Regional Theatre, what are you watching?

[Kayemm]

I wondered if there would be interest in a thread about theatre that isn't London? Any theatre from the big ones to your local.

I have tickets for...

Operation Mincemeat at The Lowry
Road at The Royal Exchange
The Tempest, The Cherry Orchard, Driftwood and Arturo Ui at the RSC.
The Thrill of Love, a play about Ruth Ellis at Wigan Little Theatre.

I didn’t even know that. I didn’t book the tickets. What a fantastic job they made if it.

Going to see Operation Mincemeat in Sussex
And The Tempest at RSC Stratford

ooooho yes me too for The Tempest so excited! We don’t have our usual seats and I am behind a pillar :) but I think it will be fine <cranes neck>

Oh, saw an excellent production of The Tempest last year at Shakespeare North. Hadn't seen The Tempest in years (decades) so i was pleased to see it was getting an airing.

Tonight I watched Waiting For Godot at Bolton Octagon. Really good and well received by the audience. Lead roles were played by Matthew Kelly and George Costigan.

The High Life, musical revival of Alan Cumming and Forbes Mason’s 1990s sitcom. Very much not going to transfer south of the border, given the amount of very dated Scottish references but hilarious throughout and very OTT, pantomime esq. AC repeatedly breaks fourth wall, various BAFTAs and Traitors gags as well, and the “legacy” cast and new additions work well together.

also got a 10m bonus of AC and FM adlibbing while there was a technical issue. Peak gag of that was-

AC to an audience member: where are you from?
AM: Montrose
AC: i’m sorry
AM: Montrose
AC: I heard, I'm just sorry

ancient but hilariously done.

it was also the BSL interpreted performance. They had 2 interpreters given the amount of dialogue, asides etc, who were very much part of the show, uniforms etc, and now I know BSL for ginger.

I saw that production of Waiting for Godot and agree it was excellent- i thoroughly enjoyed seeing both actors.

Was that the one about the cabin crew @Medee ? I do remember it but am very far south so won’t be seeing it, but sounds good.

That's the one @ExcellentDaydreams - Air Scotia!

I saw the NT screening of All My Sons last night. Very powerful - recommended.

I enjoyed The Secret Garden at York. We commented it wasn't in the style of so many big production musicals but the cast was excellent and it had charm.

Only Sylvia at the Lowry to look forward to at the moment.

So did I, amazing wasn't it?

How do they do that 8 times a week??

@EwwSprouts I didn't love The Secret Garden - I thought the cast were excellent, but wasn't keen on the play itself which focused on the adults and their love triangle rather than the children and the healing power of nature, and I found that casting an adult as Dickon changed the time as well.

I saw the RSC touring Hamlet in York last night, and loved it - the staging was amazing!

Re RSC Hamlet. I saw this production and I agree the staging was on an ocean liner was visually stunning, although slightly at odds with the story line. I didn’t enjoy Ralph Davis as Hamlet though. Yes- madmen mutter to themselves but this is Shakespeare for goodness sake. You need to hear the words.
I was watching this thread to see if anyone else had seen it as I was interested to hear what they thought.

I saw this at Stratford last year and tbf it was not our favourite Stratford production… I felt he went mad very very quickly.

I thought the staging was interesting and for me, really highlighted how literally only Horatio is alive at the end, as the deck heaves with bodies. Unlike other Sh tragedies where there are usually a few more survivors.