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Post by martin1965 on Mar 3, 2018 14:13:05 GMT
There is bad Then there is awful Then there is terrible Then you have Rufus Norris This utter pile of sh*te Has confirmed the man is incapable of directing anything The fact he can’t even offer a half decent Shakespeare and his lack of any experience with this playwright as a director Says it all In a way it’s good all these Macbeth’s have come along at the same time It will give the RSC a chance to shine with their version The concepts and staging of their production is quite quite something And let’s face it Their two leads really make Duff and Kinnear seem rather Insignificant If the arts media wanted any ammunition to mock and belittle Norris He has given it to them on a silver platter With a knife and fork ready to attack And a warm welcome back to Mr Sunshine!
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Post by martin1965 on Mar 2, 2018 8:51:08 GMT
Already booked, La Hodge's addition to the cast is the icing on the cake.
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Snow Day!
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Post by martin1965 on Mar 1, 2018 12:23:51 GMT
Here in the west midlands we are wondering what the fuss is about! All is pretty normal here, yes its cold but no snow to speak of.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 28, 2018 21:08:07 GMT
Eighteen months away ffs!
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 28, 2018 7:06:12 GMT
I do so love Macbeth, remembering Sher and Walter, and more recently the RSC Jonathan Singer version with the children. Going way back Jonathan Pryce was great, but Nicol Williamson was not. And then the legendary Dench/Mckellen was truly thrilling, and the Hopkins/Rigg was good. The worst, and ye gods it was bad, was the royal exchange's concentration camp version with Threlfall and Francis Barber.....horrorific indeed. The Nicol WIlliamson one was directed by Trevor Nunn on the main stage and he was so dissatisfied with it he immediately directed it again with McKellen in the Other Place. The best I've seen was the Rupert Goold/Patrick Stewart one. Doran's with Sher and Harriet Walter was also very good. Amongst many duds Simon Russell-Beale's at the Almeida represents one of the most misguided pieces of casting ever. Did you see that prof? On paper Williamson and Mirren must have seem like good casting. Back in the 60s Peter Hall directed Paul Scofield in what apparently was a big flop at Stratford. This year's double header will be interesting.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 28, 2018 7:02:33 GMT
Going to this on 23 June after seeing the RSC version on 5 May. Have an open mind as this board is full of plays that have had good or even very good reviews after being rubbished here by someone who went to the first preview.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 27, 2018 21:51:19 GMT
No but someone called "John" Ovenden is!!
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 27, 2018 13:43:05 GMT
Looking forward to this even more now!
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 27, 2018 13:39:08 GMT
Oh....well, hopefully it'll be tighter be the time I get to see it - which isn't for ages. The Duff/Kinnear scene they did on that Shakespeare celebration a year or so ago looked v. promising. That, of course, wasn't directed by Norris I thought that Kinnear was good in that excerpt - but Duff didn't really match him. But then I haven't seen her do anything that really blew me away. Saint Joan? She was astonishing on that.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 26, 2018 7:02:43 GMT
Shakespeare surely shouldnt count in this as they are going to be done regardless? I would say Godot, Mother Courage, Streetcar.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 26, 2018 6:57:14 GMT
Im originally from South East London, place called Welling, not far from Phantom. Since 2002 in the Midlands south of Birmingham. So RSC is marvellously handy. Use the Chiltern line to come to London, luckily my folks still live in Bromley so stay with them. New St Station is my gateway to Bath, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield Chichester and others. Book in advance and its good value. So were you there when Kate Bush lived there?! Oh yes! She is a couple of years older than me but she went to the girls grammar that merged with the boys grammar i was at. Hilarious to browse her book to find reference to the fantastically named park "fanny on the hill"😂
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 25, 2018 21:56:25 GMT
Im originally from South East London, place called Welling, not far from Phantom. Since 2002 in the Midlands south of Birmingham. So RSC is marvellously handy. Use the Chiltern line to come to London, luckily my folks still live in Bromley so stay with them. New St Station is my gateway to Bath, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield Chichester and others. Book in advance and its good value.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 25, 2018 21:46:35 GMT
