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I obviously missed a notification about members ticketing opening for the NT Shed because I got an email telling me that public booking opens tomorrow.  So headed to the website and I see that Bullet Catch is already virtually sold out - got the last two gallery tickets for one of the remaining nights.

Also interesting is that members are limited to two tix for each production - I messed up and picked the wrong date for Mission Drift, and so planned to return the unused ones, but the website won't let me book two tickets for another night...  I'll have to try in my partner's name tomorrow when public booking opens.

Saw this last night in its last preview before press night tonight.  Easily the worst thing I've seen on stage for a while (although I dodged a bullet with Damned by Despair).

It's presented as a 'Play without Decor' so it's a bare stage with a few props.  It's a decent cast, led by Meera Syal and Lucian Msamati but the material they're working with is half-baked and so badly structured.  The basic thrust is about the evils of modern economics, with a nod to Cameron and a big hug to Occupy.  My problem with it is that it introduces a few mildly interesting ideas and then drops them completely.  The basic setup in the early part of the play is abandoned completely about halfway through and then never referred to again.  The words are banal and the characters unbelievable.  

Judging by this interview with the writer he probably doesn't care very much what I think: http://www.standard....n-8492682.html. I've found one positive and one negative online review from the previews, but I'm intrigued as to what others think, whether I am out of line or not.  As things stand, I'm amazed this made it to the main stage of the Royal Court.