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Post by alicechallice on Mar 21, 2024 10:27:35 GMT
I think someone said it was going into a new theatre? mrbarnaby said Gillian Lynne early 2025.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 20, 2024 0:42:17 GMT
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 19, 2024 11:26:53 GMT
I agree about the UK/American mix, sometimes it didn't work. It never bloody works! I just do not understand why they do it. Nobody's going to come out of this show and say their favourite bit was that joke about the toilets at Glastonbury. I still cringe when I think about how they overdubbed Joan Rivers on the red carpet in Shrek 2 with Kate Thornton for the "enjoyment" of UK audiences.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 16, 2024 11:17:16 GMT
Having listened to a dozen or so of these last year, I'd forgotten about Douglas Schatz and his commentaries on current productions. He is always well-prepared, gets very good guests and gives them plenty of space and time. Here, he talks with director Matthew Dunster about this production of The Homecoming. Plenty of insights and interpretations emerge. The ideal companion for a session with the eyebrows or mounting another Munro >> I'm also a huge fan of this podcast.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 14, 2024 12:26:28 GMT
This now has a UK release date - 3rd May.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 11, 2024 11:59:39 GMT
It’s a shame And perhaps telling of the dearth of quality new writing That we are being presented with revivals less than a decade after they premiered Surely this a 'remount' rather than a 'revival', as it's the same production team behind it? Similar to Jerusalem with Sir Mark. I'm grateful anyways because I didn't catch it on the first two attempts.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 11, 2024 11:51:25 GMT
I think considering the massive tumbleweed that blew through the ceremony last year when they debuted 'The Little Mermaid' trailer, which by all means appealed to the children and gays watching at home, wasn't particularly relevant for those attending, it was better to not have this exclusive.
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 4, 2024 18:17:26 GMT
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 4, 2024 18:02:39 GMT
This one sank without a trace? It had such good reviews too. Alas, it's been 5 years already.. I loved this, it was great fun. As I recall it had a cast of about 42, which might pose a challenge for a more commercial-minded producer. There is no way that a play which originated in the Minerva at Chichester had a cast of 42. Do you mean 42 characters with lots of doubling up?
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 2, 2024 12:40:42 GMT
Is this the modern classic going to the Trafalgar then?
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Post by alicechallice on Mar 1, 2024 2:36:30 GMT
Mr. B said the Gielgud in the fall and he hasn’t failed us yet… I don't think you'd ever catch him using the term "in the fall".
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 28, 2024 17:26:29 GMT
Deep breath...
Catherine Tate, Oliver Chris, Claire Rushbrook, Hattie Morahan, Rufus Jones, Tom Read Wilson, Emily Atack & DANNY duckin' DYER at Till the Stars Come Down at the National this aft.
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 27, 2024 11:52:08 GMT
It's not King Charles III having been rewritten as King William V, is it?
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 26, 2024 12:45:36 GMT
In the past week: Cate Blanchett at Dorian Grey Cate Blanchett at Hadestown Cate Blanchett at Enemy Of The People. I think Cate Blanchett might be stalking me... You are a very lucky human! I think she was over for the BAFTAs. She lives near Crowborough, doesn't she? Not far to travel.
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 24, 2024 22:37:20 GMT
Next show at the Trafalgar theatre is "the return of one of the best new plays of the century". Any ideas? The History Boys? Could this be a transfer of the Hampstead's 'Rock'n'Roll'? They said it was one of their best selling shows ever.
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 24, 2024 10:35:54 GMT
Next show at the Trafalgar theatre is "the return of one of the best new plays of the century". Any ideas? The History Boys? Kerry Jackson, perhaps
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 24, 2024 10:34:49 GMT
What's the other play Ben Whishaw was meant to be in? Announced March 4th! That'll be Royal Court then...
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 21, 2024 19:06:41 GMT
Is this the one that was at Chichester? Adaptation, yes. Production, no.
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 21, 2024 18:09:11 GMT
I remember liking the bit about Monster Munch.
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 21, 2024 14:22:22 GMT
I really can't fathom sleeping with somebody old enough to be my grandfather.
Larry Lamb being the exception, of course.
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 19, 2024 12:37:47 GMT
She was a proper disco diva early 80s which was my era so I relate more to her as a pop singer than actress. I wish I had got to see her in City Of Angels but the musical got pulled just before i was due to see it. Plus Save the Best for Last remains an absolutely top song to sing along to in the car, even if some people only associate it with Bisto ads. 😂 In my head I get the adverts mixed up, were both 'Save the Best For Last' & 'Get Here' by Oleta Adams both used for gravy granules?
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 19, 2024 12:34:57 GMT
This is touring towards the end of the year and early next year, it’s at The Alex 28 Jan to 1 Feb 2025, it will be interesting to see who’s cast as Poirot It's using the same adaptation but it's a different production - Lucy Bailey directing, as she has just done the 'And Then There Were None' tour. Jonathan Church directed the Henry Goodman CFT/TRB one. Does that mean we should have a new thread?
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 19, 2024 10:56:27 GMT
The Mayflower now also publicly announcing tour dates. I wondered what Melanie Sykes was up to!
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 15, 2024 18:50:34 GMT
I bet Andy Serkis wished he'd never gone to buy those Opal Fruits now. He's unleashed a monster!
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 15, 2024 17:02:56 GMT
Recognised all of them and have seen several of them either in stage or in the audience, but where is Dame Maggie? I don't think she gets out of bed for less than 30k a pop.
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 15, 2024 16:48:44 GMT
It's funny how Floella Benjamin and Twiggy get to coat-tail on these renowned thesp gatherings because they're Dames who have acted but I'm sure they're both great fun to have around.
I think Keith, Lipman, Lumley and McKenna's d-hoods have been more influenced by their charity work - wonderful performers they all are but I think there's a whole different category of esteem for the likes of Dench, Walter et al.
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 15, 2024 8:18:23 GMT
I think it's pretty solid but maybe a bit reliant on adaptations of popular novels.
Looking forward to some Pinter in the Minerva & I think the Rolling Stones play by Charlotte Jones could be fun.
Glad the Oliver! cast isn't what we'd feared.
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 15, 2024 8:04:05 GMT
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 14, 2024 17:29:05 GMT
The editor of WhatsOnStage just posted that he’s setting his alarm for early tomorrow morning. Must’ve missed this! Do you have a link? He might have a Doctor's appointment! The prior tweet was regarding 'Slave Play' so maybe that's coming too. But Chichester is also being announced tomorrow, so he's got that on his mind no doubt...
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 14, 2024 16:55:46 GMT
Christmas '22 was Streetcar, so not necessarily. You're confusing them with Sheffield Crucible, dear. Sorry, I was meant to be quoting showtoones there.
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