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Post by lynette on Nov 23, 2021 19:37:26 GMT
Ok, thanks for letting me know x
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Post by Mark on Nov 23, 2021 22:57:33 GMT
For all performances of Four Quartets from Monday 22 November onwards, 40 tickets located throughout the auditorium costing £10 each will be made available each day for that day’s performance(s).
Tickets will be available in person only from the box office and will be released at 4pm for that evening’s performance or 11am on the day for matinees.
£10 tickets are strictly limited to a maximum of two per person.
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Post by Mark on Nov 24, 2021 13:27:08 GMT
Also on TodayTix for £20 rush now.
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Post by lynette on Nov 24, 2021 22:32:34 GMT
For all performances of Four Quartets from Monday 22 November onwards, 40 tickets located throughout the auditorium costing £10 each will be made available each day for that day’s performance(s). Tickets will be available in person only from the box office and will be released at 4pm for that evening’s performance or 11am on the day for matinees. £10 tickets are strictly limited to a maximum of two per person. So in order to bag a cheapie you have to roam about a miserable patch of the West End in the freezing cold for a few hours. So if you don’t know, these are poems you can read at home or even listen a recording of the poet himself read. |
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Post by londonpostie on Nov 24, 2021 22:55:36 GMT
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Post by lynette on Nov 25, 2021 18:05:22 GMT
Yes, went there yesterday. V nice though tbh, it has lost its quirkiness which I liked: the fact that you had to negotiate little stone steps and a turn to the loos and the cafe. Now the cafe is another bland offering in the space where the shop used to be. Oh, and I guess they will lose some business in the shop because I missed it - it is downstairs now and a lot of people don't like enclosed spaces a la covid and also you don’t need to go through it at all or anywhere near it in fact. Mistake. The rooms all nicely cleaned and repainted; the fab art well placed, the barmaid presides over the room as she should. It was very crowded ‘spose cos just opened. Oh and the lift was out of order so had to go up all…those…steps… Needed oxygen at the top. Honestly, lift not working in first week. If you are suggesting a visit could be made after bagging a cheap seat at the Pinter, then yes, possible. |
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Post by Mark on Nov 25, 2021 21:37:48 GMT
I got one of the £10 tickets tonight. Row Q stalls centre. Had no idea what to expect but curiosity got the better of me. Not familiar with the poem and my knowledge of TS. Eliot goes as far as Cats.
Everything totally went over my head if I’m honest. But Fiennes has such a wonderful voice that I was quite captivated to watch and listen to him for the 80 minutes.
There was a LOT of coughing especially towards the beginning (to the point one of the coughers gave up and left), and lots of clinking glass and rattling ice cubes which made it difficult to “tune in” initially.
Always worth giving something new a try, but you won’t catch me at anymore staged poetry readings (famous last words).
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Post by lynette on Nov 26, 2021 14:23:57 GMT
Coughing and ice cubes, eh? Were people wearing masks, I guess not?
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Post by zahidf on Nov 26, 2021 16:05:45 GMT
I got one of the £10 tickets tonight. Row Q stalls centre. Had no idea what to expect but curiosity got the better of me. Not familiar with the poem and my knowledge of TS. Eliot goes as far as Cats. Everything totally went over my head if I’m honest. But Fiennes has such a wonderful voice that I was quite captivated to watch and listen to him for the 80 minutes. There was a LOT of coughing especially towards the beginning (to the point one of the coughers gave up and left), and lots of clinking glass and rattling ice cubes which made it difficult to “tune in” initially. Always worth giving something new a try, but you won’t catch me at anymore staged poetry readings (famous last words). Was there a big queue at 4.00? |
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Post by Mark on Nov 26, 2021 17:21:22 GMT
lynette yep, very distracting more than anything. Wasn't really paying attention to masks except to say some were wearing them and some weren't. zahidf I got there at quarter past 4 and got one no bother.
