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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 23:40:45 GMT
It was a genuine question - so am I alone in querying whether this constitutes a play? So is Caryl Churchill’s 7 Jewish Children a play? Is Beckett’s Not I a play? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 23:46:05 GMT
It was a genuine question - so am I alone in querying whether this constitutes a play? I hope so. The answer to the question is: Yes. |
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Post by showgirl on Nov 12, 2017 6:47:45 GMT
Hah, seems I'm in a minority of one, but at least I'm used to it and the whatever-it-is had already sold out anyway before I asked. I've said before that I won't knowingly book a one-person production and that within reason, I have a "more the merrier" approach (preferably at least 4 cast members but not an army), so I'm sure that has coloured my view.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2017 11:44:24 GMT
I know nothing about Girls & Boys but Vicky Featherstone has been programming Dennis Kelly for a couple of decades and I think we can trust by now that they both know what they're doing here.
In recent years, solo plays have provided many of the richest and most complex theatrical productions. Top of head: St Nicholas, Grounded, Elsinore, Iphigenia in Splott, Random, Sand, Man to Man, Joanne.
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Post by elmolover79 on Nov 29, 2017 20:19:12 GMT
I am gutted i tried for tickets super late😣
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Post by jadnoop on Dec 11, 2017 17:43:33 GMT
For those who missed the tickets, an extra week has been announced for this (12-17 March).
Priority booking opens on Thursday at noon. Public booking is Friday also at noon.
(mods, would it be possible to change the thread title to 'Girls and Boys', which is the correct title, to make it easier to find?)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2017 17:54:36 GMT
(mods, would it be possible to change the thread title to 'Girls and Boys', which is the correct title, to make it easier to find?) The Royal Court has it as Girls & Boys. They should know! |
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Post by jadnoop on Dec 11, 2017 17:55:29 GMT
(mods, would it be possible to change the thread title to 'Girls and Boys', which is the correct title, to make it easier to find?) The Royal Court has it as Girls & Boys. They should know! I wasn't talking about the ampersand, but the fact that the thread title gets the genders the other way round. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2017 17:56:18 GMT
O & H
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2017 11:41:09 GMT
Public booking opens in nineteen minutes for the last week of this new play from the writer of Pinocchio!
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Post by dani on Feb 8, 2018 15:13:21 GMT
I haven't seen anything here yet about the new Dennis Kelly play, starring Carey Mulligan. I see it's the first preview tonight, so will be very interested to hear reports. It's a monologue, I gather, and eighty minutes long.
The information on the Royal Court website makes it sound extraordinarily unoriginal: "An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids – theirs is an ordinary family. But then their world starts to unravel and things take a disturbing turn." Probably a sign that it's a masterpiece.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2018 16:05:04 GMT
I haven't seen anything here yet about the new Dennis Kelly play, starring Carey Mulligan. I see it's the first preview tonight, so will be very interested to hear reports. It's a monologue, I gather, and eighty minutes long. The information on the Royal Court website makes it sound extraordinarily unoriginal: "An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids – theirs is an ordinary family. But then their world starts to unravel and things take a disturbing turn." Probably a sign that it's a masterpiece. There's already a thread, although the mods refused to correct the title. |
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Post by dani on Feb 8, 2018 16:33:15 GMT
I haven't seen anything here yet about the new Dennis Kelly play, starring Carey Mulligan. I see it's the first preview tonight, so will be very interested to hear reports. It's a monologue, I gather, and eighty minutes long. The information on the Royal Court website makes it sound extraordinarily unoriginal: "An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids – theirs is an ordinary family. But then their world starts to unravel and things take a disturbing turn." Probably a sign that it's a masterpiece. There's already a thread, although the mods refused to correct the title. Thanks. That would explain why I couldn't find it. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2018 18:56:28 GMT
An excellent album and production values to die for with the polished, sleek style also seen on the previous Roxy CD Avalon but here even moreso. Add to this that unmistakable voice snaking across the top and it’s about as eighties as you can imagine. Hit sngles are there but some other great tracks such as The Chosen One and Stone Woman are well worth a listen.
