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Post by lynette on Jan 7, 2021 23:40:31 GMT
Delighted to see JERMYN street win this award for best fringe theatre ( I presume in London) They got some zoomed stuff on right at the beginning of the whole doom laden year with a Rattigan and then their Myths women series was fab. They have really stepped up, engaged lots of actors and creatives, offered entertaining work, not just stood still but tried to move forward. All this from what is basically a basement which flooded. They had a marvellous season planned for 2020 and i do hope they can get some of it on this summer/autumn.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 8, 2021 8:55:53 GMT
They totally deserved to get this. Jermyn St and a few others (Southwark and Watermill spring to mind) have really stood out and demonstrated what can be done
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Post by Jan on Jan 10, 2021 11:02:22 GMT
Plus Jermyn Street got a relatively low grant from the recovery scheme, £90k (or similar). RSC got 20 times more and didn’t even match their level of activity.
(Jermyn St also did a live paid-for Xmas show that sold out its run).
Personally I’d put Tom Littler in charge of the RSC immediately.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jan 10, 2021 11:26:07 GMT
Seconded, Tom Littler deserves a crack with one of the big Theatres and the RSC would be my preference, he always finds a fresh spin on Shakespeare and will be very surprised if I ever see a better All’s Well That Ends Well and made sure I saw The Tempest as lockdown 1 became inevitable.
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Post by Jan on Jan 10, 2021 12:55:17 GMT
Seconded, Tom Littler deserves a crack with one of the big Theatres and the RSC would be my preference, he always finds a fresh spin on Shakespeare and will be very surprised if I ever see a better All’s Well That Ends Well and made sure I saw The Tempest as lockdown 1 became inevitable. He directed quite a few in Guildford that I didn't see. Would have loved to have seen this one: www.tomlittler.co.uk/portfolio_page/much-ado-about-nothing/ |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jan 10, 2021 13:12:50 GMT
From his bio:
He was Associate Director of the Peter Hall Company for three years, and worked four times as Trevor Nunn’s associate.
Can now see where his confidence and pedigree comes from and would make a great AD for the RSC if given the opportunity,
Jermyn St were inspired in giving him the job but speaking to Penny last year she said it was a huge gamble accepting his desire for Jermyn St to become a producing theatre which at the moment seems to be paying off.
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Post by lynette on Jan 12, 2021 20:34:54 GMT
From his bio: He was Associate Director of the Peter Hall Company for three years, and worked four times as Trevor Nunn’s associate. Can now see where his confidence and pedigree comes from and would make a great AD for the RSC if given the opportunity, Jermyn St were inspired in giving him the job but speaking to Penny last year she said it was a huge gamble accepting his desire for Jermyn St to become a producing theatre which at the moment seems to be paying off. As we say, from your lips to G-d’s ears. 😉 |
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