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Post by zahidf on Nov 26, 2021 17:31:38 GMT
lynette yep, very distracting more than anything. Wasn't really paying attention to masks except to say some were wearing them and some weren't. zahidf I got there at quarter past 4 and got one no bother. Cool thanks. Ill try for monday |
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Post by lynette on Nov 27, 2021 18:36:53 GMT
Not one single cough, not one. O joy!
Utter hassle of course, crowded tube, covid pass wouldn’t show up on my phone, bag check, blah blah BUT TOTALLY WORTH IT. A brilliant performance. Mannered yes, and I was thinking where is this going but it went exactly where it should, illuminating meaning where possible. I mean nobody understands all of it (do they?) Lighting and sound effects good. In fact I won’t even moan about the price of the ticket anymore. The Row A at the end was good. Maybe they should think about moving the table but he delivered practically all of it right front of stage. He is very good, isn’t he, very good, old Voldemort?
As for the poem - actually somewhat revived in this show. Lots of ‘relevant’ stuff - ‘this twittering world ‘ a gift of course. The prayer for those lost at sea, brought tears to my eyes. Humour, dry, but there discovered in lines I had forgotten.
So I recommend.
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Post by Dave B on Nov 30, 2021 10:28:16 GMT
Enjoyed this a lot. We had 'restricted' in the Royal Circle but I think with this staging there is no such thing as a restricted seat.
Fiennes is excellent, and yes, chunks went over my head too but he's so captivating that it's easy to just go with it.
(Covid passes required on arrival, mask usage maybe 75%, coughing annoying (and I think more obvious due to nature of performance), balcony closed)
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Post by zahidf on Nov 30, 2021 11:55:34 GMT
I enjoyed this. Though i was waiting 10 mins for the day seat while the guy in front of me had a really long chat about the state of the world and wanted to know in exact detail what the view was like for every single seat on offer. The queue behind him was somewhat fuming
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Post by Marwood on Dec 7, 2021 21:38:39 GMT
Saw this tonight: I got a seriously discounted ticket which is just as well as I’d be halfway home by now if i had paid full whack to see this: all I can say is Good Lord, Ralph in full on Rigsby mode with a dash of Arthur Atkinson to spice things up. ‘Only’ 80 minutes but it seemed to go on forever, every time I thought it was coming to a close, Ralph would sit down and carry on regardless: I need to be less keen to see him in shows, I think this was the fourth or fifth time I’ve seen him in stage and only Man And Superman rewarded my attention (that’s my New Years resolution sorted anyway)
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Post by Latecomer on Dec 9, 2021 19:55:56 GMT
Totally connected with the actual theatre performance but would like to share a very strange fact. I recently realised that my Great Uncle was at Merton, Oxford at the same time as T.S Eliot! He was the first from his school in Sheffield to go to Oxford (they gave everyone a day off to celebrate his success) and was from an uneducated family (his father was a cabinet maker). He got a double first in Greats in 1915 before becoming a pilot in Royal Flying Core in WWI…..where he died near the end of the war. I realised T.S. Eliot was at Oxford briefly in 1914 (he wasn’t a great fan of Oxford and soon decamped to London)…..Eliot did speak in a debate in the common room when there was a motion complaining about how many Americans there were at the college!!!!
I wonder what they would have made of each other if they met…..my great Uncle, northern, never been out of the country, bullied when he was at Oxford by the toffs and Eliot….rather exotic and well travelled….there is a play in there somewhere!!!!
My grandfather also became a pilot, never going to university as he was younger, so the war timing prevented it, and survived the war….and the rest as they say, is history.
Apologies for the diversion but I couldn't resist!
