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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 30, 2016 12:47:20 GMT
I'll wear my badge!
Yeah - Pinewood, Uxbridge Station and take a cab -?- I've taken a half day off work. I've done my fair share (and then some) of queuing outside studios.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 28, 2016 22:43:34 GMT
I can't see anyone else added this. The programme quotes Nicholas de Jongh :
"I'm going to do this new play by Pinter" Sir John Gielgud told me. "It's with Ralph Richardson. I was a bit worried he wouldn't accept the part as there's a little dirty language in it and Ralph's a bit prim and unworldly". What sort of language I asked. "Oh, male members being sucked in the mouth and that sort of thing" he said vaguely. "Then Ralph phoned and told me he'd accepted. Wonderful Ralphie, but what about the dirty language - the male members being sucked". Richardson's response was reassuring. "Perfectly all right, cockiest. Pure fantasy. Couldn't happen in real life".
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 28, 2016 22:22:04 GMT
Made a special trip to Brighton yesterday for the sold out evening performance. Took my little sister for a late birthday treat. She was beside herself in awe and admiration. Some great lines, wonderful performances by all four on stage.
I would like to blame the two bottles of Prosecco I part necked before the performance but I found it batty.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 28, 2016 22:08:57 GMT
You are a little darling George x 2nd nom for Ryan, I'll occasionally nip into his profile to read his recent posts to lighten my day.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 26, 2016 10:22:53 GMT
I saw this last night, first time at the Savoy after my 4 visits to the Menier Chocolate Factory (3 x Sheridan's Fanny, 1 x Natasha's Fanny).
Sheridan holds the audience in the palm of her hand. She's endearing, she makes constant eye contact with the audience and I couldn't fault her singing last night - and Darius makes such a visually commanding leading man. He is gorgeous indeed. I absolutely loved this.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 23, 2016 11:45:46 GMT
I have tickets for this for the Friday evening! Now to arrange an early leave from the office. Whoop Whoop!
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 23, 2016 10:28:15 GMT
I was bit by a ferret once. Escaped from a neighbour, my (then young) son brought it into the house until I got home. He played with it all afternoon. I came in, kid put it in my arms, it ran up my arm, around my neck and bit me - hard - on the cheekbone. Heard it's teeth grate on my actual cheekbone. Had to be prised off my face. Dropped ferret off at local vet on way to A&E for tetnus jab.
I hadn't even taken my coat off.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 22, 2016 9:40:09 GMT
Funny Girl on Thursday, my first viewing at The Savoy No Mans Land in Brighton on Saturday!
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 21, 2016 20:01:51 GMT
Was there as well today, interested by the casting so bought despite not having liked it much at The Savoy last year and having been unimpressed with Sam Spiro on a return visit earlier this year.
Today was not great. Rebel comes across well, fun and likeable, but seemed to be out of breath most of the time. Simon Lipkin played for the big laughs, juggling Rebels boobs, arse slapping Skye Masterson. The actor playing Skye, fair voice but I've seen Skye portrayed as "too cool for school" previously, this actor was too young, didn't demand the respect from the other gamblers, no hint of gravitas. Unkindly I'd say he was like a kid wearing his Dad's suit and trousers.
Wish I hadn't bothered.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 19, 2016 22:46:58 GMT
Customer had no idea it was 2 parts. Can I have one for tomorrow and one for Sunday then as I'm seeing something else tomorrow night ..
Made me laugh.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 19, 2016 22:45:02 GMT
Went to the box office tonight to see if I could sweet talk changing my nosebleed ticket (and some £s) for something better. No .. But worth the visit for the large guy in fronts conversation with the box office guy.
Do you have a single ticket for tomorrow (Saturday)? Yes, actually we do Great, I'll take it Them No, I just want one It's 2.30 and 7.30 I'll take the 2.30 Ahhhh
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 19, 2016 12:06:08 GMT
My friends and I are acquaintances with a Broadway actor who's been pretty consistently working for many years and we've been lucky enough to see him in several shows. We went to a preview of a new show he was in and apparently were tittering a bit during one of his first scenes, which is a funny scene, but I guess we found it way funnier than everyone else. I think most people are fine with someone who genuinely finds it funny. What gets my goat is laughter of the general form "HO HO HO! LOOK AT ME GETTING THE JOKE! ME SMART! HO HO HO!" Last Killian and other cast on Saturday night at Kinky Boots, much of the front row seemed to know each other, with the late comer in the second row - who, through the first act kept bashing her front row "mate" on the arm during (to her, obvs) significant parts. With her mate studiously ignoring her. At the interval I heard second row apologising for arm bashing "but it's just so exciting" - to which her front row mate made no comment. I thought that second row fan might take the hint and stop .. but! In Soul of a Man second row fan started weeping and bawling - bashing her front row on the arm again to show a "look at me, I've gone, I'm a mess" face. And still being ignored.. I love the fans. So entertaining.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 19, 2016 11:49:01 GMT
She was in the rear stalls, they swapped at the interval. PLEASE tell me you watched them apparate, rather than walk... Oh, and small point in general: it's considered bad form to be a ticket-holder and snigger at those in the line, even if it is wet and they look funny and bedraggled. Thought I'd get that in early. Good thread, btw, grocker. Aw, sorry TM. There was a bit of stumbling - on the girlfriends part when she saw just how high the seats were, and how bloody hot! Much fanning with programme. My companion/son was in the stalls, with the premise that we'd swap at the interval, the words "screw you mother" when I told him my view/knee space was an almost visible bubble above his head.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 19, 2016 9:26:04 GMT
Sat next to an American last night in the nosebleeds (Balcony K5, he was K6), he and his girlfriend had got in the queue at 4.30pm and had tickets at 5.30pm. She was in the rear stalls, they swapped at the interval.
