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Post by Latecomer on Jun 15, 2019 23:09:24 GMT
This is my very first post. I've been reading the forum for some time now, so just as well I registered now.  I want to see Sweat in Gielgud and I am looking at the cheapest seats. Which is the best option for this production, the very back of the stalls or the side slips in Dress? I've been reading comments on seatplan.com but I still cannot make up my mind. The slips are better for seeing the actors expressions which is always better for plays but am I going to miss parts of the play? Also, am I going to annoy people behind me - it seems that I will have no option but keep leaning forward constantly? Finally, which side of the slips is best for this specific production? My final option is to get a day seat, I work just around the corner and I could pop out at 10.30 am. I don't suppose the day seat queue is that competitive for this play? Thanks They are selling 2nd row stalls seats for £27.25 on Delfont Macintosh site......sat there today and great view. Stage nice and low. Some available for the odd date throughout the run....I am not sure if row A are dayseats but those would also be great! Loved the play...clever...and thought acting and production was excellent. |
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Post by edi on Jun 16, 2019 6:49:12 GMT
[ Thank you Latecomer, I had a look and there are still some row b tickets available for later dates. The issue is that my other half has a very unpredictable work pattern and I prefer buying tickets at short notice. I will keep an eye on them. ☺ Is there a specific side I should choose should I go ahead with the side slips? quote author=" Latecomer" source="/post/294979/thread" timestamp="1560640164"] This is my very first post. I've been reading the forum for some time now, so just as well I registered now. I want to see Sweat in Gielgud and I am looking at the cheapest seats. Which is the best option for this production, the very back of the stalls or the side slips in Dress? I've been reading comments on seatplan.com but I still cannot make up my mind. The slips are better for seeing the actors expressions which is always better for plays but am I going to miss parts of the play? Also, am I going to annoy people behind me - it seems that I will have no option but keep leaning forward constantly? Finally, which side of the slips is best for this specific production? My final option is to get a day seat, I work just around the corner and I could pop out at 10.30 am. I don't suppose the day seat queue is that competitive for this play? Thanks They are selling 2nd row stalls seats for £27.25 on Delfont Macintosh site......sat there today and great view. Stage nice and low. Some available for the odd date throughout the run....I am not sure if row A are dayseats but those would also be great! Loved the play...clever...and thought acting and production was excellent. [/quote] |
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Post by Latecomer on Jun 16, 2019 8:03:00 GMT
Either side is fine! Enjoy! And i forgot to say welcome to the board! |
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Post by edi on Jun 16, 2019 10:04:09 GMT
Either side is fine! Enjoy! And i forgot to say welcome to the board! Thank you so much for your help. I got A32 and A33 circle slips for tomorrow. I plucked up the courage as I got a good offer and the other side was taken off the offer as I was thinking it over and over. This will be my first restricted view experience. Looking forward to it very much. |
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Post by Snciole on Jun 17, 2019 18:51:57 GMT
I really enjoyed this. After a slow start I was mesmerized. Great performances, great to see a work by a woman of colour that looks at race but isn't dominated by it. Such amazing casting as well. I got how they all ended up in that position as working-class peopleand the pre-Bush era setting felt like a bold choice but was perfect.
The mill seemed like such an opportunity because it was the only opportunity they had. When it is taken away you feel the emptiness
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Post by Oleanna on Jun 20, 2019 13:30:48 GMT
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Post by Rory on Jun 20, 2019 22:23:31 GMT
All I can say is go, go, go. It's so rich in so many ways. The cast is superb. I was in Row B of the stalls. Absolute bargain for £27.
It was fairly full but as it's only on for six weeks it deserves to be packed out.
West End matinee audiences are something else. One elderly gent nearly went bonkers at the cloakroom guy when he was asked to leave his credit card as security for his hearing loop. A stiffly worded missive to Sir Cameron may well be on its way.
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Post by edi on Jun 21, 2019 7:23:03 GMT
I enjoyed this strong play very much. I found it quite resonant to the situation in the UK. The plight of Oscar especially touched me. Being eastern European I always felt I had to work extra hard for lower rates and I wasn't quite accepted but it was very covert until brexit came.
The underlying and complex racism in the story is very well portrayed and it shows the different layers of racism very poignantly.
I didn't like the ending though. 2 people out of 4 in that end scene were unrealistic.
Circle slip seats were brilliant. Maybe the fact we had all 4 seats to ourselves helped as we could move freely but the view was excellent.
