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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 30, 2019 14:01:03 GMT
And people wonder why there are those of us completely exasperated by the Doran regime
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 14:16:26 GMT
To be fair he does mention a new play in the Swan as well (Queen Anne) but that's in the context of the "Roaring Girls" season of Shakespeare's contemporaries. Feels that this newly announced season fails on all of the above claims!
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Post by cirque on Jan 30, 2019 19:50:29 GMT
I can't get to grips with what has been announced for the winter. It seems as far as Swan box office suicide. Doran or is it Whyman seem to believe that they are radical in their choices but this is simply not so. I am angry but also very sorry that visitors to Stratford will have such a limited choice of work next winter. Perhaps it's time for Greg to retire and Boy in Dress is seen as a pension project in line with previous RSC money makers. Is Robbie Williams still that in tune......seems an odd choice.
Yesterday Telegraph highlight the potential of adaptation for family audiences citing other much more immediate works.
I feel Whyman had over influenced policy here and whilst the TOP seasons have been interesting the work is not Swan material. It's time to consider where this company belongs in the future and how to make it a force for greatness again.
Sadly don't see any hope in the next few years.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 11:47:41 GMT
A bit of praise for the RSC amid all this - called them regarding my ticket for Timon tomorrow as not convinced I want to drive there in the snow, they gave me a credit note despite their normal policy being this has to be done 72 hours in advance
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Post by learfan on Feb 1, 2019 14:17:36 GMT
A bit of praise for the RSC amid all this - called them regarding my ticket for Timon tomorrow as not convinced I want to drive there in the snow, they gave me a credit note despite their normal policy being this has to be done 72 hours in advance Lucky man, no snow at all in the West Midlands. |
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Post by Cleo on Feb 10, 2019 20:38:11 GMT
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Post by learfan on Feb 10, 2019 21:11:33 GMT
Well it will actually be the 28th (29 if you include 2 noble kinsmen). The second tetralogy aside there are only Winters Tale, Alls Well, Comedy of Errors, Henry8 and possibly Pericles to go.
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Post by mistressjojo on Feb 10, 2019 23:27:44 GMT
The latest RSC members letter included a chart showing what's been done ( in order) & what's to do.
If they continue in this order next season will be Henry 8 and All's Well , and final play will be Winter's Tale (with CoE, the three Henry6 and Pericles in between.)
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Post by learfan on Feb 11, 2019 3:35:58 GMT
The latest RSC members letter included a chart showing what's been done ( in order) & what's to do. If they continue in this order next season will be Henry 8 and All's Well , and final play will be Winter's Tale (with CoE, the three Henry6 and Pericles in between.) Im a bronze patron and i didnt get any sort of chart with the recent mailing! I feel an email in the morning, grrr. |
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Post by lichtie on Feb 13, 2019 19:54:58 GMT
You definitely should have got a chart with the mailing. It's hard to know if the order mistressjojo gave is right though as the last 8 also just happen to be listed in alphabetical order (Pericles isn't in it, nor is 2 NK, and H8 is listed under its All is True title).
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Post by learfan on Feb 13, 2019 20:23:17 GMT
You definitely should have got a chart with the mailing. It's hard to know if the order mistressjojo gave is right though as the last 8 also just happen to be listed in alphabetical order (Pericles isn't in it, nor is 2 NK, and H8 is listed under its All is True title). I emailed them and they said they were customising them or something but ive got one now. Pericles and 2NK arent in the folio so wont be included. Yes hard to tell if that is the order or not. Though i have always assumed the H6/R3 tetralogy would be at the end. |
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Post by mistressjojo on Feb 13, 2019 20:41:01 GMT
You definitely should have got a chart with the mailing. It's hard to know if the order mistressjojo gave is right though as the last 8 also just happen to be listed in alphabetical order (Pericles isn't in it, nor is 2 NK, and H8 is listed under its All is True title). My bad sorry, I didn't have it in front of me when I posted. Indeed no Pericles, with R3 the penultimate show. |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Feb 18, 2019 11:41:47 GMT
Enthusiasm for the new season so low only realised members booking opened this morning when it was in my Twitter feed.
Not even done my usual review of dates.
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Post by lynette on Feb 18, 2019 17:19:00 GMT
Enthusiasm for the new season so low only realised members booking opened this morning when it was in my Twitter feed. Not even done my usual review of dates. The Boy in the Dress is the big thing and it looks like nothing else is important. |
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Post by learfan on Feb 18, 2019 18:45:06 GMT
Enthusiasm for the new season so low only realised members booking opened this morning when it was in my Twitter feed. Not even done my usual review of dates. The Boy in the Dress is the big thing and it looks like nothing else is important. I mean i know they want another WE hit but its a basic error not to programme a Shakespeare in the mainhouse. The Swan season looks ok. But talk about putting all your eggs in one basket. |
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Post by cirque on Feb 19, 2019 8:43:52 GMT
simply can no longer be bothered with them.....seems a light hearted statement but they fail to lead or inspire on any front.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 7:42:13 GMT
Comprehensive display of works by the writer and his contemporaries at the Royal Walliams Company shop at the moment. Nine months before the show opens.  |
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Post by learfan on Feb 22, 2019 8:53:21 GMT
Oh please! A couple of shelves for what they obviously hope will be their next big hit. They do have to make money, the subsidy is less and less crucial to them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 8:59:09 GMT
Oh no, wherever will I get my tacky Shakespeare fridge magnets from now, the shops all over the entire rest of the town?  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 9:24:05 GMT
Yes speaking as someone who currently works in 'arts organisation retail' for want of a better description of my job, if I had la Walliams and La Williams coming in a year's time, but could put a poster up of them and shift some books....damn right I'd be making that display faster than you can belt a verse of Angels.
For the same reason the RSC (and me) spent weeks whoring and Love connected items in the shop in the run up to Feb 14th, money darlings money.
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Post by altamont on Feb 22, 2019 9:48:44 GMT
I've no interest in the Boy in the Dress and wish they'd been able to fit King John in the main house but I don't begrudge them putting on something that will bring in the crowds, possibly transfer to the West End and become the new Matilda, and merchandising it for all its worth.
I assume that without Matilda, the RSC might have had a very difficult decade financially?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 12:42:43 GMT
speaking as someone who currently works in 'arts organisation retail' for want of a better description of my job Programme seller? And Ice Cream. |
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Post by cirque on Jun 7, 2019 10:58:50 GMT
So,,,,with todays announcement of Comedy Festival followed by The Boy In The Dress until Spring at RST -there will be no large scale Shakespeare at Stratford from August end to March.Amazingly bad planning.
King John only in Swan with 2 new plays-will not have audience I feel sure.
Nails coming thick and fast into RSC coffin.
Whatever they may say about community etc...the main role is to explore Shakespeare on its main stage.
Given this season,however,maybe a blessing in disguise.Regroup and Rethink before its too late.
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Post by learfan on Jun 7, 2019 11:26:42 GMT
This is hardly breaking news. I agree they could have put a Shakespeare in the RST even for a short run a la Troilus. However i hear they need the time for reconfigureing the theatre for the straight run of Boy. Very premature to talk about nails in coffins.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 7, 2019 12:40:04 GMT
if The Boy in the Dress is not the next Matilda, this is going to put a very large dint in the bottom line for the year.
Big risk - even with the names in the writing team.
Doran has to go soon - for the sake of Shakespeare and creativity.
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