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Post by tmesis on Aug 6, 2017 7:14:28 GMT
Excellent play, excellent set, excellent performances.
I love how the first act had great pace leading up to a climactic moment just before the interval (a bit like a musical) and then a slower paced, more nuanced second act.
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Post by showgirl on Aug 6, 2017 14:53:52 GMT
Saw this with OH yesterday; for me it was very accessible and entertaining but OH, who knows more about the background, said he would have preferred a more serious treatment (i.e. without the singing, dancing and one-liners). However, given the success of this version, I doubt we'll ever see the other type.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Aug 6, 2017 15:20:47 GMT
Isn't Pravda the serious version of this same story (almost)?  |
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Post by showgirl on Aug 6, 2017 17:09:08 GMT
Oh gosh, is it? I did see it years ago but can't recall a thing about it, other than who wrote it and that I saw Anthony Hopkins in it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 10:40:00 GMT
Oh gosh, ... can't recall a thing about it, other than who wrote it ... And who was that [ without looking it up]? |
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Post by crowblack on Sept 3, 2017 9:31:25 GMT
There was an 8 minute feature on Ink on this morning's Andrew Marr show (3rd September), an interview with the writer and Bertie Carvel recorded at the end of July at the Almeida.
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Post by sam22 on Sept 6, 2017 7:50:42 GMT
I hadn't paid any attention to this show at all but I'm looking for a Thurday matinee next week and just read reviews for this and I'm quite tempted to go.
I can't find any ticket offers and the tickets are really expensive, thinking about holding off given many of the seats are still free. Has anyone seen any offers?
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Post by sam22 on Sept 13, 2017 7:29:10 GMT
Has anyone been to see Ink this week
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Post by thesortinghat on Sept 13, 2017 7:48:38 GMT
I was supposed to see it on Friday but am unable to go now (if anyone wants my ticket DM me!) but I look forward to people's comments, and hope to catch it later in the run.
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Post by bellboard27 on Sept 16, 2017 18:28:48 GMT
Loved this. Just to note I booked the day before when they seemed to have released the box seats for £10 each. So had a dress circle bargain box to myself. Very little view restriction.
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Post by partytentdown on Sept 16, 2017 18:36:11 GMT
Loved this today - TodayTix were doing £15 stalls seats so nabbed a couple. Definitely worth a watch if you have even a mild interest in the media - 3hours flew by.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 17, 2017 0:31:41 GMT
Really want to see this but the prices are putting me off currently
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Post by stefy69 on Sept 17, 2017 7:09:27 GMT
I am so looking forward to seeing this later in the year, a pre-Xmas treat to myself..
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Post by popcultureboy on Sept 17, 2017 7:32:00 GMT
Really want to see this but the prices are putting me off currently It seems to be standard West End pricing, so does this mean you're currently not seeing anything in the West End? |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 17, 2017 19:05:06 GMT
Really want to see this but the prices are putting me off currently It seems to be standard West End pricing, so does this mean you're currently not seeing anything in the West End? Well having a slight pause. I've spent way too much on theatre tickets this year! I will see it though at some point before it closes |
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Post by lonlad on Sept 21, 2017 23:51:30 GMT
Saw this tonight. Mr. Goold better hurry over and have a quick look-see -- first half often unintelligible, especially Carvel who stage whispers much of the part and doesn't seem at all to have a measure of his new space. Coyle walks away with the production whereas at the Almeida it was much more of an ensemble. Weird audience, too, laughing at things that weren't at all funny, like Muriel's desperate phone call .... oh well. Quite a few empty seats, which surprised me.
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Post by sam22 on Sept 23, 2017 21:04:25 GMT
I saw this last Thursday, really enjoyed it. I was upgraded from my cheapo seat in the Upper Circle to row C in centre of the Dress Circle so a real bargain!
Both leads really good I thought, liked the set and found it interesting as I didn't know a lot of the history covered. I agree when I was in there were some laughs in strange places!
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Post by oldstager on Sept 25, 2017 22:33:58 GMT
Very well written and very imaginative staged. Richard Coyle is excellent and truthful but Bertie Carvel is less so. And there is a lack of chemistry between them and the rest of the cast, although fine individually, don't create the feeling of a true ensemble unlike the entire company of The Ferryman who seem to actually breathe as one. An enjoyable evening nevertheless.
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Post by Mark on Sept 30, 2017 22:20:20 GMT
Full house tonight by the looks of it!
