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Post by Rory on Oct 2, 2024 14:18:24 GMT
Agree, their system is so infuriating.
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Post by craigbowker on Oct 2, 2024 14:24:47 GMT
£70 for restricted view at Donmar is willllld.
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Post by Rory on Oct 2, 2024 14:26:31 GMT
£70 for restricted view at Donmar is willllld. Yes, crazy!! |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 2, 2024 20:09:27 GMT
I was shocked that even the side seats in the circle are £50 now! Outrageous.
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Post by Rory on Oct 2, 2024 20:25:07 GMT
According to the Donmar's website, the running time is approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes. No interval.
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Post by Rory on Oct 4, 2024 9:08:42 GMT
The selection of seats in the Donmar Daily allocation is dire. Today there were just 2 at the back wall of the right side of the Circle.
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Post by asfound on Oct 4, 2024 21:15:07 GMT
I don't understand why they can't just relist returned tickets online so people can just check themselves. It's 2024, I don't want to phone the box office, and then have to wait for a call back when and if something turns up.
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 4, 2024 21:35:23 GMT
I don't understand why they can't just relist returned tickets online so people can just check themselves. It's 2024, I don't want to phone the box office, and then have to wait for a call back when and if something turns up. This is odd because releasing them back to the website is exactly what they did do for the whole of next to normal? I lived on that bloody website for 7 weeks! |
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Post by littlebird on Oct 5, 2024 10:06:45 GMT
Seconding that it was extremely easy to get next to normal return tickets at the Donmar online basically every day if you had time to sit and refresh for a couple of hours. In person returns were only held at the box office if very close to showtime. I was hoping it would be the same for Great Comet as I slept on the onsale for that so hope this isn't the new thing.
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Post by blaxx on Oct 5, 2024 21:05:11 GMT
I've never fought so hard to get a ticket in the past. It was completely worth it!
Not familiar with the source material, I was surprised to how light and accessible the text is. It is so audience friendly, it will be one of those we get sick from being produced so much.
Brody is incredibly grounded while surrounded of a cast of bigger, more physical actors. I'm sure others in the future will give the character their own spin, yet I'm glad I saw it with him.
Great production, charming, interesting,funny, makes you emotionally invested. Certainly not the dark and horrifying affair I thought I was expecting from the subject matter.
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Post by theatremiss on Oct 5, 2024 21:58:28 GMT
I saw this tonight and thought it was a really good show. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect as I knew nothing about this, but I was totally engaged. Brody put in a solid performance and rest of the cast were fab. As Blaxx has just said I was emotionally invested in this and angry at the way the justice system works or doesn’t in the US. I loved the opening warning by the guard regarding mobile phones, sweet etc. so glad I got to see this and Brody on stage. Reading his bio in the program it seems this must be his first time on stage, unless someone can correct me.
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Post by blaxx on Oct 5, 2024 22:28:21 GMT
I saw this tonight and thought it was a really good show. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect as I knew nothing about this, but I was totally engaged. Brody put in a solid performance and rest of the cast were fab. As Blaxx has just said I was emotionally invested in this and angry at the way the justice system works or doesn’t in the US. I loved the opening warning by the guard regarding mobile phones, sweet etc. so glad I got to see this and Brody on stage. Reading his bio in the program it seems this must be his first time on stage, unless someone can correct me. It is his stage debut, at least as an adult. He is definitely a natural, and is so measured in his approach to the role. Would be great to see him do some classics. |
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Post by frankubelik on Oct 8, 2024 7:51:35 GMT
Hmmm. Disappointing. It's just not a good play and has not been very well directed. The coup is in Mr Brody who, despite a low powered start, remains on stage pretty much throughout and is very charismatic. I could not engage with his plight and found a couple of the expositions unnecessary filler adding nothing to the arch of the piece which oddly needs more narrative drive, IMO! Solid supporting cast. Several unoccupied seats which was surprising.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Oct 8, 2024 8:21:31 GMT
I don't understand why they can't just relist returned tickets online so people can just check themselves. It's 2024, I don't want to phone the box office, and then have to wait for a call back when and if something turns up. They have the worst ticketing service I’ve ever encountered. Shambolic. |
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 8, 2024 9:37:28 GMT
In contrast to the above, I thought this was absolutely knock out last night.
