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Post by shadypines on Sept 5, 2023 5:17:53 GMT
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Post by Rory on Sept 5, 2023 5:46:42 GMT
On sale 21st Sept.
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Post by Dave B on Sept 5, 2023 7:02:00 GMT
Does the website work for anyone? Trying to find the specific dates but it doesn't seem to be live yet.
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Post by teamyali on Sept 5, 2023 7:12:31 GMT
Coincidentally there’s another upcoming Broadway production of the same play but with a different creative team - starring Jeremy Strong (aka Kendall Roy in the Succession TV series), adapted by Amy Herzog (whose recent work was adapting A Doll’s House starring Jessica Chastain on Broadway) and directed by Amy’s husband, Sam Gold. They announced this months before the actors’ strike, and scheduled for early 2024. (There was one interview by Jeremy months ago discussing his new project and that they were planning to stage it in Circle in the Square. Nothing’s official yet although CITS will be vacant after Thanksgiving, though I’ve actually wish that a recent West End show will be transferred to this venue instead of Enemy) anenemyofthepeopleplay.com/ |
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Post by Dave B on Sept 5, 2023 9:24:48 GMT
Website now live, priority on sale Sept 20 with registration.O
Previews from 6 February, and runs until 6 April, press night 20 February
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Post by bordeaux on Sept 5, 2023 12:11:01 GMT
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Post by joem on Sept 11, 2023 11:20:05 GMT
I saw the Barbican production. As an Ibsen groupie I'd say try avoid making this your first Ibsen or your first "An Enemy of the People". Too busy, too cavalier in its attitude towards the text.
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Post by Jan on Sept 11, 2023 15:56:36 GMT
I saw the Barbican production. Was there any actual debate during the audience participation or did the Barbican audience all agree with Stockmann anyway ? |
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Post by justsaying113 on Sept 11, 2023 16:12:24 GMT
"Bold reimagining". At least it's not immersive to boot!
Have these marketing people lost all original thought?
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Post by lynette on Sept 11, 2023 16:24:07 GMT
O please spare us another bold reimagining. If you are that good at boldly reimagining write your own play.
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Post by c4ndyc4ne on Sept 11, 2023 19:14:10 GMT
O please spare us another bold reimagining. If you are that good at boldly reimagining write your own play. I feel like Ostermeier has been getting by just fine… |
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Post by joem on Sept 11, 2023 19:20:18 GMT
I saw the Barbican production. Was there any actual debate during the audience participation or did the Barbican audience all agree with Stockmann anyway ? My memory has dimmed but I seem to recall little participation just that palpable air of embarrassment when audience members try to shrink in their seats to avoid being put in the spotlight and made to engage with something they don't fully understand. In a comedy it can sometimes work but in a drama or a tragedy breaking the wall rarely works - notwithstanding Brecht and his ilk. You're there to see someone else's misfortune, not to take part in it. |
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Post by Jan on Sept 12, 2023 6:00:41 GMT
Was there any actual debate during the audience participation or did the Barbican audience all agree with Stockmann anyway ? My memory has dimmed but I seem to recall little participation just that palpable air of embarrassment when audience members try to shrink in their seats to avoid being put in the spotlight and made to engage with something they don't fully understand. In a comedy it can sometimes work but in a drama or a tragedy breaking the wall rarely works - notwithstanding Brecht and his ilk. You're there to see someone else's misfortune, not to take part in it. Ha ha. It was just that I couldn't imagine anyone who had gone to see a foreign language production at the Barbican standing up and saying "You know what ? I couldn't care less about climate change". Did you see the Richard Jones Scandi day-glo production at the Young Vic ? I thought the public meeting scene in that was very well done and that engaged with the audience although I don't remember anyone actually saying anything, I certainly didn't. |
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Post by joem on Sept 12, 2023 8:55:47 GMT
My memory has dimmed but I seem to recall little participation just that palpable air of embarrassment when audience members try to shrink in their seats to avoid being put in the spotlight and made to engage with something they don't fully understand. In a comedy it can sometimes work but in a drama or a tragedy breaking the wall rarely works - notwithstanding Brecht and his ilk. You're there to see someone else's misfortune, not to take part in it. Ha ha. It was just that I couldn't imagine anyone who had gone to see a foreign language production at the Barbican standing up and saying "You know what ? I couldn't care less about climate change". Did you see the Richard Jones Scandi day-glo production at the Young Vic ? I thought the public meeting scene in that was very well done and that engaged with the audience although I don't remember anyone actually saying anything, I certainly didn't. No, must admit I never caught that. I think most audiences have a firm us/them division with the actors. Where there is "audience participation" it tends to be either scripted or forced - the former I'd say was "Food" which I saw recently at the Edinburgh Festival, made to look spontaneous but totally scripted, and the latter something like James Graham's "Raving Monster Loony" which was easy because the audience was given different bits and pieces to join in - party hats, whistles etc and then told when their use was appropriate. But yeah, professional theatre is spectacle not communion. |
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Post by Jan on Sept 12, 2023 12:47:52 GMT
Ha ha. It was just that I couldn't imagine anyone who had gone to see a foreign language production at the Barbican standing up and saying "You know what ? I couldn't care less about climate change". Did you see the Richard Jones Scandi day-glo production at the Young Vic ? I thought the public meeting scene in that was very well done and that engaged with the audience although I don't remember anyone actually saying anything, I certainly didn't. No, must admit I never caught that. I think most audiences have a firm us/them division with the actors. Where there is "audience participation" it tends to be either scripted or forced - the former I'd say was "Food" which I saw recently at the Edinburgh Festival, made to look spontaneous but totally scripted, and the latter something like James Graham's "Raving Monster Loony" which was easy because the audience was given different bits and pieces to join in - party hats, whistles etc and then told when their use was appropriate. But yeah, professional theatre is spectacle not communion. The worst I've seen was in the Almedia "Our Town" public meeting scene where an actor (Richard Lumsden) unexpectedly handed out bits of paper to some audience members chosen by him who then had to stand up and read them out, not just a few words but several sentences. One guy was obviously very nervous and read out his bit quite quietly with some hesitations and then - appallingly - the actor made him do the whole thing again louder. |
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Post by Rory on Sept 20, 2023 7:57:59 GMT
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Post by dip on Sept 20, 2023 8:07:18 GMT
anyone had any info about the presale?
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Post by theatremiss on Sept 20, 2023 8:14:31 GMT
anyone had any info about the presale? Not yet |
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Post by Steve on Sept 20, 2023 9:02:50 GMT
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Post by cavocado on Sept 20, 2023 9:03:40 GMT
Anyone else not seeing the booking button? I'm a member and the presale is open, but nothing to click on
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Post by theatremiss on Sept 20, 2023 9:04:58 GMT
Well that was painless
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Post by solotheatregoer on Sept 20, 2023 9:07:13 GMT
Very painless and pretty reasonable prices (by today's standards anyway).
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Post by zahidf on Sept 20, 2023 9:11:05 GMT
What are the prices for this?
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Post by Rory on Sept 20, 2023 9:14:07 GMT
Very painless and pretty reasonable prices (by today's standards anyway). Not sure I can agree with you there. Most of the central stalls are offsale, no doubt to go on in a few months for £200 or more. £150 to sit anywhere decent. £95 gets you Row O in the stalls or the very sides. |
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Post by solotheatregoer on Sept 20, 2023 9:14:41 GMT
What are the prices for this? £20 - £175 |
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