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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2017 15:51:56 GMT
Ooh how lovely. I may have to practice my "oh young man, I seem to have dropped my programme into my lap and I have my hands full with my interval drink, can you reach down for me?" routine. What am I saying? Of course I've already practised that. As I say the usher has a blade in his hand, you call mate!!! Weeeell, what's life without a little danger every now and again?  |
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 20, 2017 20:40:05 GMT
As I say the usher has a blade in his hand, you call mate!!! Weeeell, what's life without a little danger every now and again? There is danger and danger, one may say it's more perilous in the National's Olivier at the moment. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 8:20:14 GMT
Just booked for next Wednesday Matinee! All the good things and the chance to look upon Mr Morgan for a couple of hours are well worth the later schlep back to Cardiff  |
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Post by Rory on Jun 23, 2017 8:35:17 GMT
Just booked for next Wednesday Matinee! All the good things and the chance to look upon Mr Morgan for a couple of hours are well worth the later schlep back to Cardiff My "claim to fame" (he says with tongue firmly in cheek!) is that I was in a promo video with Colin Morgan for a graphic design agency which was made over a weekend about 15 years ago, long before Merlin. He was a very nice guy. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 8:41:11 GMT
Just booked for next Wednesday Matinee! All the good things and the chance to look upon Mr Morgan for a couple of hours are well worth the later schlep back to Cardiff My "claim to fame" (he says with tongue firmly in cheek!) is that I was in a promo video with Colin Morgan for a graphic design agency which was made over a weekend about 15 years ago, long before Merlin. He was a very nice guy. Ooh while we're playing that then....he used to go to my gym! The perks of BBC Wales being close by....! |
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Post by tmesis on Jun 24, 2017 16:58:26 GMT
Very enjoyable with a dark twist. It's a great satire on the publishing industry that deepens and darkens. The six strong cast shows great versatility in playing multiple roles and there are no weak links. After Salome and Common seen, respectively, last week and the week before, I was beginning to wonder why I bother with this theatre malarkey but this has very much restored my faith.
Running time at today's matinee was only 2hrs 15mins.
Recommended.
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Post by showgirl on Jun 24, 2017 17:51:41 GMT
I was also at the matinee & really relished this. The ending was a bit weak & anti-climactic but the play held my attention throughout & the doubling was amazing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2017 8:28:22 GMT
Well. Gloria, Gloria. I think they've got your number. I think they've got the alias, that you've been living under.
Sadly that classic doesn't make an appearance but Colin Morgan certainly does. Merlin is all grown up and me likes him a (came)lot!
It's hard to talk about the play without giving away a HUGE spoiler so all I'll say is that, for me, the first act was stronger than the second although I did like what it said about the publishing industry and the media and how they see and treat events.
Great cast. Colin Morgan was terrific and I think was the character I liked most too. Some of the other characters were really quite horrid and I did like how the two actresses (Kae Alexander and Sian Clifford) playing them didn't try to go for sympathy and make them more likeable. I also found Bo Poraj strangely hot, even in a nasty pair of slacks.
Oh and the onstage photocopier really works so if you have anything you need printing, take it along. I'm sure Edward Hall wouldn't mind.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2017 17:10:48 GMT
Great I've got a few invoices I could do with copying, I'm sure wee Colin won't mind running them off for me tomorrow |
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Post by Latecomer on Jun 28, 2017 8:05:25 GMT
Great I've got a few invoices I could do with copying, I'm sure wee Colin won't mind running them off for me tomorrow I am at matinee today too! Come and say hello (and we can talk about Angels, I promise, as saw 2 show day without any knowledge of play play!) I am wearing all black and have a small very bright red jumper....plus I have a lot of rather 80s style hair!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 8:12:27 GMT
Brilliant! I've got a flowery shirt and denim jacket on! Just shout "Emi" at me I'll answer! (Or just on you!) Can't wait to chat!
