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Post by Jan on Sept 30, 2024 6:25:31 GMT
There is a cinema in the Riverside Studios which shows mainstream and arthouse stuff and NT Live type things (they have the Globe Othello soon). The Bush theatre is not far. TY, Jan, but I have memberships for Curzon & PH so am unlikely to need to see a film other than at one of their sites & if ever I do, Vue is cheaper. And you can only see one matinee in a day so no doing a double with the Bush, alas. No art galleries in the immediate area, either. They are building a new multi-screen cinema in Hammersmith not far from the Lyric - it is a planning condition of the Town Hall redevelopment to replace a Cineworld cinema they demolished - I think Curzon will be the operator of that one. |
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Post by showgirl on Sept 30, 2024 11:35:25 GMT
Wow, that would be great, especially as there is no sign of Curzon Chelsea reopening as it was meant to.
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Post by smithfield on Oct 1, 2024 2:41:11 GMT
Sparsely attended, half-full at the best. Energetic, attractive set which makes the Lyric stage seem bigger but it had the feel of a good undergraduate production. All sorts of alienating effects so the audience can't emote too much which is odd given the subjects tackled are apt to inspire strong emotions. The tacked on First Nation comments are a bit on the tacky side too. I agree your assessment of the tacked on bits. |
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Post by greenandbrownandblue on Oct 5, 2024 21:28:23 GMT
Fairly busy this afternoon, in the stalls at least.
This is a very different production to previous ones I've seen. I liked a lot of it - Nick Fletcher, Finbar Lynch and Ruby Bentall are all brilliant in this. And the design - set, lighting and sound - is impressive. I felt the play's climaxes - namely the final few moments of both acts - weren't as dramatic as I know they can be. And I wasn't sure about the anachronistic take on it all... They'd sold out of programmes, so I'm not sure if there's a reason behind costuming/cans of Fosters and coke.
But all in all, very pleased to have seen it. And a reminder I should go to the Lyric more often.
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Post by cherokee on Oct 6, 2024 11:50:04 GMT
I thought this was interesting on the whole - with a few weak links. I didn't mind the anachronisms in the design - although I did wonder whether that was partly a budgetary issue! If it's expensive getting period furniture and costumes then save a bit of cash by putting some of the cast in tracksuit tops and using plastic garden chairs!
The women were stronger on the whole I felt: Ruby Bentall particularly, but also Catrin Aaron and Nicola Stephenson.
I loved the calm dignity of Olivier Huband as Ceasar - and marvelled at how effortlessly his voice projected into the space. Finbar Lynch was also wonderful in both his roles.
On the negative side, Simon Manyonda was not good - and it's particularly unfortunate when he's playing a character who has to opine on how to act. He just wasn't up to it - and some of his physical stuff was especially ropey.
Alongside him, Jack Bardoe was exhaustingly frantic - apparently choosing to play all three of his characters as if they were lunatics for some reason, and also upstaging other characters at key moments, for instance turning upstage to 'urinate' when the spotlight really shouldn't have been on him. It did not feel like a generous performance!
It remains an interesting piece, and the updates to involve a genuine Aborigine actor worked. So a mixed bag for me. Probably three stars overall.
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