Free Theatre/Concert Tickets Discussion Thread

[canadian_turtle]

We have a limited number of 50 free passes for the 2.00pm panel: The Future of the West End

To claim your free pass email: s.sladen@live.co.uk

Free passes to this panel are issued on a strictly first-some-first-served basis.


More info:

The Heart of the West End reveals Full Conference Programme

HeartoftheWestEnd

Sunday 25th – Monday 26th March 2012

Theatre Royal Haymarket

An innovate two day conference, The Heart of the West End will bring together some of the UK’s leading academics, theatre owners, makers, managers, performers and critics to discuss, debate and deliberate the West End’s, past, present and future.

Programme for

Sunday 25th March

9.30am-4.30pm will include:

Keynote Speaker Jacky Bratton

(Professor of Cultural History, RHUL)

Dangerous women: or, what’s wrong with the story of the West End?

Guest Speaker John Earl

(Consultant on Historic Theatres)

West End Theatreland, Road Improvements and the Housing of the Working Classes

David Worrall

(Nottingham Trent University)

484,691: Social Assemblage Theory and Theatre Economics in the Georgian West End

Marcus Risdell

(Curator & Librarian, Garrick Club)

James Winston’s management at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

David Mayer

(Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester)

Hotwiring West End Theatres

Anne Varty

(Royal Holloway, University of London)

Oscar Wilde and Beerbohm Tree: A working relationship through letters

Catherine Hindson

(University of Bristol)

Charity and the Popular West End Stage, 1880-1910

Simon Sladen

(University of Winchester)

It’s Behind Us? British Pantomime in London’s West End

Exhibitions: A selection of material from the Theatre Royal Haymarket’s archives and selected reproductions from the Roy Waters Theatre Collection recently acquired by RHUL, including a letter from Oscar Wilde written just before the debut of A Woman of No Importance at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Programme for

Monday 26th March

10.00am-3.30pm will include the following round table discussions and presentations:

Masterclass:

The Haymarket’s Focus on Young People

Chair: Helen Nicholson (RHUL)

Blayne George (TRH Masterclass), Alice Driver and Geoffrey Colman (Head of Acting CSSD) discuss the Theatre Royal Haymarket’s Masterclass Trust; a small charity that has a big impact on young people’s lives with a unique offering of masterclasses, apprenticeships and performance experiences. Masterclass is committed to using theatre and opening up the Theatre Royal Haymarket to inspire and empower young people – the talent of the future.

Performance and the Museum:

Engaging Audiences with Performance at the V&A

Chair: Gilli Bush-Bailey (RHUL)

Join V&A curators

Kate Dorney & Geoffrey Marsh to hear how the Theatre & Performance department engages with West End theatre and contemporary performance through live recording, exhibition and display, performance events. They will also be previewing their forthcoming iPad app which draws on the rich resources of the collection to present a visual history of plays performed in Britain between 1945 and 2010.

Great West End Theatres:

Look Up and See the Building

Theatre producer, documentary director and actor Marc Sinden

will present material from his newly launched series Great West End Theatres.

2.00pm

The Future of the West End

Chair: Karen Fricker (RHUL and Variety theatre critic)

Society of London Theatre (SOLT) / Theatrical Management Association (TMA) chief executive Julian Bird, Guardian theatre critic Lyn Gardner, Sonia Friedman Productions Literary Associate Jack Bradley and playwright Richard Bean come together to discuss the future of the West End.

The Heart of the West End is organised by Dr Gilli Bush-Bailey of the Department of Drama & Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London in collaboration with the V&A and Theatre Royal Haymarket who are hosting the event in their historic auditorium.

http://www.rhul.ac.uk/dramaandtheatre/n ... ramme.aspx

[superhero]

It could so easily see Hayfever made into film, as some sort of "sequel" to Carnage. I really enjoyed the play too.

[hugo_macedo]

I didn't like Hay Fever at all. Could I ask you why you liked it so much? Just in case I missed something ... Maybe I was just too tired and looking forward for a more lively act, that I left half way through.

[superhero]

I think it's very similar to why people like Carnage. The 2nd half does pick up a lot.

[hugo_macedo]

Maybe I will give it a try another time :)! I just have to change my expectations next time !

[Celini]

An incredible dark comedy TONIGHT! HAPPY NEW - If you have not had the chance to see this yet, then now is your chance! Not to be missed - For more info & tickets: https://www.showfilmfirst.com/pin/473553

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[raj101]

well I took the trouble of checking our Rose-Marie before getting tickets. Her stuff on youtube sounds well fuddy duddy lol. no go.

[jojojoanne]

i saw that alert, but didn't go to the tickets cos it said Rosie-Marie ... not Rose-Marie!! i remember her from years ago .. i think she won a talent contest ... she's not my sort of thing either, but i reckon she'd put on a good show ... she had a very powerful voice and she was quite comical too .. i don't reckon young people would enjoy her music, but it mite be alrite for the 'fuddy duddys'!!!

[JMP]

Just got back from Rose-Marie - a real entertainer who was joined on stage (for a good old-fashioned knees up) by a host of well-known friends including Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor), Dot Cotton etc. Very interesting small theatre, with two bars in the auditorium and the Paps outside at the end!

[jojojoanne]

that sounds like a really fun nite out, JMP