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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 17:07:20 GMT
A co-production between the Nuffield Southampton and Leicester Curve, opening at the Nuffield this Christmas before heading to Leicester, then on UK Tour.
Directed by Maria Aiberg, adapted by Sam Holcroft and composed by Darren Clark.
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Post by QueerTheatre on Mar 8, 2016 17:35:43 GMT
One of my favourite Dahl's! Lets hope its better than the ETO Opera that toured a few years back... With Tom Scutt designing at least we know it'll look good!
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Post by charliec on Sept 8, 2016 9:41:46 GMT
Music by Arthur Darvill. Premiering at Southampton Nuffield Theatre beforehand apparently.
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Post by firefingers on Sept 8, 2016 10:00:43 GMT
Music by Arthur Darvill. Premiering at Southampton Nuffield Theatre beforehand apparently. Yes, it's the Nuffield's Christmas show. Believe a whole UK tour is planned. |
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Post by theatreliker on Sept 8, 2016 10:43:25 GMT
Sam Holcroft adapting, Maria Aberg directing, Tom Scutt designing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 14:03:33 GMT
I already made a thread about this back in March, but wasn't sure if it was a musical and didn't know Davill was involved.
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Post by firefingers on Sept 8, 2016 14:12:46 GMT
I already made a thread about this back in March, but wasn't sure if it was a musical and didn't know Davill was involved. Davill wasn't involved initially. It had a change of composer during the summer. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 14:17:37 GMT
I already made a thread about this back in March, but wasn't sure if it was a musical and didn't know Davill was involved. Davill wasn't involved initially. It had a change of composer during the summer. My bad that post was meant to go into the new thread. But yeah, I think it looks like Davill's doing music and Clark's doing lyrics. |
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Post by charliec on Sept 8, 2016 14:25:57 GMT
Argh sorry, should have checked to see if there was a pre existing thread before getting over excited and starting a new one!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 15:34:19 GMT
Argh sorry, should have checked to see if there was a pre existing thread before getting over excited and starting a new one! It was all the way back in March so there's no need. Maybe the mods will magically merge the two...? |
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Post by firefingers on Sept 9, 2016 17:50:58 GMT
Full dates and that: www.fantasticmrfoxlive.com/SOUTHAMPTON Nuffield Theatre Tue 22 Nov 2016 – Sun 8 Jan 2017 LONDON Lyric Hammersmith Wed 25 Jan – Sun 19 Feb CARDIFF New Theatre Tue 21 – Sat 25 Feb DARTFORD Orchard Theatre Tue 28 Feb – Sun 5 Mar LEICESTER Curve Mon 3 – Sun 9 Apr OXFORD Playhouse Tue 11 – Sat 15 Apr COVENTRY Belgrade Tue 18 - Sat 22 Apr SHEFFIELD Lyceum Theatre Tue 2 – Sat 5 May EDINBURGH King's Theatre Mon 15 – Sat 20 May GLASGOW Theatre Royal Mon 22 – Sat 27 May HIGH WYCOMBE Wycombe Swan Mon 5 – Sat 10 June PLYMOUTH Theatre Royal Plymouth Tue 13 – Sat 17 June NORWICH Theatre Royal Wed 21 – Sat 24 June |
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Post by Jon on Sept 9, 2016 18:08:29 GMT
Is it a requirement for all stage productions of Dahl's work to have his name above the title? It's the same with Matilda and Charlie.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2016 18:11:36 GMT
Dahl's Charlie! Don't Touch!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2016 0:18:44 GMT
Is it a requirement for all stage productions of Dahl's work to have his name above the title? It's the same with Matilda and Charlie. I personally don't mind it. It's either that or the "Based on the book by Roald Dahl" line underneath. I think it's probably because Roald Dahl's stories are all part of a particular well-known and well-loved canon, like Disney I guess. And now, like Disney, I realise that the "Roald Dahl" font or logo is the same on all three, probably due to his 100th birthday this year. I don't think it would seem right if we had the musicals billed as Gregory Maguire's Wicked, Victor Hugo's Les Miserables and probably loads of other examples I can't be bothered to name right now. |
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Post by Jon on Sept 10, 2016 0:27:44 GMT
