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Post by altamont on Mar 16, 2020 18:53:50 GMT
The Bridge has cancelled I Remember It Well and The Southbury Child
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After advice this afternoon from the Prime Minister asking theatres to close, we are cancelling performances of I Remember It Well and The Southbury Child.
We intend to re-schedule both productions as soon as we can. We’ll let you know about this as quickly as possible and hope very much that you will re-book. In the meantime, you are of course entitled to a refund – but you can, if you wish, choose for it to be refunded as a credit to your account. (That would be very helpful.)
If you have any questions about any of this, you can be in touch with us at boxoffice@bridgetheatre.co.uk. As you can imagine, we will have a lot of emails to respond to in the next few days, so we appreciate your patience as we process each one.
On a personal note, take care of yourself and the people around you. Stay well, and we’ll be back for our next production, The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, in July. Yours,
The Bridge
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Post by altamont on Feb 29, 2020 17:27:45 GMT
(also in A56 - I can confirm the view is very good). Robin - I'm considering A64 - the end of the front row on the left from your seat this afternoon - do you think that would be severely restricted? Thanks...
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Post by altamont on Feb 28, 2020 8:45:11 GMT
At the Nuffield City in Southampton 4th-19th September
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Post by altamont on Feb 26, 2020 9:49:29 GMT
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Post by altamont on Feb 25, 2020 18:58:11 GMT
The National Theatre bookshop is selling copies of the script signed by Tom Stoppard, in case anyone is interested Would love to get hold of one but not up in London for a while. If anyone could pick one up I would be very grateful and would pay you back (plus postage of course) very promptly! Thanks in advance...
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Post by altamont on Feb 20, 2020 18:54:02 GMT
Jermyn Street might be doable Bear in mind that the matinees of the Tempest at Jermyn St start at 2.30, not 3.30
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Post by altamont on Feb 16, 2020 7:29:12 GMT
Standing Room Only, I guess
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Post by altamont on Feb 15, 2020 18:24:28 GMT
This is coming back to the Orange Tree for four weeks in the summer
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Post by altamont on Feb 13, 2020 9:56:45 GMT
And The Real Thing could be good but to get me to go it will depend on the casting. Richard Coyle and Lisa Dillon have been announced
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Post by altamont on Feb 12, 2020 18:35:05 GMT
Would anyone know the running time for this. Booked the train well in advance, 1705 from Stratford and wondering if I was going to make it? It’s always the same, when I book a later train the play is only 1.5 hours and I have hours to kill! Thanks in advance. The RSC website says 3 hours including interval, with a start time for matinees of 13.30
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Post by altamont on Feb 6, 2020 11:32:08 GMT
Alas I left at first interval last night - I didn't hate it, but just couldn't face two more hours and a very late journey home.
Lesley Manville and (especially) Hugo Weaving are very good and I would have liked to have seen how the action played out, but it wasn't holding my interest enough to justify my staying, especially given the general tone of the comments that I've read suggesting the first part is the best. Perhaps a stripped down production somewhere like the Almeida would have worked better for me.
My fault for not booking a matinee - and for forgetting how much I dislike the cavernous Olivier - even though I was in the 6th row of the stall, I still felt distant from the action. Heaven knows what it is like from the back of the gallery.
