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Post by jadnoop on Nov 5, 2018 8:50:23 GMT
NT Advance members tickets have gone on sale for this
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Post by stefy69 on Nov 6, 2018 19:34:51 GMT
NT Advance members tickets have gone on sale for this All booked and very excited !
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2018 20:58:21 GMT
I am very interested to hear how this works in The WE. I dIdn’t Like it at the National but have a feeling it may find a better fit in its new home. I wonder why the National is still so afraid of programming women who might have a much fiercer vision than Wade and Raine who both write fairly similar intelligent, well crafted, but fairly light comedies.
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Post by Backdrifter on Nov 7, 2018 17:25:03 GMT
Good, glad of the transfer as I like KP and LW. I find the title seriously annoying though.
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Post by Rory on Nov 7, 2018 17:40:19 GMT
I think the title is clever - an inversion of the stereotypical retro domestic greeting which conjures the mood of the piece but all is not what it seems.
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Post by Backdrifter on Nov 7, 2018 17:49:22 GMT
I think the title is clever - an inversion of the stereotypical retro domestic greeting which conjures the mood of the piece but all is not what it seems. I accept I may well think that once I've seen it, but right now it kind of irritates me, like it's trying to be clever. But what the hell, I already said I'll see it so it's not that big an issue I suppose!
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Post by david on Nov 8, 2018 10:52:02 GMT
Salford Lowry dates - 23rd to 27th April
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Post by winonaforever on Nov 8, 2018 10:54:54 GMT
I definitely want to see this again, I really enjoyed it at the Dorfman.
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Post by stevejohnson678 on Nov 14, 2018 9:34:11 GMT
Returning to Theatr Clwyd, 30th April - 4th May 2019.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2019 10:56:31 GMT
SUSAN BROWN KLAXON!!
Joining the West End cast.
Yes I'm excited.
SUSAN BROWN!
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Post by QueerTheatre on Jan 8, 2019 17:54:56 GMT
SUSAN BROWN KLAXON!! Joining the West End cast. Yes I'm excited. SUSAN BROWN! Even she couldnt get me back to see this. I really really didn't get the hype. Utterly bored throughout.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2019 18:19:11 GMT
SUSAN BROWN KLAXON!! Joining the West End cast. Yes I'm excited. SUSAN BROWN! Even she couldnt get me back to see this. I really really didn't get the hype. Utterly bored throughout. I mean Sue Brown in it just means I can stop lying to Welsh people about having seen it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2019 18:28:29 GMT
SUSAN BROWN KLAXON!! Joining the West End cast. Yes I'm excited. SUSAN BROWN! Is she Dame Katherine's understudy?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 11:16:43 GMT
SUSAN BROWN KLAXON!! Joining the West End cast. Yes I'm excited. SUSAN BROWN! Is she Dame Katherine's understudy? Now that’s a way to liven it up!
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Post by jgblunners on Jan 17, 2019 23:38:19 GMT
The NT released a small number of Entry Pass seats this afternoon - Upper Circle at fairly random dates throughout the run. I've been waiting for them to pop up, so I've nabbed one for the 11th of March.
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Post by drmaplewood on Jan 30, 2019 9:01:35 GMT
Went to third preview last night and found it in very good shape. KP is superb as is Susan Brown - really loved the set. Pretty full house from what I could see too. Hope it does well.
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Post by theplayer on Feb 2, 2019 19:08:39 GMT
Saw today's matinee at the Duke. Really liked it, even with my "obstructed view" seat. Katherine was great!
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Post by vdcni on Feb 5, 2019 9:26:57 GMT
I thought this was a bit flat particularly in the first half, it did spark into a bit of life after the interval, mainly thanks to Susan Brown.
I actually don't think it's a great role for Katherine Parkinson as the character is very one note most of the way through. It's interesting how much more engaging she was in the flashback scene when she was allowed to have a full personality which is rather the point I suppose but it's hard to really care about such a bland character.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 10:54:15 GMT
I thought this was fabulous yesterday afternoon, I really enjoyed it. Loved the Set and Costumes, they were beautiful. I'd even go as far as to say I wouldn't be mad if an Olivier goes their way for Costume, there were beautiful! Katherine was just brilliant! What a performance, she really does carry the show on her own having only left the stage for changes. Also. Siobhan Harrison as the friend, she was also fabulous, and looked beautiful. It's great to see her play funny and look stunning. But MVP has to be Susan Brown, who may only be in two scenes, but when she's on, it's fire. Especially in Act 2 where she has a long monologue about Katherine's choices and how the 50's weren't what some imagine it too be, it drew a generous ovation from the audience following because it was so fantastically performed. She was brilliant. I'd thoroughly recommend if you can catch it before the end of the run in April.
