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Post by nottobe on Jul 27, 2024 10:41:08 GMT
x.com/mrcarl_woodward/status/1817113270437769258?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EtweetFrom @mrcarl_woodward on X ' A little birdie told me superstar Cate Blanchett is to star in Thomas Ostermeier’s production of The Seagull at the Wyndham’s, London next year'
Just seen this and if true it's quite exciting. But we did only just have a radical Seagull two years ago in the West End so is it to soon ? But anyways this does seem like it could be quite a credible rumour based on what else Woodward has rumoured before.
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Post by amyja89 on Jul 27, 2024 10:50:03 GMT
Pretty please!
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Post by aspieandy on Jul 27, 2024 12:55:42 GMT
Just seen this and if true it's quite exciting. But we did only just have a radical Seagull two years ago in the West End so is it to soon ?
It was poor. The seagull would benefit from a restorative convalesence.
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Post by nash16 on Jul 27, 2024 17:58:44 GMT
This should be batsh*t bonkers, dark, and brilliant. And an antidote to the Lloyd snoozefest...
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Post by Marwood on Jul 27, 2024 21:47:32 GMT
Last time Cate Blanchett was in stage in London (When We Have Sufficiently Bored The Audience To Death), that was sh*te so don’t get too excited about this either.
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Post by Jon on Jul 27, 2024 22:27:23 GMT
Daisy Edgar-Jones has a theatre project soon so maybe she's playing Nina?
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Post by andrew on Jul 27, 2024 23:19:05 GMT
Daisy Edgar-Jones has a theatre project soon so maybe she's playing Nina? Nina is such a mediocre part, Daisy can definitely do better. |
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Post by nash16 on Jul 27, 2024 23:29:00 GMT
Last time Cate Blanchett was in stage in London (When We Have Sufficiently Bored The Audience To Death), that was sh*te so don’t get too excited about this either. I think that disaster was more to do with Katie Mitchell… |
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Post by mrekko on Jul 28, 2024 13:58:17 GMT
Normally I’d be very excited seeing rumours of Cate Blanchett in a Chekhov classic but I wasn’t terribly impressed watching An Enemy of the People by the same director this year, was expecting more from it and his “reimagining” fell flat on me, especially the audience participation which I found boring, if not annoying.
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Post by aspieandy on Jul 28, 2024 14:40:42 GMT
Last time Cate Blanchett was in stage in London (When We Have Sufficiently Bored The Audience To Death), that was sh*te so don’t get too excited about this either. fwiw, I think Cate Blanchett is past the point of wanting to do 'safe' or standard. When you commit it's obv. impossibly hard to know what the final production will look like: some you win, some .. not so much.
I'm taking her involvement as a good sign.
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Post by Marwood on Jul 28, 2024 15:23:03 GMT
Last time Cate Blanchett was in stage in London (When We Have Sufficiently Bored The Audience To Death), that was sh*te so don’t get too excited about this either. fwiw, I think Cate Blanchett is past the point of wanting to do 'safe' or standard. When you commit it's obv. impossibly hard to know what the final production will look like: some you win, some .. not so much.
I'm taking her involvement as a good sign.
She’s just finished shooting Borderlands which is an adaptation of a video game so I’m not sure how her name attached to something is an arbiter of something rewarding. |
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Post by aspieandy on Jul 28, 2024 15:25:12 GMT
This is a theatre board.
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Post by Marwood on Jul 29, 2024 17:46:12 GMT
Yes, I’m well aware of that but sometimes ‘artists’ judgment can be affected if someone offers them a bumper pay day. |
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Post by Jan on Jul 30, 2024 8:52:42 GMT
fwiw, I think Cate Blanchett is past the point of wanting to do 'safe' or standard. When you commit it's obv. impossibly hard to know what the final production will look like: some you win, some .. not so much.
I'm taking her involvement as a good sign.
She’s just finished shooting Borderlands which is an adaptation of a video game so I’m not sure how her name attached to something is an arbiter of something rewarding. Needs a separate thread - serious stage actors in video games adaptations. I'll go next with Fiona Shaw in Super Mario Bros. |
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Post by Jon on Jul 30, 2024 8:57:23 GMT
In regards to Borderlands, it was shot 3 years ago with reshoots last year so it's likely a dud.
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Post by claireyfairy1 on Jul 30, 2024 12:26:50 GMT
I really liked When We Have Sufficiently etc, but feel like I should apologise for it lol. I thought she was great in it. She was also fantastic in Gross und Klein. Her project choices are super interesting so I look forward to her erasing the memory of the Jamie Lloyd Seagull from my mind, which I disliked intensely.
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Post by Being Alive on Jul 30, 2024 12:28:01 GMT
She was great in it - the piece itself wasn't great but she and Stephen Dillane did a lot with what was there.
I hope this is true - be nice to have some proper exciting theatre in 2025
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Post by bordeaux on Aug 7, 2024 7:09:03 GMT
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Post by awjc on Aug 7, 2024 8:13:30 GMT
V excited for this. It will be starting at the Barbican next year before it goes to the Wyndham’s.
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Post by Rory on Aug 7, 2024 8:14:49 GMT
V excited for this. It will be starting at the Barbican next year before it goes to the Wyndham’s. Quite a long run then? I like the look of it |
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Post by amyja89 on Aug 7, 2024 9:22:48 GMT
Would rather see it at the Barbican over Wyndham's if that's the case, better range of view for price in my experience!
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Post by mrbarnaby on Aug 7, 2024 21:44:13 GMT
She was great in it - the piece itself wasn't great but she and Stephen Dillane did a lot with what was there. I hope this is true - be nice to have some proper exciting theatre in 2025 She is a fearless stage performer and she was amazing in that play. Shame the actual piece was so bad. |
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Post by theatremiss on Aug 7, 2024 22:18:36 GMT
Last time Cate Blanchett was in stage in London (When We Have Sufficiently Bored The Audience To Death), that was sh*te so don’t get too excited about this either. This was a production I couldn’t wait to escape. Truly dire |
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Post by parsley1 on Aug 7, 2024 22:22:56 GMT
Last time Cate Blanchett was in stage in London (When We Have Sufficiently Bored The Audience To Death), that was sh*te so don’t get too excited about this either. This was a production I couldn’t wait to escape. Truly dire One of my best ever theatre experiences Topped only by all the expressions on the faces of the people who had gone just to see CB 😅 She is a genius and so is KM Although her film career isn’t perfect She always uses her talent and position to appear in stage shows which challenge and provoke I suppose people prefer her to appear in the Lion King Or Cabaret She remains a rare actor with integrity |
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Post by theatremiss on Aug 8, 2024 7:56:48 GMT
This was a production I couldn’t wait to escape. Truly dire One of my best ever theatre experiences Topped only by all the expressions on the faces of the people who had gone just to see CB 😅 She is a genius and so is KM Although her film career isn’t perfect She always uses her talent and position to appear in stage shows which challenge and provoke I suppose people prefer her to appear in the Lion King Or Cabaret She remains a rare actor with integrity. Lucky you it was one of my worst |
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