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Post by zahidf on Feb 15, 2023 11:56:27 GMT
I saw it last year: brilliant show
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Post by zahidf on Feb 14, 2023 12:04:08 GMT
Oh, Killogy was great, and the writer has done good stuff since
My Mums a Tw*t, which has been revived elsewhere
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Post by zahidf on Feb 10, 2023 13:26:31 GMT
Shaftesbury avenue is all it says!
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Post by zahidf on Feb 10, 2023 13:22:59 GMT
I also saw All by Myself, which was clever but i wasnt sure it worked 100%
I also saw 'Love me or ill kill myself', and 'Police Cops, Badass be my name' which were very funny shows
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Post by zahidf on Feb 10, 2023 12:35:00 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Feb 8, 2023 11:00:08 GMT
That ruth wilson play was originally due in April 2020. glas its back
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Post by zahidf on Feb 8, 2023 10:48:05 GMT
the debbie tucker green plays will last. Girls and Boys with Carey Mulligan.
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Post by zahidf on Feb 7, 2023 23:07:25 GMT
Untitled f*ck miss saigon play is already confirmed.
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Post by zahidf on Feb 3, 2023 7:47:30 GMT
Some of the songs are great and the performances are amazing I did feel the worse thing in it was the weird relationship between Keir Hardie and Sylvia. Rhe age difference felt really pronounced, and I don't think it added much to the show. Ha ha, I know what you mean. I've had to deal with my own feelings about that lol. Some spoilers follow. . . On the one hand, it's like, why are you having our protagonist hook up with an "old man" (26 years her senior, even more of an age difference, in real life, than between Gaumond and Rose), and apparently share so much credit for the women's suffrage movement with him? Doesn't that embed a patriarchal-type "ick" feeling into the fibres of a show where all the credit for suffrage rightfully belongs with the women? On the other hand, the relationship is the real deal. Sylvia not only had this relationship with Hardie, but she was proudly shameless about her relationship with him, including pop song style lyrics in her letters to him (eg "I don't want anyone but you but I want you so"), with him writing back to her about "the pressure of my arms around you" and referring to her as "Little Sweetheart" lol! And, after his death, she sent the National Portrait Gallery paintings she made of him, cos she was upset they didn't have any of him, in which she fully depicts every wrinkle of his age lol. And truth is, there is something wonderful about the way Hardie committed himself so heavily to Women's Suffrage, almost at the expense of everything else, and took a lot of stick for it from other politicians, including those in his own party. In real life, sometimes we actually are "stronger together," even when the facts muddy what could otherwise be a pristine narrative about powerful women doing it for themselves. The narrative remains one about powerful women, of course, but also one that acknowledges that powerful women are smart enough to utilise allies among powerful men if it helps realise their ambitions. And, ahem, powerful women can also choose love lives with whoever they want. 5 years ago, John Dagleish's Hardie looked younger, wearing a much smaller beard, than Gaumond looks wears now, so the ick-factor felt less. But it is Gaumond's beard that looks like the one in the real Sylvia's portraits at the Portrait Gallery! And Gaumond is terrific in the role, rapping his convictions, with conviction, yet always giving Rose's Sylvia the respect and stage space she earns and deserves. I think that by including real life facts, that somewhat muddy a potentially more pristine and focused anti-patriarchal narrative, the show honours more of the real Sylvia's humanity and complexity, and helps her earn her name above the title. Also, her siding with Hardie, and the Labour Party's socialist principles, does contrast nicely with her mother, Emmeline, who ultimately ran for office as a candidate for the Conservative Party. Pankhurst infighting is a defining, and fascinating part of the plot, after all. Thanks for the reply, makes me consider it a bit more! I think it was the whole ' I first saw him when I was 12 and he cane to visit my father' thing and the fact he's married with children which took me out of it. I appreciate its historically accurate though Probably my own personal bugbear about these slightly 'grommy' relationships. I felt the same about the one in 'Motown!
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Post by zahidf on Feb 3, 2023 0:27:55 GMT
Some of the songs are great and the performances are amazing
I did feel the worse thing in it was the weird relationship between Keir Hardie and Sylvia. Rhe age difference felt really pronounced, and I don't think it added much to the show.
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Post by zahidf on Jan 31, 2023 20:40:13 GMT
Your best bet is probably old for station or the windmill a little down the Cut.
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Post by zahidf on Jan 30, 2023 9:57:18 GMT
I saw in Clay, a lovely one women musical set in France, and Welsh Ladies, gig theatre looking at welshness and womens live, which was odd but fun
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Post by zahidf on Jan 28, 2023 11:21:25 GMT
Chances of this show going to TodayTix rush? It's on it
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Post by zahidf on Jan 26, 2023 22:21:08 GMT
A poll on this maybe?
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Post by zahidf on Jan 26, 2023 22:20:56 GMT
I thought this was a lot of fun, Great performance from reece shearsmith, but it was a bill silly plot wise.
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Post by zahidf on Jan 26, 2023 12:29:53 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Jan 25, 2023 14:40:36 GMT
Great show,well worth watching
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Post by zahidf on Jan 22, 2023 18:31:51 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Jan 19, 2023 10:05:13 GMT
West end run
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Post by zahidf on Jan 18, 2023 22:50:22 GMT
Great production. Really well staged and acted, especially Patsy Ferran
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Post by zahidf on Jan 18, 2023 13:21:14 GMT
That is a season with no ambition. No new writing No history play Only one non comedy Are they struggling for income? Sounds like they need to get some extra audience money in "Speaking yesterday in a pre-season roundtable, artistic director Michelle Terry acknowledged that programming and choices had to be done with a "commercial imperative" in mind – acknowledging just how turbulent the UK economic and theatre landscape currently is. She also emphasised that she would always remain resistant to a removal of £5 tickets in their entirety, despite "endless discussions" on the subject."
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Post by zahidf on Jan 18, 2023 11:25:34 GMT
"Freshly announced today, the London landmark venue has cut its number of £5 tickets from 600 to 300, with a number of £10 tickets also available. The Globe said today: "Since 1997, the Globe has proudly offered £5 standing tickets. Hundreds of the most economically accessible ticket in a major UK theatre will remain available for every performance, and now hundreds more will be available at £10 as well. Audiences are advised to book early to secure them."
The Globe added that: "A limited number of £5 tickets will also be released close to each performance, providing a last chance way to access the cheapest tickets. Further details will be announced in spring 2023."
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Post by zahidf on Jan 17, 2023 6:51:29 GMT
Feels like a charing cross theatre show
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Post by zahidf on Jan 12, 2023 22:39:37 GMT
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Post by zahidf on Jan 10, 2023 11:54:40 GMT
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