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Post by Jon on Sept 8, 2016 22:31:22 GMT
Has anyone seen this play? I've not seen any of Terry Johnson's work apart from Mrs Henderson Presents so curious to know what it's like, it's got a good cast with Katherine Parkinson, Ralf Little, Rufus Jones, Steve Pemberton and Emily Berrington.
Funny that the League of Gentlemen are all doing plays at the same time with Reese Shearsmith in The Dresser, Mark Gatiss in The Boys in the Band and now Steve Pemberton in Dead Funny
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Post by gazzaw13 on Sept 9, 2016 7:32:07 GMT
I saw the original production 20 years ago. I remember (but have spent 20 years trying to forget) David Haig's full frontal, a brilliant Niall Buggy and lots of Frankie Howard and Benny Hill. It's a kind of Alan Ayckbourn/Ray Cooney mash-up - funny but not quite as funny as you think it will be.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2016 8:43:46 GMT
Well I'm booking for this. Katherine Parkinson is one of my "book anything" actors. I don't think I've ever seen her be anything less than utterly glorious.
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Post by bordeaux on Sept 9, 2016 9:18:00 GMT
Has anyone seen this play? I've not seen any of Terry Johnson's work apart from Mrs Henderson Presents so curious to know what it's like, it's got a good cast with Katherine Parkinson, Ralf Little, Rufus Jones, Steve Pemberton and Emily Berrington. Funny that the League of Gentlemen are all doing plays at the same time with Reese Shearsmith in The Dresser, Mark Gatiss in The Boys in the Band and now Steve Pemberton in Dead Funny It's one of the funniest things I've seen in 30 years of theatre-going. The original production at the Hampstead Theatre with David Haig and Zoë Wannamaker was bliss. |
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Post by Polly1 on Sept 9, 2016 10:29:50 GMT
Yes, not seeing the original production is one of my big regrets so delighted to have the chance to see the play at long last. Off to book!
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Post by theatreliker on Sept 9, 2016 11:15:38 GMT
Have read the play, it's a dark comedy I suppose. Would've also liked to have seen the original production.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2016 13:59:08 GMT
I don't want to spoiler it for anyone, but when Zoe Wanamaker delivered her killer line she focused her gaze on me!
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Post by profquatermass on Sept 9, 2016 17:11:15 GMT
It's terrific though I'm not sure how well it would work if you're not really well up on 1960s and 70s comedy. There's a killer joke about Carry on Doctor that might not make sense to the internet generation.
BTW it's not the first time all the League of Gentlemen have been on the town - happened with Seasons Greetings, Betty Blue Eyes and Putnam County Spelling Bee
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Post by duncan on Sept 9, 2016 17:43:07 GMT
...but unless Jeremy Dyson is around as well then its not all of the League of Gentlemen.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2016 19:39:11 GMT
I do agree that the cast for this is very good
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Post by crabtree on Sept 10, 2016 9:13:48 GMT
Yes, a tremendous play, and brave for the main actor. There did seem to many themes going on. It reminded me of a less highbrow version of Travesties but with sex, or rather no sex.
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Post by showgirl on Sept 10, 2016 16:18:56 GMT
I did see the original production but can't at this remove recall any particular impression. However, I think that in general I don't find Terry Johnson's work as funny as he and others do. Perhaps because it's more farce than comedy and whilst I like the latter, the former leaves me cold.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2016 16:46:49 GMT
Dead Funny is comedy, and not farce at all.
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Post by showgirl on Sept 11, 2016 4:13:04 GMT
Dead Funny is comedy, and not farce at all. I think to qualify as comedy it would have to be funny. Just my own, personal, humble opinion, as usual, and not presented as an incontrovertible fact. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2016 10:43:51 GMT
It's one of the funniest things I've seen in 30 years of theatre-going. The original production at the Hampstead Theatre with David Haig and Zoë Wannamaker was bliss. I agree. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2016 21:37:20 GMT
www.lastminute.com/theatre/Offer on lastminute.com for front row seats at 10 pounds. Lots of dates available - I've booked for early December!
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Post by djdan14 on Sept 22, 2016 17:55:38 GMT
Was pondering this for my January trip, but couldn't pass up that offer! Even if I change my mind nearer the time.
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Post by wiggymess on Sept 23, 2016 9:17:02 GMT
Can't resist that cast for £10
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2016 9:59:31 GMT
Oh wow! Thanks! I wasn't sure about the play, but the cast are great, and that's an unbeatable price!  |
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Post by Marwood on Sept 23, 2016 10:39:44 GMT
Also just booked - first week in December, was thinking of paying £37 through Nimax's site so thanks for revealing that deal.
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 23, 2016 13:52:10 GMT
Booked for the first night through lastminute for £10 front row. Bargain! Row AY 10 and 11 - just checked with theatremonkey.com and seat 11 doesn't seem to exist on the front row of the plan for the Vaudeville Theatre - I might be sat on the floor!!!
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Post by Polly1 on Sept 24, 2016 0:10:04 GMT
Unless they are adding a seat 11, which has never happened before... Checking back over years, there has only ever been 10 on that row, though there may be space. That's interesting - when I was trying to get the system to give me a more central seat (instead of AY1 which it kept offering me), I requested 8 tickets and it offered AY9 to AY16 - most of which don't seem to exist! |
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 24, 2016 9:52:03 GMT
Well it will be dead funny if there are no actual seats!
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Post by David J on Nov 5, 2016 15:45:53 GMT
Good so far
Not laugh a minute but it was picking up by the interval
There are a few minutes of Rufus Jones naked (keep thinking he sounds like a young Roger Allam)
Despite her characters lack of humour, Katherine Jenkins is getting the big laughs from her snarky comments
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Post by bingomatic on Nov 6, 2016 9:51:30 GMT
Any idea what the view from the cheap seats - those in the lastminute £10 offer, right at the front of the stalls - would be like ? Any projection on the stage or have they kept it quite low ? |
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