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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 27, 2018 21:47:09 GMT
Churchill has been given enough exposure by Norris. There are other contemporary female writers who deserve their chances in the National spotlight.
Marber needs to be given a rest as well.
Playing favourites is not on
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Post by jadnoop on Sept 28, 2018 0:24:29 GMT
The page for 'When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other' has been added to the NT website now (not live yet though). Assuming that the timetable is the same as the previous seasons, the full announcement should be in the next few days.
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Post by Jon on Sept 28, 2018 1:38:59 GMT
I wonder if Small Island is the Olivier or the Lyttelton?
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Post by bordeaux on Sept 28, 2018 5:15:40 GMT
I'm not a fan of adaptations of novels and worry that they are adapting the Andrea Levy because they can't get plays by women they think are good enough. The fact that the Bridge theatre will have had two such adaptations (Lucy Barton and Alys, Always) in a short time also suggests they are not finding top-quality original plays by women.
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Post by Jan on Sept 28, 2018 5:48:23 GMT
I'm not a fan of adaptations of novels and worry that they are adapting the Andrea Levy because they can't get plays by women they think are good enough. The fact that the Bridge theatre will have had two such adaptations (Lucy Barton and Alys, Always) in a short time also suggests they are not finding top-quality original plays by women. Another symptom of that is they are commissioning women writers not to write new plays but to produce new versions of classic plays that don't really require new versions at all - Miss Julie at NT and Three Sisters at Almeida being only the two most recent of many examples. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2018 6:37:58 GMT
In the main, they're really not gettung top quality new plays by men either but that doesn't stop them putting them on...
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Post by bordeaux on Sept 28, 2018 8:39:07 GMT
In the main, they're really not gettung top quality new plays by men either but that doesn't stop them putting them on... That is indeed true; point taken. |
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 28, 2018 11:26:54 GMT
I'd be more inclined to give the NT the benefit of the doubt re lack of decent female scripts if they hadn't done an overnight U-turn on working with a friend of mine (a fantastic and award winning emerging writer) immediately after she reported a #MeToo related incident that happened there.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 28, 2018 11:32:39 GMT
They don't just have to have new plays by women. There are plenty of good scripts that have yet to have an airing at the NT.
I started a thread several months ago asking for suggestions and there were loads of suggestions that would be worth considering.
Norris seems very blinkered in his approach to programming.
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Post by zahidf on Oct 3, 2018 9:35:36 GMT
Rufus Norris will direct Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Small Island in the Olivier
Jonathan Kent will direct James McArdle in David Hare’s new version of Peer Gynt, a co production with EIF
Blanche McIntyre directs John Donnelly’s new version of Moliere’s Tartuffe
Lyndsey Turner directs Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls in the Lyttelton
Polly Findlay directs Githa Sowerby’s Rutherford and Son in the Lyttelton, starting Roger Allam
Simon Godwin directs Simon Woods’ debut play Hansard, starting Alex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan
Inua Ellams adapts Chekhov’s Three Sisters, directed by Nadia Fall
Ella Hickson, Ben and Max Ringham collaborate on ‘a ground-breaking sonic collaboration’ called ANNA in the Dorfman, directed by Natalie Abrahami
Amy Hodge will directs Dorfman kids show Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear - The Musical!
Annie Baker is back! Lila Neugebauer directs her The Antipodes
Lenny Henry writes and stars in Richard Pryor on Fire, directed by Paulette Randall
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Post by Rory on Oct 3, 2018 9:39:54 GMT
Peer Gynt, Rutherford and Son and Hansard stand out for me. I could take or leave the rest of it.
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Post by Rory on Oct 3, 2018 9:41:49 GMT
The Annie Baker would be well worth a look too.
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Post by jadnoop on Oct 3, 2018 9:42:59 GMT
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Post by Rory on Oct 3, 2018 9:50:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 9:54:40 GMT
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Post by duncan on Oct 3, 2018 9:58:42 GMT
The Travelex discounted ticket promotion comes to an end as well after 15 years.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 9:59:15 GMT
Interesting to note that "the debut play from actor Simon Woods" goes in the Lyttelton, rather than the Dorfmann where the debut plays by women writers tend to end up.
Also - David Hare, yet again.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 10:05:56 GMT
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Post by stefy69 on Oct 3, 2018 10:39:32 GMT
Peer Gynt, Rutherford and Son and Hansard stand out for me. I could take or leave the rest of it. Totally agree, Roger Allam AND Alex Jennings YAY !!!  |
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Post by n1david on Oct 3, 2018 10:49:13 GMT
Ballot seems fair, provided ALL tickets go that way, and the few in the highest membership categories aren't allowed to cream off any. Although the booking arrangements show that "status" customers get priority booking if they win the ballot, so they will still have a chance of getting the better seats... |
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Post by Jan on Oct 3, 2018 10:50:29 GMT
Three Sisters set during the Biafra civil war.
Hasn’t Chekhov suffered enough ?
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Post by MrBunbury on Oct 3, 2018 11:05:33 GMT
Rather funny typo on the Standard: "Tickets for the already announced When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, which will star Cate Blanchett, are to go on sale via a ballet which will open on November 22." I never thought that Swan Lake could be used to select those who can buy a ticket...
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Post by couldileaveyou on Oct 3, 2018 11:11:32 GMT
Do we know when Entry Pass tickets go on sale?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 11:16:55 GMT
The Travelex discounted ticket promotion comes to an end as well after 15 years. Nooo!! I mean, I don't blame them after having their name attached to a stream of poo recently, but I hope they get something to replace it as ticket prices at the NT for non-Travelex shows are totally unaffordable now... |
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Post by Jan on Oct 3, 2018 11:17:35 GMT
Peer Gynt is never anything other than death at the box office.
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