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Post by zahidf on May 29, 2019 8:51:54 GMT
Nora: A Doll's House: 6 February to 21 March 2020.
Orfeus: A House Music Opera is a contemporary retelling of Ovid's myth, created and starring Nmon Ford as Orfeus. The piece is directed by Charles Randolph-Wright and runs from 14 April to 30 May.
Cush Jumbo Hamlet 6 July to 20 August 2020
Ruth Negga in Portia Coughlan, 16 September to 31 October 2020.
In a Young Vic and LIFT co-production, Nat Randall and Anna Breckon's The Second Woman will run in June 2020. The piece is inspired by John Cassavetes 1977 film Opening Night and will have an all-female-identifying and non-binary team mixing and capturing the action live from multiple cameras |
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Post by MrBunbury on May 29, 2019 11:58:10 GMT
Very excited by each announced work. Isn't it a bit early to announce shows for the autumn of 2020 though?
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Post by viserys on May 29, 2019 11:58:49 GMT
I have no idea who or what Portia Coughlan is, but I'm here for Ruth Negga. Could use my Young Vic credit for that one, I guess.
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Post by missthelma on May 29, 2019 12:20:13 GMT
Portia Coughlan appeals, not really much else, if I'm honest, though I know everyone will go mad for the Hamlet. To be honest I'd rather have hot needles driven into my eyes while being rolled naked in acid and glass than ever have to sit through another Hamlet. But Cush Jumbo!! I have never seen her on stage as I returned my ticket for Common and missed her earlier stuff but she's amazing on The Good Fight so I may have to grit my teeth......... |
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Post by david on May 29, 2019 12:34:43 GMT
An interesting programme announcement. I’ll definitely be booking for Doll’s House and Portia Coughlan. I’m in two minds about the Orfeus one though. Sounds an interesting idea in how it’s going to be done. Not too bothered with Hamlet.
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Post by Fleance on May 29, 2019 13:41:45 GMT
But Cush Jumbo!! I have never seen her on stage as I returned my ticket for Common and missed her earlier stuff but she's amazing on The Good Fight so I may have to grit my teeth......... Shame about Common. Fascinating subject, great cast. The playwright just threw too much stuff into it, rather than just focusing on the drama around the enclosure acts. I still think the opening of Act II -- Anne-Marie Duff coming out of the grave, with that bird sitting there -- is one of the funniest scenes I've ever seen at the NT. Regarding the Young Vic schedule, I'm underwhelmed. |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2019 15:29:58 GMT
They don’t appear to be, on the whole, attracting either the best established or up and coming directors (Marianne Elliot being an exception). Maybe that’s new policy but Greg Hersov for Hamlet when we could have, maybe, Ned Bennett? The the last two Hamlets I saw at the Young Vic, for comparison, were by Peter Brook and Ian Rickson.
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Post by zahidf on May 29, 2019 15:37:31 GMT
They don’t appear to be, on the whole, attracting either the best established or up and coming directors (Marianne Elliot being an exception). Maybe that’s new policy but Greg Hersov for Hamlet when we could have, maybe, Ned Bennett? The the last two Hamlets I saw at the Young Vic, for comparison, were by Peter Brook and Ian Rickson. I'm guessing he's Jumbo's choice though ( says they are collabarators) |
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 29, 2019 15:39:09 GMT
Other shakespeare plays exist
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Post by zahidf on May 29, 2019 15:44:37 GMT
Other shakespeare plays exist It says its a new version of the play in some way
I think it looks... interesting
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Post by learfan on May 29, 2019 17:13:56 GMT
But Cush Jumbo!! I have never seen her on stage as I returned my ticket for Common and missed her earlier stuff but she's amazing on The Good Fight so I may have to grit my teeth......... Shame about Common. Fascinating subject, great cast. The playwright just threw too much stuff into it, rather than just focusing on the drama around the enclosure acts. I still think the opening of Act II -- Anne-Marie Duff coming out of the grave, with that bird sitting there -- is one of the funniest scenes I've ever seen at the NT. Regarding the Young Vic schedule, I'm underwhelmed. Common was comfortably one of the worst plays ive ever sat through. The YV season looks interesting though as has been said above they have programmed way into the future! |
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Post by foxa on Jun 18, 2019 13:15:43 GMT
Problems with priority booking this morning as website didn't recognise I had a Friends membership so kept putting a £50 membership in my basket and when I'd remove it, it would take out my tickets. I called and spoke to someone in the Box Office who was helpful and I ended up booking £10 seats for everything - and am happy with that. But I hear there is a further problem with the Mastercard payments so they are putting some tweets out about that. If you have a different credit card worth trying that.
