351 posts
|
Post by cirque on Sept 5, 2016 7:56:28 GMT
Exciting. Dream live from Globe on Sunday night on BBC streaming.Will then be available on I player Shakespeare's Livrs.
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on Sept 4, 2016 10:26:46 GMT
Farewell then
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on Sept 4, 2016 8:28:54 GMT
You should love Dream...it's a fresh new declaration of intent from Globe and literally raises the non existent roof.Not to all tastes but reinvents the play in such a compelling style.A few unnecessary moments but little to grumble about in a show that seems as though you are seeing play for first time.I think the Emma Rice regime had made a great start and impact. Always hard to follow Dominic so the newcomers give a whole fresh and new broom approach.Lightiing and sound a bonus....of course if WS himself were here he would be using it all the time.The Globe remains,perhaps even more so,an arena of excitement,experiment and contact that many other theatres must envy.
The decision to bring Kneehigh in as Associates really paying off.
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on Aug 14, 2016 14:28:34 GMT
True Jan,yet maybe don't get the self righteousness so much from them. agree Young Vic but of course very different mandate.
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on Aug 14, 2016 13:51:21 GMT
No pleasure at all taken at this....
RSC now believes it is a radical force and at the forefront of challenging drama.It constantly tells everyone how great it is.
the company had become obsessed with PC policies and the agenda of feminism to the exclusion of the greater political landscape.they believe that a black ensemble being given a standing ovation by a white audience is a major step forward.....please,where have you been.
RSC education will claim that it is creating a love culture for young people with Shakespeare and removing the barriers of language and race.Not at all convinced despite the onslaught of photos and claims by the company.
Seriously convinced that RSC do not like or value their Stratford audiences ......despising the white middle class dominance.They dismiss the fact that many of these audience members helped RSC grow through decades of groundbreaking work.
They want everyone to believe that new Other Place is den of subversion and really don't recall the political activism of the previous incarnation when both new work and radical rethinking of classics sat side by side surrounded by debate and often searing anger.
RSC productions vary,of course,and so they should but very rarely do they provide the riveting response to Shakespeare for audiences across the globe.Yes...production values good but often rather dull and messy work that the party line will try to convince is a radical rethink.The Cymbeline this season is a mess that illuminates nothing and the Brexit debate quite irrelevant.
RSC obsession with being PC is reducing its ability to create work on a level with many of the leaders in international theatre.Directors are brought in who fit the agenda but really not the most exciting directors of Shakespeare or contemporary.
Greg Doran loves Shakespeare and devotes his time to him...that's fine and his work is never less than interesting but not convinced he has a large visionary overview of where RSC may be positioned.Erica Whyman had very clear agenda to her credit but if you are one of RSC older audience members travelling down to Stratford you feel it's not really you they want but...unfortunately,can't really get the demographic they desire because it has other things to do.
RSC seem to convey regrets that their house dramatist is male and from Stratford when this collection of dissatisfied minds wish for the London audience and the mix achieved at Almeida,Young Vic etc.....
RSC has potential to be radical and groundbreaking in a genuine way so why do I feel that the current operation is dull,PC and believing in a self made mythology.
as I said....gives me no great joy to say all this and tell me I am wrong.
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on Aug 12, 2016 10:55:02 GMT
maybe Barbican had enough Hamlet with last years extended run of Cumberbatch....only so many want to see yet another Hamlet.
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on Aug 12, 2016 10:53:06 GMT
always found Globe stewards very enthusiastic and clearly loving being part of the environment.You know,sometimes,its good to have a volunteer with built in passion for their theatre working with audiences-especially if they are new to the place.Theatres up and down the land need the volunteer core to transmit their passion and dedication.
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on Aug 12, 2016 10:44:06 GMT
mmmm some RSC haters here.......
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on May 26, 2016 21:27:44 GMT
Be great to see The Great Comet on futures list.....
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on May 26, 2016 11:27:46 GMT
This summer at the Globe seems to be shaping up for great excitement and looking at Wonder Noir season across the winter no let up in a stream of lively and provoking ideas.I think if Shakespeare was with us today he would use all the techniques and possibilities available to him in creating his popular and all embracing worlds for audiences.I have no problem with mics as used in Dream and when the audience almost danced out into the Bankside night it was joyous. Experiments,new approaches ....responses to existing texts and who knows ahead an OP production .....Globe continues to be a crucible of exploration and experiment under Emma Rice.
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on May 11, 2016 7:09:34 GMT
Gabler. Whoops.
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on May 11, 2016 7:09:00 GMT
les Blancs is indeed magnificent.....I do think NT under Rufus Norris is really getting to grips with the formation of a very strong repertoire. Looking forward to Ivo Van Hove Hedda Gablet.........
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on May 4, 2016 9:52:37 GMT
That fits with Victoria Palace availability then.......
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on May 4, 2016 9:35:01 GMT
Do you mean Septemb er 2017 .......?
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on May 3, 2016 20:31:30 GMT
I give up. This is dreadful. RSC have hit the lowest depths for me with this awful production. Design,speaking,length,sheer dullness....good directors graveyard it seems. What has happened to this company...? Sorry to go on but one is led to believe that RSC are leaders in theatre...they are not,outclassed and outstaged in many UK theatres now.
I am saddened and angered by what is happening.
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on Mar 8, 2016 19:11:24 GMT
Understand lighting design and sound design will be core part of new approach.....check out Wonder season brochure..all shows have lx and sound design credited.Guess daytime will be as before with lx at evening shows.....both spaces,I understand.
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on Mar 7, 2016 22:51:12 GMT
With Michelle Terry as Henry v....guess this rules out her as Beatrice at Chichester. Shame.
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on Mar 7, 2016 22:46:43 GMT
Genuinely funny pastoral scenes which is not often the case.....nothing forced.
Wonder how Globes new lighting and sound installations will affect SWP
|
|
351 posts
|
Post by cirque on Mar 7, 2016 22:42:56 GMT
So....if Lazarus is opening soon it will need to be open ended run here.That rules out most houses that seem suitable especially Dorfman,Young Vic etc.
Maybe a conversion space or structure will be the answer.
|
|