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Post by lynette on Dec 9, 2021 21:47:16 GMT
Totally connected with the actual theatre performance but would like to share a very strange fact. I recently realised that my Great Uncle was at Merton, Oxford at the same time as T.S Eliot! He was the first from his school in Sheffield to go to Oxford (they gave everyone a day off to celebrate his success) and was from an uneducated family (his father was a cabinet maker). He got a double first in Greats in 1915 before becoming a pilot in Royal Flying Core in WWI…..where he died near the end of the war. I realised T.S. Eliot was at Oxford briefly in 1914 (he wasn’t a great fan of Oxford and soon decamped to London)…..Eliot did speak in a debate in the common room when there was a motion complaining about how many Americans there were at the college!!!! I wonder what they would have made of each other if they met…..my great Uncle, northern, never been out of the country, bullied when he was at Oxford by the toffs and Eliot….rather exotic and well travelled….there is a play in there somewhere!!!! My grandfather also became a pilot, never going to university as he was younger, so the war timing prevented it, and survived the war….and the rest as they say, is history. Apologies for the diversion but I couldn't resist! Super family history. Sorry that your guy died in the War. Eliot not known for his chumminess. |
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Post by harrietcraig on Dec 9, 2021 23:18:10 GMT
I wonder what they would have made of each other if they met…..my great Uncle, northern, never been out of the country, bullied when he was at Oxford by the toffs and Eliot….rather exotic and well travelled….there is a play in there somewhere!!!! Exactly what I thought when I read your post, and I know just the person to write that play: if Tom Stoppard could make a play out of Lenin, James Joyce, and Tristan Tzara all having been in Zurich in 1917, he could probably make a play out of your great Uncle and Eliot both having been in Oxford in 1914. |
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Post by londonpostie on Dec 9, 2021 23:30:32 GMT
Yes, went there yesterday. V nice though tbh, it has lost its quirkiness which I liked: the fact that you had to negotiate little stone steps and a turn to the loos and the cafe. Now the cafe is another bland offering in the space where the shop used to be. Oh, and I guess they will lose some business in the shop because I missed it - it is downstairs now and a lot of people don't like enclosed spaces a la covid and also you don’t need to go through it at all or anywhere near it in fact. Mistake. The rooms all nicely cleaned and repainted; the fab art well placed, the barmaid presides over the room as she should. It was very crowded ‘spose cos just opened. Oh and the lift was out of order so had to go up all…those…steps… Needed oxygen at the top. Honestly, lift not working in first week. If you are suggesting a visit could be made after bagging a cheap seat at the Pinter, then yes, possible.
The ice rink at Somerset House is now bouncing. It's all very seasonal, once you recover from the assault course formelly known as Aldwych.
Cheeky little Greggs just where you want it, as well.
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Post by londonpostie on Dec 13, 2021 12:30:49 GMT
TodayTix has bits and pieces in the Stalls, Wed matinee, for £23 - partially restricted.
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Post by lichtie on Dec 18, 2021 18:20:41 GMT
Got a 20 quid rush ticket for this today (middle second row of the dress circle) and enjoyed it. Made me realise if nothing else how seriously poor I was at reading the pacing in Eliot's text... Not sure I'd have wanted to pay the top whack ATG were asking mind. But adequate replacement for the cancelled New Vic show.
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Post by Marwood on Dec 26, 2021 16:15:37 GMT
Saw this tonight: I got a seriously discounted ticket which is just as well as I’d be halfway home by now if i had paid full whack to see this: all I can say is Good Lord, Ralph in full on Rigsby mode with a dash of Arthur Atkinson to spice things up. ‘Only’ 80 minutes but it seemed to go on forever, every time I thought it was coming to a close, Ralph would sit down and carry on regardless: I need to be less keen to see him in shows, I think this was the fourth or fifth time I’ve seen him in stage and only Man And Superman rewarded my attention (that’s my New Years resolution sorted anyway) Saw Ralph in The King’s Man this afternoon and while I was suspicious about a film that’s been sitting on a shelf for the last 18 months or so (I saw the trailer for this when we came out of the first lockdown last year), I really enjoyed it: I don’t know whose idea it was to have him as the lead in an action film but he acquitted himself well and it was infinitely more enjoyable than The Matrix: Resurrections, and he did a better job in the fight scenes than Keanu Reeves did in that, and not a single Rigsby moment in the whole film… |
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