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This year at the theatre....

Not seen anything much. Did Nutcracker at Xmas so not strictly this year, and went to see Carmen at the Festival Theatre. Planning to go to Carmen again but not till next year. A friend has never seen it and would like to so he and I will go together.

That's it. Nothing else in mind at the moment.
 
I was seeing something each month but then missed the summer sale.
Would recommend ministry of science live. Took the ftw.
 
Went to see Witness for the Prosecution last weekend with my daughter and really enjoyed it.
Have booked A Christmas Carol for December...again. I tend to take a different person each year. Christopher Ecclestone is playing Scrooge this year.
 
I have booked for me and my dad to see the stage revival of Drop The Dead Donkey early next year :cool: He's going through some health stuff atm, really hope he's well enough when it comes around.
 
Just saw The Effect (Lucy Prebble play about drug trials; revived at the National).

Very good - sharply written; great production and acting. Finishing soon though I think.
 
Going to see this soon, directed by a friend. HP Lovecraft in the medium of shadow puppets, live theremin accompaniment:

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The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath

An adventure into perhaps the most peculiar corners of even H P Lovecraft’s imagination.
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Winot said:
Just saw The Effect (Lucy Prebble play about drug trials; revived at the National).

Very good - sharply written; great production and acting. Finishing soon though I think.
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I saw it back when it was on originally with Billie Piper in it.

Was it staged the same way where the audience were inside the 'clinic' on benches and we had wristbands to show we were fellow patients?

It was an intimate setting and I was sat on one of the benches which was effectively on stage. Slightly un-nerving at times when the action was taking place less than a metre from me.

I really enjoyed it.
 
Leafster said:
I saw it back when it was on originally with Billie Piper in it.

Was it staged the same way where the audience were inside the 'clinic' on benches and we had wristbands to show we were fellow patients?

It was an intimate setting and I was sat on one of the benches which was effectively on stage. Slightly un-nerving at times when the action was taking place less than a metre from me.

I really enjoyed it.
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Not quite like that, but the audience was on both sides of the stage and very close, so it felt intimate.

Seeing Piper in that role must have been great - I gather Prebble wrote it for her. It’s apparently been subtlety updated (and now has a race element which works well).
 
Heathers: The Musical, a touring production at the New Wimbledon Theatre. Great fun, with an impressive cast who really gave it everything.
 
Have not really hit back in to the swing of regular theatre visits, although enjoyed The Third Man (musical version) at the Menier chocolate factory recently.

Went to see Back to the Future the musical with the grand kids yesterday. Can’t say I particularly enjoyed it, and there was a leg room problem with my dodgy knees and back, but the kids loved it. They rewatched the film the day before, so were perfectly placed to criticise the show for things that were changed (no Libyan terrorists, for example)

Tonight, I’m off to see Pygmalion at the Old Vic.

So perhaps I’m getting back in to going to the theatre. Although I can’t really afford it so readily now I’m unemployed.
 
I've signed up for presale of Mean Girls musical tickets. That'll be my daughter's Christmas present sorted. 🤞
 
I went to see The Little Prince at our local Tower Theatre, excellent performances from all the cast.
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I had never read the book although I had heard of it. I didn't read the plot before I went but I did read up about the author Antoine de Saint Exupery - what an interesting life and I could see the personal connections to the story he wrote.
 
Booked for the first visit of the year

The wonderful Emma Rice is doing another Michael Powell adaptation (well, maybe), this time it's of the old classic, Bluebeard. What does he keep hidden behind those doors?

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Blue Beard - HOME

Emma Rice brings her own brand of theatrical wonder to this most beguiling and disturbing of tales with Wise Children's Blue Beard.
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We're off on the 17th, and it's touring all around ten

About the show​


Blue Beard the Magician makes hearts flutter and pupils dilate. With a wink, a stroke and a flick - things just seem to vanish. Cards, coins, scarves… and women.

Puff! Gone. Without a trace.

He meets his match when his young bride discovers his dark and murderous secret. She summons all her rage, all her smarts and all her sisters to bring the curtain down on his tyrannous reign.

