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Post by alicechallice on Feb 14, 2017 17:18:55 GMT
Well after Glynis I don't think I could handle another Lear so soon. Up for a Fiddle though and I'm hoping it's the trilogy not just the one conquest Also, they did Lear in 2013 and 2005 so I think we could all do with a break. Rory Kinnear to play Norman, please. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2017 17:20:50 GMT
Oh good, a whole lot of things I can skip. Except Caroline.  |
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Post by showgirl on Feb 14, 2017 19:51:19 GMT
Well if that's it for the season (though surely more to follow?), it's certainly a spoiler in that it has scotched my hopes of some appealing productions to look forward to this summer. Maybe the official announcement will bring better news.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 14, 2017 20:40:31 GMT
Well if that's it for the season (though surely more to follow?), it's certainly a spoiler in that it has scotched my hopes of some appealing productions to look forward to this summer. Maybe the official announcement will bring better news. Agreed! Obviously will wait for thursdays official launch but those three shows dont exactly make you gasp. Much as i love a Lear! Maybe the Minerva will prove better. |
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Post by cirque on Feb 15, 2017 7:11:39 GMT
Please no.....let this be fake news.....not another Lear........can't get excited about any of this........sure it is false.......Evans first season must be more exciting.
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Post by showgirl on Feb 15, 2017 8:05:25 GMT
No Shakespeare at all, please - surfeit always readily available elsewhere.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 15, 2017 10:11:17 GMT
Please no.....let this be fake news.....not another Lear........can't get excited about any of this........sure it is false.......Evans first season must be more exciting. Lets hope so! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2017 10:18:20 GMT
If it is fiddler who do you think will play tevye?
For some odd reason I feel it could be Michael ball and I don't know if that would work.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2017 10:43:45 GMT
No Shakespeare at all, please - surfeit always readily available elsewhere. This is a very selfish attitude. Chichester Festival Theatre is primarily the sole large producing theatre in its region, and its primary duty is to provide theatre for its region. |
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 15, 2017 12:12:45 GMT
I suspect the spoilers are true. At least it will save me some cash by not booking. Disappointing.
We only have to wait until tomorrow for the official announcement.
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Post by David J on Feb 15, 2017 12:27:29 GMT
Round and Round the Garden? Really? I saw the UK tour last year which left me unimpressed
Maybe its better with the the other Norman Conquests, and if so I hope that Chichester is doing the entire trilogy
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Post by bellboard27 on Feb 15, 2017 12:28:35 GMT
Wait till we all find it's King Lear - the musical
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 15, 2017 12:54:06 GMT
With Goneril, Regan and Cordelia singing "Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters..."
Gloucester - "I was blinded by the light...cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2017 13:12:52 GMT
Poor Tom - "You can leave your hat on!"
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 15, 2017 13:30:23 GMT
Said this several times on here and would love to see them do work by Paul Simon who seems to be a bit neglected recently, a well done revival could easily get a shot at the West and/or Broadway.
Would also be cool if they do Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party or Noel Coward's Design for Living.
In the Minerva Aspects of Love would work too.
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 15, 2017 13:37:31 GMT
Said this several times on here and would love to see them do work by Paul Simon who seems to be a bit neglected recently. A new jukebox musical? Or did you mean Neil? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2017 13:46:03 GMT
When Emma Rice leaves Shakespeare's Globe and the Board switches the lights off in perpetuity, the first show of the brave new olde worlde at the Globe could be the Paul Simon jukebox musical Hello Darkness My Old Friend.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2017 15:46:22 GMT
Said this several times on here and would love to see them do work by Paul Simon who seems to be a bit neglected recently. A new jukebox musical? Or did you mean Neil? I presume he means Neil, but while we're here I'd give good money to see somewhere like the Southwark Playhouse tackle The Capeman. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2017 15:53:09 GMT
I'd give good money to see That would be a first for this forum. Usually, people here prefer to queue for hours in a blizzard and give pennies. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2017 15:54:26 GMT
I'm too old for that now, I have a reasonable job and I never get enough sleep, so these days I'd rather pay a little more and give the dayseating a miss wherever possible.  |
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 16, 2017 0:42:14 GMT
If it is fiddler who do you think will play tevye? For some odd reason I feel it could be Michael ball and I don't know if that would work. Never fear, it's Omid Djalili!! Also Alan Bennett's Forty Years On starring Richard Wilson & a play about Charles "cough" Ingram by James Graham |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 7:32:28 GMT
Full details - www.thestage.co.uk/news/2017/daniel-evans-unveils-inaugural-chichester-festival-theatre-season/Have to say I'm very pleased to see Richard Wilson listed - I was under the impression he was in very poor health following his heart attack the other year. Forty Years On by Alan Bennett Directed by Daniel Evans Starring Richard Wilson April 21 to May 20, press night April 26 Festival Theatre Caroline, or Change by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori Directed by Michael Longhurst Starring Sharon D Clarke May 6 to June 3, press night May 11 Minerva Theatre Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams Directed by Jonathan Kent Starring Marcia Gay Harden and Brian J Smith June 2 to 24, press night June 9 Festival Theatre The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien Directed by Lisa Blair June 9 to July 8, press night June 14 Minerva Theatre Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick Directed by Daniel Evans Starring Omid Djalili and Tracy-Ann Oberman July 10 to August 26, press night July 18 Festival Theatre The House They Grew Up In by Deborah Bruce Directed by Jeremy Herrin July 14 to August 5, press night July 21 Minerva Theatre, in a co-production with Headlong Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales for Young and Old by Philip Wilson Directed by Dale Rooks August 4 to 19, press night August 9 and 17 The Stepmother by Githa Sowerby Directed by Richard Eyre August 11 to September 9, press night August 17 Minerva Theatre King Lear by William Shakespeare Directed by Jonathan Munby Starring Ian McKellen September 22 to October 28, press night September 29 Minerva Theatre The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn Directed by Blanche McIntyre September 18 to October 28, press night October 3 Festival Theatre Quiz by James Graham Directed by Daniel Evans November 3 to December 2, press night November 10 Minerva Theatre Beauty and the Beast Directed by Dale Rooks December 16 to 31, press night December 19 Festival Theatre |
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Post by showgirl on Feb 16, 2017 7:42:43 GMT
Thank you, xanderl - much more promising now we know the full details!
PS: does anyone know when members' and public booking opens, please? I'm unable to look at The Stage's website as I've used up my free views for the month.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 8:06:01 GMT
I know public is next month
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 8:06:55 GMT
25th Feb for Friends, 4th March Public
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