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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 12:18:36 GMT
Hmm was hoping for some more exciting theatre names, aside David Thaxton I've not heard of any of them. Still I'm sure they will be great
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Post by ShoesForRent on Jun 6, 2016 12:19:36 GMT
David Thaxton is really having a sad career Why do you say that? (no snark- genuinely curious) |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 12:22:21 GMT
I'd imagine because since his olivier win he really hasn't broken out into any other lead roles. He has kind of vanished,
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Post by stanne on Jun 6, 2016 14:14:00 GMT
David Thaxton is really having a sad career Sorry - but this is a ridiculous comment.
He concentrates most of the time on working with his band Divisions Real and teaching with W1 Workshops with his wife. I believe that this is a choice he made (to work on his own music) and the word "sad" is just unnecessary and impolite.
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Post by couldileaveyou on Jun 6, 2016 14:46:19 GMT
You're right, I'm sorry, I've actually been impolite. I'd love him to play all the great roles he and his talent deserves, but if he wants to focus on him music I wish him all the best.
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Post by theatremiss on Jun 6, 2016 15:25:35 GMT
For me seeing Thaxton has been cast makes me want to go.
I can also say his W1 Workshops are excellent, my daughter has been to loads of them
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Post by stanne on Jun 6, 2016 15:41:42 GMT
For me seeing Thaxton has been cast makes me want to go. I can also say his W1 Workshops are excellent, my daughter has been to loads of them I agree - only really interested in this because of his casting. |
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Post by ali973 on Jun 6, 2016 16:18:45 GMT
David was great in Passion and somehow made Raoul in Love Never Dies pretty great. Pilate does seem like a step down for him.
I feel that casting a black Judas has become just a boring institutionalized casting choice for the role. God forbid should they blind cast Jesus and cast a black guy-or shock gasp-a brown guy.
Overall it's boring and uninspired. I'm not getting a specific vibe from this production. The Lyceum and recent Arena version both had a vision and vibe that came across even from their basic marketing and communication, but I'm having difficulty picking anything up from this version.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 17:29:07 GMT
I dont think ive ever seen a black Judas personally. Granted I've only seen 3 or 4 productions.
This production is a 'gig' inspired production
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 18:15:33 GMT
Judas is black in the film... I've seen a black Jesus in concert- Ray Shell at the Barbican a long while back. Mary Magdalene was black in the first tour. Celina Duncan. And Caiaphas and Annas were always black in the original London production. Black. Brown. White. I don't care really in this show.
The chap they've got for Jesus this time looks a bit too old next to the others. (Not that this is unheard of: Glenn Carter looks like everyone else's dad in the most recent touring production.) Now this grates with me more than the colour thing...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 18:17:35 GMT
I dont think ive ever seen a black Judas personally. Granted I've only seen 3 or 4 productions. This production is a 'gig' inspired production Think Glastonbury, I've been told. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 18:23:13 GMT
I dont think ive ever seen a black Judas personally. Granted I've only seen 3 or 4 productions. This production is a 'gig' inspired production Think Glastonbury, I've been told. Is that a good thing? (Sounds like hell to me...) I agree with ali that there doesn't seem to be a specific vibe from what little marketing there's been. (Or maybe there is but it's passed me by, or I'm not excited by it.) I am looking forward to seeing a show I love but am more concerned about the likelihood of rain than I am about anything else.  |
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Post by Steffi on Jun 6, 2016 18:24:39 GMT
Declan is in his mid thirties. I think he'll look fine age wise. And I can see him bring something special to a gig-inspired production.
I'm looking forward to seeing him.
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Post by theatreboy1 on Jun 6, 2016 19:15:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 19:42:24 GMT
According to the Regent's Park Theatre website he's Judas.
(I wonder if he was Annas, and then found himself promoted, after the original left... The casting announcement is quite late in the day really, isn't it?)
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Post by stanne on Jun 6, 2016 20:57:00 GMT
Just booked for this - looking forward to it (hope it doesn't rain!)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 20:59:17 GMT
Regents park can be a bit late with their casting but you could be right. I thought they might have gone for a bigger musical theatre name for judas
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Post by theatremadness on Jun 6, 2016 23:43:13 GMT
The casting for this was really heavy on having non-MT performers, in fact I think a phrase that was used was "boho/grunge" so I guess that ties in with a more concert style approach, and unknown performers (bar Thaxton, Huntley and definitely a few MT performers in the ensemble!).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 6:00:12 GMT
Where was that info from, theatremadness? (I haven't found very much on this at all...)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 8:27:08 GMT
According to the Regent's Park Theatre website he's Judas. (I wonder if he was Annas, and then found himself promoted, after the original left... The casting announcement is quite late in the day really, isn't it?) The original Judas did indeed leave at quite the last minute….I'm sure Tyrone will be amazing!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 8:51:45 GMT
According to the Regent's Park Theatre website he's Judas. (I wonder if he was Annas, and then found himself promoted, after the original left... The casting announcement is quite late in the day really, isn't it?) The original Judas did indeed leave at quite the last minute….I'm sure Tyrone will be amazing!! Haha! My suspicions were correct. Interestingly, I think the understudy for Judas in the original London production was always the chap who played Annas! Come on then... Spill!  |
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Post by theatremadness on Jun 7, 2016 11:07:56 GMT
Where was that info from, theatremadness? (I haven't found very much on this at all...) Oh it wasn't posted anywhere, it was just what I found out when potentially auditioning for it (not the open call!). |
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Post by carmella1 on Jun 7, 2016 15:14:54 GMT
If the Judas left at the last minute I wonder why they did not cast Tim Rogers who had been playing it in the UK tour and obviously could have just stepped into the role.
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Post by Steffi on Jun 7, 2016 15:28:46 GMT
If the Judas left at the last minute I wonder why they did not cast Tim Rogers who had been playing it in the UK tour and obviously could have just stepped into the role. Would he have been available and interested? I saw him in the UK tour last year and quite liked him. |
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Post by jinetefantasma on Jun 7, 2016 19:36:59 GMT
Well... I make the question... Anyone know who was the original Judas in this production? Just curiosity  |
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