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Post by vabbian on Aug 1, 2017 21:19:11 GMT
ticket price and seating plan should be updated to reflect the view of the
100% British beef
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Post by tributary on Aug 3, 2017 9:08:37 GMT
This isn't worth parting with your cash for. Looks great, but entirely empty in acting terms. You can feel it would work quite well if only the cast could get it to lift off, but sadly it is never in danger of happening. 2*.
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Post by lonlad on Aug 3, 2017 9:38:47 GMT
Totally disagree. Miller was born to play this part and delivers in spades -- the best London Maggie I have seen, which is to say dating back to Lindsay Duncan at the NT opposite the late Ian Charleson (and, later, Frances O'Connor, Sanaa Lathan and probably others I am forgetting). O'Connell is good, too, in easily the play's hardest part, since Brick is almost entirely reactive. Lisa Palfrey's embonpoint is a play in itself .....
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Post by wickedgrin on Aug 3, 2017 23:16:44 GMT
It seems to be selling well at high prices too. Not too bothered about missing this as I am not a Sienna Miller fan.
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Post by peln on Aug 7, 2017 16:23:18 GMT
Saw a Saturday matinee bad call IMHO Cat was apesh*t relieved by the male strip tease for £20 ticket Seriously I agree with reviewer who said cast not heavy enough for Tennesee Williams neither was Imelda Staunton in Edward Albee for NT. Liz Taylor best in both American movies IMHO.
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Post by caa on Aug 11, 2017 17:18:44 GMT
Totally disagree. Miller was born to play this part and delivers in spades -- the best London Maggie I have seen, which is to say dating back to Lindsay Duncan at the NT opposite the late Ian Charleson (and, later, Frances O'Connor, Sanaa Lathan and probably others I am forgetting). O'Connell is good, too, in easily the play's hardest part, since Brick is almost entirely reactive. Lisa Palfrey's embonpoint is a play in itself ..... Just wanted to say I agree with you, although Lindsay Duncan would still get my vote. I think this is the best cast I have seen in this play and really enjoyed Hayley Squires performance as Mae the other feline in the play |
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Post by callum on Aug 17, 2017 19:59:51 GMT
Seems only restricted view seats are in my price range for this production - so is it better to miss far left or the stage or far right for anyone that's seen it? Is there a better option? Thanks!
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Post by Maz on Aug 18, 2017 18:49:57 GMT
Todaytix have a £20 lottery. I've been trying (and trying 😬). Does anyone know where the lottery seats are btw? Thx |
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Post by callum on Aug 19, 2017 22:14:12 GMT
Always been unlucky with lottery monkey - do you know if they do day seats at the BO?
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Post by Maz on Aug 20, 2017 21:46:17 GMT
Always been unlucky with lottery monkey - do you know if they do day seats at the BO? Same. Been entering almost everyday. Wonder how many tickets vs how many entrants... I understand that they offer the 'winners' tickets 4 hours before curtain up, then if they don't take them up they offer them to the next selected people after one hour. Which explains why I sometimes get my "sorry.." email at 15.30 and other times at 17.30. So I guess this means sometimes I'm ruled after the first draw. All very fascinating stuff, I'm sure you'll agree 😂 |
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Post by callum on Aug 20, 2017 22:29:17 GMT
I know Maz - very annoying. Much prefer day seat system. If you know you want to see a show on a certain day, you make the effort to get there and queue early and guarantee yourself a seat. Lottery system unfair for people that have been trying a lot of times.
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Post by callum on Aug 21, 2017 13:03:06 GMT
Cheers Monkey - bought a regular ticket for September through gritted teeth.
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Post by n1david on Aug 22, 2017 16:13:29 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 15:45:31 GMT
Won the lottery for this  So I now think lotteries are great Got the notification at 4:30 so presume I got in after someone else didn't claim their tickets. Seats are in the back block of the stalls, normally £65. You don't get told where the seats are before booking, as far as I could see |
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Post by zahidf on Aug 24, 2017 15:50:39 GMT
I thought this was hilarious.
Not meant to be a comedy of course, but I had to find something worthwhile.
The best scene was the Brick/Big Daddy scene, so god know why they decided to ruin it by having annoying ginger kids interrupt things every 2 minutes
Chekov's cake was pretty funny as well.
And the most gratiuitous nudity I've ever seen
Very much felt like Cat on a Hot tin roof for tourists.
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Post by Jonnyboy on Aug 25, 2017 8:27:14 GMT
The best scene was the Brick/Big Daddy scene, so god know why they decided to ruin it by having annoying ginger kids interrupt things every 2 minutes And the 'ginger' is relevant because...? |
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Post by zahidf on Aug 25, 2017 8:36:32 GMT
The best scene was the Brick/Big Daddy scene, so god know why they decided to ruin it by having annoying ginger kids interrupt things every 2 minutes And the 'ginger' is relevant because...? Oh, one of the characters mentioned it as a characteristic in a line, so was using their words |
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Post by Jonnyboy on Aug 25, 2017 8:49:52 GMT
Fair enough, I'd forgotten!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 9:41:09 GMT
I really enjoyed this, probably helped by paying £20 for a great seat.
