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Post by TallPaul on Jun 1, 2018 11:19:33 GMT
Royal Court Upstairs delightfully cool yesterday afternoon. Why, was @ryan there too?
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 1, 2018 18:22:08 GMT
I went to the Globe to see Much Ado About Nothing back in March when it snowed. 2 hours in -3 degrees, couldn’t feel my feet but the cast were flawless! Does that count? I'd have swapped my Globe Much Ado experience for yours. I saw it back in summer 2011 when it was 30 degrees. I was standing (not out of choice, seats sold out months in advance) & blacked out & collapsed during the first act & had to be helped out by one of the ushers. I'd take freezing over that any day!
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Post by david on Jun 1, 2018 18:33:33 GMT
What have conditions been like at the London coliseum during the heat wave as I’m there tomorrow afternoon for chess.
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Post by waybeyondblue on Jun 1, 2018 19:59:51 GMT
What have conditions been like at the London coliseum during the heat wave as I’m there tomorrow afternoon for chess. Like Iceland - or the Philippines - or Hastings - or - or this place....in fact the first hint of trouble would be, oh so small; barely perceptible, easy to miss, but then perfect situations must go wrong...
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 2, 2018 22:52:43 GMT
I was extremely relieved to find this afternoon that the Finborough has air con in the auditorium (though not the pub).
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Post by melly on Jun 2, 2018 23:36:46 GMT
The Victoria Palace is lovely and cool when you walk in, but too warm by the time the show starts and just gets warmer and warmer as the show goes on.
Southwark Playhouse is too hot, and if you're sitting near the front you may get to enjoy the pleasure of being sprayed with sweat as cast members twirl.
The Coliseum is blissfully cold.
Piccadilly theatre is okay temperature wise.
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Post by geraldine64 on Jun 22, 2018 12:11:42 GMT
Hello, Was thinking of seeing the show at the Union Theatre. Does anyone know if their air conditioning issues have been sorted out? Thanks.
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Post by geraldine64 on Jun 22, 2018 12:58:22 GMT
Thank you for the advice theatremonkey. Will give it a go.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2018 22:25:31 GMT
Edinburgh Playhouse is an oven. Avoid seats under the circle or balcony overhang, especially if the house is full.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 17, 2018 19:04:31 GMT
Does anyone know the New Theatre, Cardiff? Does it have aircon? I'm eyeing the Met Office's forecast for this coming weekend with considerable trepidation.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 19:29:10 GMT
Does anyone know the New Theatre, Cardiff? Does it have aircon? I'm eyeing the Met Office's forecast for this coming weekend with considerable trepidation. I do indeed know it well. While the Upper Circle is hotter than hell no matter what the weather, the Circle and Stalls are airconditioned. Rear Stalls gets TOO chilly if anything. Though they've actually answered on their own twitter just to confirm I'm not making it up....
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 18, 2018 7:28:38 GMT
@emicardiff Thank you very much. That's a big relief! I'm very glad I'll be in the stalls.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2018 8:02:35 GMT
@emicardiff Thank you very much. That's a big relief! I'm very glad I'll be in the stalls. You're welcome! And quite, a couple of Christmases ago, in the freezing weather I nearly passed out from the heat watching 'A Christmas Carol' not exactly the ambiance they were looking for haha! but the Stalls are usually a good temperature.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 22, 2018 17:25:33 GMT
The New Theatre, Cardiff was bliss on the air conditioning front this weekend. I only wish I could have spent all night there too, as it would have have been a hell of a lot nicer than the roastingly hot Travelodge room I did spend the night in.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 18:04:34 GMT
The New Theatre, Cardiff was bliss on the air conditioning front this weekend. I only wish I could have spent all night there too, as it would have have been a hell of a lot nicer than the roastingly hot Travelodge room I did spend the night in. Glad it was nice! I haven't actually set foot in there during the summer so haven't taken advantage, but good to know if I do! And ugh I've had my share of the boiling Travelodge night too.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 22, 2018 21:32:53 GMT
@emicardiff I was perfect, plenty cool enough without being too cold, so I could just enjoy the show without having to think about the temperature. It's infuriating that Travelodges don't even let you open the window more than a few inches. We had the fan on all night but it was still almost unbearable.
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Post by galinda on Jul 24, 2018 13:46:12 GMT
It was lovely and cool in The Other Palace last week.
Anyone been to the following recently and can report on them..
Noel Coward, Young Vic, Trafalgar Studios, Phoenix, Ambassadors, Garrick?
Think they are all the ones I am booked to see this summer!
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Post by ensembleswings on Jul 24, 2018 15:24:10 GMT
Well the Adelphi certainly knows what air con is! I've honestly not been that cold in quite a while. Granted everyone else around me was complimenting it and saying how lovely and cool it was but it left me shivering, I had to go and stand putside during the interval just to warm up again. When I returned later in the week (yes it was a week of multiple visits) I took a cardigan with me just to put on whilst I was inside the theatre, wasn't a fan of having to carry it around London but it certainly beat sitting through Kinky Boots whilst shivering and trying to stop my teeth from chattering, I know I do tend to get cold easily but still I wasn't expecting that this week. The Other Palace on the other hand was the ideal temperature for me.
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Post by poster J on Jul 24, 2018 16:02:00 GMT
It was lovely and cool in The Other Palace last week. Anyone been to the following recently and can report on them.. Noel Coward, Young Vic, Trafalgar Studios, Phoenix, Ambassadors, Garrick? Think they are all the ones I am booked to see this summer! Young Vic was perfectly pleasant on Saturday afternoon.
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Post by basi1faw1ty on Jul 28, 2018 18:08:48 GMT
Talked to one of the actors of Titanic the Musical today at the Alhambra, Bradford. He informed me it was the first theatre of the whole tour so far to have actual functioning air conditioning. I wondered maybe the air cons of the previous theatres were just broken but he goes, "Nope. They just didn't have them."
So they have been to *takes breath* Bromley, Blackpool, Nottingham, Northampton, Plymouth, Edinburgh, Birmingham Hippodrome, Glasgow, Sheffield, Dublin, Southampton Mayflower, Belfast, Cardiff Millennium Centre, and Manchester Lowry, yet NONE of these places had air con?? Surely not?!
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