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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2018 13:57:53 GMT
Heavens to Betsy, not another Hamlet!
Having said that, hello Jack Laskey. Michelle, you are forgiven.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 9:51:30 GMT
If anyone is after tickets for "Shakespeare in the Abbey", they currently seem to be available for every performance. The page about the show says all tickets are sold out, but if you go via the calendar all dates are bookable although some are "limited availability" www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/d/2018-04-28Incidentally the £37 ticket price is more reasonable if you consider the normal entry price to Westminster Abbey is £20 so you're actually paying £17 for the show  Also - cast announced for Two Noble Kinsmen blog.shakespearesglobe.com/tagged/Two-Noble-Kinsmen |
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Post by n1david on Apr 16, 2018 10:01:36 GMT
If anyone is after tickets for "Shakespeare in the Abbey", they currently seem to be available for every performance. The page about the show says all tickets are sold out, but if you go via the calendar all dates are bookable although some are "limited availability" Great, thanks for the headsup. Missed them first time around and just snapped up a couple for Saturday night! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 10:57:34 GMT
If anyone is after tickets for "Shakespeare in the Abbey", they currently seem to be available for every performance. The page about the show says all tickets are sold out, but if you go via the calendar all dates are bookable although some are "limited availability" www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/d/2018-04-28Incidentally the £37 ticket price is more reasonable if you consider the normal entry price to Westminster Abbey is £20 so you're actually paying £17 for the show Also - cast announced for Two Noble Kinsmen blog.shakespearesglobe.com/tagged/Two-Noble-KinsmenMwah. Just got two. Love this board. |
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Post by Marwood on Apr 16, 2018 12:56:17 GMT
Booked a Saturday afternoon yard ticket to see Othello the first weekend in September, here is hoping I have a better experience there than when I saw Macbeth there a couple of years back: a chimps tea party at the zoo would have been a better setting in which to watch (or at least try to watch) a play. The fact the ticket is £5 (plus fees) rather than the full price I paid for a seat last time is what has convinced me to give the Globe another go.
I'm surprised there still seems a ot of tickets available for Othello, I thought an actor of Mark Rylances standing would have persuaded more people to have bought tickets by now.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 13:12:11 GMT
I don't think I've seen 'Two Noble Kinsmen' before but is that Sue Devaney, star of 'Dinnerladies', I spy in the cast? Booked! I'm surprised there still seems a ot of tickets available for Othello, I thought an actor of Mark Rylances standing would have persuaded more people to have bought tickets by now. Perhaps they should have cast Carrie Hope Fletcher instead? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2018 13:55:59 GMT
At weekends seated tickets for Othello are pretty much sold out but as Marwood says there are a lot of standing tickets left. Not sure if they release those in chunks?
And yes, Sue Devaney! Best know to me as Jonny Briggs' sister. Having Brian Dick from "Earthfasts" as well it's a late 80s / early 90s CBBC special!
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Post by peggs on Apr 16, 2018 17:08:47 GMT
I don't think I've seen 'Two Noble Kinsmen' before but is that Sue Devaney, star of 'Dinnerladies', I spy in the cast? Booked! [quote timestamp="1523883377" author=" Marwood" I had to go back to the blog and stare intently to see which dinnerladies' alumni I'd missed, now spotted. |
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Post by sherriebythesea on Apr 16, 2018 17:47:35 GMT
And I miss being able to see Mark Rylance at the Globe by 2 weeks ...........  |
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Post by lynette on Apr 25, 2018 8:58:58 GMT
Please see noticeboard for Othello tix.
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Post by lynette on Apr 25, 2018 9:00:14 GMT
If anyone is after tickets for "Shakespeare in the Abbey", they currently seem to be available for every performance. The page about the show says all tickets are sold out, but if you go via the calendar all dates are bookable although some are "limited availability" www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/d/2018-04-28Incidentally the £37 ticket price is more reasonable if you consider the normal entry price to Westminster Abbey is £20 so you're actually paying £17 for the show Also - cast announced for Two Noble Kinsmen blog.shakespearesglobe.com/tagged/Two-Noble-KinsmenMwah. Just got two. Love this board. Going tomorrow Thursday. Anyone else? |
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Post by kathryn on Apr 25, 2018 9:42:35 GMT
I completely missed the tickets for the Abbey thing and really want to go, but frustratingly I can't check for tickets as their booking system isn't back up yet!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 10:43:13 GMT
Mwah. Just got two. Love this board. Going tomorrow Thursday. Anyone else? I’m going! I have blond hair and glasses. |
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Post by lynette on Apr 25, 2018 12:15:33 GMT
To the 8.30 show? I have short dark hair and glasses! And am probably older than you! Probably I will be looking for somewhere to sit....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 15:29:02 GMT
To the 8.30 show? I have short dark hair and glasses! And am probably older than you! Probably I will be looking for somewhere to sit.... Ah, no, I am in at 6.30pm. Enjoy! I was reading the email about accessibility and apparently the nave is a good place to sit, and there are seats dotted around. I’m going with two people who won’t be able to stand the whole time, so I wanted to make sure they’d be ok. |
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Post by peggs on Apr 25, 2018 21:06:03 GMT
How was it? Going sat and am hoping I don't manage to be in all the wrong places at the wrong times or at the back of grounds, when it comes to joining queues I always pick the one that turns out to be the worst so I have form in this.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Apr 25, 2018 21:52:28 GMT
First night, the Globe stripped bare, no set only the actors and the text to fill the space.
