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Post by latefortheoverture on Jul 22, 2019 18:06:43 GMT
Kind of wish I'd seen this purely to see the ending effect on stage!
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Post by peggs on Jul 22, 2019 19:04:20 GMT
Kind of wish I'd seen this purely to see the ending effect on stage! It was an electric last few minutes. |
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Post by Rory on Jul 22, 2019 19:19:59 GMT
Rory, to clarify further, near the beginning of the play, there was a reference to a sister who killed herself by jumping into the mill-stream. Her body got tangled in the mill-wheel, causing the water to back up and flood the house.
In the final scene, the lovers feel there is no way out and they disappear. As water begins to fill the house on stage, we know their fate without being told. Watching that water slowly gush to the front and deducing the meaning is chilling and very effective. God it sounds really fabulous. Thanks @theatremonkey. Am completely gutted I missed it now. I was over with work colleagues and did my best to steer them towards this on the evening we had in town but they plumped for something else. C'est la vie! |
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Post by andrew on Jul 23, 2019 19:19:20 GMT
With Giles Terrera standing in amongst the water pouring around his feet, looking out and realising... it was a complete stroke of brilliance from the creative team.
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Post by ncbears on Jul 24, 2019 20:57:59 GMT
With Giles Terrera standing in amongst the water pouring around his feet, looking out and realising... it was a complete stroke of brilliance from the creative team. Very true. We were in the front row, and could only hear the water coming in and see his face due to the height of the stage. We all rose to see the water on the floor. |
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Post by ncbears on Mar 3, 2020 16:59:02 GMT
Quite a few Olivier nominations! Five. Atwell, revival, set, lighting, sound.
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Post by Jan on Mar 3, 2020 17:37:44 GMT
Quite a few Olivier nominations! Five. Atwell, revival, set, lighting, sound. Not best director though. Ian Rickson is nominated for Uncle Vanya instead which seems wrong to me. |
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Post by popcultureboy on Mar 3, 2020 23:24:11 GMT
The nominations are all a bit out of whack. Giving Rae Smith 50% of the available nominations for design rather than combining her nominations into one for both shows just shut out another designer, surely?
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Post by Jan on Mar 4, 2020 7:30:40 GMT
The nominations are all a bit out of whack. Giving Rae Smith 50% of the available nominations for design rather than combining her nominations into one for both shows just shut out another designer, surely? Yes I'm sure in the past directors have been nominated for two productions combined into a single nomination. That is the sensible way as it is the person being nominated, not the specific production. Not sure whether they've ever nominated an actor twice, or in a combined nomination for two productions ? |
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Post by popcultureboy on Mar 4, 2020 8:05:40 GMT
Also, her designs for both plays are VERY similar, so it seems especially odd. Almost like giving separate acting nominations to Kyle Soller for parts 1 and 2 of The Inheritance. It's also baffling that her incredible design for Night of the Iguana was overlooked.
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