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Post by Jon on Feb 2, 2024 14:02:38 GMT
I was thinking the set must be pretty large if it's going to the Olivier. Maybe they think 21 shows there will satisfy demand. It just seems funny that the run is so short. I suspect it was the only one available for a short run, the Royal Court in Liverpool isn't big so a transfer to say the Pinter and Trafalgar would be fine. |
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Post by Rory on Feb 2, 2024 16:45:13 GMT
Purely speculative of course but the Noel Coward will be free for 15 weeks after 22nd June.
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Post by galinda on Feb 9, 2024 18:43:41 GMT
Surprised I managed to get a ticket for the NT run of this - looking forward to it!
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Post by theoracle on Mar 12, 2024 23:01:04 GMT
Does anyone know if "Front Stalls" are going to be on stage or lower? Theres also 2 blocks in this section so not sure where best to sit here if anyone can advise?
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Post by zahidf on Mar 26, 2024 10:13:19 GMT
Will be in the Garrick Theatre for 8 weeks, starting 13th June
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Post by Dave B on Mar 26, 2024 10:19:18 GMT
Will be in the Garrick Theatre for 8 weeks, starting 13th June
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Post by Rory on Mar 26, 2024 23:08:45 GMT
I am delighted about this transfer. Now I'll get a chance to see it.
I wonder why it's not doing a slightly longer run as Why Am I So Single doesn't start until the end of August.
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Post by mrnutz on Mar 27, 2024 13:02:42 GMT
Will be in the Garrick Theatre for 8 weeks, starting 13th June
I don't know why, but if you go direct via the Nimax website they are on sale now. |
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Post by hannechalk on Apr 26, 2024 22:30:29 GMT
I went at the Royal Court Liverpool tonight - and this is just perfection!
Everything is superb - cast, direction, staging, overall production, just absolutely everything!
Highly recommended.
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Post by lichtie on Apr 28, 2024 10:52:03 GMT
Saw this yesterday at the matineee with a very engaged local audience (of an age to know the original well I suspect as am I). Graham has done a really good job of taking Bleasdale's individual episode story lines and turning them into a flowing story, though my one nitpick is that this starts to creak a bit in the middle of the second half. He's also made some fairly inspired modifications so it's not just an abridgment.
The cast are uniformly good, the staging really well done, overall it's an excellent production.
The Royal Court is a slightly weird venue with it's stalls "tables for eating" setup but you're close enough in the circle to the stage that it doesn't matter.
And I think if you can manage it, it's genuinely worth it to see this with a Liverpool audience. I suspect some of the ambience will not transfer to London...
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Post by firefingers on May 2, 2024 22:19:41 GMT
Had an evening off and check this out, rude not to when it is £23 a ticket. It is a cracking play with some fab performances. Some design/directorial elements are a bit dated but it fits the period. Do check it out if you can.
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Post by dinkydonie on May 5, 2024 17:22:31 GMT
Rest in peace, Bernard Hill, the original Yosser Hughes, who has passed away at the age of 79.
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Post by crowblack on May 7, 2024 11:56:08 GMT
I've booked stalls non dining tickets for this, though there's no indication on the site of where I'll be sitting - is it a free for all so better to arrive early?
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Post by wiggymess on May 9, 2024 14:58:24 GMT
2 x tickets for this on the noticeboard for 25th May if anyone is interested before I return for a credit.
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Post by cartoonman on May 24, 2024 11:09:14 GMT
Saw this last night, 23rd May, at the NT. The usher said it was sold out and there additional seats in front of row A in the stalls. Well acted, a clever set. I would only give it 3* but the audience were very enthusiastic and about 50% stood up at the end. I didn't see it when it was on TV back in 82? I think it was a series so cutting it down to a single show must have been hard. I was working in London in 82, were things really that bad in Liverpool?
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Post by marob on May 24, 2024 11:48:39 GMT
Just a heads up… the whole series is being shown next Wednesday night on BBC4.
