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Post by Steve on Feb 12, 2016 0:00:26 GMT
Baz announced this on twitter.
James Norton was at The Dazzle recently, so he knows how small the space is.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 0:02:12 GMT
No £10 tickets this time (unless dayseats?). £35 is an awful lot to pay to be wedged between two strangers on an uncomfortably narrow chair. :/
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Post by mallardo on Feb 12, 2016 0:10:59 GMT
Is this the Tracy Letts play, Bug? If so there will be a lot of flesh on display. The two leads spend most of the last half of the play nude.
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Post by Steve on Feb 12, 2016 0:15:16 GMT
Is this the Tracy Letts play, Bug? If so there will be a lot of flesh on display. The two leads spend most of the last half of the play nude. Mallardo, yes it is, details here: sohotheatre.com/whats-on/bug/ |
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Post by mallardo on Feb 12, 2016 0:21:22 GMT
Is this the Tracy Letts play, Bug? If so there will be a lot of flesh on display. The two leads spend most of the last half of the play nude. Mallardo, yes it is, details here: sohotheatre.com/whats-on/bug/Cheers, Steve. It's a VERY powerful piece especially in a confined space, crazy and violent. I saw a production in LA a couple of years ago that left me pretty shaken. |
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Post by Jon on Feb 12, 2016 1:22:14 GMT
Given James Norton's ever increasing stardom, it's going to be a hot ticket.
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Post by n1david on Feb 12, 2016 7:44:50 GMT
Is this the Tracy Letts play, Bug? If so there will be a lot of flesh on display. The two leads spend most of the last half of the play nude. Oh god, given how hot James Norton is right now (in both senses of the word), the queues for this are going to start at lunchtime. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 9:56:33 GMT
James Norton. Oh yes.
Kate Fleetwood. Meh.
"Ring Ring. Hello? Found 111 security? I think you need to start beefing up security now. I'll be there and if James Norton displays even a hint of a flesh things could get nasty for all concerned. Thanks."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 10:45:40 GMT
OK. So I'm booked. Now. I am normally a very polite theatregoer and generally if people push in front, I tend to do the very English thing and "tut" a little bit and let them go on their merry way with perhaps a little bon mot to follow behind them. Also I usually believe that if people want to queue up at 4am for a ticket then they are absolutely welcome to it as a prize for their dedication. But here's a warning for this show. If there is even a flash of a nipple on James Norton I shall elbow people in the face and rugby tackle them to the ground to get the best seat/view. I will be all over the Bad Behaviour thread like a case of ebola. Don't say I haven't given ample warning. Ta muchly.  |
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Post by Snciole on Feb 12, 2016 11:03:05 GMT
I have booked purely on the basis of possible James Norton nudity...
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Post by n1david on Feb 12, 2016 11:06:09 GMT
I have booked purely on the basis of possible James Norton nudity... I am sad to say that mallardo's post was also the trigger for me to go online and book this morning. And for a Saturday, when I don't have to worry about getting away from work on time so might be able to get there when doors open. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 11:15:35 GMT
Joking aside with regard to the vain hope of seeing James Norton in the buff, I think the venue is rather small and so I presume there isn't really a poor view from anywhere so no need to arrive at 10am unless you want exactly the front and centre seat? I missed 'The Dazzle' so haven't been to the venue yet. Can those who have confirm?
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Post by n1david on Feb 12, 2016 11:25:24 GMT
We got to 'The Dazzle' about 7pm and by that time a long queue had already formed, so we had a very poor choice of seats. For that set there was a pillar which would have obscured about half the stage from about 15 or so seats.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 12:00:12 GMT
Also if the seats are set up the same, then the second row should be avoided as there is no rake (although third and back are apparently fine).
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Post by Stasia on Feb 12, 2016 12:40:29 GMT
I am sad to say that mallardo's post was also the trigger for me to go online and book this morning. And for a Saturday, when I don't have to worry about getting away from work on time so might be able to get there when doors open. This is how the shows should be promoted! I got really upset after reading mallardo's post and realising I am not in London during the run  |
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Post by Steve on Feb 12, 2016 13:02:55 GMT
Also if the seats are set up the same, then the second row should be avoided as there is no rake (although third and back are apparently fine). Definitely avoid the second row, if it's unraked again. All other rows are fine. James Norton himself was allocated the fourth row front facing when he saw "The Dazzle." And those seats behind the pillar should be avoided too, probably the last two seats of each row on the furthest side away from the door. I'd say about two thirds of the seats are perfectly fine, and one third are problematic, so get there before the last third of people trickle in. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 13:25:38 GMT
I genuinely don't get the James Norton adulation. He's the guy everyone went nutty for in War & Peace, right? I'm sure he's a lovely chap, and I'm equally sure he wouldn't fancy me either - but I have to say, my pulse rate remains resolutely normal whenever I see him on screen.
