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Post by cavocado on Apr 14, 2022 9:11:26 GMT
Just wondered if anyone's heard what the Royal Court is doing after For Black Boys... which closes in 2 weeks? Nothing else listed on their website for the main house, one play in the studio.
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Post by Dave B on Apr 14, 2022 9:17:59 GMT
I'm booked for two Palestinians go dogging which is upstairs next month. The lack of other announcements combined with reviews and what seem to be good ticket sales make me think For Black Boys… might get a couple of weeks added on.
The Song Project is (was?) due downstairs for a couple of weeks or so in June but that seems to have vanished from the website.
Other than those, yup all quiet. I assume there must be an imminent new season announcement (YV announced theirs this morning) and I think they are often around the same time. We are members at both so the wallet takes a bit of a hit with booking when they do!
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Post by cavocado on Apr 14, 2022 17:33:59 GMT
I hope you're right that For Black Boys... will be extended.
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Post by Dave B on Apr 20, 2022 7:25:06 GMT
Announcement coming today, friends booking tomorrow, general sale Friday (via RC Friends mailing list yesterday)
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Post by Rory on Apr 20, 2022 10:35:48 GMT
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Post by crowblack on Apr 20, 2022 10:53:30 GMT
'Dave Davidson' sounds very Writer McWriteface.
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Post by wiggymess on Apr 20, 2022 10:57:39 GMT
Intriguing to say the least. The main issue for me being if we don't know who the actual writer is I'm not particularly inclined to book.
I hope, for their sake, the mystery and the "game" of it sells it well.
Also, is that the entirety of today's announcement? Was hoping for a whole season...
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Post by Dave B on Apr 20, 2022 11:17:00 GMT
Also, is that the entirety of today's announcement? Was hoping for a whole season... The friends email did say it was 'our next Jerwood Theatre Downstairs production', so no, no season  |
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Post by cavocado on Apr 20, 2022 11:36:05 GMT
I was hoping for more than one play too, but this sounds interesting. It's weird not to know much about who he is, but it's refreshing to have a new playwright who isn't either a 20-something or someone from a theatre/arts background. I'm quite excited by someone bringing a whole different life experience to playwriting.
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Post by wiggymess on Apr 20, 2022 12:06:52 GMT
I was hoping for more than one play too, but this sounds interesting. It's weird not to know much about who he is, but it's refreshing to have a new playwright who isn't either a 20-something or someone from a theatre/arts background. I'm quite excited by someone bringing a whole different life experience to playwriting. I don't want to spoil anyone's fun or anything but I seriously doubt that the bio is true. Of course it's possible but I think very unlikely. The booking page has changed slightly too I think (unless I'm going mad) - I'm sure it said "This is his first play." which contradicts the fact that Simon Stephens says he had been "working steadily in the fringes of the London new writing scene when I first met him on a writers’ group" and Dennis Kelly calling him "quite simply the best playwright that this country has never produced" They've now changed to "This is his first play ever produced." Might be a genuine error. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Apr 20, 2022 12:19:14 GMT
If this had been an announcement at the start of this month, we would have been smirking at a not very convincing April Fool gag.
It just doesn't ring true
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Post by mrnutz on Apr 20, 2022 12:27:37 GMT
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Post by mrnutz on Apr 20, 2022 12:30:06 GMT
My previous post isn't showing up for some reason, but there is a Security Officer called Dave Davidson on LinkedIn...
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Post by cavocado on Apr 20, 2022 12:49:03 GMT
Yes it does sound odd, so hopefully he's not the head of security at the NT using his contacts, or Mike Bartlett doing a Robert Galbraith... But anything remotely like that would be very dishonest and would cast a lot of doubt on the RC's integrity and values - not something they'd risk after Rare Earth Mettle surely? Isn't it believable that someone from a non-theatre background has drifted in and out of writers' groups for years, met professional playwrights, but taken a long time to write his first professional play and find a theatre to take it on? Maybe less believable that he could keep his identity a secret (are there any aspiring playwrights here who've noticed a guy in dark glasses and a wig attending writing workshops for years?)
