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Post by crowblack on Feb 19, 2020 10:01:06 GMT
Why do so many people on here hate him? I think the NT's programming is always interesting, with some really great shows, the building is well run and a nice, relaxing place to hang out in what can often feel like a very unfriendly city, it still respects women's safety in its toilet policy, and the man himself came across as genuinely friendly and engaging when we pounced on him after a play last year.
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Post by zahidf on Feb 19, 2020 10:03:17 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Feb 19, 2020 10:03:45 GMT
Why do so many people on here hate him? I think the NT's programming is always interesting, with some really great shows, the building is well run and a nice, relaxing place to hang out in what can often feel like a very unfriendly city, it still respects women's safety in its toilet policy, and the man himself came across as genuinely friendly and engaging when we pounced on him after a play last year. I think the national has been good overall during his reign. |
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Post by zahidf on Feb 19, 2020 10:05:53 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Feb 19, 2020 10:07:00 GMT
Lynette Linton will make her NT directing debut with Pearl Cleage’s Giles Terera-starring Harlem Renaissance play Blues for an Alabama Sky, from Feb 2021
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 10:11:18 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Feb 19, 2020 10:17:56 GMT
Lucy McCormick to play cathy in wuthering heights
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Post by zahidf on Feb 19, 2020 10:20:01 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Feb 19, 2020 10:25:52 GMT
Yup. This and the ticket price news makes it a good announcement overall |
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Post by learfan on Feb 19, 2020 10:36:24 GMT
Like i said earlier, nothing here for me.
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Post by Jan on Feb 19, 2020 10:41:55 GMT
Why do so many people on here hate him? I think the NT's programming is always interesting, with some really great shows Why do so many people on here like him ? I think the NT’s programming is always uninteresting and aimed at the same type of audience. As a result I’ve barely been there during Norris’ rule. |
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Post by Jan on Feb 19, 2020 10:42:56 GMT
Like i said earlier, nothing here for me. Nope, nothing at all, he won’t be getting my money. Go woke, go broke. |
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Feb 19, 2020 10:45:39 GMT
Nothing for me either...sad.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 10:47:13 GMT
Like the look of a lot of this myself. Hope the ticket price thing is real and not just a few more dreadful seats at the back getting a bit cheaper while the front and centre stalls become ever more unaffordable. Would book for most of this if I could afford it - it's not being able to afford to go rather than not wanting to go that's kept me away from the NT over the past few years.
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Post by raiseitup on Feb 19, 2020 10:47:57 GMT
Well, I think that looks like a pretty exciting announcement, plenty I'm interested in seeing.
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Post by bordeaux on Feb 19, 2020 10:48:28 GMT
Very pleased to hear that Sing Your Heart Out is transferring. Intrigued by the Simon Stone Phaedra. Indifferent to the thought of all those adaptations of novels and a film (why bother?). This is a Michael Billington review of a recent RADA production of Blues for an Alabama Sky, which makes it sound like just the sort of thing the NT should be doing: www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/feb/12/blues-alabama-sky-review-1930s-harlem-pearl-cleage-royal-academy-dramatic-art-londonBut overall a bit meh for me. Are any of these classic revivals going to be as powerful as the Ian Rickson Uncle Vanya or any of the new plays as good as the new Stoppard? |
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Post by zahidf on Feb 19, 2020 10:50:44 GMT
Very pleased to hear that Sing Your Heart Out is transferring. Intrigued by the Simon Stone Phaedra. Indifferent to the thought of all those adaptations of novels and a film (why bother?). This is a Michael Billington review of a recent RADA production of Blues for an Alabama Sky, which makes it sound like just the sort of thing the NT should be doing: www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/feb/12/blues-alabama-sky-review-1930s-harlem-pearl-cleage-royal-academy-dramatic-art-londonBut overall a bit meh for me. Are any of these classic revivals going to be as powerful as the Ian Rickson Uncle Vanya or any of the new plays as good as the new Stoppard?
Blues sounds interesting!