So - not a smooth first day of booking for them, but I also didn't get the feeling there were thousands and thousands of people trying to book - when I first logged on I was number 5 and when I tried to log on later I was 273.
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Post by zahidf on Jun 18, 2019 13:20:46 GMT
Public booking for this on the same day as national advanced booking and Lungs at the Old vic. Not the best timing!
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Post by stefy69 on Jun 25, 2019 14:44:05 GMT
Booked for Nora A Dolls House all very painless pleased to report
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 14:46:49 GMT
Considering the new booking period covers shows that will be on between 8 and 16 months in the future, I don't think anyone was expecting it to be especially busy or difficult when purchasing today? There'll always be the keen beans who book all the tickets and worry about the practical aspects later, but we could all be dead by 2020, a awful lot more are going to hold off from booking for now.
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Post by crowblack on Jun 25, 2019 14:55:44 GMT
Yes, I'm waiting. If I lived in London and could take advantage of the weeknight preview prices, I'd be tempted to book now, but seat plans haven't been released and I have no idea where my life will be that far ahead. I rarely manage to keep to dates booked 3 months ahead, let alone a year.
There's also HS2 disruption to consider as I generally book for Saturdays and some weekends everything's shut for track works...
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Post by jampot on Jun 25, 2019 15:12:52 GMT
It wasn't so much selling out, it's more that the Young Vic's website seems to crumble under the pressure on first day booking. But yes, I admit I thought for Hamlet (decided spur of the moment in the end) at least, I'd be around the 100 or so mark on the list. Wow that is old Monkey... |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jun 25, 2019 15:14:14 GMT
Not enough of a draw to book so far in advance allied with the unknown seat position.
From a marketing perspective being so distant, do wonder how you manage to keep the bookings trickling in.
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- fanfare of season announcement
- fanfare of booking now open
- finally the previews and reviews as a final push
This all occurs within a reasonably short period of time during which social media and natural interest is enough to keep the shows in the public domain.
Hamlet is a year away, will they need to keep the formal marketing ticking over at a cost, must assume having cash in the bank is enough of to balance the additional workload.
For me the Almeida model for the last season worked well, a 6 month window with the release of each show staggered to reduce the initial cost of buying multiple shows at one time.
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Post by londonpostie on Jun 25, 2019 15:41:15 GMT
I don't know how many seasons are in an Young Vic season but I make Hamlet 5 seasons away in old money (Autumn 2020). Booked it anyway. You can a always fiddle-arse about later if the allocation doesn't suit, almost a placeholder atm.
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Post by Polly1 on Jun 25, 2019 21:20:07 GMT
I have just purchased my very first 60+ discounted ticket for August next year!!
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Post by altamont on Jun 26, 2019 10:31:23 GMT
Can I ask a question - once the seating plan is known for a particular play, how do they allocate the Zone A tickets? Is it random or do the earlier bookers get what are deemed better seats? Thanks...
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Post by foxa on Jun 26, 2019 11:28:23 GMT
Can I ask a question - once the seating plan is known for a particular play, how do they allocate the Zone A tickets? Is it random or do the earlier bookers get what are deemed better seats? Thanks... I don't actually know but as a Young Vic friend and early booker who usually goes for cheap seats, £10 might get you up upstairs on the side (Twelfth Night) or it might get you front row centre (A Man of Good Hope). I went for the £20 band for Death of a Salesman and had superb seats on the aisle downstairs - perfect really. I'm rarely disappointed with Young Vic seats for the £. |
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Post by altamont on Jun 26, 2019 19:27:31 GMT
Thanks Foxa and TM
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Post by zahidf on Aug 16, 2021 6:47:42 GMT
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