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Post by crowblack on Sept 18, 2018 18:41:27 GMT
Just generally, is the Donmar's website as horrible to use for everyone as it is for me? I'm on a big desktop and the whole process of scrolling down and then scrolling down that tiny bar - it's like that electric buzzing game in fairgrounds where one tiny movement and it disappears. Am I doing something wrong, and is there are more user-friendly version that I have dunderheadedly missed all this time? Is it designed for a newfangled big iphone with touch screen but not desktops and mice? God knows what this must be like for those with hand mobility problems or worse eyesight than mine...
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Post by showgirl on Sept 19, 2018 3:39:28 GMT
No, it's an astonishingly poor website even on my laptop and much the worst of any theatre sites I regularly visit: poorly laid-out; faint; hard to see the most important features such as dates/times/availability; forces you to check the 2 seating areas separately instead of showing both at once; requires multiple clicks back and forth, etc etc.
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Post by Jan on Sept 19, 2018 6:35:52 GMT
Worth mentioning that Berberian Sound Studio is directed by Tom Scutt, hitherto a designer, in a not particularly common career move (in theatre at least, I know of a number in film). Yes I noticed that. One previous example is Ultz who has designed many shows over the past 40 years ("Jerusalem" for example) but has also directed a handful of things including Pericles (brilliant) and Taming of the Shrew (awful). Another is the designer Bob Crowley who has directed a small number of shows (including the Phil Collins musical "Tarzan" I see - I must have missed that one). |
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Post by n1david on Sept 27, 2018 9:37:05 GMT
...and the Donmar website seems to have gone completely titsup at Friends booking time. Managed to get tix in my bag for both shows, now the website is completely down. Bring back ATG...
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Post by NeilVHughes on Sept 27, 2018 9:49:49 GMT
@n1david, the same at least RII at Almeida went smoothly which was the must have for today.
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Post by n1david on Sept 27, 2018 11:10:49 GMT
I only got about 600 in the queue on my best device at the Donmar so had quite a wait to get in and after I put my tickets in my basket about 10.25 when I went to checkout it just stopped responding completely and trying to load on a different computer gave a site not found error. Judging by anguished tweets I want the only one. To their credit Donmar asked for a phone number and called me back within the hour and I got pretty much the tix I wanted.
Im up a level at the Almeida so got those Tues and All About Eve yesterday through DMG+ - but what a lot of activity for 10am on a Thursday morning!
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Post by NeilVHughes on Sept 27, 2018 11:25:15 GMT
@theatremonkey.com like @n1david encountered no end of trouble, wonder if they use the same infrastructure as All About Eve, at least pressing refresh passes the time on the train up to Manchester for Margaret.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Sept 27, 2018 12:11:22 GMT
Finally got everything sorted, now to do it all again tomorrow for the Old Vic.
At least it is a beautiful day in Manchester, will now amble to the Exchange for Margaret via a Guitar shop or two, adored The War Of The Roses at Kingston a few years ago, therefore high hopes the day will redeem itself.
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Post by adolphus on Sept 27, 2018 16:50:20 GMT
Sweat has sold heavily with many perfomances returns only.
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Post by david on Sept 27, 2018 17:53:50 GMT
A painless purchase tonight for both productions with my preferred row C side seats in the the circle available for both shows. Having a quick look across random dates, the stalls seem pretty much sold out with plenty of seats still available in the circle for both productions at all the ticket prices for that area.
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Post by sf on Oct 2, 2018 11:41:47 GMT
Sweat has sold heavily with many perfomances returns only.
Public booking for Sweat opened today. I suggest that anyone who wants to see it doesn't hang around. I got what I wanted, but there were very few seats left for any of the performances I checked.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2018 12:20:39 GMT
I was in a meeting so didn't book till nearly 12 - as you say, Sweat is selling well, nothing in the stalls for the dates I looked at. Plenty left for Berberian Sound Studio.
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Post by foxa on Oct 3, 2018 9:35:31 GMT
As sf and xanderl say, I went on last night and there was VERY little left for SWEAT - and hardly any seats together - mainly just a the rare single seat. So I grabbed one of those for a matinee.
I don't really get what Berberian Sound Studio is and it looks like there is good availability for that, so may book later.
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Post by showgirl on Nov 25, 2018 5:05:52 GMT
Re Sweat: the Donmar tweeted a few days ago that they had added an extra matinee on Saturday 15 December but this seems to have been overlooked as there are still seats available at all prices - yes, including the £10 ones. So if you missed out and can do that time/date combo, have a look.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Nov 26, 2018 19:25:32 GMT
Josie Rourke is doing an American musical for her last show. And after however many years of being slammed for ignoring diversity she's finally going out all guns blazing. I'm not that bothered about Sweat or Sound Studio but I'd like to see her approach to a big musical. Tickets will be even more impossible to get than normal.
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Post by Rory on Nov 26, 2018 19:41:34 GMT
Yes, I think someone mentioned Sweet Charity previously.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2018 21:18:12 GMT
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Post by partytentdown on Dec 9, 2018 22:22:30 GMT
If anyone has seen 'Sweat' yet, how long is it?
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Post by showgirl on Dec 10, 2018 4:40:01 GMT
I noted the running time originally given from the Donmar website, but it seems to have been removed.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 9:13:41 GMT
I'm sharing this as Time Out tweet it so please forgive any errors.  Five productions in the first season, number 1 will be David Grieg's Europe from June 10 to August 10, directed by Longhurst himself. Number 2 will be Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Appropriate, from August 16 to October 5, directed by Ola Ince and with Monica Dolan in the cast. Number 3 will be [Blank] by Alice Birch (the premiere of a full length version), from October 11 to November 30, directed by Maria Aberg in association with Clean Break. Number 4 will be Teenage Dick by Mike Lew (modern adaptation of Richard III, played New York last autumn, in case you're frightened to google it with that title), from December 6 to February 1, directed by Longhurst. And finally number 5 will be Far Away by Caryl Churchill, from February 6 to March 12, directed by Lyndsey Turner. Not gonna lie, I'm pretty excited for most of these! |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 2, 2019 9:13:54 GMT
Season opens with revival of David Greig's Europe
Billy Howle and Faye Marsay will star in the production, to be directed by Longhurst himself
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 2, 2019 9:15:35 GMT
The next production will be Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate, directed by Ola Ince and starring Monica Dolan
(From Evening Standard's Twitter feed)
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 2, 2019 9:17:00 GMT
Following that is the first full production of Alice Birch’s Blank in a co-prod with Clean Break, directed by Maria Aberg
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Post by zahidf on Apr 2, 2019 9:17:00 GMT
Blank, a new Alice Birch play
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 2, 2019 9:17:27 GMT
It will be an entirely female creative team with an all female cast of 15
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