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Post by alexandra on Oct 6, 2016 12:44:40 GMT
Oh God. It'll be so bouncy.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 12:50:30 GMT
Maybe a silly question - does one need to have seen Hamlet to particularly enjoy this play? I haven't seen R&G Are Dead but have read and watched the David Tennant film of Hamlet. But from what I've understood... If Hamlet is the basis of The Lion King, then I guess R&G Are Dead is the basis of The Lion King 1½ (Timon and Pumbaa's Story). ...Am I right here, theatre nerds? |
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Post by kathryn on Oct 6, 2016 12:58:55 GMT
Not sure why we're so down on Radcliffe - as Baemax says, he must be set up for life with what the Potter films brought him, so good on him for choosing interesting projects afterwards. His acting skills have definitely improved since Harry Potter 1! I rather liked him in Woman in Black a few years ago. He's a rather good physical actor - I guess what some people call 'a technical actor' - judging by Swiss Army Man (which is by far the strangest film I've seen this year). On stage I've only seen him in Cripple and I enjoyed that. Ok, so he's not going to challenge for the 'greatest actor of his generation' label, but he has engaging enough presence and is choosing roles that stretch him. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 13:08:24 GMT
Maybe a silly question - does one need to have seen Hamlet to particularly enjoy this play? I haven't seen R&G Are Dead but have read and watched the David Tennant film of Hamlet. But from what I've understood... If Hamlet is the basis of The Lion King, then I guess R&G Are Dead is the basis of The Lion King 1½ (Timon and Pumbaa's Story). ...Am I right here, theatre nerds? You know what, you're not entirely wrong. To be honest, although you will clearly not understand every reference if you're not familiar with Hamlet, I've known R&GAD a lot longer than I've known Hamlet and I've always been able to enjoy it for itself. But if you feel like you would like to know Hamlet before next spring, the aforementioned David Tennant version is pretty good, and The Lion King isn't that far off either. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 6, 2016 14:35:56 GMT
Terrible career move by Daniel Radcliffe here.
If he starred in a certain other play at the Palace Theatre instead, I am sure it will sell out pretty fast too.
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Post by mallardo on Oct 6, 2016 15:09:57 GMT
Mr. Radcliffe doesn't have to worry about career moves with his bank account. He does what interests him and good for him that he chooses R&G.
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Post by wickedgrin on Oct 6, 2016 15:50:35 GMT
The money he has made from the Potter films has set DR up for life (65 million and hardly been touched if the recent press articles are to be believed). This gives him the best gift an actor can have - complete artistic freedom to do whatever he wants and not have to think about doing that dodgy commercial to pay the bills.
He has worked hard subsequent to the Potter films to establish himself as an adult actor rather than a child star, and overcome some drink issues to carve an interesting career. I saw him in Equus - perfectly adequate but totally out acted by the late Richard Griffiths.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 17:59:52 GMT
Was looking forward to this before casting was announced and now I am looking forward to it even more. 2016 is looking like a great year for theatre already. I also think it is also good Daniel Radcliffe is getting away from his Harry Potter image and doing different things.
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Post by rumbledoll on Oct 7, 2016 8:09:15 GMT
A question about seating. The last time I was at The Old Vic it still had its round layout (which I liked very much) so now I imagine the sage is much further from any angle..
Anyway, I made a little research through the forum related to cheap tickets/good views and put some notes down (C26, balcony side seats, stalls Q rows and such) but I found nothing about Dress Circle front row restricted. Monkey doesn't have them in either red or green and I'm just wondering - has anyone sat in those - say, X13-14 (21 GBP)? How much trouble is a pillar? Can you see most of the stage? Are they normal (not bench) seats?
Thanks!
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Post by Marwood on Oct 7, 2016 9:16:51 GMT
If I remember right, there is a low brass rail along the front of the dress circle, which unless you're of a smaller height shouldn't affect your enjoyment - I sat there for Future Conditional last year. I'm sure Monkey will correct me if I'm wrong or have forgotten something (all I can remember was F.C. being a terrible play and leaving at the interval, I had no issues with the view)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2016 9:22:13 GMT
Future Conditional was staged in the round so the King Lear stage will be in a different place and Marwood's experience is irrelevant.
