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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 25, 2024 18:50:02 GMT
Rylance's grandmother was Irish so he does have some connection
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Post by Marwood on Aug 25, 2024 19:05:22 GMT
Rylance's grandmother was Irish so he does have some connection 🤣that’s like people using ‘my grandad once went to Dublin’ as an excuse to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day |
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Post by sph on Aug 26, 2024 1:34:26 GMT
My mother was Irish and my father was half Irish and we used to laugh at some of the sh*te Irish accents served up on tv and in films (Murder She Wrote was one of the worst culprits): I don’t know how producers can think they can get away with outright Paddywackery but if I see a film or theatre production set in Ireland and there are no actual Irish performers, I’ll give it a wide berth so I don’t get to hear any more ‘bejaysus!’ or ‘begorrah!’ served up by people who the closest they had been to Ireland is watching Father Ted or The Commitments . Oh I do love an Irish Murder She Wrote episode! A bit like that film with Emily Blunt that came out a few years ago - Wild Mountain Thyme. All the Irish stereotypes played up for the US audience. I actually saw the play it was based on, Outside Mullingar, on Broadway with Debra Messing. Her accent wasn't too bad if I remember rightly. I don't know, as an Irish person myself, that I mind so much if none-Irish people are cast in Irish roles. Putting on an accent has always been a part of acting, and if we only let actors play exactly who they are and where they came from, we immediately limit many of our favourites, preventing them from doing the things we'd love to see them do! |
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Post by barrowside on Aug 26, 2024 17:21:13 GMT
I do remember a glorious production of The Shaughraun at the National in the late 80s. Nearly all the cast apart from Stephen Rea were English. I know it's a highly stage Irish melodrama but they were very convincingly Irish. The director was the late Howard Davies who directed the Abbey/NT Juno with Sinead Cusack and Ciaran Hinds.
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Post by barelyathletic on Aug 27, 2024 12:00:41 GMT
I do remember a glorious production of The Shaughraun at the National in the late 80s. Nearly all the cast apart from Stephen Rea were English. I know it's a highly stage Irish melodrama but they were very convincingly Irish. The director was the late Howard Davies who directed the Abbey/NT Juno with Sinead Cusack and Ciaran Hinds. They really should revive that production. It was one of their biggest hits at the time and the best ever use of the drum revolve. I'm sure there's a whole new generation of theatregoers who would love it if they got to see it now. |
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Post by SilverFox on Aug 27, 2024 13:11:06 GMT
Can't comment on the authenticity of the accents, but I do remember enjoying the RSC production at the Aldwych Theatre with Judi Dench as Juno, Dearbhla Molloy as Mary, and Norman Rodway as Jack.
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Post by Mark on Sept 18, 2024 10:20:29 GMT
£25 front row dayseats online from Delfont.
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Post by rumbledoll on Sept 18, 2024 16:04:47 GMT
£25 front row dayseats online from Delfont. Yay! News I’ve been waiting for  |
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Post by max on Sept 18, 2024 16:26:27 GMT
£25 front row dayseats online from Delfont. Yay! News I’ve been waiting for And, additionally, £25 seats released weekly on Wednesday at 10.30am for the following week's performances. Just checked, and there are some for next week worth £65 in the Dress Circle (and also some stalls ones but further back). I'm waiting til it's out of previews, bur will try either of these routes. |
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Post by alessia on Sept 19, 2024 5:40:04 GMT
£25 front row dayseats online from Delfont. Yay! News I’ve been waiting for Same! I will give this a go! |
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Post by beguilingeyes on Sept 19, 2024 10:59:49 GMT
Rylance plays pretty much always have day seats, which seem to be an increasingly rare phenomenon. I wonder if he insists on it. I saw Jerusalem a few times from the front row for £10.
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Post by lookingatthestars on Sept 19, 2024 16:19:37 GMT
Rylance plays pretty much always have day seats, which seem to be an increasingly rare phenomenon. I wonder if he insists on it. I saw Jerusalem a few times from the front row for £10. Me too!! And I'm mighty glad for the opportunity of day seats, so if it is Mark Rylance's idea, kudos to him. Didn't Ian Mckellen have £10 seats for his 80th birthday oneman show? |
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Post by alessia on Sept 20, 2024 13:05:50 GMT
Rylance plays pretty much always have day seats, which seem to be an increasingly rare phenomenon. I wonder if he insists on it. I saw Jerusalem a few times from the front row for £10. I was thinking this too. I wonder if this is his doing! I also saw Jerusalem 3 times and 2 of those from the front row! |
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Post by beguilingeyes on Sept 20, 2024 15:09:54 GMT
And in person at the Box Office too. i miss doing that on a regular basis. I hate Today Tix.
