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Post by dm913 on Oct 10, 2022 7:15:47 GMT
When does Emma Kingston play Dina? It says on the Donmar website she performs the role “at certain performances”. Any help would be grateful appreciated. Thanks. From the Donmar website, "The role of Dina will be played by Emma Kingston on 7, 8, 14 and 15 November at 7.30pm and 29 November at 2.30pm" |
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Post by viserys on Oct 10, 2022 7:48:33 GMT
BLESS YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION!
With all the positive comments on the show here I was beginning to really regret that I'd have to ditch my ticket - just grabbed the last ticket in Row A of the Circle for the additional matinee on 29 November, so I can fit it into my schedule after all - and with Emma Kingston to boot! (Nothing against the Israeli leading lady, but I LOVE Emma and had HOPED to see her as Dina).
On that note, I now have a single ticket to spare for Monday 28 November, so if anyone is looking for one, let me know - Row C in the Circle at £23 - it's the captioned performance, so ideally I'd like to see the ticket go to someone who'll benefit from the captions, whether deaf/HoH or foreigner for whom captions are a useful crutch.
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 10, 2022 11:26:19 GMT
BLESS YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION! With all the positive comments on the show here I was beginning to really regret that I'd have to ditch my ticket - just grabbed the last ticket in Row A of the Circle for the additional matinee on 29 November, so I can fit it into my schedule after all - and with Emma Kingston to boot! (Nothing against the Israeli leading lady, but I LOVE Emma and had HOPED to see her as Dina). On that note, I now have a single ticket to spare for Monday 28 November, so if anyone is looking for one, let me know - Row C in the Circle at £23 - it's the captioned performance, so ideally I'd like to see the ticket go to someone who'll benefit from the captions, whether deaf/HoH or foreigner for whom captions are a useful crutch. If nobody who will benefit from this comes forward, I'd love to take it but very happy for it to go to someone who would appreciate the captions! |
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 10, 2022 15:14:40 GMT
If you want to write up a separate post for the Noticeboard section, viserys, I'm sure it will be approved without hesitation. 😉 |
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Post by scarpia on Oct 11, 2022 12:57:14 GMT
I wasn't expecting this to, but this has stayed with me for several days after seeing it. I was a little hesitant about seeing it given some of the comments in this thread (though I adore the Amélie film, for instance, I found the musical incredibly dull, so the comparison to it filled me with a bit of dread!), but I'm finding I can't get a fair number of the tunes out of my head. From the clips it looks like Broadway had nicer staging, but the Donmar production has a fabulous cast. It's probably the first new musical I've taken a liking to since Come from Away came to London.
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Post by jek on Oct 14, 2022 21:46:16 GMT
Saw this tonight and thought it was just lovely. I went in to it knowing very little and so the whole thing was a lovely surprise. The musicianship on display is amazing - reading the biographies of some of the performers on the train coming home was fascinating. Marc Antolin and Peter Polycarpou are always good value but it was nice to see - from reading the programme - that for a few of the actors this was their professional debut. The whole company seemed full of joy and I hope they have some good meals out, possibly at Ottolenghi, during the run!
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Post by alece10 on Oct 16, 2022 9:38:42 GMT
Is this completely sold out or is the website playing up?
I have just checked every date up until mid November and not a single ticket showing however for each date it is giving me the seating plan. Then on one date no seating plan but a message saying no availability for this performance. And if you click on the calendar it says things like limited availability but click on the date to see the seating plan and nothing.
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Post by viserys on Oct 16, 2022 11:12:54 GMT
Guessing it's sold out. When I was alerted to the extra performance on Tuesday 28 November a few days ago, there were all of two tickets left - one of which I grabbed. Maybe the seating plan remains visible, so that returns etc. can immediately be shown there?
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Post by Dr Tom on Oct 16, 2022 16:21:50 GMT
They seem to be releasing standing each week, although I’m not sure of the schedule and appreciate that won’t work for everyone. Worth checking back as extra seats have appeared (particularly singles).
