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Post by kathryn on Jan 18, 2019 9:34:52 GMT
This looks to be by the person who dashed up at the curtain call to give Cate a present. The gift was a bag, my sources tell me, adding that it was "weird and silly" and that CB looked shocked but tentatively took it. I'm imagining it being handed to an assistant backstage with a crisp "Get rid of this." I am currently reading a biog by one of Queen's roadies, and his description of what actually happened to gifts thrown on stage by fans during gigs is hilarious. It involved creative use of pyrotechnic powder.... |
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Post by Rory on Jan 18, 2019 9:41:20 GMT
Tweet from Emma Fielding in response to OTT Times article:
(But I think there's still a dildo being bandied about, if that steams your pudding.)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 12:42:44 GMT
Also an opinion piece in The Guardian by Suzanne Moore (seek it out if you want, it's written second hand and as sensationalist as you can imagine). I suppose it's at least about the play to 'justify' the titillation but that's the difference between tabloids and broadsheets, a manufactured veneer of distance.
Can anyone give an idea of the directorial style being used? Any of her multimedia work or actor focused? More like Mitchell's stripped back naturalism or like Cleansed's 'Total Theatre plus'? |
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Post by cat6 on Jan 18, 2019 12:49:31 GMT
The gift was a bag, my sources tell me, adding that it was "weird and silly" and that CB looked shocked but tentatively took it. I'm imagining it being handed to an assistant backstage with a crisp "Get rid of this." I am currently reading a biog by one of Queen's roadies, and his description of what actually happened to gifts thrown on stage by fans during gigs is hilarious. It involved creative use of pyrotechnic powder.... What book is that, Kathryn? Thanks! |
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Post by Backdrifter on Jan 18, 2019 14:20:18 GMT
Also an opinion piece in The Guardian by Suzanne Moore (seek it out if you want, it's written second hand and as sensationalist as you can imagine). I suppose it's at least about the play to 'justify' the titillation but that's the difference between tabloids and broadsheets, a manufactured veneer of distance.
Can anyone give an idea of the directorial style being used? Any of her multimedia work or actor focused? More like Mitchell's stripped back naturalism or like Cleansed's 'Total Theatre plus'? I'm assuming no line of chairs, ballgowns, random slow motion sequences or particulate matter falling from above for this one. Or a continuous background drone. Ade? |
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Post by Ade on Jan 18, 2019 14:34:58 GMT
Also an opinion piece in The Guardian by Suzanne Moore (seek it out if you want, it's written second hand and as sensationalist as you can imagine). I suppose it's at least about the play to 'justify' the titillation but that's the difference between tabloids and broadsheets, a manufactured veneer of distance.
Can anyone give an idea of the directorial style being used? Any of her multimedia work or actor focused? More like Mitchell's stripped back naturalism or like Cleansed's 'Total Theatre plus'? I'm assuming no line of chairs, ballgowns, random slow motion sequences or particulate matter falling from above for this one. Or a continuous background drone. Ade? None of the above. Just a truly baffling use of handheld microphones. |
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Post by kathryn on Jan 18, 2019 14:56:50 GMT
I am currently reading a biog by one of Queen's roadies, and his description of what actually happened to gifts thrown on stage by fans during gigs is hilarious. It involved creative use of pyrotechnic powder.... What book is that, Kathryn? Thanks! Queen Unseen by Peter Hince. |
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Post by Backdrifter on Jan 18, 2019 15:03:17 GMT
I'm assuming no line of chairs, ballgowns, random slow motion sequences or particulate matter falling from above for this one. Or a continuous background drone. Ade? None of the above. Just a truly baffling use of handheld microphones. Hand held mics! Blimey I haven't seen those on stage for a while. Maybe not since the YV Lear. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 15:43:08 GMT
None of the above. Just a truly baffling use of handheld microphones. Hand held mics! Blimey I haven't seen those on stage for a while. Maybe not since the YV Lear. The Almeida Wild Duck used one very nicely. You'd be hard pressed to find a production without then in some parts of Europe. |
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Post by crowblack on Jan 18, 2019 16:27:44 GMT
They're even doing this on Radio 5 Live Drive...
