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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 21, 2020 8:37:19 GMT
This seems to be an attempt to ensure there are always tickets available....
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Post by Jan on Jan 21, 2020 8:46:04 GMT
This seems to be an attempt to ensure there are always tickets available.... Given the number of offer emails for Teenage Dick I'm getting from them it does seem the Donmar's popularity is not what it was. As Touching the Void is currently on in London Force Majeure looks like less of a staging novelty. |
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Post by bordeaux on Jan 21, 2020 9:15:29 GMT
Yet again, what is the point of putting a perfectly fine film on stage? I admit that the occasional theatrical auteur might make something memorable out of one, but the same auteur is just as likely to come a cropper. I enjoyed The Contingency Plan in 2009, but have to say I was disappointed by the last Suzanne Lori-Parks I saw (Royal Court, Father Comes Home from the Wars, Parts I, II and III) so will await reviews for that. I can't help but feel he needs something more commercially viable (a hit that transfers) to make his mark on the place. Given the success of his Amadeus at the National and Constellations in the UK and on Broadway, I'm surprised he hasn't gone for something a bit more starry. When's he going to get Jake Gyllenhall in (I know he is otherwise engaged later this year)?!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2020 9:25:12 GMT
Yes, don't really see the point of staging Force Majeure! Regarding staging, the avalanche is a key plot point but not the setting in the way that the mountain is in Touching the Void. I guess it will be down to the casting - there should be a couple of very meaty roles for the leads in this.
In general not a season that excites me much.
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Post by learfan on Jan 21, 2020 9:29:10 GMT
Yes more money saved as far as im concerned. There is a Hollywood remake of force majeure called Downhill coming out soon anyway so fail to see the point.
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Post by Jan on Jan 21, 2020 9:37:14 GMT
I’ve been to the Donmar a lot over the years but I haven’t been to a single thing under the new AD. This points to a certain lack of diversity in the scheduling. Very good ADs like Nicholas Hytner know they sometimes need to stage things that don’t echo their own personal preoccupations and interests or that they personally might not even like in order to address the widest possible audience.
As an example, the Donmar was always known for revivals of classic musicals. Not of interest to me but to many others they were. This audience seems to have been abandoned.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2020 9:52:26 GMT
As an example, the Donmar was always known for revivals of classic musicals. Not of interest to me but to many others they were. This audience seems to have been abandoned. Not really a change by Longhurst .. Josie Rourke only did two musicals I think (City of Angels in 2015 and Sweet Charity last year), Grandage did 5 in the course of 9 years - Putnam Spelling Bee (2011), Passion (2010), Guys and Dolls (2005, but a Donmar West End production), Grand Hotel (2004), Pacific Overtures (2003) (possible I've missed a few). Mendes did more musicals I think but that's going back nearly 20 years now. |
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Post by dlevi on Jan 21, 2020 9:55:40 GMT
It's not a star-driven season, it's a very serious-minded one and I admire Mr Longhurst for taking the chances. I have to assume that his Board of Directors have given their approval of this and that there will probably be some star casting for Force Majuere. It's clear he wants to keep things contemporary and not lean on the classics. I just hope there is an audience willing to support him. So far, there have been a fair number of empty seats there ( the same could be said of The Bush and Hampstead as well..)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2020 10:16:35 GMT
Now up on the Donmar website. No casting announced yet for anything
Booking dates -
STEEL PRIORITY BOOKING: Booking opens on Tuesday 28 January at 10am online and over the phone.
COPPER PRIORITY BOOKING: Booking opens on Tuesday 28 January at 12pm online and over the phone.
FRIENDS PRIORITY BOOKING: Booking opens on Thursday 30 January at 9am (online) and 10am (telephone).
Public booking opens on Wednesday 5 February at 9am (online) and 10am (telephone).
Ticket prices for the top two price bands have gone up by £2.50.
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Post by MrBraithwaite on Jan 21, 2020 10:32:07 GMT
Been to the Donmar only twice, was not really on my radar or I couldn't get tickets for something that interested me (or it didn't fit my schedule). Would like to go more, as I like the venue, but the programming is not very exciting. Booked Teenage Dick because it somehow looked interesting, but quite a few seats empty when I went...
