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Post by RedRose on Feb 4, 2016 14:58:21 GMT
It hasn't changed in Germany so far.
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Post by Jan on Feb 4, 2016 15:09:31 GMT
The only oddity in my view is Amadeus which is relatively undemanding fare...he said, trying to stir up some controversy. I think Peter Shaffer is about to come back into fashion after a few decades of being sneered at. The Print Room are in the vanguard with Five Finger Exercise. Many dramatists follow this career trajectory, Rattigan for example.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 15:22:52 GMT
I hope they're going to do something a little more interesting with the casting of Amadeus (in addition to the extremely promising start of casting Lucian Msamati, obviously) - it's all very well *saying* you're committed to sorting out gender equality in your theatre, but then when you program a play with only one female speaking part...
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Feb 4, 2016 17:55:00 GMT
The only oddity in my view is Amadeus which is relatively undemanding fare...he said, trying to stir up some controversy. I think Peter Shaffer is about to come back into fashion after a few decades of being sneered at. The Print Room are in the vanguard with Five Finger Exercise. Many dramatists follow this career trajectory, Rattigan for example. Shaffer is actually one playwright that I think won't get much of a revival, there are a few decent plays but nowhere near the depth of a Rattigan or Nichols, I'd say that Simon Gray is a more likely candidate to be 'found' or Poliakoff's early theatre work maybe.
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Post by rumbledoll on Feb 4, 2016 18:09:36 GMT
I'm super excited about the upcoming shows! Sounds smashing! It's been a while snce I could say I wanna see EVERYTHING at The National! My personal Yay goes to Geoffrey Streatfeild in cast for Young Chekhov. Now I wonder when they are going to release the brochure/dates so I can plan my summer trip carefully before the booking
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 18:29:08 GMT
I think Peter Shaffer is about to come back into fashion after a few decades of being sneered at. The Print Room are in the vanguard with Five Finger Exercise. Many dramatists follow this career trajectory, Rattigan for example. Shaffer is actually one playwright that I think won't get much of a revival, there are a few decent plays but nowhere near the depth of a Rattigan or Nichols, I'd say that Simon Gray is a more likely candidate to be 'found' or Poliakoff's early theatre work maybe. Royal Hunt of the Sun was done a while back at the National... I like the idea of more Rattigan but The Deep Blue Sea seems rather unadventurous as it was done at Chichester just a few years ago, and it seems like only yesterday that we saw Ibsen's Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic. Still, the programme is infinitely better than the offereings we've had up to now.
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Post by DuchessConstance on Feb 4, 2016 18:31:54 GMT
There's a Shaffer play near where I used to work in Richmond soon, and at Chichester last year. Great comedies but fairly lightweight.
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Post by lynette on Feb 4, 2016 19:14:57 GMT
My, my, they must have had a really poor year at the NT. - would love to see the books, eh? I think the accountants have probably devised the new season.
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Post by Jon on Feb 4, 2016 21:10:36 GMT
Wonder if they are waiting to cast "Pinocchio" from what they have over when dismantling the temporary theatre? Seriously, it's a real shame they are probably going to take it away. I found it the best of the auditoria for new work - far more exciting and intimate than the Dorfman. The temporary theatre was only ever meant to be er..temporary, the fact it lasted longer than just a year and a bit while the Dorfman was being refurbished is a massive achievement.
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Post by Jan on Feb 5, 2016 7:14:27 GMT
Shaffer is actually one playwright that I think won't get much of a revival, there are a few decent plays but nowhere near the depth of a Rattigan or Nichols, I'd say that Simon Gray is a more likely candidate to be 'found' or Poliakoff's early theatre work maybe. Royal Hunt of the Sun was done a while back at the National... Yes, a really awful Trevor Nunn production.
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Post by Jan on Feb 5, 2016 7:17:27 GMT
I hope they're going to do something a little more interesting with the casting of Amadeus (in addition to the extremely promising start of casting Lucian Msamati, obviously) - it's all very well *saying* you're committed to sorting out gender equality in your theatre, but then when you program a play with only one female speaking part... On gender equality, they have said they will have a 50/50 split of female/male directors and living playwrights by 2020. My question is why not now ? What's stopping them ? Can anyone give a single reason why they have to wait 4-5 years to implement this ?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 7:22:31 GMT
Royal Hunt of the Sun was done a while back at the National... Yes, a really awful Trevor Nunn production. I'm glad someone else thought so too...!
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Post by Jan on Feb 5, 2016 8:32:34 GMT
Yes, a really awful Trevor Nunn production. I'm glad someone else thought so too...! Everyone who saw it surely ?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 9:00:56 GMT
I hope they're going to do something a little more interesting with the casting of Amadeus (in addition to the extremely promising start of casting Lucian Msamati, obviously) - it's all very well *saying* you're committed to sorting out gender equality in your theatre, but then when you program a play with only one female speaking part... On gender equality, they have said they will have a 50/50 split of female/male directors and living playwrights by 2020. My question is why not now ? What's stopping them ? Can anyone give a single reason why they have to wait 4-5 years to implement this ? I agree, in an ideal world they could start now. But I wonder if it has a little to do with existing commitments of the playwrights/directors in question? Not to mention making room for the up-and-coming talent that may be more in a position, experience-wise, to take on an NT show in four years' time.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 5, 2016 10:27:49 GMT
On yesterday's Twitter #AskRufus, @angelastreet1 asked: "Why is it taking 5 more years to achieve gender equality?" and Rufus replied: "Five-year equality/diversity plan is across whole organisation. We aim to get there sooner with writing."
I think it's fairly obvious why this will take time for departmental staffing to transition to achieve the planned equality/diversity. Presumably the NT will implement the plan piecemeal as current staff leave naturally, with no need for redundancies, and in five years the NT can review the outcome to see whether further actin is still required in some parts of the organisation.