Seriously? This is on in less than three weeks and we dont know who is performing! Such a joke, it had better be bloody good.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 25, 2018 19:55:51 GMT
Oh wasnt aware it toured? Decent cast with Essie Davis,Jonathan Hyde and Adrian Scarbrough alongside SRB. It went to the WE and Broadway but i never caught it 😕 Hm, maybe it wasn't that production then. But it was definitely Jumpers and definitely Simon Russell Beale. To be honest, I thought it was longer ago than 15 years, I was thinking more like 17-20, because in my memory it was just after I moved to Sheffield (1998) but before I bought my house (2000) - I'm old and forgetful though, so I may well be wrong. I can't check my programme because I didn't keep it, which is a sign of how much I hated it. Well the NT production was def 2003.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 25, 2018 14:25:14 GMT
He was an underwhelming Lear couple of years ago, though he didnt direct.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 25, 2018 14:22:22 GMT
There are a couple of period pieces that I would love to see Middleton's A Game at Chess - which just seems brilliantly mad on the page - I would love to see how it works on stage. I haven't heard of any modern performances Vanbrugh's The Relapse - no major revival since 2001 that I can track down. A great, great script with huge potential with the right cast. On my list of more contemporary plays to tackle at some point is Mother Clap's Molly House. Ravenhill's script has always intrigued me and it could be ripe for a revival. I do also have Dorothy L Sayer's original stage version of Busman's Honeymoon on my list. I reckon it is time to bring Lord Peter Wimsey back to prominence! Game at Chess is being given a slot in the read not dead slot at the Globe in december. I saw Molly House at the NT and it was awful.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 25, 2018 12:09:57 GMT
Back to Stoppard, its 15 years since the NT last revived Jumpers with SRB. Somehow i missed it, time for it again? Oh dear god! Was that an NT production? I saw that in Sheffield with my parents and we walked out because we loathed it. We were not alone by a long chalk - the car park attendant laughed when we came out and said he knew when the intervals were with this show because there were large numbers leaving every night. I don't remember anything about it now, but my dad still shudders every time SRB comes on tv and talks about that awful play we saw in Sheffield that time. Oh wasnt aware it toured? Decent cast with Essie Davis,Jonathan Hyde and Adrian Scarbrough alongside SRB. It went to the WE and Broadway but i never caught it 😕
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 25, 2018 9:30:19 GMT
Wanted to see this when announced, it is a rare outing. However the combination of Barrie Rutter, the ridiculous updating and transport shenanigans put me off. From the reviews im glad. Doesnt sound like you bought a programme Mr X?
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 24, 2018 18:11:17 GMT
Back to Stoppard, its 15 years since the NT last revived Jumpers with SRB. Somehow i missed it, time for it again?
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 24, 2018 16:56:05 GMT
One of mine is the Tom Stoppard play "Night and Day" from the late 70s, it had a long run in the WE and went to Broadway. It has a great part for an actress played at the time by Diana Rigg and Maggie Smith but has just disappeared! I'm really amazed "The invention of Love" has never been revived, it's high time Snap!
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 24, 2018 14:18:49 GMT
One of mine is the Tom Stoppard play "Night and Day" from the late 70s, it had a long run in the WE and went to Broadway. It has a great part for an actress played at the time by Diana Rigg and Maggie Smith but has just disappeared!
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 24, 2018 12:44:32 GMT
Going to book on Wed as a double header with Copenhagen in September.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 23, 2018 23:46:10 GMT
I am wondering if this will lure Alex Jennings back to the theatre but his TV/Film career seems to have finally taken off. Hope so, love him. Had hoped he might return to the RSC.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 23, 2018 18:49:29 GMT
Let him get on with it! Please god theres no public enquiry. Its still going to be a theatre just one fit for the 21st century.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 23, 2018 7:08:44 GMT
Saw the announcement and then fell asleep! Saves me money i suppose. Hampstead has always mixed in revivals but i will have wait. Hopefully the long awaited Tricycle reopening season will offer more.
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