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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 9:48:55 GMT
Just announced Fanny and Alexander adapted by Stephen Beresford Mood Music - new play by Joe Penhall A Monster Calls - based on the Patrick Ness novel, with the dreaded phrase "devised by the company" Sylvia - Dance piece by Flick Colby's Zoonation No mention of Emma Rice's "Wise Children" but looking at the news stories on that, that's supposed to be the first show in Matthew Warhorse's fourth season and this is his third. www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-onBooking dates (I have to say a 9-level class system seems a bit excessive!) Priority booking opens at 12 noon on: Tue 24 Oct: Artistic Director’s Circle Wed 25 Oct: Producers’ Circle Thu 26 Oct: Benefactors Fri 27 Oct: Patrons Mon 30 Oct: Premium Associates Wed 1 Nov: Associates Fri 3 Nov: Premium Friends Wed 8 Nov: Friends Wed 15 Nov: General sale |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Oct 24, 2017 9:54:06 GMT
I wonder whether all of those productions will make it to the stage.
HMS Pinafore was announced for 2016-17 - and never happened as far as I can track down.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 9:55:56 GMT
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Post by Jan on Oct 24, 2017 10:02:55 GMT
Sylvia - Dance piece by Flick Colby's Zoonation Flick Colby - now you've got Marty's attention as I'm sure he must have been a Pan's People fan. One curious thing is that Flick Colby is actually dead. |
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Post by zahidf on Oct 24, 2017 10:05:04 GMT
None of that seems particularly appeasing. £10.00 preview tickets ahoy!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 10:15:34 GMT
'Sylvia' looks interesting. And here was I thinking that Katie Price was just about her boobs and writing autobiographies.
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Post by tmesis on Oct 24, 2017 10:38:57 GMT
'Sylvia' looks interesting. And here was I thinking that Katie Price was just about her boobs and writing autobiographies. don't you mean: "...and 'writing' her autobiographies." |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 10:42:02 GMT
I love Sally Cookson and A Monster Calls, but I'm not big on dance and I'm getting pretty bored by the endless male playwright+male director combo, especially when none of the names are that exciting in their own right. Still, as I always say, it's nice to have plays announced that one won't be booking, a rest is always appreciated.
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Post by jadnoop on Oct 24, 2017 10:44:06 GMT
Fanny and Alexander adapted by Stephen Beresford Intriguing. I wonder how this is going to work. The complete version is over 5 hours long, and even the shortened film adaptation is a smidge over 3 hours. |
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Post by jadnoop on Oct 24, 2017 10:47:11 GMT
'Sylvia' looks interesting. And here was I thinking that Katie Price was just about her boobs and writing autobiographies. Plus the beautiful singing voice: |
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Post by Rory on Oct 24, 2017 10:48:00 GMT
Hmmm... a long wait for this announcement but not really that exciting in my view apart from, potentially, the Joe Penhall play.
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Post by stefy69 on Oct 24, 2017 10:48:39 GMT
A Monster Calls is the one I'll be booking for, just hope they don't mess too much with it...
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Post by martin1965 on Oct 24, 2017 11:00:18 GMT
Nothing there for me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 12:22:27 GMT
A resounding 'meh' from me also. And a resounding 'Have you never met a woman playwright Matthew?' also.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 12:41:40 GMT
All the women playwrights are booked up writing for the new National season.
Oh hang on ...
Have to say I've got to the point where it's a bit of a relief when a theatre announces the new season and I'm not bothered about anything! May go for the Penhall but that's it I think.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 12:48:06 GMT
I'll probably see A Monster Calls at Bristol Old Vic which is co-producing it.
For playgoers, the Joe Penhall-Roger Michell premiere sounds unmissable.
The Kate Prince show about Sylvia Pankhurst should have been titled Sylvia: The Woman.
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Post by bordeaux on Oct 24, 2017 12:49:23 GMT
A Monster Calls is the one I'll be booking for, just hope they don't mess too much with it... Sally Cookson is a wonderful director, so it is in good hands. Her children's shows are amongst the best things I've seen in the past 10 years. Before the Old Vic it's in Bristol, where it'll be half the price and a more intimate venue if you're in the vicinity. Joe Penhall hasn't made it onto my list of must-see playwrights, so I'll wait for reviews, but I have to say 'the music scene' sounds tediously male - and who really finds pop singers (sorry, rock stars) interesting? I hope to be proved wrong. And I remained unconvinced of the need to bring cinematic masterpieces to the stage. |
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 24, 2017 14:18:37 GMT
A resounding 'meh' from me also. And a resounding 'Have you never met a woman playwright Matthew?' also. You got a play about Emmeline Penkhurst, what more do you want? |
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Post by Jan on Oct 24, 2017 15:42:33 GMT
All the women playwrights are booked up writing for the new National season. Oh hang on ... Have to say I've got to the point where it's a bit of a relief when a theatre announces the new season and I'm not bothered about anything! May go for the Penhall but that's it I think. In the 2016-17 year NT just reported 42% of plays by living writers they staged were by women, this seems well on the way to their committed target of 50% by 2021. There are other theatres you could take to task on this if you wanted, Almeida and Hampstead come to mind. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 15:56:30 GMT
A resounding 'meh' from me also. And a resounding 'Have you never met a woman playwright Matthew?' also. You got a play about Emmeline Penkhurst, what more do you want? I mean it's all I've ever dreamed of  Seriously though, yes there are worse offenders out there (Hampstead I'm looking at you, but well done on the women downstairs this season...how about some upstairs) But as with everything, women need to shout louder and longer to get heard. Admittedly there's better ways of doing that than whining on a message board and I know several of us do that too. But I also like a good moan. |
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Post by martin1965 on Oct 24, 2017 16:15:11 GMT
All the women playwrights are booked up writing for the new National season. Oh hang on ... Have to say I've got to the point where it's a bit of a relief when a theatre announces the new season and I'm not bothered about anything! May go for the Penhall but that's it I think. I agree! We on this board are i would like to think discerning theatregoers and you cant just see everything! |
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Post by lynette on Oct 24, 2017 17:16:42 GMT
Discerning is my middle name. I’m not knocked out and panting about this Old Vic season but there might be hidden treasures.
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Post by Phantom of London on Oct 24, 2017 19:53:51 GMT
It does seem bey poor pickings next year. I mean Matthew Warchus seems to have one eye on what could transfer to the West End and Broadway and new plays is the perfect vehicle, didn't he learn from Future Conditional and Groundhog Day. Next season is more take it or leave it and I'm afraid it is going to be the later for me.
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Post by zahidf on Dec 21, 2017 22:56:35 GMT
According to Baz, mood music will star rhys ifans
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Post by nash16 on Dec 21, 2017 23:16:29 GMT
According to Baz, mood music will star rhys ifans He hasn't been at the Old Vic for ages! |
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