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Post by learfan on Jan 21, 2020 12:15:48 GMT
I’ve been to the Donmar a lot over the years but I haven’t been to a single thing under the new AD. This points to a certain lack of diversity in the scheduling. Very good ADs like Nicholas Hytner know they sometimes need to stage things that don’t echo their own personal preoccupations and interests or that they personally might not even like in order to address the widest possible audience. As an example, the Donmar was always known for revivals of classic musicals. Not of interest to me but to many others they were. This audience seems to have been abandoned. Snap, maybe its an age thing but its another example of somewhere i used to go rather than will be going to. Just nothing here to interest me. |
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Post by princeton on Jan 21, 2020 12:34:55 GMT
I think it's quite an interesting season - though it doesn't seem two minutes since I saw The Contingency Plan at the Bush - so I'm slightly horrified to discover that it was ten years ago. They were very good plays and the first to really look at climate change - and it will be interesting to see how they have held up now that the topic is even more front and centre. I'm intrigued by Force Majeure - as mentioned above it's not at all like Touching the Void and the avalanche (which is beautifully shot in the film) is the catalyst to a domestic drama which I should play very well in the confines of the Donmar. I think all three (or actually four) plays have meaty parts for actors so I'd imagine that they'll have very good casts.
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Post by bordeaux on Jan 21, 2020 13:57:16 GMT
I’ve been to the Donmar a lot over the years but I haven’t been to a single thing under the new AD. This points to a certain lack of diversity in the scheduling. Very good ADs like Nicholas Hytner know they sometimes need to stage things that don’t echo their own personal preoccupations and interests or that they personally might not even like in order to address the widest possible audience. As an example, the Donmar was always known for revivals of classic musicals. Not of interest to me but to many others they were. This audience seems to have been abandoned. He seems to be very much 'new writing'; his CV shows one Shakespeare, one Ford, one Marlowe and the rest is new or revivals of recent plays. Which is fine, but could be quite risky for the Donmar. He may be putting some markers down for his first year, but I am surprised that he hasn't used the space to programme a couple of older classics that he's always wanted to do but is only now getting the chance to do: Josie Rourke started with The Recruiting Officer, for example. Some of her early seasons were a little Bush-revival-heavy for my tastes but she too put on some great revivals and got some big names in. Of course, the Almeida too is much more into new writing than under previous directors, but it alternates that with brilliant revivals of classics too. I am sure Longhurst will be programming a classic or two in the near future. What he needs is something that will create as much excitement as the Young Vic Death of a Salesman, the Almeida Doctor, the forthcoming JGB with SRB, or A Sunday in the Park with George. |
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Post by zahidf on Jan 21, 2020 14:30:25 GMT
FWIW, I really liked Blank and Appropriate. Am seeing Teenage Dick tomorrow, but quality wise im a fan so far.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2020 14:34:50 GMT
FWIW, I really liked Blank and Appropriate. Am seeing Teenage Dick tomorrow, but quality wise im a fan so far. Yes, I enjoyed all three of these and Europe. But I would agree with Jan that they are all I think aimed at a similar audience. |
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Post by lynette on Jan 27, 2020 13:47:04 GMT
I know, I am not in the swing of things here but i have perused the pamphlet and frankly nothing appeals. It looks a very issue led season. And i can’t see any ‘names to tempt me either. So please prove me wrong and let me know what i should not miss.
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Post by n1david on Jan 29, 2020 17:30:22 GMT
Booking instructions for The Contingency Plan:
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Post by lynette on Jan 29, 2020 19:13:20 GMT
O please. I wish them luck with this. But I’m not booking anyway.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 29, 2020 19:15:01 GMT
Everything at the Donmar sounds so dreary and woke now.
It’s saving me money though.
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Post by Jan on Jan 29, 2020 20:06:45 GMT
Just those booking instructions would put me off.
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Post by learfan on Jan 29, 2020 20:16:35 GMT
Everything at the Donmar sounds so dreary and woke now. It’s saving me money though. My thoughts exactly, with this plus the Globe and with the NT so underwhelming too, im hoping the imminent Chichester festival announcement will prove more interesting. |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jan 29, 2020 20:29:27 GMT
“It is our intention that audiences see both parts in order to appreciate the full scope of the story”
It is my intention to avoid plays where my right to choose what and when I watch is taken away by the Theatre.
As the other plays on the climate crisis I’ve seen have been pious in nature it will need great reviews to entice me and have a feeling tickets will still be available after opening night. (day)
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 29, 2020 20:36:24 GMT
Everything at the Donmar sounds so dreary and woke now. It’s saving me money though. My thoughts exactly, with this plus the Globe and with the NT so underwhelming too, im hoping the imminent Chichester festival announcement will prove more interesting. I actually miss the starry days of Grandage there .. which I never though I’d say. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2020 20:45:01 GMT
Weird use of the term "double bill" which I would interpret as two plays separated by an interval, where the ticket price is the same as for one play. They seem to be saying this is two plays and you can only see them if you pay for both? Weird.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 29, 2020 21:01:34 GMT
Wonder if it'll be as good as Greenland.
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