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Post by tonyloco on Jun 25, 2018 21:55:08 GMT
£10 tickets available for the front row in the stalls and the back row of the grand circle. BARGIN!! I didn't even know I wanted to see this show but a front row seat for £10 just drew me inextricably to the NIMAX website and I have now booked a ticket and I am feeling very pleased with myself. So thanks to david and Theatre Board! £10? No booking fee and free postage for the ticket? Now that's what I call theatre-going! |
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Post by david on Jun 25, 2018 22:02:08 GMT
£10 tickets available for the front row in the stalls and the back row of the grand circle. BARGIN!! I didn't even know I wanted to see this show but a front row seat for £10 just drew me inextricably to the NIMAX website and I have now booked a ticket and I am feeling very pleased with myself. So thanks to david and Theatre Board! £10? No booking fee and free postage for the ticket? Now that's what I call theatre-going! Glad to have helped! Booked a £10 ticket for a Saturday matinee at the end of December. Ironically, I’ve just looked on the RSC website, and all you can book at that price is the back row of the Grand Circle. Why they don’t offer the stalls front row is a bit of a mystery. But as you say Tony with no booking fee via NIMAX it really is a no brainer isn’t it?! |
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Post by kathryn on Jun 26, 2018 8:42:40 GMT
Managed to snag 5 £10 front row tickets for a matinee in January!
Y'see, you can always persuade people to give something a try for a tenner....
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Post by david on Jun 26, 2018 17:22:05 GMT
Good to see everybody has managed to pick up the £10 tickets. I’ve just had a quick look at random dates throughout the run and it appears to be selling well. There are still plenty of the bargin tickets available both in the stalls and in the grand circle throughout the run. I would of thought that they would have been snapped up pretty quickly to be honest.
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Post by showgirl on Jun 26, 2018 18:11:11 GMT
Belated thanks to posters here: I had no knowledge whatsoever of this production, let alone a wish to see it but seeing the news about the London transfer, some swift research and the £10 front row seats meant a speedy decision to go. I've booked for early December, on which will probably be my last London trip (and day of freedom) before a couple of routine ops put me out of action until February. I'm not looking forward to missing so much cinema and theatre but am hoping this will help me go out on a high.
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Post by david on Jun 27, 2018 11:51:35 GMT
Kudos to Nimax, booked on Monday, today my £10 ticket arrived in the post. Impressive. Oh, and for the record it is marked "Front row; stage floor is higher than eye level." Frankly, for £10, I'll happily bring my own periscope, if required. I wonder if booster seats will be provided for those of us who are vertically challenged? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2018 17:41:50 GMT
Yes mine arrived today too - quickest delivery ever! The envelope said they were from the Lowry, which really confused me.
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 29, 2018 13:05:30 GMT
Quay Tickets ( I think part of ATG, in fact) run the box office for Nimax, and are based there. Sorry to correct you, of all monkeys, TM. Hope we're still friends?  " Quaytickets is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Lowry. It is responsible for all of our ticketing business as well as providing a full range of ticketing services for clients throughout the UK.
Quaytickets doesn’t have shareholders. As part of The Lowry all Quaytickets profits support the work of The Lowry and The Lowry Centre Trust including our award winning theatres programme, maintenance of the LS Lowry collection and our life changing Community Engagement work." |
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Post by lynette on Jun 29, 2018 13:13:16 GMT
Circle the wagons....
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Post by David J on Jul 19, 2018 23:14:51 GMT
Out of interest does anyone remember seeing Keith Dewhursts adaptation at the NT? Was it good?
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Post by Jan on Jul 20, 2018 6:12:34 GMT
Out of interest does anyone remember seeing Keith Dewhursts adaptation at the NT? Was it good? It was disappointing. It was an attempt to move Bill Bryden's brilliant Cottesloe company into the bigger Olivier and it just didn't work. It came across as very disjointed and episodic and there was no real chemistry between the performers and the audience. Paul Scofield in the lead looked a bit uncomfortable, and not just because he was perched on a penny farthing bike for much of it. At the same time there was also a small-scale touring version by ATC/John Retallack which was more entertaining than the NT effort. |
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Post by David J on Jul 20, 2018 6:28:23 GMT
Me and some friends have just seen an outdoor production of it by my local dramatics society (the RSC version was their first choice but the rights aren’t available).
Now I’ve got to persuade my friends that this is WAY better
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Post by Stephen on Oct 12, 2018 3:14:14 GMT
What would I do without this board?! Just managed to grab what I assume must be one of the last remaining £10 front row seats. Great deal!
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Post by finalperformance on Oct 15, 2018 23:18:18 GMT
Got the front row for 11 January and both PJ and I are looking forward to this play.
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Post by theatrefan77 on Nov 4, 2018 1:26:37 GMT
Well, this was a tad boring. I understand how difficult must have been to adapt a very long novel like Don Quixote to the stage, but the result is very disappointing. Neither the set or the actors made me believe for a moment that we were in Spain. The only exception is perhaps David Threlfall who does a decent enough job as Don Quixote. Rufus Hound is totally miscast here and his fat suit doesn't make him believable as Sancho. Some of the most interesting female characters from the novel, like the housekeeper and Maritornes, don't appear in this adaptation.
The constant breaking of the fourth wall and the audience participation were irritating. Does Rufus Hound need to stop the play every night to have a chat with the latecomers and put them on the spot for missing the beginning?
The songs were totally unmemorable and added nothing to the plot. What were they thinking?
The set looked like a poor copy of the Hamilton one and the windmills scene was very poorly executed.
This is just my opinion of course, but I was very curious about this production and really looking forward to it.