Basically exactly the kind of set, cast and production you'd expect at the Young Vic so not sure why this went straight to the West End. Possible theory - they initially planned a YV WE season with Yerma followed by this transferring from a Young Vic run
If you're going for restricted view seats, admirers of Mr O'Connell will do best to ensure they have a good view of the right hand side of the stage as you look at it.
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Post by zahidf on Aug 25, 2017 12:01:22 GMT
I really enjoyed this, probably helped by paying £20 for a great seat. Basically exactly the kind of set, cast and production you'd expect at the Young Vic so not sure why this went straight to the West End. Possible theory - they initially planned a YV WE season with Yerma followed by this transferring from a Young Vic run If you're going for restricted view seats, admirers of Mr O'Connell will do best to ensure they have a good view of the right hand side of the stage as you look at it. It seems to be selling really well, so I suspect commercial reasons dictated a west end run! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 12:08:38 GMT
Yep, seemed full last night with a fairly young audience who had presumably paid full price
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Post by Mr Crummles on Aug 27, 2017 17:55:20 GMT
I am forever indebted to Ben Brantley for his review of the current production of A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. I was going to give it a miss, after everything I had read about it. Mr. Brantley, I big thank you.
I had seen many productions of ACOAHTR (six at least, including the film). I always felt it was the only, of all Tennessee William’s main plays, that failed to achieve that painful level of gut-wrenching pathos the playwright is famous for. In all its previous incarnations, the play felt to me more like a worn-out melodrama, a melodrama with something incandescent buried at its core, but which somehow failed to explode and propagate.
I was somehow always reminded of those old dramatic Italian paintings scattered in old museums which are covered with a thick crust of many layers of dirt. Hidden behind all that, you know there is something glorious and magnificent. You can sense it’s there, but you cannot fully enjoy it in that dimmed, reduced state. Once the masterpiece is cleaned and restored, you are frankly sick with a sense of beauty that it’s almost unbearable to experience. The vibrant colours of the human flesh, the full radiance of every little detail that compose the drama is even more intense that you could originally surmise.
Human beings are predators, not very much different from those wild animals seen on BBC or National Geographic documentaries. They seem to be always hunting or being hunted. Men are, however, predators afflicted with a conscience and moral sense. I think this is the painful truth the play observes and that this new staging goes to great lengths to emphasise. Maggie is aware of that truth, and so is Big Daddy. The tragedy of Brick is that he is not. Morally outraged and disgusted with the destructive lies – the mendacity - he sees everywhere around him, lies he cannot himself understand, but only feel, he spends the play washing himself, showering listless, in an almost stupefied state, as if to cleanse and purge his soul. He can’t understand that the idealised bond he had with his mate and kindred spirit, Skipper, could have been so utterly corrupted and disfigured by the laws that moulded his own understanding of things and brought it all to a tragic end.
I thought the acting was, without exception, excellent. Jack O’Donnell was the most tormented Brick I have ever seen on stage (followed closely perhaps by a stunned and slightly cynical Adrian Lester). He had pain written all over his face, which made his despair for the long-to-come click even more understandable. I really hope to see him in another play. Sienna Miller was an unusually intelligent Maggie. And Colm Meany, an unexpectedly human Big Daddy. The final scene between Big Daddy and Brick was sublimely tender and extremely touching, and reminded me of another great moment of filial love in the current version of Hamlet. If only Brick had managed to check his tongue, communication between them might finally have been possible.
Finally – I have already written much more than I originally intended-, I especially appreciated the way the firecrackers were used to punctuate and heighten the drama.
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Post by rockinrobin on Aug 30, 2017 8:41:20 GMT
I wasn't tempted by this but a friend of mine told me to go - and I did last night.
And I loved it. Not a life-changing experience but a very good show. I love Tennessee Williams so I was a bit afraid of watching this - it's easy to turn a great play into a rubbish show. I am happy to report my fears were needless.
In my humble opinion Jack O'Connell steals every scene he is in - not because of his bum (although of course you get a chance to stare at it for 10 minutes). He has a wonderfully husky voice but more importantly - he has great charisma and you immediately root for his broken, sad character who hopelessly seeks solace in whisky. His scenes with Colm Meaney (also fantastic) broke my heart a little bit...
And oh - we all know what happens if there's a shotgun on stage. Apparently the same rule applies to a crutch...
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Post by michalnowicki on Aug 30, 2017 11:18:04 GMT
And oh - we all know what happens if there's a shotgun on stage. Apparently the same rule applies to a crutch... I am probably super thick, but this went right over my head. What happens if there's a shotgun on stage? |
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Post by n1david on Aug 30, 2017 12:00:12 GMT
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