Nach der Press Preview: Noch mehr Berichte, Bilder, Tweets

Ein Bericht von AgzyM über ihren London-Trip mit TH und Stage door - unnachahmlich AgzyM:

http://iwanttobeapinup.wordpress.com/2014/07/13/agzym-does-london-or-ramblings-of-a-textbook-fat-white-middle-aged-ra-fan/

Ich frage mich, warum ihre Tickets (immerhin 1. Reihe) wesentlich günstiger waren als meine.

Außerdem weiß ich nun wirklich nicht mehr, ob ich mich in die Stage Door - Schlange einreihen werde.
"My one huge regret was that neither I nor anyone within earshot actually had the time to congratulate Richard or thank him for being…well, him!
In some regards I feel like we were there in line asking yet more of him after experiencing that brilliant performance without offering as much as a Thank You, but to say that the environment wasn’t conducive to any form of verbal exchange is a staggering understatement.
The chances are, had I started speaking not only would I have not got Richard’s attention anyway, but I wouldn’t have an autograph or pic either."
Das klingt für mich nicht nach einem tollen Erlebnis. Obwohl es das für sie anscheinend (trotzdem) war.

@Bipsi: Mit den Tickets ist das so eine Sache: ich habe auch recht früh gebucht, musste trotzdem verwundert über eine Bekannte vor Ort feststellen, dass Front-Row-Plätze zuallererst um einiges günstiger verkauft wurden. Mein Ticket gehört auch zu den teureren - mit dem jetzt üblichen Preis für die Vorstellungen.

Danke, Laudine, für's Rüberholen des wirklich unterhaltsamen Berichts! Also an alle: erst knipsen, dann schreiben!

Danke, Laudine für das Posten des Berichts!

Da hat AgzyM wirklich alles richtig gemacht und ihr Bericht liest sich wirklich schön!

Am besten gefällt mir ja das hier:

My dad picked me up from the airport and as I tried to put into words all that I had experienced he said something that made me teary: Seeing how much you enjoyed yourself and how you took advantage of this opportunity, that trip to London was worth every penny!

Das ist einfach nur wundervoll, oder?

http://iwanttobeapinup.wordpress.com/2014/07/13/agzym-does-london-or-ramblings-of-a-textbook-fat-white-middle-aged-ra-fan/

Ich frage mich, warum ihre Tickets (immerhin 1. Reihe) wesentlich günstiger waren [/quote]

Die Tickets für die ersten Wochen waren günstiger!

http://iwanttobeapinup.wordpress.com/2014/07/13/agzym-does-london-or-ramblings-of-a-textbook-fat-white-middle-aged-ra-fan/

Ich frage mich, warum ihre Tickets (immerhin 1. Reihe) wesentlich günstiger waren

Die Tickets für die ersten Wochen waren günstiger!

Aber doch nicht die nach der Press-Night, oder?

Ich fand bis jetzt alle Berichte sehr gut .Dafür, das man nicht Life dabei sein kann, vermitteln einem die Berichte ein wenig das Gefühl, das Stück recht hautnah zu erleben. Und vielleicht versteht Steffi jetzt, wenn sie AgzyM Bericht gelesen hat, wie schön es ist, wenn man noch kurz RA gegenüberstehen kann und sogar noch ein Autogramm bekommt. Ein gelungener Abend.

Die Tickets für die ersten Wochen waren günstiger!

Aber doch nicht die nach der Press-Night, oder?

Eine Bekannte aus London hatte sofort bei Bekanntgabe für den 5.7. (nach der Press Night) ein Front Row-Ticket gekauft zu 50 GBP. Bei meiner Onlinebestellung Mitte April kosteten die GBP 85.
Wir haben uns gewundert - aber was tut man nicht alles für einmal RA live ...

Ist die press night nicht vorgezogen worden vom 9.7 auf den 3.7(?)? Und gibt es nicht Tickets aus verschiedenen Quellen, nicht nur über die Webseite des Old Vic?

Ist die press night nicht vorgezogen worden vom 9.7 auf den 3.7(?)? Und gibt es nicht Tickets aus verschiedenen Quellen, nicht nur über die Webseite des Old Vic?

Kann sein, dass es mit der verschobenen Press Night zusammenhing .

Ich habe gerade nochmal auf der Website vom OldVic nachgesehen. Da steht tatsächlich Preview Pricing bis 08. Juli.

http://redlibrary.tumblr.com/post/91635 ... -nights-at

And Richard… I have been waiting years for this performance. I knew he had it in him if he could get away from all the action stuff. It was utterly real and heartfelt.

