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Post by cavocado on Aug 8, 2021 12:36:13 GMT
Oh, that must have been a treat! What did you see him in if you don't mind me asking? I saw him in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, As You Like It and Troilus and Cressida, all around 1985-6 in Stratford. I was a teenager at the time, taken by my parents (I think I also saw As You Like it at the Barbican on a school trip). I don't think I really appreciated how lucky I was until I started going to the theatre regularly again about 20 years ago. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Aug 8, 2021 16:00:28 GMT
I loved Alistair Sim and was lucky enough to see him twice.Once in THE MAGISTRATE (1969) with Patricia Routledge and as Captain Hook at the "Old" Scala Theatre with Julia Lockwood (1962).I don't remember much about that Peter Pan - I was only 8 at the time - but funnily enough remember the theatre. Scala theatre? Where was that? |
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Post by forevercolours on Aug 9, 2021 14:22:53 GMT
I am in my early twenties and have only recently been able to afford going to the theatre regularly in the last couple of years and have been able to see even less featuring big stars as they normally come with a premium price! Saying that, I did see Jordin Sparks play Jenna in Waitress on Broadway when I was able to make the trip of a lifetime (for me!) to NYC! She’s definitely not as big as a lot of the names here but I was very excited to see her and she smashed it! Her take on the role was phenomenal and her voice is something special!
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Post by cavocado on Aug 10, 2021 8:02:38 GMT
I saw him in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, As You Like It and Troilus and Cressida, all around 1985-6 in Stratford. I was a teenager at the time, taken by my parents (I think I also saw As You Like it at the Barbican on a school trip). I don't think I really appreciated how lucky I was until I started going to the theatre regularly again about 20 years ago. Unbelievable to think that when Les Liaisons Dangereuses transfered to London it played the 164 seater Pit Theatre with a cast that included Alan Rickman,Lindsey Duncan,Juliet Stevenson & Lesley Manville. Yes, quite a cast for a small, intimate theatre. I think Fiona Shaw was in it too. I went to the Pit recently when it was used for part of an art exhibition and couldn't remember the last time I'd been there for theatre - must be at least 10 years since the RSC last used it. It's a shame - I used to love the atmosphere there, and expecially being able to see the same company in the huge Barbican and then in the totally different space of the Pit. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2021 14:49:43 GMT
Theatrical celebrities. The Dames. Peggy Ashcroft Wendy Hiller Eileen Atkins Judi Dench Sheila Hancock Maureen Lipman Helen Mirren Sian Phillips Joan Plowright Diana Rigg Patricia Routledge Janet Suzmann Harriet Walter Julie Walters Penelope Keith That is one hell of a list Dr Jan, I can match most of them but the first two were well before my theatre going time. No Maggie Smith I see though. |
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