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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 24, 2023 17:30:04 GMT
It was a single picture that people leapt upon and made some big assumptions about what it meant. The most alarming bit though, was the excitement over the possibility of it being Brigadoon. The show is a complete snoozefest. Robert Meadmoore crooning through the score at the Victoria Palace only confirmed that. When will The Secret Garden get an OAT production?? If you are going to put out a teaser image, you are inviting people to engage in speculation. The vast majority of those will be adults with an interest in theatre. It is hardly surprising when a good number of people are disappointed to find out it was for a show for children and not their preferred project. Showing a picture of heather is absolutely going to invite people to think of Brigadoon. Any theatre marketing executive should be clued up on the repertoire to see the likely connections. And Brigadoon is not a snoozefest. It is a lush romantic score full of memorable tunes. Might not be to your taste but it is a show that has a following and one that would work well in an outdoor setting.
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Post by ceebee on Nov 24, 2023 18:50:07 GMT
But is that a Hobbit Hole in the background of the image? Yeah OAT could be trolling us and use this image again to announce "The Lord of the Rings" as part of next season.
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 25, 2023 13:32:05 GMT
Next time anyone wants to know what heather looks like, please ask a northerner. I could have dismissed Brigadoon within seconds.
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Post by nick on Nov 25, 2023 15:01:51 GMT
Next time anyone wants to know what heather looks like, please ask a northerner. I could have dismissed Brigadoon within seconds. But what if the image had been put together by a southerner? Then it could still be Brigadoon. (Says a Northerner relocated southwards)
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Post by Someone in a tree on Dec 11, 2023 9:08:14 GMT
I hear due to 'global events' Fiddler is not going to be staged next year.
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Post by anthony40 on Dec 11, 2023 9:33:14 GMT
I hear due to 'global events' Fiddler is not going to be staged next year. Ah, that's a shame. It's a show with such universal themes, regardless of faith or denomination. And in North West London, there is a massive Jewish community.
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Post by ceebee on Dec 11, 2023 11:02:51 GMT
I hear due to 'global events' Fiddler is not going to be staged next year. Great, that'll free up space in the schedule for 'The Lord of the Rings'...
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Post by theatrelover97 on Dec 12, 2023 16:23:51 GMT
Cowards. Appeasing a mob is never a good look at all.
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Post by toomasj on Dec 12, 2023 21:52:16 GMT
Cowards. Appeasing a mob is never a good look at all. Can you explain?
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Post by theatrelover97 on Dec 13, 2023 0:20:16 GMT
Cowards. Appeasing a mob is never a good look at all. Can you explain? It sounds like the theatre is worried about anti Israel protests targeting the show.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 13, 2023 0:52:43 GMT
If that is genuinely their thinking, they should hang their heads in shame.
There is nothing pro Israel in Fiddler.
Anyone who protests a production of Fiddler is simply being anti-semitic.
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Post by Jon on Dec 13, 2023 0:55:43 GMT
It might not be the OAT's decision, it could be the rights holders having reservations.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 13, 2023 8:41:26 GMT
Productions are already scheduled up and down the country for 2024 so doesn't seem to be a rights issue
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Post by BVM on Dec 13, 2023 10:39:56 GMT
Hmmm, not sure there’s much merit in having strong opinions on 3rd hand rumours of rumours.
Fiddler had never been announced.
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Post by mattnyc on Jan 18, 2024 15:37:45 GMT
The website says full season announcement is this month. Does anyone have any idea what day this might come?
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Post by bellatheatre on Jan 19, 2024 0:06:20 GMT
Fiddler is definitely happening, has already been cast!
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Post by Nelly on Jan 19, 2024 15:18:24 GMT
Fiddler is definitely happening, has already been cast! Wonderful news, if true. What a great setting for a production of it.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 19, 2024 19:40:07 GMT
Fiddler is definitely happening, has already been cast! Who is in it?
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Post by zahidf on Jan 25, 2024 10:36:21 GMT
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Post by JustJ on Jan 25, 2024 10:37:10 GMT
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 25, 2024 10:55:09 GMT
Julia Cheng is a weird choice of choreographer for this - gonna need a good Tevye and Golde to ground this.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Jan 25, 2024 10:57:50 GMT
With the director I'm guessing it's going to be some sort of modern/different interpretation
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Post by ladidah on Jan 25, 2024 11:00:29 GMT
Oooh, really excited!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 25, 2024 11:05:36 GMT
So many issues
Why do a new adaptation of The Secret Garden?
I know there is a commitment to new writing but they would sell better with an established adaptation. They have other new writing in the season already.
And the press team clearly don't know Fiddler. It is not a show of joy. And it is not about revolution.
There are moments of joy but that is not how the show feels overall.
And it is a show about the pogroms and anti-Semitism. Not about the Russian Revolution.
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Post by toomasj on Jan 25, 2024 11:13:19 GMT
With the director I'm guessing it's going to be some sort of modern/different interpretation It’s the OAT, of course it will. Gender blind casting Tevye or something ludicrous
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Post by Being Alive on Jan 25, 2024 11:13:59 GMT
It'll be many things but it won't be gender blind Tevye let's cut them some slack
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Post by zahidf on Jan 25, 2024 11:14:00 GMT
Is this the new Directors first season?
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Post by toomasj on Jan 25, 2024 11:14:03 GMT
So many issues Why do a new adaptation of The Secret Garden? I know there is a commitment to new writing but they would sell better with an established adaptation. They have other new writing in the season already. And the press team clearly don't know Fiddler. It is not a show of joy. And it is not about revolution. There are moments of joy but that is not how the show feels overall. And it is a show about the pogroms and anti-Semitism. Not about the Russian Revolution. Spot on. Whoever wrote that copy wants sacking.
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Post by ceebee on Jan 25, 2024 11:23:46 GMT
This uninspiring announcement from OAT is like trying a different takeaway to your regular only to find it's the same old junk in a different wrapper.
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Post by mrnutz on Jan 25, 2024 11:30:58 GMT
What a snoozefest
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