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Post by justsaying113 on May 14, 2024 5:10:19 GMT
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Post by bordeaux on May 14, 2024 5:47:41 GMT
Exciting news. Haven't seen it for nearly 30 years. Matthew Warchus directing. Presumably he's not moving on, though, and is just doing a West End gig?
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Post by couldileaveyou on May 14, 2024 7:36:55 GMT
Gielgud Theatre 21 Sep to 23 Nov
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Post by Rory on May 14, 2024 7:51:52 GMT
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Post by max on May 14, 2024 9:19:21 GMT
Exciting. The production of this I enjoyed most was at the Donmar Warehouse in 1999, directed by John Crowley, with Colm Meaney, Ron Cook and Dearbhla Molloy. Being close up to the action in an intimate space made it really special.
It'll be intersting to see how the physicality of Mark Rylance plays as 'Captain' Boyle. Colm Meaney was Captain in London while Michael Gambon was playing the role in another production in Dublin (interesting English/Irish swap). Both were more towering figures, and weaselly friend Joxer is usually the wiry one. Big words spun by a man who's not so physically imposing could say something about how he's made his place amongst the locals (though Rylance has been there with 'Jerusalem')
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Post by barrowside on May 14, 2024 11:46:14 GMT
It will be very unusual to see non-Irish actors in these roles. The play is a great play that belongs to the world so why not. It will be interesting to see if they find something new. In Ireland it's seen very often but the great actors of the past cast a very long shadow. The Juno I most look forward to is Anne Marie Duff - perhaps alongside the newer Irish generation who will soon be old enough for the roles (Brian Gleeson, Peter Coonan, Laurence Kinlan etc.)
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 14, 2024 11:52:21 GMT
I saw it at the National and really admired the play.
O'Casey is a writer that I would like to direct at some point - though I would have to do a lot of work first. His characters are brilliantly drawn.
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Post by lt on May 14, 2024 11:52:57 GMT
Not convinced by Rylance playing this role. The best Sean O'Casey play I have seen in London was the co-production of The Plough and The Stars with the Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Lyric Hammersmith in 2018. Thought that was absolutely brilliant.
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Post by ceebee on May 14, 2024 12:10:02 GMT
It's Warchus. I'll go.
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Post by Fleance on May 14, 2024 12:10:46 GMT
Looking forward to it! I've seen two productions, one with Siobhan McKenna at the Mermaid many years ago, and a recent (2019) production at the Irish Rep in NYC. J. Smith-Cameron appeared in a 2013 production there, which I did not see, but I have worked with her, and admired her performances.
I liked the National's recent productions of The Silver Tassie and The Plough and the Stars very much. In the 1990s, I presented a one-off program featuring scenes and commentary about Within the Gates, an O'Casey rarity and a very strange play indeed!
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Post by barrowside on May 14, 2024 12:19:46 GMT
Not convinced by Rylance playing this role. The best Sean O'Casey play I have seen in London was the co-production of The Plough and The Stars with the Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Lyric Hammersmith in 2018. Thought that was absolutely brilliant.
I agree that production was stunning. It thought the modern dress and move to 2016 without changing the text gave it the play a huge shot in the arm. |
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Post by lt on May 14, 2024 13:15:01 GMT
Not convinced by Rylance playing this role. The best Sean O'Casey play I have seen in London was the co-production of The Plough and The Stars with the Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Lyric Hammersmith in 2018. Thought that was absolutely brilliant.
I agree that production was stunning. It thought the modern dress and move to 2016 without changing the text gave it the play a huge shot in the arm. Complete agree, and I thought the text was performed incredibly well. One of those productions that has really stuck in my memory. |
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Post by theatreliker on May 14, 2024 13:28:02 GMT
1100 tickets per week at £25 or lower.
35% of the house at each performance priced at £55 or lower.
Wouldn't it have been nice if it was:
2500 tickets per week at £25 or lower.
55% of the house at each performance priced at £55 or lower.
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Post by andrew on May 14, 2024 13:33:50 GMT
1100 tickets per week at £25 or lower. 35% of the house at each performance priced at £55 or lower. Wouldn't it have been nice if it was: 2500 tickets per week at £25 or lower. 55% of the house at each performance priced at £55 or lower. Make it a free-for-all, I say! Who needs to get paid? |
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Post by mrnutz on May 14, 2024 13:34:48 GMT
Another Succession star hits the West End!
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Post by ceebee on May 14, 2024 13:42:48 GMT
Another Succession star hits the West End! Proper succession planning. |
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Post by westendboy on May 14, 2024 13:55:08 GMT
Very exciting news! As a fan of Rylance, I'm looking forward to seeing him perform onstage again and I'm curious to see how he does the accent. Not so familiar with his co-star, as I don't watch 'Succession', so can't say much.
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Post by theatreliker on May 14, 2024 14:07:51 GMT
1100 tickets per week at £25 or lower. 35% of the house at each performance priced at £55 or lower. Wouldn't it have been nice if it was: 2500 tickets per week at £25 or lower. 55% of the house at each performance priced at £55 or lower. Make it a free-for-all, I say! Who needs to get paid? That's more like it |
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Post by patiently_waiting on May 14, 2024 14:12:04 GMT
Exciting news. I really enjoyed Mark Rylance in Jerusalem.
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Post by marob on May 14, 2024 14:53:07 GMT
Really didn’t like Jerusalem, so the idea of Rylance swaggering around for another three hours is a big no for me.
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Post by aspieandy on May 14, 2024 15:17:14 GMT
Maybe there will be a Succession world tour with Brian Cox and Smith-Cameron eventually joining Snook on Broadway.
Who next for the West End - Matthew Macfadyen?
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Post by happysooz2 on May 14, 2024 16:01:57 GMT
Another Succession star hits the West End! Proper succession planning. Snort. I work in HR so this properly made me laugh. |
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Post by max on May 14, 2024 16:43:38 GMT
I agree that production was stunning. It thought the modern dress and move to 2016 without changing the text gave it the play a huge shot in the arm. Complete agree, and I thought the text was performed incredibly well. One of those productions that has really stuck in my memory. It was exiciting - I wish I'd seen it more than once to further embed it in my memory. Everything you wouldn't expect: modern dress, High viz jackets, a karaoke Elvis moment, self-conscious use of microphones (before that trick was a bit over-familiar) - it was like watching the debt that the present owes to the past, overlayed but indivisible. I just noticed that the Lyric webpage is still there, with a free downloadable Education Pack with articles and some photos that weren't in the programme. Within that, the cast list shows Paul Mescal in a small role (with his second name misspelt Mescale); this was 2018 before 'Ordinary People'. What a meteoric rise he's had. Bring on the next O'Casey. |
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Post by mrnutz on May 14, 2024 17:48:16 GMT
Maybe there will be a Succession world tour with Brian Cox and Smith-Cameron eventually joining Snook on Broadway. Who next for the West End - Matthew Macfadyen? There was a rumour a couple of years ago that Jeremy Strong was heading over here, but I don't know what happened with that! |
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Post by americanresident3333 on May 14, 2024 19:00:00 GMT
Maybe there will be a Succession world tour with Brian Cox and Smith-Cameron eventually joining Snook on Broadway. Who next for the West End - Matthew Macfadyen? Nicholas Braun was announced a few months ago as being slated to star in Lobby Hero on the West End (written by Kenneth Lonergan, who is married to J. Smith Cameron). Definitely a busy time for the Succession cast in theatre. Natalie Gold, Jeremy Strong, and Juliana Canfield are currently in buzzy Broadway shows, and the latter two just nabbed Tony nominations. |
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