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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 14:42:51 GMT
Woyzeck is a funny ol' play. It was written in German, and it's an incomplete collection of scenes with no real conclusion rather than a play as we'd traditionally understand it. I don't know if Thorne's planning anything particularly exciting, but if you *don't* get someone to interpret it, then you're going to be putting on a fairly short play that makes very little sense even if you do understand the German dialogue.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 14:47:34 GMT
Jack Thorne's new version is located in 1980s Berlin, on the Cold War border between East and West, at the world crossroads between Capitalism and Communism.
Which sounds like a massive additional theme to the original, which is an incomplete fragment.
I don't know whether the peas remain.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 14:50:35 GMT
If there aren't peas, is it even Woyzeck?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 14:53:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 14:57:21 GMT
I was about to be horrified by the blasphemy, but if their reason for the change was to encourage any of the critics to use THAT closing line, then I'm more than happy to let it lie.  |
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Post by schuttep on Mar 31, 2017 9:47:14 GMT
Normally I consider Mr Stoppard's head to be deftly inserted into his own bottom but I have to say I really loved this version of RAGAD.
It was funny and totally comprehensible. Mr Haig was particularly superb as The Player but it was a great ensemble piece.
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Post by galinda on Apr 1, 2017 15:26:47 GMT
Don't know how sold out this is but just returned some tickets for tonight's show to the box office. Dress circle row e £16. If anyone wants them they are there! Maybe I should put this on a Harry Potter website!!
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Post by MrBunbury on Apr 5, 2017 15:20:07 GMT
I saw this last night. It was enjoyable and Joshua Maguire and David Haig are really fabulous. Daniel Radcliffe has a less flashy part but he was good in counterbalancing Maguire's wiry performance. I adored the costumes!
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Post by CG on the loose on Apr 5, 2017 21:57:01 GMT
Didn't really know what to expect of this except some quality acting, but I loved it - Joshua Maguire and David Haig positively defined quality but Daniel Radcliffe also exceeded my expectations, which had been moderated a tad after reading some of the comments on here.
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Post by peggs on Apr 7, 2017 21:13:44 GMT
For the first few minutes I did think Daniel Radcliffe was out of his depth but didn't take long to agree with some of the other posts here that actually it's very good casting for the roles and they make a great complimentary double act, his understated playing contrasting nicely with Joshua Maguire's quicker, some what more frantic portrayal and yes David Haig's having a ball isn't he. Found it quite odd for once to be watching Stoppard and not mentally running to keep up but that was due to the fact that i'd seen the film and read it and it doesn't require you leap about figuratively quite so much as some of his other plays.
MrBunbury I much preferred Radcliffe's costume to Maguire's, a much nicer cut I thought.
Audience very positive.
Row Q pillar seat really not bad, found the pillar somewhat distracting in that it rather distanced me from everything but it blocked out very little. Nice chat with lady next to me about theatre and the state of pensions, we agreed that with things as they are I might as well continue to go to the theatre as there was little point in saving for the future.
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Post by grannyjx6 on Apr 12, 2017 20:32:58 GMT
Anyone watching this at the cinema next week? Bought a ticket today online but as there is no allocated seating, I don't know how well it will be attended.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 0:26:51 GMT
Anyone watching this at the cinema next week? Bought a ticket today online but as there is no allocated seating, I don't know how well it will be attended. I'm hoping to see it, although I've never been to an NTLive or any other type broadcast and the ticket prices are putting me off a little bit. I know it would be more if I went to London and saw the show but I'd be happy with that as I'd actually be in the room, so I am wondering if NTLive would be worth it. Also what exactly do they do in the interval for a NTLive broadcast? Show the bare stage and let cinema-goers go to the toilet or play something else? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 7:11:35 GMT
There is usually some short documentary-type footage at an NT Live. I believe it usually plays before the show begins though, and the interval is a bare stage with a countdown so you can indeed go to the loo, but I'm sure I've seen interval interviews before now as well.
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Post by rumbledoll on Apr 13, 2017 7:55:22 GMT
A couple of my friends who went to see this said that some of the Ros's text might be cut/ommited for this production. Is it really (to serve director's choice of putting the charater in a shadow of Guil)? It's one of my fave plays ever, so I know it pretty well and it always struck me as perfectly balanced between the leads, them being undeniably dirrefent, but equal.