Enjoyed it, but of the two James Graham plays I saw today I preferred Labour of Love. This one needn't have been 3 hours and could have done with some trimming. Thought the acting was pretty good all round
For anyone wanting a cheaper seat I highly recommend Dress Circle C22. Nothing missed for this production and only £20 (and plenty legroom!)
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Post by mallardo on Oct 1, 2017 9:07:27 GMT
After seeing three poor-ish plays in a row - Prism, Mosquitoes, Apologia - with one word titles I was somewhat leery of Ink - but needn't have been. It's a great play in a great production - and, bonus, great seats: the 15 pound front row day seats are a steal.
As others have said, the time flew by, only slowing down in the Page Three section of the 2nd act where the piece pretty much ground to a halt for reasons I'm still pondering. But that's the only (for me) miscalculation that the brilliant James Graham has made. Loved the energy and the cleverness of the thing. A big bravo to Rupert Goold - this is exactly the kind of show he does so well.
The cast were uniformly superb. Richard Coyle was an excellent leading man if a bit too one-note in his burgeoning intensity - but that's the character and he played it beautifully. I was more impressed - unlike some - with Bertie Carvel. Really, a subtle nuanced performance, very detailed and always interesting. I can't speak to the audibility issue that has been raised but from my perch in the front row I found him riveting.
Just a wonderful show, I could not recommend it more highly.
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Post by crowblack on Oct 1, 2017 9:15:01 GMT
the piece pretty much ground to a halt for reasons I'm still pondering. I don't really think the play managed to make the case that it followed on from anything. We had the human drama of the kidnapping and murder and then page 3 just sort of happened, The End. I enjoyed the play (saw it in late July) but I didn't think the second half worked as well thematically as the first. |
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Post by mallardo on Oct 1, 2017 9:28:56 GMT
the piece pretty much ground to a halt for reasons I'm still pondering. I don't really think the play managed to make the case that it followed on from anything. We had the human drama of the kidnapping and murder and then page 3 just sort of happened, The End. I enjoyed the play (saw it in late July) but I didn't think the second half worked as well thematically as the first.
I think part of the problem is built in to this kind of Success Story. The how-we-overcame-the-odds-and-did-it part was always going to be more exhilarating and fun to watch than the how-we-held-on-to-it part. We're actually rooting for Murdoch and Larry Lamb in act one - shocking as that is to contemplate. In act two reality sets in and we disengage (to a degree) from the characters. I don't know that there's any way around that given the need to more or less stick to the truth.
Enron - a play and production that Ink recalls - had a similar problem but much worse. In that one, when the corporation went down in act two the play went down with it, limping to the final curtain. That is not the case here so Goold has learned some lessons - not to mention that Ink is altogether a better play.
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Post by zak97 on Oct 1, 2017 9:32:54 GMT
After seeing three poor-ish plays in a row - Prism, Mosquitoes, Apologia - with one word titles I was somewhat leery of Ink - but needn't have been. It's a great play in a great production - and, bonus, great seats: the 15 pound front row day seats are a steal. As others have said, the time flew by, only slowing down in the Page Three section of the 2nd act where the piece pretty much ground to a halt for reasons I'm still pondering. But that's the only (for me) miscalculation that the brilliant James Graham has made. Loved the energy and the cleverness of the thing. A big bravo to Rupert Goold - this is exactly the kind of show he does so well. The cast were uniformly superb. Richard Coyle was an excellent leading man if a bit too one-note in his burgeoning intensity - but that's the character and he played it beautifully. I was more impressed - unlike some - with Bertie Carvel. Really, a subtle nuanced performance, very detailed and always interesting. I can't speak to the audibility issue that has been raised but from my perch in the front row I found him riveting. Just a wonderful show, I could not recommend it more highly. What time did you arrive for dayseats? |
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Post by bramble on Oct 1, 2017 17:41:25 GMT
This never held me. Richard Coyle is great but from the 5th row of the stalls i missed an awful lot of Bertie Carvell Thought the direction was too similar to Enron which I didn't enjoy much either.
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Post by joem on Oct 5, 2017 22:18:25 GMT
4th row of the stalls, absolutely no audibility problems.
Excellent set (a bit Gormenghastesque) and staging, cracking acting and a pacey play - does slow down in the second half. Yes, we are cheering at times for Murdoch. Well, we cheer for Macbeth too don't we? And Murdoch wasn't always the hate figure he is now, when he started off he was hated mostly by the establishment.
James Graham is becoming quite the in playwright isn't he? Who would have thunk it when his plays ran at the Soho Theatre?
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