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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2018 10:10:53 GMT
Plus a tour of all the main house productions
Interesting note regarding the Swan productions
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Post by lynette on Sept 10, 2018 11:12:15 GMT
No woman writers, one woman director, one BAME writer, two BAME directors. And, of course, Antony Sher. You would think at this point Sher and Doran might be a bit embarrassed by the frequency with which he gets cast at the RSC, but apparently not. What is he playing? |
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Post by lynette on Sept 10, 2018 11:14:08 GMT
Ok, sorry I just seen it, in the South African play. Fair enough. He should get the accent right 😁
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 10, 2018 12:47:56 GMT
Doran directed M4M will be a pedestrian snoozefest. There is zero info in the launch to give any clue of his ideas. Which is never an encouraging sign.
Reversed roles Shrew - if they must.
As You Like it - again short on detail.
Not sure all of this was worth the countdown and attempt to create hype.
It is clearly a company in a holding phase until someone comes along to actually give it some personality and real vision.
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Post by Jan on Sept 10, 2018 13:32:33 GMT
One wonders, or rather one doesn’t, about why they think we should be interested in a contemporary play from South Africa rather than, say, Germany or France.
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Post by showgirl on Sept 10, 2018 13:59:26 GMT
Boring and disappointing to me, unless there's more to come. After such a good year at the Swan, I was hoping for more of the same, ie new plays/musicals, preferably light-hearted and/or a new treatment of something familiar. So the Athol Fugard doesn't qualify.
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Post by David J on Sept 10, 2018 14:09:24 GMT
One wonders, or rather one doesn’t, about why they think we should be interested in a contemporary play from South Africa rather than, say, Germany or France. And I wonder whether this play is going to reflect what is going on over there at the moment that a lot of people would rather ignore |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 10, 2018 14:42:10 GMT
I like Measure for Measure and will take a punt on the Shrew. Nothing else interests me much at this point.
I saw a great promenade production of Venice Preserved in Greenwich a few years ago.
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Post by Jan on Sept 10, 2018 14:58:55 GMT
So the Athol Fugard doesn't qualify. A small point, but it’s not by Athol Fugard, it’s by John Kani who I see is now 76. |
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Post by lichtie on Sept 10, 2018 15:18:26 GMT
I think the Swan line-up looks fine - the main theatre less interesting. Why another AYLI? Won't this be 3 times in 10 years? Is it just to suck the tourists in over the summer?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2018 17:45:41 GMT
Well that was an underwhelming announcement, compared to the RSC's twitter buildup.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 10, 2018 20:58:38 GMT
Did I miss the big Aberg news?
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Post by learfan on Sept 11, 2018 21:09:04 GMT
Very odd, wonder what she was talking about in the Stage interview then? I got the rsc mailing today and it says the lovely and always luminous Alex Gilbreath will play Lady Brute in Provoked Wife, excellent news.
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Post by theatremad on Sept 19, 2018 18:09:14 GMT
"We have some exciting programming lined up for Winter 2019 to be announced early next year"
Quote on a patrons event on the RSC website. God knows what they mean aside from the David Walliams musical
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Post by Jan on Sept 19, 2018 19:20:29 GMT
"We have some exciting programming lined up for Winter 2019 to be announced early next year" Quote on a patrons event on the RSC website. God knows what they mean aside from the David Walliams musical Means nothing, there is no possible programming for Winter 2019 they wouldn’t describe as “exciting”. |
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Post by learfan on Sept 19, 2018 19:20:30 GMT
"We have some exciting programming lined up for Winter 2019 to be announced early next year" Quote on a patrons event on the RSC website. God knows what they mean aside from the David Walliams musical Well, they aren't likely to say they have a pile of rubbish planned are they? |
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Post by theatremad on Sept 19, 2018 19:24:46 GMT
"We have some exciting programming lined up for Winter 2019 to be announced early next year" Quote on a patrons event on the RSC website. God knows what they mean aside from the David Walliams musical Well, they aren't likely to say they have a pile of rubbish planned are they? The only odd thing (slightly) to add is theyve added a patrons event so the main one is later to coincide it seems |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 10:15:30 GMT
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 10, 2018 10:28:02 GMT
Making changes to the RST (again) is well and good - but they won't be able to recreate that on tour. The last time I saw one of Doran's productions outside of Stratford (the Tennant R2), it really suffered from not being in thrust.
I just wish people would focus on doing good, interesting work - something Doran appears to have forgotten how to do.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2018 10:38:18 GMT
They've deleted the tweet which mentioned all three transferring to the Barbican so I guess they weren't supposed to announce that yet.
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Post by Jan on Dec 10, 2018 11:58:55 GMT
I thought the "As You Like It" in 2013 was part of Dorans's plan to stage all of the canon without repetition on the main RST stage - so how come it's back again ? Of course he's already partially abandoned the idea by putting "Timon of Athens" in the Swan, and his strange claim on taking the job that his tenure "would emphasise Shakespeare rather than Company" is also somewhat undercut by him announcing the formation of a 2019 company. Directors really shouldn't announce long-terms plans because they rarely seem to be carried though (Boyd's 3-year Russian season was another). The season doesn't look that interesting but of course it's not aimed at me.
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Post by altamont on Dec 10, 2018 12:19:28 GMT
My understanding was that the first of the current cycle was the David Tennant Richard II which was in the autumn in 2013, just following As You Like It
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Post by David J on Dec 10, 2018 12:33:02 GMT
Yeah, please don't associate that As You Like It with Gregory Doran's tenure.
To me that represented a glorious end to an era at the RSC
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Post by David J on Dec 10, 2018 12:37:46 GMT
I'd be interested to see Sophie Stanton as Jacques after seeing her as Mrs Rich this year.
Always happy to see Sandy Grierson again, especially as Touchstone and Angelo
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Post by NeilVHughes on Dec 10, 2018 12:45:57 GMT
Doesn’t bode well when you have to tout the layout of the Theatre as a season draw and further highlights that ‘top’ actors cannot be enticed to Stratford Upon Avon.
Will be interesting to see the casting for Midsummer at The Bridge for a comparison.
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