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london theatre?

alas

19:51 / 13.02.02

(which we 'mericans spell "theater" let's call the whole thing off)....

does anybody out there still go to live theater? you know, the kind with actors, rather than celluloid or whatever it is? i'd like to see one good play whilst (we say "while" but "whilst" really is wonderful and sounds fairy-talish to my yanqui ears...) i'm there next week, but not sure what's really worthwhile, and don't really know the scene...and i trust lithers more than anyone else in the whole wide world.

advice? anyone?

wembley can change in 28 days

20:55 / 14.02.02

I saw "The Island" when it was in Toronto, and it was amazing. I highly recommend that piece, directed and acted by some of the masters of their genre.

"Noises Off" is also playing, and damn if that isn't a lot of fun. I'm not actually in London right now, so I don't have much of a finger on the pulse of the fringe theatre there, so I'll just recommend "The Island" again. Amazing.

sleazenation

09:13 / 15.02.02

The island is currently playing at the old vic which is just down the road from our flat. It is aparrently very good tho' i haven't go t to see it yet (yes terrible i know, but whatchagonna do?)

As for Theatre in general- last year i saw more plays and performances than i saw films in the cinema (last year was a bit of a film desert for me) And a fair few barbelithers are heavily involved in the theatre from writer/directors to stage managers to performers.

w1rebaby

09:13 / 15.02.02

I recommend you see "Prisoner's Dilemma" at the Barbican, if possible.

This is not because I've seen it, but I have heard great things about it and I really want to see it. It's a drama about peace negotiators in Eastern Europe, supposed to be excellent.

alas

09:13 / 15.02.02

thanks, all! I'd love to hear more about Barbelithians in the London theatre scene, if anyone's willing to share....

mondo a-go-go

09:13 / 15.02.02

i know that the island is all widely acclaimed and only just round the corner from our flat, and my mum wants to go and see it, but i can't bring myself to. see, a few years back i saw a play written by athol fugard and starring john kani that i remember not being very good, despite all the accolades.

and once bitten, twice shy 'n' all that...

mother clap's molly house is supposed to be very good. i'm thinking about that one.

though actually what i most want to see at the moment is south pacific. "stingy bastard!"

Persephone

09:13 / 15.02.02

If you can catch one or two Restoration or 18th c. comedies, that might be worth your while. They hardly ever get produced in the States & then when they do, the interpretation is always too heavy on the bawdy, which is especially dumb for the 18th c. ones. Whereas I think in London there's a more continuous tradition of these, done very nicely. Titles The Provoked Wife and The Careless Husband and the like.

wembley can change in 28 days

12:08 / 16.02.02

quote:Originally posted by kookymojo:
though actually what i most want to see at the moment is south pacific. "stingy bastard!"

Now that I'd love to see in London. Between "I'm as corny as Kansas in August" and the esoteric, I've-come-to-sleep-with-your-family-French Emile de Becque, I think there's a hoot or two simply in context.

You saxy man!

mondo a-go-go

21:23 / 17.02.02

heh. i must profess a love for it that dates back to when i was 6yrs old and moved into the place i spent most of my life in. the woman downstairs was an actress (she still does some stuff, i guess) and she played bloody mary the year we moved in. so my earliest memories of her are of her practising her lines and screaming "stingy bastard!"

plus, for i'm gonna wash that man right out of my hair, y'gotta love it.

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