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Post by vdcni on Mar 21, 2018 10:09:52 GMT
With Lia Williams and directed by Polly Findlay. New adaptation by David Harrower.
Sounds interesting, The Donmar seems to have sparked back to life lately.
From 4th June
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 21, 2018 10:21:28 GMT
Polly Findlay will be hoping that the critics are kinder about this than her Macbeth
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2018 11:04:27 GMT
I'm not overly fond of Polly Findlay as a director, but it's a good cast at least.
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Post by barrowside on Mar 21, 2018 11:53:53 GMT
This could be great. They're not using the clunky Jay Presson Allen adaptation which isn't as good as her terrific screenplay. Lia Williams' Blanche in Dublin was the stuff of legend - she could be a fabulous Miss Brodie.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2018 12:06:01 GMT
Well it will be lovely to see it on stage but I can't help not being enthralled by the casting of Lia Williams. I'd have had this down as a perfect Anne-Marie Duff vehicle and God knows, she needs another faberoonie to get her teeth into.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Mar 21, 2018 18:51:47 GMT
Ooh it's a shame I will miss this, I love the novel so much.
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Post by jasper on Mar 25, 2018 13:30:28 GMT
Why have they only announced one play? They usually announce more.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2018 13:40:04 GMT
Why have they only announced one play? They usually announce more. They are announcing a whole season next time This was an oddment at the end of the year |
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Post by lynette on Mar 26, 2018 21:03:50 GMT
I've booked. I’ve got some priority but there wasn’t much left on the Saturday in June I wanted. So popular choice.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Mar 26, 2018 21:58:41 GMT
As I thought, public booking going to be a scramble / gamble.
Let Chichester lapse this year as nothing appealed so now a good time as any to bite the bullet and switch allegiance to the Donmar.
Wish more places would do a monthly direct debit like the National,
somehow the cost of a couple of coffees a month makes friendship appear less of a financial commitment especially if booking fees are rescinded.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Mar 28, 2018 10:31:02 GMT
Just booked, limited choice on my preferred evening date, booked a Saturday Matinee towards the end of the run, as lynette states 'a popular choice' Looked at other Dates, all seemed to be selling well, if interested in seeing and booking when opened to the public be there for when it opens, delaying may bring disappointment. |
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Post by n1david on Mar 28, 2018 11:20:26 GMT
Yep I had three dates in mind, all midweek towards the end of the run, and only found stalls seats available for the last of them...
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Post by david on Mar 28, 2018 11:35:15 GMT
Managed to snag a £10 ticket for my preferred date in July when booking opened. Just checked now and there where still plenty of cheap tickets available. Though that was for a Monday night.
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Post by showgirl on Mar 28, 2018 16:25:20 GMT
After all the complaints about membership not being what it was, I'm surprised to find that so many here are still Donmar members! I'm not and never have been, so from the above flurry I thought public booking must have opened, but I find it hasn't.
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Post by david on Mar 28, 2018 18:28:52 GMT
I finally joined last year, as I was finding I couldn't get tickets at all. I gave in. I am weak. Same here! My thought was that a couple of £10 tickets throughout the year and it pays for itself. After that anything else is a bonus! |
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Post by andrew on Mar 29, 2018 2:34:05 GMT
Any priority members want to take me with them? I'll dress up real nice and everything...
I also panicked and thought I'd missed it based on the comments. Now I'm worried though, there seems to be a lot of demand, are there likely to be many tickets left for public opening? I tend to scramble for Donmar tickets with their klaxon releases after things have opened, but I'm very keen to get a bit more Lia Williams in my life so will try for public tickets.
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Post by stefy69 on Mar 29, 2018 5:33:29 GMT
Lia Williams is one of my favourite actors, loved her in Mary Stuart
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Post by david on Mar 29, 2018 6:10:40 GMT
Any priority members want to take me with them? I'll dress up real nice and everything... I also panicked and thought I'd missed it based on the comments. Now I'm worried though, there seems to be a lot of demand, are there likely to be many tickets left for public opening? I tend to scramble for Donmar tickets with their klaxon releases after things have opened, but I'm very keen to get a bit more Lia Williams in my life so will try for public tickets. I’m going on Monday 16th July, and tickets still available. DM if your interested. |
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Post by cherokee on Apr 2, 2018 17:56:56 GMT
Oh God - Angus Wright - the dullest actor in the world - is in this. I'll be staying away.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2018 19:43:38 GMT
Any priority members want to take me with them? I'll dress up real nice and everything... I also panicked and thought I'd missed it based on the comments. Now I'm worried though, there seems to be a lot of demand, are there likely to be many tickets left for public opening? I tend to scramble for Donmar tickets with their klaxon releases after things have opened, but I'm very keen to get a bit more Lia Williams in my life so will try for public tickets. I going Friday 15th June Let me know if you want to come And I will DM you |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2018 19:44:09 GMT
Oh God - Angus Wright - the dullest actor in the world - is in this. I'll be staying away. He is very very very dull Like a waxwork Robot |
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Post by andrew on Apr 3, 2018 0:03:07 GMT
Let me know if you want to come How could I say no? I've sent you a message. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2018 8:02:09 GMT
Let me know if you want to come How could I say no? I've sent you a message. Have DM’d you back |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Apr 3, 2018 20:26:49 GMT
Are we going to have our
First
Theatreboard
Wedding
Parsley and
Andrew ?
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Post by peggs on Apr 4, 2018 9:26:31 GMT
Got in okay this morning, brief age old problem when it won't let me scroll down to see dates but got round by picking only visible date and then navigating from there. Was only looking for cheap circle seats and quite a lot of those. It did keep saying it wasn't adding to my basket but finally checked and had a whole load of them there so booked and out now.
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Post by altamont on Apr 4, 2018 9:32:04 GMT
Similar for me - 30 minutes queuing but I got what I wanted - stalls front row for my chosen date. I really don't like the circle at the Donmar so was very pleased to be able to get stalls
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Post by lichtie on Apr 4, 2018 9:39:37 GMT
Got in easily at 10 (20th in the queue which only seemed to have about 6 real people in it judging from the speed the number went down). Lots of seats in the circle, and still quite a few in the stalls, for my only real possible choice of date, so happy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2018 9:40:23 GMT
In and out in 15 minutes. I only had one date I could do, and I have one very particular seat I like to sit in, and I managed to get that seat for that date (though did have to go evening where I'd usually go matinee). Always nice when a production is easier to get a ticket for than rumour suggested!  |
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Post by jek on Apr 4, 2018 10:04:47 GMT
Lucky I saw this thread as I'd forgotten today was the day. Got in straight away and was able to get a good ticket for the matinee that I wanted. Makes up a bit for the fact that I couldn't get to the Muriel Spark exhibition in Edinburgh (though fortunately my partner had a trip there for work and so got me the poster). Now looking forward to June. Thanks to all here for the heads up.
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Post by Jan on Apr 4, 2018 10:09:22 GMT
In their advertising material for this they list a few of Angus Wright’s “recent stage credits” as including Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Almeida which I saw in 1997. Stretching the word “recent” for someone who appears quite regularly on stage - wonder why the selected that particular one.
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