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Post by thebearofwestend on Jan 9, 2017 1:13:22 GMT
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Post by mistressjojo on Jan 10, 2017 3:05:02 GMT
Can't say I disagree with any of their comments.
I saw it in Sydney and felt pretty much the same - dull, boring & convolutedly pointless for the most part. The first 20 minutes drag on until Richard Roxburgh makes his entrance & wakes everyone up for a bit.
It wouldn't have been my choice of the STC's recent productions to take to Broadway ( certainly their recent All My Sons, Suddenly Last Summer and The Secret River have been far superior) , but of course they are using the lure of Cate Blanchett to get bums on seats.
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Post by thebearofwestend on Jan 11, 2017 1:37:55 GMT
Can't say I disagree with any of their comments. I saw it in Sydney and felt pretty much the same - dull, boring & convolutedly pointless for the most part. The first 20 minutes drag on until Richard Roxburgh makes his entrance & wakes everyone up for a bit. It wouldn't have been my choice of the STC's recent productions to take to Broadway ( certainly their recent All My Sons, Suddenly Last Summer and The Secret River have been far superior) , but of course they are using the lure of Cate Blanchett to get bums on seats. I understand that but why not another production with her in it. |
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Post by thebearofwestend on Jan 11, 2017 1:39:27 GMT
Are STC productions good bad or uneven or the most part?
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Post by mistressjojo on Jan 11, 2017 2:17:37 GMT
Are STC productions good bad or uneven or the most part?
Overall I find them excellent - I think I've only really had one other play in the 4 years that I've been a subscriber that I really didn't like. ( And that was a Caryl Churchill play, so more the play rather than the performance)
They tend to do a mix of new & old material every season, and at least 1 Australian play and a Shakespeare. For example , last year included Speed the Plow - (with Rose Byrne guesting), A Flea in her Ear, King Charles III ( with Robert Powell guesting) , and two Australian plays , The Secret River & The Golden Age, plus a series of new young playwrights short plays .
I have learned my lesson & not booked for next years Caryl Churchill offering!
This (The Present ) was the first thing Cate Blanchett has done with the STC for ages, so there wasn't really an alternative play they could have used.
I just remembered - the most exciting part of seeing this play was that Hugh Jackman was in the audience!
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