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Post by theatremadness on Sept 7, 2017 13:20:44 GMT
That's awesome, thanks Baemax. Wonder why that is!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 13:29:10 GMT
I don't like to sound like a narcissist, but probably because they noticed my previous method of circumventing the paywall so reconfigured the website. I'm not looking forward to having to find yet another method when they realise this loophole exists.  |
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Post by n1david on Sept 7, 2017 13:34:59 GMT
I don't like to sound like a narcissist, but probably because they noticed my previous method of circumventing the paywall so reconfigured the website. I'm not looking forward to having to find yet another method when they realise this loophole exists. You could always - I dunno - pay, so that they can pay their writers, maybe? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 13:37:05 GMT
You know what, I hadn't realised it was as cheap as £3.97 a month for full web access to articles, so maybe I will next time they publish something I'd be interested in reading.
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Post by kathryn on Sept 7, 2017 13:44:23 GMT
That's awesome, thanks Baemax. Wonder why that is! It's probably because the Stage allows you to access a couple of articles for free a month before the paywall kicks in - people have to read the content if they are going to be persuaded it's worth paying for - and the Google referral link makes every access look like a fresh user. Since The Stage will tell advertisers what their count of 'unique users' is to justify their advertising rates, and it'll be inflating those figures, I'm not sure that they're terribly bothered about the loophole. Though of course if they can persuade you to become a subscriber they'll happily take your money. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 13:56:48 GMT
You know what, I hadn't realised it was as cheap as £3.97 a month for full web access to articles, so maybe I will next time they publish something I'd be interested in reading. The Stage has something for everyone - loads of intelligent, informed and sharp Features and Opinions from Lyn Gardner and many others. And, for the more woolly-headed reader, Mark Shenton regularly recycles his theatrical preoccupations - Today is Toilet Day. |
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Post by lynette on Sept 8, 2017 22:42:04 GMT
Well why didn't they find a bigger place and let more people cough up their dosh to support the cause, eh? Because they didn't have to? It's not really about the money, it's more of a vanity project surely? Let's do it in a 160 venue space for three weeks and make it the talk of the town! It's more an opportunity for Hiddleston to say he has played Hamlet, whilst not taking too much time out of his Hollywood schedule and if he can help his old school out whilst doing so, why not? It is supposed to be a fund raiser. With the people available and the goodwill they could raise much more that they are going to in this way. I can only assume they thought that their production wouldn't hold up to the standard expected from a wider audience open to critical scrutiny. Of course this is sour grapes because I didn't get a ticket. |
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Post by Marzipan on Sept 9, 2017 18:43:54 GMT
I saw the matinee today. I really enjoyed it. I've not been there before and I liked the space. In short:
I actually liked Hamlet himself! So often I find him quite whiny and like an overgrown teenager. Here, he seemed perfectly reasonable. (And not mad.) And I very much liked the way they handled 'get thee to a nunnery' which is normally a bit of a sticking point for me.
The whole thing is frequently very funny.
The gravedigger is great and works really well.
The torchlight graveside scene is beautiful, and makes really effective use of the space, and was a real highlight.
Those seats are bloody uncomfortable after a while.
They are not messing about on the ticket security front.
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Post by kathryn on Sept 10, 2017 15:35:02 GMT
Heh. So, Twitter is telling me that Riz Ahmed was there last night and Edith Bowman is going on Wednesday. Do you think they got their tickets through the ballot?!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2017 15:24:44 GMT
It's not his strength at all - he's no Oscar Isaac, who also sings in his Hamlet - but he can manage it. To be fair, who is? I mean . . .  I need a lie down. |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 11, 2017 18:46:53 GMT
Did you see his Hamlet, Ryan? He had his trousers off for about half of it.
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Post by orchidman on Sept 11, 2017 19:56:04 GMT
Heh. So, Twitter is telling me that Riz Ahmed was there last night and Edith Bowman is going on Wednesday. Do you think they got their tickets through the ballot?! In the same way reviewers have a good chance to get tickets if their newspaper makes everybody enter the draw and take the critic as their +1 if successful, imagine how many people might be acquaintances of celebrities who would invite them as their +1 for the chance to spend time with said celebrity. |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 11, 2017 22:40:01 GMT
Oh, pretty sure it's simpler than that - Hiddles knows 'em both. Cucumberpatch will doubtless turn up at some point, too.
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Post by joem on Sept 12, 2017 7:22:40 GMT
Oh, pretty sure it's simpler than that - Hiddles knows 'em both. Cucumberpatch will doubtless turn up at some point, too. And then have a long rant against privilege, no doubt. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 9:07:38 GMT
Did you see his Hamlet, Ryan? He had his trousers off for about half of it. Alas no. I don't know if I could have contained myself. Oscar is probably rather relieved too one would imagine. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 9:44:48 GMT
Actually kathryn, digressing a little from Hiddles, did you see Oscar in 'Hamlet'? How was it? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 9:44:56 GMT
Did you see his Hamlet, Ryan? He had his trousers off for about half of it. Alas no. I don't know if I could have contained myself. Oscar is probably rather relieved too one would imagine. It's best to take life (and actors) one restraining order at a time eh Ryan? |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 12, 2017 16:51:47 GMT
Actually kathryn, digressing a little from Hiddles, did you see Oscar in 'Hamlet'? How was it? The short version: Oscar Isaac I thought definitely had taken the right approach to Hamlet, and speaks the verse well, but he didn't quite reach the heights of Andrew Scott or Ben Whishaw. Hard to pin down why - perhaps the Brechtian approach just hindered sincerity and spontaneity, leaving a slightly studied air to his performance. His singing was lovely though, and he was sans trousers for half the show - plus he sat directly in the audience at one point. I was slightly annoyed by the blocking as I spent a lot of time looking st the back of his head even though I was in the central stalls! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 18:00:56 GMT
I misread that as 'on the audience' which is a quite the different play...
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Post by kathryn on Sept 12, 2017 18:55:23 GMT
Sadly not! He asked an audience member in the front row to move so he could sit in their seat for the beginning of the gravedigger scene, while Horatio perched on the arm of the aisle seat in the row behind. Sad to report that his back-of-head acting is not up to the standard of Simon Russell Beale.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 19:02:37 GMT
Sadly not! He asked an audience member in the front row to move so he could sit in their seat for the beginning of the gravedigger scene, while Horatio perched on the arm of the aisle seat in the row behind. Sad to report that his back-of-head acting is not up to the standard of Simon Russell Beale. Alas poor Hamlet's head. I'm having a giggle because this put me in mind of this from Gavin Creel in which he tells the poor/lucky audience member "My penis is literally on your leg" |
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Post by kathryn on Sept 12, 2017 20:01:30 GMT
Lovely stuff!
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Post by Marwood on Sept 18, 2017 10:24:21 GMT
I'm going tomorrow night - looking at the confirmation email :'1 Hamlet Programme ticket (Hamlet Merchandise) at £5.00, has anyone else who has been to see this already, any other merchandise on sale? A Hiddleston Funko bobblehead perhaps? Any ' We Love Tom' tshirts?
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Post by kathryn on Sept 18, 2017 13:38:42 GMT
LOL. I think they are aiming for a *slightly* more highbrow tone than that....
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Post by Tibidabo on Sept 18, 2017 14:12:48 GMT
A Hiddleston Funko bobblehead perhaps? Any ' We Love Tom' tshirts? I think they are aiming for a *slightly* more highbrow tone than that.... Well, I'd buy one of each... |
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