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Post by Jan on Feb 13, 2020 11:19:03 GMT
An American play (and an American director). As if we didn't get enough of those in the London subsidised sector.
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Post by zahidf on Feb 20, 2020 23:21:32 GMT
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Post by lynette on Feb 21, 2020 15:52:56 GMT
“Important’?
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Post by learfan on Feb 21, 2020 20:34:50 GMT
A UK premiere is important in the theatre world, unless she meant impotent, which would cast an entirely different light on things. Either way, bit pleased to say the least that I booked for this one ages ago - the only one in the season that I fancied at the time. Even if it is a dud, I get Duff, which works for me. Snap!
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Feb 21, 2020 22:53:47 GMT
It’s a history of the ‘landscape of working class Britain’ from the sixties to today, Steel is the daughter of a coal miner, so she has more of a decent insight as regards the reality than many. Being someone whose life the play reflects (to the decade!) I can only concur with the word historic. For decades, working class voices have been secondary in British theatre, especially London theatre. It will need the denizens of Islington to slum it a bit, for a change. The only time I can remember the Almeida doing anything like that in the last decade was ‘Boy’, highlighting the sort of young person slipping through the cracks to fall down further, into the underclass.
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Post by lynette on Feb 22, 2020 14:53:50 GMT
Thanks, very interesting. I hadn’t noticed this one.
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Post by Forrest on Feb 22, 2020 15:47:24 GMT
Either way, bit pleased to say the least that I booked for this one ages ago - the only one in the season that I fancied at the time. Even if it is a dud, I get Duff, which works for me. Same here: I got one of their Islington first tickets - front row for £25 - and am delighted to see that this will pay off, since I look forward to seeing Duff on stage. I also kind of, optimistically perhaps, take this to be an indicator that the play might be good, since she strikes me as a very intelligent actress who has plenty of choices on offer, so if she chose to do this it might be rather interesting. (Am I being naive?)
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