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Post by mrnutz on Feb 13, 2023 18:21:04 GMT
There was a play at the NT maybe it was called The Kitchen? Fully functioning restaurant kitchen on stage. It was ‘Network’, starring Bryan Cranston at the Lyttleton Theatre, in 2017/18. Director was Ivo Van Hove. Tickets to sit on stage were ballotted - luckily we got two tickets and a meal onstage. It was excellent! “The play also features a live onstage television studio and an onstage restaurant titled Foodwork, where audience members can enjoy a three-course meal while watching the play”. I did this too - it was fantastic! |
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Post by alece10 on Feb 13, 2023 18:30:45 GMT
There was a play at the NT maybe it was called The Kitchen? Fully functioning restaurant kitchen on stage. It was ‘Network’, starring Bryan Cranston at the Lyttleton Theatre, in 2017/18. Director was Ivo Van Hove. Tickets to sit on stage were ballotted - luckily we got two tickets and a meal onstage. It was excellent! “The play also features a live onstage television studio and an onstage restaurant titled Foodwork, where audience members can enjoy a three-course meal while watching the play”. That's a different play. This was called "The Kitchen" and was at the NT in 2011. |
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Post by Dave B on Feb 14, 2023 13:47:05 GMT
I don't know if there always were but there are £7.50 standing tickets on sale now. Never stood in this theatre myself but might interest someone.
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Post by LaLuPone on Feb 19, 2023 22:52:18 GMT
No one on here seen this yet? I’m going on Thursday so will report back!  |
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Post by theatreian on Feb 19, 2023 23:00:29 GMT
No one on here seen this yet? I was wondering the same. Sure Sheridan will be great in this. Have a great time. |
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Post by alece10 on Feb 20, 2023 1:17:20 GMT
I've seen some reports on a FB fan page and people who have seen it loved it. But, of course, these are fans so probably a bit of a biased view.
I'm sure she is excellent I it, the play seems right up her street and can't wait to hear what board members think. I'm not going until towards the end of the run.
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 20, 2023 11:40:34 GMT
I had friends who went to the first show and said it's like it was written for her...
She's a terrific actress first and foremost, so I can't wait to see it.
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Post by distantcousin on Feb 21, 2023 9:57:20 GMT
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Post by ladidah on Feb 21, 2023 15:36:45 GMT
Yes, more 2000s
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Post by ladidah on Feb 22, 2023 8:45:28 GMT
That's not great, there must be a better option
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Post by theatremiss on Feb 22, 2023 19:57:42 GMT
Anyone know if there is an alternate night? I can’t put myself through Smith
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 23, 2023 0:44:13 GMT
That's not great, there must be a better option She worse a flesh coloured sheer bodystocking when she was in a funny Girl which worked up to a point. The seams were visible from the front stalls though. |
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Post by marob on Feb 23, 2023 7:18:48 GMT
That's not great, there must be a better option She worse a flesh coloured sheer bodystocking when she was in a funny Girl which worked up to a point. The seams were visible from the front stalls though. I saw that at the Menier and they didn’t bother covering them at all there. |
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Post by alece10 on Feb 23, 2023 9:24:58 GMT
I saw something on social media last night that said "many performances already sold out" so thought I'd put it to the test. Checked quite a few random dates and looks like the claim is true. Most of the dates I checked had very limited availability. So whatever people's views are about Sheridan you can't deny that she sells seats.
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Post by ladidah on Feb 23, 2023 10:55:47 GMT
I think people are keen for a fun, upbeat show (I presume!)
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Post by Steve on Feb 24, 2023 16:23:29 GMT
Saw this last night and absolutely LOVED it! Sheridan Smith is so funny, so relatable and so moving, it's an event! One of the best one person shows I've seen, doing for comedy what Jodie Comer did for drama. Some spoilers follow. . . This works as drama too, of course, it works as comedy, it never flags, and it is incredibly entertaining. In my opinion, Shirley Valentine is the part that nobody in the world could play better than Sheridan Smith. Like in "Flare Path," she gets desperately vulnerable; like in "Legally Blonde," she is brightly exuberantly relatable; like in "Funny Girl," she fires off lines like comic bullets. I found myself belly laughing at all of life's absurdities that Willy Russell so poignantly and hilariously writes about. Smith is 4 months shy of the 42 years of age that Russell specifies for Shirley Valentine in the play, closer than Pauline Collins or Meera Syal were when they played the part. If you see the show at the end of the run, she'll be almost the exact age to the month lol. She's the part in every other way, from the wit to the self-doubt to the fierce determination. She's every other part too, as Smith is a marvellous mimic, capturing accents of people and also their attitudes. A well captured accent can be funny, but a well captured attitude is funnier, and combined, it's laughs squared. When you add in Smith's ability to instantly react to the voices and attitudes in all of Shirley's relatable blundering vivaciousness, it's laughs cubed. This is one of the shows of the year, for me. I want to see it again, and I went ahead and booked a cheap seat for June lol. (At last night's show, I splashed out for a Row E premium-adjacent £55 stalls seat, but I can't spare that much again lol). 5 stars from me, without question. |
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Post by JJShaw on Feb 24, 2023 22:53:38 GMT
I saw it tonight and loved it! A wonderfully funny little play and Sheridan is absolutely perfect, she just shines and lights up on stage. She looked so comfortable and made the performance look effortless.
