music(I think), but heck this remains an important, harrowing, imaginative and hugely powerful piece of theatre. I've seen it nearly twenty times and so many moments send me into theatrical ecstasy. Like such brilliant pieces it's ideas have been copied many times and without the soul of this production but heck, I do believe theatre was changed that first night in 2007
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Post by crabtree on Jun 21, 2018 8:40:13 GMT
When I walked into the matinee yesterday, I was dreading the behaviour of the rowdy school parties, but to their credit, they were transfixed in silence, only laughing nervously at the sudden gunshots. And kudos to the teenage lad near me who was in floods of unashamed tears in front of his mates. That would have been me several decades ago.
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Post by stefy69 on Jun 21, 2018 10:03:18 GMT
When I walked into the matinee yesterday, I was dreading the behaviour of the rowdy school parties, but to their credit, they were transfixed in silence, only laughing nervously at the sudden gunshots. And kudos to the teenage lad near me who was in floods of unashamed tears in front of his mates. That would have been me several decades ago. ...and me now ( well except I'm not a lad but you know what I mean ! ) |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 10:32:22 GMT
The War Horse prom from 2014 is getting a showing on BBC4 this evening, 7pm. Simon Russell Beale presents the unique production at the Royal Albert Hall with Gareth Malone's Proms Military Wives Choir, the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Cambiata Choir North West, alongside the National Theatre Ensemble with the astonishing Handspring Puppets. There's even a role for writer Michael Morpurgo as himself. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04w7sjs |
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Post by jamb0r on Nov 19, 2018 10:11:04 GMT
This is now completely sold out - Friday Rush last week was crazy (joined the queue on 4 devices and still couldn't get any tickets). If anyone is looking for cheap seats, looks like they are releasing the circle slips seats online just before 10am (I am presuming if they don't get sold to day seat queuers). Managed to pick up a couple for tonight for £15.
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Post by peggs on Nov 19, 2018 12:03:30 GMT
Realised it's strictly final day I go to this, nieces are not going to be impressed, am going to have to promise a press embargo and watch in the morning.
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Post by tmesis on Nov 19, 2018 13:00:33 GMT
I saw this on Saturday for the first time. Even though I've seen virtually every NT production for the past twenty years somehow this had escaped me until now. My hopes were therefore pretty high but my goodness it was an amateurish affair. No complaints about the 'puppets' but the 'humans' gave a sub am-dram performance that is the worst I've ever seen at NT. It really felt like what it was: the end of a long tour with the cast phoning in their performances with zero subtlety. By the end I couldn't give a toss about Joey or Albert and the supposedly touching final reuniting was actually funny in the way it totally lacked any emotional frisson.
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Post by theatrefan77 on Nov 19, 2018 13:08:39 GMT
I've heard bad things about this one too. Glad I didn't book this time. Also I wasn't sure it was going to work at the the Lyttelton.
Really enjoyed the original version at the Olivier.
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Post by jamb0r on Nov 20, 2018 17:42:45 GMT
Saw this for the first time last night and loved it! Couldn’t disagree more with the above post, thought the performances all round were excellent and I was in bits at the end. I took my horse mad Mum who saw it in the West End years ago and she said she enjoyed it even more this time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2018 10:35:33 GMT
I still don’t know how I managed to get tickets for the Armistice Day anniversary matinee of this. But anyway, it always felt like a gap in my theatre-going and I wanted to rectify that.
I loved it for the horses and the battle scenes. Genuine coup de theatres and I can now draw a line from this play to the staging of several others. I even wondered if the wooden horses in Don Quixote were a bit of a theatrical in-joke. Multiple hairs standing on end moments that I will likely never forget.
But man, the story? This is basic, story-telling by numbers stuff. It’s really unsophisticated. I think whoever spotted this could actually make good theatre was very clever (bit like the person who turned that terrible book Q&A into Slumdog Millionaire) because the spectacle masks a lot. Well done them for getting some women into a story about the battles of WW1, but it was frustrating to meet characters and not have their stories closed.
I agree with whoever said upthread that some of the performances are a bit am-dram. The father? Crikey. That was some sub-Wurzel Gummage West Country acting.
It still gets five stars from me though.
Oh, this should really go in the Bad Behaviour thread, but all of the parent who took four and five year olds to this? You are all insane.
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Post by Lemansky on Nov 22, 2018 17:17:45 GMT
I'm going with the family to see this on Saturday for the matinee. I've seen it before, but no one else I'm going with has. It's a BSL performance, which I've never been to. Has anyone been to a signed performance in the Lyttleton before, I'd be intrigued to know how they do it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2018 20:59:29 GMT
I saw the first ever performance of War Horse
When they gave me a free ticket
Due to initial lack of sales
And look what it became then
This is the first time since then I have seen it again
Cannot believe it’s 11 years ago
The show is without any doubt
One of the most complete pieces of performance to come out of the NT in its history
No other show I have seen in 20 years there
Will have this level of universal appeal
Demonstrated by the 7.2 million people who have seen it around the world
Seeing the performance tonight
Brings back memories of the NT at its peak
It was no coincidence
The three biggest successes
In their history
Critically
Financially
And awards wise
Were all
In NH regime
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Post by Jan on Nov 23, 2018 11:24:15 GMT
Brings back memories of the NT at its peak It was no coincidence The three biggest successes In their history Critically Financially And awards wise Were all In NH regime Peter Hall: Amadeus, The Mysteries, Guys and Dolls |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2018 11:43:25 GMT
Brings back memories of the NT at its peak It was no coincidence The three biggest successes In their history Critically Financially And awards wise Were all In NH regime Peter Hall: Amadeus, The Mysteries, Guys and Dolls War horse ran for 3000 performances In the WE alone And over 700 on Broadway Amadeus did 181 shows there Your list is hardly Comparable Curious incident ran for over 1600 west end performances In the intial outing alone And 800 on broadway |
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