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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 16, 2017 8:16:18 GMT
Mixed bag here.
But would hope to get down for Caroline or Change, Sweet bird of Youth and Fiddler on the Roof
Would love to see the Norman Conquests, but holiday that time of year, so the timing and being a trilogy makes this impossible.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 8:27:45 GMT
Can it be? Is it true? Are female writers and directors making appearances at the Chichester Festival Theatre?
Actually, it's not that true, most of the female writers and directors are making appearances in the Minerva. Apart from Blanche McIntyre and Dale Rooks...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 8:32:53 GMT
Might book for Caroline out of curiosity as I've never seen it, otherwise the only thing that interests me is the McKellen Lear.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 16, 2017 8:39:48 GMT
25th Feb for Friends, 4th March Public Thank you very much - gives me time to consider whether to renew. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 8:42:16 GMT
My bi-annual (which is on average when they programme something I want to see) lament that Chichester is just so DAMN FAR AWAY (and really not worth an overnight trip...sorry Chichester)
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 16, 2017 8:51:22 GMT
So the leaks were true. Not very exciting really. I don't understand why they have put McKellen in the Minerva when he would have sold out the main house reading the phone book. This will be the hottest ticket by far. I wonder if they are looking to transfer this into London - but do we really need another Lear?
Disappointed in the choice of Fiddler too. Happy to give that a miss.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 16, 2017 8:56:49 GMT
Not long since I saw the Orange Tree's revival of Githa Sowerby's The Stepmother so probably wouldn't go again but I have to approve of this choice insofar as it's a classic revival, which, along with new writing (such as the James Graham play) is exactly what I hope for from CFT.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 9:29:17 GMT
I don't understand why they have put McKellen in the Minerva when he would have sold out the main house reading the phone book. Perhaps for artistic reasons? Remember Macbeth and Othello, two of Ian McKellen's greatest RSC Shakespeare productions, were intimate studio shows in the original, tin-hut, 150-seat The Other Place theatre. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 9:31:40 GMT
Rupert Goold's Macbeth with Patrick Stewart was in the Minerva too, wasn't it? Mind, if they'd put Lear in the main house, I GUARANTEE there'd be vociferous complaints about giving over the main space to such an over-produced playwright...  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 9:50:02 GMT
Mind, if they'd put Lear in the main house, I GUARANTEE there'd be vociferous complaints about giving over the main space to such an over-produced playwright... None for LLL & MAAN last year. The thing is that Daniel Evans is all about finding a way to do the right thing for a broad audience across a season. So he'll give you intense chamber Shakespeare rather than dissipate its effect in a profitable barn. |
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 16, 2017 9:50:39 GMT
I don't understand why they have put McKellen in the Minerva when he would have sold out the main house reading the phone book. Perhaps for artistic reasons? Remember Macbeth and Othello, two of Ian McKellen's greatest RSC Shakespeare productions, were intimate studio shows in the original, tin-hut, 150-seat The Other Place theatre. Oh yes, clearly it is for artistic reasons......but then they will transfer it to a conventional pros arch theatre in the West End. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 9:54:00 GMT
Oh yes, clearly it is for artistic reasons......but then they will transfer it to a conventional pros arch theatre in the West End. Yes they might - that TOP Macbeth eventually transferred to the Aldwych. I think that's fair because the production will retain some of its original chamber qualities and many more people will be able to see it, even though it will be a different experience from in the Minerva. |
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Post by bordeaux on Feb 16, 2017 9:57:29 GMT
Some good stuff here; let's hope some of it transfers and/or tours. I was asking for some more Tennessee Williams the other day, and I've never seen Sweet Bird of Youth, so that is exciting - and Jonathan Kent's stuff often moves on. Very pleased about Forty Years On, for which with a name like Richard Wilson they must be hoping for a transfer. Would love to see the Githa Sowerby too. So James Graham is another playwright with two plays opening in less than a year (along with Lucy Kirkwood). He's almost as prolific as Richard Bean. It's a great subject for a play too. Caroline, or Change is a wonderful musical with some gorgeous songs. Norman Conquests is also great - Matthew Warchus' production at the Old Vic a few years back was brilliant and very funny. A very impressive first season.
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Post by emsworthian on Feb 16, 2017 10:22:21 GMT
Rupert Goold's Macbeth with Patrick Stewart was in the Minerva too, wasn't it? Mind, if they'd put Lear in the main house, I GUARANTEE there'd be vociferous complaints about giving over the main space to such an over-produced playwright... On Patrick Stewart's Macbeth in The Minerva, I remember afterwards Jonathan Church said they had a late confirmation that Stewart was available and the main theatre was fully booked with productions by then.
