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Post by theatre-turtle on May 8, 2017 11:10:25 GMT
What seats are the aforementioned rush tickets?
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Post by theatre-turtle on May 7, 2017 18:17:15 GMT
It used to be a lot more common - you used to have a company of actors performing different productions on different nights, which not even the NT now does - but has mostly died out. It was how a lot of older actors learnt their trade. In the West End The Winters Tale and Harlequinade/All on Her Own in the Ken Branagh season is the only time we've had old-style rep that I can recall. If I'm wrong someone will correct me I'm sure. European theatres, on the other hand, often work on the principle, building up a repertoire of shows that they perform for years but without any exhaustive continual runs. This page for the Schaubuhne, gives you an idea. www.schaubuehne.de/en/spielplan/index.htmlInteresting.. curious about 'Love Hurts in Tinder times'
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 28, 2017 13:54:32 GMT
Deena isn't meant to have a great voice.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 21, 2017 8:47:17 GMT
It still works as a period piece. I'm young and I don't even make phone calls. Also most of my friends aren't married nor are we rushing to, some prefer to be single and have lots of dates and one night stands.
I didn't understand half the references in Ladies who Lunch. Also alcoholism isn't cool any more, most of the kind of class portrayed in Company are probably on party drugs and cocaine.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 19, 2017 22:24:12 GMT
On this topic, I find it difficult to urinate in urinals in public toilets, so often end up holding on for the cubicle, which A) makes me look like I'm cottaging and B) can be fruitless as I've waited copious amounts of time for the present occupant to leave, just so I can wee! It was after this very situation that I discovered the upstairs loos at the Lyttelton. Pee-shy, as our US cousins call it. As for cottaging, do people still do that? Someone I knew years ago used to take a packed lunch with him. Made a day of it. Flask.. the lot. I refer to you to former Jersey Boy Michael Watson [
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 18, 2017 21:16:06 GMT
No one was paid for the Blackpool production so I'm surprised some of the cast revived their parts. It should never have been allowed to get this far. Serious question - is this legal? I didn't realise theatre was exempt from minimum wage requirements.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 18, 2017 18:14:01 GMT
All hail theatre bargains (and this board for highlighting them) - Carousel tonight will be my 4th show in 5 days for a total spend of under £60 and bar tonight when I've deliberately chosen a distant view, I've been no further back than Row E of the Stalls. Also - quick shout out for the blood nurse who folded over one corner of the incredibly sticky dressings they use (much as you would with the end of a roll of sellotape) for ease of removal later! It's the little things How did you get a Carousel bargain?
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 17, 2017 19:21:01 GMT
Date is over an hour late... It went well . Breakfast was good.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 16, 2017 17:58:16 GMT
Date is over an hour late...
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 16, 2017 17:17:24 GMT
Behind pillars at Her Majesty's.
The £10 Les Mis seats where you can see a third of the stage
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 16, 2017 17:03:36 GMT
I wonder what would happen if they don't get the funds. Would they have to replace Imelda with Kimberley Walsh?
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 15, 2017 22:28:05 GMT
Awful mailing in the post today Asking For money Towards the Follies syndicate The NT are f***ing pathetic sometimes If they can't afford such a big show Find some producers I highly doubt this is due to transfer anywhere Given there is no commercial producer involved It's supposedly the biggest show they have ever staged Yet still minuscule compared to 42nd Street Why not invest? It should be a massive hit.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 14, 2017 22:15:42 GMT
Entertaining though a total mess. Kelli O'Hara keep calling Effie 'CC'
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 14, 2017 13:32:44 GMT
Is Young Vic eligible for Olivier awards?
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 14, 2017 13:31:34 GMT
I think of all roles where this gets debated this one is pretty firmly in the supporting category. Surely Louise in Gypsy is a much more contentious one yet nobody seemed to kick up a fuss about that being classed as supporting.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 12, 2017 17:45:17 GMT
Read on BW forum... "There was a little girl sitting next to me, probably about six or seven, who kept asking her Mom why the squirrels tore apart Veruca and killed her and started crying." It's a lesson to little girls (probably like her) to not be bratty and entitled.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 11, 2017 21:56:26 GMT
This country really doesn't do award shows well.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 11, 2017 9:30:32 GMT
Studies have shown that being in demand makes one more attractive
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 9, 2017 21:32:22 GMT
Can anyone help me w two questions?
