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Post by foxa on Dec 16, 2016 22:53:29 GMT
We liked this. Got £21 tix, slightly restricted (A7, B7) in the Dress Circle which were fine.
Rufus Sewell is quite something - he does have that (apparently) effortless star quality and I thought he was particularly good. The others were fine as well though I suspect the show will improve with a little more fermentation - there were a couple of little flubs (Tim Key's long speech, for example) and a pause that didn't feel quite right. There was a wild cackling laugher who might have thrown timing a bit. But, yes, recommend - think most folks will enjoy this.
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Post by Latecomer on Dec 17, 2016 7:20:34 GMT
No Purple Trousers Tonight!! They were black. Should I demand a refund from the box office? ;-) Haha...no his PANTS were purple...you could see his underpants at the back when his trousers slipped down a bit...just a sliver of colour!  |
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Post by foxa on Dec 17, 2016 10:12:42 GMT
AH! Damn those cheap seats!
I did wonder. Americans use pants/trousers interchangeably so when there was no underwear on display - sorry- should that be in a spoiler? - I thought you meant trousers. Now it becomes clear. Maybe the wild cackler in the audience was seeing the sliver of colour and that's what set her/him off.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 16:46:40 GMT
'No underwear on display' in this instance is less of a spoiler, more of a disappointment, in my book.*
*It's OK, I'm just kidding.
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Post by theatrefan77 on Dec 18, 2016 1:22:07 GMT
I enjoyed this but not as much as the Wyndham's production a few years ago. It's still a great play, but the actors are a bit under directed. Very lazy production, just a copy of the original one, with the same or very similar set.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2016 1:42:40 GMT
I enjoyed this but not as much as the Wyndham's production a few years ago. It's still a great play, but the actors are a bit under directed. Very lazy production, just a copy of the original one, with the same or very similar set. It's supposed to be an anniversary production with the same creative and directing team |
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Post by peggs on Dec 18, 2016 17:23:05 GMT
I rather liked the set though this was a first time for me so had nothing to compare it with, I was quite interested each time to see what the art was. For someone for whom comedy often seems wasted, (I do like comedy but tend to like my theatre rather miserable in truth), this was rather a smart combination of very funny based on the rather sad and melancholy so worked for me. I picked this because well who can resist a £10 seat and because I do like Paul Ritter, Rufus Sewell was a bonus ( he always seems to lend a production a bit of class and I don't mean he's just good at playing posh) and new for me Tim Key who was like some bear of a man who invoked great sympathy from the audience.
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Post by QueerTheatre on Dec 20, 2016 15:15:41 GMT
I was there last night, and have to say... this is the first time the board has steered me wrong! Totally not my type of show, id dint smile once - let alone laugh. My friend and I were bored and confused the entire time, and had my friend been less shy we'd have left after the first 20 minutes.
Totally fine to admit its a taste thing - everyone else was loving it, and a few even stood at the end, we were not among that few!
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Post by bellboard27 on Dec 21, 2016 9:48:40 GMT
At press night yesterday. Terrific time - seriously funny.
Bonus having the Old Vic flog off great dress circle seats for £5 for PN and extra bonus of early start & 90 mins straight through (on train home by 8.45). Thanks Santa!
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Post by Stasia on Dec 22, 2016 9:16:06 GMT
Dear all, I have a slight change of plans so I have a spare ticket for the ART
Wednesday, 11 January 2017 - 7:30pm
Dress Circle A29
- front row of the dress, slightly affected by the rail,
Bought it for £22, giving away for £20
Anyone interested?
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Post by maggiem on Dec 22, 2016 15:13:43 GMT
I have booked this for the matinee on Sat 4th February. Really looking forward to it now!
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Post by drmaplewood on Dec 31, 2016 8:35:44 GMT
Can someone tell me what was drawn on at the end? I was far back and couldn't make it out. Thanks.
