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Post by lynette on Apr 19, 2017 12:38:15 GMT
Does anyone know if this new theatre has actually been built yet? The Manchester based booking clerk was very enthusiastic about it tho' obviously had no idea what it was actually like. Said lots of leg room! Lesson learnt from the Wanamaker? Anyway, I've booked for this new play by Mr Bean despite misgivings about his often hastily penned efforts. Can't resist our Rory whose casting will bring in the regulars I expect. And anyone know about the play? Nice looking programme I think for the Bridge.
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Post by peggs on Apr 19, 2017 13:08:37 GMT
There's a bit that people have posted in the general thread under Bridge theatre if you haven't already seen it Lynette. I agree, sound choice to book Mr Kinnear, it's got me going along already.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2017 13:46:48 GMT
I wonder if the title is a response to Young Chekhov at the Nicks' old gaff?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2017 8:22:21 GMT
Does anyone know if this new theatre has actually been built yet? The Manchester based booking clerk was very enthusiastic about it tho' obviously had no idea what it was actually like. Said lots of leg room! Lesson learnt from the Wanamaker? Anyway, I've booked for this new play by Mr Bean despite misgivings about his often hastily penned efforts. Can't resist our Rory whose casting will bring in the regulars I expect. And anyone know about the play? Nice looking programme I think for the Bridge. I was in the area a few weeks ago so went to have a quick look; the building itself (One Tower Bridge) looks pretty much finished and ready to be occupied (though presumably most of the apartments are being bought as an investment by people who will never actually set foot in them). The theatre itself is being advertised but it's still behind boards - you can't peek in to see what it might look like. I assume it's now being kitted out.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2017 9:28:33 GMT
I'm not sure I can take Rory Kinnear that seriously with all that hair.
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Post by rumbledoll on Apr 20, 2017 13:54:59 GMT
I'm not sure I can take Rory Kinnear that seriously with all that hair. You won't need to. It's a comedy after all!
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Post by lynette on Apr 20, 2017 21:59:58 GMT
I read somewhere that the problem of ladies' loos is to be addressed in this new theatre. Hmmmm
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Post by bellboard27 on Apr 20, 2017 23:20:53 GMT
The Almeida apparently is not to be outdone. It has lined up over 60 actors to read Das Kapital in its entirety and for it to be livestreamed.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 8:41:40 GMT
The Almeida apparently is not to be outdone. It has lined up over 60 actors to read Das Kapital in its entirety and for it to be livestreamed. This is an absolutely genius idea. Presumably as part of the centenary commemorations of the 1917 Russian Revolutions? I read your post last night and woke up thinking about it but with a slight nagging fear that you might have made it up.
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Post by Jan on Apr 21, 2017 8:56:28 GMT
The Almeida apparently is not to be outdone. It has lined up over 60 actors to read Das Kapital in its entirety and for it to be livestreamed. This is an absolutely genius idea. Presumably as part of the centenary commemorations of the 1917 Russian Revolutions? I read your post last night and woke up thinking about it but with a slight nagging fear that you might have made it up. But for balance the Tricycle should stage a reading of Mein Kampf.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 12:21:39 GMT
The poster of this confuses me.
Is this a new play or is Rory Kinnear just auditioning for La Strada?
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Post by martin1965 on Apr 27, 2017 21:09:13 GMT
They most certainly do!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2017 22:08:28 GMT
They have a LOT of tickets to sell, though, don't they... They have a lot on sale. They don't have to sell them all. Nick Hytner said in the weekend press that the theatre is targeted at London residents and that there will be about 100,000 tickets available per show. So I calculate that fewer than 1% of those residents attending each show would fill every seat.
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Post by lynette on Apr 27, 2017 22:22:48 GMT
OMG maths
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2017 22:26:19 GMT
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Post by peggs on Apr 28, 2017 11:38:40 GMT
Now I choose to think that it was just that I'd read Honoured guest's comment so late that my brain immediately went and refused to compute it's meaning. Not sure what my excuse is now.
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Post by lynette on Aug 17, 2017 13:45:30 GMT
Nancy Carroll added to cast. 😄
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Post by Polly1 on Aug 17, 2017 14:29:00 GMT
Nancy Carroll added to cast. 😄 I may have let out an involuntary squeal at that news, remembering the lovely Latecomer got me a front row seat
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Post by Latecomer on Aug 17, 2017 16:16:06 GMT
Nancy Carroll added to cast. 😄 I may have let out an involuntary squeal at that news, remembering the lovely Latecomer got me a front row seat Fine news indeed!
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Post by peggs on Aug 17, 2017 20:33:36 GMT
I think I know the name but haven't seen her, was she in that thing at the donmar the name of which I can't recall but it's two couples?
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Post by Latecomer on Aug 17, 2017 20:41:53 GMT
I think I know the name but haven't seen her, was she in that thing at the donmar the name of which I can't recall but it's two couples? She was in Closer at Donmar and After the Dance at National with Benedict C and recently was posh wife of General in Woyzeck at Old Vic.
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Post by Latecomer on Aug 17, 2017 20:46:58 GMT
Also Audrey in The Moderate Soprano at Hampstead and Sylvia in The Recruiting Officer at Donmar....
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Post by peggs on Aug 17, 2017 20:48:33 GMT
I think I know the name but haven't seen her, was she in that thing at the donmar the name of which I can't recall but it's two couples? She was in Closer at Donmar and After the Dance at National with Benedict C and recently was posh wife of General in Woyzeck at Old Vic. Ahh Closer that's the dicky bird. Latecomer you clearly go to too much Nancy Carol theatre without me. Watched Quacks I think it's called, not entirely convinced by it but it gives you time to get used to see Rory Kinnear with lots of hair in preparation for Young Marx.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 20:49:52 GMT
And Lady Felicia in Father Brown on BBCtv.
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Post by harrietcraig on Aug 18, 2017 0:12:41 GMT
Has anyone seen anything about the running time? The Bridge Theatre's website says the length is "to be confirmed", so I'm wondering where the movie theater in my New York neighborhood where the NT Live screening will be shown (in January, so not actually live) got the idea that the "expected run time" is 220 minutes.
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