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Post by peggs on May 7, 2017 13:51:57 GMT
Thanks foxa.
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Post by Stasia on May 8, 2017 11:29:10 GMT
Dear fellow theatregoers, I have a ticket I can't use: The Treatment June 10 14:30 (closing day matinee), front row seat. Face value £39,50, giving away for £35. Anyone interested? If you know any fans of Julian Ovenden please alert them to my offer  |
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Post by jason71 on May 9, 2017 12:40:57 GMT
What is the correct running time for this production? Had an email stating that it was 125mins & somebody here has said it is 105mins.
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Post by theatrelover123 on May 9, 2017 12:52:06 GMT
Its about 125 mins (which includes interval). If you last until the end, that is  |
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Post by foxa on May 9, 2017 14:52:43 GMT
Hmmm...I think the first is right. I think it was an hour, then 15 minute interval, then 45 minutes or so second half....but I wouldn't swear to that.
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Post by MrBunbury on May 9, 2017 15:41:25 GMT
Yes, I was out at 9,30 pm. The Almeida website says: Additional information
The running time is approximately 2 hours and 5 minutes including a 15 minute interval.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2017 15:44:37 GMT
& somebody here has said it is 105mins Theatrelover123 reported that their friend said that. It must be true. Although Theatrelover123 says it's 125 mins. |
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Post by jason71 on May 9, 2017 16:29:22 GMT
Theatrelover 123 states that it is 90mins plus 15min interval.
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Post by theatrelover123 on May 9, 2017 16:43:19 GMT
Theatrelover123's FRIEND said it was 90 mins plus 15 mins. That friend lied. It is 125 mins |
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Post by peggs on May 13, 2017 19:55:31 GMT
So it's a terrible production and a faint risk, should i just stay home?
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Post by peggs on May 15, 2017 20:00:53 GMT
I will ponder thanks, am not sure i can actually let a theatre ticket go to waste even if the train fare does cost more than the ticket so i could pretend that staying home was really a saving.
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Post by lonlad on May 15, 2017 23:31:20 GMT
I saw the 1993 production at the Court and this one is a LOT better. You make not like the material (though my guest and I did - A LOT), but I wouldn't pass up a chance to go.
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Post by theatrelover123 on May 15, 2017 23:35:51 GMT
I on the other hand would suggest passing on the chance to go, like a shot |
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Post by showgirl on May 16, 2017 3:12:49 GMT
Split the difference and leave at the interval (have a back-up plan for something else to shoot off to if so) if it's really not your thing?
I'm due to see it this week and having originally not fancied it but been persuaded by the professional reviews, the comments on here have left me wondering what to expect; however, I'm looking forward to making up my own mind - evidently a marmite play, or perhaps production.
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Post by peggs on May 16, 2017 11:16:08 GMT
I think I've booked mid week after work so it's the travel cost implications as much as anything, if it was a Saturday I could fit something else in but it's train and tube costs to get to the almeida. I admit to being quite curious now.
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Post by foxa on May 16, 2017 16:31:56 GMT
I saw the 1993 production at the Court and this one is a LOT better. You make not like the material (though my guest and I did - A LOT), but I wouldn't pass up a chance to go. I agree - this is a better production than the 1993 which (at least in my recollection) was slow and self-important - but then I liked this production, I laughed a couple of times and thought there were a couple of 'wow' moments to weigh against the 'meh' and 'heh' ones. IMO this is MUCH better than Obsession, if you are looking at this on an imaginary sliding scale of badness. But I was feeling mellow after the nice meal at Radici, so that did help. |
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Post by peggs on May 16, 2017 19:35:03 GMT
So if i take myself some nice squashed sandwiches to put me in a good mood ;O)
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Post by lynette on May 20, 2017 20:24:22 GMT
Oh what a horrible thing they have done to a very good cast in a very good play. Saw it this afternoon. How sad. I've never seen it before and was as disappointed as everyone else here with the opening scenes. Then I realised it was the ridiculous scene-changes that were crippling it. It's a film, it flows. If it stops, it falls to bits. 4 star play, 1 star production. Will blog later in the week, I think, when I've calmed down. Well you can work out by the time I'm writing this that I didn't last the course. At the interval,having checked my watch every five minutes, I decided enough was enough. I got the message, appreciated the metaphors and image patterns, liked the acting but frankly I was bored. And being boring in the London theatre , well, there is no excuse. I'm quoting you TM because I haven't seen the play before nor any of his other work as far as I know but it is interesting to learn that other productions have done better. I think the acting was good, espesh Loftus but hey, this is London, we have probably ten other actors per part that can do this and I expect the acting to be good. Actors are often not allowed to say what they feel and they make some stuff look better than it is and they have to pay the rent too. God bless 'em. |
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Post by lynette on May 20, 2017 20:29:31 GMT
Ok, so just read thru and realised I missed the Shakespearean moment in the second half. What a shame.....
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Post by peggs on May 21, 2017 20:13:02 GMT
Oh what a horrible thing they have done to a very good cast in a very good play. Saw it this afternoon. How sad. I've never seen it before and was as disappointed as everyone else here with the opening scenes. Then I realised it was the ridiculous scene-changes that were crippling it. It's a film, it flows. If it stops, it falls to bits. 4 star play, 1 star production. Will blog later in the week, I think, when I've calmed down. Well you can work out by the time I'm writing this that I didn't last the course. At the interval,having checked my watch every five minutes, I decided enough was enough. Oh no Lynette and i came out of the donmar last night going 'well at least the treatment can't be worse than that', am i wrong? |
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Post by finalperformance on May 21, 2017 20:46:50 GMT
Saw this tonight. Dear Lord I thought it was freaking terrible. Pretentious, nonsensical, didn't care for any character or situation, terrible dialogue, bland scenery. Indira Varma OK. Julian Ovenden miscast. Clifford actor did a bad American accent. Other characters over-acted. Terrible waste of the 400 odd extras who did 'extras' acting. Couldn't wait for it to end. A real stinker in my opinion. |
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Post by finalperformance on May 21, 2017 20:49:02 GMT
Unfortunately the play did nothing for me and am sorry I bothered going.
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Post by showgirl on May 22, 2017 19:39:57 GMT
Saw it on Saturday and still at a loss to know what to make of it though maybe "Curate's Egg" is the best brief summary. Somehow it managed to seem long despite being relatively short - and that was something I took into account when booking at all, especially for an evening performance. It was very clever and amusing in parts and vile in others but nothing in particular much of the time, possibly not helped by lack of credibility. There would be a fascinating play in the subject of someone whose experience becomes the property of, and rewritten by the media - though doubtless it has already been done multiple times - but this does not follow that line. Still, for my first, cautious return visit to the Almeida after a particularly dire season several years ago, when regardless of what I saw, I either fell asleep or hated the play and left at the interval, I didn't fare too badly: paid £10, stayed awake throughout (I think!) and made it to the end.
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Post by peggs on May 22, 2017 20:14:25 GMT
stayed awake throughout (I think!) and made it to the end. Sometimes there's a lot to be said for managing that. |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 9:30:51 GMT
Seem to be in a minority but I thought this was excellent!
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