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Post by talkingheads on Jun 26, 2018 13:11:42 GMT
So tempted to get a £15 ticket. Just a but dubious when I read there was little dialogue yet a running time of almost 4 hours? Dammit I wanted to see a SRB soliloquy! If there's little dialogue then what do they do for 4 hours?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2018 13:26:44 GMT
"Movement", if the list of creatives is anything to go by. For three hours and forty minutes. SUCH fun!
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Post by Snciole on Jun 26, 2018 13:27:26 GMT
Thanks ruperto. I've exchanged to a matinee in October instead of upcoming Monday 7pm time  |
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 26, 2018 13:30:53 GMT
"Movement", if the list of creatives is anything to go by. For three hours and forty minutes. SUCH fun! If there is 3 hours 40 minutes of movement in top hat and tails, shouldn't this thread be moved to the Opera and Dance section?  |
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Post by talkingheads on Jun 26, 2018 13:32:31 GMT
"Movement", if the list of creatives is anything to go by. For three hours and forty minutes. SUCH fun! Right. Well as much as I like SRB and the National I honestly don't think I could get through this one. |
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Post by crowblack on Jun 26, 2018 13:46:46 GMT
stacks of lovely £15 front stalls tickets Thanks - I've just changed the ones I had for a better date. |
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Post by bordeaux on Jun 26, 2018 19:45:00 GMT
"Movement", if the list of creatives is anything to go by. For three hours and forty minutes. SUCH fun! Unlikely, I would have thought, with Mendes and SRB involved... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2018 22:06:49 GMT
If the "very little dialogue" rumour is true, then I am going to kick up SOME STINK when SRB stands stationary and rarely-speaking on the Lyttelton stage for the best part of four hours. I imagine Polly Bennett, credited with "movement", would be fairly disgruntled by this too.
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Post by peggs on Jun 27, 2018 12:26:56 GMT
If the "very little dialogue" rumour is true, then I am going to kick up SOME STINK when SRB stands stationary and rarely-speaking on the Lyttelton stage for the best part of four hours. I imagine Polly Bennett, credited with "movement", would be fairly disgruntled by this too. Maybe some interpretative dance?! 'SRB dies dance!' |
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Post by peggs on Jun 27, 2018 12:27:48 GMT
Bit unfortunate corrective text there; does dance
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Post by ATK on Jul 2, 2018 18:52:13 GMT
Lots of available dates on the website now.
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Post by jek on Jul 3, 2018 14:51:23 GMT
Big article about this in the Financial Times at the Weekend (front cover and inside page of the Life and Arts section),'Making A Drama Out of A Crisis' by Sarah Hemming. I have the actual physical paper but I guess it will be online behind the FT paywall. It is in part a survey of the sort of drama made from stories of financial affairs - Glengarry Glen Ross, World Factory, Serious Money and Enron are all mentioned. But it also mentions how the Lehman Trilogy has morphed from having a cast of twenty in earlier productions to just three in the current one with those three actors conjuring up multiple characters with - among other things, Adam Godley playing a billiard ball and Simon Russell Beale an 18 year old girl in nineteenth century Alabama. Must admit that having read the article I am now more pleased that I booked tickets.
Still think that the FT has among the best arts coverage of any UK paper - hence why I buy a physical copy of it at the weekend.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2018 15:29:08 GMT
The idea of SRB playing a teenage girl has made me sort of regret giving up my ticket for the first preview, even though it would've been an AWFULLY late finish for a school night. When's the soonest anyone here is going?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2018 15:33:26 GMT
I'm going on Saturday!
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Post by lynette on Jul 3, 2018 16:24:17 GMT
Let us know if SRB wears a dress.
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Post by jek on Jul 3, 2018 16:27:41 GMT
lynette Get the impression from the article that that is not going to happen! Rather it is all about the gesture or how someone sits. I'm going in about ten days and am now properly intrigued by it.
