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Post by romeo94 on Sept 26, 2017 19:23:08 GMT
Definitely left it too late to sort a ticket out for this... Any advice on how to get a cheap ticket before it closes? Not having any luck on the TodayTix lottery  |
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Post by wickedgrin on Sept 26, 2017 22:11:04 GMT
Ditto jordandn - this has been a big hit - selling out at top whack prices!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2017 22:15:22 GMT
The cheap seats in this theatre are terrible. If you want affordable, either keep trying with the lottery or give up and just go to the cinema screening in February.
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Post by michalnowicki on Sept 28, 2017 15:58:32 GMT
I have seen this play on Monday, not knowing what it is about and I liked it. I struggled with Sienna Miller's accent for the big part of act 1 - not sure if it was just jarringly fake, or this is just what southern accent sounds like. As people said in the previous posts - kudos to her for having to carry the whole of act 1 on her shoulders - very impressive. Jack O'Connell played Brick very well, his pain and self-loathing was palpable. Big bravo for Colm Meaney and Lisa Palfrey, both of whom gave a great performance.
I remember that when the play opened, there were some nasty comments about the way certain body parts of certain actors look like and I must say - what a load of rubbish! There is nothing wrong with the way they look: Sienna Miller is extremely attractive and natural; Jack O'Connell is really fit. I would love to have such a lovely bum as he has.
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Post by callum on Sept 28, 2017 17:23:18 GMT
Also caught this this week. I was a huge lover of Andrews' Streetcar and although this isn't as heady as that production, I really enjoyed the play and all of the performances.
The aesthetic was very startling and thought the stage was used very well. In fact, along with the amazing costumes (Big Mama's dress was just so *her*), the play really did look amazing. Usually if you start a review complimenting the appearance of a production, the rest is downhill but actually, in the case, I thought everything was pulled off very well.
I did think Sienna's accent was somewhat shrill, but you have to hand it to her for being brave enough to 'give it her all' night after night. The performance itself was great, so too was the rest of the cast. I really felt Brick's struggle. Colm Meany was excellent too.
Glad to see this selling so well, hopefully it will have attracted some infrequent theatregoers over its run and that's always a good thing. Can't wait to see what Andrews does next.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2017 20:10:43 GMT
I saw this this afternoon and really enjoyed it. I thought Sienna Miller was excellent. I loved how funny the play was (the kids' song for Big Daddy was amazing) but I really liked how it switched to serious gripping drama. Unlike Desire Under the Elms which I saw yesterday, I really cared about the characters and what would happen to them. I wanted to get in there and clean up the carpet though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2017 17:50:18 GMT
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Post by orchidman on Oct 2, 2017 23:03:26 GMT
I have no idea why they would set it in the present day. The idea of someone Jack O'Connell's size being a college football star in the 1950s is far-fetched, totally laughable now.
The scene between Meaney and O'Connell was first rate but in general this is a very good play being performed just about adequately.
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Post by popcultureboy on Oct 3, 2017 7:18:53 GMT
I have no idea why they would set it in the present day. The idea of someone Jack O'Connell's size being a college football star in the 1950s is far-fetched, totally laughable now. The scene between Meaney and O'Connell was first rate but in general this is a very good play being performed just about adequately. Size aside, everything about the actual text still felt believable in the modern day setting. To me, anyway. Far more so than his present day Streetcar, which everyone in the world was evangelical about (except for me). |
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Post by RedRose on Oct 4, 2017 18:36:06 GMT
I have no idea why they would set it in the present day. The idea of someone Jack O'Connell's size being a college football star in the 1950s is far-fetched, totally laughable now. The scene between Meaney and O'Connell was first rate but in general this is a very good play being performed just about adequately. Size aside, everything about the actual text still felt believable in the modern day setting. To me, anyway. Far more so than his present day Streetcar, which everyone in the world was evangelical about (except for me). Totally agree with you. I liked this one much more than feared and I hated the Streetcar. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 22, 2018 16:25:03 GMT
Very old hat now of course, but it’s the NT Live presentation tonight. Anyone going?
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Post by Rory on Feb 22, 2018 17:23:30 GMT
Yes, I'm going and am looking forward to it!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 22, 2018 22:55:35 GMT
God that was bleak.
And no, Mr O’Connel did not brighten up the proceedings for me because he is absolutely not my type. I liked looking at Sienna more, she is very beautiful and of the two of them more convincing.
I’m not sure what the take away from this play is. Drinking is destructive (knew it) lying is bad (yup) repressed homosexuality is a bitch (Yass Qween) and people go really weird when there’s a death and a will on the cards (who knew!). Saw the film decades ago, should have stuck with that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2018 23:07:28 GMT
The question we all want to know is was there nudity in the cinema broadcast or did they opt out or it because they knew it would be broadcast around the world?
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Post by Rory on Feb 22, 2018 23:46:04 GMT
The nudity was there but no distasteful close ups! I enjoyed the production but I had forgotten what a wordy play it is and the Southern accents can be hard work after a while!
I thought Sienna Miller was excellent, I must say.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 22, 2018 23:52:34 GMT
It was only a pound more to go in Vue Scene so I had unlimited cola, nachos and popcorn.
*burp*
(attendance was very sparse).