REALLY thoughtfully directed - I hadn't watched the documentary so I really was going along for the ride not know where we were going to end up.
Adrien Brody is absolutely sensational in this - it's such a gruelling part, and he plays it so intelligently (I didn't know how the play was going to resolve, so really went along for the 'did he/didn't he' side of it.
Also thought Nana Mensah was wonderful and really moving.
It's a play that makes you come out and want to scream at the justice system just like I did with prima Facie (and it makes a lot of sense that it's the same director)
I hadn't expected much from it, but 1hr 45 mins FLEW by and I'd see it again tomorrow.
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Post by blaxx on Oct 8, 2024 11:23:09 GMT
In contrast to the above, I thought this was absolutely knock out last night. REALLY thoughtfully directed - I hadn't watched the documentary so I really was going along for the ride not know where we were going to end up. Adrien Brody is absolutely sensational in this - it's such a gruelling part, and he plays it so intelligently (I didn't know how the play was going to resolve, so really went along for the 'did he/didn't he' side of it. Also thought Nana Mensah was wonderful and really moving. It's a play that makes you come out and want to scream at the justice system just like I did with prima Facie (and it makes a lot of sense that it's the same director) I hadn't expected much from it, but 1hr 45 mins FLEW by and I'd see it again tomorrow. I was left wondering if the documentary is as tender as the stage production. Also, were there references to the title of the show that I missed? I must have been distracted but don't remember any. |
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 8, 2024 11:28:01 GMT
He does reference it in the final monologue (which is 16 pages!!!!)
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Post by Steve on Oct 8, 2024 11:33:33 GMT
I was left wondering if the documentary is as tender as the stage production. I haven't seen the show, but I saw the documentary back in the day, and it was one bloke talking in a very matter-of-fact monotone uncomplaining way about his experiences.
It got it's power by avoiding sentiment and being laser-focused, I felt.
It's a positive sign to me that the tenderness you mention sounds completely different to what I recall from the documentary, as I don't want a facsimile of what I've already seen.  |
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Post by blaxx on Oct 8, 2024 12:25:06 GMT
I was left wondering if the documentary is as tender as the stage production. I haven't seen the show, but I saw the documentary back in the day, and it was one bloke talking in a very matter-of-fact monotone uncomplaining way about his experiences.
It got it's power by avoiding sentiment and being laser-focused, I felt.
It's a positive sign to me that the tenderness you mention sounds completely different to what I recall from the documentary, as I don't want a facsimile of what I've already seen. Definitely Brody is not monotone at all |
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Post by blaxx on Oct 8, 2024 12:25:44 GMT
He does reference it in the final monologue (which is 16 pages!!!!) I'll look at the text again, thanks so much! |
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Post by parsley1 on Oct 11, 2024 9:34:14 GMT
Wow
Reviews from 2 to 5 stars
Quite marmite reactions
Mainly to the play itself
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Post by andrew on Oct 11, 2024 9:40:01 GMT
There are a lot of circle tickets for Tuesday 15/10 currently on the website for anyone interested.
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Post by Rory on Oct 11, 2024 10:15:33 GMT
There are a lot of circle tickets for Tuesday 15/10 currently on the website for anyone interested. For the Donmar Daily, even if you click on a ticket, the site seems to jam and then it's gone. I hate their system. Hope Sheader will change it in time. The worst one to use by a long chalk. |
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Post by justsaying113 on Oct 11, 2024 11:04:33 GMT
Does Arifa Akbar ever really like anything? Hers must be such a miserable job!
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Post by parsley1 on Oct 11, 2024 11:21:53 GMT
Does Arifa Akbar ever really like anything? Hers must be such a miserable job! TBH it’s better than having such low standards Like Telegraph and Times And liking everything Brainlessly |
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