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Post by Rory on Apr 15, 2024 10:21:28 GMT
The email I've received from the Bridge confirms the new extension is final and that the theatre will revert to its previous style next year.
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Post by Rory on Apr 14, 2024 22:56:24 GMT
I do find the world confusing. Most people on Twitter saying Waddingham best thing since sliced bread. Loads of people on here dragging her. Anyway. She’s clearly popular with TV producers! Well I like her a lot!
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Post by Rory on Apr 14, 2024 22:40:04 GMT
You're probably right but I wish they would show Best Supporting Actor and Actress. I really wanted to see Haydn Gwynne's son collecting her award.
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Post by Rory on Apr 14, 2024 22:03:06 GMT
Sorry but Hannah is just awful. Proof again that we just don’t know how to stage awards shows. Just hideously terrible. Her comment after Tom Francis did make me laugh though!
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Post by Rory on Apr 14, 2024 17:55:55 GMT
Marg seems a lovely person. ?
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Post by Rory on Apr 14, 2024 17:04:04 GMT
It's crazy that you can't watch it live in the UK. Absolutely nuts!
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Post by Rory on Apr 14, 2024 11:56:35 GMT
Is it not usually broadcast live on BBC Radio 2?
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Post by Rory on Apr 12, 2024 16:43:44 GMT
I'm not sure it is considering a return. I think all the recent promo was for the NT at Home.
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Post by Rory on Apr 11, 2024 17:35:02 GMT
Curious as to what will transfer from the current Broadway season. Of the musicals, I would say The Notebook and Tommy the most likely two to make it to the West End. The others I think it unlikely we see in their current productions, although The Outsiders would be nice to see transfer (and Lempicka, but with its current numbers I'd say very doubtful) For plays I imagine we could see Stereophonic at Hampstead theatre or somewhere similar. Isn't Stereophonic produced by Sonia Friedman? She'd probably take it straight into the West End.
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Post by Rory on Apr 11, 2024 17:27:22 GMT
The closing date has even made the BBC Six O'Clock News! Madness.
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Post by Rory on Apr 11, 2024 15:55:04 GMT
I thought Being Alive meant 2:22. Tour finishes end of May If I was to have to make a bet, it would be this. Please, God, no. Enough. That would be too depressing. I hope they transfer The Deep Blue Sea from the Ustinov with Tamsin Greig.
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Post by Rory on Apr 11, 2024 11:25:12 GMT
Saddened by this news. Hopefully I can make it before it closes.
I wonder what they have chosen to replace it.
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Post by Rory on Apr 6, 2024 18:18:10 GMT
Amazed this hasn’t announced a closing date yet. There’s tumbleweed blowing through that box office. The theatre is exploring its options and inviting expressions of interest from filler shows, as soon as one is contracted it'll be announced as a oner. That's very disappointing to hear. I bet they'll struggle to get something decent in at short notice.
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Post by Rory on Apr 5, 2024 20:10:34 GMT
It wouldn’t really be fair to say who it was, he really is a very pleasant chap in real life and I had a lot of sympathy for his predicament but he was lucky social media hadn’t fully taken off. Say no more, Jan. 😯
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Post by Rory on Apr 5, 2024 19:41:59 GMT
Not many entries of celebrities being in a bad light. I live in the same street as a major family-friendly TV national treasure comedian noted for his calm and agreeable manner. One time years ago I saw him when his young child had laid down on their back right in the entrance to a big busy branch of Tescos and he was standing over them red-faced and screaming "GET UP ! GET UP ! GET UP !". Parents the world over will sympathise. He's got a nice house, worth about £6m. MMcI?
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Post by Rory on Apr 5, 2024 8:53:00 GMT
To be fair (not that anyone has to be fair with the DM or the Sun) they’re making it very clear that this isn’t Sheridan’s fault. They’re specifically saying or quoting people saying her performance is good. Slagging off the production/concept is exactly what most people here have been doing since it opened and indeed saying way more critical things than the press have said. Double standards? As for The Telegraph saying it should stay open after giving it two stars and calling it a “pretentious convoluted mess” is a bit rich. It’s behind the paywall so I can’t see his justification for it staying open, what’s his rationale? I'm not a fan of either publication, it is true, but the reality is that the combined readership is massive, and all the negative articles being churned out on a seemingly daily basis will harm the production's prospects. It's an avant garde show, so it was never going to be a massively commercial audience pleaser. The point I was trying to make is that, had a lesser known actress been the lead, there would not have been the endless articles saying how crap it is. I accept that Sheridan Smith's performance has garnered some pretty good notices.
