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Post by jaqs on May 3, 2023 10:59:40 GMT
Cynthia Erivo in I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky at Stratford East.
I saw Lucie Jones in an amateur concert in Cardiff prior to x-factor.
I didn’t realise so many future names were in Posh.
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Post by profquatermass on May 3, 2023 12:30:18 GMT
Maybe they were not unknown at the time, but I didn't know who they were. Benedict Cumberbatch in Hedda Gabler Eddie Redmayne in Red Tom Hiddleston in Othello Hannah Waddingham in Beautiful Game Paul Mescal in Red Shoes Taron Egerton in The Last of the Haussmans James Norton in The Lion in Winter Monica Dolan in King Lear and The Seagull I often check the old theatre programmes I keep, and get surprised at the names that didn't mean much for me then and are now fairly everywhere. I saw most of those and did recognise Cumberbatch Anyone who saw the Plantagenets trilogy at the RSC in 1988 probably encountered Ralph Fiennes, David Morrissey and Jason Watkins for the first time as well as Kevin Doyle, late of Downton Abbey |
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Post by lynette on May 4, 2023 19:48:13 GMT
Michael Gambon as Othello, also Escalus in Romeo and Juliet and Peter Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais in Saint Joan at the Old Rep, Birmingham 1968. Anna Calder-Marshall as Juliet in R&J and Joan in Saint Joan as above. Derek Jacobi in the title role of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Mr Puff in The Critic (a double bill) at the new Birmingham Rep. in 1972. Yay, hello, another Brummie? Anna Calder Marshall was brilliant wasn't she and years later, recently saw her in Rory Kinnear’s play about disabled sister. Still brilliant. |
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Post by profquatermass on May 4, 2023 20:46:43 GMT
Danny Dyer in No Man's Land at the NT in 2001
Catherine Zeta Jones in 42nd Street
Not an actor but I saw Greg Doran in the Antony Sher Merchant of Venice
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Post by Bickers on May 8, 2023 14:38:44 GMT
Sheridan Smith as Lola in Bugsy Malone
Samantha Barks as Sally in Cabaret
Kerry Ellis as Ellen in Miss Saigon
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Post by londonmzfitz on May 8, 2023 17:55:38 GMT
Ramin Karimloo as "Pirate / Policeman" in Pirates of Penzance, Wimbledon, running Tuesday 12th to Saturday 16th March, 2002. Pirate King was Gary Wilmot, Ruth was ... Su Pollard. Ramin is 13th listed in my programme.
Ditto to the Anna Maxwell Martin in His Dark Materials, NT
Ditto to Hugh Jackman in Oklahoma, NT
Ditto to Hannah Waddingham in Spamalot
I have a programme from La Cava but Gawd I hated that show so I'm not digging it out.
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Post by mistressjojo on May 9, 2023 9:11:42 GMT
Hugh Jackman in the Australian version of Sunset Boulevarde in 1996.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on May 9, 2023 13:59:55 GMT
Hugh Jackman in the Australian version of Sunset Boulevarde in 1996. My friend went to school with Hugh Jackman and said even to his very untrained eye it was obvious he was going to be a superstar from an early age. He also said he had great fun trying to subtly change lines and feeds during school productions to try to mess Hugh up. Being the consumate professional this would annoy him greatly. |
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Post by bobbievanhusen on May 12, 2023 2:58:45 GMT
I've been in a few productions with people who went onto great things. Mark Strong, back when he had hair, Joanna Riding in her first professional show after drama school, Catherine Russel, Sean Pertwee. They were all doing Rep, back when that was a thing.
And I saw Hannah Waddingham in Lautrec. She had a fantastic solo called 'Look Into My Eyes' that bought the house down.
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Post by theatreman on Jun 5, 2023 1:00:59 GMT
Dominic Cooper - The History Boys
James Corden - The History Boys
Russell Tovey - The history Boys
Eddie Redmayne - The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? (2004)
Emily Blunt - The Royal Family (2001)
Jessie Buckley - A Little Night Music (2008)
Olivia Colman - Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2000)
Rebecca Hall - Mrs. Warren’s Profession (2002)
Ruth Negga - Phedre (2009)
Sebastian Stan - Picnic (2013) Broadway
Tom Hardy - The Man of Mode (2007)
Tom Hiddleston Ivanov (2008)
Aaron Taylor Johnson - Macbeth (2002)
Andrea Risenborough - Ivanov (2008)
Carey Mulligan - The Seagull (2007)
David Harbour - Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2006)
Michelle Dockery - The pillars of the community
Anthony mackie - Beheading at Spokane (Broadway)
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Post by profquatermass on Jun 5, 2023 16:56:15 GMT
Dominic Cooper - The History Boys James Corden - The History Boys Russell Tovey - The history Boys Eddie Redmayne - The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? (2004) Emily Blunt - The Royal Family (2001) Jessie Buckley - A Little Night Music (2008) Olivia Colman - Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2000) Rebecca Hall - Mrs. Warren’s Profession (2002) Ruth Negga - Phedre (2009) Sebastian Stan - Picnic (2013) Broadway Tom Hardy - The Man of Mode (2007) Tom Hiddleston Ivanov (2008) Aaron Taylor Johnson - Macbeth (2002) Andrea Risenborough - Ivanov (2008) Carey Mulligan - The Seagull (2007) David Harbour - Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2006) Michelle Dockery - The pillars of the community Anthony mackie - Beheading at Spokane (Broadway) Gosh. I saw most of those. I'd seen Russell Tovey before as he was already a fixture at the NT. I had np idea Emily Blunt was in the Royal Family or Michelle Dockery in Pillar of the Community (was that the production with Damien Lewis at the National?). I see that Emily Blunt was in Vincent in Brixton the following year - I didn't notice her then either I saw Roger Allam in Way of the World at the National in 1996 (not the first time I'd seen him) which I see also had Catherine Tate and Julian Rhind-Tutt. And a pre -Stacey Joanna Page in What the Butler Saw |
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Post by clarefh on Jun 5, 2023 17:58:02 GMT
I also had no idea Michelle Dockerty was in threat production of Pillars of the Community ( I did absolutely love it though and it has stayed with me very vividly.).
