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[Honoured Guest]

Approx. running time: 3 hours and 20 minutes including one interval

19 actors in the cast

[dude-1981]

It really, really better be good.  Getting in at 11:30 on a Monday night isn't ideal.  After Park and seeing Purple Hearts I'm very interested to see it though.  He has another new play opening this year in New York.

[itsuckstobeme]

Same here, when I booked I didn't know it was that long, otherwise would have booked the matinee. It will be way past my bedtime by the time I get home!  If I'm not enjoying it though I willl leave at the interval.

[fringefan]

itsuckstobeme, on 10 March 2013 - 08:39 PM, said:

Same here, when I booked I didn't know it was that long, otherwise would have booked the matinee. It will be way past my bedtime by the time I get home!  If I'm not enjoying it though I willl leave at the interval.

Me three!  So wishing I'd booked for a matinee performance, yet RC matinees I have booked recently have all turned out to be on the short side, some even without an interval.  Sod's Law, I suppose.

[xanderl]

I've booked a matinee and am worrying about making it across London in time for the evening performance I've booked. You can't win !

[Pharaoh's number 2]

xanderl, on 10 March 2013 - 11:30 PM, said:

I've booked a matinee and am worrying about making it across London in time for the evening performance I've booked. You can't win !

Same; I've got to be at the Almeida in the evening. Need to squeeze dinner in too.

[xanderl]

The RC will usually swap tickets for another date at no charge, so might be worth asking the box office if the running time is a problem.

[fringefan]

xanderl, on 11 March 2013 - 08:19 AM, said:

The RC will usually swap tickets for another date at no charge, so might be worth asking the box office if the running time is a problem.

I've never actually had a problem crossing London in time and dispense with dinner when out anyway, but my matinee (on the day when I have The Low Road in the evening) is at the NT, and I'm not getting into another discussion with them about being charged £2 to change a £12 ticket!  However, I will in future try to bear these costs in mind when booking tix at theatres which do charge.  The Almeida charges £1, which is better, if still something I'd rather avoid.

[Honoured Guest]

Fringefan, I'd love to hear how you travel between venues in the most cost-effective manner. Walk? Hitch? Feign a health emergency and call an ambulance?

[fringefan]

Honoured Guest, on 11 March 2013 - 12:05 PM, said:

Fringefan, I'd love to hear how you travel between venues in the most cost-effective manner. Walk? Hitch? Feign a health emergency and call an ambulance?

HG, I'm sure you're being facetious, but just in case, I use a one-day Travelcard, which for yokels from the sticks is cheaper at weekends.  Though of course that's when engineering work is at its worst and naturally I do walk if that's the best option.