Emma Rice brings her own brand of theatrical wonder to this most beguiling and disturbing of tales. With her signature sleight of hand, Blue Beard explores curiosity and consent, violence and vengeance - all through an intoxicating lens of music, wit and tender truth.

TOUR DATES & VENUES​

UK TOUR 2024

Theatre Royal Bath – 2nd February – 10th February
Home Manchester – 13th February – 24th February
York Theatre Royal – 27th February – 9th March
The Lyceum Edinburgh – 12th March – 30th March
Birmingham Rep – 9th April – 20th April
Battersea Arts Centre – 23rd April – 18th May
 
May Kasahara said:
I went to see Cabaret last night. It was every bit as good as people have said - brilliantly staged, and quite chilling. Have been thinking about it all day.
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would love to see that ... can i ask where you sat? im wondering if its worth it with the cheap seats
 
Saw The Witches at the National Theatre on Saturday night. Musical reworking of the Roald Dahl story by Lucy Kirkwood.

A lot of fun and highly recommended for children (and adults) 8+.
 
Winot said:
Saw The Witches at the National Theatre on Saturday night. Musical reworking of the Roald Dahl story by Lucy Kirkwood.

A lot of fun and highly recommended for children (and adults) 8+.
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I went with my 8 year old. It was great. She can't stop saying the line "Children are arseholes. I hate them all."
 
May Kasahara said:
I have booked for me and my dad to see the stage revival of Drop The Dead Donkey early next year :cool: He's going through some health stuff atm, really hope he's well enough when it comes around.
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We made it to this last night, and it was excellent. Cast clearly having a ball, very funny script and seamlessly continuous with the series, and for an extra bonus Andy Hamilton himself was sat a few rows behind us! My dad and I had a little fan moment like proper comedy nerds :D
 
May Kasahara said:
We made it to this last night, and it was excellent. Cast clearly having a ball, very funny script and seamlessly continuous with the series, and for an extra bonus Andy Hamilton himself was sat a few rows behind us! My dad and I had a little fan moment like proper comedy nerds :D
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Holy shit, it's actually the original cast! :eek: :D

I wonder if that'd be enough to tempt my dad to travel all the way over to Richmond..? :hmm:
 
ska invita said:
would love to see that ... can i ask where you sat? im wondering if its worth it with the cheap seats
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I’m just back from it. We paid £150 each for two really good seats. And it was the most disappointing night I’ve ever had at the theatre.

Despite it being double the cost of any other night, the three main roles were all played by understudies. Only one of whom could act. The theatre itself was amazing and the staging very striking. But I thought the direction was poor, there was just no menace about the show. I wasn’t impressed by the other three main supporting actors either. There are some nice touches but, as someone who has seen Cabaret multiple times in multiple versions, this was actually the least impressive.

I might well have thought differently if I’d only paid £20/30 quid though.
 
That's a shame. When I went to see it there was an understudy for Jessie Buckly but she was brilliant and I had no complaints.
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would love to see that ... can i ask where you sat? im wondering if its worth it with the cheap seats
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I was in the cheap seats, so circle type thing and didn't have any issues. You are as immersed but can see everything clearly. In fact as you have an overview can see more of the stuff going on at the edges.
 
Winot said:
Just saw The Effect (Lucy Prebble play about drug trials; revived at the National).

Very good - sharply written; great production and acting. Finishing soon though I think.
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I saw this.

It was good in a lot of ways but undermined by being fundamentally implausible. Seemingly written by someone with no idea of how medical trials are carried out. So the entire plot was rather silly.
 
Winot said:
Saw The Witches at the National Theatre on Saturday night. Musical reworking of the Roald Dahl story by Lucy Kirkwood.

A lot of fun and highly recommended for children (and adults) 8+.
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We saw it nearly twice when we were up in November. The
the spinning hotel door set broke
and they couldn't remove it so they kicked us all out early. Luckily we were up for a few days so got free tickets to see it again.
 
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