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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 11:37:30 GMT
In addition to Glenda's King Lear .. www.oldvictheatre.com/news/2016/05/20162017-season/NO’S KNIFE by Samuel Beckett Performed by Lisa Dwan 29 Sep – 15 Oct 2016 ART by Yasmina Reza Translated by Christopher Hampton Directed by Matthew Warchus 2 Dec 2016 – 16 Jan 2017 WOYZECK by Georg Büchner in a new version by Jack Thorne Directed by Joe Murphy 25 Feb – 15 Apr 2017 Starring John Boyega out of Star Wars (which is a popular film, if you're wondering) And coming later ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD DR. SEUSS’S THE LORAX FANNY AND ALEXANDER GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S HMS PINNAFORE |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 11:45:09 GMT
I really hate the new logo.
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Post by n1david on May 4, 2016 11:48:13 GMT
I really hate the new logo. It's a really ugly website. |
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Post by theatremiss on May 4, 2016 11:59:31 GMT
Not impressed by the logo change or website. Pretty underwhelmed by what's on offer tbh. May try to get tix for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
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Post by Marwood on May 4, 2016 12:02:50 GMT
Might try for Art and/or Woyzeck, will wait to see who is in Rosencrantz before deciding on that one.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 12:10:25 GMT
The website has got worse somehow? I'm definitely up for Lear, Woyzeck and The Lorax, I'm definitely skipping the Beckett, and I'll wait for a little more info on the rest.
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Post by Phantom of London on May 4, 2016 12:26:37 GMT
1st impression was underwhelmed, but glad to see Art.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead has recently played at the Haymarket within the last 5 years.
Thought they might give an American playwright a go, I know they have just done Eugene O'Neill's - The Hairy Ape, but was really hoping they would have done something by Neil Simon whose work hasn't been performed in London for years or since the Sunshine Boys was done at the Savoy.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 12:33:04 GMT
I like the look of the new season as it happens but really, let's be honest, it's all about Glenda isn't it.
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Post by talkstageytome on May 4, 2016 12:39:43 GMT
Loved John Boyega in a couple of films (most recently Star Wars!) so I'm definitely interested in that. Also never caught The Lorax so may fit that in too. Nothing mindblowing though really.
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Post by mosiemo on May 4, 2016 13:41:59 GMT
I like the look of the new season as it happens but really, let's be honest, it's all about Glenda isn't it. Indeed, but what happens if she doesn't go on one night? Will we get our money back? Oh, hang on, wrong thread, wrong Glenn.... |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 13:51:24 GMT
Aside from Woyzeck (read it at uni, but only ever seen it performed as an opera!), I'm a bit underwhelmed. And I'm afraid the cast isn't thrilling enough to get me in for Lear, given that it's a play I find dull at the best of times.
But I recommend The Lorax - if I hadn't seen it already, I'd be going to that.
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Post by foxa on May 4, 2016 14:45:54 GMT
I think the Beckett will be a hard sell (for me at least.)
I'm a bit worried about the 'Lear' - especially Jane Horrocks.
I didn't see 'Art' before so might be interested, but that will be all about the casting, I reckon.
Woyzeck I know really well and have seen a lot.
Hmmm....
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Post by caa on May 4, 2016 14:56:25 GMT
I didn't think the Lorox was that much of a success when it was on as there seemed to be lots of offers available
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Post by raiseitup on May 4, 2016 15:06:38 GMT
Christ that redesign is awful! I'm not exactly drawn to any of the new season announcements either, bit of a damp squib all round.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 16:02:42 GMT
I like the look of the new season as it happens but really, let's be honest, it's all about Glenda isn't it. Indeed, but what happens if she doesn't go on one night? Will we get our money back? Oh, hang on, wrong thread, wrong Glenn....  |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 16:18:38 GMT
Woyzeck I know really well and have seen a lot. Fingers crossed for this Woyzeck squarely aimed at young adults with lead actor John (Star Wars) Boyega in a new version by Jack (Harry Potter) Thorne directed by Joe (Nabokov) Murphy. |
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Post by DuchessConstance on May 4, 2016 18:29:27 GMT
Excited for Lear, Art, R&G which I've shamefully never seen (apart from as a teen and not really able to understand), and maybe the Beckett.
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Post by Latecomer on May 4, 2016 18:48:07 GMT
Woyzeck I know really well and have seen a lot. Fingers crossed for this Woyzeck squarely aimed at young adults with lead actor John (Star Wars) Boyega in a new version by Jack (Harry Potter) Thorne directed by Joe (Nabokov) Murphy. Hated the version Woyzeck on the Highveld that came to Oxford some years ago.....but loved how Jack Thorne adapted Let the Right One In....that was splendid. I think inertia may win in the end....I am grumpy at the Old Vic and their 2 interval leanings....it sort of makes the cheap previews difficult for us travellers from afar and the normal ticket prices are too steep for me! Plus they never sold my cheap ticket when I returned it (as preview was too long)...magically released lots of unsold seats the day before when the show had been sold out! Grump, grumble.... |
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Post by peggs on May 4, 2016 20:27:02 GMT
Well they sent me an email which appears to be empty and the new website has annoyed me so quickly that can't be bothered wandering around it to find the new information. Think this will all depend if they're still doing previews and I happen to be able to book on that day, the Lear i'm probably most interested by Harry Melling and could be R and G tempted dependent on casting.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 21:11:30 GMT
Shall be trying for Art. Intrigued to see what the casting is going to be like on this. Three star vehicles? Hmmm.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 21:59:34 GMT
Well they sent me an email which appears to be empty Yes, I got one of those too. |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2016 1:20:52 GMT
The new font/logo is an eyesore!...and I was only just getting over the yellow/blue/pink colour scheme!
It looks like someone has just rushed a quick Microsoft Word document and did it using WordArt.
Nowhere near as nice as the graphics used under Spacey.
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Post by peelee on May 5, 2016 8:30:08 GMT
It's odd how after all this cyberspace-time, some institutions still get their websites wrong. Occasionally they even manage to make what was not bad at all into something much worse than its predecessor.
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Post by kathryn on May 5, 2016 9:27:26 GMT
Sometimes hands are more tied than you think - new technologies and standards come in and you have to update or you'll end up with a pretty website that just doesn't work for large swathes of people. And then of course the new technologies you're updating to implement have bugs, and turn out to be worse than the old versions, and
you have to re-design but don't have the money to spend on it because the new implementation costs more than it should....
It's amazing how much it can cost just to seem to stand still, from the point of view of the end-user.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2016 11:20:47 GMT
Many modern websites don't work because they're using modern technology and rely on incredibly complicated programming to reimplement basic functions. Instead of using standard links that all browsers can handle natively they write special handlers to detect that the left mouse button has been clicked, but that fails to work for people trying to navigate using the keyboard or who want to do something like open the link in the background. Some problems are caused by bugs in web browsers, but most of the time they're the result of web programmers assuming that the "clever" bit of code that's customised to their own environment will work for everyone.
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