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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 15, 2022 11:14:50 GMT
Two tabloids are reporting that a revival of Shirley Valentine is likely to happen with Sheridan Smith.
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Post by Jon on Oct 15, 2022 11:18:22 GMT
I think it'll sell very well although I wonder what theatre? There are plenty to choose from like the Lyric, the Phoenix, the Pinter and even the new kid on the block @sohoplace
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2022 11:22:44 GMT
I absolutely love this show. Poignant and filled with so many laughs. A real tour de force in the right hands.
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Post by Steve on Oct 15, 2022 11:56:38 GMT
Sheridan Smith is perfect casting for this: she's shown she can do the accent in "Cilla" on TV; she's shown how funny, personable and relatable she can be in "Legally Blonde" and "Joseph;" she's shown how feisty, yet vulnerable on the inside she can be in "Funny Girl" and "Flare Path." Looking forward to it!  |
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Post by Mark on Oct 15, 2022 12:26:09 GMT
The more intimate the venue the better. I saw this with Meera Syal at Trafalgar Studios a good few years back and it was wonderful (played in rep with Educating Rita, from the Chocolate Factory)
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Post by kyvai on Oct 15, 2022 15:36:00 GMT
Oh this should be good. Look forward to it.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 15, 2022 16:02:45 GMT
The more intimate the venue the better. I saw this with Meera Syal at Trafalgar Studios a good few years back and it was wonderful (played in rep with Educating Rita, from the Chocolate Factory) Is that the one where she cooked a meal on stage? Sheridan Smith is perfect casting for this! |
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Post by alece10 on Oct 15, 2022 17:09:25 GMT
I think Sheridan will be perfect for this.
I remember Meera Syal doing this at the Menier. She cooked egg and chips from scratch every night on stage. No mean feat considering she was peeling and chipping the potato whilst talking and looking at the audience. The smell was amazing but each night by the end of the show I was starving. Never even got as much as a chip!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 15, 2022 17:14:16 GMT
I have no doubts about the commercial viability of the project.
But given the events around Funny Girl, I hope that a) things don't go wrong for Ms Smith and b) there is a good understudy in place.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Oct 15, 2022 17:51:03 GMT
I think Sheridan will be perfect for this. I remember Meera Syal doing this at the Menier. She cooked egg and chips from scratch every night on stage. No mean feat considering she was peeling and chipping the potato whilst talking and looking at the audience. The smell was amazing but each night by the end of the show I was starving. Never even got as much as a chip! Egg and chips! I was trying to remember what it was. God, it’s all coming back now. I was right at the top and the smell drove me mad! Ditto the bit in Chris Bush’s latest play where they cook a fried cheese toastie on stage. A tie-in toastie van outside (which I know for a fact exists; I’ve seen it outside the NT) would make money hand over fist. I once saw a play where someone made spag bol on stage. |
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Post by Jon on Oct 15, 2022 18:05:57 GMT
^I think it was Skylight where Carey Mulligan made spaghetti bolognaise on stage.
I always wonder what happens to food made on stage.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 15, 2022 18:09:08 GMT
There was a play at the NT maybe it was called The Kitchen? Fully functioning restaurant kitchen on stage.
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Post by alece10 on Oct 15, 2022 18:11:17 GMT
I have no doubts about the commercial viability of the project. But given the events around Funny Girl, I hope that a) things don't go wrong for Ms Smith and b) there is a good understudy in place. Would there be an understudy in a one woman show? Isn't a one person show one of the rare cases where the actor is the show. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 15, 2022 18:15:29 GMT
David Hare's Skylight features on stage pasta cookery
I think Vincent in Brixton also has on stage food prep
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Post by alece10 on Oct 15, 2022 18:34:25 GMT
I know we are getting slightly off topic now but I was at the recording of Dinner Ladies once and the toaster on the set really works. Victoria Wood made bacon sarnies and then handed them out to the audience between takes.
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Oct 15, 2022 19:53:52 GMT
I remember a few months ago Sheridan Smith was on Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo’s film podcast and mentioned she was due to appear in a one woman show on the West End - she didn’t say which one but I will admit I briefly guessed she was going to be replacing Jodie Comer in Prima Facie!
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Post by anthony40 on Oct 15, 2022 20:12:44 GMT
I love this play and have been a fan for many years however I just don't buy Sheridan Smith asa bored middle-aged Liverpudlian housewife.
I'm sorry, but I just don't!
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Post by distantcousin on Oct 18, 2022 14:23:50 GMT
I think Sheridan will be perfect for this. I remember Meera Syal doing this at the Menier. She cooked egg and chips from scratch every night on stage. No mean feat considering she was peeling and chipping the potato whilst talking and looking at the audience. The smell was amazing but each night by the end of the show I was starving. Never even got as much as a chip!
How wonderful!
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Post by alece10 on Dec 9, 2022 8:31:22 GMT
No longer a rumour.
Duke of York Theatre from 17th Feb for 12 weeks starring Sheridan Smith.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Dec 9, 2022 9:45:25 GMT
Not for me at all but I can see this becoming the next 2:22 ghost story with a regularly changing lead of celebs
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Post by alece10 on Dec 9, 2022 12:11:00 GMT
It's only advertised as a limited 12 week run so don't think this will apply and, to be fair, Sheridan is a well-respected actress rather than a "celeb" so this isn't stunt casting.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Dec 9, 2022 12:22:17 GMT
It's only advertised as a limited 12 week run so don't think this will apply and, to be fair, Sheridan is a well-respected actress rather than a "celeb" so this isn't stunt casting. I never said it was stunt casting with sheridan (just that i personally will be avoiding with her in it). I said I could see it becoming the next 2:22. If ticket sales and reviews are good, its a small show to run so changing the leading semi regularly could help keep money coming in. It wouldn't be the first limited run to extend |
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Post by Mark on Dec 9, 2022 12:37:53 GMT
It's only advertised as a limited 12 week run so don't think this will apply and, to be fair, Sheridan is a well-respected actress rather than a "celeb" so this isn't stunt casting. I never said it was stunt casting with sheridan (just that i personally will be avoiding with her in it). I said I could see it becoming the next 2:22. If ticket sales and reviews are good, its a small show to run so changing the leading semi regularly could help keep money coming in. It wouldn't be the first limited run to extend There’s already another show booked in after this. I think the appeal will definitely be there with Sheridan but I don’t see this as something that will keep running and running. |
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Post by distantcousin on Dec 9, 2022 13:20:35 GMT
Although Sheridan may strike as a 'young' Shirley, she is only 1 year younger than the character's given age (42). Pauline was 58 when she made the film though.
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Post by Jon on Dec 9, 2022 14:52:07 GMT
It's very unlikely Shirley Valentine would be stunt casted without drawing the wrath of Willy Russell.
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