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Post by theoracle on Jul 27, 2019 12:28:48 GMT
Surprised there isn’t a thread here yet for one of the best selling shows at the National this upcoming season. Very excited to see Alex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan on stage together at the Lyttleton Theatre. Any insider details, comments related to the show, cast and creative team welcome.
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Post by learfan on Jul 27, 2019 14:11:07 GMT
Planning on seeing this via NT live in November. You can get all the information from their site. It would appear to be a two hander.
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Post by Rory on Jul 27, 2019 16:08:31 GMT
Planning on seeing this via NT live in November. You can get all the information from their site. It would appear to be a two hander. There are currently 4 cast members listed on the NT site. |
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Post by theoracle on Jul 27, 2019 17:09:02 GMT
Booked for September 4th. Availability of tickets very pleasingas more tickets seem to be released each day. Was heartbroken when the first batch of tickets went I sale and sold out within the week initially. Any one have any experience of Simon Woods or Simon Goodwin’s work?
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Post by learfan on Jul 27, 2019 17:44:20 GMT
Planning on seeing this via NT live in November. You can get all the information from their site. It would appear to be a two hander. There are currently 4 cast members listed on the NT site. ok, must have been added recently, it was just the two for weeks and weeks. |
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Post by learfan on Jul 27, 2019 17:47:44 GMT
Just seen site, think they are understudies.
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Post by theoracle on Jul 27, 2019 21:53:04 GMT
Is this a two person play then? I would’ve thought there’d be more characters considering the themes of this play. Still both actors have enough star power to deliver through a show on their own merits I’m sure.
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Post by Jan on Jul 28, 2019 9:07:13 GMT
Is this a two person play then? I would’ve thought there’d be more characters considering the themes of this play. Still both actors have enough star power to deliver through a show on their own merits I’m sure. Do they have enough star power to deliver in a two-hander in the Lyttelton though ? Seems an inappropriate venue to say the least. |
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Post by learfan on Jul 28, 2019 10:28:17 GMT
It has sold out its run i think.
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Post by theoracle on Jul 28, 2019 13:05:17 GMT
It has sold out its run i think. Nah, tickets still widely available towards the latter half of the run. And it will be interesting. Two Simons, Alex Jennings and Lindsay Duncan. Do you reckon Alex will be better here than his role in Light in the Piazza? |
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Post by theatrefan77 on Jul 28, 2019 13:16:58 GMT
I really hope so. He wasn't very good at all in Light in the Piazza and his Italian accent was atrocious
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 28, 2019 14:47:14 GMT
To be fair I don't think anyone came off that well in Piazza
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Post by theoracle on Jul 28, 2019 14:55:12 GMT
I really hope so. He wasn't very good at all in Light in the Piazza and his Italian accent was atrocious It was a little exaggerated but I wouldn’t call it atrocious. I’m personally more excited about seeing Lindsay Duncan. It’s been a good couple years since she last performed on stage and I hear shes got quite a presence. Also, if this is a two person play, does this mean no one will dress up as the fox? |
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Post by Jan on Jul 28, 2019 14:58:26 GMT
It has sold out its run i think. Even of it has sold out (it hasn’t) poor reviews and the NT’s returns policy would ensure it un-sells-out. Has there ever been a two-handed play in the Lyttelton before ? I can’t think of any. I can think of a few which almost are (No Man’s Land, Rozencrantz & Guildenstern) but not an actual one. |
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Post by Fleance on Jul 28, 2019 15:56:49 GMT
It has sold out its run i think. Even of it has sold out (it hasn’t) poor reviews and the NT’s returns policy would ensure it un-sells-out. Has there ever been a two-handed play in the Lyttelton before ? I can’t think of any. I can think of a few which almost are (No Man’s Land, Rozencrantz & Guildenstern) but not an actual one. Perhaps Happy Days, with Peggy Ashcroft, in the Lyttleton's early days? And also possibly Landscape? |
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Post by learfan on Jul 28, 2019 16:19:43 GMT
I really hope so. He wasn't very good at all in Light in the Piazza and his Italian accent was atrocious Thought he was great in Piazza, the main reasob i booked and he didnt disappoint. |
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Post by learfan on Jul 28, 2019 16:22:43 GMT
It has sold out its run i think. Even of it has sold out (it hasn’t) poor reviews and the NT’s returns policy would ensure it un-sells-out. Has there ever been a two-handed play in the Lyttelton before ? I can’t think of any. I can think of a few which almost are (No Man’s Land, Rozencrantz & Guildenstern) but not an actual one. Jeez! Easy, i did say "i think" looking at the NT site availability is not good for the end of the run. Sigh. |
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Post by theoracle on Jul 28, 2019 17:45:21 GMT
Even of it has sold out (it hasn’t) poor reviews and the NT’s returns policy would ensure it un-sells-out. Has there ever been a two-handed play in the Lyttelton before ? I can’t think of any. I can think of a few which almost are (No Man’s Land, Rozencrantz & Guildenstern) but not an actual one. Jeez! Easy, i did say "i think" looking at the NT site availability is not good for the end of the run. Sigh. I don’t really agree with speculating that this will receive poor reviews with both leads being Olivier Award winners and it seems unlikely that any would stage anything that audiences are unlikely to warm towards. Also booked for the Conversation with Alex and Lindsay on November 14th. There seems to be a lot of talks/workshops related to this play even though it’s got quite a short run |
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Post by Jan on Jul 28, 2019 18:41:01 GMT
Even of it has sold out (it hasn’t) poor reviews and the NT’s returns policy would ensure it un-sells-out. Has there ever been a two-handed play in the Lyttelton before ? I can’t think of any. I can think of a few which almost are (No Man’s Land, Rozencrantz & Guildenstern) but not an actual one. Perhaps Happy Days, with Peggy Ashcroft, in the Lyttleton's early days? And also possibly Landscape? Yes Happy Days was one certainly. Landscape - yes a two-hander - the Penelope Wilton one was in the Cottesloe. The Simon Russell-Beale one was in the Lyttelton but part of a double bill so not really a stand-alone two-hander. I couldn’t find any others. |
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Post by londonpostie on Jul 28, 2019 19:31:27 GMT
I'm intrigued about first-time writer Simon Woods - quite a coup for the old Etonian and Magdalen College actor.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2019 21:00:26 GMT
Three people managed to fill the Olivier very well in the Lehman Trilogy - I don't see why two people in the Lyttelton should be intrinsically a problem.
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Post by princeton on Jul 28, 2019 22:28:20 GMT
Half a two-hander at the Lyttleton when Vanessa Redgrave appeared in the one-person dramatisation of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking.
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Post by mistressjojo on Jul 29, 2019 5:43:06 GMT
Quite a few seats have just opened up for Sept 4th if anyone is wanting.
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Post by tmesis on Jul 29, 2019 7:49:52 GMT
Three people managed to fill the Olivier very well in the Lehman Trilogy - I don't see why two people in the Lyttelton should be intrinsically a problem. Well each to his/her own but The Lehman Trilogy bored me senseless. However, I'm really looking forward to Hansard. |
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Post by theatrefan77 on Jul 29, 2019 8:00:17 GMT
Three people managed to fill the Olivier very well in the Lehman Trilogy - I don't see why two people in the Lyttelton should be intrinsically a problem. The Lehman Trilogy played at the Lyttelton |
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