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Post by maggiem on Jan 22, 2016 10:24:31 GMT
I'm going to see this at the end of next month. Is anyone going earlier?
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Post by n1david on Jan 22, 2016 10:42:42 GMT
Yes, I'm going in a couple of weeks. A little daunted by the duration (2h45m with two intervals) but on the other hand Ralph made the 3+ hours of Man and Superman just fly by so I have high hopes...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2016 11:19:13 GMT
TWO HOURS AND FORTY FIVE MINUTES? Goddamnit, I booked an evening show thinking the running time wouldn't be much different to the Almeida's 105 minute version. At least they'll be a little way into the run by the time I go, so any glaring delays in previews should have been ironed out by then.
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Post by maggiem on Jan 22, 2016 12:22:20 GMT
Hi Baemax!
Did you see "The Crucible" in 2014? That was three and a half hours, AFTER they'd got the running time down in the previews! I think we'll be okay with this one.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2016 12:33:17 GMT
I had friends who went to that in previews! The very next opportunity I had, I marched down to the box office and insisted they switch my ticket for a matinee.  |
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Post by DebbieDoesDouglas(Hodge) on Jan 22, 2016 13:52:13 GMT
I'm going on Monday init. 5th row back £10! This means il get an evening better view of how tatty the old Vic is!  |
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Post by foxa on Jan 22, 2016 13:54:54 GMT
I'm going next week, Wednesday evening. We got a pair of (I think) really bad £10 tix. But I've never seen this play so was curious.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2016 13:56:25 GMT
I'm going next week. Am now even gladder than ever that it looks like the tube strikes aren't happening that night!
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Post by Marwood on Jan 22, 2016 13:59:19 GMT
Not going until the middle of March, got a £21 balcony seat well before the £10 ones went on sale. With regards to the running time, this'll be a breeze compared to the running time of Man and Superman (although that didn't drag), and will still leave plenty of time for a drink or two in one of the pubs around Waterloo before I get the train home (although they'll probably all be packed, I'm going on a Friday night.)
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Post by Latecomer on Jan 22, 2016 16:40:44 GMT
I am there tomorrow night! Terrible seat (right up high, I wasn't going to buy atall but weakened and there was one ticket left, so it seemed like fate!) I shall report back!  |
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Post by theatreliker on Jan 23, 2016 10:05:59 GMT
Going 6th Feb. |
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Post by Zoephile on Jan 24, 2016 0:19:39 GMT
Loved it! Fabulous performances and set, didn't feel like a preview apart from the technical hitch before the third act which held proceedings up a bit. Running a bit long anyway, but it didn't feel long. I actually ended up liking having two intervals, despite gripping about them beforehand.
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Post by Latecomer on Jan 24, 2016 8:41:08 GMT
Great performances in this...everyone very well cast and lovely set and direction. Fiennes majestic - he changes from commanding to vunerable in an instant and his comic timing is a gift. From X6 in the balcony I was completely mesmerised by him.
I think the Old Vic have a hit on thier hands!
On a practical note wear layers....the theatre got quite hot despite them pumping cold air on to us in the balcony!
Splendid night out!
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Post by Zoephile on Jan 24, 2016 8:58:24 GMT
Great performances in this...everyone very well cast and lovely set and direction. Fiennes majestic - he changes from commanding to vunerable in an instant and his comic timing is a gift. Seconding that. I'm not sure I would have liked the play half as much with any lesser actor in the role, but Fiennes was mesmerising. And Sarah Snook, who I've never heard of before, more than held her own as Hilde, a very vivid, physical performance. Wasn't so sure about the sound or music, though. It felt a little random, so much so that the first time we heard music I though it was either a phone or noise outside! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 9:15:20 GMT
Point noted, Latecomer; thanks! I remember feeling boiled half to death in the dress circle at the Rob Brydon play. (Though I was in the stalls for The Hairy Ape and the temperature felt fine there, oddly enough.)
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Post by DebbieDoesDouglas(Hodge) on Jan 24, 2016 9:20:43 GMT
What was the running time? Any dogs?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 11:46:57 GMT
Point noted, Latecomer; thanks! I remember feeling boiled half to death in the dress circle at the Rob Brydon play. (Though I was in the stalls for The Hairy Ape and the temperature felt fine there, oddly enough.) Heat rises. |
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Post by Latecomer on Jan 24, 2016 14:13:13 GMT
What was the running time? Any dogs? We had a technical delay before the 3rd act started a bit late, so hard to tell...we were finished at 10.40pm, published running time 2hrs 45mins Not a dog in sight. There is a swing..... |
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Post by foxa on Jan 24, 2016 16:36:22 GMT
I ordered tickets and have a confirmation email - but the tickets never arrived in the post. I wonder how much of a pain this is going to be....
Sad to hear about the lack of dogs.
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Post by Zoephile on Jan 24, 2016 17:46:51 GMT
I'd estimate that without the technical hitch, it would have been about 15 mins longer than advertised.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 22:19:25 GMT
Point noted, Latecomer; thanks! I remember feeling boiled half to death in the dress circle at the Rob Brydon play. (Though I was in the stalls for The Hairy Ape and the temperature felt fine there, oddly enough.) Heat rises. So they say.Though I've felt frazzled in plenty of stalls seats in my time! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 23:33:11 GMT
So they say.Though I've felt frazzled in plenty of stalls seats in my time! Menopause. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2016 13:13:43 GMT
Ha ha, HG - that's a much cleaner response than I feared might come back to that line! ;-)
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Post by PalelyLaura on Jan 25, 2016 13:51:51 GMT
Going tomorrow; looking forward to it!
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Post by DebbieDoesDouglas(Hodge) on Jan 25, 2016 22:46:00 GMT
Oh yes very good
Finished 10.30
Loved the coup da theatre at the end although they need to sort out the curtain call that follows, there will be broken ankles!
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