It all sounds intriguing to me. I didn't like the new Stoppard, so I imagine the bar isn't too high for that!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 10:59:57 GMT
Why do so many people on here hate him? I think the NT's programming is always interesting, with some really great shows, the building is well run and a nice, relaxing place to hang out in what can often feel like a very unfriendly city, it still respects women's safety in its toilet policy, and the man himself came across as genuinely friendly and engaging when we pounced on him after a play last year. Same reason as a group of people are always angry at the BBC. They think that any partly taxpayer funded organisation should do exactly what they want. Add on the quest tor equality and that the chosen target of the day, Meghan Markle has a role in the organisation, and it’s almost a perfect storm for a certain section of the population. After the barrage from the usual suspects early on, Norris has weathered that storm and his success has easily matched that of Hytner and predecessors. I’m pleased he’s carrying on. Something for everyone in this announcement, teo which stand out for me are the Alice Birch/Katie Mitchell pairing after Anatomy of a Suicide and Standing at Sky’s Edge, which I thought I’d missed out in in Sheffield. And Simon Stone. And Kate Tempest. And After Life.... |
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Post by crowblack on Feb 19, 2020 11:00:51 GMT
always uninteresting and aimed at the same type of audience. Really? Mosquitoes, Tortured, John, The Welkin, A&C, Translations, Small Island, An Octoroon, Common, Ocean, Downstate, Network etc.... what's the generic type all these appeal to? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 11:07:08 GMT
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Post by bordeaux on Feb 19, 2020 11:09:51 GMT
One concern is that the NT is originating only one new play not based on another source, the April de Angelis. I've never seen anything by her (in 30 years of theatre-going) but she isn't a major name; she may be respected within theatre circles but hasn't made an impact beyond that. Where are the big-name writers writing original stuff? Jez Butterworth? Lucy Prebble? Martin McDonagh?
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Post by zahidf on Feb 19, 2020 11:13:10 GMT
Nope, nothing at all, he won’t be getting my money. Go woke, go broke. I said much the same to the sold-out audience at Three Sisters on Saturday. Honestly can't see why people would object to this season - good mix of new work and revivals of classics. Yeah, looks very good to me. I'll imagine i'll go most of them
As you say, it seems to be doing well commercially as well.
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Post by zahidf on Feb 19, 2020 11:14:10 GMT
One concern is that the NT is originating only one new play not based on another source, the April de Angelis. I've never seen anything by her (in 30 years of theatre-going) but she isn't a major name; she may be respected within theatre circles but hasn't made an impact beyond that. Where are the big-name writers writing original stuff? Jez Butterworth? Lucy Prebble? Martin McDonagh? That's fair: Mcdonagh is working on a film, and Prebble seems to be at the Old Vic. Not sure what butterworth is doing... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 11:26:15 GMT
One concern is that the NT is originating only one new play not based on another source, the April de Angelis. I've never seen anything by her (in 30 years of theatre-going) but she isn't a major name; she may be respected within theatre circles but hasn't made an impact beyond that. Where are the big-name writers writing original stuff? Jez Butterworth? Lucy Prebble? Martin McDonagh? Given that all his plays (apart from one in the US) have premiered at the Royal Court, I presume that Butterworth gives them first refusal. McDonagh is averaging about five years between plays (three for A Very, Very Dark Matter, which would have benefitted from an extra couple of years), so expect one about 2024. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 11:38:53 GMT
One concern is that the NT is originating only one new play not based on another source, the April de Angelis. I've never seen anything by her (in 30 years of theatre-going) but she isn't a major name; she may be respected within theatre circles but hasn't made an impact beyond that. Where are the big-name writers writing original stuff? Jez Butterworth? Lucy Prebble? Martin McDonagh? That's fair: Mcdonagh is working on a film, and Prebble seems to be at the Old Vic. Not sure what butterworth is doing... Season 3 of Britannia has been commissioned! It’s completely bonkers but I like it (two Mackenzie Crooks for the price of one in Season 2 and fantastic use of Donovan’s Season of the Witch). |
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