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Post by aspieandy on Aug 28, 2024 12:41:33 GMT
Out of pure curiosity - and don't feel you should answer - did either of you have Catholic childhoods?
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Post by Latecomer on Aug 29, 2024 17:46:53 GMT
To feel emotional seeing a play isn't a bad thing per se (after all Catharsis was once thought to be the goal of drama) and to feel ill when seeig a play is sometimes unavoidable. I loved Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic which touched me in a very personal way and I was in floods of tears at the end. Fine. Once I had to leave a show because a combination of something I had eaten and the heat in the auditorium meant I thought I might be ill. Life happens. But in both cases, it was quiet and didn't impact the show. A couple of times, I have been in the theatre when someone became very ill, fainted or had a heart attack - again this obviously can't be helped and is far more distressing for those who have fallen ill, than the rest of the audience. But to have a spate of people who feel so emotional seeing a play about which they have been warned that they need medical help and the show has to be stopped is quite unusual. Is it that it's a woman describing a particular experience tied to her womanhood which causes upset? I am sure it is right that the theatre has their trigger warnings (in fact, when I saw them, I discussed with my companion if they still wanted to see The Years and they didn't, so I returned that ticket - it was resold within 3 minutes), but I also wonder if somehow this has built up a tension around that one scene that might not exist to that extent otherwise. Funnily enough, when I was watching the play, I thought the masturbation scenes might have caused my missing companion as much anxiety as the controversial scene. I reckon it is because people have just not thought through the actual details of the experience….we can say the words in the warning but few people will have thought through (or even known) what the procedure would involve, especially as this was in the time before such a thing was legal, so the horror of the experience very much there. I too would have found the masturbation scenes embarrassing with friends! I very much appreciated being solo for this one. By the by, Death of a Salesman got me too…absolute floods of tears at the end of that one and didn’t see it coming either! Brilliant! |
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Post by greenandbrownandblue on Aug 31, 2024 17:00:06 GMT
Saw today's matinee. No show stop, though a couple of people left during said scene.
I found it quite a draining watch, in a good way - though it is interspersed with moments of real levity and humour.
I loved the staging; the 5 bank of lights, each representing a generation, the sheets, the wagons on the circular track. And it's so beautifully written and acted.
Whilst I'd love more people to see it, I do worry it'll struggle in the West End if it transfers.
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Post by tmesis on Aug 31, 2024 17:15:47 GMT
This didn’t engage me at all.
I hated the nature of the storytelling. Way too much ‘she did this, she did that.’ In that respect it reminded me of The Lehman Trilogy which I also didn’t enjoy.
It baffles me why this has got such good reviews.
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Post by drmaplewood on Oct 15, 2024 14:03:35 GMT
Transferring in January is the word on the street.
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Post by Rory on Oct 15, 2024 14:27:01 GMT
Transferring in January is the word on the street. My money is on the Harold Pinter. |
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Post by lynette on Oct 15, 2024 18:59:54 GMT
St John’s Ambulance on stand by.
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Post by aspieandy on Oct 15, 2024 21:39:57 GMT
Stretcher-bearers! Stretcher-bearers!
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Post by rosmersholm on Oct 15, 2024 22:18:03 GMT
Transferring in January is the word on the street. My money is on the Harold Pinter. It’s going into the Coward. |
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Post by Jon on Oct 15, 2024 22:44:48 GMT
My money is on the Harold Pinter. It’s going into the Coward. Tight turnaround between Dr Strangelove closing on the 25th January and The Years opening by the 31st January at the very latest. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 16, 2024 0:38:07 GMT
Great news it’s transferring, considering it is non commercial!!!
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Post by jaggy on Oct 16, 2024 15:36:20 GMT
So so glad this is transferring so I can see it.
Crossing my fingers the original cast transfer with it especially Romola.
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Post by parsley1 on Oct 16, 2024 17:03:27 GMT
This will be such a commercial flop
It’s quite hilarious
To take what is a sell out amazing piece of theatre
And jam it into the west end
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Post by drmaplewood on Oct 16, 2024 17:25:43 GMT
So so glad this is transferring so I can see it. Crossing my fingers the original cast transfer with it especially Romola. Yes it would be a huge shame if she didn't. |
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Post by nash16 on Oct 16, 2024 17:40:41 GMT
It is transferring thanks to SFP. To where, not sure, and who will be able to stay on with it, but Sonia Friedman will try and keep them all together one would hope. So pleased for this. It will do well. Repeat attendees and those who missed the original sold out run. Looking forward to seeing it again, just hoping the cast remains with it. |
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Post by aspieandy on Oct 16, 2024 18:35:32 GMT
Not a perfect comparison, but A Little Life found a significant WE audience and that was, imo, virtually artless and miserable - and not even based on anyone's actual life. lol.
Word-of-mouth will surely take this someway through the run, reviews still further.
Really great to see a Dutch-made production of a French novel pushing through. More please.
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Post by parsley1 on Oct 16, 2024 18:42:45 GMT
It is transferring thanks to SFP. To where, not sure, and who will be able to stay on with it, but Sonia Friedman will try and keep them all together one would hope. So pleased for this. It will do well. Repeat attendees and those who missed the original sold out run. Looking forward to seeing it again, just hoping the cast remains with it. Giant also having a WE run |
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Post by Rory on Oct 16, 2024 19:19:04 GMT
So pleased for this. It will do well. Repeat attendees and those who missed the original sold out run. Looking forward to seeing it again, just hoping the cast remains with it. Giant also having a WE run Where parsley1? Was that confirmed at the Royal Court soiree? |
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Post by parsley1 on Oct 16, 2024 19:44:59 GMT
Giant also having a WE run Where parsley1? Was that confirmed at the Royal Court soiree? Not confirmed where But it will go to a WE house |
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Post by aspieandy on Oct 16, 2024 19:47:32 GMT
They can virtually use the same set ...
* for the board literalists, it's just a casual observation
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 16, 2024 21:43:40 GMT
This will be such a commercial flop It’s quite hilarious To take what is a sell out amazing piece of theatre And jam it into the west end Ultimately it doesn’t matter. West End is always a crapshoot- it could do very well and transfer to Broadway. What matter is it is a terrific play, well received and will now get an opportunity for a wider audience. Not jam though but humble pie!!! |
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Post by dr on Oct 30, 2024 12:07:57 GMT
Transferring to the Harold Pinter Theatre from January 24 - April 19. Entire cast returning: Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner.
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Post by nash16 on Oct 30, 2024 12:09:12 GMT
Transferring to the Harold Pinter Theatre from January 24 - April 19. Entire cast returning: Deborah Findlay, Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Anjli Mohindra and Harmony Rose-Bremner. Finally! Brilliant news. |
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Post by zahidf on Oct 30, 2024 12:10:41 GMT
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Post by Dave B on Oct 30, 2024 12:15:17 GMT
Onsale now via Almeida mailing list Random Sat into the run |
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