I had a standing ticket, view is fantastic (you’re actually closer than the two bench rows (can't remember the letters of them) I would suggest to stand auditorium right, which was the side I was on, as I think it was staged ever so slightly toward that side.
Light, fun, just delightful! Usher told us 1hr 5 act 1 and 35 mins act 2. I think it was roughly that but we did start late. The 'Prosecco huns' were out in full force, and actually two almost-latecomers drunkenly stumbled in to the centre seats (of course!) but after about 15 mins excused themselves and didn't come back. Quite a bit of rustling for about 10 minutes but id say on the whole it wasnt too bad.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 25, 2023 9:20:17 GMT
Anyone know when press night is? Can't find anything kn t'internet.
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Post by Dave B on Feb 25, 2023 9:46:18 GMT
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 25, 2023 14:03:44 GMT
Poll added. Go smash some plates!!!
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Post by gmoneyoutlaw on Feb 26, 2023 16:30:31 GMT
Poll added. Go smash some plates!!! This was the first time I could vote! Thanks. |
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Post by mkb on Feb 27, 2023 23:16:48 GMT
My fourth production of Shirley Valentine, and the best so far.
While Sheridan Smith gets through the material more rapidly than previous actresses, it never feels rushed. The juxtaposition of comedy and pathos is beautifully written and brilliantly delivered.
I have never felt quite so involved before in Shirley Bradshaw's three-act conversation with the fourth wall; here, I felt like a valued confidant. It was hard to remember I was watching a performance and not listening to the outpourings of a real person, a person lost and trying to find herself. That's surely a stage of life we all experience at least once and can relate to. We settle for the routine and the mundane, in life and in relationships, and give up on our youthful hopes and dreams. As Peggy Lee once rued in the deathbed lament -- is that all there is? Instead, Shirley teaches us to be alive.
Five stars.
Acts 1 & 2: 19:33-20:36
Act 3: 20:57-21:32
Footnotes:
The Duke of York's must have the ugliest safety curtain ever. It looks like a giant square ironing board cover. Has it always been so?
ATG should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves with the programmes their venues have been putting out lately. This one was devoid of any content other than a cast list, biogs and some rehearsal pics, all for the prepay price of £5.50, which is apparently a discount on the walk-up cost.
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 27, 2023 23:40:56 GMT
I thought Sheridan was terrific in this - it felt like they'd written it for her.
I thought the production looked unbelievably cheap, tacky and like it had cost £10.
She deserved a better production alongside just how good she was.
Stood for £7.50 and that's generally a better and more comfortable view that most of the seats in the upper circle!
PS: Duke of Yorks is absolutely awful as a venue - corridors are an inch wide, tiny foyer space, loos are basically impossible to get into, just generally a terrible venue
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Post by marob on Feb 28, 2023 0:09:50 GMT
ATG should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves with the programmes their venues have been putting out lately. This one was devoid of any content other than a cast list, biogs and some rehearsal pics, all for the prepay price of £5.50, which is apparently a discount on the walk-up cost. It’s a bit off topic, but yeah they’re really bad lately. The one for The King and I tour is just bios. No rehearsal shots or context, not even a song list. Just bios. |
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Post by A.Ham on Feb 28, 2023 11:28:38 GMT
Based on everyone’s enthusiasm on here, I’ve just booked to see this on Saturday night - a two show day now with Sylvia in the afternoon and SV in the evening - very much looking forward to it.
For those in search of decent tickets, ATG have just released what I assume are usually house seats (stalls row G/dress circle row B) for this week’s performances - tonight through to Sat eve, minus tomorrow’s press night. They’re all at £95 but by seeing it on the same day as Sylvia I’ve justified it to myself based on saving on the travel cost involved if I’d ended up going on a different date!
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