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Post by vdcni on Nov 15, 2017 17:35:02 GMT
Not until next November but starring Tom Burke which should draw a crowd.
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Post by showgirl on Nov 16, 2017 5:38:40 GMT
Only if you've heard of the above person, which I either haven't, or have forgotten I have. The play itself certainly doesn't appeal but there are others in the season of more interest to me and it would be great if any of the productions attracted more support for the Rose.
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Post by martin1965 on Nov 16, 2017 7:06:07 GMT
The star part is in fact the King. Derek Jacobi and John Woodvine have played it recently. Might be a hard sell, Schiller is hardly a household name!
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Post by Jan on Nov 16, 2017 7:24:55 GMT
Not until next November but starring Tom Burke which should draw a crowd. Never heard of him. Kingston are very hopeful asking us to book a year in advance for this attraction, booking on the day will be possible. I will look at reviews for its run in Exeter before committing. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 8:04:20 GMT
Even if you set aside his tv work (cormoran strik, musketeers) im surprised regular theatre goers on here dont know him from his theatre work
Its also at the nuffield in Southampton next year
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Post by vdcni on Nov 16, 2017 8:22:50 GMT
Only if you've heard of the above person, which I either haven't, or have forgotten I have. The play itself certainly doesn't appeal but there are others in the season of more interest to me and it would be great if any of the productions attracted more support for the Rose. Well obviously only if you've heard of him but three high profile BBC drama roles in the last 4 years should give him enough name recognition to bring people into the Rose. I'd be tempted having missed the last West End production but I thought he was the weakest part of The Deep Blue Sea at the National last year. |
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Post by showgirl on Nov 16, 2017 8:28:08 GMT
I'm still wondering if I've ever seen this Tom Burke chap in anything (I don't watch tv and haven't seen The Deep Blue Sea" since the CFT version a year or two back); I must do some research.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 13:01:04 GMT
Even if you set aside his tv work (cormoran strik, musketeers) im surprised regular theatre goers on here dont know him from his theatre work Its also at the nuffield in Southampton next year I agree. Even if you don't watch television, there's more than enough theatre credits in his CV for a regular theatre goer to have seen him. And not exactly a couple of fringe things that only 4 people saw either. There's plenty of work at the Donmar, Hampstead, Almeida and Old Vic theatres as well as The Nash in there. |
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Post by showgirl on Nov 16, 2017 14:20:11 GMT
Well he has obviously made no impression on me; perhaps he should try harder! Alternatively, maybe his was one of the many performances which have sent me to sleep?
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Post by martin1965 on Nov 16, 2017 14:44:42 GMT
I'm still wondering if I've ever seen this Tom Burke chap in anything (I don't watch tv and haven't seen The Deep Blue Sea" since the CFT version a year or two back); I must do some research. What not at all? |
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Post by martin1965 on Nov 16, 2017 14:50:45 GMT
Not until next November but starring Tom Burke which should draw a crowd. Never heard of him. Kingston are very hopeful asking us to book a year in advance for this attraction, booking on the day will be possible. I will look at reviews for its run in Exeter before committing. Come on JB, you must have seen him on telly? Youve no excuse especially now you dont have to pay for your licence😌 |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 14:59:50 GMT
For those not acquainted with Mr Tom Burke, allow me a moment to introduce him here  And here What A Burke! |
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Post by mallardo on Nov 16, 2017 15:11:31 GMT
Burke is best known to me as the leading man in the Neil LaBute plays Reasons To Be Pretty (Almeida) and Reasons To Be Happy (Hampstead) - he played the same character in both and was charismatic and altogether excellent.
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Post by Jan on Nov 16, 2017 15:17:56 GMT
Never heard of him. Kingston are very hopeful asking us to book a year in advance for this attraction, booking on the day will be possible. I will look at reviews for its run in Exeter before committing. Come on JB, you must have seen him on telly? Youve no excuse especially now you dont have to pay for your licence😌 I very rarely watch television and I never go to new plays and dislike Rattigan - given that I don’t know how could ever have seen him. However, I HAVE seen Don Carlos in the original German. So, you win some and you lose some. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 15:28:44 GMT
I very rarely watch television and I never go to new plays and dislike Rattigan Do you really never go to see new plays? When does a new play stop being a new play for you to see it? Does it have to be revived a certain number of times or have to have run for a period of time or do you never see plays written after a particular year? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 15:41:48 GMT
Design for Living at the Old Vic? The Doctor's Dilemma at the National? Do these still count as new to you even though they're not Rattigan?
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Post by Jan on Nov 17, 2017 14:11:45 GMT
I very rarely watch television and I never go to new plays and dislike Rattigan Do you really never go to see new plays? When does a new play stop being a new play for you to see it? Does it have to be revived a certain number of times or have to have run for a period of time or do you never see plays written after a particular year? Yep. Never go. Went a lot in the 80s but good ones were so few and far between I gave up. I think the last new play I saw was more than 20 years ago. Occasionally I’ll go to a revival of Pinter or Shaffer or something like that, I don’t have a firm rule. Despite that I’m still a “regular” theatregoer, not as much as you maybe but I can easily see 30-50 productions per year. |
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Post by altamont on Sept 11, 2018 17:38:13 GMT
Full cast -
Gadi Roll directs renowned actor Tom Burke (The Musketeers, The Deep Blue Sea, The Doctor's Dilemma) as Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa, Alexandra Dowling as Eboli, Darrell D'Silva (X, The Lying Kind, Dunsinane) as Philip, Kelly Gough (Game of Thrones, A Street Car Named Desire) as Elizabeth, Jason Morell as Domingo, Vinta Morgan as Alba, Samuel Valentine (King Lear BBC/Amazon, The Stepmother) as Don Carlos, Stephen Ventura as Lerma, and Flip Webster as Duchess. Alexander Allin, Dan Ball, Guy Dennys and Euan Shanahan complete the ensemble.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 11, 2018 19:08:48 GMT
He’s also seen in my local Sainsbury’s absolutely constantly, if that’s any help.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Sept 12, 2018 13:28:27 GMT
I mean as a customer!
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Post by Sotongal on Sept 12, 2018 13:28:59 GMT
Tweet pic from NSTheatres, Southampton.
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Post by nash16 on Sept 12, 2018 14:25:56 GMT
Love that he and his gf Alexandra are getting to be onstage together.
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Post by altamont on Oct 13, 2018 22:47:27 GMT
I'm afraid I can't recommend this - a first for us this evening, leaving at the interval. It was only the third preview at the Northcott in Exeter, but I struggle to see how the issues we had can be improved.
I recall really enjoying the Derek Jacobi/Richard Coyle production in 2005, but this is very strange - the cast predominantly declaim their lines at each other, at great speed, and quite a high volume, so subtlety in the text is lost. Also problems understanding what they were actually saying - and we were in the front row.
No set to speak of, just lights - lots of lights, with the characters facing each other across a vast and echoing stage, with their profiles to us most of the time. Tom Burke was the only actor who seemed to bring much colour to his role.
I'm really disapppointed we reacted in this way - maybe it improved in the second half, but we'd really had enough by the interval.
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Post by joem on Oct 15, 2018 21:19:02 GMT
I vaguely remember the Derek Jacobi production.
Who is Tom Burke might well prove to be a case for Sherlock Holmes. Clue: maybe they should ask his dad?
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Post by Jan on Oct 17, 2018 17:26:29 GMT
The Times didn’t like this;
“At once bombastic and punishingly dull, this is weirdly mechanical and the tone rarely deviates from an onslaught of spittle-flecked shouting”
1*
Always a risk with Schiller. I’ve seen this play in the original German. Imagine that.
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