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Post by Rory on Apr 5, 2024 5:53:07 GMT
The Mail and the Sun are hammering this production with all of their so called 'articles' and will probably lead to it closing early. All published because Sheridan Smith is in it. Total scumbags. P*sses me off.
At least Baz has wellied in with a bit of positivity:
And Dominic Cavendish recognises its worth in the West End landscape even if he didn't particularly care for it:
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Post by Rory on Apr 3, 2024 16:57:13 GMT
Why has the Menier lost its mojo? Everything seems to be papering and just not getting much buzz. It seems a long way off from its glory days of multiple transfers to the glittering West End.
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Post by Rory on Mar 28, 2024 11:12:45 GMT
Danny Sapani just announced to lead the cast of Between Riverside and Crazy, hot on the heels of King Lear at the Almeida.
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Post by Rory on Mar 28, 2024 9:44:52 GMT
I'm curious about the next sohoplace show. I imagine they will be announcing soon due to the limited run for Red Pitch, but nonetheless interested to see what they might do. Would love to see them take on another classic like Medea, recent shows have been more contemporary I would imagine an announcement will be coming very soon as Red Pitch is due to finish on 4th May. Also expecting some sort of announcement soon for the Harold Pinter.
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Post by Rory on Mar 27, 2024 12:50:10 GMT
This comment from the always thoughtful critic Marianka Swain, got me thinking. After describing misogny depicted, she starts off describing Myrtle then turns to Sheridan Smith: "It’s also troubling to see the company’s blithe disregard for their lead’s wellbeing, to the point where she’s lying catatonic on the floor. I hope that’s one area where life doesn’t imitate art, and that Smith has great support for this courageous – and personally cathartic – performance." I've sometimes seen shows where the 'Creatives' list includes a 'health and wellbeing' expert, or 'mental health advisor', but nothing is listed on the website for this show. I'm not suggesting this isn't taken care of in some way, for the whole cast to access (not just Smith), but it does feel like a show where signaling the care taken might be something an audience would like to know, to feel more receptive to watch. Swain's full review: www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/opening-night-review-gielgud-theatre Swain's comment is ill-informed. Wessex Grove are quite ahead of the curve in providing support, and proactively engage on their shows with Applause for Thought to support the company. Sheridan Smith said as much herself in her Front Row interview. Their company care is also endorsed in Nicola Hughes' Instagram post today.
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Post by Rory on Mar 27, 2024 10:37:02 GMT
Sinead Cusack joining the cast.
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Post by Rory on Mar 27, 2024 8:26:12 GMT
Wow, this show got crucified. Surely it can't last all the way till July with that reception? I don't think it did. Four stars from Guardian, Time Out and Daily Mail will be enough for the advertising. Even Clive in the Times didn't lambast it and gave it three stars. I still want to see it!
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Post by Rory on Mar 27, 2024 0:15:34 GMT
3* Times
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Post by Rory on Mar 26, 2024 23:08:45 GMT
I am delighted about this transfer. Now I'll get a chance to see it.
I wonder why it's not doing a slightly longer run as Why Am I So Single doesn't start until the end of August.
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Post by Rory on Mar 25, 2024 23:13:11 GMT
Not a musical but to a lot of people's surprise, The Enfield Haunting managed to complete its West End run, when many thought it would never manage to open in London, so bad was the word of mouth from the tour.
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Post by Rory on Mar 25, 2024 19:05:25 GMT
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Post by Rory on Mar 25, 2024 12:16:03 GMT
If they're looking for a replacement, Faith Healer has had brilliant reviews.
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Post by Rory on Mar 24, 2024 9:49:54 GMT
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Post by Rory on Mar 24, 2024 6:19:03 GMT
Does anyone know about the Garrick? Curious as I know For Black Boys has extended four weeks, but might they get something to fill the June/July gap between this and Why Am I So Single? announcing Very Soon Is it another Kenny Wax show? He seems to singlehandedly fill Nimax venues.
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