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Post by peggs on Jul 3, 2018 18:24:54 GMT
I am more intrigued by how you go about playing a billiard ball but then I have already seen SRB in a dress.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jul 3, 2018 22:28:54 GMT
SRB wore a frock in Privates on Parade if I recall correctly... So he has done that!
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Post by raiseitup on Jul 3, 2018 22:51:48 GMT
Big article about this in the Financial Times at the Weekend (front cover and inside page of the Life and Arts section),'Making A Drama Out of A Crisis' by Sarah Hemming. I have the actual physical paper but I guess it will be online behind the FT paywall. It is in part a survey of the sort of drama made from stories of financial affairs - Glengarry Glen Ross, World Factory, Serious Money and Enron are all mentioned. But it also mentions how the Lehman Trilogy has morphed from having a cast of twenty in earlier productions to just three in the current one with those three actors conjuring up multiple characters with - among other things, Adam Godley playing a billiard ball and Simon Russell Beale an 18 year old girl in nineteenth century Alabama. Must admit that having read the article I am now more pleased that I booked tickets. Still think that the FT has among the best arts coverage of any UK paper - hence why I buy a physical copy of it at the weekend. Thanks for the heads up! The article is here and is certainly an interesting read www.ft.com/content/2f0fe6ca-7a1a-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720dYou have to complete a survey to read the full thing (or maybe use incognito mode in your browser). |
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Post by showgirl on Jul 4, 2018 3:11:32 GMT
Agree, jek, that the weekend FT is a great read; we have it but I have so little time for papers and OH sits on them for literally months so only drip-feeds me the Life & Arts section when it's way out-of-date. However, I do know far more than he does about what's on or coming up theatre-wise, so his frustrating habit of asking me - long after I've booked for a production or have even seen it - whether I've heard of it and am interested in going came into play here. I told him I had written it off and that tickets had been very popular in advance but that I'd try to help him get one if he wished. |
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Post by jek on Jul 4, 2018 7:41:21 GMT
I am really grateful that we have a recycling collection every other week which acts as my 'deadline' for the previous two weeks newspapers, showgirl. But there is so much thrown away here that I never get round to reading. I do, however, always make time to glance through the extremely funny or obscene (depending on mood) 'How To Spend It' supplement! Who knew that things could cost so much? |
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Post by tmesis on Jul 4, 2018 7:50:51 GMT
If the "very little dialogue" rumour is true, then I am going to kick up SOME STINK when SRB stands stationary and rarely-speaking on the Lyttelton stage for the best part of four hours. I imagine Polly Bennett, credited with "movement", would be fairly disgruntled by this too. Maybe some interpretative dance?! 'SRB dies dance!' I saw SRB dance with the Royal Ballet at ROH a few years ago as The Duchess in Alice in Wonderland. |
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Post by lynette on Jul 4, 2018 15:32:49 GMT
Maybe some interpretative dance?! 'SRB dies dance!' I saw SRB dance with the Royal Ballet at ROH a few years ago as The Duchess in Alice in Wonderland. I saw this too. V entertaining. |
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Post by lynette on Jul 4, 2018 15:33:48 GMT
lynette Get the impression from the article that that is not going to happen! Rather it is all about the gesture or how someone sits. I'm going in about ten days and am now properly intrigued by it. You might be our first to see it so keep us informed. Anyone going earlier? Just checked and I’m going on 17 th. |
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Post by nev on Jul 4, 2018 21:38:23 GMT
Long time lurker here. I saw this tonight and felt compelled to crawl out of my lurker corner to say that I found it absolutely incredible. My first 5* of the year (other than Sea Wall).
Was slightly apprehensive given the length and only three actors, but I need not have worried. The set is spectacular. Having mostly seen SRB in more traditional Shakespeare, I was amazed at his versatility. The story in itself was captivating, but there's very little 2008 (for those interested in that part of the history). There's some very clever storytelling in parts. Still, it was a preview and some minor niggles I'm sure will be sorted out before press night.
The hours flew by and I'd happily see this again.
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