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Post by londonpostie on Aug 5, 2021 22:05:07 GMT
Still feeling slightly stung from SRB fronting the mediocre Bach & No Bite at The Bridge so I'm sniffing at this with not much more than curiosity.
Can I just say that Saoirse Ronan as Lady Macbeth is 4 years younger than was Jessie Buckley recently as Juliet.
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Post by Forrest on Aug 7, 2021 16:20:07 GMT
londonpostie, you can always do the same as me: take this as an opportunity to go and see James McArdle, because he is excellent! No potential celebrity disappointments, and the whole thing is guaranteed to be a success. Well, if we manage to get tickets, that is... :)
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Post by londonpostie on Aug 7, 2021 16:40:06 GMT
Ignore me. I'm just a miserable old goat.
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Post by Jan on Aug 7, 2021 16:47:21 GMT
Do we think there will be tickets left for this come general on sale booking? Yes. |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Aug 18, 2021 16:59:30 GMT
According to WhatsOnStage:
The full team accompanying James McArdle and Saoirse Ronan (taking on the lead roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth) in the Almeida's Shakespeare revival will be Michael Abubakar, Ross Anderson, Aoife Burke, Emun Elliott, Annie Firbank, William Gaunt, Akiya Henry, Maureen Hibbert, Reuben Joseph, Gareth Kennerley, Valerie Lilley, Adam McNamara and Richard Rankin.
The children will be played by Myles Grant, Jamie-Lee Martin, Henry Meredith, Dereke Oladele, Emet Yah Khai and K-ets Yah Khai.
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Post by lynette on Aug 18, 2021 19:05:57 GMT
Stooopid question but do you have any idea from the director and so on whether this will be a weirdo production or something suitable for 11 year old and 9 year old who have ‘studied’ play at school ?
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Post by londonpostie on Aug 18, 2021 20:28:01 GMT
I was looking last night as I might, potentially, be an 'Islington First' person >>>
No idea what it means in terms of booking.
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Post by lonlad on Aug 18, 2021 23:50:19 GMT
>>or something suitable for 11 year old and 9 year old who have ‘studied’ play at school ?
I wouldn't chance it. Yael is erratically brilliant and her stuff can be very out there .... time will tell
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Post by zahidf on Aug 19, 2021 11:23:02 GMT
Got memebrship for this. Was fairly smooth to get the tickets i wanted!
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Post by caa on Aug 19, 2021 15:19:58 GMT
The only stalls tickets I could find were restricted view, although plenty in the circle
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Post by Dave B on Aug 19, 2021 16:18:00 GMT
The only stalls tickets I could find were restricted view, although plenty in the circle I've generally found what the Almeida label as 'restricted' to be absolutely fine. The support pillars for the second level are really quite narrow. |
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Post by Forrest on Aug 19, 2021 19:06:43 GMT
I agree with Dave B, caa, I've never had a bad seat at the Almeida, and I usually go for the cheaper ones. |
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Post by lynette on Aug 20, 2021 16:06:44 GMT
I was looking last night as I might, potentially, be an 'Islington First' person >>>
No idea what it means in terms of booking.
So set in the future? Hmmm…might be interesting. |
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Post by Jan on Aug 21, 2021 5:36:05 GMT
I was looking last night as I might, potentially, be an 'Islington First' person >>>
No idea what it means in terms of booking.
So set in the future? Hmmm…might be interesting. Sorry to remind you of it, but the Norris one at NT was also set in the future and that wasn’t in the slightest bit interesting. |
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Post by lynette on Aug 21, 2021 17:17:53 GMT
So set in the future? Hmmm…might be interesting. Sorry to remind you of it, but the Norris one at NT was also set in the future and that wasn’t in the slightest bit interesting. Did I see that? Don’t think so. Last R&J I saw was RSC, unremarkable. Had odd idea of showing ghosts behind the actress giving us her quite good soliloquy as if the director didn’t trust her to be compelling enough. I hate that. Trust the actor, I say. Anyway, if set in the future they would have mobile phones and it wouldn’t be a tragedy and they could do it as a farce. When I am very old…I intend to go to a prod of R&J and stand up and yell at them all, not quite decided at which point to disrupt. |
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Post by theoracle on Aug 24, 2021 11:05:59 GMT
In the queue right now - 86… Gosh this is exciting!
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Post by cavocado on Aug 24, 2021 11:10:17 GMT
I'm 1687th, estimated wait time more than an hour...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2021 11:12:41 GMT
2033 - I made the mistake of assuming they wouldn't let anyone who isn't a member into the queue before 12pm  |
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Post by theoracle on Aug 24, 2021 11:12:54 GMT
Well the seats are not ideal, got 2 partially restricted seats in the stalls for final preview- £20 each but hope it won’t be a huge problem.
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Post by theoracle on Aug 24, 2021 11:14:01 GMT
Preview shows basically all sold out guys too
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Post by vickyg on Aug 24, 2021 11:20:24 GMT
2033 - I made the mistake of assuming they wouldn't let anyone who isn't a member into the queue before 12pm It said that anyone who was in the queue before 12pm would be randomly assigned a place. I left and rejoined at 12pm and was 186th. Just picked up a restricted view £20 ticket. |
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Post by Dave B on Aug 24, 2021 11:27:32 GMT
123 in the queue. Not a great selection of seats left for any dates that suited us but got two 'restricted view' that we have sat in previously and were not at all restricted so fingers crossed.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Aug 24, 2021 11:29:08 GMT
Mercifully painless booking. I got E20-22 on a Saturday matinee in the circle, restricted view but I've sat there multiple times before and it's been perfectly fine so hopefully that holds true here too. Can't get much better than seeing Saoirse Ronan for £10 a seat anyway!
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Post by londonpostie on Aug 24, 2021 11:32:06 GMT
Yep, well done Almedia. 17 minutes for me. In the Stalls but a potential neck bender: £20 + donation for hassle-free efficienc.
As well as herself, looking forward to one of @forrest 's A-listers .... Mr James McArdle.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Aug 24, 2021 11:41:09 GMT
sold out for the entire slot
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