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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 9:17:26 GMT
Okay, fine, you've all convinced me, I hope you're all very pleased with yourselves. And I can't go tonight, so I'm paying more money than I would really like to, so no pressure!  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 9:50:52 GMT
Looking very pricey post previews! The aisle seat on the stage stalls I paid £21 for is now £57, and the single side seat next to the usher Calum mentioned is £90! So I'd grab anything cheap while you can. TodayTix has stage stalls seats for £30 for some dates. Also worth looking at the Get Into London Theatre offer.
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Post by wickedgrin on Nov 28, 2017 9:57:17 GMT
I paid £21 for my seat on the Old Vic Website - only booked last night for tonight (dynamic pricing downwards) - the seat is £67.50 after the Press Night tomorrow! They are wanting £90 - £125 for the best seats!!! Faints!
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Post by harrie on Nov 28, 2017 10:25:02 GMT
Saw it Saturday night and thought it was fabulous. A tip-top production. Really, just go. Heartfelt, moving, beautiful and really brings Dickens' message to life so brilliantly. I would recommend to everybody with a pulse. I also paid £5 and sat in M40. I didn't know from the seating plan whether this single seat was totally on its own, or how it would work with the set. It turns out there are two seats next to where the actors enter/exit the stage, with the seat closest to these stairs (and next to me) being occupied by an usher/box office staff. Don't know if this just during previews or will be throughout the run. Can't imagine why Joe Public couldn't sit there. I was sat extremely close to the stage and at first thought Tiny Tim must have only been about four-years-old, but then I realised that he was an older child, perhaps with some sort of dwarfism. I have a relative that is 2 and a half years old, and I would say he was not much taller than her. I tried checking online but not much information, can someone confirm this for me? Obviously there are other Tims too. I thought he was a cracking young actor that gave a brilliant performance - he even moved my heart of stone to shed a tear at the end! The Tiny Tim I saw on Saturday liked my tweet, and having looked at his profile it would appear that he has cerebral palsy, so they seem to have deliberately cast young actors who have some kind of disability/illness |
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Post by ceebee on Nov 28, 2017 11:29:46 GMT
Tiny Tim last night was played by Grace Fincham and she was simply marvellous. Like others have mentioned before, there are some moments where you get choked up and the tears flow. The raw simplicity of staging and emotion combined with the beautiful carols and music really carry the story so well. I can't help feeling Charles Dickens would be very happy with this production. Funnily enough on the train going home, a boy sat opposite me said to his mum "look, he's been to the Old Vic". Lo and behold it was Toby Eden, who was the stand-by Tiny Tim for the performance last night and will perform on press night. He and his mum were absolutely charming company and it was lovely to spend 30 minutes chatting with them.
I'm going again on Saturday - yes, it really was that good. And I'm very happy to have paid full price for a show that is worth every single penny. God bless them, every one!
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Post by stevemar on Nov 28, 2017 11:45:55 GMT
More £5 tickets just released, codeword SCROOGE for tonight and tomorrow - I'd go again if I lived in London! Thanks Crowblack - I booked last night, and am really looking forward to it. The regular (post preview) prices are pretty steep. Hopefully the configuration of the staging will be as good as when they transformed the Old Vic for the Crucible etc a few years ago. |
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Post by David J on Nov 28, 2017 17:56:42 GMT
Booked for tomorrow (Tues) evening on the strength of the favourable comments on here. I hope you haven't all led me astray...although I wouldn't mind being led astray by some of you!!! Me too! Meet up at the theatre? My seat is onstage n60 |
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Post by wickedgrin on Nov 28, 2017 19:00:10 GMT
I am not far away - on stage L69 Hope to meet you!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 19:14:47 GMT
^ Blimey! I can’t decide whether I’m more interested in your reviews of the show or how your meeting went...  Hope you both have a great evening! (NB David’s signature!) |
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Post by wickedgrin on Nov 28, 2017 23:55:29 GMT
Oh well, this was absolutely wonderful! It even moved this old "bah humbug" Scrooge to tears several times.
A slight peeve to start. As ever with productions in the round or in this case traverse staging you do sometimes feel that you are looking at the back of heads somewhat and in the case here, sat on the stage seats, I did feel that a lot of the direction was "out front" where most of the audience were sat, but that slight quibble aside this is a truly magical and moving production. Unbearably beautiful use of bells and carols throughout and some magical effects both haunting and comic. The staging, lighting and sound is simple, effective and stunning.
Rhys Ifans gives a truly fabulous central performance - every word projected, superb diction, completely faithful to Dickens character (as is the whole production) and his redemption at the end is convincing, comical and truly joyous. His scenes with Tiny Tim (again a wonderful, show stealing performance from the person I saw) are deeply moving. Helpful note, ensure tissues are to hand!
The whole cast are exemplary as is the direction. The giving out of mince pies and satsumas as the audience arrive is a wonderful idea and the whole auditorium is filled with the smell of warm mince pies and orange!!
A wonderful evening, a real Christmas treat and runs just over 2 hours including an interval. It came down at 9.40 tonight after starting a few minutes late at 7.35pm. 5 stars - it gets the wickedgrin recommend! One of the best things I've seen this year. I could easily see it again....but from the "front" this time! But I think the tickets will be as hot as the mince pies!!!