- If they are dirt poor and the whole troop eats for a 'buck', how can they afford to keep a dog? Wouldn't a lot of hotels etc. not allow them in for having a dog as well while they're travelling around like gypsies? Sounds like a huge inconvenience for someone like Rose that's so self centred anyway
- Why are the 'experienced strip ladies' so reluctant to read lines? It sounds like a more dignified role than 'doing it with a horn' or having a light up vagina.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 7, 2017 19:07:00 GMT
I think this might have worked better as a play. It just doesn't have very memorable music.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 6, 2017 22:51:42 GMT
I understand Cam Mac is one of the richest men in entertainment - how did he achieve this without being a creative and also not being an investor? Does he get a salary from the production? I get the impression that for most entertainment businesses the majority of the money goes to whoever owns the creative rights of things e.g. the writers?
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 6, 2017 22:10:04 GMT
Do American Express card holders still get early access to tickets? I think these will usually be limited to the more expensive tickets though
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 6, 2017 21:11:17 GMT
So, just to clarify, when do tickets go on sale for this? The season includes new shows Follies, Mosquitoees, Oslo, The Majority and the return of Jane Eyre, plus continuing performances of Common. Tickets for these shows go on sale as folllows: Thursday 20 April, 8.30am Supporting Cast, Patron, Premier Patron, Benefactor & Olivier Circle Members, Young Patron Premium and Young Patron Ambasadors Monday 24 April, 8.30am Priority and Priority Plus Members, and Young Patron Member and Young Patron Associates Thursday 27 April, 8.30am Advance Members Friday 5 May, 8.30am Public booking
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 5, 2017 23:51:17 GMT
Very excited for this. Losing my mind a bit waiting for booking to open
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 5, 2017 22:51:22 GMT
How does one invest in Robert Mugabe?
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 5, 2017 18:45:20 GMT
I felt it a 5, but between this and AIP, I think it would come down to my mood which I'd rate higher on the night. Can't really pick between them - as my opinion on my own site says, I think this is cappuccino to AIP's espresso. Hope both do well. For me both are 5* the two best new-ish things in the West End right now. No need to pit them off against each other. I prefer both to Dreamgirls, the other 'hit' new musical of the board.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 3, 2017 20:54:24 GMT
I was a member for about a year but I never used it to see any shows. There's usually better discounts out there and you get tied to going on the night their block booking is on, which isn't always convenient.
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Post by theatre-turtle on Apr 3, 2017 18:07:17 GMT
It doesn't look like anyone has mentioned Howard Goodall yet. He has done A winter's Tale & The Dreaming (adapted from A Midsummer's Night's Dream). When I saw The Dreaming he was in the audience & I spoke to him afterwards & he mentioned he has composed a musical of Much Ado About Nothing but it has never been performed. I wish it would be. I love his music. Saw Rturn to the Forbidden Planet over 20 years ago and hated it, many years later with my tastes more refined I saw it again on tour in Dartford and still hated. However I have never seen The Tempest, so cannot relate the two. Whereas I saw Return To The Forbidden Planet as both a child & an adult & have loved it throughout. I cannot really relate The Lion King to Hamlet. Apart from the very basic plot outline they are so different in location & treatment. There are also many Shakespeare operas - but they don't really count as song and dance musicals! Amusing myself by listing Shakespeare operas, even if it is off topic: Macbeth (Verdi) Otello (Verdi) Falstaff (Verdi) Romeo et Juliette (Gounoud) I Capuletti e i Montecchi (Bellini) A Midsummer's Night's Dream (Britten) Beatrice et Benedict (Berlioz) Sir John In Love (Vaughan Williams) King Lear (Reimann) Hamlet (Thomas, also a new one by Brett Dean premiering at Glyndebourne this summer) The Fairy Queen (Purcell) I'm sure there are loads more as well but those are the ones that come to mind instantly. To be pedantic, I Capuletti e i Montecchi is not based on Shakespeare, but an Italian play adaptation of the same folk story that inspired Shakespeare. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Capuleti_e_i_Montecchien.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Capuleti_e_i_Montecchi
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Post by theatre-turtle on Mar 31, 2017 19:11:29 GMT
Mine are: Angel from Rent - fitting name, good hearted and generous character, for the time quite significant to portray someone like that not as someone who's got a mental illness or a freak but as a virtuous and heroic character. Collins as well for similar reasons. Captain Andy from Show Boat - sticking up for Julie and then Gaylord without judgement. He understands that the 'morality' of the day can be subjective in the face of opposition. I also like that he's not perfect but well meaning. Tevye from Fiddler - reminds me of my dad Mrs Lovett from Sweeney - just a really well formed and complex character. We've all been there in the 'desperately in love/love makes you do crazy things' mode' . That'll do for a start
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Post by theatre-turtle on Mar 31, 2017 16:22:07 GMT
I thought this was terrible and one of the worst shows I have seen last year. Do you hate the show or the production? If you don't like the 'weird' music (which is what my partner said) it was probably an uphill battle
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