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Post by peggs on Dec 31, 2016 18:00:22 GMT
Right at the end? Or do you mean the bit when it gets drawn on?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2016 18:12:35 GMT
Well. Not sure why it's seen as a bit of a classic but however slight, it is rather amusing. Nice performances from all three but it's Tim Key's show and boy, does he steal it. His is the nicest character by far (the other two are prats really) and he's marvellous in it as the only genuine one, there were audible "awwwww"s all round the stalls during the performance. He also gets this glorious speech which goes on forever and gets a deserved round of applause. The play isn't bad but it's worth it for Tim Key.
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Post by Latecomer on Dec 31, 2016 18:50:57 GMT
Can someone tell me what was drawn on at the end? I was far back and couldn't make it out. Thanks. {Spoiler - click to view} A little stick man skiing down a slope! |
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Post by joem on Jan 7, 2017 0:03:02 GMT
I think this is ageing well. It is still a clever, well-written play which goes beyond the meaning of art to the value of friendship and how we are who we are (to coin a phrase).
Rufus Sewell has a natural aptitude for comedy which he puts to good use here as Serge the buyer of the controversial white painting, he is the king of the arched eyebrow, the half-gesture and the meaningful stare. Paul Ritter's Mark is the straightest character, crusty and set in his ways - the yan to Sewell's mercurial yin. Tim Key, as Ivan, is the potential mediator between the two friends who ends up being abused by both. I did wonder if this part needs to be played quite as dumbly as it is here. Not sure why the three would be friends with such disparate ages and intellects.
However that might be the play is a comic success and any problems with cues and tempo which might have existed earlier in the run have disappeared. Recommended.
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Post by CG on the loose on Jan 26, 2017 23:42:07 GMT
I got sidetracked while trying to get a R&G ticket on Monday and picked up an upper circle ticket for this. Very happy to be told on pick up that I'd been upgraded to the Stalls. Surprising given how full it was. But Rufus Sewell was rather magnificent from Row B... enjoyed the play too, properly made me laugh, needed that this week.
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Post by showgirl on Jan 27, 2017 5:20:29 GMT
Really keen to try this again and running out of time but don't want to pay full price and such offers as there are (eg TKTS) on the day are still above my limit.
I've never before tried the "buying a cheap ticket in the hope of being upgraded" trick and am reluctant still, as I only ever book seats in which I'd be prepared to sit on the day, but do others have any advice, please? I'd probably have to go on a Saturday evening, which has to be the worst time for availability + last-minute deals/upgrades anyway, and besides, I see that theatremonkey.com didn't have a great time as a result of his seat upgrade.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 7:59:03 GMT
I would have a look at the restricted view "slim pillar" seats for £21 in the stalls or dress circle. Sadly the amazing end of row Q seats seem to have gone but there are others further back.
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Post by showgirl on Jan 27, 2017 8:17:55 GMT
Thank you, xanderl. I can see availability by price, including £21, but when I try to refine it, the search option doesn't seem to work + everything I try is way too expensive. Maybe I need to try a different browser - using Chrome.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 8:56:07 GMT
Worked OK for me on Chrome this morning - if you click on one of the seats behind a pillar it shows the price. Some of them are £55, but some are £21.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 13:14:42 GMT
I seem to remember finding the Old Vic site a bit of a nightmare on my tablet, I usually use my Mac or a work PC. Narrowing seat availability by price is a particular hassle! But £21 dress circle seats are great value, especially end of row A, B where you just have a slim railing in view.
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Post by theatremadness on Mar 21, 2017 19:57:57 GMT
Going on tour - related to the Old Vic production?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 21:08:53 GMT
'On tour with a phenomenal cast' - I'll happily offer Rufus Sewell a bed for the night if he needs one. *whistles innocently*
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Post by joem on Mar 22, 2017 18:53:42 GMT
'On tour with a phenomenal cast' - I'll happily offer Rufus Sewell a bed for the night if he needs one. *whistles innocently* He'll keep you up all night. With his snoring. |
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