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Post by jay on Mar 12, 2020 21:21:56 GMT
Interesting , I think , to justify some of the wobbly directorial decisions but that doesn’t account for it I feel . If the cloths were to reflect an earlier theatrical age , why the ‘creaking door ‘ sound effects when actors went through the ‘cloth door’? Why was there no clear differentiation between actors speaking to each other, to the audience or speaking Shakespeare ? And don’t get me started on the overblown ‘comic ‘ delivery of the Brummie daughters pronunciation of the word ‘you’....
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Post by learfan on Mar 12, 2020 21:34:09 GMT
Had to look up the director - Sean Foley - has a great reputation for directing comedies but I haven’t found the few things of his I’ve seen even slightly amusing. Probably just me. Imagine you had to google the entire creatives! |
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Post by Gwendoline on Apr 14, 2020 7:37:02 GMT
I still haven’t received my refund for the cancelled performance of March 21st. Does anyone have the email of the customer services department who deals with this? Thank you.
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 14, 2020 8:19:24 GMT
I still haven’t received my refund for the cancelled performance of March 21st. Does anyone have the email of the customer services department who deals with this? Thank you. If you booked direct it's: cancelled@delfontmackintosh.co.uk quoting your booking reference. |
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Post by Gwendoline on Apr 14, 2020 8:41:12 GMT
Yes I did, thank’s Paul.
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Post by Rory on May 16, 2022 6:12:15 GMT
Returns to the West End, this time at the Apollo, 23 Sept - 3rd Dec 2022.
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Post by d'James on May 16, 2022 20:52:33 GMT
Any details about the cast?
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Post by Jon on May 17, 2022 0:52:45 GMT
Any details about the cast? David Mitchell and Gemma Whelan are returning. |
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Post by edi on May 18, 2022 15:42:28 GMT
Great news, I was to see it on the day all theatres closed their doors in 2000.
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Post by theatrelover123 on May 18, 2022 16:39:46 GMT
Great news, I was to see it on the day all theatres closed their doors in 2000. Why did they close for the Millennium? |
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Post by TallPaul on May 18, 2022 17:14:44 GMT
Great news, I was to see it on the day all theatres closed their doors in 2000. Why did they close for the Millennium? There was a bug going around. 😉 |
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Post by edi on May 18, 2022 17:26:47 GMT
Great news, I was to see it on the day all theatres closed their doors in 2000. Why did they close for the Millennium? I really don't know why but I always confuse the years between 2000-2009 with 2010-2019... and I just lost the plot beyond 2020. Maybe it's wishful thinking - as I am getting older I cannot believe we are already in the years 2020... |
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Post by partytentdown on May 18, 2022 17:44:47 GMT
Did we ever work out if this is supposed to have THE in the title
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Post by Rory on May 18, 2022 18:02:43 GMT
I think it is definitely 'The Upstart Crow' to distinguish it from the telly version.
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Post by edi on Oct 9, 2022 9:12:19 GMT
Yesterday afternoon I bagged a £35 front row ticket for the evening show.... and I am so glad I did. This was the very show that I was meant to see on the day the lock-down started.
I've not laughed this much in the theatre for ages. I do not watch the TV series and my school years are long gone and i cannot recall properly most of the plays which were referenced... but even a superficial knowledge of Shakespeare's work & style is sufficient to enjoy this.
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Post by orchidman on Nov 8, 2022 14:35:26 GMT
Unbelievably lame . Some truly terrible ‘panto-style’ performances - over-pitched played directly to the audience with EVERY WORD stressed. One actor almost completely incomprehensible. Low production values - panto back-cloths flown in and out to suggest a change of scene . Couple of drab bay-trees for the Malvolio scene . When ticket prices are this high , you at least expect a production to look decent . This looked like a budget of £80 had been splashed on it . Elton’s script had its moments - but actors had been directed to overplay almost everything -and chucking huge chunks of King Lear in not only exposed a Mitchell as a second -rate Shakespearean actor but also reeked of padding . This director has a history of mauling productions with over-blown physical comedy and end-of-the-pier naffness. When a non-speaking dancing bear gets the biggest laughs of the evening , you know that something isn’t right . There’s a really funny play to be written about Shakespeare and his efforts to write for the theatre . This wasn’t it . Save your money . Watch the Box Set. Yes, everyone coming out of last night's entertaining performance seemed bereft to have discovered that David Mitchell is, in fact, not Laurence Olivier. |
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