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Post by ellie1981 on Feb 23, 2018 0:02:33 GMT
i saw this back in August at the Apollo, catching Kerry Fox as Big Mama with script in hand.
The one thing I thought didn’t really work was the setting it in modern day. The whole theme of Brick’s repressed homosexuality just didn’t make as much sense in this time. I suppose in the southern US states its not exactly the same as the big cities, but I still couldn’t believe it quite the same as the original setting.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 23, 2018 0:11:07 GMT
I don’t want to go on about the accents because it’s all been said but it was distracting and I’m not just talking about the two leads (of whom JO was the absolute worst). But the other hugely distracting thing was why we had to endure that bloody CONTINUAL stooping at the front of the stage for Brick to fill his drink. And why, when the cake was brought on, it too couldn’t be put on an actual table.
Im sure I’m being very naive and there’s some very high art reason for this?
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Post by synchrony on Feb 23, 2018 8:08:27 GMT
It was quite well attended at my cinema. I knew nothing about the play or production beforehand so went to educate myself.
I liked the cast other than JO whose character I found to be played very unsympathetically. His accent sounded Irish mixed with London to me. Very distracting.
I basically agree with the others who said that updating it to the modern day didn't really work and the state of the carpet was upsetting ;-)
Oh, there was also a bit where Brick tells Daddy the truth, and three fireworks went off. I thought this was a clever symbolism alluding to Peter's denial of Jesus, but then a fourth firework went off, so sadly not.
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Post by distantcousin on Feb 23, 2018 12:33:05 GMT
Attendance was patchy in Worthing. And the audience wanted shooting at their lack of reaction to the funny lines.
I TOTALLY disagree that updating it to modern day didn't work - it absolutely did.
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Post by distantcousin on Feb 23, 2018 12:37:04 GMT
God that was bleak. And no, Mr O’Connel did not brighten up the proceedings for me because he is absolutely not my type. I liked looking at Sienna more, she is very beautiful and of the two of them more convincing. I’m not sure what the take away from this play is. Drinking is destructive (knew it) lying is bad (yup) repressed homosexuality is a bitch (Yass Qween) and people go really weird when there’s a death and a will on the cards (who knew!). Saw the film decades ago, should have stuck with that. ⭐️⭐️
I LOVE bleak. I adored it the second time around as much of the first. Enrapturing. Jack was mesmering on so many levels.
Never seen the film (thankfully) so was able to approach the piece with a total open mind. So much to take from it. The script is dynamite.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 16:01:53 GMT
i saw this back in August at the Apollo, catching Kerry Fox as Big Mama with script in hand. The one thing I thought didn’t really work was the setting it in modern day. The whole theme of Brick’s repressed homosexuality just didn’t make as much sense in this time. I suppose in the southern US states its not exactly the same as the big cities, but I still couldn’t believe it quite the same as the original setting. I disagree re the repressed homosexuality. It likely isn't a problem for us, but for in a professional sports environment there is still generally a massive amount of homophobia. The religious southern US states are very very different from liberal California too. I found it depressingly believable, sadly. I absolutely loved this production. I saw it last summer too, and wasn't expecting much at all - I didn't know the play, have never seen the film, and had read very poor reviews. It was much much funnier than I expected, and I thought the cast were excellent. I enjoyed this again last night too. I especially loved how AWFUL Mae was with her no-necked monsters. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 23, 2018 18:28:59 GMT
I LOVE bleak. I adored it the second time around as much of the first. Enrapturing. Jack was mesmering on so many levels.
Never seen the film (thankfully) so was able to approach the piece with a total open mind. So much to take from it. The script is dynamite.
The other thing I found really distracting (I think this is the third thing now) is how Jack pulled that ridiculous grimace every time he took a swig of booze. Cliche central or what? “Ooh I’m acting that I’m drinking hard liquor so I’ll do that teeth bearing thing”. Come on. A bit more nuance please. If an alcoholic has downed two, nay three whole bottles of Echo Springs* they’re not balking at the taste of it one assumes. And even if they are, they’re past caring about it. *I kept thinking of Echo Falls, that wine you get from the Spar for £3.99 when you’ve got someone you don’t like coming round. |
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Post by Mr Crummles on Feb 24, 2018 9:48:25 GMT
I LOVE bleak. I adored it the second time around as much of the first. Enrapturing. Jack was mesmering on so many levels.
Never seen the film (thankfully) so was able to approach the piece with a total open mind. So much to take from it. The script is dynamite.
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Post by Mr Crummles on Feb 24, 2018 9:52:12 GMT
15 hours ago BurlyBeaR said:
>>The other thing I found really distracting (I think this is the third thing now) is how Jack pulled that ridiculous grimace every time he took a swig of booze. Cliche central or what? “Ooh I’m acting that I’m drinking hard liquor so I’ll do that teeth bearing thing”. Come on. A bit more nuance please. If an alcoholic has downed two, nay three whole bottles of Echo Springs* they’re not balking at the taste of it one assumes. And even if they are, they’re past caring about it.
I thought it was a very clever touch actually. I don't think Brick was beyond the point of caring. On the contrary, that was a bitter reminder of how desperate he was to get to that point, waiting for oblivion, for the longed-for click that would shut down his mind, drown his sorrows, and perhaps even the bitter taste of alcohol he was obviously averse to.
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