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Post by princeton on Sept 17, 2021 10:50:48 GMT
They've already announced the full cast. Lizzie Annis, who graduated from Oxford School of Drama last year, is playing Laura.
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Post by shady23 on May 10, 2022 21:34:50 GMT
Rehearsal pictures released / |
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Post by pauln on May 22, 2022 19:04:22 GMT
Hi, does anyone happen to know whether day seats will be available for this production? I'm in London for a couple of days next week and was hoping to see the show.
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Post by pomegranate on May 22, 2022 19:24:57 GMT
Hi, does anyone happen to know whether day seats will be available for this production? I'm in London for a couple of days next week and was hoping to see the show. Yes, £25 rush tickets will be available through TodayTix |
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Post by pauln on May 22, 2022 20:34:28 GMT
Hi, does anyone happen to know whether day seats will be available for this production? I'm in London for a couple of days next week and was hoping to see the show. Yes, £25 rush tickets will be available through TodayTix Thank you, I really appreciate it! |
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Post by zahidf on May 23, 2022 9:16:50 GMT
Hi, does anyone happen to know whether day seats will be available for this production? I'm in London for a couple of days next week and was hoping to see the show. Yes, £25 rush tickets will be available through TodayTix Thanks for the head up: got one for tonight. Seems to be front row for rush tickets |
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Post by pomegranate on May 23, 2022 9:46:54 GMT
Yes, £25 rush tickets will be available through TodayTix Thanks for the head up: got one for tonight. Seems to be front row for rush tickets Please report back how the show is! |
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Post by callum on May 23, 2022 11:09:52 GMT
Have a rush ticket that I can no longer use up in the Noticeboard
Thanks
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Post by zahidf on May 23, 2022 21:34:41 GMT
I thought this was very good for a first performance. No technical issues and the cast seemed on point.
Amy Adams gave a great performance. Very unshowy bur moving. Paul hilton as old tom/narrator was excellent as well
Staging aas very good though not THAT unique.
There is a second platform on stage, so if you do have front row seats, there will be some stuff at the back you will miss(though not much I don't think)
Ran to 2 hours 20 mins, including the interval.
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 23, 2022 22:32:47 GMT
I thought this was very good for a first performance. No technical issues and the cast seemed on point. Amy Adams gave a great performance. Very unshowy bur moving. Paul hilton as old tom/narrator was excellent as well Staging aas very good though not THAT unique. There is a second platform on stage, so if you do have front row seats, there will be some stuff at the back you will miss(though not much I don't think) Ran to 2 hours 20 mins, including the interval. Didn’t ever realise this had started! |
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Post by Jon on May 23, 2022 23:09:12 GMT
I thought this was very good for a first performance. No technical issues and the cast seemed on point. Amy Adams gave a great performance. Very unshowy bur moving. Paul hilton as old tom/narrator was excellent as well Staging aas very good though not THAT unique. There is a second platform on stage, so if you do have front row seats, there will be some stuff at the back you will miss(though not much I don't think) Ran to 2 hours 20 mins, including the interval. Didn’t ever realise this had started! I thought it wasn't opening until Friday until I saw the post! |
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Post by FJ on May 26, 2022 21:31:00 GMT
Finally got a rush ticket today on the 4th day of trying.
Really, really enjoyed this. Very powerful. Simple staging, but so well done.
As mentioned above, most of the action takes place on a raised platform so being in the rush tickets at the front you miss a tiny bit of people sitting at the side looking on, but everything of note happens on the platform.
Amy Adams, as expected, was fantastic but the biggest surprise of the night was Lizzie Annis who played Laura, who was absolutely sensational.
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Post by mrbarnaby on May 26, 2022 21:38:30 GMT
In every production I’ve seen of this play, Laura usually manages to steal the show. I think Kate Flynn (?) was the last I saw and she was incredible
Is it set In a rehearsal room? It looks like it from the photos. And the platform revolves? Glad I’m not sat at the front seeing how high it is
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Post by FJ on May 26, 2022 22:39:32 GMT
In every production I’ve seen of this play, Laura usually manages to steal the show. I think Kate Flynn (?) was the last I saw and she was incredible Is it set In a rehearsal room? It looks like it from the photos. And the platform revolves? Glad I’m not sat at the front seeing how high it is Sort of yeah, it's done with the actors sitting off the platform looking on when not in a scene. And I didn't think the platform revolved from what I could see, I thought there was just movement of a couple of set pieces to change the perspective but because it happened in blackout maybe it did actually revolve and I just didn't notice at the time. They were being very strict on no photos of the set tonight, but it was a nice contrast of modern and more traditional. But yes the dress circle or slightly further back in the stalls would be optimal I think, but for the £25 rush ticket I definitely had no complaints. |
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Post by frankubelik on May 27, 2022 6:43:53 GMT
A disappointingly underpowered performance from Ms Adams although she has her moments in Act 2. From the fourth row of the stalls, I found her frequently inaudible; I also think she "reads" a little young for Amanda and for me was not directed to highlight the character's delusion strongly enough. Speaking of direction, why oh why do we (and the actors) have to endure the pointless pre-show milling about on stage? It's hugely distracting. The younger actors fare pretty well. The set is ugly (as is her Act 1 costume) and I simply did not understand the reason for the back projections which are intermittent and serve no purpose. Sigh.
