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Post by Mark on May 28, 2016 10:32:21 GMT
I managed to get a dayseat for the matinee. £25 Royal circle 2nd row.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 5, 2017 10:07:30 GMT
Resurrecting this thread as the tour starts in the autumn. Tickets just £10 at HOME Manchester.
Any rumours about casting yet? And is this worth seeing without Denise Gough in it or was it all about her performance?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 10:38:07 GMT
Resurrecting this thread as the tour starts in the autumn. Tickets just £10 at HOME Manchester. Any rumours about casting yet? And is this worth seeing without Denise Gough in it or was it all about her performance? It wasn't worth seeing with Denise Gough in it to be honest . . .  |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 5, 2017 11:29:52 GMT
Maybe that's why it's only a tenner! 😆
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 12:34:28 GMT
I quite liked the direction, worth a gamble for a tenner surely!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 5, 2017 12:37:47 GMT
Indeed, and I live about a minutes walk away. I feel I should go out of a sense of duty.
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Post by nash16 on Jun 5, 2017 16:29:32 GMT
It's amazing. Ignore the naysayers. Book book book!
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Post by Rory on Jun 5, 2017 16:52:55 GMT
It's amazing. Ignore the naysayers. Book book book! [b I second that! It was high octane and enthralling! I thought Denise Gough was fantastic but it would definitely be worth seeing without her, too. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 5, 2017 17:03:15 GMT
According to the seat map they're staging it exactly the same way with the seats at the back of the stage. Is this intrinsic to the production in some way? Is there *shudder* breaking of the fourth wall? Sorry, I realise this will have been discussed previously but it's a hell of a long thread to trawl through!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 15:32:40 GMT
I absolutely LOVED it! BUT I had had quite a large amount to drink and was feeling very emotionally vulnerable so felt pulled along with the show!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 24, 2017 19:27:04 GMT
Seeing the tour tomorrow, Lisa Dwyer is the lead. Anyone been over the weekend?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 25, 2017 21:37:44 GMT
Well I’m not going to say I hated it but....
I spent the first half trying to remember where I’d seen the actress playing the doctor which was somewhat distracting. Not her fault, obvs.
Lukewarm reception from the audience. We don’t really go in for this self-indulgent stuff up here.
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Post by sf on Sept 26, 2017 23:35:37 GMT
Well I’m not going to say I hated it but.... I spent the first half trying to remember where I’d seen the actress playing the doctor which was somewhat distracting. Not her fault, obvs. Lukewarm reception from the audience. We don’t really go in for this self-indulgent stuff up here. I saw it this evening. That's Matilda Ziegler. You possibly remember her from 'EastEnders' in the late 1980s (a credit which is not in her programme bio for this) - she played Kathy Beale's secret illegitimate daughter. (...and it scares me that I remember that, because I haven't watched EastEnders since about five minutes after her stint in the show finished - in 1989, a quick Google search tells me.) As for 'People, Places and Things', I thought it was a brilliant production of a very, very patchy play. The best parts were very good indeed, but there were some big gaps between the best parts, and the first half needed to lose fifteen minutes. I suspect, too, that it really needs a thousand-watt star turn in the central role, and here it just doesn't get one. I'm glad I saw it - but I'm glad I saw it at a half-price preview. |
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Post by Polly1 on Sept 27, 2017 7:41:52 GMT
Well I’m not going to say I hated it but.... I spent the first half trying to remember where I’d seen the actress playing the doctor which was somewhat distracting. Not her fault, obvs. I saw it this evening. That's Matilda Ziegler. You possibly remember her from 'EastEnders' in the late 1980s (a credit which is not in her programme bio for this) The Princess of Liechtenstein! I saw her recently in a play locally and that was all I could think about... |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 11, 2017 21:45:33 GMT
Sell out crowd for it in Oxford tonight. A few in their feet at the end.
As with many others, I found the writing to be somewhat uneven. Performances all very good. Staging very inventive and direction clear.
It is a towering central role and, for me, the real test of the writing will come when others seek to direct their own productions. If you don't have an incredibly strong central casting, I suspect the writing will feel less powerful.
For various personal reasons, certain scenes were very uncomfortable for me to watch. Probably in a good way but it did make it hard to be fully swept up by it all.
Oh and I hated the final minutes of the script. Real sense of a writer who really didn't know how to bring it to a close.
3.5 to 4 stars, I think. I will know for certain in the morning!
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 12, 2017 18:36:18 GMT
I can’t really afford to go to this BUT if it’s good enough to fork out the £30 I will. I’m gutted I missed Denise at the National and it seems to be interesting. Thoughts/opinions are appreciated. I’ll go on the general consensus.
Thanks!
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Post by Rory on Oct 12, 2017 18:40:38 GMT
I loved it when I saw it in the West End, so I would thoroughly recommend taking a punt on the tour.
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Post by lou105 on Oct 12, 2017 18:41:23 GMT
I saw it this evening. That's Matilda Ziegler. You possibly remember her from 'EastEnders' in the late 1980s (a credit which is not in her programme bio for this) The Princess of Liechtenstein! I saw her recently in a play locally and that was all I could think about... Just seen this- she's also in Mr Bean.. |
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Post by greenandbrownandblue on Mar 2, 2024 12:19:46 GMT
Listening to an interview with designer Bunny Christie on the Theatre voice podcast, there's a West End revival coming. Original creative team by the sounds of it.
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 2, 2024 12:20:23 GMT
Not just original creative team...👀
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Post by greenandbrownandblue on Mar 2, 2024 12:23:51 GMT
Not just original creative team...👀 Denise Gough back again? Last saw her in Portia Coughlan in Dublin - would be great to see her back in London! |
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Post by Being Alive on Mar 2, 2024 12:28:22 GMT
Was the last rumbling I'd heard - might have changed but certainly was when I last heard about this.
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Post by jaggy on Mar 2, 2024 12:40:40 GMT
Is this what’s going into the Trafalgar?
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 2, 2024 12:40:42 GMT
Is this the modern classic going to the Trafalgar then?
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Post by Rory on Mar 2, 2024 12:44:20 GMT
Yes I believe so.
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