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Post by zahidf on Nov 9, 2017 23:17:29 GMT
Dennis Kelly one woman play starring Carey Mulligan according to Baz
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Post by Rory on Nov 9, 2017 23:27:43 GMT
Did the initial marketing suggest it was a one-woman play?
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Nov 9, 2017 23:29:02 GMT
If the woman is Carey Mulligan I’m there straight away!
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Post by montrealer on Nov 9, 2017 23:42:27 GMT
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Nov 9, 2017 23:50:19 GMT
Thanks, and with a different director, the British but German based Lily Sykes. |
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Post by Honoured Guest on Nov 10, 2017 3:32:29 GMT
Did the initial marketing suggest it was a one-woman play? Evening performances commence at 8.00pm. |
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Post by kathryn on Nov 10, 2017 9:10:35 GMT
It's only a month-long run - any chance it'll transfer? I'll be away most of that month, only day I could go is the 10th but I'll have literally got back from Oz the day before so not sure if it's a good idea from a jet-lag perspective.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 10, 2017 11:13:49 GMT
Just booked!
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Post by QueerTheatre on Nov 10, 2017 11:35:28 GMT
Booked as soon as i saw Baz's tweet! Managed to get the last front row pair for the run i think!
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Post by wiggymess on Nov 10, 2017 11:46:45 GMT
I admit I'm rather smug that I booked this one ages ago - cannot wait to see Ms M on stage again. Same  £12 stalls too |
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Post by MrBunbury on Nov 10, 2017 12:37:48 GMT
Very happy to have booked when the show was originally announced.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2017 13:00:58 GMT
Was just at lunch and saw Baz's tweet... Shortened my break to come back and book!
Tickets are going VERY fast for some dates with limited choice.
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Post by peggs on Nov 10, 2017 13:48:40 GMT
In my panic to book managed to book completely the wrong day but disappearing seats sent me into something of a frenzy, can at least do the date, just isn't what I intended to book.
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Post by kathryn on Nov 10, 2017 16:25:03 GMT
I bet this transfers.
Especially as I have just, insanely, booked a ticket for the day after I get back from Australia. It's the only possible day I can do. Chances that I fall asleep/miss it due to extreme jetlag are high.
Couldn't risk sitting at home Saturday afternoon feeling fine, knowing I could have gone, if it doesn't transfer.
It will now, of course.
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Post by Rory on Nov 10, 2017 18:48:10 GMT
I'm not so sure this will transfer. Ms Mulligan is a bona fide star but a one woman show about domestic abuse may not be a commercial certainty.
On another note, there is an interesting bit of parry and thrust on Twitter between Baz and Shenton about the casting announcement. I call it 1-0 to Baz.
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Post by Jon on Nov 10, 2017 18:55:02 GMT
Why does everyone assume every show will transfer? It’s possible that Carey Mulligan can only commit to the Royal Court Run
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Nov 10, 2017 19:33:42 GMT
Wow single hander with the delightful Ms Mulligan. Stunning
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Post by Honoured Guest on Nov 10, 2017 19:51:23 GMT
Surprised this has sold out without a single goat in the cast.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 11:05:45 GMT
Oh how marvellous. We'll be able to see the full range of Carey Mulligan's expressions from mildly surprised to really surprised. Can't wait.
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Post by showgirl on Nov 11, 2017 11:38:30 GMT
How can this be a play if there's only one part? Or is Ms Mulligan playing multiple roles? Otherwise it's a monologue in my book, and therefore a turn-off - but I doubt the Royal Court will miss my business!
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Post by Rory on Nov 11, 2017 13:00:23 GMT
How can this be a play if there's only one part? Or is Ms Mulligan playing multiple roles? Otherwise it's a monologue in my book, and therefore a turn-off - but I doubt the Royal Court will miss my business! I may be in the minority here but I would be disappointed if I'd booked to see a play and then subsequently found out, with no prior indication given, that it was a monologue, no matter how good the performer. I have seen some great monologue plays like Scaramouche Jones, Faith Healer and Molly Sweeney but it is not my preferred form. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 13:09:34 GMT
Some of the comments are too funny
Upset and distress
That it can’t be a play
There is only one person in it
This is supposed to be a theatreboard
Not the Daily mail problem page
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Post by Rory on Nov 11, 2017 13:58:10 GMT
Oh come now, Parsley, I know you love a good drama, but making a comment on the plays section of a theatreboard about- wait for it- a play hardly equates with wailing and gnashing of teeth. You should have seen me on Tuesday, our kid!
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Post by showgirl on Nov 11, 2017 16:25:00 GMT
It was a genuine question - so am I alone in querying whether this constitutes a play?
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Post by Xanderl on Nov 11, 2017 20:07:38 GMT
Good definition, TM. Similarly Faith Healer is a play made up of four monologues.
Plenty of other examples - the ones above, Misterman, My Name is Rachel Corrie, The Year of Magical Thinking, Krapp's Last Tape, The Testament of Mary
Agree with Rory I'd want to know this before booking though!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 23:40:45 GMT
It was a genuine question - so am I alone in querying whether this constitutes a play? So is Caryl Churchill’s 7 Jewish Children a play? Is Beckett’s Not I a play? |
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Post by Honoured Guest on Nov 11, 2017 23:46:05 GMT
It was a genuine question - so am I alone in querying whether this constitutes a play? I hope so. The answer to the question is: Yes. |
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Post by showgirl on Nov 12, 2017 6:47:45 GMT
Hah, seems I'm in a minority of one, but at least I'm used to it and the whatever-it-is had already sold out anyway before I asked. I've said before that I won't knowingly book a one-person production and that within reason, I have a "more the merrier" approach (preferably at least 4 cast members but not an army), so I'm sure that has coloured my view.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Nov 12, 2017 11:44:24 GMT
I know nothing about Girls & Boys but Vicky Featherstone has been programming Dennis Kelly for a couple of decades and I think we can trust by now that they both know what they're doing here.
In recent years, solo plays have provided many of the richest and most complex theatrical productions. Top of head: St Nicholas, Grounded, Elsinore, Iphigenia in Splott, Random, Sand, Man to Man, Joanne.
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Post by elmolover79 on Nov 29, 2017 20:19:12 GMT
I am gutted i tried for tickets super late😣
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