#Lyttelton Theatre

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The Other Place rehearsals are on!

[ineffable-xenanigans]

🔥 Nounou en feu 🔥

There once was a nanny on fire who dressed in haute couture attire. If you come out to play in the garden she may fulfill all your burning desires.

A few days ago I started working on this illustration of Nanny Ashtoreth wearing the iconic Dauphine en feu ("Dauphine on fire") outfit by Thierry Mugler (design details and references under the cut).

Yesterday I realized that the Ineffable Kinktober prompt of the day was "role play", so... that limerick just poured out of me.

Oh, and I wasn't originally planning to draw what's under the outfit, that's also something that kinda just... happened 😳

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Reference images

I initially came across this image when I was compiling my Crowley-coded outfits from The Nanny post. As you can see, it was the main reference for the right side of the illustration.

Source: franfinedatabase.com/413

Upon further research, I found out that this design was part of Thierry Mugler's Les Infernales collection (Fall/Winter 1988). The outfit was named Dauphine en feu and modeled by his muse Dauphine de Jerphanion.

Source: instagram.com/the_reallist/p/C-D2a8SSO3s

I used this other image as the main reference for the left side of the illustration. It's been reposted into oblivion and nobody ever says where it came from (I suspect it's a scan from a fashion magazine but I'm not sure). I linked to the source with the best quality I could find:

Source: voguedolce.tumblr.com/post/179903598827/thierry-mugler-1988

Oh, and for the pose, I used this pic of David Tennant in drag:

Source: alamy.com/nicola-pagett-mrs-prentice-david-tennant-nicholas-beckett-in-what-the-butler-saw-by-joe-orton-at-the-lyttelton-theatre-national-theatre-nt-london-se1-02031995-design-mark-thompson-lighting-rick-fisher-director-phyllida-lloyd-image418027638.html

I looked at about a million different images, including vintage lingerie lol. But those are the main ones! 😇

[upthelagan]

Jason Hughes and Michael Sheen.

Look Back in Anger, Lyttelton Theatre 1999. [X] [X] [X]

[notfspurejam]

The Olivier Award for Best Actor goes to @Markgatiss for @MotiveandTheCue at the @NationalTheatre – Lyttelton & Noël Coward Theatre.

Congratulations, Mark!!!!!!!

[hello-god-its-me-sara]

Murphy with Kristen Johnston in Love Song by John Kolvenbach, directed by John Crowley at New Ambassadors theatre, London, in 2006.

Murphy in Misterman, a one-man play by Enda Walsh, written in 1997 as the follow-up to Disco Pigs, produced for the Lyttelton Theatre, London, in 2012.

Stephen Rea and Murphy in Ballyturk, written and directed by Enda Walsh, at Black Box theatre in 2014.

[azamansource]

ASSAD ZAMAN as Abdul in the 2021 production of East is East, dir. Iqbal Khan 

Salford, 1971. George Khan wants to raise his family in the traditional Pakistani way, but his children have other ideas. Abdul and Tariq aren’t ready to be married off, Saleem is pushing artistic boundaries, Meenah’s skirt is too short and Sajit just wants to hide in his parka. As relations reach breaking point, their English mother, Ella, is torn between her loyalty to George and the happiness of her children. Ayub Khan Din’s much-loved comedy drama, adapted into a BAFTA Award-winning film, reopened the Lyttelton theatre as part of a 25th anniversary tour, directed by Iqbal Khan  

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Congratulations to Laura Donnelly has been nominated for Best Actress in a Play this year. The Olivier Awards 2024 is theatre’s most prestigious honour and has announced its nominations.

The Olivier Awards are recognised internationally as the highest honour in British theatre 🎭 equivalent to the BAFTA Awards for film and television, and the BRIT Awards for music.

Olivier Awards 2024: list of Best Actress nominations

-Laura Donnelly for The Hills of California at the Harold Pinter theatre

-Sophie Okonedo for Medea at @sohoplace

-Sarah Jessica Parker for Plaza Suite at the Savoy theatre

-Sheridan Smith for Shirley Valentine at the Duke of York’s theatre

-Sarah Snook for The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best new play

-Dear England by James Graham at the National Theatre – Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre

-The Hills of California by Jez Butterworth at the Harold Pinter theatre

-The Motive and the Cue by Jack Thorne at the National Theatre – Lyttelton and Noël Coward theatre

-Till the Stars Come Down by Beth Steel at the National Theatre – Dorfman

The competition for nominations has been fierce during an outstanding year for theatre with significantly more productions than last year. There has been a record-breaking number of new plays gracing the stage and a stunning array of on-screen stars treading the boards – including those in striking one-person performances, have stunned with their ground-breaking creativity.

The annual awards will take place on Sunday 14 April at the iconic Royal Albert Hall with a highlights package broadcast on ITV that evening.