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Post by greenswan on Oct 18, 2022 17:34:10 GMT
Saw it on Friday and really enjoyed it. I thought it was quite atmospheric and evoked quite a strong sense of place. Despite not much traditional action it only felt slightly lengthy for a little while about an hour in. As others have said, the songs are not very 'hummable' though Omar Sharif did stick around for me. Interestingly, while I really enjoyed the soundtrack in the moment and even found it quite moving at the end, the existing cast recording doesn't replicate that for me.
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Post by anthony40 on Oct 18, 2022 18:01:32 GMT
I am here tonight
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Post by robertb213 on Oct 18, 2022 20:46:33 GMT
Saw this last Friday and completely forgot to post. Took a chance on one of the £10 standing tickets, completely fine. You really don't miss much (although I am very tall) and you can lean on the padded bar. The show flies by as well so you really don't notice the time passing.
As for the show, I liked it. "Nothing happens" isn't true. "Not much happens" is more accurate. But it's more about connection and it's a refreshing change from the mainstream stuff. The music isn't my normal cup of tea but it works in the context of the show ("Omar Sharif" and "Answer Me" are the undeniable standouts). Fans of Emma Kingston should go on her Dina days as she has very little to do in her supporting role. But Miri Mesika as Dina is sublime, captivating, and worth the ticket price alone.
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Post by Dr Tom on Oct 19, 2022 7:25:59 GMT
I grabbed an on-the-day standing ticket on Monday. A few people got upgraded to seats but I ended up in a decent standing position. It definitely isn't an unrestricted view but you can lean forward and see the half of the stage that matters.
I remember passing on seeing this on Broadway as I thought there would be shows I would enjoy more during a short visit. Having seen the show now, I think that was the right decision, but I am glad this has come to London and it works well within a small space like the Donmar. The show itself is character driven, exactly what I expected. Nothing I would rush to see again, but worth seeing once, and performed by a talented cast of actor-musicians.
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Post by max on Oct 20, 2022 18:23:43 GMT
I was looking forward to this, and enjoyed the fact I knew little beyond the basic premise (which I liked a lot). Unfortunately, disappointed by the direction, even before it began. It's a nice idea to have a carousel of luggage twirling pre-show, but those suitcases look so clean - as if newly bought from a shop that day. Okay, police band, they'd be fastidious and ordered - may be okay. Perhaps one of the band will be revealed as the tour organiser, and he bought them all. Restaurant Owner Dina meets them soon enough - busy woman going about her ordinary day, not expecting visitors or any ceremony - but apron pristine clean, not like she works the kitchen. Just little indicators, but a token of the whole production being too clean for me.
The small town is supposed to be sleepy and boring, but surely not sterile - not a sound effect of a dog barking, wind blowing, aeroplane overhead signalling other more exciting lives (matching the theme). Is anywhere really boring, anyway? - familiar, the same day-to-day, but everyone seethes underneath. The writing and production get that, but none of the songs have a directorial idea to open that out into their interior worlds and passions. Even where it's scripted the roller skating is tentative - couldn't he at least be shown to have an illicit outlet at which he excels (while still being useless with girls).
It's all sung well, but under-acted because there aren't enough ideas at play in the direction or subtext. Plus some bad 'almost adlibbing but mouthing silently instead' as if they wish the script gave them more. There are problems there - few of the band seem to have an allotted role; the 'tour admin guy' never does show himself clearly. I guess it's very pure from director Michael Longhurst, to represent boredom/emptiness by plainness and absence, but is life (and particularly interior life) really like that? He seems to demur from what musicals can do when they open out into song.
Miri Mesika was wonderful as Dina though. [She'd make a great Rose in 'Aspects Of Love' - random thought]. A quick look at video of the Broadway production and it looks more 'earthed', with more literal pieces of set; probably more for me.
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Post by anthony40 on Oct 21, 2022 16:18:57 GMT
I saw this on Tuesday night and just loved it! Seriously good! Not everyones cup of tea, but for me- wow!
I really didn't expect to have enjoyed this as much as i did.
I have been thinking about it since.
I also have the Broadway cast recording and to see the songs in context, the whole thing made sense.
I loved both the roller skating scene and the scene where they're on the park bench talking about fishing.
