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Post by zahidf on Oct 24, 2019 11:10:19 GMT
Announced
Victoria Hamilton will reprise her award-winning performance in Bartlett's Albion, which premiered at the Almeida Theatre in 2017. Artistic director Rupert Goold directs, with design by Miriam Buether, lighting by Neil Austin, sound by Greg Clarke and movement direction by Rebecca Frecknall. The show will play from 3 to 29 February.
O Harris (Slave Play) will bring the UK premiere of Daddy from 30 March to 9 May, after its run in New York starred Alan Cumming. The show explores intimacy and power, mentorship and identity in the retreats of the LA art world. Daddy will be directed by Danya Taymor, with design by Matt Saunders.
The world premiere of Steel's new play The House of Shades will run from 18 May to 27 June. With direction by Blanche McIntyre (The Writer) and design by Anna Fleischle, the new play spans five decades of the lives and deaths of the Webster family
On sale dates
Bronze, Silver and Gold Friends 10am Tue 29 Oct
Almeida Friends 10am Thu 31 Oct
General sale 10am Thu 7 Nov
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2019 11:15:53 GMT
Looks like "Daddy" (the quote marks are part of the title) is an import of the US production as the director and designer are the same. Fairly dismissive Variety review. and a much more positive one from MediumI suspect the truth lies between these two! Features "frequent" nudity apparently. Surprised they are reviving Albion rather than transferring it (have they done that before? Can't remember!) although I guess the staging would make it difficult to do in a traditional theatre. |
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Post by zahidf on Oct 24, 2019 11:28:21 GMT
Only a month for Albion is weird as well.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Oct 24, 2019 11:35:08 GMT
Preparing for a transfer?
A month in the Almeida will generate more money than a straight transfer and an opportunity to get the name out again due to the longer than usual gap for a transfer.
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Post by Rory on Oct 24, 2019 12:23:44 GMT
Yes it sounds suspiciously like Albion is gearing up for a transfer with such a short 2nd Almeida run. Interesting. Sounds like a very good season.
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 24, 2019 14:45:31 GMT
I have never known the Almedia to re-run one of their shows, is this a first?
Bit of a disappointment though, as the National ahs all new plays and no revivals. Be good if they did something by Eugene O'Neil, Neil Simon or August Wilson on the American side of playwrights or maybe from our British playwrights Harold Pinter or Alan Ayckbourn.
When I say revival I don't mean an adaption either.
However a new play, I would like to see A Doll's house (Part 2) come over.
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Post by Jon on Oct 24, 2019 15:42:15 GMT
I have never known the Almedia to re-run one of their shows, is this a first? Bit of a disappointment though, as the National ahs all new plays and no revivals. Be good if they did something by Eugene O'Neil, Neil Simon or August Wilson on the American side of playwrights or maybe from our British playwrights Harold Pinter or Alan Ayckbourn. When I say revival I don't mean an adaption either. However a new play, I would like to see A Doll's house (Part 2) come over. Ayckbourn is not really something that the Almeida would ever do. Likewise Neil Simon. |
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Post by learfan on Oct 24, 2019 16:35:33 GMT
I have never known the Almedia to re-run one of their shows, is this a first? Bit of a disappointment though, as the National ahs all new plays and no revivals. Be good if they did something by Eugene O'Neil, Neil Simon or August Wilson on the American side of playwrights or maybe from our British playwrights Harold Pinter or Alan Ayckbourn. When I say revival I don't mean an adaption either. However a new play, I would like to see A Doll's house (Part 2) come over. O'Neill and Wilson have been more than usually represented in London and in indeed the regions lately. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 24, 2019 23:14:13 GMT
I have never known the Almedia to re-run one of their shows, is this a first? Bit of a disappointment though, as the National ahs all new plays and no revivals. Be good if they did something by Eugene O'Neil, Neil Simon or August Wilson on the American side of playwrights or maybe from our British playwrights Harold Pinter or Alan Ayckbourn. When I say revival I don't mean an adaption either. However a new play, I would like to see A Doll's house (Part 2) come over. Ayckbourn is not really something that the Almeida would ever do. Likewise Neil Simon. I get Ayckbourn and Simon maybe seen as low art, for the Islington set. But still Ilike to see more of their work. I have never known the Almedia to re-run one of their shows, is this a first? Bit of a disappointment though, as the National ahs all new plays and no revivals. Be good if they did something by Eugene O'Neil, Neil Simon or August Wilson on the American side of playwrights or maybe from our British playwrights Harold Pinter or Alan Ayckbourn. When I say revival I don't mean an adaption either. However a new play, I would like to see A Doll's house (Part 2) come over. O'Neill and Wilson have been more than usually represented in London and in indeed the regions lately. Again love to see their work done, especially Jitney and Iceman. |
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Post by jampot on Oct 30, 2019 22:18:35 GMT
Booking Albion tomorrow...Anyone been before to offer seating advice?
