1,861 posts
|
Post by NeilVHughes on Jul 24, 2019 21:51:26 GMT
The height of the stage may be impacted by ho they do the revolve.
Cannot remember the set being raisedraised at the Lyric but may utilise a Lehman set up at the Garrick.
|
|
1,562 posts
|
Post by showtoones on Jul 27, 2019 3:49:16 GMT
A revolve could have an impact, true. Frankly, though, even if you only see the cast from the knees up, a £15 front row ticket is a £15 front row ticket - and compared to any others at the price in that theatre you will see ten times more. How is Row E at that theater? |
|
|
|
Post by jess on Jul 27, 2019 19:50:04 GMT
I saw the preview and was a little disappointed as didn't find it as funny as a lot of other people. Having seen some of the comments in the thread, think I'll have another go.
|
|
4,984 posts
|
Post by Phantom of London on Aug 3, 2019 21:59:53 GMT
Part of the set consists of six doors and there should be a full refund if each one doesn’t at least get slammed a 100 times, not exactly high art is it? Or well it could be! The choreography for this to work is astounding - for this has to be as accurate as a laser, the timing for what goes on has to be so spot on, for each of those door slams is done, with the greatest synchronisation, especially in Act 2, when the play enters hypersonic proportions , the axe scene is one to be cherished and so clever and well executed (not literally,) The charechter that falls down the stairs, well you wouldn’t want to practice that too often. so therefore this play has turned stupidity into an art form. A mantle that has been successfully gripped with both hands by the excellent and successful Mischief Theatre Company, with their smash hit The Play Goes Wrong and others.
A play that is hard to develop and better, with revivals, as it is, what it is and that is completely bonkers............oh, but done with such class.
4 Stars
|
|
343 posts
|
Post by Figaro on Sept 27, 2019 19:11:19 GMT
Anyone there tonight or any time soon who can report back on the view from the £15 front row seats?
|
|
|
|
Post by edi on Oct 5, 2019 9:32:44 GMT
(I am really sorry but I forgot to check the front row seats. I was in row E and from there the stage didn't seem too high and I cannot recall any revolve. So I think the £15 tickets are good value)
I saw this on Monday and I had a jolly good time laughing my head off. The 3 acts all representing a different type of humour works well. I enjoyed the first part most but it is the second one where the strength of the play is: amazing choreography. However when I went home I checked the script and it was obvious I missed quiet a few of the meanings; there is just so much to look at at once and the act is very fast.
The last act was the less funny for me, amusing but I didn't laugh at all. That was also the act that resembled the Play that Goes Wrong most and I didn't enjoy the PTGW much at all, it left me bemused at the stupidity rather than laugh out aloud.
It is definitely superior to the PTGW so I am a bit surprised at the offer I received so soon into the play whilst the PTGW has been selling out for years.
|
|
4,021 posts
|
Post by Dawnstar on Oct 6, 2019 19:07:31 GMT
It is definitely superior to the PTGW so I am a bit surprised at the offer I received so soon into the play whilst the PTGW has been selling out for years. Actually TPTGW took a while to take off. For the first few months of the London run it was easy to get a ticket on the day. It was only after they appeared on the Royal Variety performance that it started selling out. And of course Noises Off isn't new. I for one loved it at the Old Vic & the subsequent tour of the same production back in 2012-13 but am not particularly desparate to see another production of it. |
|
5,691 posts
|
Post by lynette on Oct 6, 2019 22:35:20 GMT
Noises Off and that one I think by A Ayckbourn which has the new guy gradually take over the main part [ you know which one I mean] predate TPTGW by several years but without them TPTGW would not have emerged. It is in a fine tradition of plays that love theatre, love actors and know exactly how it all ‘works’.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 8:08:54 GMT
A Chorus Of Disapproval.