P.S. A pleasure to meet David J who sought me out in the interval. Great to meet a board member for the first time! We had a great chat!
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Post by alexandra on Nov 29, 2017 11:26:56 GMT
I see it's recommended for age 11+. I want to take a 7 year old who's been to the theatre several times, won't be scared by people pretending to be ghosts, and knows how to behave. 11 seems very old, unless there's something really scary in it. Can anyone who's seen it say why this might be the recommendation?
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Post by ceebee on Nov 29, 2017 11:53:32 GMT
7 year old will be fine if they are used to the theatre. Box office advice is that the 11+ is rather like a PG rating at the cinema, due to supernatural inferences. Marley's ghost is the most obvious of these and is powerful rather than scary. There is nothing in this production that is scary - the power comes in the emotional cadence, and therefore some interesting questions might arise regarding life, death, redemption, forgiveness (which in my view is entirely healthy). I would say that an emotionally mature 7 year old will be fine, certainly not scared, but there are some stark and bleak casket scenes. (Apologies if this seems like an unintentional spoiler, but it's in the book!) The unbridled joy and uplift following redemption in the second half answers many of the questions that might get asked.
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Post by MrBunbury on Nov 29, 2017 12:57:32 GMT
Some £10 tickets (discounted) just released for tonight, codeword MERRY
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Post by alexandra on Nov 29, 2017 12:59:30 GMT
7 year old will be fine if they are used to the theatre. Box office advice is that the 11+ is rather like a PG rating at the cinema, due to supernatural inferences. Marley's ghost is the most obvious of these and is powerful rather than scary. There is nothing in this production that is scary - the power comes in the emotional cadence, and therefore some interesting questions might arise regarding life, death, redemption, forgiveness (which in my view is entirely healthy). I would say that an emotionally mature 7 year old will be fine, certainly not scared, but there are some stark and bleak casket scenes. (Apologies if this seems like an unintentional spoiler, but it's in the book!) The unbridled joy and uplift following redemption in the second half answers many of the questions that might get asked. Thanks, very helpful. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2017 23:58:16 GMT
The Guardian - 4* (https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/nov/29/a-christmas-carol-review-rhys-ifans-old-vic-london-jack-thorne)
The Telegraph - 3* (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/call-scrooge-version-christmas-carol-needs-less-festive-cheer/)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 6:30:07 GMT
Bit of a mean spirited review from the Telegraph, complaining about it being too festive. Dominic Cavendish might be due a late night visit from a spectral Charles Spencer.
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Post by showgirl on Nov 30, 2017 7:28:20 GMT
I had zero interest in this - didn't even visit the thread - until the great reviews (yes, apart from the Telegraph's) brought me here today. So belatedly hoping to see it, but where are people finding the discount codes, please? I realise that given the reviews, there may be no more deals, but due to some bad experiences recently with theatres changing running times drastically so having to lose my ticket money, I need to keep costs down even more than usual.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 7:45:00 GMT
The £10 codes mentioned above have been advertised on the Old Vic's twitter feed - however I suspect these were aimed at filling the place for press night so will not appear again. Todaytix has stage stalls seats for £30 for some dates and there are £40 and £20 seats on Get Into London Theatre.
Other than that there are the usual restricted view seats for £21. Be interesting to hear reports on the restricted view seats at the side of the upper circle as I suspect these offer a better view than normal due to the staging.
Suspect we are now in upwards dynamic pricing territory - the "normal" prices are eye watering - including "Premium" seats for £90 and "VIP" seats for £125!
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Post by showgirl on Nov 30, 2017 7:51:43 GMT
Thank you, @xanderl - I do follow the theatre on Twitter and was returning to edit my post to say that having looked back, I see that the codes were there; I just did too good a job of mentally filtering them out!
I've looked at the GILT option but can't see that it's offering me any discounts, which is odd - and I do have "Priceless" access.
So it's probably going to have to be Todaytix, as you say, but my spreadsheet is going to be hard to face...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 7:56:17 GMT
Just looked at GILT is offering me £60 seats for £40 or £30 seats for £20.
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Post by crowblack on Nov 30, 2017 10:41:33 GMT
it's probably going to have to be Todaytix I think the restricted view circle seats would be good here, too, if you can get one - the staging is a much better use of the Old Vic's horrible barn-like space so you're closer to the action in the horseshoe than you normally are. The traditional stall seats are probably not as good as circle or onstage. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 10:53:36 GMT
3 and 4 stars
It’s hardly the hit of the year
And unlikely to help the shift tickets at £125
Best to take the forum with a sack of salt sometimes
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Post by dani on Nov 30, 2017 11:03:07 GMT
£125? God bless us, every one!
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Post by bellboard27 on Nov 30, 2017 11:13:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 11:26:50 GMT
3 and 4 stars It’s hardly the hit of the year And unlikely to help the shift tickets at £125 Best to take the forum with a sack of salt sometimes 😂😂😂 Oh parsley, heaven bless you. You're like our very own little Ebenezer Scrooge. However I fear redemption for you may not be quite so easily won as that suggested by Dickens . . . |
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