@olivierawards @laurafdonnelly #bestactress #OlivierAwards2024 #TheHillsofCalifornia

Posted 6th April 2024

[littlequeenies]

1983 Theatre program for the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

This play was represented from 25th November 1982 to 5th October 1983 at the Cottesloe Theatre, then at The Lyttelton Theatre, then toured in Bath Theatre Royal, Cardiff New Theatre, Glasgow Theatre Royal and returned to The Lyttelton Theatre.

Marsha Hunt plays the role of Hippolyta.

From e-bay.

[pers-books]

[ID A woman with short dark hair (Harriet Walter) looks directly at the camera and reaches out towards the lens with her left hand. She wears a black shirt and the backdrop is orange.]

The House of Bernarda Alba

by Alice Birch after Federico García Lorca a co-production with Playful Productions

16 November 2023 — 6 January 2024

Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre, South Bank, London SE1 9PX

You bring such scandal to my house In the domain of Bernarda Alba, a daughter who disobeys is no longer a daughter. Forced to live under their mother’s tight grip as they mourn their father’s death, can five sisters survive when young Adela dares for passion and freedom? Olivier Award-winner Harriet Walter (Succession) plays the formidable matriarch, guarding her reputation against the rising tide of her family’s desires in this pitch-black drama exploring the consequences of oppressing women. Following Olivier Award-winning revivals of Cabaret and A Streetcar Named Desire, Rebecca Frecknall makes her directorial debut at the National Theatre with Alice Birch’s (Normal People) radical version of Federico García Lorca’s modern masterpiece.

*brb squeeing and flailing*

(I mean, I can't go, but Oh My Fucking Gods!)

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October 19, 1993: Royal National Theatre's Sweeney Todd closes at the Cottesloe in London to transfer to the Lyttelton.

[denimbex1986]

'...Cunard Best Revival

The Effect by Lucy Prebble at the National Theatre – Lyttelton

Macbeth by William Shakespeare at the Donmar Warehouse

Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell at the Duke Of York’s Theatre

Vanya by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Simon Stephens at the Duke Of York’s Theatre

Best Actor

Joseph Fiennes for Dear England at the National Theatre – Olivier and Prince Edward Theatre

Mark Gatiss for The Motive And The Cue at the National Theatre – Lyttelton and Noël Coward Theatre

James Norton for A Little Life at the Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre

Andrew Scott for Vanya at the Duke Of York’s Theatre

David Tennant for Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse...'

[upthelagan]

Jason Hughes. Look Back in Anger. Lyttelton Theatre 1999. [X]

[wellthatwasaletdown]

https://www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/review-the-effect-at-the-lyttelton-national-theatre

Review

Is this the article that anon was talking about dropping along with the pic of them? LOL

There have been reviews in major papers dropping almost daily since that press event. One just ran in the New York Times 4 days ago.

[thequietabsolute]

The Habit of Art // Alan Bennett

The Habit of Art is a 2009 play by English playwright Alan Bennett, centred on a fictional meeting between W. H. Auden and Benjamin Britten while Britten is composing the opera Death in Venice. It premiered on 5 November 2009 at the Lyttelton Theatre at the Royal National Theatre, with the central roles filled by Alex Jennings as Britten and Richard Griffiths as Auden (the latter replacing Michael Gambon, who had to withdraw from the production due to minor ill health).

[karenonlinereviews]

Dear Octopus - National Theatre (Lyttelton Theatre) - 7.30pm Saturday 9 March 2024

This was the second show I saw on a 2 show day at the National Theatre complex, both of which were £10 tickets in the weekly Friday Rush. This play is a comedy drama about a family get together. There was a lot of characters that didn’t really impact on story and made it feel a bit long,but it had quite a few laughs and an interesting revolving set. 7/10

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Kin

Created by Amit Lahav

a Gecko Production

2024年1月20日 National Theatre Lyttelton

フィジカル・シアター・カンパニー Geckoの芸術監督であるLahav自身の祖母が1932年にイエメンからパレスチナに移住した経験をヒントに、難民として国境を越えること、移住先での困難、若者の排外主義への傾倒といったテーマを80分の作品にまとめたもの。Mime Londonの一環。

おおまかに、「作者の祖母の経験に基づいた移民の話」「もうひとつの移民集団（家族？）の話」「オールドカマーとニューカマーの衝突」「保守的な家庭の子息が排外主義になる話」で構成されている。カンパニーのほとんどは海外にルーツを持ち、それぞれの第一言語でセリフを話すが字幕は出ない。この、複数の物語を並行して語っていく構成と完全にセリフなしではないという点で、ややとっちらかったというか集中力が削がれる感じがした。これらのテーマはそれぞれ30分くらいのマイム作品として作った方がメッセージ性も強くなったのではないか。とはいえ、特に国境警備隊の群舞は無国籍かつ躍動的で見ていてとても楽しい。視覚的には特に照明の使い方が印象に残る。