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On Thursday (27 Mar 2008) night Whatsontage.com hosted a sold out Outing to see Howard Brenton’s powerful new political drama Never So Good, starring Jeremy Irons as former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. 150 Theatregoers joined us for a free drink and top price seats to see this world premiere at the National Theatre. With so many of us in attendance we were encouraged to pre-order our drinks for the interval and it was a good thing we did as the sell out performance’s audience filled the bar while Whatsonstage Theatregoers simply picked up their drinks and took the opportunity to mingle and discuss the show.

Following last nights press night and the fantastic reviews that it yielded there was a long returns queue so Whatsonstage felt very smug to have such hot tickets. According to our sources the entire run looks like it will be sold out by next week so this was a great opportunity for us to catch this great critical success. This is also a National Theatre debut for Jeremy Irons and all of our Theatregoers were in high spirits as the performance got underway.

Despite some heart stopping explosive moments all of our Theatregoers made it through the show and had nothing but praise for the production. After the show everyone was invited to a post show Q&A at which we were thrilled to be joined by Jeremy Irons and Howard Brenton. They were happy to answer audience questions and to discuss issues including how to condense a life into a three hour play, how the writing compliments the acting and how this play gives a sensitive look at a prime minister who was often felt to be old fashioned in his own time.

On behalf of all the Whatsonstage Theatregoers we would like to thank the National Theatre and all its staff for giving us such a great opportunity to hear the views and pose our questions to two such respected artists.

Look out for edited highlights of the Q&A to be posted in the news section shortly. You can add your own comments about this event either here or in the main Discussion Forum.

http://www.whatsonstage.com/board/index.php

You can also post your verdict on Never So Good to our User Reviews for the show:

http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=206&action=users&show=L413640841

- Kate Jackson (Sales & Marketing)

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