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Post by TallPaul on May 29, 2018 12:15:02 GMT
Choreography by Arlene Philips, I see.
Work is work, I suppose, but I've always thought actors of a certain age spent the summer in France or Italy.
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Post by alece10 on May 29, 2018 13:52:05 GMT
Are we going to have singing and dancing too?
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Post by tmesis on May 29, 2018 15:38:00 GMT
What a fantastic cast!
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 15:44:00 GMT
This is sounding very promising. Two of the History Boys, a couple of blasts from the past in Jeff Rawle and Julia Foster, and a character called Mrs Earnshaw. A hospital, a choir and a film crew... not to mention Arlene who might be resurrecting some of her Hot Gossip choreography (with roller skates?)...
What could possibly go wrong?
My bet is that this’ll be Alan Bennett’s last Big Bang!
Can’t wait.
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Post by Rory on May 29, 2018 16:27:48 GMT
There will surely be an NT Live announcement.... won't there?!!
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Post by londoncalling on May 29, 2018 16:36:48 GMT
I loved The Bridge as a dynamic, inclusive space (Julius Caesar). I wonder how relevant that will be to this production.
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Post by showgirl on May 29, 2018 17:03:18 GMT
If the NT can have an on-stage restaurant for Network, given the subject matter and likely age of some of the audience and cast, why not for this play an on-stage hospital ward or out-patients' clinic? Treatment while you watch, with the bonus that you form part of the entertainment - interactive indeed!
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 17:17:22 GMT
If the NT can have an on-stage restaurant for Network, given the subject matter and likely age of some of the audience and cast, why not for this play an on-stage hospital ward or out-patients' clinic? Treatment while you watch, with the bonus that you form part of the entertainment - interactive indeed! Oh that would be FABULOUS! I'd love to have a go at those electric heart panel things. CLEAR! |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 19:26:44 GMT
Gosh, just sign up for a course with St John Ambulance, they're integrating defibrillator use into pretty much all the general first aid courses now.
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Post by lynette on May 29, 2018 19:31:51 GMT
Love this idea. The age of most audiences at the NT would probably justify a full health check in the foyer option and a 'talk' before the show. Can’t wait.
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Post by showgirl on May 30, 2018 10:44:02 GMT
Of course if venues with the foyer space (eg The Bridge & The NT) wished to take this fund-raising route - & risk the opprobrium - they could indeed rent out pitches to medical insurers offering free health checks as bait. Lucrative business potential for both parties.
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Post by lynette on May 30, 2018 16:15:51 GMT
You’d be lucky to get a plaster for a cut finger out of a medical
Insurance company let alone a free health check.
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Post by alece10 on Jul 8, 2018 15:02:54 GMT
Just bumping this up as previews start this week. I'm going on Thursday.
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Post by dontdreamit on Jul 8, 2018 15:51:25 GMT
I’m not going to mid- August unfortunately - I don’t often do plays so interested to see what this is like.
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Post by Marwood on Jul 9, 2018 18:18:55 GMT
I’d forgotten all about booking for this: I’m going a week on Saturday.
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Post by nash16 on Jul 9, 2018 18:39:34 GMT
Lots of £15 seats back for r/v Side Gallery 1 & £25 Side Gallery 2 for most dates.
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Post by alece10 on Jul 11, 2018 7:40:44 GMT
Today Tix are doing £20 rush seats
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Post by andrew on Jul 11, 2018 9:39:55 GMT
Today Tix are doing £20 rush seats Where abouts? |
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Post by alece10 on Jul 11, 2018 9:57:36 GMT
Today Tix are doing £20 rush seats Where abouts? Dont know to be honest. Just had an e mail from them this morning so thought I'd share. |
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Post by andrew on Jul 11, 2018 10:27:51 GMT
I ask where the seats are because their day seats seem to have been a bit variable, sometimes it's better to take their cheap seats from regular booking if they're available.
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Post by david on Jul 11, 2018 11:59:37 GMT
Just had a quick look at the rush tickets on the app. As a test run, it gave me the stalls front row A2 seat.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2018 18:45:31 GMT
If helpful, my experience of the front row at the Bridge is good - the stage is fairly high but that only really matters if you've got a thing about feet - the view apart from that is excellent.
No, I'm not watching the football.
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Post by dontdreamit on Jul 11, 2018 21:09:40 GMT
Did anyone go tonight?
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Post by oldstager on Jul 11, 2018 22:40:57 GMT
A very disappointing evening. The play has no real structure or focus. A series of short (television style) scenes, some rather embarrassing musical numbers and a few fairly funny but predictable jokes. Jeff Rawle and Gwen Taylor inject some quality into the acting but everybody else declaims their lines. Some of the dialogue scenes felt like a first read-through. Of course the pace may pick up over the next few performances but the play itself needs drastic cuts in a long first act - the only bit of plot advancement comes immediately before the interval. The direction is flaccid and the cavernous set destroys any sense of intimacy or, indeed, reality. Given the involvement of such fine artists as Bennett, Hytner and Crowley the whole thing feels shockingly am-dram. Bennett's target is clearly Jeremy Hunt and his ilk but it's too easy and there is no sense of depth or insight in the argument. A dramatic, comedic look at the NHS today should be an interesting piece of theatre but, alas, this play is DOA. |
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Post by lonlad on Jul 12, 2018 4:05:17 GMT
Oh dear, sounds like the ghastly PEOPLE but possibly even worse. What a shame.
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