Kiss Me Kate - Barbican / Cinema Release

[marob]

Same. Would happily see Dunbar in a play, but a musical? Not so much. Am not familiar with SJB, other than seeing her name mentioned on here. (Was the same with Sutton Foster though to be fair.)

[mrbarnaby]

Don’t get the Georgina casting at all- but Charlie Stemp suddenly makes me consider booking

[showtoones]

Can Georgina dance?

[lewjohnny96]

I think Georgina is great! I wasn't a fan of Oklahoma as a revival itself, and I think she did great with what she was given. Also saw her in Wizard Of Oz at the Curve and I thought she was bloody brilliant. Gorgeous voice, very captivating stage presence

[theatrefan62]

Georgina is very talented, but isn't Bianca a dance heavy role usually? Just seems a left field choice from that POV. Mind you, sk was Adrian.

[showtoones]

Feb 7, 2024 6:24:41 GMT theatrefan62 said:

Georgina is very talented, but isn't Bianca a dance heavy role usually? Just seems a left field choice from that POV. Mind you, sk was Adrian.

I still think Zoe Birkett would have been the way to go.

[cartoonman]

I saw Trevor Nunn's Kiss me Kate at the Old Vic. It was so much better than the film. The film does have some excellent dancing but the show really knocked me out. The Barbican offers good discounts to groups so I'm hoping my U3A group will go. If I remember Hermes Pan was the film's choreographer. I think Cole Porter came out of retirement to write this and did a great job.

[ladidah]

Ann Miller is one of my all time favourites, an incomparable dancer.

[Being Alive]

Nigel Lindsay and Hammed Animashaun are the gangsters for Brush Up Your Shakespeare.

Very interesting they've not stunt cast these and have gone with proper actors - evidently not worried about ££

[couldileaveyou]

[ladidah]

Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey.

[theatrelover123]

Is AD American or Northern Irish in this? I think he hopped across the ocean back and forth many times in that video

[BurlyBeaR]

That’s all a bit cheesy 🧀

[alece10]

Having never seen this musical before can anyone tell me how big Charlie Stemps role is and if he does a lot of dancing?
It will be the deciding factor whether I book or not as otherwise I'm not that bothered about seeing it.

[couldileaveyou]

Mar 15, 2024 18:22:45 GMT alece10 said:

Having never seen this musical before can anyone tell me how big Charlie Stemps role is and if he does a lot of dancing?
It will be the deciding factor whether I book or not as otherwise I'm not that bothered about seeing it.

Yeah it's a great supporting role with good songs ("Bianca") and a lot of dancing

[sf]

That's supposed to encourage me to book a ticket, isn't it?

Oh dear.

[mrbarnaby]

Good lord that was bad.

They’d have been better saving the 30p they spent on it- and not bothering.

[showtoones]

AD is worrisome. SJB will be great as will Charlie and Georgina. Why on earth was he cast. The role is supposed to dashing.

[carmella1]

Oh er hmmm NO.

[Distant Dreamer...]

Oh dear!!!! That has to be one of the most cringeworthy and awful trailers I've ever seen for a musical. 

[Being Alive]

Oh I quite liked it!

Also, I know we are all questioning AD as Fred, but Bart Sher hasn't let us down before, so there's evidently something there that we've just not seen yet, but I trust him and think it's going to surprise us!

[Distant Dreamer...]

It's good that Bart has a much better record at doing musicals than opera, given some of the bores (in my opinion anyway) he has produced at The Met.

[mrbarnaby]

Can’t see Georgina flinging her leg behind her ear, which quite frankly is the only point of Bianca.

Wasn’t Zizi available?

[ladidah]

Zizi would have been great

[justfran]

Peter Davison joins the cast:

www.whatsonstage.com/news/peter-davison-joins-cast-of-kiss-me-kate-revival-at-the-barbican_1587388/