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Sept 9, 2018 17:08:55 GMT
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Post by learfan on Sept 9, 2018 17:08:55 GMT
She ticks a lot of boxes, worked in both rsc houses, non shakespearean work, female woman, Swedish heritage, young. How does being Swedish tick a box? Is there a requirement for the AD of the RSC to be from Scandinavia? Clearly not. I don’t care where she comes from. I don’t like her work. Easy! Just that it brings that international angle that i imagine boards will like.
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Sept 9, 2018 17:10:34 GMT
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Post by learfan on Sept 9, 2018 17:10:34 GMT
She ticks a lot of boxes, worked in both rsc houses, non shakespearean work, female woman, Swedish heritage, young. Female woman. Doubly qualified then. Although I think she's a weak Shakespeare director she may be brilliant as an AD where the main requirement is to employ and develop other talent. Not sure thats the main requirement, programming the seasons must come fairly high?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 9, 2018 19:05:29 GMT
She has done better work than Erica Whyman. Is that the criterion for becoming the AD of the RSC? Well it should mean that a lacklustre Assistant doesn't get promoted to be an even more lacklustre AD
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Sept 9, 2018 19:41:00 GMT
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Post by Jan on Sept 9, 2018 19:41:00 GMT
She ticks a lot of boxes, worked in both rsc houses, non shakespearean work, female woman, Swedish heritage, young. How does being Swedish tick a box? Is there a requirement for the AD of the RSC to be from Scandinavia? Clearly not. I don’t care where she comes from. I don’t like her work. But can’t you imagine old Greg sitting there at the press conference saying “in the age of Brexit we felt blah blah blah” ? I think in general it’s a great idea to get some European or other foreign directors in to run some of our subsidised theatres to bring a fresh perspective. I can’t think of many, the excellent Pierre Audi (Frech Lebanese) who founded the Almeida when he was 22 is one I can think of, Mehmet Ergen (Turkey) is another at the Arcola - not many have managed to break into the parochial little world of UK theatre ADs.
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Post by Xanderl on Sept 10, 2018 8:05:24 GMT
SUMMER 2019 ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE As You Like It, William Shakespeare Directed by Kimberley Sykes
The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare Directed by Justin Audibert [nice to see him back at the RSC and getting to work on the main stage. He'd be a potential Doran replacement I think once he's done a few years running the Unicorn]
Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare Directed by Greg Doran
SWAN THEATRE Kunene and the King, John Kani - A Royal Shakespeare Company and Fugard Theatre production "This is a moving and funny new play by the South African actor, activist and playwright John Kani (The Island, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Black Panther). Fellow South Africans Janice Honeyman (Vice Versa; The Tempest, 2009) directs and Antony Sher (King Lear, 2016 & 2018; Death of a Salesman) performs opposite John Kani in this important world premiere."
The Provoked Wife, John Vanbrugh Directed by Philip Breen
Venice Preserved, Thomas Otway Directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah
No cast announcements yet
No woman writers, one woman director, one BAME writer, two BAME directors.
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Post by cirque on Sept 10, 2018 8:12:16 GMT
Male Katherine
Globe set the model.
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Post by Xanderl on Sept 10, 2018 8:14:56 GMT
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Post by Baemax on Sept 10, 2018 8:16:37 GMT
Not even the first time I'll have seen a gender-flipped Shrew at the RSC, they did a nifty one for kids a few years back with Katy Stephens as Petruchio and Forbes Masson as Kate.
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Post by Jan on Sept 10, 2018 9:36:12 GMT
No woman writers, one woman director, one BAME writer, two BAME directors. And, of course, Antony Sher. You would think at this point Sher and Doran might be a bit embarrassed by the frequency with which he gets cast at the RSC, but apparently not.
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Sept 10, 2018 9:53:31 GMT
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Post by learfan on Sept 10, 2018 9:53:31 GMT
Good looking season at first glance, the restoration double bill in the Swan especially attractive. M4M in the mainhouse too. A rep company as well.
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Post by Xanderl on Sept 10, 2018 10:10:53 GMT
Plus a tour of all the main house productions
Interesting note regarding the Swan productions
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Post by lynette on Sept 10, 2018 11:12:15 GMT
No woman writers, one woman director, one BAME writer, two BAME directors. And, of course, Antony Sher. You would think at this point Sher and Doran might be a bit embarrassed by the frequency with which he gets cast at the RSC, but apparently not. What is he playing?