Woman in front of me at the box office collecting tickets with an email in her hand was referred to the Box Office Manager - email printed out as "proof" of her ticket purchase but no other information, Box Office Manager asked how much she had paid for "the tickets" - £400 she said. I have a feeling this may have been one of the "sold on and disallowed" tickets, but didn't stay to gawp.
I had a member of staff with a clipboard come to my seat in the interval asking me if I would mind telling him where and when I got the ticket - last week from ATG, and I produced my ATG card as proof of my name (wasn't asked, but offered it anyway).
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 18, 2016 16:21:59 GMT
I tried this with the film once but the {Spoiler - click to view} whole piano tuition scene seems to reflect it takes very many days that we don't see. I kinda tried to count the days on my first visit, but the {Spoiler - click to view} different suicides each count as a day and, f*ck it, life is too short (unless, of course, it's the same day and you wake up the same age, etc etc).
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 17, 2016 9:15:50 GMT
Upper Circle at Guys & Dolls last night had obviously been reading this thread. Issues included: - 3 phones going off in the first 20mins - Multiple people filming throughout (with ushers being rushed off their feet trying to stop them) - A fellow solo theatre goer sitting behind me in a vest top, shorts and flip flops (it wasn't even that warm yesterday!) - People going up/down to the bar/toilets/smoking area constantly And possibly worst of all........someone who got told off by an usher for playing Pokemon Go during the show. For this thread only there should be a thumbs down button rather than the like ...
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 16, 2016 16:32:02 GMT
Wait! I just got here!
*dons tin hat, settles in with cuppa tea*
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 16, 2016 16:17:26 GMT
Oh, I have another one!!! Smug woman = Mahooosive fan of John Barrowman, met her at Oxford when I sold on two front row seats as friends couldn't make it, she sat next to me and my friend (I'd got 4 front row - hey, those were the days). She sat with her young daughter, swatting her daughters hand when she tried to get her Mum's attention. Staring at JB as if he were a rib of beef and she was ready to nom nom him. Also found out she'd bought his green panto tights off ebay for some extortionate amount of money ..
A few months later JB is performing at The Royal Albert Hall. I have 2nd row Arena seats. She walks over to me in the bar, where are you sitting she says - I'm in the 2nd row, I says. Oh, I have front row she says and wafts off with smug grin. Except - front row Stalls ain't front row at the RAH, and five minutes before the show started I saw her racing around the Arena floor seats trying to figure out just what had gone wrong in her world ..
I sound mean, but she really was the smug sort you just want to slap down.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 16, 2016 16:07:08 GMT
We had that at Memphis; a group walked up to us and, without even giving us a chance to check, said "you're in our seats so you need to leave and find your actual seats". I said "no, we're in the right seats" and when they eventually checked, we found that they were in Stalls row CC and not row C... Their faces when they found out they weren't at the front! I had this at Titanic last weekend. Booked early without knowing the stage would be quite so high I got front row, seat C6. Sat quietly, man and woman came in and said to me I was in the wrong seat. Politely I reply, no, I'm in the right seat. They look at each other in a "well how dare she" - woman says right, I'm going to find a member of staff, man says yes I think you should! (oh, he added this needs to be sorted out quickly as I can't stand for very long, leaning against the stage and giving me the stink eye). I get my ticket out, turn to the patron behind me and ask if he's got good eyesight to read in the dim theatre light - yes, I'm C6, they are C5 and 4. The man and I sit down, he apologises and hands me a badge he's made from the production poster as an apology. Oh-kay, I say .. Woman comes back in high dudgeon with member of staff, man waves her to the seat next to him saying it's Ok, it's Ok. How is it Ok demands woman. Because these are your seats, love! Jeez.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 15, 2016 21:16:37 GMT
I've applied on several occasions for the Friday Night is Music Night tickets through BBC, I've got tickets more often than not. Also the ALW BBC shows, the final Joseph show and the tribute show some years ago. Stuff like Strictly you can't get for love nor money, but you might be ok with this. How many email/postal addresses do you have? I've applied with work address tonight, I'll do for home tomorrow.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 15, 2016 13:11:03 GMT
I get the wrong night thing, but booked for a Wednesday and turning up on the Saturday 10 days before ..
They had to get through the whole scanning the ticket thing to get into the auditorium too ..
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 15, 2016 11:53:04 GMT
Saturday night. Cast change / last night of Kinky Boots for Killian etc, I'm firmly ensconced in my Row B stalls.
