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Post by samuelwhiskers on Feb 6, 2019 22:38:36 GMT
Macbeth, Hamlet, Lear, As You Like It, and Midsummer Night's Dream. And maybe Twelfth Night and Antony & Cleopatra. Yay more Pericleses
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Feb 6, 2019 22:37:41 GMT
My exaggerated tissue wiping was a masterclass in passive aggressiveness.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Feb 6, 2019 22:17:05 GMT
Person in row behind sneezed on the back of my neck this evening.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Feb 1, 2019 14:15:42 GMT
I stayed in a Jury's Inn recently and was v impressed with their buffet. They had little individual smoothies in mini milk bottles, and vats of watermelon water. Watermelon water! Bit posh for Milton Keynes.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 30, 2019 19:07:11 GMT
Vividly. There's a Paula Danziger book where the main characters visit. Brings back wonderful memories! Is there? which one? Weirdly 'Remember me to Harold Square' started my New York obsession as a kid. Also yes I remember the museum. Handy public loos. But in all seriousness it's a great shame that a) more wasn't able to be made of it when it was open b) that it had to close. It's the sequel to Harold Square! "Thames Doesn't Rhyme with James."
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 30, 2019 14:20:41 GMT
Vividly.
There's a Paula Danziger book where the main characters visit. Brings back wonderful memories!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 28, 2019 12:26:17 GMT
Chuffed to see a new Hannah Khalil play at a major theatre.
Disinterested in the musical.
Disappointed in the lack of Shakespeares.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 25, 2019 22:31:33 GMT
Not 100% sure but iirc he did the Aberfan episode?
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 25, 2019 11:04:02 GMT
It's horrible. It's always horrible. If you know there are problems it's hard to overcome the resentment and keep going, and if you think it's a good show that's been unfairly slammed it's just hurtful and upsetting.
Having said that my last show did okay with the press but got slammed on here which is fine but really weird to read.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 24, 2019 17:08:34 GMT
Lovely portrait of a lovely man. Much more about politics and Brexit (the real one not the film) than I was expecting.
Someone RT a sweet blog post by one of the emerging Sketching writers about what it was like working with James this morning. You get the feeling it was a better experience for the writers than the end result suggested. I wonder what he meant in the docu talking about not knowing how much time projects take.
I know what the musical is, it's an adaptation of a popular film and going to be opening on Broadway first. All I can say is it's completely different from Graham's previous work in more ways than one.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 10, 2019 13:33:44 GMT
God the much-feared Victoria Sadler is on there. Amazing that they're claiming she "founded" the Ovation Project. I guess relentless self-publicity with no regard for little things like facts is effective in the social media sphere.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 10, 2019 13:28:53 GMT
Yes, she played Emma in the extract reading with Tom at the Pinter Gala.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 8, 2019 20:21:26 GMT
This was a cracker. Never seen a film so depressing and entertaining in equal measures. And weirdly for a drama with 800 commercial breaks it felt far too short. Would have worked better as a mini-series, perhaps.
Re: Cadwalladr, I admire her dedication and hard work hugely, but it's like she thinks she owns Brexit and no one else is allowed a voice. She made quite clear that she believes Brexit should be verboten as subject matter for drama until a hypothetical future when all the facts are known and any future legal actions completed, which is ridiculous. How can one claim to be unbiased about a drama when one's stated position is "Get Your Mits Off"?
She had to delete and apologise for one tweet that used abusive language towards James Graham already, and was exposed on Twitter for telling a minor untruth in one of her many tweets debunking the film scene by scene. If you're publicly setting yourself up as the sole arbiter of The Truth you have to keep your own behaviour impeccable.
I wish Uncivil War had focused on the unreliability and biases of the press more. I suppose Ink covered that material. The Times had a real witchhunt going a few weeks back with weird madeup articles about (apparently fictitious) feuds with Cumberbatch and Hare making unprovoked (also apparently fictitious) attacks. Now the Guardian. Gosh it's almost like the press have their own agenda!
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 7, 2019 11:41:51 GMT
I find this argument bizarre.
The majority of theatres and certainly most West End theatres do not have public spaces, only one or two tiny bars and a foyer which are open to ticket-holders only immediately before a show. Why does anyone care that communal arts buildings exist? If it offends you, just don't go to them. Plenty of alternatives if you're so snobbish you don't want to mix with the great unwashed.
Besides the NT do have a policy that certain areas are only for ticket holders or people buying food in the hour or so before a show.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 6, 2019 21:15:19 GMT
That they have not completed casting (or had not as of Friday morning with two minor and one major-ish role still to be cast) is concerning, and might make for a bumpy first few weeks, but I'm sure all the kinks will have been worked out by press night and is likely why they've scheduled such a long preview period.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 6, 2019 16:04:18 GMT
I know. And both McPhee and the director are only scheduled to attend the first and final weeks of rehearsal. I have no idea how they think this will work, but I guess that's why they've booked four weeks of previews.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 6, 2019 15:51:25 GMT
Something I've been wondering recently, after having seen quite a few this year, is how much do panto actors get paid? I'm not talking about soap stars/celebs, but the supporting artists/dancers. Also the writers of the script? Just intrigued and was wondering if anybody knew more/could link to any articles. Generally Equity/ITC standard rates: uktheatre.org/theatre-industry/rates-of-pay/uk-theatre-equity-performers/www.itc-arts.org/rates-of-payNever written a panto but I imagine a standard commissioning fee.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 6, 2019 0:14:11 GMT
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 4, 2019 1:37:16 GMT
I saw this at a screening and it’s utterly brilliant.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 4, 2019 1:36:27 GMT
Rehearsals were due to start Monday but casting isn’t complete yet, nor have they finalised hiring the person sharing directorial duties so may be postponed.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Jan 2, 2019 10:32:46 GMT
The Barbican has the surtitles, but right at the top of the stage (a tiny little bar appears) which is easily missed.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Dec 24, 2018 9:26:33 GMT
Lots of empty seats on press night.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Dec 23, 2018 12:52:38 GMT
This was the year I decided to skip more theatre and be more discerning, rather than hare off to see everything straight away. Buh bye Very Very Dark Matter, Antony and Cleopatra, Malady of Death, and more that I'm forgetting.
Amazed not to see Knights of the Rose on this thread.
Julie was a significant lowlight. I didn't enjoy Hadestown (boring), My Mum's a Tw*t (compelling but not really a play, and shouldn't have gone on at the Court), and basically everything in the Olivier or the Lyttleton.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Dec 20, 2018 23:38:48 GMT
I read one of the most stupid reviews in a long while today on this production by Ann Treneman in the Sunday Times. It may be her first visit to the Orange Tree, as she confuses staging for physical features in the venue and on top of this she thinks an accident in the play is an accident when it's part of the production. Ignore this poor review. I'm not saying this is fantastic but the audience enjoyed it, probably more than I did, it is not remotely as poor as this unfair review makes it to be. Baffling. The “accident” she refers to is clearly an intentional physical comedy gag because a) it happens about six times and b) you can see where the relevant area has been padded to allow the actors to perform the “accident” safely. I dread to think what she made of The Play That Goes Wrong.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Dec 17, 2018 22:57:05 GMT
We should arrange a TheatreBoard swap shop, I'll give Baemax all my strawberry creams and take all david's Bounty's.
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