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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2018 17:17:28 GMT
I saw this last week and thought it was nice. There was nothing wrong with it. The sets were pretty, the costumes were good. The cast was solid. I just... didn't care much.
I tried really hard not to compare it to the National production last year, but I just couldn't help it. That was just so funny, and this just generally wasn't.
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Post by maggiem on Jan 16, 2018 9:30:43 GMT
Yes, I remember that. Anton Lesser wow what an actor. Yes, gorgeous voice. I thoroughly recommend his poetry readings for Naxos audiobooks (and Aesop's fables for children): he and Simon Russell Beale share the duties on something called Popular Poetry, Popular Verse Vol 1. Great choice of classic poems including some interesting old-fashioned choices. His readings of Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard and Keats' Ode to a Nightingale are fabulous. Shame my copy is a cassette, otherwise I'd put it on in the car tomorrow. Anton's wasn't the only gorgeous voice in that production. What about Christopher Ravenscroft? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 21:25:57 GMT
I've just discovered that the whole Riverside Branagh TN is on You Tube, and that my new Humax box means I can watch You Tube on my telly, so tonight I'm rewatching it! I can't believe how much I remember of the details! Bits of it seem really dated, but I think it's the fairly static filming style more than the production. It all picked up a bit once Toby & Sir Andrew & Feste got drunk and started on Malvolio. Everything's filmed through some sort of blue filter though by the looks of it!
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Post by talkstageytome on Jan 21, 2018 18:06:47 GMT
I may NOT be one of the leading theatre bloggers in the UK 😉 but I interviewed Kara Tointon and Ade Edmondson last week and thought my interview might be of interest to someone maybe... www.talkstageytome.co.uk/2018/01/interview-kara-tointon-and-adrian.htmlAs far as the show goes, I really enjoyed it. It terms of themes and design it was such a contrast to the Rome season which just finished up in London. I liked the idea of setting this production in the Victorian Era too. |
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Post by Jan on Jan 21, 2018 18:11:46 GMT
I may NOT be one of the leading theatre bloggers in the UK 😉 but I interviewed Kara Tointon and Ade Edmondson last week and thought my interview might be of interest to someone maybe... www.talkstageytome.co.uk/2018/01/interview-kara-tointon-and-adrian.htmlAs far as the show goes, I really enjoyed it. It terms of themes and design it was such a contrast to the Rome season which just finished up in London. I liked the idea of setting this production in the Victorian Era too. There isn't a single Shakespeare play that isn't improved by setting it in the Victorian era. |
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Post by talkstageytome on Jan 21, 2018 18:45:31 GMT
I may NOT be one of the leading theatre bloggers in the UK 😉 but I interviewed Kara Tointon and Ade Edmondson last week and thought my interview might be of interest to someone maybe... www.talkstageytome.co.uk/2018/01/interview-kara-tointon-and-adrian.htmlAs far as the show goes, I really enjoyed it. It terms of themes and design it was such a contrast to the Rome season which just finished up in London. I liked the idea of setting this production in the Victorian Era too. There isn't a single Shakespeare play that isn't improved by setting it in the Victorian era. I can definitely agree with that! |
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Post by lynette on Feb 2, 2018 23:20:20 GMT
Late to the party: an enjoyable Twelfth Night. The setting and period with the Indian servant idea, work very well, the reading of the letter scene is very funny ( though no titters at the rude letter jokes cos the good people of Midlands far too polite) all the performances are good but I did think Dinita Gohil playing Viola, threw away the wonderful moment she realises Olivia is in love with her. She was very composed at the beginning too for someone who had been pulled out of the sea and thinks her brother has drowned. And she has a weak singing voice so they had her do a duet with one of the lads. Nice ending though, catches the ambivalences in the play.
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 3, 2018 8:34:22 GMT
Late to the party: an enjoyable Twelfth Night. The setting and period with the Indian servant idea, work very well, the reading of the letter scene is very funny ( though no titters at the rude letter jokes cos the good people of Midlands far too polite) all the performances are good but I did think Dinita Gohil playing Viola, threw away the wonderful moment she realises Olivia is in love with her. She was very composed at the beginning too for someone who had been pulled out of the sea and thinks her brother has drowned. And she has a weak singing voice so they had her do a duet with one of the lads. Nice ending though, catches the ambivalences in the play. Glad you enjoyed it too, WE transfer do you think? |
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Post by crabtree on Feb 3, 2018 10:07:52 GMT
One day, I'd love to see Orsino clearly prefer the brother, at the end, and Olivia Viola. With the sub-title of What you Will, Shakey seems to imply that love who you want as long as you don't hurt them. Is this play really celebrating the possibility of bi-sexuality?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 11:21:38 GMT
The ETT production went part way towards that, Olivia was clearly WAY more hyped about having Viola as a sister-in-law than Sebastian as a husband.
I like the idea of the partners switching up at the end (also, SO many plays could be fixed by embracing polygamy), but Orsino's love for Viola - and, to an extent, Olivia's love for Viola - is pretty personality-based, so I don't think Orsino would ultimately prefer Sebastian even if there was an initial sexual buzz, and actually I'm not sure how happy Olivia is going to be with Sebastian long-term for the same reason. Some productions get this, and finish up with a sad-looking Olivia. "A sister, you are she" as a mournful realisation rather than a welcome to the family.
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Post by lynette on Feb 3, 2018 16:40:59 GMT
A touch of this at the end here as Olivia looked a bit miserable..
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Post by Jan on Feb 3, 2018 17:23:13 GMT
One day, I'd love to see Orsino clearly prefer the brother, at the end, I've seen that done, but I can't remember the production (I've seen 13). |
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Post by martin1965 on Feb 3, 2018 18:02:04 GMT
One day, I'd love to see Orsino clearly prefer the brother, at the end, I've seen that done, but I can't remember the production (I've seen 13). Rings a bell with me too. |
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