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Post by couldileaveyou on Nov 18, 2022 10:41:50 GMT
Brian Cox will play J. S. Bach in the world premiere of Oliver Cotton's The Score. Trevor Nunn directing.
12-28 October 2023
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Post by bordeaux on Nov 18, 2022 12:43:12 GMT
Intriguing. I wish I'd seen SRB now; would have been interesting to compare Bachs. I've not seen any of Cotton's plays before - has anyone? With Cox in the cast, I assume they're hoping for a West End transfer? He's too big just to play Bath! Presumably the main theatre not the Ustinov?
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Post by alessia on Nov 18, 2022 13:24:49 GMT
Intriguing. I wish I'd seen SRB now; would have been interesting to compare Bachs. I've not seen any of Cotton's plays before - has anyone? With Cox in the cast, I assume they're hoping for a West End transfer? He's too big just to play Bath! Presumably the main theatre not the Ustinov? I didn't enjoy Bach and sons, I thought it was too long and a bit dull. Felt that SRB was ok, but tbh not that much different to how he acted in JG Borkman. Hopefully this new play will be better. |
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Post by Jan on Oct 1, 2023 10:36:30 GMT
Big full page adverts for this in the national press - why bother ? It’s only doing 19 performances in total so will surely sell out anyway. Directed by Trevor Nunn - he never stops.
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Post by cavocado on Oct 1, 2023 11:15:37 GMT
Is it a way of generating more sales for Long Day's Journey into Night? People can't get tickets for Bath or can't get there, but then they realise they can see BC in another play in London...
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Post by Rory on Oct 1, 2023 11:41:15 GMT
Is it a way of generating more sales for Long Day's Journey into Night? People can't get tickets for Bath or can't get there, but then they realise they can see BC in another play in London... No, totally different producers. I thought the full page ads were odd for such a short run. |
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Post by cavocado on Oct 1, 2023 12:05:44 GMT
Is it a way of generating more sales for Long Day's Journey into Night? People can't get tickets for Bath or can't get there, but then they realise they can see BC in another play in London... No, totally different producers. I thought the full page ads were odd for such a short run. I'm not sure that matters. It's in the interests of both Brian Cox and the producers of LDJIN for The Score to sell out and be seen as a hot ticket, so why wouldn't one of them make a donation to the Bath Theatre Royal (a charity) to pay for advertising this show? |
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Post by Jan on Oct 2, 2023 19:08:49 GMT
No, totally different producers. I thought the full page ads were odd for such a short run. I'm not sure that matters. It's in the interests of both Brian Cox and the producers of LDJIN for The Score to sell out and be seen as a hot ticket, so why wouldn't one of them make a donation to the Bath Theatre Royal (a charity) to pay for advertising this show? Full page ad in The Times (where I saw it) costs upwards of £20,000. Multiply that if it was in other newspapers (I guess it was ?). That’s an awful lot to pay to ensure 19 performances sell out. A half page ad in the Bath local press would have done the job. There’s something odd about it - maybe they have future plans for this production. |
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Post by nottobe on Oct 2, 2023 19:21:48 GMT
Are we thinking they might want to bring this to the West End before Long Days Journey with all the publicity they are doing for such a limited run? Maybe a very short run at Geilgud at the start of year.
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Post by Jan on Oct 2, 2023 19:27:38 GMT
Are we thinking they might want to bring this to the West End before Long Days Journey with all the publicity they are doing for such a limited run? Maybe a very short run at Geilgud at the start of year. West End or Broadway, before or after Long Days ? What’s the play about anyway ? Do we know ? ….. Oh wait, it’s about the composer Bach isn’t it, I remember. I wonder if Trev will manage to make it run longer than Long Days Journey. |
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Post by theoracle on Oct 2, 2023 22:56:56 GMT
Bach in Bath - should be delightful. Yes, I’ve booked the last train out of Bath back to London just in case it is 3hrs long.
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Post by theoracle on Oct 14, 2023 10:21:03 GMT
Has anyone had a chance to see this yet? Curious to know timings and whether this is indeed as long as Long Day's Journey into Night as suggested above
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Post by jaggy on Oct 20, 2023 7:22:27 GMT
Anyone know the runtime for this?
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Post by jampot on Oct 20, 2023 8:15:18 GMT
Anyone know the runtime for this? I'm going tomorrow so will report back if nothing reported back before.. |
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Post by altamont on Oct 20, 2023 9:13:59 GMT
Anyone know the runtime for this? The review in The Stage says 2.35 - presumably including interval |
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Post by theoracle on Oct 20, 2023 9:34:03 GMT
I was there last night - ran about 2hrs40mins.
Despite booking over a year in advance, I have to say I found this rather dull. The second act - things picked up but otherwise it seemed rather uninteresting. Bach is presented to us as as social justice activist rather than as a musical genius. The whole cast are fine and it’s great to see Cox back on stage as we lose far too many actors to Hollywood. The costumes and sets are great too but the writing felt weak to me. A lot of cliches and moments that simply didn’t land for me. I’m actually quite surprised to see how positive the reviews were as everyone around me seemed a bit underwhelmed
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Post by ATK on Oct 23, 2023 18:55:21 GMT
I’ve posted a perch seat on the Noticeboard for the Friday performance. The stalls are sold out, but this seat has a great view (better than the theatre’s seating plan would lead you to believe).
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Post by alicechallice on Jan 16, 2024 23:24:33 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Jan 16, 2024 23:58:58 GMT
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Post by theoracle on Jan 17, 2024 14:33:22 GMT
A mighty step down… I found this frightfully boring
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Post by Dave B on Sept 9, 2024 9:05:33 GMT
TRH: Thursday 20 February – Saturday 26 April 2025
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Post by kallyloo on Sept 24, 2024 7:50:18 GMT
Announced that next year Brian Cox and his Wife Nicole Ansari-Cox will star in The Score, by Oliver Cotton.
It’s a short run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, February is 20th to April 26th.
Spring 1747, Potsdam, Prussia. Johann Sebastian Bach reluctantly visits the court of Frederick II, Europe's most ambitious and dangerous leader. The two men could hardly be more different. Bach is deeply religious, Frederick is an atheist. Bach loathes war, Frederick revels in it. Bach studies scripture, Frederick reads military history.
Frederick remains in awe of Bach's genius however and has mischievously prepared a musical conundrum that he hopes will baffle the composer and amuse his court. The explosive events of the following days could not have been predicted by either man.
Brian Cox stars as Bach.
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Post by n1david on Sept 24, 2024 8:09:46 GMT
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 24, 2024 10:30:00 GMT
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