I feel a bit so-so about the season. I'll admit that I hadn't heard of "Caroline or Change" before but now I'm really excited about seeing it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 11:22:22 GMT
Last year was the first time I didn't go to CFT for almost a decade
Without being offensive I find it provincial
And lacking ambition
The only things I saw there which was really worth the trip was Gypsy and perhaps Singin in th Rain and Amadeus
This season is relieving as it all seems second rate
McKellan has played Lear before
And Munby is hardly a prestigious director
The Githa Sowerby was done at Orange Tree recently
There is something not very good about each and every show they have announced
Either the playwright or the director or case
In each production TWO of the three seem promising but the THIRD seems baffling
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Post by Snciole on Feb 16, 2017 11:41:34 GMT
I like the look of Quiz but I am debating seeing the Lear McKellen because it is bound to transfer but also he may get his infamous penis out...
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Post by bordeaux on Feb 16, 2017 11:56:17 GMT
Last year was the first time I didn't go to CFT for almost a decade Without being offensive I find it provincial And lacking ambition The only things I saw there which was really worth the trip was Gypsy and perhaps Singin in th Rain and Amadeus This season is relieving as it all seems second rate McKellan has played Lear before And Munby is hardly a prestigious director The Githa Sowerby was done at Orange Tree recently There is something not very good about each and every show they have announced Either the playwright or the director or case In each production TWO of the three seem promising but the THIRD seems baffling Hasn't it always been provincial, conservative and rather safe? It has a lot of seats to fill. Is it subsidised at all? I did see Lessing's Nathan the Wise there a few years ago, with Michael Feast, but it's usually pretty predictable stuff with the odd high-end transfer built in. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 12:09:20 GMT
I think this season sounds very interesting and promising. It is different and the reason some of you are a bit annoyed are as it is not trying to do commercial shows that it knows will sell out and everyone's will love but is doing different things.
I am looking forward to fiddler as it is a show I have never seen and has great songs. The cast so far sounds good as well as direction and I will definite see it
Tha Alan bennet revival sounds very good as well as I feel he does not get revived enough
Will also probably see Caroline or change and maybe Lear
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Post by alece10 on Feb 16, 2017 12:46:23 GMT
Well at least I'll save money this year as a day out to Chichester is very nice but expensive by the time I pay for train lunch and tickets. Plus it's a very long day.
Nothing I want to see at all I'm afraid. Forum members comments about Caroline have made me not want to see it and Fiddler is one of my least favourite shows.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 12:50:36 GMT
I think this season sounds very interesting and promising. It is different and the reason some of you are a bit annoyed are as it is not trying to do commercial shows that it knows will sell out and everyone's will love but is doing different things. I am looking forward to fiddler as it is a show I have never seen and has great songs. The cast so far sounds good as well as direction and I will definite see it Tha Alan bennet revival sounds very good as well as I feel he does not get revived enough Will also probably see Caroline or change and maybe Lear Another way of looking at it Most of the shows they are doing have been done in excellent and major productions already and well within my living memory McKellan has done Lear with a better director Caroline or change was staged with the original Tony award winner The trilogy was already done at the Old Vid to much acclaim Fiddler has been done with far superior casts Deborah Bruce is an awful playwright So in fact my issue is that it all seems stale If you compare to the next 12 months at the NT it's so boring |
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Post by frosty on Feb 16, 2017 12:55:31 GMT
At first glance it did all look a bit underwhelming, but reading more about the productions has got me a little more excited. I'll certainly be seeing Richard Wilson in 'Forty Years On' (I love a bit of Alan Bennett me), Caroline, or Change sounds good, as does some of the others...Not sure about Fiddler as I saw that recently when it was on tour with Paul Michael Glaser, so it seems a bit soon to see it again. But then Chi is only up the road for me, so popping out on a weekday evening to try something new is not such a big effort
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Post by doradolittle on Feb 16, 2017 13:24:28 GMT
This is the most excited I've been by a Chichester season for a long time! Anyone else had a look yet?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 13:32:40 GMT
I was also thinking that the musicals that have been picked this year are a bit different and revlivent as they are about minority grouos and much more diverse. Ones they have done in the last like gypsy, half a sixpence, singin in the rain, guys and dolls etc have all not been to diverse and have been very traditional.
I also think people should not be so annoyed about the shows that have been picked. Daniel eavens has put on shows that he thinks are good and do well. No matter what was picked at least one person would have been annoyed.
You can't please everyone though
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 16, 2017 13:38:45 GMT
It is a long trek and agree it can be expensive.
I will go and see Fiddler, it is still one of my least favourite musicals, but have recently see the excellent Broadway revival.
General consensus on here points towards Lear transferring, what else do you think will transfer?
None of the plays transferred last year, into commercial theatre. With the Gielgud and Harold Pinter been vacated hopefully there will be more chance?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 13:40:46 GMT
Most of the shows they are doing have been done in excellent and major productions already and well within my living memory McKellan has done Lear with a better director If you ever wonder, in the future, at what point you completely lost me, it was this point. Trevor Nunn has done some good shows, but he's hardly been a consistently successful director of Shakespeare over the last decade. I'll take Jonathan Munby ANY day. (And I bet Munby's odds at assembling a less dysfunctional ensemble are much higher...) |
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