If this doesn’t get him better work, i don’t know what will because he deserves to be offered the kind of roles going to hiddleston and cumberbatch not this action shit.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035514/boar ... #232096985

And then there was Richard Armitage of course lol. I thought he did a brilliant job. I had looked forward to seeing him display the great big emotions through shouting and sobbing. I don't think I expected to feel even more in awe of those moments where he is quiet. I think Peter Jacksom has it right when he says that RA has the quality of being very still and yet drawing everyone's eyes. I am so impressed with how much he managed to convey simply with the tension in his shoulders or the subtle wave or turn with his hands.

Hoffentlich wird der eine oder andere Theater- oder Filmschaffende neugierig und sieht sich dies in den nächsten zwei Monaten live an.

http://loureviews.wordpress.com/2014/07 ... ic-review/

The Crucible (Old Vic), review
By Louise Penn
Arthur Miller’s powerful play equating the hysteria of the Salem witch trials with the investigations of the McCarthy committee against Communist influences within Hollywood. Even with this in mind the unfolding plot seems eerily relevant today, in which any questioning of authority might be seen as subversive, and where the question can still be asked “is the accuser always holy?”

The Old Vic auditorium has been adapted to accommodate a production ‘in the round’, not entirely successfully – from the original old stalls seating, where I was, you look forward to the old proscenium arch and boxes which look a little forlorn now, especially as they have been draped in what look like stained dustsheets. Ahead there is temporary stalls seating, some so close to the actors they almost become part of the action, and two tiers of seating above. These seats must cost less than the ones on the other side of the stage as they are often looking at the backs of actors rather than seeing a true sense of what’s going on.

Richard Armitage has been cast in the leading role of John Proctor, a good Christian man with a pious wife (Anna Madeley) and three young boys who we never see. Their servant Mary Warren (Natalie Gavin) is close to a simpleton, easily led and susceptible to suggestion from her close friend Abigail Williams (Samantha Colley), who had previously served the Proctors and been dismissed after an illicit affair with the master of the house. As Proctor will say towards the end of the play, Abigail is ‘no child’, and it is her cunning and calculation that led to the horrendous destruction of more than twenty good souls of her village.

This is an era where witchcraft is still seriously considered as a counter to pious religious observance, where girls are seen to fly, fit and faint to order, and where outside figures of authority (the minister, Mr Hale (Adrian Schiller, who is excellent), and the judge, Danforth (Jack Ellis)) are initially welcomed but then bring fear and terror with them. There’s something about watching crowd mentality and hysteria which is underlined in this production from the opening scenes, where neighbours look at each other with suspicion and old questions about the land and the law rear their heads.

‘The Crucible’ is an intense play which is powerfully performed here, and becomes exceptionally moving towards the end. Some small, but beautiful pieces of casting bring veterans William Gaunt (as Giles) and Ann Firbank (as Rebecca Nurse) to the stage, while newcomer Colley is the epitome of jealous evil as Abigail, with her darting eyes and spittles of spite coming through in her first interaction alone with her former lover. She is a dangerous spirit who leads the other children in a spiral of fantasy which leads their friends to madness or the gallows.

Some of the playing is a little too broad for the space (Michael Thomas as Rev Parris, Harry Attwell as Putnam) but these are playing the accusers, and it is perhaps necessary to see them caught up in their own vengeance and wild excitement as they abuse power in the name of piety.

The only downside to this production if I had to pick one was the small minority in the audience who felt the need to laugh at the scenes in the court, which have to be played at a heightened level to be effective. The in the round staging does work well in these scenes – I spied a woman in the temporary stalls with her hand to her mouth looking horrified at Armitage’s ‘because it is my name’ speech and this did add something to an already unbearable experience. You watch these characters unravel before your eyes and you are helpless to help them or look away.

See this for Armitage’s extraordinary performance – he’s rarely off-stage for the mammoth three hour running time (plus interval) and although his vocal power might be a little diminished by the end, it doesn’t matter. His Proctor will surely be classed as one of the great stage performances in the future.

Der letzte Satz bringt mich zum Weinen vor Freude...

Ein Gruppenfoto von Natalie Gavins Facebookseite.

https://www.facebook.com/188663251191615/photos/pcb.732811926776742/732811633443438/?type=1&theater

[Arianna]

Oh, wie schön! Danke für's Posten, Jassy !

Noch ein paar Tweets von der gestrigen Samstagsvorstellung?

https://twitter.com/neilditt

Neil Ditte ‏@neilditt 12. Juli
The Crucible at The Old Vic was nothing short of incredible. Congrats to the whole company but particularly @Grumbletwat for a lovely perf!

https://twitter.com/waggers1245

Sophie Waghorn ‏@waggers1245 12. Juli
The Crucible was brilliant but very intense. Fantastic cast and I can see why the reviews were so good!

https://twitter.com/eknight90

Ed ‏@eknight90 10 Std.
Saw The Crucible at the Old Vic last night. Stunning and haunting. Go see it, yes?

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