This stirred emotion, had comedy and quite beautiful. It made the think how it is that a collective group of musicians- and individuals can have such an effect on the people living in a small town where nothing much happens.
Generally speaking I'm not a fan of actor/musicians but this worked.
I think a turn trip in the £10 standing area might be in order.
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Post by oedipus on Oct 25, 2022 9:41:12 GMT
I saw the original B'way production and this one at the Donmar -- and this one packs far more of an emotional wallop: what was swallowed up in a larger space is here intimate, moving, and beautifully directed. (Only one moment worked better in NYC -- spoiler alert below.) The casting is terrific -- Mesika is a real find -- and since it's an understated text, it's important to read expressions and body language: it's like an independent film, in its way. I wasn't restless for a moment.
SPOILER: Weirdly, the moment I recalled best from NYC--the choral lament "Answer Me"--played better on a proscenium stage because, well, the characters were splayed over a huge space and you could see the real divide between lonely people, and the difficulties of connection. Here, all the characters are on top of each other -- it not only seems possible to answer someone, but massage them as well. I guess that's the only solution for a small space but it's striking how the initial configuration of theatrical space determines the interpretative possibilities of entire, crucial scenes.
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Post by tmesis on Oct 25, 2022 9:50:32 GMT
What an enjoyable musical this is. Funny, sad, romantic with some top notch songs - nearly all in the minor key (or modal) to give it the necessary Middle Eastern feel - but pretty rare in a musical as most don’t have a single number that’s not in a major tonality. Interestingly the three songs also quoted: Summertime, My Funny Valentine and Sunny are all also largely or completely in the minor. The final song though, which is very definitely in the major, has a similar feel to Sunday from Sunday in The Park with George and brings the whole evening to a satisfying conclusion - no mean feat in such an episodic musical.
Some have compared this to Come from Away but I enjoyed this much more and the songs are far more interesting.
A great cast is led by Alon Moni Aboutboul and Miri Mesika - both superb and the supporting actor/musicians took that sometimes maligned skill to a whole new level. A special shout out to Andy Findern who doubled on tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet and alto flute, playing the latter with haunting atmosphere towards the end.
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 25, 2022 10:17:55 GMT
Hearing murmurings that this may have a future life...
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Post by hadeswasking on Oct 25, 2022 10:51:04 GMT
Hearing murmurings that this may have a future life... Oh please! Would love to see this again. |
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Post by raiseitup on Oct 25, 2022 11:06:19 GMT
Does the Donmar still do that daily release for this show? I've been looking on the website quite a bit over the past few days and can't see any sign of last minute seats. Do they disappear immediately?
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Post by NorthernAlien on Oct 25, 2022 12:27:20 GMT
I'm also trying to get a ticket for this, and I can't understand the difference between days when there is just a message saying 'there are no tickets available for this performance', and days when it's just a picture of grey circles - is it a 'membership' thing, where if you've donated a large enough sum, they keep back tickets for you? Or is their website having a moment?
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Post by MrBunbury on Oct 28, 2022 10:48:18 GMT
I saw it yesterday and I found it really lovely. Miri Mesika is excellent and I shed a tear or two for "Answer me".
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Post by matty on Nov 1, 2022 22:26:11 GMT
Hadn't booked for this originally as i wasnt that fussed by it, but managed to get a ticket through work for tonight and it so glad I saw it, I thought it was fantastic.
Thought the cast was great, music was not what I was expecting (for some reason I was expecting 100 minutes of quite slow, dreary music), funnier than I was expecting, just really enjoyed it.
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Post by Being Alive on Nov 1, 2022 22:38:45 GMT
Saw it for the third time last night and it just keeps getting better. Absolutely gorgeous performances (Miri Mesika is giving one of the most understated, moving performances in recent years - sad that understated doesn't win Oliviers ..)
I really hope the murmurings about a future life are true
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Post by ThereWillBeSun on Nov 2, 2022 10:07:30 GMT
Wasn't a fan of this in New York but hoping revisiting it later this week (excuse the pun) will perhaps change my mind?! I've noticed they are doing digital programmes for £3 ... not physical ones anymore? The Donmar programmes are such a strange shape usually!
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