There appears to be another thread about a Royal Court play with a similar name but I don’t think it has Bryan Ferry in it.
Is this one a jukebox musical then?
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Post by n1david on Feb 8, 2018 19:18:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2018 19:52:42 GMT
Well the play's called Girls and Boys, so I'd suggest merging the two threads but correcting the title so people can easily find the discussion. If the threads stay separate, then I'd rather hang out in this one than the earlier one, as this is the one with the correct title.
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Post by bellboard27 on Feb 8, 2018 20:57:47 GMT
Well the play's called Girls and Boys, so I'd suggest merging the two threads but correcting the title so people can easily find the discussion. If the threads stay separate, then I'd rather hang out in this one than the earlier one, as this is the one with the correct title. Hell. I’ve found out I’ve booked to see both at the same time. Now I don’t know which to choose. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 9, 2018 7:57:43 GMT
I haven't seen anything here yet about the new Dennis Kelly play, starring Carey Mulligan. I see it's the first preview tonight, so will be very interested to hear reports. It's a monologue, I gather, and eighty minutes long. The information on the Royal Court website makes it sound extraordinarily unoriginal: "An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids – theirs is an ordinary family. But then their world starts to unravel and things take a disturbing turn." Probably a sign that it's a masterpiece. There's already a thread, although the mods refused to correct the title. If there’s something wrong with a thread which needs a correction then please use the report button to bring it to our attention, send any of the admin team a PM, or bring it to our attention by tagging. Without doing that we can’t guarantee that a call out within the thread will get spotted because quite simply we cannot read every single post on the site. Either way, there was no refusal to correct the title. Thanks. |
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Post by jasper on Feb 9, 2018 10:56:40 GMT
There's already a thread, although the mods refused to correct the title. If there’s something wrong with a thread which needs a correction then please use the report button to bring it to our attention, send any of the admin team a PM, or bring it to our attention by tagging. Without doing that we can’t guarantee that a call out within the thread will get spotted because quite simply we cannot read every single post on the site. Either way, there was no refusal to correct the title. Thanks. What is a pm? Post-mortem? |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Feb 9, 2018 11:04:22 GMT
PM is a private message.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Feb 9, 2018 22:59:24 GMT
I saw it tonight and I thought that Carey Mulligan is very good and the set is beautiful. As for the play, it contains some gems of truth but on the whole I found it superficial and not particularly original. It's nothing you haven't read or seen before, it takes its sweet time to reach its point and everything after that just felt rushed. I also thought it was a bit emotionally manipulative and insincere. Over all, it's okay, but Mulligan is really the best thing in it.
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Post by alnoor on Feb 10, 2018 11:57:21 GMT
^Keep an eye nearer the time. At the moment, row A is the front row, but at "The Ferryman," for example, they put rows AA and BB back in after the set went up... for those quick enough... Spot on TM. This is happening with Girls and Boys. Got my email from RC. |
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Post by jasper on Feb 10, 2018 12:57:52 GMT
^Keep an eye nearer the time. At the moment, row A is the front row, but at "The Ferryman," for example, they put rows AA and BB back in after the set went up... for those quick enough... Spot on TM. This is happening with Girls and Boys. Got my email from RC. Why are some talking in code on this thread? What is TM? Transcendental meditation? Or am I not allowed to be in the loop? I suppose RC is not Roman Catholic, but Royal Court. |
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Post by jadnoop on Feb 10, 2018 13:18:11 GMT
Spot on TM. This is happening with Girls and Boys. Got my email from RC. Why are some talking in code on this thread? What is TM? Transcendental meditation? Or am I not allowed to be in the loop? I suppose RC is not Roman Catholic, but Royal Court. FYI, TM is TM.C on this board, rather than TMI or ATM, say. Yep, RC here is RC. BRB. |
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Post by jasper on Feb 10, 2018 16:06:27 GMT
Why are some talking in code on this thread? What is TM? Transcendental meditation? Or am I not allowed to be in the loop? I suppose RC is not Roman Catholic, but Royal Court. FYI, TM is TM.C on this board, rather than TMI or ATM, say. Yep, RC here is RC. BRB. That makes everything as clear as day. Thanks very much for being so understanding |
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