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Post by Dave B on Jul 16, 2024 9:36:44 GMT
21 Sep – 16 Nov 2024 on sale 24 July.
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Post by theoracle on Jul 23, 2024 20:21:55 GMT
Very excited for this one - as the Menier site will likely not update on the front end this evening, would anyone have the ticket website for midnight? I tried /CABINETMINISTER but got an error message. Thanks
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Post by theoracle on Jul 23, 2024 23:05:12 GMT
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Post by capybara on Sept 26, 2024 9:49:06 GMT
Is this any good?
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 26, 2024 13:05:51 GMT
I thought it was just wonderful. I enjoyed every second. It's very traditional, quite sort of chocolate box production, though. Some people don't like that style of theatre. Just a very solid, immaculately acted, perfectly designed and beautifully directed fairly straight forward production of a comedy from 1890 that still has a lot to say about the English class system and social mobility that's as relevant to now as it was when it was written. It's described as a farce but it's not really what I'd consider a farce. It's very funny, but farce to me indicates more physical style of comedy. The one tiny thing I didn't like {Spoiler - click to view}was that while I liked the little post-credits scene showing that the 'villain' won in the end, I hated that his sister wasn't included in that win. I really wanted Fanny to get her happy ending and for her and Sir Colin to end up together and I think they actually would have been very happy together and worked well as a couple. Was also a bit bemused that {Spoiler - click to view}the ending is "wealthy people who have blown all their money commit insider trading, get rich again: YAY." Not sure if that's supposed to be read straight, or as a subtle satire on the way the system is slanted towards the upper classes. |
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Post by stevej678 on Sept 28, 2024 17:08:05 GMT
Looks like the Menier could have a hit on their hands with the five star reviews this is receiving.
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Post by Jan on Sept 28, 2024 17:21:07 GMT
Looks like the Menier could have a hit on their hands with the five star reviews this is receiving. There are so few revivals of plays like this these days that any decent production of them should find an audience. When was the last time NT did one of his plays ? I’m seeing this later in the run having only found out about it here - poor marketing by the Menier (which I’ve been to several times before so I’m in their database). |
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Post by showgirl on Sept 28, 2024 17:27:29 GMT
Would certainly love to see it but the prices are so high, even for an RV seat. I wanted to see The Baker's Wife, too, but didn't for the same reason. For the latter there were deals but not for matinees, and both productions are/were too long for an evening visit. Can't recall when I last saw anything at the Menier as they seem to have priced themselves out of my range - but are evidently doing all right without my business!
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Post by nash16 on Sept 28, 2024 18:03:08 GMT
Would certainly love to see it but the prices are so high, even for an RV seat. I wanted to see The Baker's Wife, too, but didn't for the same reason. For the latter there were deals but not for matinees, and both productions are/were too long for an evening visit. Can't recall when I last saw anything at the Menier as they seem to have priced themselves out of my range - but are evidently doing all right without my business! Same. Would love to see shows there, but the prices price me out. It used to be accessible, but no longer. |
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Post by greenandbrownandblue on Sept 28, 2024 18:20:32 GMT
I've just got a ticket for a Saturday night in a couple of weeks - £25 seat on Todaytix.
Booked in the basis of the good reviews I'm hearing and that I really enjoyed the previous (and only) Arthur Wing Pinero play I've seen: The Magistrate (which incidentally also starred Nancy Carroll)
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Post by Steve on Sept 28, 2024 22:30:41 GMT
I've just got a ticket for a Saturday night in a couple of weeks - £25 seat on Todaytix. Booked in the basis of the good reviews I'm hearing and that I really enjoyed the previous (and only) Arthur Wing Pinero play I've seen: The Magistrate (which incidentally also starred Nancy Carroll) The chances of John Lithgow attending this play seem very high, since he's in town, and he was the (very funny) title character in that production, opposite Nancy Carroll, and he has a stated love of Pinero, which apparently began when he saw Alastair Sim as "The Magistrate" at Chichester.  |
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Post by greenandbrownandblue on Sept 29, 2024 7:15:56 GMT
I had the very same thought, Steve. Good job the Menier has Sunday matinees!