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Post by Latecomer on Jun 28, 2017 16:41:01 GMT
Well this was fun and quite a good companion piece for The Treatment. Great doubling by the cast...my favourite Colin Morgan as IT guy! Met Emicardiff and she is lovely! ☺
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Post by showgirl on Jun 28, 2017 16:59:35 GMT
Glad some of you managed to get together and that you enjoyed the play, Latecomer; I much preferred this to The Treatment, though - but the latter play did seem to progress more smoothly whereas Gloria has that very shocking development at the end of the first act which takes the second in a different direction. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 17:27:09 GMT
Well this was fun and quite a good companion piece for The Treatment. Great doubling by the cast...my favourite Colin Morgan as IT guy! Met Emicardiff and she is lovely! ☺ Delightful to meet you! So nice to have a pre show and interval companion ! Really enjoyed this. Interesting script and brilliantly put together ...which is more eloquent than my interval tweet some of you saw that was just "f*** me" (in my defence I was very close to the stage) |
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Post by jadnoop on Jun 30, 2017 20:17:41 GMT
Gah, with limited time and money, and lots of things already lined up, I'm trying to limit my theatre-going a little. I thought I was set on getting Hamlet tickets as a final splurge for the immediate future but this just seems so intriguing, especially after missing Octoroon.
Gloria? Hamlet? Gloria? Hamlet?
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Post by Latecomer on Jun 30, 2017 21:20:25 GMT
Gah, with limited time and money, and lots of things already lined up, I'm trying to limit my theatre-going a little. I thought I was set on getting Hamlet tickets as a final splurge for the immediate future but this just seems so intriguing, especially after missing Octoroon. Gloria? Hamlet? Gloria? Hamlet? Both excellent.....I would pick Hamlet, just! But depends...Hamlet is a great version of a play I knew quite well, Gloria completely new....so what are you in the mood for? I think basically (although all the acting was excellent) Gloria is a fun play but could be done as well in a different production with different cast, whereas Hamlet is one of the best productions I've seen and Andrew Scott is a bit special (and I say this as someone who was not expecting that!)
Edit: you see now I've read emicardiff's spolier free review of Gloria and I may have changed my mind (I'm so fickle!) I feel your pain in trying to decide!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2017 12:29:57 GMT
I'd say it depends on just how desperately you want to see Andrew Scott do Hamlet. There will always be another great Hamlet production along soon (and I say that as someone who ranks this top 3 Hamlets seen) but Gloria is great new writing with a great cast.
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Post by kathryn on Jul 1, 2017 21:46:36 GMT
Gloria is surprising, whereas Hamlet is a known quantity. So the question is: do you want to be surprised?
I enjoyed it a lot - had the same interval reaction as Emi - though I did feel it petered out in the last scene.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2017 12:29:28 GMT
Gloria is surprising, whereas Hamlet is a known quantity. So the question is: do you want to be surprised? I enjoyed it a lot - had the same interval reaction as Emi - though I did feel it petered out in the last scene. We did indeed (expletive filled haha) I agree about the last scene- though I loved Lorin in that scene the rest of it felt a bit flat comparatively. A small niggle in the scheme of things I guess. But yes re: Hamlet vs this it depends if you want to feel like you saw an old classic done incredibly well, or if you want to see something new and a bit unexpected on it's first run. Both will be a great evening of theatre though. |
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Post by jadnoop on Jul 3, 2017 10:11:52 GMT
Thanks for the comments and suggestions emicardiff, kathryn and Latecomer! Definitely helpful, although the choice is still difficult An added complication is that I haven't seen Hamlet before (I know the story more-or-less but have never seen it on stage). I'm off to see the second part of Angels In America tonight, so I think I'll let that settle a bit and then make a decision between Gloria & Hamlet later in the week. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2017 10:45:28 GMT
Thanks for the comments and suggestions emicardiff, kathryn and Latecomer! Definitely helpful, although the choice is still difficult An added complication is that I haven't seen Hamlet before (I know the story more-or-less but have never seen it on stage). I'm off to see the second part of Angels In America tonight, so I think I'll let that settle a bit and then make a decision between Gloria & Hamlet later in the week. Honestly then I'd say go and see Hamlet- I think that production is a great first time one! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 5:44:30 GMT
Based on feedback here I've ditched my £10 ticket for "Committee" and am seeing this instead. So hope you're all correct!
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Post by n1david on Jul 13, 2017 7:27:02 GMT
Xanderl, I was at Gloria last night and Committee last week. You've definitely made the right choice. I don't think Gloria is quite as smart as it thinks it is, but I was constantly intrigued and involved. Committee was an interesting idea which failed in its execution.
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Post by showgirl on Jul 13, 2017 9:19:16 GMT
But you'll never know anyway!
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