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Post by Jon on Nov 1, 2019 1:03:17 GMT
Anyone know when The Bridge are going to announce their next shows after The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe? It's a bit odd given last year they'd announced Alys, Always and A Midsummer Night's Dream by this time last year that they've been quiet about the shows for next year.
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Post by Stephen on Nov 1, 2019 2:50:13 GMT
This has been the hunting from Wikipedia for a few months...
Flatpack – a dark comedy by John Hodge
An as-yet-untitled work by Nina Raine on the life of Johann Sebastian Bach with Simon Russell Beale as Bach.
The Black Cloud – a new play by Sam Holcroft from the 1957 novel by Fred Hoyle
Carmen Havana – by Lucy Prebble based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, directed by Nicholas Hytner, choreography by Miguel Altunaga
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Post by Someone in a tree on Nov 1, 2019 6:12:05 GMT
Carmen. Is it a play? It's based on the opera. Interesting?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 1, 2019 8:30:33 GMT
David Haig has also been commissioned to write a new piece
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 1, 2019 8:31:06 GMT
And we also have La Belle Sauvage of course
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Post by Jan on Nov 1, 2019 8:35:25 GMT
The Black Cloud. After Solaris, another science fiction play - becoming fashionable ?
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Post by bordeaux on Nov 1, 2019 9:19:19 GMT
Though what I'm really looking forward to, more than any new play, is what he decides for his new Shakespeare production...what has he never directed that would fit well in the space? As You Like It? Richard III? Or will he go for a musical - he mentioned that as a possibility when opening the theatre. I don't think he's ever done a Sondheim, whose 90th birthday it is next year.
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Post by Jan on Nov 1, 2019 9:57:38 GMT
Though what I'm really looking forward to, more than any new play, is what he decides for his new Shakespeare production...what has he never directed that would fit well in the space? As You Like It? Richard III? Or will he go for a musical - he mentioned that as a possibility when opening the theatre. I don't think he's ever done a Sondheim, whose 90th birthday it is next year. Troilus and Cressida would fit well with that type of space. |
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Post by Fleance on Nov 1, 2019 13:00:23 GMT
Though what I'm really looking forward to, more than any new play, is what he decides for his new Shakespeare production...what has he never directed that would fit well in the space? As You Like It? Richard III? Or will he go for a musical - he mentioned that as a possibility when opening the theatre. I don't think he's ever done a Sondheim, whose 90th birthday it is next year. Troilus and Cressida would fit well with that type of space. would be a great choice. Also the Henry VI trilogy. |
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Post by lynette on Nov 1, 2019 14:30:45 GMT
SRB ?
Goodo
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Post by TallPaul on Nov 1, 2019 14:40:22 GMT
The Bach thing with SRB was announced as part of the opening season, so although I'm sure it will happen at some point, it may not necessarily be next year...or the year after. It was the reason I joined the Bridge's mailing list.
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Post by Jan on Nov 1, 2019 14:45:52 GMT
Do we think he’s finished with Shakespeare ? What’s left that’s big enough for him to take on ? Shylock I suppose. |
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Post by Jon on Nov 1, 2019 14:48:43 GMT
The Bach thing with SRB was announced as part of the opening season, so although I'm sure it will happen at some point, it may not necessarily be next year...or the year after. It was the reason I joined the Bridge's mailing list. It’s probably still in development and SRB doing The Lehman Trilogy on Broadway has likely delayed it |
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Post by bordeaux on Nov 1, 2019 15:11:46 GMT
Do we think he’s finished with Shakespeare ? What’s left that’s big enough for him to take on ? Shylock I suppose. Cymbeline, though the part is probably neither big nor interesting enough. Is he too old for Titus Andronicus? What about Falstaff on stage, if not in the Henry IVs, then perhaps in Merry Wives? Or could he play Henry IV? Or Julius Caesar? |
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Post by lynette on Nov 1, 2019 15:34:17 GMT
Bottom?
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Post by Jan on Nov 1, 2019 15:51:56 GMT
Yes he would be good. It’s not a part many leading actors of his stature play though - Patrick Stewart kept saying he wanted to play it and never did. Who was the last actor to have played both Macbeth (a part they all play) and Bottom ? Ralph Richardson 70 years ago ? |
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Post by peggs on Nov 1, 2019 16:49:47 GMT
Oh he'd be a blast as Bottom though I concede Jan Brock's point.
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Post by learfan on Nov 1, 2019 18:09:55 GMT
Do we think he’s finished with Shakespeare ? What’s left that’s big enough for him to take on ? Shylock I suppose. He has mentioned that in interviews. He only did Falstaff on tv of course so he could tackle that on stage. |
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Post by Jan on Nov 1, 2019 20:10:14 GMT
Do we think he’s finished with Shakespeare ? What’s left that’s big enough for him to take on ? Shylock I suppose. He has mentioned that in interviews. He only did Falstaff on tv of course so he could tackle that on stage. I always assume he did it on TV *because* he didn’t want to do it on stage. |
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Post by Polly1 on Nov 1, 2019 20:42:18 GMT
He has mentioned that in interviews. He only did Falstaff on tv of course so he could tackle that on stage. I always assume he did it on TV *because* he didn’t want to do it on stage. I thought I'd read that he did want to do Falstaff on stage one day. Would love to see his Bottom (oo-er Missus). |
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Post by Jon on Nov 1, 2019 20:45:16 GMT
I think SRB is too old to play Bottom at this point.
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Post by learfan on Nov 1, 2019 22:06:17 GMT
He has mentioned that in interviews. He only did Falstaff on tv of course so he could tackle that on stage. I always assume he did it on TV *because* he didn’t want to do it on stage. Ive wondered that too, a more obvious role for him than Lear for instance. |
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Post by lynette on Nov 2, 2019 4:28:01 GMT
I think SRB is too old to play Bottom at this point. Noooo! Didn’t someone produce a Dream with Judi Dench playing Titania not too long ago? |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Nov 2, 2019 8:30:47 GMT
I always assume he did it on TV *because* he didn’t want to do it on stage. I thought I'd read that he did want to do Falstaff on stage one day. Would love to see his Bottom (oo-er Missus).  |
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Post by Jan on Nov 2, 2019 10:01:17 GMT
I think SRB is too old to play Bottom at this point. Noooo! Didn’t someone produce a Dream with Judi Dench playing Titania not too long ago? Peter Hall at Kingston I think. She played it as Elizabeth I and was good. SRB is not too old to play Bottom, there is nothing in the text which obliges him to be any particular age. |
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