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Post by Peter on Jun 5, 2023 19:06:51 GMT
Dominic Cooper - The History Boys James Corden - The History Boys Russell Tovey - The history Boys Eddie Redmayne - The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? (2004) Emily Blunt - The Royal Family (2001) Jessie Buckley - A Little Night Music (2008) Olivia Colman - Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2000) Rebecca Hall - Mrs. Warren’s Profession (2002) Ruth Negga - Phedre (2009) Sebastian Stan - Picnic (2013) Broadway Tom Hardy - The Man of Mode (2007) Tom Hiddleston Ivanov (2008) Aaron Taylor Johnson - Macbeth (2002) Andrea Risenborough - Ivanov (2008) Carey Mulligan - The Seagull (2007) David Harbour - Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2006) Michelle Dockery - The pillars of the community Anthony mackie - Beheading at Spokane (Broadway) Today I learnt that I saw David Harbour back in 2006! |
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Post by Jan on Jun 6, 2023 7:44:58 GMT
Alex Jennings as Clown in Antony and Cleopatra (the one who brings in the asp) at Chichester in 1985.
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Post by alicechallice on Jun 6, 2023 10:02:46 GMT
Alex Jennings as Clown in Antony and Cleopatra (the one who brings in the asp) at Chichester in 1985. Michael Grandage was also in that, wasn't he? I know that both he & Jennings were also in The Scarlet Pimpernel that season. |
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Post by longinthetooth on Jun 6, 2023 15:39:53 GMT
The original Godspell in 1970-something, obviously with David Essex, but also Jeremy Irons, Marti Webb, Julie Covington.
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Post by peggysue on Jun 6, 2023 16:04:38 GMT
The original Godspell in 1970-something, obviously with David Essex, but also Jeremy Irons, Marti Webb, Julie Covington. It opened in November 1971 and I saw it in 1973 😊 I still remember it as a great production! |
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Post by theatreman on Jun 6, 2023 16:37:43 GMT
I had np idea Emily Blunt was in the Royal Family or Michelle Dockery in Pillar of the Community (was that the production with Damien Lewis at the National?) Yes it was NT production with Damien Lewis and Lesley Manville Some more Felicity Jones - The Chalk Garden Denise gough - By the Bog of cats Gugu Mbatha Raw - Hamlet Gaten Matarazzo - Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Broadway) Olly Alexander - Peter and Alice Rory Kinnear - Festen Tobias Menzies - Decade Corey Stoll - A View from the Bridge (Broadway) |
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Post by Jan on Jun 6, 2023 17:06:56 GMT
Alex Jennings as Clown in Antony and Cleopatra (the one who brings in the asp) at Chichester in 1985. Michael Grandage was also in that, wasn't he? I know that both he & Jennings were also in The Scarlet Pimpernel that season. Yes Grandage was in it too. I also saw him as an actor in Edward II at the Royal Exchange in 1986 (directed by Nicholas Hytner - Iain Glen was in that too). In 1989 I saw Grandage in the sensational Nunn/McKellen Othello. On a similar theme, I saw Greg Doran as an actor in The Merchant of Venice and Julius Caesar in 1988 - the former featured Sher in the lead giving one of his most bizarre performances. Alex Jennings was quite possibly the best thing in that production of Antony and Cleopatra - just based on the text you'd think Diana Rigg and Denis Quilley were perfect casting but in practice there was literally no chemistry between them at all. |
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Post by jek on Jun 8, 2023 7:57:02 GMT
Luke Thallon in Crazy For You at the Guildhall. Also Toheeb Jimoh in Fiddler on the Roof at the Guildhall. Both were very impressive but, of course, no more so than some of their student colleagues who haven't had similar breaks. Such a hard business to go in to.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2023 2:14:40 GMT
Lara Pulver in the Chicago touring ensemble about 2003. Victoria Hamilton-Barritt in Oh What A Night with Kid Creole in around 2001.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 25, 2023 22:27:46 GMT
Apparently Sarah Snook was in the Master Builder before Succession
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Post by sf on Jun 27, 2023 18:55:14 GMT
Andy Serkis (and Lorraine Ashbourne, who is now his wife) in the title role in a Hungarian musical called 'Doctor Heart' at the Royal Exchange in Manchester in 1991.
Also at the Royal Exchange, Kate Winslet as Geraldine in a production of 'What The Butler Saw' (1994), and Hugh Grant as Eric Birling in 'An Inspector Calls' (1986).
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Post by theatrefan62 on Jun 27, 2023 19:20:47 GMT
Tom Hardy in The Man Of Mode at the national.
The original cast of The History Boys
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Post by Jon on Jun 27, 2023 19:28:48 GMT
I'm a bit reluctant to say Tom Hardy because he wasn't exactly unknown when did The Man of Mode.
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