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Post by ukelelehip on Aug 28, 2008 12:41:00 GMT
PLEASE SEE MY NOTE AT THE BOTTOM. Did anyone post this yet? Is anyone going? (I am!! woohoo!!) Ewan McGregor & Rufus Sewell To Take On Shakespeare At The Globe
August 28 2008
EWAN McGREGOR and RUFUS SEWELL are to team up as part of a madcap SHAKESPEARE experiment at London's Globe theatre.
The two actors will play multiple roles in Hamlet as part of a midnight production of the classic play on 6 September (08).
It will mark the one-year anniversary of The Factory theatre troupe's first frenetic hit, during which castmates swapped characters during the show.
The idea became an instant hit and sold out shows have been taking place in and around London every Sunday for the past year.
They are advertised online at the last minute.
The one-off Globe anniversary show, in which Sewell and McGregor will play multiple characters, will also feature actor Will Keen, Angus Wright and "an exceptionally special guest".Book tix at: www.shakespeares-globe.org/theatre/boxoffice/ |
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Post by Terri Mac on Aug 28, 2008 13:59:48 GMT
  uke! That's so fantastic -- and so good for you to be able to go! Are you in London, or are you just going there to see this?  I just came back from a trip to London with my family less than a week ago, and we were at the Globe Theatre. It was one of my favorite places in London (my first time in London). I just called my daughter at college to tell her about Rufus and Ewan. Of course, we are so wishing it was last week when we were there!!!! but, if I can't be there, I'm so happy you'll be able to see Rufus in this venue. It's going to be so awesome  -- Can't wait to see your posts about it. (We'll have to live the experience through you!)
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Post by sharman on Aug 28, 2008 16:33:08 GMT
Would it be absolutely nuts to fly from some small obscure European country to London just to see this and return the next day because one would absolutely not have the time to stay any longer? Thanks so much for posting this here, Uke. I am really excited about this |
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Post by ukelelehip on Aug 28, 2008 18:04:21 GMT
uke! That's so fantastic -- and so good for you to be able to go! Are you in London, or are you just going there to see this? I've been in London for a couple of months now and totally homesick for NY and really "woe is me" all the time but this makes up for it slightly  This is classic "oh-my-God,-I'm-going-to-see-Rufus-on-stage" excitement, in Shakespeare none the less! Can't wait!! |
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Post by ukelelehip on Aug 28, 2008 18:05:52 GMT
Would it be absolutely nuts to fly from some small obscure European country to London just to see this and return the next day because one would absolutely not have the time to stay any longer? Nah, totally normal!! ;D |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Aug 28, 2008 19:05:37 GMT
Mmm...I'm tempted...... Plus: Rufus  Minus: Shakespeare - yuck!  Thanks for the heads up, Uke! (Now, does this mean he's finished filming for EH already, or is he just on a break?) |
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Post by leelee on Aug 28, 2008 20:10:05 GMT
OMG!!! Ewan and Rufus doing Shakespeare!!!! Damn it all to hell, I need to win the powerball now!
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Post by quoll on Aug 28, 2008 22:21:12 GMT
Would it be absolutely nuts to fly from some small obscure European country to London just to see this and return the next day because one would absolutely not have the time to stay any longer? Thanks so much for posting this here, Uke. I am really excited about this Absolutely perfectly normal I would think. And if Aus were just a few km closer I would be there with bells on! Rufus AND Ewan AND doing Shakespeare as well  I will be taking the Tatts lotto option this weekend as well so keep your fingers crossed for me. Oh drat - it will conflict with my granddaughter's first birthday party - oh well, never mind she will have another one next year  |
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Post by etherealtb on Aug 29, 2008 0:48:42 GMT
When did they announce this? 'Cause it says its already sold out, right?
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Post by pitzel on Aug 29, 2008 4:26:06 GMT
When I checked the web site above, it looked like there were still seats available for 20, 15 and 5 pounds but being from the US it would not let me get to the page to actually buy the tickets. I wasn't actually going to buy them, but just to see if they were still available.
I guess Rufus loves to travel since he will only be doing that Hamlet performance once and then back to filming Eleventh Hour. He sure likes to keep busy. I would have to say he just loves his craft. And he is excellent at it.
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Post by dreamer on Aug 29, 2008 8:36:45 GMT
Something more
Shakespeare's Globe will present The Factory's production of Hamlet at midnight on September 6th. September 6th marks one year since The Factory performed a secret performance of Hamlet to a small invited audience of Facebook friends.
Following those performances, word quickly spread about the unique nature of the shows, and the company decided to perform every Sunday, somewhere in London at a secret location, revealed on the internet only days before. Before long, larger venues had to be found to accommodate the crowds congregating at the designated venues each week. Every performance has sold out since.
