People, Places and Things to cross the pond...?

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 4/8/16 at 9:00am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/National-Theatre-in-Talks-to-Bring-PEOPLE-PLACES-AND-THINGS-with-Olivier-Winner-Denise-Gough-to-Broadway-20160407

Read this beautiful play last week and really hope this is true. It's a heartbreaking look at addiction and recovery. 

[VernonGersch]

Posted: 4/8/16 at 9:15am

would love to see this...hoping it crosses the pond - and she is suppose to be amazing

[followspot]

Posted: 4/8/16 at 9:23am

Love how that article mentions everyone involved with the production except the playwright.  I see this happen all the time.  Amazing.  (answer: Duncan Macmillan)  (ps: I'm a playwright) 

That said — hope it transfers!

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/23/17 at 11:34pm

I can't find the other thread - the search function never works for me - but just wanted to say I saw this tonight, and loved it. I'm always fond of British theater, just love their direction and design. And this did not disappoint. Goegh is absolutely brilliant. Sucks that NYC theater is the way it is and she won't be able to win a major award for this, but she's incredible. She starts off the already at rock bottoms and then builds her way back up throughout the show. It's really a brilliant performance. The play itself is a bit hit or miss. I wish we could have gotten more about her therapy group, etc. Just to get more insight into the other people, but that said, I still really enjoy myself. And the design is brilliant. Was the stage two sided on the West End? I'd assume not?

[uncageg]

Posted: 10/24/17 at 12:36am

A good friemd saw it the other night and raved. He told !e I must see it.

RippedMan, if the B roll video that is out is from the West End, then it appears it was. I would assume that is part of the stage/set design. But I could be wrong!

[ukpuppetboy]

Posted: 10/24/17 at 2:14am

1. RippedMan said: "And the design is brilliant. Was the stage two sided on the West End? I'd assume not?"

When I saw it in the Dorffman Theatre at the NT then yes, the audience were on both sides of the stage. 

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 10/24/17 at 4:58am

And so it was when it opened at the Wyndham's Theatre

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/24/17 at 10:49am

Oh okay, very cool! Too bad she's already got Angels in America this season - and she's brilliant in that as well - because I'd love to see this show on Broadway. It really is a brilliant evening out and the design/direction and performances make it worth seeing.

I guess I was at opening night, which I didn't realize because there was a slew of famous people there Anna Wintour, Nathan Lane, Laura Osnes, Gideon Glick, Olivia Wilde, Colbie Smoulders, etc. 

[raddersons]

Posted: 10/29/17 at 6:32pm

I don’t think it’s an opening night thing, I saw quite a few stars there as well when I went today.

i want to reiterate what was said before, and how blown away I was by this show. The play is a very raw and fair look at the paradox of addiction treatment — submitting that you’re powerless, but also how you’re the only person responsible (but also that you might NOT be the only person responsible), as well as a lot of the faith based stuff that makes people think it’s all bogus.

Design is very European—stark white stage, flashing lights, yada yada— so if you’re not into that stuff you may not love it. But I did.

Denise Gough... we gotta get that girl a Tony somehow.

Updated On: 10/29/17 at 06:32 PM

[VotePeron]

Posted: 10/29/17 at 6:52pm

Caught it this weekend - one of the best thing's I've ever seen. You simply do not see extraordinary pieces of theatre like this in NYC as often as we should. I wish this could stick around forever. As much as I'd love to recommend after Denise finished Angel's limited run they transfer this to Broadway, mainstream America audiences won't go for it. And that is infuriating. (And the issue)

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/29/17 at 7:03pm

Wish Lincoln Center had picked this up instead of that awful Junk.

[steven22]

Posted: 10/29/17 at 7:40pm

I saw this last week and absolutely loved it. Denise Gough is incredible.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 10/30/17 at 1:46pm

I saw this last night. Denise Gough’s performance is exhilarating - raw, funny, specific, tragic. She’s so absolutely disappeared into the role, it’s hard to separate the actor and the character (which is, interestingly, a large thematic element in the piece). I agree with others here who feel her career deserves to skyrocket after the one-two punch of this and ANGELS. It’s a truly one-of-a-kind performance.

That being said, I wasn’t wild about the whole play. There is a visceral, exciting one-act play in there and the scenes that work are excellent. But other scenes felt overlong and unnecessary, and some of the extended hallucinations felt extraneous. The second to last scene alone is worth the running time. As someone who has dealt with too many addicts in my family, the lies and selfishness they wear like clothing, it was a hard dose of reality the rest of play had been setting up for two hours.

This is 100% worth seeing. Denise Gough - and, in fact, the entire ensemble - is tremendous. It’s a performance for the ages and the play has a lot on its mind that we see too little of in the theatre.

Updated On: 10/30/17 at 01:46 PM

[little_sally]

Posted: 11/1/17 at 12:24pm

ColorTheHours048 said: "I saw this last night. Denise Gough’s performance is exhilarating - raw, funny, specific, tragic. She’s so absolutely disappeared into the role, it’s hard to separate the actor and the character (which is, interestingly, a large thematic element in the piece). I agree with others here who feel her career deserves to skyrocket after the one-two punch of this and ANGELS. It’s a truly one-of-a-kind performance.

That being said, I wasn’t wild about the whole play. There is a visceral, exciting one-act play in there and the scenes that work are excellent. But other scenes felt overlong and unnecessary, and some of the extended hallucinations felt extraneous. The second to last scene alone is worth the running time. As someone who has dealt with too many addicts in my family, the lies and selfishness they wear like clothing, it was a hard dose of reality the rest of play had been setting up for two hours.

This is 100% worth seeing. Denise Gough - and, in fact, the entire ensemble - is tremendous. It’s a performance for the ages and the play has a lot on its mind that we see too little of in the theatre."

I agree completely. The play is nothing to write home about but Denise (and the whole cast) is fantastic. The staging and set are also great. 

Updated On: 11/1/17 at 12:24 PM