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Post by nash16 on Jun 7, 2018 9:41:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2018 9:49:04 GMT
Lovely. He has nice eyes. J'approve.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2018 9:58:14 GMT
CALLED IT! On the one hand, I'd really like to see the artistic directorship go to someone other than a white man, but on the other hand, I'm immediately wondering if someone like Michael Longhurst would be up for it. Oh I wish I'd put a fiver on it now... www.theatreboard.co.uk/post/176662/thread |
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Post by Rory on Jun 7, 2018 10:02:01 GMT
Great appointment!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2018 10:26:36 GMT
An excellent director who also seems to have a good eye for spotting new plays.
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Post by Jan on Jun 7, 2018 10:59:10 GMT
Bit like Norris, doesn’t like directing plays by dead playwrights - let’s see if he’s any good at programming them.
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 7, 2018 11:58:04 GMT
Bit like Norris, doesn’t like directing plays by dead playwrights - let’s see if he’s any good at programming them. Being dead, makes it hard to get last minute rewrites in previews. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 7, 2018 11:58:36 GMT
Looking at Michael’s back catalogue and it’s nothing but impeccable.
So great appointment.
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Post by Jan on Jun 7, 2018 12:23:37 GMT
Bit like Norris, doesn’t like directing plays by dead playwrights - let’s see if he’s any good at programming them. Being dead, makes it hard to get last minute rewrites in previews. Really ? John Barton made a career of inserting hundreds of new lines into Shakespeare. |
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Post by Jan on Jun 7, 2018 12:24:42 GMT
Looking at Michael’s back catalogue and it’s nothing but impeccable. So great appointment. We don't know if it's a great appointment or not. He's a very good director, no question, but this is an AD job. Norris is a good director too (used to be, anyway). On the other hand David Lan was a poor director but a brilliant AD. |
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Post by Mark on Jun 7, 2018 12:25:19 GMT
Hoping he can breathe some new life into the Donmar as the programming hasn't interested me recently.
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Post by dlevi on Jun 7, 2018 12:38:49 GMT
I think it's a very smart and logical choice. He's done great work in the past few years - sometimes star-driven, sometimes not. And while I haven't liked all the plays he's done ( or even the productions for that matter) there is a solid integrity about his work that gives one hope. My only fear is that he might get distracted away by the prospect of film-making which has been a distraction for many of our top directors - Ms Rourke, Mr Grandage, Mr Cooke etc. I know the money they make from films is great, but running a building is a full time job and I hope he commits to it completely.
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Post by lynette on Jun 7, 2018 13:49:50 GMT
Gosh, he has directed stuff I’ve liked so that would be his choice of play and his direction. As they say on the tube, seen it, say it, sorted. You get my drift..
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Post by Jon on Jun 7, 2018 16:18:13 GMT
Here’s hoping he can persuade Jake Gyllenhaal to do a play at the Donmar.
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Post by bellboard27 on Jun 7, 2018 17:27:54 GMT
CALLED IT! On the one hand, I'd really like to see the artistic directorship go to someone other than a white man, but on the other hand, I'm immediately wondering if someone like Michael Longhurst would be up for it. Oh I wish I'd put a fiver on it now... www.theatreboard.co.uk/post/176662/threadI wondered where Mystic Meg had gone. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 7, 2018 19:42:23 GMT
Here’s hoping he can persuade Jake Gyllenhaal to do a play at the Donmar. Snap.
I was thinking along the same lines, no question that Michael's direction of Jake in Constellation on Broadway has elevated his career to the next level. Always nice to call in a favour.
So no chance Jake reprising his role in Little Shop of Horrors in Regent's Park then. lol
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Post by Phantom of London on Jun 7, 2018 19:47:59 GMT
Looking at Michael’s back catalogue and it’s nothing but impeccable. So great appointment. We don't know if it's a great appointment or not. He's a very good director, no question, but this is an AD job. Norris is a good director too (used to be, anyway). On the other hand David Lan was a poor director but a brilliant AD. Good point, we don't know if he make a great Artistic Director. His past record is illustrious and has been successful, but now time to step up to the plate and take those armbands off, it's time to sink or swim for Michael.
On his past record I am confident he will be a proficient swimmer or I hope so.
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Post by learfan on Jun 7, 2018 20:42:21 GMT
We don't know if it's a great appointment or not. He's a very good director, no question, but this is an AD job. Norris is a good director too (used to be, anyway). On the other hand David Lan was a poor director but a brilliant AD. Good point, we don't know if he make a great Artistic Director. His past record is illustrious and has been successful, but now time to step up to the plate and take those armbands off, it's time to sink or swim for Michael.
On his past record I am confident he will be a proficient swimmer or I hope so.
Illustrious is a bit ott. Lets see whar his first seasons show. As JB rightly says being an AD is a big leap. |
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Post by lonlad on Jun 7, 2018 22:43:49 GMT
He's a brilliant (and somewhat inevitable, given that Rob Hastie was out of the running) choice - very much in the Grandage mode. I wondered if they might go with Polly Findlay, who actually has a better Donmar track record than ML (and, like him, has directed all over the map, including the Olivier), but she can hover in the wings for next time.
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Post by Jan on Jun 8, 2018 8:30:35 GMT
He's a brilliant (and somewhat inevitable, given that Rob Hastie was out of the running) choice - very much in the Grandage mode. I wondered if they might go with Polly Findlay, who actually has a better Donmar track record than ML (and, like him, has directed all over the map, including the Olivier), but she can hover in the wings for next time. Did she even apply ? Grandage had a brilliant record as an AD prior to his appointment, this is a bit more of a risky choice. |
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