Appearances and special cameo performances include Kathryn Hunter, Ewan McGregor, Rufus Sewell, Will Keen, Angus Wright, (with an exceptionally special guest planned for the midnight matinee).
Artistic Directors of The Factory, Tim Evans and Alex Hassell wished to see if it was possible to produce a hit show with no money, no advertising, no theatre, and no discernible touring schedule. Insisting that if the work was of the highest standard, and that it reconnected audiences with Shakespeare in an immediate and truly live way, then the audiences would keep coming. So far it has worked.
It attracted the attention of Dominic Dromgoole, who after attending a show, wished to see it performed at Shakespeare's Globe. It will play as a special, one-night-only, anniversary performance.
The production is the brainchild of director Tim Carroll.
Every character in the play can be performed from a selection of different actors each night, as each performer has learnt numerous parts. You may for example, see an actor playing Hamlet one night, and Guildenstern the next.
The cast will not know which character they will be playing until just before the show begins, when the audience decide.
There is no set. What the actors perform on depends entirely on where The Factory has decided to play. If there is a set, it will belong to someone else's production, which will be used for that one occasion, in this case, the set of the Globe's production of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
There are no designated props. Any object that you see on stage or used by an actor will come from the audience. It may be a shoe, a phone, a inflatable dingy...
ANYTHING you can bring in to be used. Audience members are encouraged to bring as weird and bold a prop that they can think of! ( Please note, the theater cannot accept responsibility for damaged props! )
Directed by Tim Carroll.
With Tamara Harvey and Louis Scheeder.
Tim Carroll began his career with the English Shakespeare Company. From 1999 to 2005 he was Associate Director of Shakespeare!s Globe. His many innovative and celebrated productions for the Globe include, Twelfth Night (which received Evening Standard, Olivier, Time Out and Critic!s Circle awards), Richard II, Romeo and Juliet and, in 2005, The Tempest, starring Mark Rylance and Co-Artistic Director of The Factory, Alex Hassell. His RSC production of The Merchant of Venice is currently playing to sold-out houses in Stratford.
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Post by sharman on Aug 29, 2008 9:12:32 GMT
Ah good, uke and quoll, I'll go for it then  |
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Post by ukelelehip on Aug 29, 2008 12:28:22 GMT
Ouch, GreenEyesToo pointed towards this Playbill article: www.playbill.com/news/article/120808.htmlwherein there is no report that Ewan and Rufus will perform. It may have just been a bit of bad reporting!! I think I'll still go, sounds fun either way. |
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Post by quoll on Aug 29, 2008 13:43:52 GMT
Ouch, GreenEyesToo pointed towards this Playbill article: www.playbill.com/news/article/120808.htmlwherein there is no report that Ewan and Rufus will perform. It may have just been a bit of bad reporting!! I think I'll still go, sounds fun either way. Ah I see where the confusion arose - he did do one ofthese factory performances a while back didnt he? |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Aug 29, 2008 18:27:16 GMT
Sorry to rain on everyone's parade over this, but I have just checked the press release issued by The Factory, and they say "appearances and special cameo performances have included" and it then goes on to name all those mentioned in Dreamer's post above - in fact, that is virtually word-for-word the same as the official press release, except "have included" has been changed above to just "include", making it seem as if they are the performers next weekend. I hope I'm wrong, but.... The original press release can be found here: www.seehamlet.co.uk/ - you'll need to click on "Press" and then on The Globe Press Release August 2008 ADDED: CORRECTION: London's Globe Theatre has informed WENN that EWAN McGREGOR and RUFUS SEWELL will not be taking part in a performance of SHAKESPEARE's HAMLET on 6 September (08) - as per an item we published on 28 August, based on a misleading press release. Please remove this article, headlined McGREGOR & SEWELL TO TAKE ON SHAKESPEARE AT THE GLOBE, from your websites and databases.
Sorry for any inconvenience. WENN Editor.
www.pr-inside.com/gunn-attacks-desperate-aniston-r780091.htm
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I just came back from a trip to London with my family less than a week ago, and we were at the Globe Theatre. It was one of my favorite places in London (my first time in London). I just called my daughter at college to tell her about Rufus and Ewan. Of course, we are so wishing it was last week when we were there!!!! but, if I can't be there, I'm so happy you'll be able to see Rufus in this venue. It's going to be so awesome 
-- Can't wait to see your posts about it. (We'll have to live the experience through you!) 
This is classic "oh-my-God,-I'm-going-to-see-Rufus-on-stage" excitement, in Shakespeare none the less! Can't wait!! 