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Post by lynette on Oct 30, 2019 22:34:08 GMT
Interestingly at the Almeida for Vassa they didn’t have the side stalls. Is this permanent? It caused a problem for someone I know who is in a wheelchair and usually get a wheelchair space. She had to sit in a seat but it wasn’t suitable for her. They had to move out seats for her for the second act so she could sit in her wheelchair as she usually does in all the theatres.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 23:03:34 GMT
Booking Albion tomorrow...Anyone been before to offer seating advice? Albion's a slightly different layout to normal at the Almeida, more of a thrust stage. There's some discussion of this in the thread from the original production - theatreboard.co.uk/thread/3688/albion-almeida. (assuming the layout is the same, which it may not be!) In general at the Almeida - go for the stalls rather than the circle. The "slightly restricted" £20 seats are normally very good value - there is a minor restriction due to a thin pillar but normally coincides nicely with the edge of the stage. Some of the £10 seats are also OK. Anything at top price in the stalls will almost certainly be absolutely fine. Found my booking from last time and I sat in G19 (a "slightly restricted" £20 seat) and don't remember any issues with it at all. |
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Post by Fleance on Oct 30, 2019 23:06:05 GMT
Booking Albion tomorrow...Anyone been before to offer seating advice? Assuming they use the same arrangement they did last time, it was (if I remember correctly) a square-ish thrust stage, with seats on three sides and the bulk of the set at the back of the square, upstage. I sat on the house right side, in the middle of the row, hugging the stage. I don't remember if the sides had one row or two; in any case, my seat was excellent. I don't remember if the seats in front of the stage were similar, as I vaguely remember some entrances/exists from downstage. |
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Post by foxa on Oct 31, 2019 15:04:35 GMT
Interestingly at the Almeida for Vassa they didn’t have the side stalls. Is this permanent? It caused a problem for someone I know who is in a wheelchair and usually get a wheelchair space. She had to sit in a seat but it wasn’t suitable for her. They had to move out seats for her for the second act so she could sit in her wheelchair as she usually does in all the theatres. Ugh - that's not good at all, for lots of reasons. I am very belatedly becoming aware of how theatre-enthusiast wheelchair users can have a rotten time: many pub theatre are inaccessible; if the audience is encouraged to stand they can't see (or obviously stand); very few wheelchair accessible loos. I haven't booked for this season. I dunno. |
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Post by n1david on Oct 31, 2019 16:07:32 GMT
Interestingly at the Almeida for Vassa they didn’t have the side stalls. Is this permanent? It caused a problem for someone I know who is in a wheelchair and usually get a wheelchair space. She had to sit in a seat but it wasn’t suitable for her. They had to move out seats for her for the second act so she could sit in her wheelchair as she usually does in all the theatres. That's not good and I'd have expected the Almeida to do better. I think it's temporary, just part of the look for Vassa to suggest it's like a boxed present being unwrapped when the curtains open. I think I've seen the Vassa layout before but a few years ago. For the 2020 season, the side stalls are shown on the seating plan but weren't up for sale when I logged in, which I expect means that they haven't finally decided on the staging yet. (Albion presumably will be the same garden-stage as last time) |
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Post by Jan on Oct 31, 2019 17:13:22 GMT
I have never known the Almedia to re-run one of their shows, is this a first? Bit of a disappointment though, as the National ahs all new plays and no revivals. Be good if they did something by Eugene O'Neil, Neil Simon or August Wilson on the American side of playwrights or maybe from our British playwrights Harold Pinter or Alan Ayckbourn. When I say revival I don't mean an adaption either. However a new play, I would like to see A Doll's house (Part 2) come over. When was the last time a Neil Simon play was on in London ? I seem to have a distant memory of The Odd Couple a few years ago, maybe it was touring. Odd that places like NT and Young Vic love all things American, but not him apparently. A long time ago the NT did two or three, in Peter Halls reign, plus lots of Ayckbourn, but that was when they did things just to entertain audiences. |
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Post by foxa on Oct 31, 2019 17:17:43 GMT
A bit of trivia: There was a revival of 'Plaza Suite' in the 1980s at the Nottingham Playhouse.
And it's being revived on Broadway with Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker.