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 18, 2019 16:31:28 GMT
Six uses six of them, simultaneously!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 17:03:52 GMT
God it’s even on Radio 4 PM
Due to the woman fainting
Which was likely for entirely a different reason
And in any case fainting is a self limiting reflex
Hardly like they sh*t in the mouths of audience members during this play
It’s acting
Hardly shocking
I am seeing tonight
And again later in the run
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Post by bordeaux on Jan 18, 2019 17:44:48 GMT
God it’s even on Radio 4 PM Due to the woman fainting Which was likely for entirely a different reason And in any case fainting is a self limiting reflex Hardly like they sh*t in the mouths of audience members during this play It’s acting Hardly shocking I am seeing tonight And again later in the run Can I just say, I can't wait for your review, Parsley. And I doubt I am the only one. Whether you love it or hate it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 17:49:50 GMT
God it’s even on Radio 4 PM Due to the woman fainting Which was likely for entirely a different reason And in any case fainting is a self limiting reflex Hardly like they sh*t in the mouths of audience members during this play It’s acting Hardly shocking I am seeing tonight And again later in the run Can I just say, I can't wait for your review, Parsley. And I doubt I am the only one. Whether you love it or hate it. Parsley is an avowed Katie Mitchell fan. Martin Crimp maybe, maybe not? |
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Post by floorshow on Jan 18, 2019 17:55:49 GMT
Hardly like they sh*t in the mouths of audience members during this play Citation needed |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 19:05:42 GMT
There is an element of pretentious
In everything CB does
Just look at her choice of stage roles
Although Gross Und Klein was very demanding of her
Although even she is not immune to decisions
As stupid as Oceans
For all the talent she has
There are many many lesser actors
Who have made a lot more money and use
From their skills
I do agree that she is overlauded
For a comparatively small body of work
Nicole Kidman for example would create a bigger draw
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Post by sf on Jan 18, 2019 19:32:57 GMT
The lack of dildo details is disconcerting.
Now I'm imagining the show somehow incorporating the Dancing Dildos number from The First Nudie Musical...
(My brain is a scary place.)
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Post by kathryn on Jan 18, 2019 20:08:40 GMT
My friend ended up returning the ticket she got me for tomorrow night that I couldn’t use, so there will definitely be one ticket going back on sale!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 22:45:16 GMT
The play is fine
Pretentious as expected from Crimp
The direction is good
The acting is excellent
There is an air of foreboding
As well as slight tongue in cheek
Poking fun
Almost pantomime or charade like
Exploration of gender based roles and sex
Some uneasy elements
Mocking fat people
Poor people
And so on and so forth
It’s slightly too long
Dillane who I usually find annoying
Is actually suited to this role very much so
Blanchett is very good and suited to the role physically
Loved Mrs Jewkes she made me laugh
Overall loads of the lines are actually bullsh*t
More exploring thoughts and ideas
The strap on bit seemed an EXACT copy of Madonna
Which she did in Up for Grabs
In conclusion
It’s fine
Nothing earth shattering
There was enough trademark Mitchell and Crimp to sate me
But it’s far far far from Mitchell’s heyday
Of Waves
Attempts on her life
Iphigenia
Which are iconic and didn’t need a named actor to be a success
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2019 22:48:53 GMT
To clarify
Some people did leave during the play
But in my mind
There is nothing shocking
These elements are more ridiculous if anything
There is some brief violence
Hardly Congo war level
And if the sight of a strap on shocks some people
Then I am glad I am not them
I have seen more shocking things on the high street
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Post by theatrelover123 on Jan 19, 2019 8:07:07 GMT
To clarify Some people did leave during the play But in my mind There is nothing shocking These elements are more ridiculous if anything There is some brief violence Hardly Congo war level And if the sight of a strap on shocks some people Then I am glad I am not them I have seen more shocking things on the high street Ooh tell us about the more shocking things you have seen on the High Street. Was it like Congolese war level violence or more at the dildo scale of things? Or maybe just the prices in Waitrose and sadness at Woolworths closing down? |
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Post by Snciole on Jan 19, 2019 12:21:43 GMT
I once saw a fight over coffee between a shoplifter and Waitrose staff. I live in Croydon though so every day is a drama.
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Post by justinj on Jan 19, 2019 13:25:24 GMT
Anyone know what the day seat line is like for this? What time are people queuing from to get tickets?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 15:09:16 GMT
Anyone know what the day seat line is like for this? What time are people queuing from to get tickets? 3am |
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Post by Rory on Jan 19, 2019 15:12:59 GMT
Anyone know what the day seat line is like for this? What time are people queuing from to get tickets? 3am Eek! |
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