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Post by altamont on Feb 5, 2020 15:05:31 GMT
Excellent review Steve - one small point though - it is David Threlfall in The Old Tune, not David Thewlis
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Post by altamont on Nov 30, 2019 8:36:43 GMT
A monkey in Inherit the Wind at the Old Vic a decade ago
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Post by altamont on Nov 12, 2019 15:56:09 GMT
Great news re. Sir SRB in a major classic role, shame so long to wait. Love me some Roger Allam but isn't A Number extremely short? I mean like half an hour? A quick look at reviews of past productions shows running times from 65 to 75 minutes
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Post by altamont on Nov 12, 2019 13:23:53 GMT
For JGB, the first three rows don't appear to be on sale. Not sure why - annoying as the apparent front row is much more expensive than the usual £25
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Post by altamont on Oct 9, 2019 16:12:53 GMT
I may be imagining it, but I have a vague recollection that David Tennant said that he wanted his next Shakespeare role to be Leontes in the Winters Tale? He’s not suitable for that role, he looks for laughs in everything he does on stage, even in places where there weren’t any in Richard II, and some of his audience indulge him in this. Leontes is austere and unsympathetic pretty much throughout, Greg Hicks was good, someone like that is best. Richard III is a better fit for him. Oh I agree entirely regarding Richard III - just not sure if my memory is serving me correctly in what he might have said he wanted to do
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Post by altamont on Oct 9, 2019 13:21:05 GMT
I may be imagining it, but I have a vague recollection that David Tennant said that he wanted his next Shakespeare role to be Leontes in the Winters Tale?
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Post by altamont on Sept 30, 2019 15:37:01 GMT
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Post by altamont on Sept 17, 2019 17:50:01 GMT
I think these are their picks of the best new works produced in the 21at century - they are doing similar things with books/movies etc
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Post by altamont on Sept 17, 2019 15:00:29 GMT
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Post by altamont on Aug 21, 2019 11:23:53 GMT
I would advise anyone going to see this to avoid reviews and the comments from Harry above - there are surprises in this astonishing production that it is much better to discover for yourself rather than being told about in advance.
Of course, that could apply to many plays, but in my opinion, it is especially true here
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Post by altamont on Aug 15, 2019 18:24:05 GMT
Well, utterly off topic, but I saw a little terrier in a Christmas jumper today - so I reckon the Christmas season has now started
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Post by altamont on Jul 25, 2019 13:12:46 GMT
We're going to see The Deep Blue Sea at the Minerva in Chichester tomorrow afternoon. Just had an email saying their air conditioning has a technical fault and is out of order. Oh joy... Yeap the air conditioning I saw still indisposed at Chichester for the Deep Blue Sea. You would’ve thought that the engineers would’ve figured to stick 50p in the meter. Just got a follow-up email - they’ve found where to stick 50p and the air con is working again! Hooray!
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Post by altamont on Jul 24, 2019 12:37:39 GMT
We're going to see The Deep Blue Sea at the Minerva in Chichester tomorrow afternoon. Just had an email saying their air conditioning has a technical fault and is out of order. Oh joy...
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Post by altamont on Jul 16, 2019 10:42:19 GMT
The very worst I've encountered is a weirdly sweet brown fudgy Norwegian cheese my Norwegian flatmate used to bring back. I was going to make this point myself - it is truly revolting. I tried it 30 or so years ago and then managed to avoid it until there were two sorts (possibly goat and cow's milk) available at the breakfast buffet in our hotel in Bergen last year - could it really be that bad? Oh yes. It was in fact worse. Thinking of it now makes me feel slightly unwell
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Post by altamont on Jul 15, 2019 20:09:42 GMT
Thanks David, Rory and Thelma - we are up in London (from Somerset) anyway and have a Travelodge booked so travel etc isn't an issue. So not a "thrutch" - what a great word though!
My expectations will be suitably low - we'll follow up with a stroll along the river and a pint or two
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Post by altamont on Jul 15, 2019 18:24:09 GMT
So - I've spent quite a lot of money on seats for this in August - that money is gone and isn't going to come back. Do we bother? Is there any benefit to be derived from sitting through this? Maybe just the first half so I can say I've seen Mr Malkovich on stage?
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Post by altamont on Jun 26, 2019 19:27:31 GMT
Thanks Foxa and TM
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Post by altamont on Jun 26, 2019 10:31:23 GMT
Can I ask a question - once the seating plan is known for a particular play, how do they allocate the Zone A tickets? Is it random or do the earlier bookers get what are deemed better seats? Thanks...
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Post by altamont on Jun 20, 2019 13:57:17 GMT
It's this year's NT Macbeth! Except the NT allows you to return tickets!
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