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Post by Jan on Sept 29, 2024 10:02:00 GMT
Would certainly love to see it but the prices are so high, even for an RV seat. I wanted to see The Baker's Wife, too, but didn't for the same reason. For the latter there were deals but not for matinees, and both productions are/were too long for an evening visit. Can't recall when I last saw anything at the Menier as they seem to have priced themselves out of my range - but are evidently doing all right without my business! Same. Would love to see shows there, but the prices price me out. It used to be accessible, but no longer. I was surprised the prices were relatively low (in my view) for the performances I looked at - £50 top and some at £40/£30, that's in-line with similar venues. But no real concessions that I could see, that's true. |
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Post by showgirl on Sept 29, 2024 14:02:35 GMT
The Todaytix £25 offer doesn't apply to matinees & when I checked one for which Todaytix did claim to have a more expensive offer, it turned out to be for the few RV seats but with the addition of the Todaytix fee, making those seats more expensive than buying directly from the theatre. From this and the same experience of trying to book for The Baker's Wife, I assume that matinees sell better - no surprise given the running time of 2 h 30 and the late start for evening performances - so the Menier doesn't need to do anything to sell tix for those.
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Post by greenandbrownandblue on Sept 29, 2024 14:39:45 GMT
The Todaytix £25 offer doesn't apply to matinees & when I checked one for which Todaytix did claim to have a more expensive offer, it turned out to be for the few RV seats but with the addition of the Todaytix fee, making those seats more expensive than buying directly from the theatre. From this and the same experience of trying to book for The Baker's Wife, I assume that matinees sell better - no surprise given the running time of 2 h 30 and the late start for evening performances - so the Menier doesn't need to do anything to sell tix for those. Might be worth trying for £20 rush on Todaytix - which I presume does apply to matinees. |
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Post by profquatermass on Sept 29, 2024 16:54:56 GMT
Evening performances start at 7.30pm. Is that considered late?
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Post by Rory on Sept 29, 2024 18:38:46 GMT
Evening performances start at 7.30pm. Is that considered late? Is that not the normal evening start time for most shows? |
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Post by amyja89 on Oct 1, 2024 16:06:54 GMT
Any comments from those who have been about seating and general sight lines? Have never been to the Menier before and obviously the changing nature of the space means I can't go to trusty Seat Plan!
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Post by westendusher on Oct 4, 2024 14:47:41 GMT
Any comments from those who have been about seating and general sight lines? Have never been to the Menier before and obviously the changing nature of the space means I can't go to trusty Seat Plan! I've seen the play twice now (I adore it) and have sat on both sides of the seating banks, it's been directed amazingly well to ensure wherever you're sat you get a great view. I'm confused about the comments on late starts! The show finished just before 10pm, like the majority of shows on in London! I'd highly recommend this show for anybody who would love a masterclass in comedy acting! Nancy Carroll is phenomenal. |
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Post by amyja89 on Oct 4, 2024 16:08:38 GMT
Any comments from those who have been about seating and general sight lines? Have never been to the Menier before and obviously the changing nature of the space means I can't go to trusty Seat Plan! I've seen the play twice now (I adore it) and have sat on both sides of the seating banks, it's been directed amazingly well to ensure wherever you're sat you get a great view. I'm confused about the comments on late starts! The show finished just before 10pm, like the majority of shows on in London! I'd highly recommend this show for anybody who would love a masterclass in comedy acting! Nancy Carroll is phenomenal. Thanks for this! Just booked an aisle seat for a couple weeks time, didn't know if being on the extreme edge would be an issue. |
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Post by cherokee on Oct 4, 2024 19:19:48 GMT
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Great fun with lots of laughs. Particularly wonderful to see so many parts for older female actors and Nancy Carroll, Sara Crowe and Dillie Keane are all fantastic - utterly nailing it and being hilarious.
Highly recommended.
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Post by jr on Oct 4, 2024 20:19:41 GMT
Ffs how is Nancy Carroll old at 50?!
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Post by cherokee on Oct 4, 2024 21:55:21 GMT
I did say oldER actors. I'm not suggesting that Nancy Carroll is geriatric, but 49 (50 next month if Wikipedia is correct) is middle-aged by most people's reckonings. She's certainly not an ingenue in the first flush of youth. I was making a positive point that the three best performances come from women who are 49, 58 and 72 respectively. I don't think that's unreasonable or that it merited a 'FFS' as a response...
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Post by meister on Oct 5, 2024 8:10:16 GMT
How restricted are the RV seats for this?
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Post by tmesis on Oct 7, 2024 16:22:20 GMT
I was going to skip this as I found The Magistrate (NT) and Trelawny of the ‘Wells’ (Donmar) both quite tedious. But this is really excellent. I don’t know how much this is down to Nancy Carroll’s adaption but it absolutely fizzes along. A superb, classy set with wonderful period costumes and stonking performances all round - everyone is just brilliant. Dilly Keane, to paraphrase John Lewis, is never knowingly underacted and steals every scene she’s in.
This really does deserve a transfer.
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