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Post by loureviews on Sept 30, 2016 17:09:39 GMT
Got a mid-price ticket for this, looking forward to it. Marvellous play and an excellent cast.
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Post by ctas on Sept 30, 2016 23:25:05 GMT
Still dithering on this one, I love the play and love Ruth Wilson but I cannot stand van Hove's productions. I'll probably see what I can get closer to the time.
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Post by nash16 on Sept 30, 2016 23:48:01 GMT
Still dithering on this one, I love the play and love Ruth Wilson but I cannot stand van Hove's productions. I'll probably see what I can get closer to the time. It's going to be a replica of this, so this might help decide: Ivo van Hove's HEDDA GABLER trailer
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Post by wickedgrin on Oct 1, 2016 1:14:43 GMT
Still dithering on this one, I love the play and love Ruth Wilson but I cannot stand van Hove's productions. I'll probably see what I can get closer to the time. I find with the NT website that seats (even for "sold out" productions) pop up all the time - I think they are very good at posting returns or release tickets at later dates. Keep checking the NT website.
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Post by ctas on Oct 1, 2016 21:48:20 GMT
I'm not too worried about getting hold of a ticket, just if I'd like it or not. I'll have a watch of the video linked, thank you!
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Post by theatrefan77 on Dec 1, 2016 19:40:49 GMT
Some £15 tickets available now in Stalls for February and March with the Amex pre-sale and a free programme with every ticket!
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Post by callum on Dec 2, 2016 13:35:02 GMT
Thank you v much - was planning on doing day seats but front row was already on sale here, got middle of the row for £15 so spending Valentine's Day with Ruth 💘
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2016 13:42:05 GMT
Errr . . . I hope Rufus is checking the payroll for this production because if a set designer is getting paid here then he's being fleeced . . .
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 9:58:33 GMT
OMGosh. What a stinker!
It's like 'Hedda Gabbler' for dummies. Now I know Hedda isn't generally the nicest of characters but seriously, the way she's written here, if I could have got my hands on a gun I'd have shot her myself after 10 minutes. Ruth Wilson is very good and a lovely stage presence but Hedda here is just the nastiest, most unlikeable creature and she doesn't really have much to do. Everyone else is as equally unlikeable so it's hard to feel any sympathy for anyone other than Tesman. Rafe Spall as Brack is very good at being rather menacing though despite his funny walk which is very penguin-like but Sinead Matthews has a voice like nails down a blackboard which annoyed me desperately. The only one who comes out of it well is Kyle Soller as Tesman who really is too good for Hedda and he should have ditched her at the altar.
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Post by peggs on Dec 7, 2016 12:39:17 GMT
OMGosh. What a stinker! It's like 'Hedda Gabbler' for dummies. Now I know Hedda isn't generally the nicest of characters but seriously, the way she's written here, if I could have got my hands on a gun I'd have shot her myself after 10 minutes. Ruth Wilson is very good and a lovely stage presence but Hedda here is just the nastiest, most unlikeable creature and she doesn't really have much to do. Everyone else is as equally unlikeable so it's hard to feel any sympathy for anyone other than Tesman. Rafe Spall as Brack is very good at being rather menacing though despite his funny walk which is very penguin-like but Sinead Matthews has a voice like nails down a blackboard which annoyed me desperately. The only one who comes out of it well is Kyle Soller as Tesman who really is too good for Hedda and he should have ditched her at the altar. Oh dear, my hopes weren't high for this but I do struggle if I dislike everyone in a play, you have to feel some kind of sympathy/compassion for Hedda for this to work but if it's the way it's written unlikely it's going to change through previews. Will have to hope the funny walk is very funny!
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Post by mallardo on Dec 7, 2016 12:46:33 GMT
So who's to blame, van Hove or Marber or both?
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Post by rumbledoll on Dec 7, 2016 18:27:42 GMT
I was hoping Rafe Spall is playing Tesman.. How disappointing.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 18:36:31 GMT
I was hoping Rafe Spall is playing Tesman.. How disappointing. No, Brack. But he's very good. Very nasty. Despite his funny little walk.
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Post by erwinjones on Dec 7, 2016 23:09:17 GMT
Left a bit cold by Hedda Gabler. Too much 'acting' going on. All I could think about at the end was 'you've got red on you'.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 7, 2016 23:21:13 GMT
Left a bit cold by Hedda Gabler. Too much 'acting' going on. All I could think about at the end was 'you've got red on you'. I hate it when that happens welcome to the board erwinjones
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Post by phantom1986 on Dec 7, 2016 23:43:24 GMT
Oh dear. The NT has another huge stinker on its hands. The entrancing and exiting through the audience is one of the most excruciating things I've ever seen. And Poor Ruth Wilson. Ends up looking like Carrie with all that fake blood all over her. There's zero tension and you just don't care about any of the characters. In previous productions I have seen the burning of the manuscript elicit audible gasps from the audience. Nothing but bored silence in this one. It's almost sold out so luckily if you haven't got tickets you can avoid the horror.
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Post by gazzaw13 on Dec 8, 2016 8:51:58 GMT
Yes, but Sinead is in it so it can't possibly be considered a stinker. She's wonderful in this, as usual.
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Post by peggs on Dec 8, 2016 13:34:42 GMT
And Poor Ruth Wilson. Ends up looking like Carrie with all that fake blood all over her. Oh good, lots of the red stuff? This is sounding like an absolute winner for me
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Post by lynette on Dec 8, 2016 13:55:02 GMT
Hmmm, doesn't sound good. I'm going later on. Wasn't it Eve Best who did a good Hedda, at the Almeida was it? The thing is, this play illustrares the structure of drama and influences it for yonks after. But difficult to get off the page.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2016 14:03:09 GMT
Eve Best was fabulous; it was years later till I realised Cumberbatch had been in it as well!