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Post by Jan on Feb 5, 2016 11:07:00 GMT
On yesterday's Twitter #AskRufus, @angelastreet1 asked: "Why is it taking 5 more years to achieve gender equality?" and Rufus replied: "Five-year equality/diversity plan is across whole organisation. We aim to get there sooner with writing." I think it's fairly obvious why this will take time for departmental staffing to transition to achieve the planned equality/diversity. Presumably the NT will implement the plan piecemeal as current staff leave naturally, with no need for redundancies, and in five years the NT can review the outcome to see whether further actin is still required in some parts of the organisation. The board should take the lead and half of them should resign now. It does not fill one with confidence that the likes of Rusbridger are on it with his track record at the Guardian of stuffing all the senior positions with white public-school Oxbridge types just like himself.
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Post by Snciole on Feb 5, 2016 11:44:32 GMT
To boldly speculate as Jan Brock reminded me in another thread.
Anthony is a pretty thankless part for an actor like Fiennes (Is he/she too old should be in the FAQ) so he must either want to tick it off or he has a top dollar actress in mind. McCrory has said she wants to do it but who else has the gravitas?
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Post by Jan on Feb 5, 2016 12:07:54 GMT
On yesterday's Twitter #AskRufus, @angelastreet1 asked: "Why is it taking 5 more years to achieve gender equality?" and Rufus replied: "Five-year equality/diversity plan is across whole organisation. We aim to get there sooner with writing." I think it's fairly obvious why this will take time for departmental staffing to transition to achieve the planned equality/diversity. Presumably the NT will implement the plan piecemeal as current staff leave naturally, with no need for redundancies, and in five years the NT can review the outcome to see whether further actin is still required in some parts of the organisation. Just by the way it was very imprudent of Rufus to say this. The press release said only gender equality in directors and new playwrights. To implement a recruitment policy for staff positions based on gender (or racial) targets is simply illegal in UK and the fact he's effectively admitted here they are implementing one will be dragged up at the first employment tribunal hearing by a middle-aged white man turned down for a job. For any particular staff job they simply aren't allowed to favour one candidate over another based on gender. Suggesting that redundancies could be used to further such an aim is so catastrophically illegal it would probably be enough for the entire board and directorate to lose their jobs.
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Post by Jan on Feb 5, 2016 12:09:53 GMT
To boldly speculate as Jan Brock reminded me in another thread. Anthony is a pretty thankless part for an actor like Fiennes (Is he/she too old should be in the FAQ) so he must either want to tick it off or he has a top dollar actress in mind. McCrory has said she wants to do it but who else has the gravitas? And that is partly why actors hate the role, the top dollar actress gets all the attention and plaudits. The way the play is structured Antony is really just a supporting role.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 12:24:46 GMT
Ridiculously, even though Cleopatra is arguably the largest female part in the canon, Antony has more lines than she does. But still gets nowhere near as much attention. And sometimes his comparatively early death is a blissful relief for audiences, depending on who's playing the role...
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Post by Jan on Feb 5, 2016 12:28:57 GMT
Ridiculously, even though Cleopatra is arguably the largest female part in the canon, Antony has more lines than she does. But still gets nowhere near as much attention. And sometimes his comparatively early death is a blissful relief for audiences, depending on who's playing the role... The most ill-assorted pair I saw were Diana Rigg and Denis Quilley (playing the role as a block of wood).
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Post by Raven on Feb 5, 2016 20:52:25 GMT
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Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 6, 2016 11:09:46 GMT
NT Future was judged the UK Theatre Building of the Year in The Stage Awards.
Anyone agree??
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 6, 2016 18:32:23 GMT
Didn't the late Jack Tinker say "I will begin to like the National Theatre, when my beard reaches my knees."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2016 19:42:03 GMT
Didn't the late Jack Tinker say "I will begin to like the National Theatre, when my beard reaches my knees." He was very short though...
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Post by lynette on Feb 6, 2016 20:51:46 GMT
NT Future was judged the UK Theatre Building of the Year in The Stage Awards. Anyone agree?? O give me strength
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2016 10:28:46 GMT
I think the NT refurb has been done pretty well - it still looks and feels like the NT but there is more space and more seating. The new cafe does some nice grub and I'm more likely to eat there now that I can be reasonably confident of getting a seat. It's now much easier to get round the ground floor without bottlenecks of people blocking the way. And you don't have to walk past a load of bins to get in. We might take it for granted, but you only have to go to other theatres (cf my endless moaning about how unwelcoming the RSC is) to realise that they are well aherad of the pack. I like the new pub, and the staff there are 100000% more effcient that those at the Southbank Centre at dealing with summer crowds.
I've tried the Green Room restaurant twice now and it was rubbish both times, so won't be going back. Some you win...
Controversially, I hope they get rid of the Shed/Temporary Theatre soon so we get the square back for summer.
I wish the early evening music would come back.
This is the end of my random musings.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Feb 7, 2016 11:02:21 GMT
The shed or what ever it's called blocks out even more light - silly positioning unless nuclear bunker was part of the design brief
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Post by Jan on Feb 7, 2016 12:27:52 GMT
The shed or what ever it's called blocks out even more light - silly positioning unless nuclear bunker was part of the design brief It's surprisingly good inside though.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 7, 2016 15:36:39 GMT
I say keep the Shed (or whatever it's called this week); it is the most affordable of the venues and imho has the most consistently interesting - if not necessarily always appealing - programming.
But scrub the free music and yet more events - the whole area is crowded and noisy enough as it is, what with theatre-goers, those going to eat/drink and tourists exploring the South Bank.
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