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Post by showgirl on Aug 20, 2018 3:23:20 GMT
Like learfan, it's news of future Swan productions I'm awaiting. The Shakespeares aren't for me and nor is the main house but I love the Swan and the new work I've seen there this year (Mrs Rich and Miss Littlewood). |
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Aug 20, 2018 5:18:44 GMT
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Post by learfan on Aug 20, 2018 5:18:44 GMT
Like learfan, it's news of future Swan productions I'm awaiting. The Shakespeares aren't for me and nor is the main house but I love the Swan and the new work I've seen there this year (Mrs Rich and Miss Littlewood). M4M for me, hopefully with Tennant. But yes fingers crossed for a good Swan season. |
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Sept 3, 2018 20:31:59 GMT
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Post by learfan on Sept 3, 2018 20:31:59 GMT
Still no news, must be imminent?
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Sept 3, 2018 21:41:58 GMT
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Post by theatremad on Sept 3, 2018 21:41:58 GMT
Keep an eye on twitter. Last few times theyve teased the day before
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Post by theatremad on Sept 5, 2018 8:56:15 GMT
Think we have a date. Twitter is saying "5 days"
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Post by theatremad on Sept 5, 2018 9:21:29 GMT
RSC are silent to my response
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Sept 5, 2018 12:02:39 GMT
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Post by learfan on Sept 5, 2018 12:02:39 GMT
Looks like Monday then.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2018 16:43:44 GMT
The problem is finding an AD who is prepared to relegate their other work and focus on Shakespeare, you won’t get many of the best directors because of that. Simon Godwin maybe? He’d be great but has his eye firmly fixed on the Nash. Not that firmly ... he's just been appointed as the new Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington DC. His tenure starts with the 2020 season, so I would assume this rules him out of either the RSC or the National for a good while. In fact his predecessor was in the post for 30 years! www.shakespearetheatre.org/newsroom/michael-kahn-retire-artistic-director-shakespeare-theatre-company/ |
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Sept 5, 2018 17:09:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2018 17:09:20 GMT
The Washington Post article is well worth a read, he’s saying what I’d love the next AD of the National and RSC to be saying. Shame it looks like it won’t be him for the foreseeable future
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Post by Jan on Sept 5, 2018 17:33:47 GMT
The Washington Post article is well worth a read, he’s saying what I’d love the next AD of the National and RSC to be saying. Shame it looks like it won’t be him for the foreseeable future Probably a pragmatic move on his behalf as he calculates he is the wrong gender to take over next at either the RSC or NT. Rupert Goold has said the same about his prospects of taking over at the NT when that post becomes vacant (hopefully soon). |
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Sept 5, 2018 17:37:29 GMT
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Post by learfan on Sept 5, 2018 17:37:29 GMT
The Washington Post article is well worth a read, he’s saying what I’d love the next AD of the National and RSC to be saying. Shame it looks like it won’t be him for the foreseeable future Probably a pragmatic move on his behalf as he calculates he is the wrong gender to take over next at either the RSC or NT. Rupert Goold has said the same about his prospects of taking over at the NT when that post becomes vacant (hopefully soon). Indeed Norris' contract presumably runs to 2020 so not long. |
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Post by lynette on Sept 5, 2018 19:01:42 GMT
Washington is in for a shock, a nice one I hope. I saw a Hamlet there. It was so slow and dull and formal. So they need some good ole British Theatre gung ho.
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Post by Jan on Sept 5, 2018 19:02:52 GMT
Probably a pragmatic move on his behalf as he calculates he is the wrong gender to take over next at either the RSC or NT. Rupert Goold has said the same about his prospects of taking over at the NT when that post becomes vacant (hopefully soon). Indeed Norris' contract presumably runs to 2020 so not long. There are plenty of candidates for the NT job, but hardly any for the RSC one. Whatever you think of Godwin as a director, and from the little I saw I found him a little flashy and superficial, he has the two essential attributes of actually wanting to run a theatre and a commitment to Shakespeare and has directed half a dozen of his plays - hard to list many directors who match those criteria and even fewer in the same younger age bracket. |
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Sept 5, 2018 19:56:12 GMT
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Post by learfan on Sept 5, 2018 19:56:12 GMT
Indeed Norris' contract presumably runs to 2020 so not long. There are plenty of candidates for the NT job, but hardly any for the RSC one. Whatever you think of Godwin as a director, and from the little I saw I found him a little flashy and superficial, he has the two essential attributes of actually wanting to run a theatre and a commitment to Shakespeare and has directed half a dozen of his plays - hard to list many directors who match those criteria and even fewer in the same younger age bracket. Indeedio though the RSC job wont be available for a few years as Doran will do his ten years which takes us to 2023 and the folio anniversary. Time for someone to come forward. He is a curious choice for the DC job as i thought they would have gone for an American. Kahn had stayed far too long. |
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Sept 5, 2018 19:57:35 GMT
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Post by learfan on Sept 5, 2018 19:57:35 GMT
Washington is in for a shock, a nice one I hope. I saw a Hamlet there. It was so slow and dull and formal. So they need some good ole British Theatre gung ho. Yes Kahn should have gone a while back, 30 years is ridiculous. |
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Post by Jan on Sept 6, 2018 9:14:39 GMT
Washington is in for a shock, a nice one I hope. I saw a Hamlet there. It was so slow and dull and formal. So they need some good ole British Theatre gung ho. Yes Kahn should have gone a while back, 30 years is ridiculous. Sam Walters did 43 years at the Orange Tree |
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Post by lynette on Sept 6, 2018 15:46:53 GMT
I’m just saying that a production like the recent Almeida Hamlet would require medical attendants on stand by in Washington.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 10:28:47 GMT
They're really pushing the countdown to Monday on Twitter, as if there's a really big announcement coming. Is it likely to be something big, or is it just hype for a normal season announcement, do you think?
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Sept 7, 2018 10:51:13 GMT
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Post by learfan on Sept 7, 2018 10:51:13 GMT
Has to be the 2019 season announcement, the timing is right. They dont normally count down like this though so maybe there is a big casting shock or its the project Maria Aberg alluded to in The Stage.
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Post by cirque on Sept 8, 2018 7:11:58 GMT
Otway
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Post by theatremad on Sept 8, 2018 7:22:31 GMT
Venice Preserv'd? Very cryptic cirque 😀 |
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Sept 8, 2018 7:24:43 GMT
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Post by learfan on Sept 8, 2018 7:24:43 GMT
Really? About flipping time they tackled him. Venice Preserved is fairly well known but the Orphan is supposed to be fab too. Billington will be happy, he has been nagging the RSC to do Otway. |
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Post by theatremad on Sept 8, 2018 7:26:18 GMT
Pleased about this if is what we think.
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Sept 8, 2018 8:17:25 GMT
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Post by Jan on Sept 8, 2018 8:17:25 GMT
Venice Preserv'd? Very cryptic cirque 😀 I saw the NT production with McKellen and Pennington. Not much of a play - complicated and dull, one of those where if you don’t concentrate during the first 15 minutes you have no clue what’s going on. |
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Sept 8, 2018 9:09:26 GMT
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Post by learfan on Sept 8, 2018 9:09:26 GMT
Maybe, i had tix for the Almeida production in the mid 90s that got poor reviews, so bad they cut the run short and i got a refund! Nevertheless he is a playwright the RSC should be doing.
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