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Post by Marwood on Oct 7, 2016 9:24:58 GMT
I was front and centre of the dress circle, the stage will still be at the same end of the theatre, so no, my experience is not 'irrelevant'.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2016 10:30:35 GMT
I sat in X6 of the circle for Groundhog Day, I sat up very straight rather than leaning forward (didn't want to block the rest of row X, but sitting back would've killed my visibility) and I could see most of the stage, only really losing the hotdog vendor and the downstage booth in the diner scenes. It was fine for £21, and I expect that X13-14 would have somewhat better visibility for being further back and not so much on the awkward curve (though I did at least appreciate the closeness that X6 brought for the bits I could see). Yeah, the stage'll be further away, but only by a few rows, and it's still in the same direction it always was.  (Bear in mind the stage is very deep so you can go into the round without having to build as far out into the auditorium as theatres with a smaller stage would have to.) |
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Post by rumbledoll on Oct 7, 2016 11:12:50 GMT
Many thanks, Marwood and Beamax! I'm asking for R&G in advance - just want to be prepared and know all my options before the booking opens  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2016 12:17:16 GMT
What I like about Radcliffe is that he's always been aware of his acting limitations, but instead of coasting through the Potters then living off his pile of gold forever, he works hard to extend his range and it does show. He may even be rather good by next year! I don't think it'll be a particular nightmare to get tickets either. Always quietly optimistic about the Old Vic, I am. I agree. I think what he has been very clever with that he isn't a particularly good actor with a very limited range but he knows it and picks projects that surround him with material or other people who make him look a lot better than he is and perhaps bring the best out of him. It just shows that he's very canny. |
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Post by lynette on Oct 7, 2016 13:15:26 GMT
I sat in X6 of the circle for Groundhog Day, I sat up very straight rather than leaning forward (didn't want to block the rest of row X, but sitting back would've killed my visibility) and I could see most of the stage, only really losing the hotdog vendor and the downstage booth in the diner scenes. It was fine for £21, and I expect that X13-14 would have somewhat better visibility for being further back and not so much on the awkward curve (though I did at least appreciate the closeness that X6 brought for the bits I could see). Yeah, the stage'll be further away, but only by a few rows, and it's still in the same direction it always was. (Bear in mind the stage is very deep so you can go into the round without having to build as far out into the auditorium as theatres with a smaller stage would have to.) But R&G is a basically a two handler with pauses and subtle ( well we can hope) expressions. Harder to appreciate from back of the Old Vic circle which was designed for a broad performance style. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2016 13:16:54 GMT
Even more reason to look at side row X of the dress circle then? |
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Post by lynette on Oct 7, 2016 13:18:16 GMT
I can't catch anything much from further back than centre stalls- I'll die poor.
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Post by Jan on Oct 7, 2016 13:24:06 GMT
I can't catch anything much from further back than centre stalls- I'll die poor. Did you see Simon Russell-Beale and Adrian Scarborough in this one Lynette ? Pretty good. |
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Post by Polly1 on Oct 7, 2016 13:38:58 GMT
I can't catch anything much from further back than centre stalls- I'll die poor. Did you see Simon Russell-Beale and Adrian Scarborough in this one Lynette ? Pretty good. I'm not Lynette, but I did see it (incidentally, without having ever seen Hamlet - since rectified x6). My first SRB production made me devoted to both him and Stoppard. The ending was unforgettable. |
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Post by lynette on Oct 7, 2016 20:04:20 GMT
Did you see Simon Russell-Beale and Adrian Scarborough in this one Lynette ? Pretty good. I'm not Lynette, but I did see it (incidentally, without having ever seen Hamlet - since rectified x6). My first SRB production made me devoted to both him and Stoppard. The ending was unforgettable. Yep. I can't remember precisely where I sat but I remember that SRB could turn his emotion in a nano moment with his eyes. My 'financial advisor' saw the second ever performance of this play in Edinburgh many moons ago. We think it was 1966. |
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Post by kathryn on Oct 12, 2016 21:02:51 GMT
Regarding Daniel Radcliffe's improvement as an actor, I was just listening to an Empire Podcast interview with him today and he said he literally had never been taught how to act - how to break down a script and work on a character, with a director - until he made Kill Your Darlings. Before that he was going on pure instinct, and the direction he got. Explains a lot!
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Post by rumbledoll on Oct 12, 2016 21:51:50 GMT
Explains why he was not good enough? Say, Cillian Murphy has never ever got any acting lessons or been through drama school. Still he's is the most wonderful and constantly surprising versatile actor for decades.
I personally enjoy actors who rely less on their learnt techniques and more on their instincts. For me it has nothing to do with the actual quality of acting. It's just different styles.
Of course, each actor has to improve with experience and age otherwise there's no point of doing it - as far as I remember that was Rory Kinnear who said that actor's job is a bit like a restarant chef's - you are as good as the last dish you've made. |
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Post by kathryn on Oct 12, 2016 22:18:17 GMT
Explains why he suddenly seems to have developed a better technique.
There are very few people who wouldn't benefit from some training, when it comes to improving their skills in any craft. Natural talent is a wonderful thing, of course, and good instincts will get you a long way, but not everyone is Cillian Murphy, and I bet even he'd say he's learnt some technique over the years, even if he picked it up informally.
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Post by lynette on Oct 25, 2016 19:35:19 GMT
All booked, easily. Now a bit of a queue on their site, but only about 70 ahead when I did a check. Fave £21 stalls too, not bad going. Also booked the Dylan thing, same seat. May be interesting, I think. You priority? I'm hoping there will decent seats left for little ole moi. |
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(Bear in mind the stage is very deep so you can go into the round without having to build as far out into the auditorium as theatres with a smaller stage would have to.)