Is it a requirement for all stage productions of Dahl's work to have his name above the title? It's the same with Matilda and Charlie. I personally don't mind it. It's either that or the "Based on the book by Roald Dahl" line underneath. I think it's probably because Roald Dahl's stories are all part of a particular well-known and well-loved canon, like Disney I guess. And now, like Disney, I realise that the "Roald Dahl" font or logo is the same on all three, probably due to his 100th birthday this year. I don't think it would seem right if we had the musicals billed as Gregory Maguire's Wicked, Victor Hugo's Les Miserables and probably loads of other examples I can't be bothered to name right now. Weirdly the film adaptation of The BFG didn't get the Roald Dahl's treatment so it must be for stage only. Disney put their logo above the title for pretty much all Disney related films, theatre and certain TV shows, Marvel Studios do as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2016 0:49:00 GMT
I personally don't mind it. It's either that or the "Based on the book by Roald Dahl" line underneath. I think it's probably because Roald Dahl's stories are all part of a particular well-known and well-loved canon, like Disney I guess. And now, like Disney, I realise that the "Roald Dahl" font or logo is the same on all three, probably due to his 100th birthday this year. I don't think it would seem right if we had the musicals billed as Gregory Maguire's Wicked, Victor Hugo's Les Miserables and probably loads of other examples I can't be bothered to name right now. Weirdly the film adaptation of The BFG didn't get the Roald Dahl's treatment so it must be for stage only. Disney put their logo above the title for pretty much all Disney related films, theatre and certain TV shows, Marvel Studios do as well. No the big Hollywood films don't tend to do it, probably because of the big directors I.e. Speilberg (The BFG), Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr Fox) and Tim Burton (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). When I saw the trailers for The BFG and FMF it made my blood boil that'd they have to use labels such as "From the creator of Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" to refer to Dahl! I'm sure enough people would know his name! The only films I think where they were able to use his name was the recent Esio Trot and Danny the Champion of the World as probably because they were TV movies on a smaller budget. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2016 2:50:05 GMT
Next week, going to:
Wonderman adapted from Roald Dahl's stories for adults
and also to:
Roald Dahl's City of the Unexpected
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 10, 2016 8:00:41 GMT
Merged
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 0:23:19 GMT
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Post by QueerTheatre on Nov 25, 2016 1:12:35 GMT
Tbf, Greg looks sexy as hell as Mr Fox.
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Post by Jan on Feb 12, 2017 9:34:07 GMT
Has no-one else seen this ?
After auditioning by shoe-horning extraneous song and dance numbers into Shakespeare, Maria Aberg has finally been given a musical to direct. Unfortunately she proves to be very heavy-handed at it. This should have been a charming quirky show but instead it is brash and strident. It is not helped by a curiously charmless turn by Greg Barnett in the lead doing what I always think of as stage school acting - delivering his lines and songs with excessive confidence and enthusiasm but gazing blankly into the middle distance not engaging with the audience at all. The music is forgettable. The lyrics are quite clever but are swamped by the production as are some very good supporting actors (Richard Atwill). Rating: ***
Warning: Contains mandatory anti-Brexit comments and a song about a sex toy.
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Post by QueerTheatre on Feb 12, 2017 10:07:27 GMT
oh wow - I had the totally opposite experience! I took my young cousins as a post xmas treat earier this month and loved every second of it. The team somehow manage to turn Fantastic Mr Fox into Fragile Maculinity: The Musical, in a brilliant way! I loved Greg Barnett, but the entire cast worked so wll together (and along with the ingenious design) completely transported me, and my little cousins.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2017 10:47:05 GMT
Jan, what did your grandkids (or whoever you took) make of it, please?
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Post by Jan on Feb 12, 2017 13:09:20 GMT
Jan, what did your grandkids (or whoever you took) make of it, please? Oh they always say "Good" because they are scared to say anything else. But as people keep telling me that things like Harry Potter DEFINITELY AREN'T JUST FOR CHILDREN then I thought I'd review this on that basis. This one goes for the Matilda audience and falls a bit short. Some of the same team here did I Want My Hat Back at the NT a couple of years ago which was a work of genius so I'm not automatically ill-disposed towards them. |
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Post by Jan on Feb 12, 2017 13:15:00 GMT
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