#UK Theater

[firstpersonnarrator]

Another review has come in. This time from The Spectator (X)

Headed for the canon: Withnail and I, at the Birmingham Rep, reviewed

Some of the more interesting bits:

“The balance between Adonis Siddique’s Marwood and Robert Sheehan’s Withnail is richer than in the film.”

The reviewer also predicts that this theatre adaptation will become part of the canon of theatre’s great film adaptations, expanding on this with:

“The journey has only just started with this version, which may become part of the permanent repertoire along with Abigail’s Party and Educating Rita. The only drawback is the absence of decent roles for women. An all-female production can’t be far off.”

It was recently asked if a theatre-going virgin to the Withnail & I story should see the film before attending the play. Here, have an answer:

“The production would have thrilled diehard fans. As for newcomers, they would probably have been better to start with the film.”

And a final pro tip from The Spectator’s Lloyd Evans:

“If anyone wants more of Withnail, they should read Robinson’s screenplay whose stage directions are as good as the dialogue.”

[princesssszzzz]

Phoebe Campbell 🙏 Phoebe is harder to find info about than Ewan and Bigfoot combined. The pretty lady in orange is acting coach Adele James she interviewed Harry Collett last year and played Pheobe’s sister in this play.

[yodaprod]

Leicester Square Theatre in the 80s

Source: Flickr/Dusashenka

[abottlvr]

gay son & thought daughter

Parallels between Natalie and Gabe Goodman

🎥: @mttztrading

Eleanor Worthington Cox as Natalie Jack Wolfe as Gabe

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

Jack Wolfe. 54 Below. ALL 3 shows in ONE POST/

November 3rd. 2024. (so much talent and wonder in one long post!!) (FIRST performance, feel free to save the post bc i'll keep editing with Nov13 + Nov16 performances as well!!)

-in clip above Jack Wolfe singing 'Hide and Seek' from here :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8stohOLOf/

-Jack Wolfe singing 'Hide and Seek' different clip :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8u0TyobS_/

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YES!! THEY ARE ALSO PLAYING THE PIANO!! Jack Wolfe you are so very loved!!

(2 more shows still coming btw, Nov 13 +Nov 16, 2024!)

+also highly recommend following this instagram account, again @ jackwolfesupdate on ig bc they're doing INCREDIBLE job!!

-Jack Wolfe singing 'I Miss The Mountains' from Next To Normal :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8FmVDIdgX/ +(longer) on youtube:https://youtu.be/LzGgNNccuAY

-Jack Wolfe singing 'And Then There Were None’ from Spring Awakening :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8G3arITi9/ +(longer) on youtube:https://youtu.be/IYqjoF1bEkc

-Jack Wolfe singing ‘Howl’ by Florence + The Machine :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8YKSuoiYJ/ +(longer) on youtube:https://youtu.be/uNfVKqKlgXU

-Jack Wolfe and Allison Young singing Moon River ytube:https://youtu.be/WkrN2xHhYao

-Jack Wolfe singing 'I'm Alive' (N2N) :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8kUvvIw1J/ +(longer) on youtube:https://youtu.be/VNP6c5f4YPc

-Jack Wolfe singing ‘Songbird’ by Fleetwood Mac :https://www.instagram.com/p/DB_YMynoa_S/ +(longer) on youtube:https://youtu.be/9GG5v0ibUXs

-Jack Wolfe singing cut ‘The Clouds Will Drift Away’ song from Spring Awakening :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCAR7eGoCD-/ +(longer) on youtube:https://youtu.be/NDT_tFNrdu4

(I will obviously keep editing this post after the Nov13 + Nov16 shows!)

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NOVEMBER 13,2024 (second show) from what I gathered Jack was singing the same songs they were performing at the first show BUT there were different guests. He was singing with Jennifer Damiano(og Spring Awakening) and the PATTI LUPONE was there!!

