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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 2, 2017 1:11:13 GMT
Booked for the first preview of Lettice & Lovage. Tickets are going fast! Don't like the Menier though - those awful benches where people encroach on your space.
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Post by showgirl on Mar 2, 2017 5:48:18 GMT
Maybe it's time for an Admin or Mod (not sure which has this facility - sorry - to split this thread, as it refers to 2 plays, the first of which will start previewing next week?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2017 14:16:06 GMT
Maybe it's time for an Admin or Mod (not sure which has this facility - sorry - to split this thread, as it refers to 2 plays, the first of which will start previewing next week? How will the Admin or Mod decide whether each individual post is predominantly Lettice or Idleness? I suggest we need three threads, one for each play and one for combined comments. And perhaps we should all suggest which posts we think should be moved to which thread. Peace and love! |
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Post by RedRose on Mar 9, 2017 22:53:21 GMT
Some tickets for 1st and 3rd Previews (tomorrow and Monday) of Love and Idleness available now. Be quick!
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 14, 2017 13:37:02 GMT
I am furious with myself I didn't book up for Love in Idleness tickets earlier and now it is sold out, didn't think it would sell out so quickly, don't remember Communicating Doors selling out? Do the Menier put tickets up for sale later? However got myself a Lettice and Lovage ticket. The Choco Fact has just tweeted that there are some preview tix up for grabs......be quick! |
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Post by showgirl on Mar 14, 2017 13:51:43 GMT
Showing some availability for several weeks - not just previews. Maybe they've added more seats?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 15:25:24 GMT
2H 45M
Finishes
22:45
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Post by showgirl on Mar 14, 2017 16:36:31 GMT
So glad I stuck to my "matinee only" policy for this venue.
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 14, 2017 18:28:47 GMT
I am furious with myself I didn't book up for Love in Idleness tickets earlier and now it is sold out, didn't think it would sell out so quickly, don't remember Communicating Doors selling out? Do the Menier put tickets up for sale later? However got myself a Lettice and Lovage ticket. The Choco Fact has just tweeted that there are some preview tix up for grabs......be quick! Tinidabo you are a gentlemen, sir, really appreciate that - thanks. |
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 14, 2017 18:57:22 GMT
Phantom of London The Choco Fact has just tweeted that there are some preview tix up for grabs......be quick! Tinidabo you are a gentlemen, sir, really appreciate that - thanks. You are very welcome. I do answer to Sir, but prefer Ma'am (rhymes with harm.)  |
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 14, 2017 20:48:40 GMT
Sorry Ma'am. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
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Post by CG on the loose on Mar 14, 2017 23:05:15 GMT
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Post by luce76 on Mar 15, 2017 10:29:43 GMT
I have a spare ticket for Love in Idleness next Thursday 23rd, due to a friend being unable to come. It's seat C3 and cost £32.50, if anyone is interested.
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Post by RedRose on Mar 16, 2017 11:09:22 GMT
It finished after 22:50 yesterday. I totally loved it and it didn't feel long at all! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2017 13:14:35 GMT
I totally loved it and it didn't feel long at all! Sounds like a date I once had with an Olivier award winning actor. I can say no more thanks to a super injunction . . . |
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Post by alece10 on Mar 16, 2017 14:49:22 GMT
I totally loved it and it didn't feel long at all! Sounds like a date I once had with an Olivier award winning actor. I can say no more thanks to a super injunction . . . Stop being smutty! Go wash your mouth out....... |
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Post by showgirl on Mar 19, 2017 5:07:22 GMT
Saw the matinee yesterday (2 hours 50) and enjoyed it but am still struggling to assess it. Is it really meant to be a straightforward comedy, like French Without Tears? Certainly there was none of the customary Rattigan darkness and though some of the humour was wry, it wasn't the bitter or bittersweet type I associate with much of his work; however, I don't know if there was simply none there or a directorial choice made to play it down. I can't now recall the earlier version (Less Than Kind and which I saw at Jermyn Street Theatre) with which to compare it. Overall, for all the talk of war, rationing, belt-tightening, a new social order and so on, this was drawing room comedy rather than kitchen sink drama - despite some of the later action literally taking place at the kitchen sink.
