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Post by Theatre Fan on Aug 25, 2020 12:20:21 GMT
World premiere of Henry Filloux-Bennett’s online play What A Carve Up!, based on Jonathan Coe’s critically acclaimed satirical novel.
The digital production will be directed by Tamara Harvey (Home, I’m Darling).
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Post by Someone in a tree on Aug 25, 2020 12:44:14 GMT
Ohhh I loved the novel. If you like the tory party this isn't the book for you
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 27, 2020 11:18:21 GMT
Trailer now released.
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Post by david on Oct 31, 2020 16:19:07 GMT
A good 90 minutes spent watching this today. Overall, it was well edited for streaming purposes with Alfred Enoch’s character acting as the narrator of the piece. With some big names in the cast who provide their voices for the play’s characters rather than appearing in person. There was plenty of additional footage used to help set the different scenes which was a nice touch. I’d certainly recommend giving it a watch if you get the chance.
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Post by jadnoop on Nov 22, 2020 1:55:40 GMT
This was rather fab. I've not read the book before, so it took a little while to get into the sprawling story that shifts around in time, space, media and perspective. However, once it all clicked into place it was an interesting murder mystery with a fantastic cast and a dark sense of humour. Some of the characterisations and references are very on-the-nose (the main family are comically horrid), so I can imagine that it won't work for everyone, but I really enjoyed it.
If I have one little niggle it's that it feels slightly mis-advertised as 'theatre'. With a slightly bigger budget this wouldn't seem out of place on Netflix. That's not a negative really, but anyone expecting something like the Old Vic's recent plays online might be a little disappointed.
Highly recommended.
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Post by Jan on Nov 23, 2020 7:39:19 GMT
With some big names in the cast who provide their voices for the play’s characters rather than appearing in person. I'm not that keen on actors recording bits to play into theatre productions - I thought it was quite poor that the entire text of Beckett's "Eh Joe" at Jermyn St. was pre-recorded and just played in. These on-line productions are a different medium of course which easily allow this to be done, and it could be done quite creatively or even acknowledged (you could imagine an Ayckbourn comedy using the idea) but still I think if they are branded as "theatre" all the performances should be live. |
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Post by david on Nov 24, 2020 15:24:00 GMT
With some big names in the cast who provide their voices for the play’s characters rather than appearing in person. I'm not that keen on actors recording bits to play into theatre productions - I thought it was quite poor that the entire text of Beckett's "Eh Joe" at Jermyn St. was pre-recorded and just played in. These on-line productions are a different medium of course which easily allow this to be done, and it could be done quite creatively or even acknowledged (you could imagine an Ayckbourn comedy using the idea) but still I think if they are branded as "theatre" all the performances should be live. I was rather hoping to see the whole cast in person in the recording rather than in the way it was done here. That was a let down for me in this production. |
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