A must see in my opinion
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Post by Latecomer on Jun 21, 2019 7:38:43 GMT
I enjoyed this strong play very much. I found it quite resonant to the situation in the UK. The plight of Oscar especially touched me. Being eastern European I always felt I had to work extra hard for lower rates and I wasn't quite accepted but it was very covert until brexit came. The underlying and complex racism in the story is very well portrayed and it shows the different layers of racism very poignantly. I didn't like the ending though. 2 people out of 4 in that end scene were unrealistic. Circle slip seats were brilliant. Maybe the fact we had all 4 seats to ourselves helped as we could move freely but the view was excellent. A must see in my opinion So glad you got to see it and enjoyed it!Thank you for posting what you thought about it. I am so sorry that you encounter this sort of racism in real life...our society is very good at pitting poor groups against each other....it’s so easy (and lazy) to say “why has that newcomer got that house/job I wanted” when the real question should be “why can’t we all have a good level of basic life instead of the rich getting richer leaving behind the poor”. |
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Post by londonpostie on Jun 21, 2019 14:14:02 GMT
I looked for what was on offer on my day off next week and they had T15 in the Stalls for £20 - what can you do! After the comments on here, looking forward to it |
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Post by Dr Tom on Jun 26, 2019 8:06:06 GMT
I booked for this having totally forgotten I'd already seen it in New York.
Anyway, the Row B Stalls seat are excellent value for the price, with a clear view. There seem to be lots of offers around if you prefer sitting somewhere else, but it was decently full last night.
Good performances all around and I found this version more engaging than the New York equivalent. Maybe the timing is just better as the themes tie in well with more recent developments within the UK.
It ran quite a bit longer than the advertised time last night, going to around 2 hours 35 minutes, so do bear that in mind if you're making travel arrangements.
Worth seeing during its limited run if you get the chance.
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Post by londonpostie on Jun 26, 2019 17:47:35 GMT
I was there last night, as well. Def the time of year for last-minute bargains, and there were spaces.
As for the work; without being over-burdened with story it's a study of working class America somewhere on the timeline from the origins of populism (arguably the early 1980s) to Trump's election - here we were around the Millennium. The landscape is well populated, the characters and themes are appropriately painted. I would probably have felt a little disappointed at the lack of ideas except, in the end, what quietly but strongly emerges is the seemingly helpless reality and utter sh*tshow of life in those 'left behind/out' communities. Themes were sometimes troweled on but the strand of working class set against working class was well made.
Incidentally, my mind wandered at one point and I could absolutely see Girl From the North Country in this 110-year old, still original theatre. Lovely indeed.
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Post by peggs on Jul 2, 2019 20:11:54 GMT
This was a bit pick your jaw off the floor, thought it was powerful, beautifully written, acted and directed and the final scene took me quite by surprise. Grim and gloomy is usually my bag so this was just right for me. It felt very real, that these were actual people saying things real people say. It had that authenticity when you're frustrated by how people are acting and at the same time you understand why they are. Didn't see it as the Donmar as wasn't very fussed and then finally persuaded by the reviews on here and the fact that I knew someone backstage working on it, it was wonderful to see something like this and be able to say just how good it was to someone involved. This is the kind of thing that reinforces when I love going to the theatre.
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Post by Rory on Jul 2, 2019 20:43:04 GMT
Totally agree with you peggs. It's a wonderful production in every respect. |
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Post by Mark on Jul 10, 2019 6:52:17 GMT
Made a return visit last night after loving it at the Donmar and it was every bit as good. Took my mum too who hasn’t seen many plays and she loved it. Interesting to see it all play out knowing the conclusion this time.
Not full by any means but a very engaged audience.
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Post by Rory on Jul 10, 2019 7:26:44 GMT
Why on earth isn't it full? It should be.
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Post by Mark on Jul 10, 2019 9:48:35 GMT
Why on earth isn't it full? It should be. Odd time of year I think. London is busy but lots of shows struggling to fill up (Adrian Mole was the same). |
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Post by Rory on Jul 10, 2019 11:33:15 GMT
Yes, Sweat was more affordable than most (my 2nd row ticket cost £27.50) but I think the chickens may now be coming home to roost regarding West End pricing. It's just far too expensive now.
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Post by londonpostie on Jul 10, 2019 13:22:13 GMT
and also a lot of people have seen this now - the Donmar plus Guilgud - and it is closing in under two weeks. Doesn't necessarily look like it but there are 950 seats at the Guilgud ..
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Jul 20, 2019 21:31:17 GMT
Loved this just as much as Rosmersholm today. Two very different plays but both well acted with very affecting moments. The fight scene at the end was surprisingly brutal and visceral and flawlessly executed which was great since I usually find stage fighting to feel a little anti-climactic.
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Post by TallPaul on Jul 22, 2019 14:00:21 GMT
I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times, in my entire life, that I've stage doored, yet I found myself lurking outside the Gielgud Theatre on a lovely sunny afternoon.
In my head I'd worked out exactly what I was going to say to Martha Plimpton, but when the time came, nerves got the better of me, and all I managed to blurt out was, "Would you mind?" Little did I know, watching Running on Empty all those years ago, that I would one day be asking one of the stars for her autograph.
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