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Post by lynette on Feb 12, 2016 13:45:02 GMT
I genuinely don't get the James Norton adulation. He's the guy everyone went nutty for in War & Peace, right? I'm sure he's a lovely chap, and I'm equally sure he wouldn't fancy me either - but I have to say, my pulse rate remains resolutely normal whenever I see him on screen. Maybe just a teeny weeny rise in pulse rate? I've no idea what this play is all about but I'm checking it out  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 13:58:37 GMT
I genuinely don't get the James Norton adulation. He's the guy everyone went nutty for in War & Peace, right? I'm sure he's a lovely chap, and I'm equally sure he wouldn't fancy me either - but I have to say, my pulse rate remains resolutely normal whenever I see him on screen. Maybe just a teeny weeny rise in pulse rate? I've no idea what this play is all about but I'm checking it out Ha! I'll stick with Bertie Carvel (fully clothed if needs be), thanks.  |
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Post by Latecomer on Feb 12, 2016 14:12:19 GMT
I thought about this one...and imagined climbing those stairs, and sitting on those awful chairs and somehow I don't fancy it! I really, really didn't like this venue...it feels like it is waiting to be demolished, in a bad way.
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Post by Snciole on Feb 12, 2016 14:17:51 GMT
I genuinely don't get the James Norton adulation. He's the guy everyone went nutty for in War & Peace, right? I'm sure he's a lovely chap, and I'm equally sure he wouldn't fancy me either - but I have to say, my pulse rate remains resolutely normal whenever I see him on screen. or some of us are just that desperate to see a naked man! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 14:42:45 GMT
I genuinely don't get the James Norton adulation. He's the guy everyone went nutty for in War & Peace, right? I'm sure he's a lovely chap, and I'm equally sure he wouldn't fancy me either - but I have to say, my pulse rate remains resolutely normal whenever I see him on screen. He was terrific in Journey's End, and he was the best thing about The Lion in Winter, and I've been waiting four years for him to decide maybe he's established well enough in TV to take a break to do a play again without having to restart his TV-ladder-climb from the bottom. He's also delightful in Grantchester and awful (the character, not the performance) in Happy Valley. For me it's just a long-awaited opportunity to see a very good actor at work, and I'm sure there must be a few others. Although judging by this thread, maybe not quite as many as I'd've thought? Actually I read an interview the other week where Norton's nan (I think) reckons his appeal must be based in the period costumes 'cos when she's just sitting in a room with him, he looks perfectly blandly ordinary to her. So if you don't see the appeal, you're not alone at least. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2016 14:44:26 GMT
or some of us are just that desperate to see a naked man! At my age I take what I can get nowadays! |
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Post by vickster51 on Feb 12, 2016 16:02:33 GMT
I've booked too. I've been hoping to see him on stage so I've secured a ticket before it sells out.
As for the venue itself, I have learnt from The Dazzle. Queuing up, through the bar in to the cloakroom area at the back is pointless. It may be British to queue, but I realised that not everyone was joining the line. A lot just loiter around the bar and then merge with the line when the doors open. If not everyone is queuing then there is no point and in a venue like this one, I'm going to follow suit and loiter next time to have a good chance at sitting where I want.
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Post by n1david on Feb 12, 2016 16:12:56 GMT
I've booked too. I've been hoping to see him on stage so I've secured a ticket before it sells out. As for the venue itself, I have learnt from The Dazzle. Queuing up, through the bar in to the cloakroom area at the back is pointless. It may be British to queue, but I realised that not everyone was joining the line. A lot just loiter around the bar and then merge with the line when the doors open. If not everyone is queuing then there is no point and in a venue like this one, I'm going to follow suit and loiter next time to have a good chance at sitting where I want. I think that was our mistake - we ended up right back at the cloakroom and when we got in there were only about a dozen seats left. There were more people sitting drinking in the bar than that when we arrived so they must all have gone in before the end of the queue. |
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