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Post by theoracle on May 24, 2024 14:26:27 GMT
Could anyone shine some more light on what the front stalls seats are like for this? Will you be looking up a lot and is there much rake? I see they’ve kept the same layout for Mnemonic so very intrigued
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Post by Marwood on May 24, 2024 17:45:00 GMT
Could anyone shine some more light on what the front stalls seats are like for this? Will you be looking up a lot and is there much rake? I see they’ve kept the same layout for Mnemonic so very intrigued I’m going to see it tonight, sitting in row FF. I’ll let you know. |
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Post by parsley1 on May 24, 2024 19:48:04 GMT
Goodness
Two interval departures for me in one week
Not done that for some time
This is not sophisticated theatre in any sense of the word
Unfortunately like Jamie Lloyd, James Graham in stuck in a parallel rut
All he can offer are pantomime sketches
I felt it here and also in Dear England
Gone are his days of Ink
I also do wonder at his obsession with events from before his birth or when he must have been an infant
I am fully away of his background and interest in politics
But still - there is something so patronising in all his writing
As if it’s presented for a dumbed down audience who isn’t me
Maybe like Jamie Lloyd he should concentrate on less volume and better quality
Most of what he writes is not fully original material with respect to characters or events
Characters drawn with careless strokes of a brush so broad it’s like a grotesque parody
Along with the worst cod “slo mo” choreography and the most embarrassing wigs I have seen in a professional production
A total avoid for me
“I don’t want to be someone, I want to be me”
Made me laugh at the lameness
Watch an episode of Brookside instead
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Post by edi on May 24, 2024 20:12:18 GMT
Could anyone shine some more light on what the front stalls seats are like for this? Will you be looking up a lot and is there much rake? I see they’ve kept the same layout for Mnemonic so very intrigued I’m going to see it tonight, sitting in row FF. I’ll let you know. Please, thanks. Also, do these seats obstruct the view of the usual front row seats? |
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Post by Steve on May 24, 2024 21:14:10 GMT
Just a heads up… the whole series is being shown next Wednesday night on BBC4. I just checked now and was surprised to find its all on iplayer right now.
And while checking, I also just noticed that the original TV movie, "The Black Stuff," which apparently preceded "The Boys from the Black Stuff," is also on iplayer, so I might just check that one out before watching the show:
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Post by Marwood on May 24, 2024 21:39:02 GMT
Could anyone shine some more light on what the front stalls seats are like for this? Will you be looking up a lot and is there much rake? I see they’ve kept the same layout for Mnemonic so very intrigued I’m going to see it tonight, sitting in row FF. I’ll let you know. There isn’t any rake whatsoever in the front stalls, so like me maybe you will be unlucky and get the heads of two ignorant idiots in front of you blocking things as they turn to talk sh*te to each other throughout proceedings, so if you were the couple on the right hand end of EE, shame on you, stick to sitting at home watching Gogglebox if your idea of a great night is talking sh*te while you watch something. Otherwise unless you’re sitting in the front row (there’s a high scaffolding used that is wheeled onto stage numerous times) the views are decent but I imagine its an effort to see much sitting more than ten rows back as the whole thing is very poorly lit. With regards to the actual play, I’m agreeing with Parsleys thoughts on this: not helped by the aforementioned talking twats, I had seriously been considering leaving at the interval myself but thought I would go back for the second half, unfortunately it then descended into some sub Bread/Last Of The Summer Wine attempts at farce and seemed to take an awfully long time to get to the end. It might have been helped with a bigger cast so we don’t get actors playing three or four roles either (I don’t think wigs were the problem, the main issue with hairstyles was the sh*te sub Partridge Family cut sported by ‘Mr. Moss’ : anyone walking round Liverpool sporting that cut in the early 80s would have got a kicking) My memories of the tv series are very distant (I was about 13 when it first got screened but I remember far preferring Auf Wiedersehen Pet at the time which covers the same time period and class of people) but overall it seemed to be two and a half hours of professional theatrical misery, can’t recommend this. |
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Post by parsley1 on May 24, 2024 22:08:02 GMT
When the NT stages sh*t it really is the absolute worst possible
I feel when the RC gets it wrong at least the work is still interesting and was an attempt at something new
It’s interesting James Graham has never has a play on there
I feel as a playwright and writer he has a chip on his shoulder
And therefore is obsessed with presenting disenfranchised characters or fantasising he is some authority at social commentary or a political expert
I now find his work tiresome, lacking ambition and he has the worst character development for any major playwright I know
It’s like he is David Hare when he should be presenting a fresh perspective on things
David Hare at least writes well
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Post by lichtie on May 25, 2024 18:29:39 GMT
But in this instance virtually all of the themes are taken beat for beat from Bleasedale's original TV version. Graham has mostly shortened the material (condsiderably), changed the ordering of some elements and simplified a few of the others which wouldn't work on stage. I'm not saying that's a reason why you should like it, just that I think your criticism here about disenfranchised characters is wide of the mark.
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Post by parsley1 on May 25, 2024 19:22:02 GMT
But in this instance virtually all of the themes are taken beat for beat from Bleasedale's original TV version. Graham has mostly shortened the material (condsiderably), changed the ordering of some elements and simplified a few of the others which wouldn't work on stage. I'm not saying that's a reason why you should like it, just that I think your criticism here about disenfranchised characters is wide of the mark. A sophisticated playwright could have enlightened the source material Or added to it The stage version is inferior to the TV show When people decide to adapt or present work in different mediums Their main motivation is making money Not because the concept idea of earth shattering to warrant multiple presentations |
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