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Post by Jan on Oct 15, 2018 9:05:26 GMT
Can’t help feeling that it might struggle for a West End audience I wonder how much of an audience it needs ? I mean to break even. Small cast, existing production, can't be that expensive to stage, 1200 seats leaving plenty to shift on cheap deals after the visiting SRB fans have bought the full price ones. Would 50% capacity be good ? Less ? At NT it's around 70%. |
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Post by QueerTheatre on Oct 15, 2018 11:55:17 GMT
Can’t help feeling that it might struggle for a West End audience I wonder how much of an audience it needs ? I mean to break even. Small cast, existing production, can't be that expensive to stage, 1200 seats leaving plenty to shift on cheap deals after the visiting SRB fans have bought the full price ones. Would 50% capacity be good ? Less ? At NT it's around 70%. That final scene almost doubled the budget at the National....so i wouldn't underestimate how much it'll cost on a west end stage. |
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Post by learfan on Oct 15, 2018 12:05:55 GMT
Fantastic news, I loved this, although I know it didn’t find universal praise here. Can’t help feeling that it might struggle for a West End audience, although I’ll happily see it again. Just wondering whether the short NY run is designed as an advert to next summer’s American tourists... Can def see this struggling in the WE, i thought it overpraised at the NT. As we have seen before SRB is not a name in commercial terms. |
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Post by Rory on Oct 15, 2018 12:39:36 GMT
I wish the NT would announce the 'Booking until' date and the matinee days and times and so on. People can't plan travel, accommodation and things if they don't have such info. Basic, basic, basic.
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Post by Jon on Oct 15, 2018 13:46:52 GMT
I wish the NT would announce the 'Booking until' date and the matinee days and times and so on. People can't plan travel, accommodation and things if they don't have such info. Basic, basic, basic. All those will revealed in due course. The booking period doesn’t open for two more weeks |
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Post by Rory on Oct 15, 2018 14:23:37 GMT
It would be helpful to have that info well before the booking date as, for me personally, booking something in London means a lot of planning.
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Post by lynette on Oct 15, 2018 15:22:04 GMT
I think it will be better on a trad West End stage. Lyttleton, despite director's choice, if it was, too wide.
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Post by rumbledoll on Oct 15, 2018 21:14:26 GMT
Fantastic news, I loved this, although I know it didn’t find universal praise here. I absolutely ADORED it! And was praying for this transfer to happen just to have a chance to see it once again! |
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Post by finalperformance on Oct 15, 2018 22:42:33 GMT
After a New York engagement at the Armory this spring. Tickets are moving fast on this one. |
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Post by drmaplewood on Oct 16, 2018 10:15:20 GMT
They've been there ages I think? I don't think they are left on for the whole performance, usually off after the interval. Or maybe after the first latecomers' point after the interval. Presumably on for longer during Lehman Trilogy due to the two intervals? I was at the NT last night to meet a friend and they turned the screen and sound off after about 25 mins (once latecomers were allowed in). |
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Post by orchidman on Oct 17, 2018 0:59:54 GMT
Very little actual insight in this play, enjoyed the first act on the assumption the second and third act would bring the whole thing together with some resonance, which did not happen.
Don't think there was a single actual good joke in the thing, just actors doing silly stuff. And was there a character we actually cared about? I really didn't realise that copying Wikipedia into a script format counts as playwriting.
Nobody would have produced this in, say, 2005 before Lehman collapsed...and yet it has nothing to say about the financial crisis? Very puzzling that this is a hit.
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Post by asfound on Oct 17, 2018 6:46:42 GMT
Well I don't know if it was due to my NT expectations being at an all time low because of all the dreck I've seen there recently (Home, I'm Darling; Exit the King; Julie) but I thought the Lehman Trilogy was one of the best productions I've ever seen, and I'd be glad to see it again in the West End with family/friends.
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Post by Rory on Oct 17, 2018 8:21:02 GMT
Is this an entertaining play or is it very heavy going? I'm sure this is answered somehwere in the thread which I will read fully when I've a bit more time.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2018 9:05:20 GMT
Is this an entertaining play or is it very heavy going? I'm sure this is answered somehwere in the thread which I will read fully when I've a bit more time. If you love TED Talks then it's probably very entertaining. And the cast move their own boxes around which is fun. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2018 9:19:08 GMT
Is this an entertaining play or is it very heavy going? I'm sure this is answered somehwere in the thread which I will read fully when I've a bit more time. I loved it and found that the time flew but obviously there are a few dissenting voices. It seems that people who went in expecting a play about why Lehman Bros failed are the ones most disappointed by it so I guess it depends on your expectations/interests. The play is really about (as much as you can say that it's about one thing) the immigrant experience in America and how the family went in a couple of generations from a cart to a conglomeration, and alongside that is the development of capitalism from selling something real that people understand to a highly complex system that no one really understands. |
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Post by crowblack on Oct 18, 2018 14:13:53 GMT
I've just returned two £15 front rows tickets if anyone's interested - Saturday evening.
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Post by sf on Oct 18, 2018 14:26:57 GMT
Is this an entertaining play or is it very heavy going? I'm sure this is answered somehwere in the thread which I will read fully when I've a bit more time.
It depends what you mean by 'entertaining'. I think it is, but it's a play where you have to pay attention. You can't sit back and let it wash over you.
That said, parts of it were a lot funnier than I expected - you don't go to a theatrical retelling of the rise and fall of Lehman Brothers expecting a laff riot - and the three actors all do a brilliant job.
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Post by peelee on Oct 18, 2018 14:57:39 GMT
Thank you, crowblack, but the tickets obviously went to a lucky buyer within 23 minutes of your post.
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Post by crowblack on Oct 18, 2018 15:05:05 GMT
lucky buyer within 23 minutes Sorry! I usually post about returning stuff before I do but I forgot. I've generally found that lots of returns pop up two or three days before a show if you set that Firefox update scanner to notify you of changes to a page, though, or just keep refreshing. |
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Post by learfan on Oct 18, 2018 17:19:04 GMT
Is this an entertaining play or is it very heavy going? I'm sure this is answered somehwere in the thread which I will read fully when I've a bit more time. The answer is B |
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Post by theatreliker on Oct 19, 2018 8:05:37 GMT
Well acted and directed, and a good idea for a play, but I thought it was average with a lower case 'a'. Actually, it might be that it's very good but considering the hype and what I was expecting of the NT and Mendes, it could've been better.
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Post by Polly1 on Oct 25, 2018 11:42:45 GMT
Really ambitious pricing for the Piccadilly run. Stalls £69.50, £59.50, £49.50, £35 Dress £69.50, £59.50, £49.50 Upper £49.50, £35, £18 BUT: Many, many stalls D to L and dress B to G seats are packaged, running £144.50, £114.50, £94.50 and premium £99.50 (with £194.50 on Friday and Saturday). "Ambitious" is a very polite way of putting it, Monkey! |
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Post by kathryn on Oct 25, 2018 12:59:19 GMT
I imagine they are hoping to lure some rich city-types in.
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Post by zahidf on Oct 25, 2018 13:02:21 GMT
Ooof. Another one for todaytix I suspect
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Post by andrew on Oct 26, 2018 23:02:01 GMT
I duly looked for tickets yesterday and was greeted with a fairly hostile seat map in terms of pricing. The front row appeared to not be on sale so I’m presuming day seats will be available.
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