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Post by Rory on Apr 19, 2023 9:17:25 GMT
Baz in Deadline reporting a revival of Lucy Prebble's play in August with Paapa Essiedu and Taylor Russell, directed by Jamie Lloyd.
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Post by alessia on Apr 19, 2023 9:23:22 GMT
This is great- I wanted to see it wherever it was I can't recall and then Covid happened.
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Post by jgblunners on Apr 19, 2023 9:23:56 GMT
I've wanted to see this play for a while now, so very pleased with this programming. Essiedu and Russell are both fab.
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Post by drmaplewood on Apr 19, 2023 9:26:41 GMT
Surely it was only yesterday that the Billie Piper and Jonjo O’Neill production happened.... Oh. 11 years you say?  |
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Post by teamyali on Apr 19, 2023 9:26:48 GMT
Hours ago I was thinking about Shaun of Theatre Fan’s hint of James McAvoy theatre news on Twitter, and it had me like, what if he’s back on stage again with Jamie Lloyd but at the National. My guess wasn’t so far-fetched - Jamie Lloyd is back in London but for a different project, and the McAvoy clue was for Starter for 10 Musical (one of his earlier screen projects).
Would this be the first time that Jamie would direct an NT production?
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Post by jgblunners on Apr 19, 2023 10:10:59 GMT
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Post by MrBunbury on Apr 19, 2023 15:33:40 GMT
Jonjo O’Neill was amazing in the original production (it was like falling in love in real time) so it is a hard act to follow. But the play is a great one so I will be there.
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Post by lolli on Apr 19, 2023 19:23:11 GMT
Website says - : The Lyttelton theatre will be transformed for The Effect, with raked seating on both sides of a central stage area.
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Post by rumbledoll on Apr 21, 2023 7:51:30 GMT
Jonjo O’Neill was amazing in the original production (it was like falling in love in real time) so it is a hard act to follow. It was exactly like that for me too! Jonjo is amazing, the other one that pops up to my mind is that little play about the director who want to capture the perfect light (forgot the name), at the Royal Court with Matt Smith some years back, when Mr O’Neil unexpectedly appeared from a random box lying on stage and everything after! Where is he now though? Haven’t seen him in anything in quite a while.. |
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Post by Rory on Apr 21, 2023 7:55:03 GMT
Jonjo O’Neill was amazing in the original production (it was like falling in love in real time) so it is a hard act to follow. It was exactly like that for me too! Jonjo is amazing, the other one that pops up to my mind is that little play about the director who want to capture the perfect light (forgot the name), at the Royal Court with Matt Smith some years back, when Mr O’Neil unexpectedly appeared from a random box lying on stage and everything after! Where is he now though? Haven’t seen him in anything in quite a while.. He was in Bad Sisters recently. |
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Post by zephyrus on Apr 22, 2023 13:28:05 GMT
Hours ago I was thinking about Shaun of Theatre Fan’s hint of James McAvoy theatre news on Twitter, and it had me like, what if he’s back on stage again with Jamie Lloyd but at the National. My guess wasn’t so far-fetched - Jamie Lloyd is back in London but for a different project, and the McAvoy clue was for Starter for 10 Musical (one of his earlier screen projects). Would this be the first time that Jamie would direct an NT production? No, he directed She Stoops to Conquer there. |
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Post by theatremiss on Apr 22, 2023 18:16:53 GMT
Is this worth booking? I’ve booked most of the NT productions this year but know absolutely nothing about this play.
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Post by anniel on Apr 22, 2023 19:51:36 GMT
Is this worth booking? I’ve booked most of the NT productions this year but know absolutely nothing about this play. It is a really excellent play. I saw a production at Sheffield Crucible & it was really first rate. I think it is one of the best contemporary plays I have seen. It’s about two really different -and not always likeable - people who fall in love whilst doing a medical research trial & the other characters are two people responsible for the trial. It is very very moving and thought provoking and I was totally in bits at the end. |
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Post by djdan14 on Apr 25, 2023 8:15:36 GMT
Can anyone with members access tell me what date the first Saturday matinee is?
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Post by cavocado on Apr 25, 2023 8:45:45 GMT
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Post by alessia on Apr 30, 2023 6:31:36 GMT
In case it helps anybody: I asked Box Office when the first rows of stage seating and stalls seating would be going on sale, and they replied that those rows might not be added at all - I was hoping for the usual cheap £20 front row seat but doesn't sound like there will be any for this play, and now tempted to wait for Friday rush to see it as otherwise quite expensive for a good seat!
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Post by intoanewlife on Apr 30, 2023 9:08:38 GMT
In case it helps anybody: I asked Box Office when the first rows of stage seating and stalls seating would be going on sale, and they replied that those rows might not be added at all - I was hoping for the usual cheap £20 front row seat but doesn't sound like there will be any for this play, and now tempted to wait for Friday rush to see it as otherwise quite expensive for a good seat! There were £20 stage seats but they were the back 3 or 4 rows, I got them when they went on sale to members. The front rows on stage were pretty much full price, £55 I think. |
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Post by alessia on Apr 30, 2023 10:26:08 GMT
There are still some £20 for the back of the stage seats but as I'm short, every time I sit at the back I suffer.
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Post by intoanewlife on Apr 30, 2023 10:33:32 GMT
There are still some £20 for the back of the stage seats but as I'm short, every time I sit at the back I suffer. Yeah I was worried if they would be raked or not, guess I'll have to wait to find out lol |
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Post by G on Apr 30, 2023 14:25:25 GMT
There are still some £20 for the back of the stage seats but as I'm short, every time I sit at the back I suffer. Yeah I was worried if they would be raked or not, guess I'll have to wait to find out lol From memory the raking is quite good so I would not worry too much. Those are the seats I have gone for as well! I remember going on one of the National tours and thinking those seats should not be too bad after all. |
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Post by nottobe on Jun 27, 2023 15:11:31 GMT
Saw on Instagram along with the new poster, Paapa Essiedu tagged Michele Austin and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith so I assume that they are playing the two other characters. I have to say with these four actors and Lloyd, that this is my most anticipated show of the year!
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Post by Rory on Jun 27, 2023 15:14:28 GMT
Saw on Instagram along with the new poster, Paapa Essiedu tagged Michele Austin and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith so I assume that they are playing the two other characters. I have to say with these four actors and Lloyd, that this is my most anticipated show of the year! They are in it, named in the NT brochure. |
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Post by alessia on Jun 27, 2023 16:38:56 GMT
Still hoping for the front rows to be sold at some point, and cheaper...keeping everything crossed for this to happen
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Post by kate8 on Aug 2, 2023 7:36:04 GMT
I saw the first preview last night. I felt like all the elements were there, but somehow it doesn’t yet add up to a great production, and I found myself looking at my watch a lot - always a bad sign. But obvs hard to tell from a first preview - hopefully it will all come together in a week or two.
I found the two doctors much more interesting than the couple. They seemed like more real, fully realised, flawed characters, and Michelle Austin in particular gave a great performance.
Someone upthread wondered if the stage seating is raked. It is. They seem to have taken out the entire stalls seating and replaced it with two blocks of temporary seating either side of a transverse stage, which is (I think) where the first few rows of the stalls normally would be.
It started late last night but ran about 1 hour 45, no interval.
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Post by solotheatregoer on Aug 2, 2023 8:52:50 GMT
I'm seeing this in a couple of weeks. How is the set? Is it typical JL minimalist with mics? I was in two minds about booking but I'm a fan of Taylor Russell's work and I do love a JL production.
Also, when I booked it looks like the stalls seats are off centre. Is that right? I'm struggling to picture the seating set up.
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