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Post by Fleance on Oct 31, 2019 19:44:13 GMT
I have never known the Almedia to re-run one of their shows, is this a first? Bit of a disappointment though, as the National ahs all new plays and no revivals. Be good if they did something by Eugene O'Neil, Neil Simon or August Wilson on the American side of playwrights or maybe from our British playwrights Harold Pinter or Alan Ayckbourn. When I say revival I don't mean an adaption either. However a new play, I would like to see A Doll's house (Part 2) come over. When was the last time a Neil Simon play was on in London ? I seem to have a distant memory of The Odd Couple a few years ago, maybe it was touring. Odd that places like NT and Young Vic love all things American, but not him apparently. A long time ago the NT did two or three, in Peter Halls reign, plus lots of Ayckbourn, but that was when they did things just to entertain audiences. I'm not a big fan of Neil Simon, but there was a lovely production of Brighton Beach Memoirs at the NT in 1986, with Frances de la Tour, Stephen Mackintosh, Robert Glenister, and Alison Fiske; directed by Michael Rudman. And much more recently, the NT presented a decent revival of Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude, directed by Simon Godwin. |
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Post by Jon on Oct 31, 2019 20:34:05 GMT
I have never known the Almeida to re-run one of their shows, is this a first? Bit of a disappointment though, as the National has all new plays and no revivals. Be good if they did something by Eugene O'Neil, Neil Simon or August Wilson on the American side of playwrights or maybe from our British playwrights Harold Pinter or Alan Ayckbourn. When I say revival I don't mean an adaption either. However a new play, I would like to see A Doll's house (Part 2) come over. When was the last time a Neil Simon play was on in London ? I seem to have a distant memory of The Odd Couple a few years ago, maybe it was touring. Odd that places like NT and Young Vic love all things American, but not him apparently. A long time ago the NT did two or three, in Peter Halls reign, plus lots of Ayckbourn, but that was when they did things just to entertain audiences. 2012, The Sunshine Boys with Richard Griffiths and Danny DeVito at the Savoy. Sweet Charity which he did the book for was recently at the Donmar. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2019 20:45:24 GMT
2012, The Sunshine Boys with Richard Griffiths and Danny DeVito at the Savoy. Sweet Charity which he did the book for was recently at the Donmar. Also "Promises, Promises" in 2017 at Southwark, and "They're Playing Our Song" in 2008 at the Menier. |
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Post by Jon on Oct 31, 2019 20:52:10 GMT
2012, The Sunshine Boys with Richard Griffiths and Danny DeVito at the Savoy. Sweet Charity which he did the book for was recently at the Donmar. Also "Promises, Promises" in 2017 at Southwark, and "They're Playing Our Song" in 2008 at the Menier. I would also add The Prisoner of Second Avenue which was 2010. On the subject of O'Neill, I wonder if his plays aren't revived as often compared to Miller and Williams due to their lengths, The Iceman Cometh is 4 hours uncut and Mourning becomes Electra is also lengthy. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2019 22:16:58 GMT
I think it just goes in cycles! Williams and Miller are being done a lot at the moment. O'Neill got done quite a bit in the last decade or so - eg
Anna Christie at the Donmar
Hairy Ape at the Old Vic
Ah Wilderness at the Young Vic
Long Days Journey Into Night, West End
Strange Interlude at the National
Moon for the Misbegotten at the Old Vic
The Emperor Jones at the National
Desire Under the Elms at the Lyric Hammersmith
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Post by popcultureboy on Nov 1, 2019 8:24:35 GMT
Friends booking yesterday was a piece of cake. Hardly anyone in the queue ahead of me, had tickets to "Daddy" and The Shades booked and paid in under 5 minutes. Probably helped that I didn't book for Albion as I saw and hated it first time around. It does seem the pattern with the Almeida nowadays though that even Friends will hold off until casting or reviews are published, which somewhat defeats the purpose of having membership.
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Post by Jan on Nov 1, 2019 8:42:24 GMT
Also "Promises, Promises" in 2017 at Southwark, and "They're Playing Our Song" in 2008 at the Menier. On the subject of O'Neill, I wonder if his plays aren't revived as often compared to Miller and Williams due to their lengths, The Iceman Cometh is 4 hours uncut and Mourning becomes Electra is also lengthy. O'Neill hasn't aged that well to be honest, his type of plays are quite difficult for modern audiences to relate too. I remember reading about when they did his Sea Plays at NT - they were so melodramatic that the audience laughed, a relative of O'Neill (I think his daughter) was at one performance and left in tears. |
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Post by popcultureboy on Nov 2, 2019 23:24:28 GMT
On the subject of O'Neill, I wonder if his plays aren't revived as often compared to Miller and Williams due to their lengths, The Iceman Cometh is 4 hours uncut and Mourning becomes Electra is also lengthy. Actually, completely uncut, Iceman Cometh is just shy of 5 hours. I think Mourning Becomes Electra is also so long in its full version that a 2 show day is not possible. The only play of his which stands the test of time is Long Day's Journey. But back on topic, I'm really looking forward to The Shades. |
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