Love this play, I'm still hoping it can't be that bad.
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Post by rumbledoll on Dec 8, 2016 14:07:22 GMT
Hmmm, doesn't sound good. I'm going later on. Wasn't it Eve Best who did a good Hedda, at the Almeida was it? The thing is, this play illustrares the structure of drama and influences it for yonks after. But difficult to get off the page. I've seen this one and thought both Hedda and Tesman was disastorously miscast... I read the play beforehand and it moved me. Almeida version - not in the slightest...
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Post by peelee on Dec 8, 2016 17:58:30 GMT
I attended the first preview of 'Hedda Gabler' and while I was happy enough with the evening I cannot say that I was stirred by what I had seen or heard. It is a beautifully designed production as regards minimalist decor, the changing lighting and soundtrack, but what is being acted out by characters is also uninvolving, often rather quiet and contributes to a kind of bright, white antiseptic production. I didn't care about any character in this production, I wasn't waiting keenly to discover what they'd see, do or what would happen to them next.
Kate Duchene as Juliana, the aunt, appeared early; her presence was well-defined and she was easy to hear, which had me thinking that what was to follow generally was going to be similar. Seated in mid-stalls, I could just about hear some of the quiet characters but sometimes missed parts of the dialogue, so I hope that audience members further back and above in the circle were able to follow what was going on. Best of the others were Rafe Spall and Chukwudi Iwuji and whenever they appeared storyline developments became clearer. Though I agree with others above for whom what was done to a manuscript seemed no more than a bit of passing punctuation, while later a scene featuring dripping blood was about as interesting as watching some piece of Turner Prize performance-art.
We had restricted-view seats but that sounds far worse than the rather good view actually was on the night. It would have helped a little if on looking at stage-right the sofa was turned a little so that in a few scenes two or three characters weren't lined up sideways-on to the audience in such a way that it reduced the impact such characters might have had on the audience. Where a first half scene-change could be accompanied by the so aptly chosen Joni Mitchell song 'Blue', melancholic and exquisite, after the interval the play seemed to drift a bit before coming back to life. Though the performance ended at 10.05pm, at least five minutes earlier than the projected 2 hrs 40 mins including twenty minute interval, at least 5-10 more minutes could have been cut from that flagging second 'half'. Allow for it being the first preview, so once into its run it'll all get better, no doubt.
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Post by lynette on Dec 8, 2016 19:36:42 GMT
Is the Lyttleon? If it is then not surprised you can't hear a word. I have no problem with my hearing. I can hear a wine bottle being opened next door! But I often have to strain in the l. If not, ignore post.
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Post by peelee on Dec 8, 2016 19:52:59 GMT
Yes, it is being staged in the Lyttelton.
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Post by peggs on Dec 8, 2016 21:31:42 GMT
Just how much blood is in this production? Am I, the theatre fainter going to have problems?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2016 23:12:49 GMT
Just how much blood is in this production? Am I, the theatre fainter going to have problems? Well, um, it's not really blood. I suppose whether you'll faint or not depends on what your tolerance level for stage blood-like stuff is really. I don't know how to describe it without giving it away but it's all done in a very stylised way. It's not like she stabs herself and there's loads of blood dripping everywhere. When you see it, it's very clear where the red stuff comes from so even though it looks a bit like blood you know full well that it isn't. It's a bit like watching someone put on a costume or a wig.
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Post by Boob on Dec 9, 2016 7:51:59 GMT
Ivo seems to enjoy showering his actors at the denouement (AVFTB and Lazarus)!
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Post by MoreLife on Dec 9, 2016 11:54:50 GMT
I have to agree with some of the comments above, I found it very difficult to care for any one of the characters on stage. Of course the writing doesn't give you likable characters to begin with, but I felt the direction and some of the acting choices didn't help much either - at times it got slightly self-indulgent.
As a technical aside, I was sitting close enough to the stage to see that all the actors in the cast are actually miked. The lav mics are extremely well hidden, but the wires are there, so at least the sound issues should be soon overcome. Bit sad that they need microphones at all, but hey... whatever makes their life easier.
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Post by rumbledoll on Dec 9, 2016 13:41:27 GMT
Just how much blood is in this production? Am I, the theatre fainter going to have problems? Well, um, it's not really blood. I suppose whether you'll faint or not depends on what your tolerance level for stage blood-like stuff is really. I don't know how to describe it without giving it away but it's all done in a very stylised way. It's not like she stabs herself and there's loads of blood dripping everywhere. When you see it, it's very clear where the red stuff comes from so even though it looks a bit like blood you know full well that it isn't. It's a bit like watching someone put on a costume or a wig.
Sounds a bit like Ivo's A View From The Bridge finale ) but by the sound of not not nearly as powerful..
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Post by peggs on Dec 9, 2016 21:18:54 GMT
Well, um, it's not really blood. I suppose whether you'll faint or not depends on what your tolerance level for stage blood-like stuff is really. I don't know how to describe it without giving it away but it's all done in a very stylised way. It's not like she stabs herself and there's loads of blood dripping everywhere. When you see it, it's very clear where the red stuff comes from so even though it looks a bit like blood you know full well that it isn't. It's a bit like watching someone put on a costume or a wig.
Thanks Ryan, that is reassuring, stylised I think i can do.
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