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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2017 22:43:20 GMT
:-) That's a risk worth taking, Joe. A risk well worth taking...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 0:54:19 GMT
I didn't realise this was touring, I'm kind of glad it is as I didn't really want to travel down to London just for it.
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Post by theatremadness on Jun 22, 2017 22:15:23 GMT
Pretty cool cast for the tour!
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 22, 2017 22:16:55 GMT
Better cast than the Old Vic production.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 2:28:31 GMT
Surprised this hasn't been revived in the West End - used to get some good casts. The old 3 month run was ideal to get high profile names in.
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Post by popcultureboy on Jun 23, 2017 7:07:50 GMT
The Old Vic is considered West End, I thought.
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Post by Marwood on Jun 23, 2017 9:00:44 GMT
I have more interest in seeing this with Havers & co. than I did at seeing the Old Vic version - is there anywhere with a list of the tour locations and dates?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 9:09:06 GMT
I have a strange love for Nigel Havers and this is defiantly a more interesting cast for my money, feel less sad about giving up my ticket for the Vic now!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 10:07:57 GMT
West End theatre, broadly speaking, is considered to be commercial theatre, and the Old Vic counts as non-commercial (along with the NT, Globe, Barbican, Open Air Theatre). It's eligible for the Olivier awards because it's a SOLT member but it's not *technically* a West End theatre.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 10:26:20 GMT
Yes, The Old Vic is a not-for-profit theatre which receives no public subsidy.
And, geographically, it's off-West End.
But it's considered a West End theatre because it's so nearby and its main-stage scale, nature and programme are so similar.
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Post by Jon on Jun 23, 2017 13:15:40 GMT
The Old Vic doesn't get Government help, though, Baemax. It's a charity supported by commercial sponsors. It's commercial in that if it fails to attract cash to put on stuff, it closes. The Open Air is a charity with no public subsidy as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 14:50:50 GMT
I don't consider The Old Vic a West End theatre anymore than the National or the other theatres mentioned, because they are producing theatres that produce their own productions (no matter where the money comes from), where as the West End is full of receiving houses.
Back to Art, however, sounds like a good cast but I can't find a list of venues anywhere.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2017 22:54:00 GMT
This is the list I've got so far of dates for this tour...
Cambridge Arts - 14 to 24 Feb
Newcastle TR - 5 to 10 March
Salford Lowry - 26 to 31 March
Notitngham TR - 30 April to 5 May
Canterbury Marlowe - 5 to 9 June
Anyone know of any others?
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Post by bellboard27 on Aug 31, 2017 9:46:33 GMT
I always love attempts to define the West End. In reality it is defined as theatres within the circumference of a circle whose centre is the intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road and the length of the radius of which is one yard for each week for which David Garrick was alive. Why people get confused, I have no idea.
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Post by lynette on Aug 31, 2017 12:17:22 GMT
Was Havers in it first time round? They did a few permutations.
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Post by Snciole on Aug 31, 2017 13:54:06 GMT
I have a strange love for Nigel Havers and this is defiantly a more interesting cast for my money, feel less sad about giving up my ticket for the Vic now! Me too! I think he would treat me terribly and probably say some casually racist things but I still would. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 13:55:11 GMT
I have a strange love for Nigel Havers and this is defiantly a more interesting cast for my money, feel less sad about giving up my ticket for the Vic now! Me too! I think he would treat me terribly and probably say some casually racist things but I still would. I'm guessing some general misogyny would enter into it as well. But I still would too. |
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 31, 2017 13:59:02 GMT
Both of you should be ashamed of yourselves. I'm guessing he's old enough to be your grandfather!!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2017 6:56:52 GMT
I am a huge fan of Nigel's and yes he was in the 2004 production which I saw at Birmingham Rep. Having met him he is a lovely man and does not deserve the comments above which I hope are tongue in cheek.
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Post by Snciole on Sept 1, 2017 8:53:29 GMT
I am a huge fan of Nigel's and yes he was in the 2004 production which I saw at Birmingham Rep. Having met him he is a lovely man and does not deserve the comments above which I hope are tongue in cheek. Very much so. The fact we still love him, even if he might be awful, is the best compliment you can give someone. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 0:28:31 GMT
With the right cast Art could surely have a West End run again, they had some really good casts over the years and the play still stands up well. Towards the end the quality of the casts did diminish - Jamie Theakston being an example.
I saw one of the tours with Nigel Havers in many years ago alongside the sadly now departed Barry Foster and Roger Lloyd Pack.
If it was brought back I wonder what themed casts they might do as casts tended to have some connection or had to be a believable same age.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 12:49:35 GMT
I am a huge fan of Nigel's and yes he was in the 2004 production which I saw at Birmingham Rep. Having met him he is a lovely man and does not deserve the comments above which I hope are tongue in cheek. As you're new to the board it'll probably serve you well to assume most comments are delivered with a hefty dose of humour and sarcasm... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 19:00:05 GMT
Yes, possibly most, but certainly not all.
How does one distinguish betwixt?
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Post by joem on Sept 8, 2017 19:26:42 GMT
I always love attempts to define the West End. In reality it is defined as theatres within the circumference of a circle whose centre is the intersection of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road and the length of the radius of which is one yard for each week for which David Garrick was alive. Why people get confused, I have no idea. Would you say Broadway starts in Fulham or Ealing? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2017 20:38:40 GMT
Here's the date I was hoping for,
Birmingham Hippodrome - 21 - 26 May
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