Oh well, at least my front row ticket was only £10.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2018 8:22:54 GMT
What’s the view like from the front row theatrefan77? Any cricked necks? |
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Post by theatrefan77 on Nov 4, 2018 10:16:09 GMT
The view was perfect. No complaints there.
The stage is quite low and there's plenty of leg room, although at times some cast members will be passing by in front of you, be careful if you stretch your legs.
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Post by fansylvanians on Nov 5, 2018 16:50:15 GMT
The stage is around 300mm lower than it was for Young Frankenstein.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2018 23:23:46 GMT
Well, in the words of Tom and Lorenzo, “gurrrl that’s not your play.”
I thought this was dull. Panto for intellectual pensioners.
Tonally and genre-wise, this was all over the place. Puppets were fun. Songs instantly forgettable. A bunch of odd ensemble moments that just made no sense. The second act ran out of steam. I probably should have left at the interval.
David Threlfall gave it his all, but to what end?
But for £10, I say you pays your money and you takes your chance, and I am ok with that.
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Post by showgirl on Nov 7, 2018 5:17:44 GMT
Gosh, maybe this has suffered on transfer as earlier reviews made me determined to see it and (see way above) I'd even selected it for my penultimate pre-op theatre trip, thinking it'd send me out on a suitable high given the prolonged theatre famine I'd then have to endure.
Also, when my op date was brought forward, it was one of umpteen bookings I had to change or cancel and DMT kindly moved my booking to a later matinee date even though I too had only booked one of those bargain £10 front row tickets. New date less convenient as it means trips to London on 2 consecutive days, which I never do, so now I'll wait for further reports and may give this a miss.
Given that on the following day I had also booked the derided I'm Not Running at the NT, that whole week's bookings are now looking lacklustre, and that's without any travel disruption which may occur in early January...
But I do like @happysooz 's term "intellectual pensioners", as though I qualify on the second part only, I'm now keen to identify any fellow theatregoers who tick both boxes.
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Post by theatreliker on Nov 7, 2018 10:21:59 GMT
I saw this at the Swan during its original run. What I remember of it, it's an enjoyable and playful production. The things I remember most:
- The horses.
- The windmill scene.
- Rufus Hound's prat fall into the sub stage area through a relatively small hole in the stage. He did it completely fearlessly and if mistimed I imagine it could be very painful.
- A phone going off for a long time in a climactic scene when Don Quixote is on the bed. Hound stopped the show but it kept on going. A woman eventually realised it was hers and left. All very annoying of course but what really annoyed me was the reaction. Yes, it was in a poignant scene and was ringing for a long time. However, what would have been Hound's reaction if it rang earlier in the play when there was more audience participation and the atmosphere was more frivolous? Some audience members joked that it was part of the show, and I felt that Hound's reaction was too much. Too much posturing of 'I am an actor now; this is the theatre; this is a serious moment; If it keeps going I will I will punch whoever it belongs to', etc.. (He didn't say the first three but he did the fourth in so many words). It sort of spoilt the show and - clearly - annoys me a little still now.
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Post by lynette on Nov 7, 2018 14:36:54 GMT
I’ll leave my phone at home on Thursday.
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Post by zahidf on Nov 7, 2018 14:42:48 GMT
I saw this at the Swan during its original run. What I remember of it, it's an enjoyable and playful production. The things I remember most: - The horses. - The windmill scene. - Rufus Hound's prat fall into the sub stage area through a relatively small hole in the stage. He did it completely fearlessly and if mistimed I imagine it could be very painful. - A phone going off for a long time in a climactic scene when Don Quixote is on the bed. Hound stopped the show but it kept on going. A woman eventually realised it was hers and left. All very annoying of course but what really annoyed me was the reaction. Yes, it was in a poignant scene and was ringing for a long time. However, what would have been Hound's reaction if it rang earlier in the play when there was more audience participation and the atmosphere was more frivolous? Some audience members joked that it was part of the show, and I felt that Hound's reaction was too much. Too much posturing of 'I am an actor now; this is the theatre; this is a serious moment; If it keeps going I will I will punch whoever it belongs to', etc.. (He didn't say the first three but he did the fourth in so many words). It sort of spoilt the show and - clearly - annoys me a little still now. Meh, everyone has enough notice and warnings to put their phone off. Actors should be rude to people, especially if its going for a long time |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2018 15:30:13 GMT
Well. I thought this was all a few jolly japes really. Not hilarious but consistently amusing. Plus, I was picked on by so many members of the cast that I almost sent off for my Equity card.
It kind of reminded me of 'Nell Gwynn', that kind of show. Just without the oranges. The first half is a bit funnier than the second but the second is a bit more touching and the cast certainly work hard. The horses are fabulous, each one different than the one before and one even twerks which is rather amusing. Richard Leeming and Tom McCall certainly stood out for me as the best of the ensemble, Leeming in particular angling for membership of Mischief Theatre methinks. David Threlfall was wonderful I thought - 'crazy' without playing 'mad' which was a tricky but successful balance and certainly game to be dragged about on a windmill! Rufus Hound was also good fun and his stage fall was perfectly timed. They made a nice couple I thought. Special mention also to Ruth Everett's Duchess walk. I thought she was on wheels for a long while.
Oh and if you have a wheat intolerance you might want to sit in the circle to avoid being hit by a bread roll.
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Post by lynette on Nov 9, 2018 0:24:21 GMT
What Ryan says.
To be honest I didn’t see the point of it. A morality play, a satire, a pantomime? In the programme it says that Cervantes did write plays but without success. Don Quixote was not written as a play by him. Perhaps we should take the hint...
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