Can anyone comment on that please? Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 8:11:25 GMT
Go for NT Live, jamescrispy. Price may seem steep but you get great camera angles/close-ups you'd otherwise only get by paying top dollar for a ticket. Audiences usually far quieter than in the theatre in my experience though the age range for this one may be lower than the blue rinse set! I see lots of productions in theatres and in cinemas, and don't feel I suffer much loss in the cinema experience.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 12:10:48 GMT
£10 tickets to be at the performance which is being filmed, with code NTLIVE on the Old Vic site.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 13:16:33 GMT
Go for NT Live, jamescrispy. Price may seem steep but you get great camera angles/close-ups you'd otherwise only get by paying top dollar for a ticket. Audiences usually far quieter than in the theatre in my experience though the age range for this one may be lower than the blue rinse set! I see lots of productions in theatres and in cinemas, and don't feel I suffer much loss in the cinema experience. Thank you jeanhunt, I'll give it a go :-) |
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Post by theatrelover123 on Apr 13, 2017 13:40:26 GMT
£10 tickets to be at the performance which is being filmed, with code NTLIVE on the Old Vic site. The Old Vic’s production of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead starring Daniel Radcliffe and Joshua McGuire with David Haig as The Player will be broadcast to cinemas on Thu 20 Apr as part of NT Live. We would like to offer you an exclusive opportunity to be part of the audience on that night for just £10 – all you need to do is quote promo code: NTLIVE to unlock £10 seats. Please bear in mind that, as this is being broadcast live nationally and internationally, there will be several cameras in the auditorium and views of the stage may be blocked at any time during the performance. However, it is a brilliant chance to see this critically acclaimed production and also to see how live theatre broadcasts take place. The performance will start at 7pm. Ticket holders should be in their seats by 6.45pm. Latecomers will not be admitted. There will be 360 degree filming which will result in audience members being filmed, so we recommend that you wear dark clothing, which will stand out less on camera. By attending you are agreeing to being filmed and appearing in the broadcast. |
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Post by ctas on Apr 14, 2017 19:47:37 GMT
I have two seats, row U of the stalls for Thursday next week (20th, the broadcast night). Managed to double book myself so would anyone like them? £10 each, please drop me a private message.
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Post by AddisonMizner on Apr 16, 2017 13:40:23 GMT
I saw this on Friday (14th April), on a weekend trip to London, knowing very little about the play to begin with, except that it was a sort of HAMLET spin-off. Well, whilst nothing much actually happens, the time just absolutely flew by! A hugely enjoyable play and production - intelligent and extremely funny. I laughed so much during the evening. The whole cast were strong, but the play obviously rests on the two leads and they were fantastic. I thought Joshua Maguire was the stand-out star of this production, but as has been said in a previous post, he has the "showier" of the two roles. Daniel Radcliffe was very good though, and plays "the idiot" very well.
Needless to say, I loved it, and would definitely go again. I look forward to also searching out more Tom Stoppard, as I enjoyed his writing hugely.
4 stars.
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Post by liverpool54321 on Apr 19, 2017 11:27:40 GMT
Several decent stalls tickets on sale at the moment for live broadcast tomorrow at £10. Picked up middle of row M.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2017 21:28:47 GMT
I have just got home from seeing the cinema broadcast and I found it enjoyable but I did not love it. I have never seen a Stoppard play but saw hamlet at the almeida so that helped the evening . All the cast were good esspecilay haig and some funny moments but overall I was just left a little underwhelmed. For me Stoppard seems a little elitist and some of the jokes seemed too intellectual. I don't think I would go out my way to see another of his plays.
Shot well and good quality . I really liked th players as they were funny but scary.
I also like how the broadcasts are now doing more west end shows but it sadly seems cheaper to go to the theatre than watch it in the cinema. It seems crazy to me that it is almost cheaper for me to see angels in America live than in the cinema!!
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Post by bordeaux on Apr 20, 2017 21:52:40 GMT
Very enjoyable cinema broadcast, only my second. I'm a big Stoppard fan, though this is not one of my favourites - the first half hour drags a bit and it does bear the hallmarks of a young dramatist out to show off - but it still comes across pretty well. Particularly impressed with Joshua McGuire, though Radcliffe held his own, I thought. I saw the SRB-Scarborough version at the NT twenty years ago but had forgotten how death-haunted the play is. Or perhaps I'm 20 years closer to death and have children now.
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Post by liverpool54321 on Apr 20, 2017 21:58:44 GMT
Saw the live version and really enjoyed it. Great view from stalls Row M, helped by Row L being kept clear to enable access for film crew. I wish I had done my homework in advance re plot. Having never studied Hamlet I had to rely on my mum who was with me for some half time guidance. Can see why people say David Haig is the star of the show.
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Post by crabtree on Apr 20, 2017 22:34:27 GMT
How was the sound? Was it synched tightly? It was certainly not, in our cinema, when I saw Twelfth Night two weeks ago.
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