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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 10, 2017 12:11:40 GMT
The Philanthropist tonight, Travesties tomorrow, and LAMDA's Bury Fair on Wednesday. Then home for a week with no theatre
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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 10, 2017 11:53:23 GMT
I'm dress circle on the Thursday too. Theatreboard meet up!
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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 10, 2017 10:59:35 GMT
Same here - and I was in the queue, too!
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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 8, 2017 17:22:07 GMT
Very sad news. He was excellent in King Charles III.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 6, 2017 10:58:55 GMT
I've also attended several shows at the Unicorn and at Polka aimed at children, and have never really felt that uncomfortable, but I've often thought that it would be different if I was a man.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 5, 2017 10:29:37 GMT
Michael Billington gave this 3 stars and Don Juan in Soho 4 stars.
I like the Guardian, but seriously??!!
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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 3, 2017 14:12:42 GMT
I love Salad Days too! In one respect, yes it's dated, but in another it's kind of timeless.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 3, 2017 8:31:09 GMT
Definitely - I was particularly struck by the discussion surrounding Hitler's appeal to the working classes. Definite parallels with modern times. By the way, Miller completists might be interested in a production of The Ride Down Mt Morgan at the Abbey Theatre, St Albans, at the end of this month. www.abbeytheatre.org.uk/whats-on/the-ride-down-mt-morgan/
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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 2, 2017 21:49:38 GMT
Well? Where's your comment on it??? Here goes! Very impressed overall. Simple set, stark white and bare. A very large cast (impressed they all fit into the tiny Finborough). 90 mins straight through and gripping throughout. A bunch of prisoners who've all been taken off the streets of Vichy by the Nazis are waiting to undergo a 'racial inspection'. None of them really know why they're there, it's all guesswork and conjecture. Routine papers check or something more sinister? Some are in denial, others have heard rumours about death camps and incinerators in the East. All the characters react differently. The men come from all backgrounds, rich German nobleman, Austrian psychiatrist, Communist engineer, cafe waiter. But Miller manages to avoid stereotyping. Play struck me as highly modern and relevant. Would definitely like to hear others' thoughts.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 2, 2017 21:36:23 GMT
I was on second row few up from that poor guy! Where were you? I was A6. Pretty central and very lucky given it was a return and I could have been sitting anywhere.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 2, 2017 13:46:46 GMT
Was there last night, can't really add anything to what people have already said, it's an incredible spectacle and the dance sequences are breathtaking. I felt exhausted just watching it. I now have a strange desire to learn how to tap dance.
As others have said, WHYYY doesn't Claire Halse get the final bow? She's incredible.
Thank you for the info about the bargainous first two rows: I was in A17 which was fantastic. Bizarrely, the three seats to my right were empty.
I will confess I didn't enjoy this as much as The Life, which I saw last week, mainly because of the characterisation, story and score (though I did enjoy the score here). But for sheer impressive spectacle and 'wow' factor, 42nd Street was outstanding.
PS anyone else think that the 'Hotel des Dames' (or whatever it was called) reminded them of a Premier Inn?
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Post by PalelyLaura on Apr 2, 2017 13:33:13 GMT
Managed to nab a return for this at the Saturday matinee, I was well chuffed. Only went to tick The Frogs off my Sondheim list but ended up really enjoying it. Very funny and I loved the way it mixed classical references with the whole Shaw/Shakespeare thing.
A bit of 'bad behaviour' from one guy in the second row whose mobile phone rang TWICE in the first act. Kind of felt sorry for him though because he was pretty elderly, clearly had no idea how to sort his phone out, and was obviously mortified. In the interval he asked the young couple next to me to help him put it on silent!
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 31, 2017 12:55:45 GMT
Seeing this tomorrow night!
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 31, 2017 9:36:52 GMT
I saw a performance at the Royal Conservatoire when I was on holiday in Glasgow a couple of years ago. I agree - excellent.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 30, 2017 10:08:45 GMT
It's funny because I've always loved the versatility of Shakespeare - I feel like you can set his plays in a huge variety of times and places and it can work in any of them. Whereas Jacobean revenge tragedy, for instance, is much more tied to the original time and place - I've never seen a successful production of one of these plays set outside the original period (except for a student production of The Duchess of Malfi, set in 1950s Italy, which had a cool 'noir' atmosphere).
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 30, 2017 9:43:28 GMT
The last Julius Caesar at the RSC was set in Africa - it was fantastic and I'm looking forward to see this new production. I also like to compare and contrast more 'traditional' and 'modern' interpretations. I don't particularly mind where I see different kinds of productions (apart from the Globe, where I think it makes sense to be a bit more traditional) - just so long as overall, there is a good variety.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 28, 2017 9:53:57 GMT
Well, I'm seeing it this Sunday, so ha! :-P
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 27, 2017 8:55:36 GMT
No idea if he can sing, but if so, I can see Mark Gatiss in this role.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 21, 2017 18:06:37 GMT
For what it's worth, I haven't seen this yet and I don't know what the leads are like but Ashley Day is brilliant, I saw him when I saw The Book of Mormon and if I hadn't known he was the understudy I never would have guessed, he was great. I then saw him in Oklahoma, he was just as good. I will probably try and book this to see the leads but if I end up getting Ashley Day instead I won't be disappointed.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 21, 2017 16:47:11 GMT
I personally didn't find the blending of the two plays a problem from a coherence point of view, but as, like xanderl, I booked in order to compare Love in Idleness with Less Than Kind, I'm a bit annoyed with it.
Having said that, I really enjoyed it, and particularly thought Eve Best was wonderful, so I can live with it.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 17, 2017 10:56:18 GMT
Sarah Millican.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 16, 2017 11:52:33 GMT
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 15, 2017 12:28:12 GMT
Thank you! Think I might have to just bite the bullet and get over my phone phobia for this one!
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 15, 2017 10:41:16 GMT
Sorry to bump this again, but what's the best way to try for a return?
Phone the theatre on the day and try for a return for that day? Phone randomly and ask if there are any returns for any day in the run? Turn up to the theatre that night and hope for the best?
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Post by PalelyLaura on Mar 14, 2017 9:51:55 GMT
Same here. :-( Wonder if there's any chance of an extension or transfer?
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Post by PalelyLaura on Feb 27, 2017 17:11:28 GMT
1st of April booked - hope it's not an April Fool lol ;-) Thanks for the tip - there was one £15 seat left in row A!
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Post by PalelyLaura on Feb 27, 2017 12:28:09 GMT
Tennessee Williams' Strangest Kind of Romance at the Young Vic a year or two ago. Absolutely beautiful cat on stage throughout, it was so good.
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Post by PalelyLaura on Feb 27, 2017 12:27:43 GMT
I need to watch it as I've been reliably informed by a friend that my street features in this show!
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Post by PalelyLaura on Feb 24, 2017 15:48:47 GMT
I love Julian Ovenden, I hate Martin Crimp. What to do?!
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Post by PalelyLaura on Feb 21, 2017 10:42:21 GMT
I studied this play for A Level and hated it, so I wasn't expecting to enjoy this, but I loved it - all the performances were great but as others have said, that scene with Laura and the 'Gentleman Caller' was one of the most incredible things I've seen on stage.
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