Rev Stan's theatre blog tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-86673150496118539 2012-02-25T21:57:28+00:00 I have an expensive theatre habit TypePad Tis Pity She's a Whore - channelling Tracey Emin's My Bed tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0168e7fb8970970c 2012-02-25T21:57:28+00:00 2012-02-25T21:58:59+00:00 Tracey Emin’s My Bed must surely be the inspiration for the setting of Cheek By Jowl’s Tis Pity She's a Whore? The company, which I’m rapidly growing quite fond of, sets John Ford’s Jacobean drama in the contemporary bedroom of tragic teenage heroine Annabella (Lydia Wilson). Her red-sheeted bed takes... Rev Stan http://theatre.revstan.com/2012/02/tis-pity-shes-a-whore-channelling-tracey-emins-my-bed.html In Basildon - review round up tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b016762dc5d9a970b 2012-02-23T20:30:28+00:00 2012-02-23T20:30:28+00:00 I saw In Basildon on Monday and gave it four stars. It lost a star for the staging which added nothing and for wanting a teeny bit of script pruning to balance the pace but otherwise was extremely enjoyable and very well done. The professionals saw it on Wednesday and... Rev Stan http://theatre.revstan.com/2012/02/in-basildon-review-round-up.html In Basildon - great play, stupidly staged tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b016301d77801970d 2012-02-22T19:54:49+00:00 2012-02-22T20:01:56+00:00 The first thing to say about the Royal Court's latest offering on its main stage is 'why have they put the stage in the middle of the theatre?' They did something similar for Sucker Punch, a year or so ago, a play set in a boxing club and it worked... Rev Stan http://theatre.revstan.com/2012/02/in-basildon-great-play-would-be-greater-with-a-bit-of-editing.html Theatre related stuff on TV and Radio Feb 21 - 27 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0168e7b8974a970c 2012-02-21T07:46:46+00:00 2012-02-21T07:46:46+00:00 Compiled by @polyg Tuesday February 21 7:15pm on BBC Radio 4: Front Row interviews Charlotte Keatley about her new play Our Father and its production at the Watford Palace Theatre. Wednesday February 22 7:15pm on BBC Radio 4: Olivia Colman is interviewed at Front Row about her new stage role... Rev Stan http://theatre.revstan.com/2012/02/theatre-related-stuff-on-tv-and-radio-feb-21-27.html Wigs and onesie's - it's The Way of the World tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0167629eba97970b 2012-02-19T18:23:19+00:00 2012-02-19T18:23:19+00:00 If for nothing else but the costumes and wigs, playing the character of Witwoud in The Way of the World, for Samuel Barnett, must be heaps of fun. As well as modern spins on frock coats, ruffled cuffs and a rather fetching striped onesie complete with night cap he also... Rev Stan http://theatre.revstan.com/2012/02/wigs-and-oneseys-its-the-way-of-the-world.html Boy in a Dress in Oval tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b016301971f26970d 2012-02-18T09:43:50+00:00 2012-02-18T21:39:57+00:00 La JohnJoseph has led what is best described as colourful life so far. Raised a Catholic in Liverpool by a mother who married five times, producing half brothers and sisters along the way, his pretty looks led to him being mistaken for a girl and a homophobic attack at school... Rev Stan http://theatre.revstan.com/2012/02/man-in-a-dress-in-oval.html Is Shakespeare shaping up to be the most exciting theatre of 2012? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0168e7693862970c 2012-02-15T20:11:42+00:00 2012-02-16T19:10:27+00:00 I know we are getting extra helpings of Shakespeare, what with it being the cultural Olympiad and all that but it feels like all the plays I'm particularly excited about seeing this year were written by the bard. First there was the announcement that Jonjo O'Neill is to play a... Rev Stan http://theatre.revstan.com/2012/02/is-shakespeare-shaping-up-to-be-the-most-exciting-theatre-of-2012.html Floundering in The Shallow End tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0168e75ad607970c 2012-02-14T21:16:55+00:00 2012-02-14T21:16:55+00:00 I can imagine that when Doug Lucie's play about the dangers of the big media corporations vying for world domination was first staged at the Royal Court in 1997 the ruthless business plans and lack of social conscious displayed was perhaps shocking. Today when we've seen newspapers scandalised by phone... Rev Stan http://theatre.revstan.com/2012/02/floundering-in-the-shallow-end.html Pics: The Recruiting Officer at Donmar Warehouse via @whatsonstage tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0163015572f0970d 2012-02-13T23:25:32+00:00 2012-02-13T23:25:32+00:00 Find these production pictures of The Recruiting Officer, which is the first horse out of the Josie Rourke Donmar stable tomorrow, almost too tantalising as I'm not seeing it until April. Never normally leave it late in a run to see something, due to my impatience and not wanting to... Rev Stan http://theatre.revstan.com/2012/02/show-pics-rourke-recruits-carroll-crook-gatiss-for-first-outing-the-recruiting-officer-at-donmar-warehouse-london-p.html Theatre related stuff on TV and Radio Feb 13 - 20 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133ec96767e970b0168e7399b0b970c 2012-02-12T19:09:18+00:00 2012-02-16T22:08:26+00:00 Compiled by @polyg A good selection this week, with two interviews with Josie Rourke Monday February 13 1:45pm on Sky Arts 1: "Pinter's Progress: Philip Saville on Harold Pinter", Philip Saville, Michael Caine and Steven Berkoff talk about Harold Pinter 2:45pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra: Christopher Bigsby's biography of... Rev Stan http://theatre.revstan.com/2012/02/theatre-related-stuff-on-tv-and-radio-feb-13-20.html