Thankfully Michelle is up to the task, an angry and forceful Hamlet that dominates the space.
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Post by lynette on Apr 25, 2018 22:02:02 GMT
First night, the Globe stripped bare, no set only the actors and the text to fill the space. Thankfully Michelle is up to the task, an angry and forceful Hamlet that dominates the space. Thanks for this, Neil. More from you when you recover? |
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Post by mistressjojo on Apr 26, 2018 5:07:44 GMT
How was it? Going sat and am hoping I don't manage to be in all the wrong places at the wrong times or at the back of grounds, when it comes to joining queues I always pick the one that turns out to be the worst so I have form in this. If they do it like last year, apart from one or two bits there are no fixed locations or timings for the speeches. The players do stick to general areas ( I guess they are given their zones so as not to all bunch up) but wander about a bit and seem to burst into speech randomly. A couple of times a player just came up to me as I was admiring a tomb or something and started their speech as if chatting with a friend! Likewise you are free to wander about and join or leave a performance as you wish. |
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Post by peggs on Apr 26, 2018 11:19:48 GMT
How was it? Going sat and am hoping I don't manage to be in all the wrong places at the wrong times or at the back of grounds, when it comes to joining queues I always pick the one that turns out to be the worst so I have form in this. If they do it like last year, apart from one or two bits there are no fixed locations or timings for the speeches. The players do stick to general areas ( I guess they are given their zones so as not to all bunch up) but wander about a bit and seem to burst into speech randomly. A couple of times a player just came up to me as I was admiring a tomb or something and started their speech as if chatting with a friend! Likewise you are free to wander about and join or leave a performance as you wish. Thanks mistressjojo I will have to resist my fear of being potentially accosted and just listen and enjoy. |
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Post by lynette on Apr 26, 2018 22:29:28 GMT
It was lovely, not least the fact that you can wander round the Abbey any way you like and not have to follow the path as you do when you visit as a tourist. They have kept the numbers down so it is very comfortable, plenty of places to sit and beautifully lit. The actors mingle and then start up a speech with another actor or alone. They don’t bother with gender, so Isabella is spoken by a bloke, but on the whole the actors suit the characters as written. Mark Rylance gives us an intense five minutes of RIII. It was a Shakespearean love fest! Great singing at the end. Gosh the Abbey is a great venue. Should do more big drama there but I suppose the security etc would be dreadful to sort out.
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Post by peggs on Apr 27, 2018 10:21:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 16:44:35 GMT
After a rocky start, I really enjoyed this.
Why the rocky start? We’d just walked into the Abbey and someone I recognised leaned in to me to say something. I couldn’t quite place them...and then after they’d declaimed at me for a while, as an audience gathered, I realised that I don’t actually “know” Shobu Kapoor (Gita from Eastenders) I just recognised her from the telly. So I was worried that this was going to be far more interactive than I was expecting. I honestly did not know what to do with my face while she gave her speech.
Anyway, me being paralysingly British aside, this offered lots of wonderful moments. At the end, when the cast come together, many having donned Elizabethan clothing, I realised that I had probably missed quite a lot of performances, but I think that’s to be expected. The cast wear modern clothing, even down to carrying tote bags, so it’s quite breathtaking when someone next to you breaks out.
My favourite moment was John of Gaunt’s speech, I need to check the name of the actress. Delivered on the steps to the Cosmati pavement (uncovered!) she made the hairs on my arms stand on end. Her’s was the only performance I saw that was applauded. In case you want to find her, she was carrying a black Toast bag.
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Post by peggs on Apr 27, 2018 19:56:52 GMT
Thanks for the tip off @happysooz I had assumed they'd be in some costume and was thinking I would be able to identify them at a distance that way. I think that experience would have made me paralysingly British too, hopefully I can project a calmer response now |
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