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Post by anthony40 on Aug 11, 2022 10:29:02 GMT
Please let this transfer because Ant ain't got the money to buy a decent priced ticket with the added cost of a return train far from London.
Before anyone suggests it- catching a National Express coach is NOT an option!
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Post by Deal J on Aug 11, 2022 12:26:11 GMT
I'm contemplating travelling to see this for my birthday, so that seating plan is very useful, as is the rest of the advice in the thread - thanks.
It looks like a lovely relatively small theatre, I'm thinking rear stalls might be better than any of the circles/balcony which look like they might feel far away given there doesn't appear to be an overhang?
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Post by danb on Aug 11, 2022 13:01:35 GMT
Please let this transfer because Ant ain't got the money to buy a decent priced ticket with the added cost of a return train far from London. Before anyone suggests it- catching a National Express coach is NOT an option! Can I recommend not even contemplating Flixbus 🤣 |
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 11, 2022 13:58:08 GMT
Ant doesn't like coach travel and would rather miss out on seeing the show than catch a bus or a coach
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Post by inthenose on Aug 11, 2022 14:01:36 GMT
Why is Ant suddenly referring to himself in the third person when he has never, ever done this previously?
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 11, 2022 14:07:34 GMT
Why is Ant suddenly referring to himself in the third person when he has never, ever done this previously? I have, you just haven't noticed |
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Post by inthenose on Aug 11, 2022 14:17:58 GMT
Why is Ant suddenly referring to himself in the third person when he has never, ever done this previously? I have, you just haven't noticed inthenose hasn’t noticed. It’s a very interesting choice! |
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 11, 2022 14:28:29 GMT
I have, you just haven't noticed inthenose hasn’t noticed. It’s a very interesting choice! It's not something I do very often however on this occasion it seemed appropriate. If Andrew Lloyd Webber can speak in the third person, why can't I? |
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Post by interval99 on Aug 11, 2022 14:28:31 GMT
I'm contemplating travelling to see this for my birthday, so that seating plan is very useful, as is the rest of the advice in the thread - thanks. It looks like a lovely relatively small theatre, I'm thinking rear stalls might be better than any of the circles/balcony which look like they might feel far away given there doesn't appear to be an overhang? The theatre website has a good clear seating plan and does highlight where the pillars are on the royal and dress circles are. The grand circle at the top is pillar free. The theatre is a bit horseshoe design in layout and the circles go up around the back edge of the stalls and do not overhang the stall seats at all Leg room best in the stalls, still snug but better than a lot of the west end theatres on Shaftesbury avenue. Link below to their interactive and seating plan download www.theatreroyal.org.uk/your-visit/box-office/seating-plan/ |
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Post by Deal J on Aug 11, 2022 14:59:46 GMT
Excellent, thank you. What a pretty auditorium it is!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Aug 11, 2022 20:28:59 GMT
Excellent, thank you. What a pretty auditorium it is! It’s truly one of the loveliest we have. And Bath is obviously gorgeous too |
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Post by Marwood on Aug 13, 2022 21:44:51 GMT
Regardless of what got him the elbow from putting this on at the Old Vic, Gilliam has done nothing of any note in films since the 90s, stuff like Tideland and The Man Who Killed Don Quixote were dreadful which is why he is not making any films these days.
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Post by danb on Aug 14, 2022 5:14:42 GMT
…whereas we are all still having massive successes with our movies, tv programmes and shows! 🙄
We get it. The guy is a sexist misogynist dinosaur. It still doesn’t mean that I’m gonna miss out on something with the potential to be amazing. He hasn’t finished his career yet. Winters Tale & The Tempest were Shakespeares last solo works if memory serves.
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Post by ptwest on Aug 14, 2022 19:14:05 GMT
Ive just booked this for next week. Ive got one of the perch seats in the stalls. This is either going to be an absolute bargain or agony for a couple of hours. And that's not counting what's happening on stage!
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Post by danb on Aug 14, 2022 19:34:11 GMT
Sat on the circle perch seats for Six there and they were great value.
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Post by ptwest on Aug 14, 2022 19:48:03 GMT
Sat on the circle perch seats for Six there and they were great value. That's good to know. I'm hoping that there's a bit of room to stretch out - looking at the photos I'm hopeful. This used to be my local theatre but I can't say Ive noticed them before. The theatre Royal isn't very forgiving for us taller folk other than on the stalls; this was the only seat left there. |
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Post by danb on Aug 14, 2022 20:04:33 GMT
I wouldn’t get too excited! They’re the fold down seats that the ushers used to sit on. The leg room was ok, but its quite a side view. This didn’t matter for ‘Six’, but might matter for something a bit more designed.
What they weren’t was the horrific high stools that were even more side on, with people shuffling noisily & uncomfortably on them all night.
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Post by ptwest on Aug 14, 2022 20:11:29 GMT
For £12.50 I'm willing to take the chance. I think the stalls ones will be less side on.I will report back! There a week on Tuesday.
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Post by jacob on Aug 14, 2022 21:14:00 GMT
I wouldn’t get too excited! They’re the fold down seats that the ushers used to sit on. The leg room was ok, but its quite a side view. This didn’t matter for ‘Six’, but might matter for something a bit more designed. What they weren’t was the horrific high stools that were even more side on, with people shuffling noisily & uncomfortably on them all night. Oh those high bench rows are not fun, if you’re thinking about booking on the ones either side of the dress circle, sit elsewhere..! Or at least on the first one or two seats furthest from the stage. Unfortunately at an angle, as well as having a wall obscuring some of the view, so leaning is required :/ super uncomfortable .. was fine for Six, but definitely not a show longer than that |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2022 10:01:11 GMT
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Post by mrbarnaby on Aug 15, 2022 10:09:54 GMT
Well that has made me pretty damn excited for this.
Can’t wait to see Nicola Hughes as the Witch.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2022 10:13:15 GMT
A Robin Williams and Emma Thompson Baker and bakers wife, that could have been special.
This must be eyeing a transfer after Bath
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Post by Being Alive on Aug 15, 2022 10:53:40 GMT
A Robin Williams and Emma Thompson Baker and bakers wife, that could have been special. This must be eyeing a transfer after Bath I'm pretty sure he's got that muddled - there was a version that Paramount were looking at that was Robin Williams as the Baker, Goldie Hawn as the Bakers Wife and Cher as the Witch |
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Post by og on Aug 15, 2022 10:57:39 GMT
With every new reveal, the excitement comes up at notch.
Julian Bleach's Mysterious Man has an air of his character in Grinning Man here and if the similarities propagate it will be a very interesting production.
Im already wondering if just the one performance is enough and whether I should book a few repeats in now whilst in the area.
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Post by anthony40 on Aug 15, 2022 11:06:17 GMT
A Robin Williams and Emma Thompson Baker and bakers wife, that could have been special. This must be eyeing a transfer after Bath I'm pretty sure he's got that muddled - there was a version that Paramount were looking at that was Robin Williams as the Baker, Goldie Hawn as the Bakers Wife and Cher as the Witch Yes, I have heard of this as well |
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