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Post by lynette on Mar 17, 2019 14:28:07 GMT
In the Dior exhibition at the V&A I noticed a dress from 1953 which is the one I suspect they copied for this. Or similar. As I’ve noted before though, fashion doesn’t trickle down as fast as costumiers would have us believe. I think quite a number of women in the 50s at home would be wearing something warmer, no central heating and a pinafore.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Mar 17, 2019 18:06:28 GMT
In the Dior exhibition at the V&A I noticed a dress from 1953 which is the one I suspect they copied for this. Or similar. As I’ve noted before though, fashion doesn’t trickle down as fast as costumiers would have us believe. I think quite a number of women in the 50s at home would be wearing something warmer, no central heating and a pinafore. They are living an idealised nineteen fifties rather than the reality, though, aren’t they? All part of the way that people forget the reality of the past and that such nostalgia is based on a lie.
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Post by lynette on Mar 17, 2019 18:17:29 GMT
In the Dior exhibition at the V&A I noticed a dress from 1953 which is the one I suspect they copied for this. Or similar. As I’ve noted before though, fashion doesn’t trickle down as fast as costumiers would have us believe. I think quite a number of women in the 50s at home would be wearing something warmer, no central heating and a pinafore. They are living an idealised nineteen fifties rather than the reality, though, aren’t they? All part of the way that people forget the reality of the past and that such nostalgia is based on a lie. You are right, of course. I loved her mother's speech! Accurate depiction of the reality.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2019 22:31:30 GMT
Can we give an Olivier award for best working of some petticoats? Because I know it’s about a lot more but a moment for those frocks please?!
Anyway this was interesting. Is it perfectly written, no, does the questions it posed and it’s feminist angles get a bit muddled and confused? Somewhat. Not sure it delivered at the end. But I had a damn good time getting there- it’s funny, properly witty and astute but also moving and uncomfortable st times. And everyone is flawed. It’s interesting in its imperfections as a production, and also a damn good evening out.
And a moment for Sue Brownn STORMING that big speech. And rocking that yellow mac. (Also the Mum, that commune, played by Sue Brown, that’s the play I want next Laura)
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Post by Jonnyboy on Apr 27, 2019 14:37:09 GMT
Loved this last night. Funny, yes, but I found so much of this to be painfully sad. KP is amazing.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Jan 31, 2020 11:06:47 GMT
There’s a Spotify playlist for the music in this. I love it!
And I don’t ever dance round the kitchen imagining I’m Katherine Parkinson...
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Post by theatrenerd on Oct 18, 2022 23:17:01 GMT
Touring from January 2023, starring Jessica Ransom
Bill Kenwright producing the Theatre Clwyd / National Theatre production
Dates so far...
Theatre Royal Windsor Wed 24 Jan - Sat 5 Feb 2023
Derby Theatre Tue 7 Feb - Sat 11 Feb 2023
Theatre Royal Glasgow Tue 14 Feb - Sat 18 Feb 2023
Theatre Royal Bath Tues 21 Feb - Sat 25 Feb 2023
New Victoria Theatre, Woking Tue 21 Mar - Sat 25 Mar 2023
Richmond Theatre Tue 4 Apr - Sat 8 Apr 2023
Theatre Royal Brighton Tue 11 Apr - Sat 15 Apr 2023
The Alexandra, Birmingham Tue 25 Apr - Sat 29 Apr 2023
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 22, 2022 10:06:53 GMT
I've had to be right creative with the thread title. You can't just go around deleting theatres willy-nilly!
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Post by alessia on Oct 25, 2022 10:33:42 GMT
Excited to have a chance to see this, having missed it in its original run- just booked a cheap seat for Windsor. I loved the Watsons and this sounds equally lovely. (I hope the Watsons will be revived too, as it was meant to move to West End before Covid happened!)
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Post by alessia on Feb 4, 2023 20:19:56 GMT
I loved this! the whole thing is a delight, I was gutted to have missed it in 2018/19 so it was great to have a second opportunity. From what I have read/seen online, it looks like they are using the exact same set (at least the same kitchen). The design and costumes are really lovely. Jessica Ransom in so good in the main part- her pain was coming through every smile and every sentence, and *spoiler-I think* it was so hard to watch her play make believe and pretending not to notice that the husband isn't happy.
I do hope to see more of Laura Wade's work very soon.
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