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Post by Rory on May 26, 2018 23:51:39 GMT
Hmm, what's on between this and The Band I wonder? Hopefully something decent.
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Post by nash16 on May 26, 2018 23:57:27 GMT
Hmm, what's on between this and The Band I wonder? Hopefully something decent. A Period of Mourning is due to go in there.
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Post by Rory on May 27, 2018 8:05:37 GMT
Hmm, what's on between this and The Band I wonder? Hopefully something decent. A Period of Mourning is due to go in there. Is that the name of a show or your feelings about the theatre and its offerings?!!😉
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Post by Rory on May 27, 2018 17:25:27 GMT
In all seriousness, is there a show called A Period of Mourning? !!
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Post by Marwood on May 28, 2018 21:36:47 GMT
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with Paul Anderson s performance in this it’s just that after seeing him in Peaky Blinders, he seems to be far too reined in playing Tartuffe-it needs someone to really go for it, a performance along the lines of Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs Of America that really goes at it hammer and tongs and dominates the play. As it is, I wasn’t really convinced why anyone would want to give Tartuffe everything.
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Post by Steve on May 29, 2018 18:10:17 GMT
I think Nash is referring to the fact that "A Period of Mourning" is in rep with every production that goes in the Haymarket. I thought Tartuffe was just ok. The funny French lines were too much for me to understand without the surtitles, and the dull English lines just weren't funny. So I didn't laugh much. The one actor who brought something genuinely hilarious to the table was Sebastian Roche, as the foolish follower of Tartuffe. His gormless enthusiasm for this conman was a delightful irrepressible exaggerated explosion of life, within a production that too often played this comedy safe and sanitised. By contrast, Marcus Gardley's version of Tarfuffe, "A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes," that played the Tricycle Theatre not so long ago, was unrestrained belly laugh hilarity from start to finish. Lucian Msmati's Reverend Toof was an OTT marvel of physical comedy. Sadly, through no fault of his own, Paul Anderson's Tartuffe is fashioned and directed in too restrained a fashion, that I suspect emanates directly from Christopher Hampton's refined and stiff translation. 3 stars, for Sebastian Roche, showing them how it's done.
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Post by Marwood on May 29, 2018 22:02:25 GMT
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with Paul Anderson s performance in this it’s just that after seeing him in Peaky Blinders, he seems to be far too reined in playing Tartuffe-it needs someone to really go for it, a performance along the lines of Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs Of America that really goes at it hammer and tongs and dominates the play. As it is, I wasn’t really convinced why anyone would want to give Tartuffe everything. My bad, that should of course be Gangs of New York, silly me...
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Post by dani on May 30, 2018 11:55:31 GMT
The reviews for this are terrible. 2* in the Guardian, Time Out, ES, The Stage, and 1* in the Times. The ES review concludes 'In a programme note Garutti says "we hope our production has retained this masterpiece’s original deflagrating power". After a brief reunion with my dictionary, I can say that there’s not much deflagrating here. Instead of bursting into flame and burning away rapidly, this is a Tartuffe that flickers with promise", and the much more damning Times one concludes 'This is such spectacularly bad theatre that it had me praying — please, please, just make it stop.'
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Post by Rory on May 30, 2018 12:28:04 GMT
Unfortunately I had a feeling all along it would be reviewed like this. I hope for the Haymarket's sake they can get something good in there in August. I wonder what is happening as regards the sale?
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Post by nash16 on May 30, 2018 13:37:17 GMT
The reviews for this are terrible. 2* in the Guardian, Time Out, ES, The Stage, and 1* in the Times. The ES review concludes 'In a programme note Garutti says "we hope our production has retained this masterpiece’s original deflagrating power". After a brief reunion with my dictionary, I can say that there’s not much deflagrating here. Instead of bursting into flame and burning away rapidly, this is a Tartuffe that flickers with promise", and the much more damning Times one concludes 'This is such spectacularly bad theatre that it had me praying — please, please, just make it stop.' Yep. Such a shame it isn't a better production. It'll put more people off theatre now...
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Post by Rory on May 30, 2018 15:45:50 GMT
I wonder what is happening as regards the sale? Last I read a month ago, the Russian oligarch who produced the Russian Season last month is in exclusive negotiations to buy it. I don't think this would necessarily be good news. It needs someone or a company with real experience and vision. I was hoping one of the usual suspects would get it.
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Post by Rory on May 30, 2018 17:44:02 GMT
Well, we'll keep an open mind and cross our fingers!
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Post by TallPaul on May 30, 2018 18:57:11 GMT
If we're thinking of the same person he is, according to The Sunday Times, the 3rd richest person in the country, with a net worth 15 times that of Cam Mack.
He also owns Warner Music, so knows a little about showbiz!
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Post by stefy69 on May 31, 2018 5:51:16 GMT
Really bad review for this in this morning's Times, struggled to get one star.
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Post by Rory on May 31, 2018 7:21:00 GMT
And that review was by Sam Marlowe, not pendulum swing Treneman.
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Post by lonlad on May 31, 2018 7:42:14 GMT
Yes, which is worth pointing out, since Marlowe is a superb critic who actually knows what she is talking about, unlike AT, whose "reviews" are merely knee-jerk reactions to the event at hand
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Post by Marwood on May 31, 2018 7:42:38 GMT
Not sure I’d rush to see this again (unless it was a free ticket) but I’ve certainly seen worse this year - Mood Music for starters, Tartuffe is a masterpiece compared to that.
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Post by Snciole on Jun 1, 2018 11:45:05 GMT
I wonder what is happening as regards the sale? Last I read a month ago, the Russian oligarch who produced the Russian Season last month is in exclusive negotiations to buy it. That season looked interesting but it isn't an easy theatre to programme for and fill.The last thing it needs is a show that is there forever but being at the TRH should be something to be proud of, if I was a producer I would avoid it like the plague.
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Post by Marwood on Jun 3, 2018 15:39:01 GMT
Sebastian Roche liked my comment on Audrey Fleurots Instagram post, so I won’t hear a bad word said about this from now on 😝
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Post by welcometodreamland on Jun 16, 2018 21:22:04 GMT
I want to see this. Intrigued by the idea.
I like Sebastian Roche. He was in a US soap a few years ago and did really good in it.
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Post by n1david on Jun 29, 2018 14:41:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2018 18:33:00 GMT
I was thinking I fancied this for £25, but I'm just trying to buy from the theatre's website and they're still full price. Am I missing something?
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Post by learfan on Jun 30, 2018 17:09:35 GMT
This was doomed from the outset.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2018 18:57:05 GMT
I'm thinking at £25 I can't really justify it - the dates I can do are too late to get affordable train tickets.
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Post by nash16 on Jun 30, 2018 23:10:13 GMT
I'm thinking at £25 I can't really justify it - the dates I can do are too late to get affordable train tickets. The fates are on your side, Elanor. To pay any money to see this production would really be a waste.
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