Row C behind me, seats 1 and 2 with two guys in. 2 women dressed up to the nines arrive from the bar with prosecco five mins to curtain up - these men are in their seats, bit of cackling and threats to sit on their laps .. Usher called, examines both sets of tickets, calls supervisor. Supervisor arrives and examines both sets of tickets. Ladies, you are booked for Wednesday 24 August.
Comedy jaw drop!
Left with supervisor who I think was going to try and find them somewhere else to sit.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 14, 2016 10:31:56 GMT
I was there this evening after buying my second row seat when Killian gave out his last performance date. Really super fun tonight, lots of enthusiastic fans showing their appreciation. I still think Matt Henry is the star of the show, he is so great in this role. I took my son who bitched when I told him what I had tickets for and who laughed long and hard at lines I've got used to hearing. Great evening. Jerry Herman came on stage at the end and gave a few words, how proud of this original British cast, Evening Standard winners etc. Killian broke the zip on his red boots in the last number and was held together by red sticky tape. Killian was given the microphone and turned his back on the audience to address his fellow cast members and thank them all, very touching. His last words were for Matt Henry, it's clear they've become firm friends. Matt was very teary, much love to Killian. Brilliant evening. Jerry Mitchell. Apologies to Mr Barnaby, posting late at night, unforgivable erred, natch.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 13, 2016 22:54:19 GMT
I was there this evening after buying my second row seat when Killian gave out his last performance date. Really super fun tonight, lots of enthusiastic fans showing their appreciation. I still think Matt Henry is the star of the show, he is so great in this role. I took my son who bitched when I told him what I had tickets for and who laughed long and hard at lines I've got used to hearing. Great evening.
Jerry Herman came on stage at the end and gave a few words, how proud of this original British cast, Evening Standard winners etc. Killian broke the zip on his red boots in the last number and was held together by red sticky tape. Killian was given the microphone and turned his back on the audience to address his fellow cast members and thank them all, very touching. His last words were for Matt Henry, it's clear they've become firm friends. Matt was very teary, much love to Killian.
Brilliant evening.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 13, 2016 9:15:05 GMT
There's a comment on the theatres Facebook page (can't cut and past from the doings I'm tapping on). Says 3 patrons asked for screaming baby to be removed, nothing about her breastfeeding which they are fine with.
I have a 'friend' on Facebook who is in regular contact with an agency that works on non stories like these, the stuff that's found in magazines of a certain genre, "my husband slept with my sister and my mum", sort of stuff. They get the stories and sell them on to whatever publication will buy it.
Slow news day
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 11, 2016 10:40:15 GMT
I had the sweetie bag behind me, the bottle of water in front of me and the ants-in-his-pants beside me at Romeo & Juliet last night.
Curtain up, and the sweetie bag is routing through for her favourites. Eventually her companion gives her a whisper and - no, doesn't stop, just seems to go in v-e-r-y s-l-o-w motion...
Woman in front continually swigging from water bottle, so at time I'm viewing the stage through double plastic.
Man beside me is so bored. So. Bored. Takes over the arm rest, bends arm and leans head on his hand. His head is practically on my shoulder. I'm stunned he came back after the interval. Adopted the same position with additional squirming as woman in front has swapped places with her significant other who is significantly taller. But hey, no bottle of water - - ah, there it is, now he has a bottle of water and ...
Additionally, at the start, two young people 4 and 5 seats in from me (me = K1 Stalls) taking seats a few minutes before curtain up, then a husband and wife (being the mother and father of the party in front) arrive and look in confusion as the young couple are in their seats. I lean in, and say I think you are in the wrong seats - not a word, they up and head for the back row.
Topped off by - oh, yes, ain't finished yet - the usher get her folding seat out by the doors, produces her book (Gone Girl) and starts to read, all through to the interval.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 9, 2016 14:14:59 GMT
I was able to get tickets for next year in booking individual seats (as in, not the same seat for both performances). I'm as chuffed as it is possible to be. Zak97, if I meet you I owe you a drink. Edited to add, I was on sites all day on Thursday and didn't leave my office until 8.30pm, I also have ATG membership. This was the only way I got tickets. I should have added, individual seats (as in, no the same seat for both performances) AND in different areas - I'll be going with my son, one of us will be in the stalls and one of us in the dress circle!
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 9, 2016 11:13:58 GMT
I was able to get tickets for next year in booking individual seats (as in, not the same seat for both performances). I'm as chuffed as it is possible to be. Zak97, if I meet you I owe you a drink.
Edited to add, I was on sites all day on Thursday and didn't leave my office until 8.30pm, I also have ATG membership. This was the only way I got tickets.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 8, 2016 22:29:31 GMT
I hope the link works, as ATG have some more tickets available!!! This bloke is a star. Thank you zak97.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Aug 8, 2016 18:43:32 GMT
Groundhog Day for the 3rd time tonight and then Edinburgh Fringe from Thursday for ALL the shows. I'm thinking of doing another Groundhog Day at the end of the month. It's so good!
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