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**Posted by gently69** July 7, 2014 8:49 pm

Oh , Titania, I'm disappointed.

**Posted by Titania** July 7, 2014 9:02 pm

i'm a lazy lazy and procrastinating girl.....no qualities to save myself
but i will go against my lazy nature to book tickets at the earliest oportunity ^^

**Posted by SusiGo** July 8, 2014 7:58 am

Btw: How do we feel about this?

“What if we could use sound to modulate and expand and contract the space of the Barbican? His soliloquy could fill the whole theatre. What if you felt like you were in his head?”

I hope they know what they are doing. Could be dangerous.

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**Posted by gently69** July 8, 2014 8:25 am

THUD
I would get anything of the play. From where is it, Susi?

**Posted by SusiGo** July 8, 2014 8:30 am

It is from the article I linked yesterday. Should be on the previous page.

**Posted by gently69** July 8, 2014 8:33 am

Ah yes, about the production design ... that makes sense.

**Posted by MartaSt** July 8, 2014 8:48 am

SusiGo wrote:
Btw: How do we feel about this?

“What if we could use sound to modulate and expand and contract the space of the Barbican? His soliloquy could fill the whole theatre. What if you felt like you were in his head?”

I hope they know what they are doing. Could be dangerous.

That sounds amazing. I really hope I will be able to see this

**Posted by SolarSystem** July 8, 2014 8:51 am

SusiGo wrote:
Btw: How do we feel about this?

“What if we could use sound to modulate and expand and contract the space of the Barbican? His soliloquy could fill the whole theatre. What if you felt like you were in his head?”

I hope they know what they are doing. Could be dangerous.

When I read that yesterday, I immediately thought: Okay, something like this would be great for the soliloquy, but apart from that I really, really want what I would call a real theatre experience. No huge sound effects - and especially no sound effects on the voices of the actors, please.

**Posted by diva** July 8, 2014 10:11 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Here is an article about Es Devlin, the production designer of this production. Two short mentions of "Hamlet" and lots of interesting information about her style. I am getting more and more excited.

http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/features/matthew-sweet/profile-es-devlin?page=full

Very interesting article, thank you for the link. I only had a quick glance and need more time to read it properly, but the following bit grabbed my attention immadiately:

"Great-uncle Christopher’s essay “Hamlet’s Divinity” will soon be on Benedict Cumberbatch’s reading list: she and Lyndsey Turner, also raised a Catholic, want their new production to have a purgatorial air."

**Posted by miriel68** July 9, 2014 8:31 am

Es Devlin! Wow, I am impressed and so, so happy about it.

**Posted by besleybean** July 9, 2014 7:23 pm

Don't put me off!

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** July 19, 2014 1:56 am

Probably being lazy but has any other actors been mentioned other than Benedict?

I'm wondering what kind of play it will be... I once saw an amazing version of it (actually it was part of what made Hamlet a favourite of mine). This version was playing by two actors and a few props... Ofelia was 'playing' by a red scarf that the actor playing Hamlet lovingly threw around...

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**Posted by SusiGo** July 28, 2014 12:17 pm

The ticket prices are online:

http://hamlet.barbican.org.uk

**Posted by SolarSystem** July 28, 2014 12:23 pm

Not as bad as I thought it would be.

**Posted by SusiGo** July 28, 2014 12:24 pm

No. And the idea with the 100 tickets for 10 pounds is quite generous.

**Posted by gently69** July 28, 2014 12:28 pm

Yeah, an offer that surprises me.

**Posted by SolarSystem** July 28, 2014 12:29 pm

It is.
It does make sense to read all the information about the online booking process.

**Posted by SusiGo** July 28, 2014 12:50 pm

So they are doing six evening performances from Monday to Saturday, and he will have Sunday off to recover from doing two in a row on Saturdays, correct?

**Posted by gently69** July 28, 2014 12:51 pm

Yes, that's how I understood it as well.

**Posted by rebeccaholmes** July 28, 2014 3:49 pm

Some more information- Premium seats, which are priced at £85 Monday-Thursday, £95 Friday-Saturday, are just seats that the Barbican see as their "best seats". Mainly situated in the centre of the theatre.

No extras, just extra money for a central view.