As an aside, on the subject of Rattigan plays set during or shortly after WW2, whilst Flare Path is relatively frequently seen, I'd love to see a revival of While The Sun Shines; there was a well-reviewed production at the Theatre Royal Bath recently and I was so hoping that it would tour or transfer, but it didn't.
EDIT: though the site is showing sold out, the odd few tickets have popped up if anyone is interested.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2017 8:27:37 GMT
Enjoyed this but it's very long! The long winded set change doesn't help although I was impressed that Anthony Head pitched in with shifting furniture There's a detailed article about the two versions of the play here - www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/books/love-in-idleness-less-than-kind-iid-136188/do-9781784601577-div-00000003The tone of Less Than Kind is more serious, and Sir John is far less sympathetic- it's made clear that he's a war profiteer, and that Michael is correct rather than the idiot he appears to be in Love in Idleness However I'm now confused as the article says that another major change is that in Love in Idleness Michael's date is not the ex-wife, and the fact that Sir John has been manipulating him is not there So I'm wondering if this production is actually a hybrid of the two versions, or if there was some interim version by Rattigan - it does appear he did one set of rewrites then more were demanded during rehearsals And I always moan about this but the Menier is damned uncomfortable! They have clearly shoved in 1 or 2 more people than will actually fit on each bench. |
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Post by mallardo on Mar 19, 2017 8:40:41 GMT
I saw Less Than Kind in Richmond a few years ago and remember Sir John as being very sympathetic while Michael was something of a spoiled brat - so xanderl's hybrid version idea might be correct.
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 19, 2017 10:17:42 GMT
And I always moan about this but the Menier is damned uncomfortable! They have clearly shoved in 1 or 2 more people than will actually fit on each bench. I quite agree - loathe the venue, seating and the high prices. I go as little as possible for these reasons although I have booked for Lettice and Lovage |
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Post by Tibidabo on Mar 19, 2017 10:23:27 GMT
Another one here who hates the venue. As well as the horrendous seating, those dark stairs should be condemned as I have twice arrived at the bottom somewhat quicker than I'd have liked. I shall be going to both Love in Idleness and Lettice wearing my studded tights....let that be a warning to anyone who tries to sit on my lap.  |
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Post by showgirl on Mar 19, 2017 15:22:17 GMT
The seating configuration is different yet again and not one I've seen before at this venue. I was fed up to find that what I had taken to be an aisle seat, and had booked expressly for that reason, was, whilst inner end of row, as far as possible from the actual gangway. Hence, having left it until late to enter the auditorium to avoid others having to pass me, I ended up being the one squeezing apologetically past the whole of the row. As for trying to exit at the end and rush to another play with a 7.15 pm start and unreserved seating, aargh - it must have taken a good 5 minutes for everyone to file out; goodness knows what would happen if there was an emergency evacuation.
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Post by alece10 on Mar 19, 2017 16:09:48 GMT
That configuration is used quite often. Last used for Travesties and also for The Color Purple.
There are 2 further exits for emergencies so the venue would be able to empty quickly.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2017 17:29:15 GMT
Saw this on Friday night. Two hours and fifty minutes (8pm start, interval around 9.20).
Performances are generally very good. Edward Bluemel is terrific - I expect he's going to be in very high demand very soon. Eve Best is typically wonderful. Anthony Head was surprisingly good.
Very appreciative audience. Lots of laughter - especially on lines that reference a part of London in a droll manner (south of the river Thames bearing the brunt here) - which I personally find hugely annoying.
Amusing at times, but very lightweight. I wanted more, but that could be more a fault with me than the play - which is deliberately a bit farcical at times.
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Post by theatrelover123 on Mar 19, 2017 20:23:53 GMT
It is Eve Best is it not?
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