Jack performing ‘And They’re Off’ from A New Brain at 54 Below Nov13,2024 (2nd Show) :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCV4R2MoUTu/

Jack performing ‘Tiger Mountain Peasant Song’ by Fleet Foxes :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCV4mrNIfOr/

Jack and Jennifer Damiano performing ‘Don’t Do Sadness/Blue Wind’ :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCV8SXLIX1J/

Jack performing ‘I Miss The Mountains’ from Next to Normal :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCW9HPmIyz3/

Jack performing ‘I’m Alive’ :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCW9rdgIahA/

Jack performing ’Hide and Seek’ by Imogen Heap :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCW_v98oT2_/

Jack performing ‘And Then There Were None’ from Spring Awakening :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCXciCJorau/

NOVEMBER 16,2024 (Third Show) Jack was singing with Caissie Levy!!)

A collection of Jack performing ‘I’m Alive’ at his last 54 Below show :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfLwz0oIb6/?img_index=1 (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/wE-TtbHdiDM

Jack performing ‘I Miss The Mountains’ at his final 54 Below show :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfOR6OIwl1/ (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/QqCivqdSIcs

Jack and Caissie performing ‘Songbird’ by Fleetwood Mac at 54 Below :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfOQeGIjJ8/ (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/CFf_wnYe2no

Jack and Veronika Slowikowska performing ‘Don’t Do Sadness/Blue Wind’ at Jack’s final 54 Below show :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfOqwEINXN/ (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/Ufy05W4Zseg

A little collection Jack performing ‘Hide And Seek’ by Imogen Heap :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfPLteIshh/?img_index=1 (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/nFBCsbEfM_g

Jack performing ‘Howl’ by Florence + The Machine :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfPeGtoB0e/?img_index=1 (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/ECiZ9-W2kqU

Jack singing ‘Tiger Mountain Peasant Song’ by Fleet Foxes:https://www.instagram.com/p/DCfPm21I8JH/ (+longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/cpGLGCrSDh0

Jack performing 'Where Do You Go’ (Harold and Maude - Joseph Thalken) (longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/_SKVVAURa9o

Jack performing 'The Clouds Will Drift Away’ / ‘And Then There Were None’ (Spring Awakening) (longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/izuFRc03NxY

Jack performing 'Through The Mountain’ (Floyd Collins - Adam Guettel) (longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/dXhEgdW9rqs

Jack singing 'And They’re Off’ (A New Brain - William Finn) (longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/E1irVw4F0Gc

Jack singing ‘Runaway’ (The Corrs) (SUCH A WESPER SONG BTW somebody pls edit wesper to this!!) (longer on youtube) :https://youtu.be/aK9VJWzeVq8

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ALSO IF YOU SEARCH JackWolfe here on tumblr you'll find the links to some of the songs posted on youtube, i suppose ytube search will work as well!

AND NOW, while you're here, some of Jack posts/love:

[theatreism]

cause crazy is perfect and fucked up is perfect so i will be perfect...

[sirbogarde]

Heads up that a clip from "Bermondsey" (episode of Thirty Minute Theatre) featuring one of the very first gay kisses on TV in the UK has been uploaded to Youtube recently!!! The full play is only available to view at the BFI I believe.

[that-bookworm-guy]

Audrey 2 and Seymour

Audrey 2 isn't finished yet!! But I was just so excited to test it with my cosplay

[lordoftheringsmusical]

Reviews

The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater

19 July 2024 to 1 September 2024

The highly popular UK revival of The Lord of the Rings officially opened in Chicago last Friday. The response from critics is mixed (some good, some bad) - but it seems to be a hit with Tumblr audiences. A fascinating development!

I've compiled a list of reviews published so far and will update it from time to time. Please check the original post for the most up-to-date version.

