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Post by NeilVHughes on Nov 14, 2019 16:05:48 GMT
The Bristol Old Vic 2020.
June: Mark Rylance in Semmelweis, co-produced with Sonia Friedman, National Theatre and Shakespeare Road. Based on the life of a radical member of the medical profession, the show is based on an idea by Rylance and written by Stephen Brown, all in collaboration with the venue's artistic director Tom Morris.
September: Gatsby, co-produced with Northern Stage, English Touring Theatre, Royal & Derngate, Northampton, Oxford Playhouse, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Birmingham Rep. Adapted by Maria Aberg and Joel Horwood.
October: Sally Cookson will direct Wonder Boy alongside Bristol-based writer Ross Willis along with the return of A Monster Calls.
Christmas: Miranda Cromwell (Death of a Salesman) will direct The Little Mermaid
The Wardrobe Ensemble will present hit show The Last of The Pelican Daughters (co-produced with Complicité and Royal & Derngate, Northampton),
Kneehigh will perform karaoke satire Ubu! A Singalong Satire after its run at Shoreditch Town Hall.
Previously announced shows:
- Emma Rice's Romantics Anonymous.
- Frantic Assembly's I Think We Are Alone
- Birmingham Rep and Lyric Hammersmith's Faustus: That Damned Woman,
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 14, 2019 16:07:55 GMT
Is it just me or at the titles of the pieces mainly missing...?!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 14, 2019 16:10:48 GMT
Found them:
Rylance project - Semmelweis
Aberg project - Gatsby
Cookson project - Wonder Boy
Christmas Show - The Little Mermaid
Wardrobe - The Last of the Pelican Daughters
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Post by MrBunbury on Nov 14, 2019 16:13:24 GMT
Since the National Theatre is a co-producer, does it mean that Semmelweiss will transfer to the National?
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Post by NeilVHughes on Nov 14, 2019 16:32:27 GMT
Sonia Friedman’s involvement would indicate at least a commercial transfer, could be parachuted into the National for a short run before its’s West End arrival.
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Post by learfan on Nov 14, 2019 17:09:58 GMT
What an awful line up! Is the BOV going to be another regional theatre that has spent millions on a rebuild and then puts nothing on worth seeing?
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Post by bordeaux on Nov 15, 2019 12:07:15 GMT
What an awful line up! Is the BOV going to be another regional theatre that has spent millions on a rebuild and then puts nothing on worth seeing? Yes, no revival of a major play, for example. I'll book for the Rylance, that's all. And Romantics Anonymous. Prices going up too. |
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Post by bordeaux on Nov 16, 2019 23:14:10 GMT
Just back from a very disappointing Cyrano de Bergerac at the Bristol Old Vic this evening. Tom Morris direction, the usually excellent Tristan Sturrock as the lead. No charm or panache in my view. A rare misfire from Morris.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 16, 2019 23:21:18 GMT
Cyrano is an almost impossible play to get right. I think the only time I have enjoyed it was when I saw the Depardieu film (which I know wasn't the play - but at least it was largely the original text)
I know why actors are attracted to the title role - but audiences only seem to react when it is a really big name playing it.
It is one of those plays that is better in theory than it is in reality. It should be thrilling, romantic and tragic. It is frequently overlong and dull.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Nov 21, 2019 11:32:32 GMT
On sale now, picked up a ticket for SEMMELWEIS for a Saturday matinee next June.
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Post by Jan on Nov 21, 2019 14:26:58 GMT
Cyrano is an almost impossible play to get right. I think the only time I have enjoyed it was when I saw the Depardieu film (which I know wasn't the play - but at least it was largely the original text) I know why actors are attracted to the title role - but audiences only seem to react when it is a really big name playing it. It is one of those plays that is better in theory than it is in reality. It should be thrilling, romantic and tragic. It is frequently overlong and dull. I agree, but the Terry Hands/Derek Jacobi production has some very fine moments. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Nov 21, 2019 15:47:23 GMT
Cyrano is an almost impossible play to get right. I think the only time I have enjoyed it was when I saw the Depardieu film (which I know wasn't the play - but at least it was largely the original text) I know why actors are attracted to the title role - but audiences only seem to react when it is a really big name playing it. It is one of those plays that is better in theory than it is in reality. It should be thrilling, romantic and tragic. It is frequently overlong and dull. I agree, but the Terry Hands/Derek Jacobi production has some very fine moments. Moments. Indeed the play always has moments. Just not enough and too far apart! |
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Post by altamont on May 4, 2020 15:38:34 GMT
Semmelweis has been postponed to later in the year, or next year
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Post by lynette on May 4, 2020 17:01:49 GMT
On sale now, picked up a ticket for SEMMELWEIS for a Saturday matinee next June. ☹️ |
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Post by lynette on May 4, 2020 17:03:46 GMT
Cyrano is a dreadful play. First of all it asks the actor to don a false nose. They have tried ‘normal’ noses but it doesn’t work. And these days we aren’t bothered by a nose are we? Then, the actual story is just a one trick pony, one joke. then the ending is very poor.
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Post by Jan on May 5, 2020 8:49:20 GMT
Cyrano is a dreadful play. First of all it asks the actor to don a false nose. They have tried ‘normal’ noses but it doesn’t work. And these days we aren’t bothered by a nose are we? Then, the actual story is just a one trick pony, one joke. then the ending is very poor. True. But did you see the Derek Jacobi/Terry Hands production ? Quite brilliant - even a bad play can be rescued. |
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Post by lynette on May 5, 2020 16:09:12 GMT
No don’t think I did. Saw one at the NT dunno who it was. Tell me.
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Post by Jan on May 5, 2020 19:07:51 GMT
No don’t think I did. Saw one at the NT dunno who it was. Tell me. Oh that was awful. Stephen Rea wasn’t it ? A rare mis-fire by Howard Davies. One of those cheap productions they did with about fifty quid spent on the set (scaffolding). |
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Post by lynette on May 5, 2020 22:31:19 GMT
No don’t think I did. Saw one at the NT dunno who it was. Tell me. Oh that was awful. Stephen Rea wasn’t it ? A rare mis-fire by Howard Davies. One of those cheap productions they did with about fifty quid spent on the set (scaffolding). Yes that was it. Awful. There you see, I might forget the names but I remember the quality. |
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