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Post by peggs on Nov 24, 2017 9:58:55 GMT
How much blood/gore is involved, please? I have a big Poldark/Aidan Turner fan friend who faints at the sight of (stage) blood, so she’ll need a warning! From memory it’s very gory... torture, blood (lots) and cut up bodies piled up on the stage. (You might want to check out some images on Google.) And cruelty to cats. (The original RSC production sent out warnings with tickets, and assured patrons that no actual cats were going to be harmed!) But it’s another McDonagh masterpiece! Just reading this has made me feel the need to sit on the floor and rock so fed thanks for warning, will avoid. |
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Post by Polly1 on Nov 24, 2017 10:05:29 GMT
Seems a perverse choice to put Aiden Turner in a play like this - it will obviously attract a lot of his fans who will have no idea of the content.
Personally I cannot stomach anything which even implies cruelty to animals or appears to condone it, so I shall be giving this one a wide berth.
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Post by MrBunbury on Nov 24, 2017 10:07:41 GMT
Thanks for the tip. I have booked it. Now I hope that Ryan will not go before me and consume Aiden Turner :-)
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Post by mallardo on Nov 24, 2017 10:08:36 GMT
I well remember seeing a production of this in LA - starring Chris Pine, who was excellent! - and the raked stage was so blood-smeared that the actors had to cling to each other at the final bows to keep from slipping on the gore. Got a big laugh from the audience.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2017 10:11:49 GMT
Just booked back of stalls for £10 - 4 seats either end of rows U and V at this price. These seats were a bargain for Labour of Love.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2017 10:12:58 GMT
I've booked for both this and Red. I may regret my haste though, I've gone for back of the stalls and I suspect the back row of the dress circle will become available for a tenner in the not-too-distant future, based on Labour of Love and other previous MGC productions. Still, it's a tenner, I'm sure if I end up booking myself into the dress circle, I'll find someone willing to relieve me of my stalls seat.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2017 10:15:17 GMT
Well that’s me booked! Many thanks to demonbarber and Rory for the heads up. 2018 is looking to be an excellent year! (I do hope I’ve not put anyone off booking... My initial comment about the squeamish was aimed at more delicate types who might prefer Cornish landscapes with a certain gent with his top off thrown in for good measure! ) |
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Post by viserys on Nov 24, 2017 10:20:08 GMT
All booked. Treated myself to front stalls for £69.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2017 10:21:41 GMT
it’s very gory... torture, blood (lots) and cut up bodies piled up on the stage. At the Noel Coward? Doesn't seem right somehow. "I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I want to go home." It will amuse you...! I promise.  |
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Post by Phantom of London on Nov 24, 2017 12:12:19 GMT
Booked a bargain £10 seat, great star to to Black Friday.
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Post by maggiem on Nov 24, 2017 13:06:03 GMT
Booked a bargain £10 seat, great star to to Black Friday. Ditto! Also booked for Red at £10. With those and my visit for Harry Potter (cast no. 3), that's my Summer break in London sorted! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2017 14:27:35 GMT
So for those who have no idea who the delicious dreamboat Mr Turner is, let me introduce you to him. For those who absolutely know who the delicious dreamboat Mr Turner is, don't ever let anyone say that I'm not good to you. Seriously, does anyone care what this play is about? And you're welcome.  |
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Post by kathryn on Nov 24, 2017 14:31:08 GMT
Flexing his pecs for all he’s worth in that gif, bless ‘im,
I have not booked for this yet as I foolishly suggest the mate who owes me more than £100 book it for us, rather than adding to her ticket debt. Only she obviously hasn’t seen the suggestion yet and now I’m wishing I’d just gone ahead!
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Post by lynette on Nov 24, 2017 14:31:10 GMT
Thank you Ryan. Back to your room.
Inishmore gory yes and possibly the funniest thing you will ever see. Book now. ( I will soon as I get home )
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Post by Kenneth_C on Nov 24, 2017 16:23:33 GMT
I well remember seeing a production of this in LA - starring Chris Pine, who was excellent! - and the raked stage was so blood-smeared that the actors had to cling to each other at the final bows to keep from slipping on the gore. Got a big laugh from the audience. I saw it there, too. It was my first experience of a McDonagh play and I had no idea what I was about to see. {Spoiler - click to view}When the lights came up on that final scene -- with the blood and body parts strewn all over the stage -- it was so ridiculously over-the-top that I had to laugh. Which was the whole point. Loved it so much, I went back to see it again and have been a diehard McDonagh fan ever since. (Saw Three Billboards last week, and it's terrific, too.) But now I have a choice to make...  Well, since you asked: Do I time my next visit to London to see A. Turner in Lieutenant? Or go a bit later in the year and see J. Broadbent in A Very Very Very Dark Matter? Oh, who am I kidding? The choice is as clear as the gifs in this thread.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2017 17:05:31 GMT
You mean to say Jim doesn’t press your buttons?   |
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Post by crowblack on Nov 24, 2017 19:05:27 GMT
Ok, booked a couple of £10 seats back of the circle (H6, H7, seat reviews said they were good) - Mr Poldark is easy on the eye though not the greatest actor in the world (I gave up on Poldark after whatsisface drowned in the mineshaft), but I do like the writer so for £10 a ticket...
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Post by theatremad on Nov 26, 2017 8:54:24 GMT
Fab, fab, fab news. Love this play, and so looking forward to seeing it again. Sat in the Gods for it, so bit different from my Stratford visit to the original.
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Post by maggiem on Nov 27, 2017 16:13:11 GMT
So for those who have no idea who the delicious dreamboat Mr Turner is, let me introduce you to him. For those who absolutely know who the delicious dreamboat Mr Turner is, don't ever let anyone say that I'm not good to you. Seriously, does anyone care what this play is about? And you're welcome. Some of us got the hots for him when he did "Being Human", you know!    |
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Post by viserys on Nov 27, 2017 20:09:17 GMT
So for those who have no idea who the delicious dreamboat Mr Turner is, let me introduce you to him. For those who absolutely know who the delicious dreamboat Mr Turner is, don't ever let anyone say that I'm not good to you. Seriously, does anyone care what this play is about? And you're welcome. Some of us got the hots for him when he did "Being Human", you know! ...or when he was the hottest dwarf in Middle Earth... |
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Post by Kenneth_C on Nov 29, 2017 20:00:13 GMT
Am trying to book tickets, but Delfont Mackintosh is not cooperating.  |
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Post by Rory on Jan 12, 2018 16:29:03 GMT
Like the new artwork for this and Red on the Delfont Mackintosh website and Michael Grandage Co twitter
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Post by viserys on Jan 12, 2018 16:47:50 GMT
Charlie Murphy!! Love her
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Post by Kenneth_C on Jan 15, 2018 21:10:42 GMT
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 15, 2018 23:15:58 GMT
Oh.... wow....!
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