520 posts
|
Post by theatreliker on Mar 12, 2018 22:37:09 GMT
Have they announced the 'Judi Dench' role yet?
|
|
2,859 posts
|
Post by couldileaveyou on Mar 12, 2018 23:02:27 GMT
Have they announced the 'Judi Dench' role yet? Kate Fleetwood |
|
|
|
Post by basi1faw1ty on Mar 13, 2018 10:55:38 GMT
I hope Fleetwood is gonna pull it off, especially after watching the TV version on YT. Judi is extraordinary in that. I've never seen Fleetwood live so I'm not sure what to expect.
They started rehearsals last Monday but the NT have kept quiet about it, which I find odd. They usually like to inform us of such things.
|
|
1,239 posts
|
Post by nash16 on Mar 13, 2018 12:08:53 GMT
I hope Fleetwood is gonna pull it off, especially after watching the TV version on YT. Judi is extraordinary in that. I've never seen Fleetwood live so I'm not sure what to expect. They started rehearsals last Monday but the NT have kept quiet about it, which I find odd. They usually like to inform us of such things. I thought Absolute Hell opened to the press last week? |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 12:24:48 GMT
Nope, previews from 18th April.
|
|
|
|
Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 13, 2018 13:47:40 GMT
I think nash16 was making a Macbeth funny...
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 14:04:58 GMT
Ahhh. Possibly not appropriate considering how raw and pained those who've already seen Macbeth seem to be feeling...  |
|
|
|
Post by cat6 on Apr 9, 2018 14:42:47 GMT
|
|
4,369 posts
|
Post by Michael on Apr 9, 2018 14:54:27 GMT
Threads merged
|
|
|
|
Post by basi1faw1ty on Apr 9, 2018 16:36:25 GMT
I'm excited for this (not because my favourite actor is a lead, oh no, notforthatreasonwhatsoever).
My only issue is what Joe Hill-Gibbins is gonna do to it, having read about his past productions, notably his Midsummer Night's Dream. The play is controversial to start with (at least it was back in the 50s or whenever it was penned, partly due to having the lead male be a gay character), so I'm slightly anxious what he has up his sleeve. Also I rather like this play and don't want anything bad to happen to it.
|
|
|
|
Post by basi1faw1ty on Apr 13, 2018 17:01:08 GMT
Erm... I don't want to potentially put anybody off seeing this but...  That run time is quite something. Of course this could alter as the weeks go by, but my goodness me. I know there are numerous plays that go on for much longer than this, but this'll be the lengthiest production I've witnessed to date. |
|
1,064 posts
|
Post by bellboard27 on Apr 13, 2018 17:04:52 GMT
Erm... I don't want to potentially put anybody off seeing this but... That run time is quite something. Of course this could alter as the weeks go by, but my goodness me. I know there are numerous plays that go on for much longer than this, but this'll be the lengthiest production I've witnessed to date. The clue is in the title. |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2018 17:11:58 GMT
So... finishing at 10.40pm? I am DEFINITELY taking a cushion.
|
|
|
|
Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 13, 2018 17:12:07 GMT
That is how long the play is. It is a large cast of characters with many different stories to tell. It needs a large canvas and room to breathe. Cut it and you lose the richness of the tapestry being woven.
|
|
7,189 posts
|
Post by Jon on Apr 13, 2018 17:29:39 GMT
Having sat through The Inheritance and AIA, 3 hours 40 minutes is nothing.
When the start time is 7pm, you know it’s not going to be 90 minutes no interval type show
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2018 17:34:22 GMT
Glad I booked a matinee although not sure I can face the front seats in the Lyttleton for that long.
|
|
5,707 posts
|
Post by lynette on Apr 13, 2018 17:55:47 GMT
So... finishing at 10.40pm? I am DEFINITELY taking a cushion. Whole bag of jelly babies |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2018 18:24:50 GMT
It wasn’t that long when Judi did it.
And she didn’t speak that fast...
I hope the Nash gets ready for another stampede to return tickets...
|
|
3,320 posts
|
Post by david on Apr 13, 2018 19:41:46 GMT
So... finishing at 10.40pm? I am DEFINITELY taking a cushion. Whole bag of jelly babies If this is the running time, that’s 1 bag per hour for me then! |
|
1,260 posts
|
Post by theatrelover123 on Apr 13, 2018 19:49:03 GMT
That’s 3 one hour blocks. That’s more than manageable.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2018 20:58:32 GMT
It wasn’t that long when Judi did it. And she didn’t speak that fast... I hope the Nash gets ready for another stampede to return tickets... I don't remember it being that long either. This can only mean one thing...lots of directorial flourishes, probably involving Bob Dylan's music and physical theatre. Or it might be immersive. Fasten your seatlbelts etc... |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2018 11:57:38 GMT
I don't know whether to feel nervous or excited about this new production... It's such a good piece, I really don't want to see it ruined.
It's actually written in two acts so I have no idea why it's now three acts with two longer intervals.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2018 12:27:18 GMT
Always know the director, it’s a much better gauge of what a production will be than booking because of an actor or play.
Hill-Gibbins, on his record, will not present the play as a piece of realism, being likely to not use a historically accurate setting, to use symbolic staging and to punctuate the action with non-naturalistic elements, such as contemporary music and a rough design aesthetic.
Of course, he might suddenly decide to do the opposite, but I doubt it.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2018 13:00:37 GMT
His name isn't familiar to me but now I've Googled I see he did The Beauty Queen of Leenane at the Young Vic which I saw and liked. Seemed pretty 'straight' and faithful to the original from memory.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2018 13:21:54 GMT
His name isn't familiar to me but now I've Googled I see he did The Beauty Queen of Leenane at the Young Vic which I saw and liked. Seemed pretty 'straight' and faithful to the original from memory. Since then he’s directed The Changeling, Measure for Measure, The Glass Menagerie and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Young Vic, Edward II at the National, verbatim play Little Revolution at the Almeida, operas Powder Her Face in an environmental staging for ENO and Greek for Scottish Opera. I saw all but the last and none were straightforward stagings (by faithful, do you mean to the original production?). He may go back to a style he used six or seven years ago but that goes against how most artists develop. Just a warning to people really, otherwise there are going to be a lot of moans about this potential approach. |
|
