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Post by bordeaux on Jan 9, 2018 10:41:40 GMT
Does anyone know when an announcement is going to be made about their forthcoming programme? As far as I can tell nothing is known after Summer and Smoke, which finishes on April 7th. I hope Robert Icke is going to come back and do something, though I understand he is in demand everywhere. After a few new plays in recent months we're surely due a couple of classic revivals?
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Post by alicechallice on Jan 9, 2018 11:52:15 GMT
Does anyone know when an announcement is going to be made about their forthcoming programme? As far as I can tell nothing is known after Summer and Smoke, which finishes on April 7th. I hope Robert Icke is going to come back and do something, though I understand he is in demand everywhere. After a few new plays in recent months we're surely due a couple of classic revivals? The announcement for new seasons (Donmar, also) usually comes halfway through the run of the penultimate production in the previous season, so we should hear something very soon. |
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Post by jason71 on Jan 9, 2018 12:00:21 GMT
The new season will be announced at the end of Jan. I was told this by the Almeida last week
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Post by martin1965 on Jan 9, 2018 18:09:14 GMT
The end of Jan is going to be busy as there should also be announcements by the Donmar and RSC
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Post by Rory on Jan 9, 2018 18:30:35 GMT
And around 7 West End theatres too, hopefully.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2018 12:04:25 GMT
Season announcement coming on 1st Feb
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Post by alnoor on Feb 1, 2018 6:43:27 GMT
Today is the announcement and I am hoping for some good programming.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 10:03:40 GMT
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Post by Jan on Feb 1, 2018 10:14:35 GMT
The AD and deputy AD obviously have better things to do with their time this year. Still get paid I suppose.
Not that refreshing to see Bijan “Damned by Despair” Sheibani unaccountably given something to direct. Has he ever directed anything good ?
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Post by alicechallice on Feb 1, 2018 10:14:51 GMT
Good programming indeed!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 10:15:56 GMT
There's definitely a growing sector-wide tendency for blurbs about plays to be written in a way that tells you nothing about what it's about but makes it sound dreadful.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 10:22:48 GMT
Hahahaha! I love it when people find something to moan about when presented with what looks like a genuinely refreshing season, it's nice to know there's always consistency on TheatreBoard, and I do love a good laugh.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 10:31:51 GMT
Seriously though - I just googled Machinal, which sounds great when you know what it's about (I'd never heard of it) but the Almeida blurb tells me literally nothing!
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Post by bordeaux on Feb 1, 2018 10:32:06 GMT
The AD and deputy AD obviously have better things to do with their time this year. Still get paid I suppose. Not that refreshing to see Bijan “Damned by Despair” Sheibani unaccountably given something to direct. Has he ever directed anything good ? The Brothers Size has just received raves at the Young Vic and Barber Shop Chronicles was highly praised at the National last year and came back for another stint. Aren't young directors allowed a failure, especially in the Olivier which is hard enough for almost anyone? |
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Post by bordeaux on Feb 1, 2018 10:35:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 10:40:58 GMT
Seriously though - I just googled Machinal, which sounds great when you know what it's about (I'd never heard of it) but the Almeida blurb tells me literally nothing! Oops, sorry! Your earlier post appeared while I was typing mine, it wasn't aimed at you.  I've just done a search for Dance Nation 'cos the Almeida blurb, brief though it is, sounded fairly intriguing. It won the Blackburn Prize in 2017, which appears to be a prize for female playwrights, and is receiving its world premiere this spring in New York. We're not getting the same production, but the UK premiere is coming very quick off the back of the world premiere! I'll probably skip £¥€$, I wasn't interested last time it was in the UK and I can't imagine it's got any more intriguing in the meantime. Everything else is fair game though. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 10:41:32 GMT
I think I'll wait to see which one Matthew Needham is going to be in and the casting elsewhere before booking.
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Post by profquatermass on Feb 1, 2018 10:43:11 GMT
Machinal is probably a lot more interesting than the blurb makes it sound. It's based on the Ruth Snuyder murder case which gets a chapter in Bill Bryson's book about 1927. Clark Gable was in the original production
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 10:57:57 GMT
I remember Stephen Daldry and Ian MacNeil's NT production of Machinal with Fiona Shaw. The Almeida blurb is pretty spot on so, if that doesn't interest you, I suggest you don't go.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 11:11:40 GMT
Lies is brilliant, you have to enjoy participation but it was on my best of list for last year (see end of year roundups thread in General Chat). They'll need to strip out the seating if they want the full effect though.
Machinal also well worth anyone's time, an expressionist (and feminist) masterpiece.
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Post by Rory on Feb 1, 2018 11:11:49 GMT
The AD and deputy AD obviously have better things to do with their time this year. Still get paid I suppose. Not that refreshing to see Bijan “Damned by Despair” Sheibani unaccountably given something to direct. Has he ever directed anything good ? I enjoyed his production of The Kitchen at the NT a few years ago. Speaking of which, I wonder what Tom Brooke is up to these days? |
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Post by zahidf on Feb 1, 2018 11:13:09 GMT
Seems good, but casting dependent, doesn't seem like its going to be a blockbuster season
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Post by Rory on Feb 1, 2018 11:13:54 GMT
Capacity of 70 for Lies apparently.
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Post by nash16 on Feb 1, 2018 11:43:19 GMT
I think I'll wait to see which one Matthew Needham is going to be in and the casting elsewhere before booking. 😂😂😂😂 They need to rename it the Al-Needham-ah. He'a brilliant, but have they genuinely run out of options I wonder? Is there a drought of young male actors (who are actually good)? |
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Post by foxa on Feb 1, 2018 11:50:13 GMT
I think it looks like an exciting season and will book for all of them, if I can. I've never seen Machinal but have wanted to as it is such an unusual play (and bit of trivia for you - featured Clark Gable in his Broadway debut.) My fingers may slightly pause over the keyboard for 'The Writer' as 'Oil' which I don't remember being the success they describe - it was all over the place - not in a good way, was written by the same playwright - but then again - it was hugely ambitious, so, probably worth a punt.
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