Breakfast At Tiffanys

Breakfast At Tiffanys Please tell me it isn't as bad as the reviews say...

#1 Yvette Price-Mear

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Posted 01 October 2009 - 08:49 PM

I've arranged a trip to London on 14th October as I want to be there for the last hour of Antony Gormley's 'One & Other' project on the 4th Plinth in Trafalgar Square - I was a 'Plinthian' on 19th July.

To make my trip even more memorable I've forked out fifty five quid for a ticket to see Breakfast at Tiffanys.

Having read the reviews;

http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatr...iffany%27s.html

I think I could have saved my money & bought it from the half-price ticket booth after all!

Has anyone seen it please?

Surely, ANYTHING with James Drefuss in is bound to be super?

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Posted 02 October 2009 - 12:38 PM

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Posted 02 October 2009 - 07:36 PM

All the reviews I saw were one and two stars too. On the positive side the set, which I saw on Theatreland, looks fantastic, so at least that's one good thing...

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Posted 03 October 2009 - 09:07 PM

QUOTE(Yvette Price-Mear @ Oct 1 2009, 08:49 PM)

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Posted 03 October 2009 - 09:19 PM

Hi

I saw the play Friday night, my ticket from the half price ticket booth, third row upper circle

It is not the best play I have never seen, but I really did want to stay to the very end to she what happened to her. I would see it again if I could sit closer to the front.

Her wigs are truly awful, does she not have black hair on the posters on the outside of the theatre? She wears a black dress with huge pink bow at the back of it, it makes her look like a clown. I thought her American accent was poor-but that may be because I was a bit too far away.

The rest of the cast were good, the cat never put a paw wrong, the nude scenes were ok, the lighting made her look pale. it was interesting to note it was both the men and women in the upp
er circle who leand closer during the nude scenes.

Of the two shows that I saw, the other was Dirty Dancing, I liked Breakfast the best.

I know want to go and read the book

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Posted 03 October 2009 - 09:33 PM

QUOTE(Guest @ Oct 3 2009, 09:19 PM)

Her wigs are truly awful, does she not have black hair on the posters on the outside of the theatre? She wears a black dress with huge pink bow at the back of it, it makes her look like a clown. I thought her American accent was poor-but that may be because I was a bit too far away.

I thought it was strange that they put her on the poster with dark hair and then in the show she wears a blonde wig (which unlike the film is true to the character in the book).

I haven't seen the play but Anna Friel's American accent was very good in Pushing Daisies so I would've expected it to be decent.

I was looking forward to going to see this at Christmas but have been a bit put off by the reviews.

Also should this topic be in the "plays" forum instead of "musicals" ?

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Posted 03 October 2009 - 09:42 PM

QUOTE(xKatex @ Oct 3 2009, 10:33 PM)

Also should this topic be in the "plays" forum instead of "musicals" ?

Yes. And now it is.

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Posted 03 October 2009 - 10:34 PM

QUOTE(xKatex @ Oct 3 2009, 10:33 PM)

should this topic be in the "plays" forum instead of "musicals" ?

Plus there's already a thread for it

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#9 Yvette Price-Mear

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Posted 05 October 2009 - 12:17 PM

Hi Yvette,

Look up the Telegraph review (I think). That was a 4-star review. Admittedly though, all other main reviews seem to be 1s and 2s. (no jokes here please!). It doesn't seem to be a TOTAL disaster but the general consensus seems to be it's not brilliant. But then again some on here have enjoyed it....

Btw, what did you do as a Plinthian? I watched the Plinth on my recent visit to London and found it fascinating. Kept taking detours so we could pass through Trafalgar Square! Were you featured on the Sky Arts weekly Plinth round-up?

Jonnyboy

Sorry Jonnyboy, I'm not ignoring you - I've been away. We went to Hull Truck Theatre on Saturday to see 'Pub Quiz is Life' with the iconic Actor Adrian Hood who then very kindly took us on a guided tour around the new Theatre, what a treat.

I was on the Plinth on 19th July - the day after we had tickets to see Michael Jackson at the O2Arena, bless him.

I suffer from vertigo so just standing up there I felt like I'd conquered Everest.

I founded a Registered Charity in 1993 (see www.yvettesbook.com) so to raise awareness / funds for it I carried a large plastic duck (my nickname in the community is 'Mrs Hook-a-Duck') and sold the small plastic ducks that I also had up there for £5 each.

I've made £505 so far.

My hour was thus; http://www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Yvette but I doubt that you'll ever be bored enough to look at it!

As I stood there people texted me and I read their messages of support / terrible jokes out and they donated £5 for each one.

I'm afraid I wasn't featured on the Sky Arts programme - my son's picture was on it though.

http://www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/Deev_Roth Deev was much more interesting.

He's doing BA in Film Production at the University of Creative Arts. He went up and got changed on the Plinth - into 'The Joker' costume from the new Batman Film and put the full make-up on and played the Banjo.

We both agreed that it was an incredible experience and we felt so fortunate to be chosen.

Thank you to everyone for the comments about the Play - not musical, my fault, I thought it was.

I'll sit there clutching the ticket I paid £55 for beside people who paid fifteen quid from the Half Price Ticket Booth and weep silently...

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Posted 05 October 2009 - 02:42 PM

QUOTE(Yvette Price-Mear @ Oct 5 2009, 01:17 PM)

I'll sit there clutching the ticket I paid £55 for beside people who paid fifteen quid from the Half Price Ticket Booth and weep silently...

It's happened to us all - there's been two plays I have seen this year that I paid full price for when I could have grabbed a ticket from TKTS on the day. I thought they'd be more popular and needed the specific dates. C'est la vie. Then again I'm glad I've pre-booked for one that's coming up, because there are no decent seats in the stalls left now, and I'm going at the end of November - so no gaurantee it won't sell out before then.

If it makes you feel better, they'd have paid at least £30 for their tickets, even from TKTS. It's getting pricier to see something in the West End even at half price....

Edit: Actually, £27.75 from TKTS. I'm guessing you ordered from Ticketmaster or another agent with extortionate fees?