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Post by lynette on Sept 10, 2018 11:14:08 GMT
Ok, sorry I just seen it, in the South African play. Fair enough. He should get the accent right 😁
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 10, 2018 12:47:56 GMT
Doran directed M4M will be a pedestrian snoozefest. There is zero info in the launch to give any clue of his ideas. Which is never an encouraging sign.
Reversed roles Shrew - if they must.
As You Like it - again short on detail.
Not sure all of this was worth the countdown and attempt to create hype.
It is clearly a company in a holding phase until someone comes along to actually give it some personality and real vision.
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Post by Jan on Sept 10, 2018 13:32:33 GMT
One wonders, or rather one doesn’t, about why they think we should be interested in a contemporary play from South Africa rather than, say, Germany or France.
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Post by showgirl on Sept 10, 2018 13:59:26 GMT
Boring and disappointing to me, unless there's more to come. After such a good year at the Swan, I was hoping for more of the same, ie new plays/musicals, preferably light-hearted and/or a new treatment of something familiar. So the Athol Fugard doesn't qualify.
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Sept 10, 2018 14:09:24 GMT
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Post by David J on Sept 10, 2018 14:09:24 GMT
One wonders, or rather one doesn’t, about why they think we should be interested in a contemporary play from South Africa rather than, say, Germany or France. And I wonder whether this play is going to reflect what is going on over there at the moment that a lot of people would rather ignore
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 10, 2018 14:42:10 GMT
I like Measure for Measure and will take a punt on the Shrew. Nothing else interests me much at this point.
I saw a great promenade production of Venice Preserved in Greenwich a few years ago.
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Sept 10, 2018 14:58:55 GMT
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Post by Jan on Sept 10, 2018 14:58:55 GMT
So the Athol Fugard doesn't qualify. A small point, but it’s not by Athol Fugard, it’s by John Kani who I see is now 76.
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Post by lichtie on Sept 10, 2018 15:18:26 GMT
I think the Swan line-up looks fine - the main theatre less interesting. Why another AYLI? Won't this be 3 times in 10 years? Is it just to suck the tourists in over the summer?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2018 17:45:41 GMT
Well that was an underwhelming announcement, compared to the RSC's twitter buildup.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 10, 2018 20:58:38 GMT
Did I miss the big Aberg news?
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Sept 11, 2018 21:09:04 GMT
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Post by learfan on Sept 11, 2018 21:09:04 GMT
Very odd, wonder what she was talking about in the Stage interview then? I got the rsc mailing today and it says the lovely and always luminous Alex Gilbreath will play Lady Brute in Provoked Wife, excellent news.
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Sept 19, 2018 18:09:14 GMT
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Post by theatremad on Sept 19, 2018 18:09:14 GMT
"We have some exciting programming lined up for Winter 2019 to be announced early next year"
Quote on a patrons event on the RSC website. God knows what they mean aside from the David Walliams musical
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Sept 19, 2018 19:20:29 GMT
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Post by Jan on Sept 19, 2018 19:20:29 GMT
"We have some exciting programming lined up for Winter 2019 to be announced early next year" Quote on a patrons event on the RSC website. God knows what they mean aside from the David Walliams musical Means nothing, there is no possible programming for Winter 2019 they wouldn’t describe as “exciting”.
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Post by learfan on Sept 19, 2018 19:20:30 GMT
"We have some exciting programming lined up for Winter 2019 to be announced early next year" Quote on a patrons event on the RSC website. God knows what they mean aside from the David Walliams musical Well, they aren't likely to say they have a pile of rubbish planned are they?
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Post by theatremad on Sept 19, 2018 19:24:46 GMT
"We have some exciting programming lined up for Winter 2019 to be announced early next year" Quote on a patrons event on the RSC website. God knows what they mean aside from the David Walliams musical Well, they aren't likely to say they have a pile of rubbish planned are they? The only odd thing (slightly) to add is theyve added a patrons event so the main one is later to coincide it seems
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Post by Xanderl on Dec 10, 2018 10:15:30 GMT
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 10, 2018 10:28:02 GMT
Making changes to the RST (again) is well and good - but they won't be able to recreate that on tour. The last time I saw one of Doran's productions outside of Stratford (the Tennant R2), it really suffered from not being in thrust.
I just wish people would focus on doing good, interesting work - something Doran appears to have forgotten how to do.
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Post by Xanderl on Dec 10, 2018 10:38:18 GMT
They've deleted the tweet which mentioned all three transferring to the Barbican so I guess they weren't supposed to announce that yet.
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