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Post by alessia on Sept 21, 2024 9:36:31 GMT
I was adding the offer (front row) tickets to the basket only for the latter to not appear anywhere - is there a trick on that site? Where is the button to buy??? I’ve tried three times 😭 is it because I’m on my phone? The site is rubbish! I was clicking confirm and then nothing happened 😭 funny enough it works perfectly if I want to buy a full price ticket.
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Post by rumbledoll on Sept 21, 2024 10:20:58 GMT
And in person at the Box Office too. i miss doing that on a regular basis. I hate Today Tix. Hm.. do they split the quantity somehow? Because online booking usually is much quicker then buying smth in person.. |
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Post by Rory on Sept 21, 2024 21:50:04 GMT
Anyone in tonight for the first preview?
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Post by theoracle on Sept 21, 2024 23:10:19 GMT
Can someone also report back on the height of the stage too if possible? Thanks
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Post by Dave B on Sept 23, 2024 14:34:07 GMT
We are in tonight, so will report back. One thing to note, a 19:00 start for previews. Does not move to 19.30 until 01 October. Glad I checked my tickets just now as I'd arranged to meet herself there at 19:15!
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Post by solotheatregoer on Sept 23, 2024 14:59:03 GMT
We are in tonight, so will report back. One thing to note, a 19:00 start for previews. Does not move to 19.30 until 04 October. Glad I checked my tickets just now as I'd arranged to meet herself there at 19:15! I'm seeing on the 2nd Oct but my ticket says 7:30pm? Look forward to hearing your thoughts! |
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Post by Dave B on Sept 23, 2024 15:02:32 GMT
I'm seeing on the 2nd Oct but my ticket says 7:30pm? Sorry, you are right I misread it. 19:00 until 01 October.
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Post by Dave B on Sept 23, 2024 21:08:19 GMT
Oh boy.
This is dreadful.
O'Casey is a big gap for me, major productions were on in London when I was living in Dublin and on in Dublin when I was living in London so I had been looking forward to this a lot albiet very wary of accents with th announced cast.
Turns out it isn't the accents that I needed to worry about, this is played as a pantomime. Rylance's Captain is a clown, one the winks, sticks out his tounge, plays to the audience - eyes seeking us out for reactions and constantly mugs to us. As the Captain talks to other characters, he looks around the audience - through all the levels. There is never explicit fourth wall breaking in the text but eye rolls and gestures and slapstick directed to us is a constant.
And it is terrible. The others aren't doing this and it just destroys any cohesion. Accents do come and go, an afterthought at best and the actual story, the tragedy is just lost under all this.
Response felt muted. A scattering of what looked to be performative standing up but people keen to be out.
Started 19.02. Done at 21.38. Early interval at 19.50 and then maybe a 2 minute pause around 20.50.
Not a high stage. Front row likely fine but don't take the middle four seats. There is a constant fire place there and I'd think it makes it a fair bit more restricted.
Can't recall the last time something left me so disappointed.
1 star.
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Post by parsley1 on Sept 23, 2024 21:23:22 GMT
Oh boy. This is dreadful. O'Casey is a big gap for me, major productions were on in London when I was living in Dublin and on in Dublin when I was living in London so I had been looking forward to this a lot albiet very wary of accents with th announced cast. Turns out it isn't the accents that I needed to worry about, this is played as a pantomime. Rylance's Captain is a clown, one the winks, sticks out his tounge, plays to the audience - eyes seeking us out for reactions and constantly mugs to us. As the Captain talks to other characters, he looks around the audience - through all the levels. There is never explicit fourth wall breaking in the text but eye rolls and gestures and slapstick directed to us is a constant. And it is terrible. The others aren't doing this and it just destroys any cohesion. Accents do come and go, an afterthought at best and the actual story, the tragedy is just lost under all this. Response felt muted. A scattering of what looked to be performative standing up but people keen to be out. Started 19.02. Done at 21.38. Early interval at 19.50 and then maybe a 2 minute pause around 20.50. Not a high stage. Front row likely fine but don't take the middle four seats. There is a constant fire place there and I'd think it makes it a fair bit more restricted. Can't recall the last time something left me so disappointed. 1 star. It’s funny you say this Rylance has NEVER been a nuanced nor sophisticated actor IMHO always overrated And let’s look at his most “revered” and signature role A pantomime idiot |
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Post by Rory on Sept 23, 2024 22:01:08 GMT
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Post by theatrelover123 on Sept 23, 2024 22:08:44 GMT
Sure but look at who’s writing that tweet! |
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