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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 9:29:03 GMT
With Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith directed by Sean Foley after an autumn UK tour.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 9:33:29 GMT
Marvellous! I've somehow managed to never see this one, and I do like Ken Stott.  |
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Post by stefy69 on May 17, 2016 9:42:57 GMT
Excellent news !
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 10:04:55 GMT
This is very exciting! Shearsmith did mention he'd be back on stage before the end of the year. Wonder when tickets will go on sale or promo will kick in?
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2016 8:55:19 GMT
Duke of Yorks From 12th October
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2016 10:01:47 GMT
Reece Shearsmith is a great actor! He was amazing in The Widower.
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Post by Marwood on May 25, 2016 10:36:33 GMT
Tickets seemed extremely pricey when I looked earlier, I know it's the West End but neither Stott or Shearsmith are superstars, I can't see how they can justify £80 for a stalls seat (no front row seats on offer when I looked, either so I'm presuming those are dayseats)
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2016 10:41:41 GMT
Tickets seemed extremely pricey when I looked earlier, I know it's the West End but neither Stott or Shearsmith are superstars, I can't see how they can justify £80 for a stalls seat The Duke of York's needs to fund its flood defence project, Thames Barrage II (St.Martin's Lane), after the several recent cancelled performances there due to flooding, known as "technical problems". |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2016 10:43:14 GMT
Cheapest price £25? I think I've changed my mind. Roll on discounts, I guess.
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Post by moelhywel on May 25, 2016 11:44:29 GMT
This is going to Richmond, Brighton and Cheltenham before coming into London so I shall probably go to see it on tour.
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Post by theatreliker on May 25, 2016 17:32:44 GMT
That is a rubbish UK tour.
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Post by showgirl on May 25, 2016 18:38:59 GMT
Haven't seen this since the premiere at the Royal Exchange in Manchester in 1980, when it starred Freddie Jones and Tom Courtenay. I don't recall being that enamoured but maybe it's just that I was too young to relate to it then. I shall await the reviews (and possible deals!) and perhaps give it another whirl.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on May 25, 2016 21:06:02 GMT
227 Lears and I can't remember the first line
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2016 21:26:18 GMT
That is a rubbish UK tour. It's not intended as a tour. It's a way to preview for three weeks to generous audiences, out of sight of the twiterati, before opening to the press when it's properly ready. |
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Post by theatreliker on May 25, 2016 21:33:06 GMT
That is a rubbish UK tour. It's not intended as a tour. It's a way to preview for three weeks to generous audiences, out of sight of the twiterati, before opening to the press when it's properly ready. Yeah, but they've said it's a tour. You called it a tour in your first post. There are some shows that still only play a few venues but at least go a bit further north. And what an apt play it would be to tour as well. |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 14:49:16 GMT
It's not intended as a tour. It's a way to preview for three weeks to generous audiences, out of sight of the twiterati, before opening to the press when it's properly ready. Yeah, but they've said it's a tour. You called it a tour in your first post. There are some shows that still only play a few venues but at least go a bit further north. And what an apt play it would be to tour as well. I doubt that the two main leads would've liked to have done a full on UK tour |
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Post by theatreliker on May 26, 2016 15:01:41 GMT
But the point is that these pre London tours often don't go further north than Milton Keynes. No Man's Land is though.
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Post by Marwood on May 26, 2016 15:05:06 GMT
I presume No Man's Land have gone north of Watford because McKellen and Stewart are from Up North, and wanted the show to go there before they signed up for it.
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Post by theatreliker on May 26, 2016 15:23:05 GMT
I presume No Man's Land have gone north of Watford because McKellen and Stewart are from Up North, and wanted the show to go there before they signed up for it. Yeah and to Cardiff too. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on May 26, 2016 17:42:24 GMT
But the point is that these pre London tours often don't go further north than Milton Keynes. No Man's Land is though. I know Milton Keynes is sh*te but it's not no mans land |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on May 26, 2016 17:43:53 GMT
I presume No Man's Land have gone north of Watford because McKellen and Stewart are from Up North, and wanted the show to go there before they signed up for it. Yeah and to Cardiff too. Stott from even further up north so how does that work, but he has no friends in the north? |
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Post by theatreliker on Sept 6, 2016 9:58:13 GMT
I see this is going to Chichester after its London run. Any other post-London tour dates?
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Post by Jan on Sept 6, 2016 14:21:56 GMT
One of those rare plays where the film version (not that recent TV version) is better than any theatre version. Glengarry Glen Ross is another.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 6, 2016 20:45:20 GMT
One of those rare plays where the film version (not that recent TV version) is better than any theatre version. Glengarry Glen Ross is another. Trainspotting, OFOTCN, Goodnight Mr Tom, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 12 Angry Men, Shawshank Redemption, Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Grease, Cool Hand Luke, Brassed Off, To Kill a Mocking Bird.
Came up with those in one minute, don't think that statement works Jan
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 20:47:40 GMT
I believe Jan means works that were originally conceived of as plays (but were better done on film). Most of yours don't fit that description, being novels or films (or both) long before hitting the stage.
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