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Post by wiggymess on Apr 20, 2022 12:50:12 GMT
My previous post isn't showing up for some reason, but there is a Security Officer called Dave Davidson on LinkedIn... Strange for someone who wishes to be anonymous to post his place of work on the internet. Is there a photo of him on there? (I don't have a linkedin) |
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Post by wiggymess on Apr 20, 2022 12:51:37 GMT
Yes it does sound odd, so hopefully he's not the head of security at the NT using his contacts, or Mike Bartlett doing a Robert Galbraith... But anything remotely like that would be very dishonest and would cast a lot of doubt on the RC's integrity and values - not something they'd risk after Rare Earth Mettle surely? Isn't it believable that someone from a non-theatre background has drifted in and out of writers' groups for years, met professional playwrights, but taken a long time to write his first professional play and find a theatre to take it on? Maybe less believable that he could keep his identity a secret (any aspiring playwrights here who've noticed a guy in dark glasses and a wig attending writing workshops for years?) I think considering the play is about identity theft I doubt many sensible people would find it dishonest or cast doubt on their values... Could be completely wrong of course but I fully expect this to be part of the whole concept. It seems likely to be some sort of meta way of someone else claiming the work of the actual playwright, something along those lines perhaps. |
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Post by mrnutz on Apr 20, 2022 13:02:22 GMT
My previous post isn't showing up for some reason, but there is a Security Officer called Dave Davidson on LinkedIn... Strange for someone who wishes to be anonymous to post his place of work on the internet. Is there a photo of him on there? (I don't have a linkedin) No, but it says he's worked at Anubis Security Ltd (a real company based in Carluke, Scotland) since May 2018. It could be a different chap, of course. |
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Post by cavocado on Apr 20, 2022 13:51:24 GMT
Fair point wiggymess. I hadn't made the connection between the subject of the play and the mystery around the playwright. |
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Post by wiggymess on Apr 20, 2022 14:27:35 GMT
Fair point wiggymess . I hadn't made the connection between the subject of the play and the mystery around the playwright. Didn't want to burst anyone's bubble, I'm just aware people might be booking based on the bio of the playwright and be disappointed. If he is real he sounds fantastic! Having said all that, I think I might now be sufficiently intrigued to give it a go and book anyway. |
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Post by keepitupstairs on Apr 20, 2022 18:13:27 GMT
I would bet money on it being DK and SS writing under a pseudonym.
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Post by kate8 on Apr 20, 2022 20:24:15 GMT
It feels like it’s gone from being something thst sounded quite interesting to an in-joke that is a bit questionable (and a headache for people like me with Aspergers who take info at face value). Personally the idea of a security guard (or doctor or farmer or fisherman or any other non-theatre job) bringing their extensive life experience and perspective to playwriting would be a more exciting prospect.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Apr 20, 2022 22:28:01 GMT
Watching the theatre industry tear its hair out trying to figure out who or what this is might be more entertaining than the play.
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Post by Stephen on Apr 20, 2022 23:04:51 GMT
Well they've got people talking.
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Post by Dave B on Apr 21, 2022 11:16:07 GMT
Happily booked £12 Monday tickets in the just opened Friends booking. BurlyBeaR , do we maybe rename this as a thread for That Is Not Who I Am, as just the one announced play took over most of the discussion? - Thanks! |
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Post by Marwood on Apr 21, 2022 12:49:04 GMT
There’s at least eight Dave Davidsons showing on my LinkedIn when I just looked, none of whom are displayed as security officers: I’m not tempted to dig deeper ‘**** ****** viewed your profile on LinkedIn’: maybe it’s some great artistic scheme to get everyone having a good nose about online but I’m still not tempted to book for this, maybe it will have acting royalty in it but I’m just not bothered about it.
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