Newspapers / news outlets

1news (28 July 2024)

Chicago Sun Times (28 July 2024)

Chicago Tribune (29 July 2024)

New York Times (31 July 2024)

The Lansing Journal (5 August 2024)

The New Zealand Herald (21 August 2024)

Bloggers / Theatre guides

File 770 (25 July 2024)

The Fourth Walsh (27 July 2024)

Around the Town Chicago (27 July 2024)

third coast review (27 July 2024)

Chicago Stage and Screen (27 July 2024)

Chicago Culture Authority (28 July 2024)

Chicago Theatre Review (28 July 2024)

Chicago Onstage (28 July 2024)

Talkin' Broadway (28 July 2024)

Buzz Center Stage (28 July 2024)

BroadwayWorld (29 July 2024)

Newcity Stage (30 July 2024)

Chicago Reader (30 July 2024)

PicksInSix (30 July 2024)

Stage and Screen (30 July 2024)

axios Chicago (2 August 2024)

Hellenic Moon (4 August 2024)

Sean Michael Malone (7 August 2024)

Playbill (8 August 2024)

Spotlight on Lake (16 August 2024)

TheOneRing.net (28 August 2024)

Winter is Coming (9 September 2024)

Vloggers / video / podcast reviews

Jess of the Shire (26 July 2024)

OK. (4 August 2024)

CST's compilation (5 August 2024)

Slandered Gaming (13 August 2024)

Hannah Dreaming (18 August 2024)

Seven Stars, Seven Siblings, and One White Tree (18 October 2024)

Social media reviews

Hilary Klein (21 July 2024)

@myfairkatiecat x (24 July 2024)

@sirdeln x (26 July 2024)

@heretherebedork x (27 July 2024)

@freenarnian x (27 July 2024)

@supermacaroniandsqueezeblr x (27 July 2024)

@sonofarathorns x (3 August 2024)

@thefallenangelsgang x (10 August 2024)

@jaz-the-bard, @nelyoslegalteam, @shadowkat2000 x (10-12 August 2024)

@cahootings x (20 August 2024)

@nowandforalways x (25 August 2024)

@sustinentiae-spei 1 2 (26 & 30 August 2024)

The date indicated refers to the date the review was published.

Picture source

[casper-nottheghost]

Sorry in advance

Fans, We finally got our headline

“Tutsies closed as two weeks pass”

The show’s calling me

I just live to far to go

Fansies begin', wishin’ ,cryin '

For the show to just come back

Us Fansies just want to close our eyes and go!

Let me go

To Huston

Where the show somehow stopped running, and the theater closed newsies anyway

And no one was bootleggin’

And someone needs to pay

I kinda wait impatiently for that day

And it’s gone

And It’s done

No more singin. No more dancin

No more fat old man denying Jack his pay

Just a theater moved on already, it makes us cry all day

Dreams come true. If they do, Open today

Where’s it say I gotta wait a whole year?

Why dosent it say that’s all that I can take?

Why isn’t there a limit given?

Why should i spend my whole life waiting trapped where there ain't no bootleg

So no guarantee

Waiting your life for someone to upload!

If the boot doesn’t upload, how about a little scream?

Waiting for the trashy boots, and the empty screens in between

Tuts Newsies, It cant end

I will spend my whole life waiting

I know that a slime tutorial will do

I ain't getting any younger

And I’m gonna see it through

I need sprace. If that’s fair

Close without a trace. I do care

One ticket, I'll be there

A bootleg’s all I'm asking

A TARDIS works well instead

Cause I'm dead if I can't watch you live today

I got nothin if I ain’t got tuts newSIESSSSSS

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Black Sabbath performing "War Pigs" live at the Olympia Theater in Paris, France on December 20, 1970

[make-friends-with-the-rats]

just out of curiosity how many newsies uk boots are there?

I definitely do not want to watch all of them....

[sixaltfan]

Calling all Six fans, what alternate/swing/standby/superswing/emergency cover queen have you seen and what role did they play. Repost this and tell your story.

[blakelysco-pilot]

A big congratulations to David Shields on his UK Theater Awards win!

David won for Best Performance in A Play for Punch at Nottingham Playhouse.

[theatreism]

STRIKE!

[abottlvr]

might be a long shot but does anyone have an audio of Jake Reynolds’ Gabe Goodman debut (August 22)? gifting or trading