|
|
5,691 posts
|
Post by lynette on Oct 7, 2019 8:48:29 GMT
Yep, that one! Funny wasn’t it? But I think they did a tv version which wasn’t so funny.It has to be on stage. |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 9:11:01 GMT
It's one I found way more satisfying to perform in than to watch. There's such a lot going on that it's easier to get the hang of who the characters are and what they're up to if you're experiencing it over a period of weeks rather than hours, but as you say, it's a play that clearly knows how it all works, so being an amdram society putting on a play about an amdram society just brings extra layers of enjoyment. It's almost unnerving just how recognisable it all is!
|
|
|
|
Post by d'James on Oct 11, 2019 16:03:01 GMT
How bad is the overhang in the stalls for this show?
|
|
|
|
Post by edi on Oct 11, 2019 16:56:41 GMT
How bad is the overhang in the stalls for this show? i was sitting at the front so I don't know for sure but it's played on a two story house setting so you may miss some of the things that goes on the second floor |
|
|
|
Post by d'James on Oct 11, 2019 16:57:25 GMT
How bad is the overhang in the stalls for this show? i was sitting at the front so I don't know for sure but it's played on a two story house setting so you may miss some of the things that goes on the second floor Yes. That’s what I’m worried about. |
|
318 posts
|
Post by MrBraithwaite on Oct 14, 2019 8:36:40 GMT
Saw it from the front row last week for £15, quite happy that I didn't pay more. Laughed quite a lot, but felt it wasn't quite up to West End standards. Also the end felt quite rushed somehow, much prefer the movie.
|
|
3,306 posts
Member is Online
|
Post by david on Nov 14, 2019 22:33:02 GMT
Saw it tonight from the front row at the Garrick theatre for £15 and had a great time. I didn’t feel it was too close for this show. Overall, I thought Act 2 was the much stronger and funnier part. The cast I thought were really good with great comic timing. There were plenty of laughs to be had over the 2hrs.
I was sat next to a group of drama students who are currently rehearsing a production of this play. Hopefully they got plenty of ideas for their own version.
|
|
816 posts
|
Post by stefy69 on Nov 15, 2019 7:09:30 GMT
Saw this Wednesday, love the play but thought this was a little underwhelminmg production, still damn funny but not a patch on the Old Vic version few years back.
|
|
4,786 posts
Member is Online
|
Post by Mark on Nov 22, 2019 22:43:46 GMT
I last saw Noises Off at the Novello in 2012 and loved it so was glad to revisit it tonight. Perhaps not as strong of a production, particularly noticeable in the first act, but acts two and three were absolutely hilarious. Very much recommend!
|
|
343 posts
|
Post by Figaro on Dec 22, 2019 8:59:43 GMT
I’m planning on going to the extra matinee tomorrow.
Does anyone know during these Christmas week matinees If any of the cast have it off or is it in their contracts from the start that they appear, unless Ill?
|
|
4,984 posts
|
Post by Phantom of London on Dec 22, 2019 12:03:01 GMT
For a limited run, you are contracted to play for the whole run, without leave, bar illness.
Only in open runs, do people get leave.
|
|
343 posts
|
Post by Figaro on Dec 22, 2019 12:38:04 GMT
Thanks, good to know!!
|
|
|
|
Post by vernongersh on Dec 22, 2019 19:50:41 GMT
I have never seen this show and quite curious to your thoughts. saw the film when I was a kid...how is this production?
|
|
3,333 posts
|
Post by Dr Tom on Dec 22, 2019 20:37:21 GMT
Does anyone know during these Christmas week matinees If any of the cast have it off Only behind closed doors. |
|
625 posts
|
Post by andrew on Dec 22, 2019 22:21:59 GMT
Any offers/discounts for this? I left it to the very last moment and I can't find anything.
|
|
1,970 posts
|
Post by sf on Dec 22, 2019 22:23:40 GMT
Does anyone know during these Christmas week matinees If any of the cast have it off Not during the performance, but what they do in their own time is up to them. |
|