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Post by shambles on May 27, 2022 8:02:06 GMT
I wouldn't say I was disappointed. It's solid all around. Maybe it's just that I've seen Amy Adams hit all those character notes across so many of her performances that I didn't get the kind of poignant experience I expected from seeing someone of her calibre perform in person.
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Post by pauln on May 28, 2022 10:56:35 GMT
Hi, does anyone here know what the view from the standing spots is like?
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Post by shady23 on May 30, 2022 22:08:01 GMT
I went tonight and I enjoyed it although the second act (when Amy wasn't on for a big chuck) did drag a bit.
I thought she was great and everyone else very good too. I wouldn't go back but I am glad I have seen it.
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Post by gmoneyoutlaw on May 31, 2022 13:53:25 GMT
The last time I saw The Glass Menagerie was on Broadway with Jessica Lange. Audience member back then said they could not hear her at the back of the venue and it happened again last Wednesday when a lady behind me commented that Amy is a film actress and she could not hear her from her seat. I saw this from stalls seat M15. Every actor I've seen seems to channel Laurette Taylor, who originated the role. She played it quietly, but the result and comments from the reviews say you believed she believed she was Amanda and she existed in that room. As I observed many times during the evening, Amy was waiting for her next line. If she could get herself into the play it may become a performance to talk about.
The separation of the character of Tom worked well if not necessary or adds to the structure of the play. Paul Hilton was competent in the new role.
Tom is suffocating and Tom Glynn-Carney beautifully play that, when Amanda ignores his frustration he throughs the most exquisite tantrum.
Lizzie Annis, first time on a West End stage, is perfection as Laura.
The setting is absolutely ridiculous, Laura must have a trust fund to afford all of those glass animals. The Glass Menagerie takes place in the 1930s in a tenement apartment in St. Louis, Missouri. It should look cramped and it is on the floor but the massive open space about the walls should not be there. I also would have thought that there was some naturally light in the room but the choice was to have no windows. The projection were interesting but not a satisfying or complementary to the script.
Jeremy Herrin is a hit or miss director, a local friend told me that.
Over all it was "a" production of the play but not at the level of the West End.
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Post by Mr Crummles on May 31, 2022 15:22:45 GMT
The last time I saw The Glass Menagerie was on Broadway with Jessica Lange. Audience member back then said they could not hear her at the back of the venue and it happened again last Wednesday when a lady behind me commented that Amy is a film actress and she could not hear her from her seat. I saw this from stalls seat M15. Every actor I've seen seems to channel Laurette Taylor, who originated the role. She played it quietly, but the result and comments from the reviews say you believed she believed she was Amanda and she existed in that room. As I observed many times during the evening, Amy was waiting for her next line. If she could get herself into the play it may become a performance to talk about. I remember seeing, many centuries ago, A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway with Jessica Lange, Alec Baldwin and Amy Madigan. I believe I was in row M; can't be too sure, but I was not terribly far away from the stage. I really struggled to hear and understand any of the actors, apart from an actress who played a minor role. I was very disappointed. I suppose I expected cinema actors to be just as comfortable on stage. Eventually I saw a filmed version of the this and I thought Jessica Lange was excellent. |
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Post by lonlad on May 31, 2022 22:36:29 GMT
I was in row l tonight and heard every word and Ms Adams is amply miked so it shouldn't be a problem, truly. Her performance isn't very good but that has nothing to do with audibility.
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Post by scarpia on Jun 1, 2022 9:04:24 GMT
Hearing rather mixed things about this. This is also very soon (probably TOO soon) after the last revival of Menagerie in the West End so probably won't tempt me back.
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Post by lonlad on Jun 1, 2022 9:51:47 GMT
Mostly three stars across the board (Times/Stage/WOS/Telegraph/BWW) with two from the Evening Standard
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Post by shambles on Jun 1, 2022 10:57:26 GMT
The reviews are very fair I think. Perhaps it might not have been the best choice, especially for what is virtually a stage debut, but Amy Adams seemed another one in a long line of movie actors who can't project the same kind of vigour on stage.
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Post by lonlad on Jun 1, 2022 12:59:15 GMT
I don't envy her coming on the heels of Jodie Comer, a stage novice of inordinate power -- and Adams, by contrast, has done stage before, albeit musicals and not plays
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