PLEASE EMAIL DIRECT TO: ticketclub2@btinternet.com
OLD VIC THEATRE
Address: The Cut, London, SE1 8NB
Nearest tube: Waterloo (200m)/Nearest train: Waterloo (200m) Take Exit 2 and turn right.
Air Conditioned: Yes
Dancing At Lughnasa
Age: General
Genre: Play
Sub Genre: Drama
Brian Friel's Laurence Olivier Award-winning play, Dancing At Lughnasa, is a bittersweet reflection of rural Ireland in the thirties on the brink of industrialisation. The play comes to the Old Vic, its first return to the West End since its premiere in 1990.
A life-affirming story, Dancing At Lughnasa is Friel's passionate portrait of the five Mundy sisters. The play follows their tragic loss of love and opportunity, played out against the echoes of the 20th century with a dark humour, raw energy and tenderness.
Dancing At Lughnasa is directed by Anna Mackmin. Her West End credits include In Celebration and Under The Blue Sky at the Duke Of York's theatre. The cast includes Andrea Corr, Niamh Cusack, Michelle Fairley and Susan Lynch.
Cusack's London stage credits include The Enchantment and His Dark Materials at the National Theatre, Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink in the West End and several productions for the Bush and the Royal Court.
Lead singer of The Corr's, Dancing At Lughnasa is Corr's London Stage debut. Her co-star Fairley is a Laurence Olivier Award-nominated actress, winning the nomination for her role in Othello at the Donmar Warehouse. Lynch was most recently seen in the Almeida's The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot.
Performance Details: TUEDSAY 3RD MARCH @ 7.30PM
Cast: Andrea Corr, Niamh Cusack. Michelle Fairley, Susan Lynch, Finbar Lynch. Peter McDonald, Jo Stone-Fewings
Author: Brian Friel Director: Anna Mackmin Lighting designer: Paule Constable Choreographer: Scarlett Mackmin Designer: Lez Brotherston
Producer: The Old Vic, Sonia Friedman Productions & Tulchin / Bartner
Tickets of course. Just email the email address I gave. Dancing at Lunasa was a film back in the 90's with loads of traditional music on it. Great fun. But take the p!ss if you want, your loss.
No, not taking the p*ss- have seen the film, so would have loved to go, but a bit short notice when you live miles away. Was it just that date for free?
Sorry - paranoia setting in! Well, you know what it's like with all the jokers and smart asses on this board!
To be honest, I thought it was fairly self explanatory. Never mind, the freebies are gone now, although if still interested you might want to try emailing them as above.
I really enjoyed the film when it was out, I have to say.
Thanks, Thistle- no worries. I'd pay good money just to watch Andrea Corr standing there looking beautiful, and wish her only good things in her acting career. I'll try to catch the play in a week or so when I'm in London.
Incidentally, does anyone know the names of the tunes in that climactic scene where the girls let their hair down?
She's not a BAD whistle player. But her career is not dependant on that side of her talents - though to me it seems she uses the whistle as a gimmick to enhance her on-stage Irishness. Not that I've spent a great deal of time analysing the Corrs, of course.....
Hmm, well that's pop music isn't it. Standards slip to such an extent that Andrea Corr can be described as "not a bad whistle player" on a web site supposedly dedicated to the music she murders. (and encourages her fans to murder)
That's not BAD whistle playing. Not particularly brilliant. Any average session player could do as good or most likely a lot better - but it isn't actually BAD whistle playing. I've heard a lot worse in sessions in the trad-musical desert that is suburban south east London, for example. I think what gets people on this site is that all the numpties in the audience actually think this is the real deal Irish trad music.
'So young now, we are so young, so young now'
Yea- I wish
Still, thanks for introducing us to the unplugged clips, Jon- they're like peanuts- can't just have one (fortunately there are a few more on there!)
.. and anyone who thinks she's not a dreadful whistle tooter needs to shut their eyes. I'm appalled that people can entertain the idea that she's not awful. What music are you listening too?
Maybe she won't confuse people generally here P-K but for plenty people that is the only whistle they've heard. The Corr may not be much worse than some session whistlers but to actually perform in front of people, especially lots of people, she is very poor indeed.
abominations like this don't help. Her whistle is really high in the mix, it's very plain just how terrible it is. Not many things make me angry, I'm pretty good at shrugging things off, but this effects my blood pressure
I'd have gone for it if both the missus and I weren't down with the Lurgy AND the notice came far too late really.
PLUS a good heading catches the eye of the people who might be interested.
"Free" is just not good enough.
Even the hackneyed "Free sex" would have been a more effective heading...........
That, for me, is the definitive version of the man of the house on fiddle and whistle. The segue from Matt Molly's gravel Walks into this tune is a thing of beauty, as is the whistle playing between the A and B parts - some sort of freestyle improvisation straight from the heart perhaps? Or is it just that she can't really play?
"Free" is just not good enough.
Bollox. It was free, and as such I entitled the thread - and then I posted details about what was free. All the info was there. I didn't post it so it could be eye catching to you. And I only got details on Tuesday anyway. And besides you had some lurgy so what are you complaining about?
No, you said it was Tuedsay - and way down the blog. It just looked like a puff for the play, till that point.
And, yes, we had the lurgy anyway and weren't moving too much.
Sour grapes, really.
One thing I remember being taught at school, so many years ago, was how to precis. And the title, ideally, would be a precis of the precis.
Could do better. See me after class.
As I said, bollox.
I copied and pasted from an email sent to me, on the same day. Maybe I won't bother trying to be helpful in future if that's the response I get.
And that tune set near the end where they all dance- you know, the ones that go diddly eye dye dye deedle oodle - that has to be in the play, surely? Maybe Andrea gets to play her whistle again then with the band?
yesterdays Guardian carried a favourable (4 star) review by Michael Billington and the thing's running until 9th May with ticket prices from £9.50 to £45.00 _ if you want to pay you can do it at the venue, by phone (0870 060 6628) or online (www.oldvictheartre.com)
i think i'll wait for the next version to come along
Hi;
Talking about the corrs (and the incredible hate most people seem to have against them here ! :() I think most of their fans do know what real irish music sounds like, and know that the corrs never have defined themselve as being a trad irish band. They are a pop rock band, paying sometimes tribute to their irish roots. They did say in some tv shows that their music was most influenced by californian pop rock bands more than irish bands, esp. those who made irish music so famous around the world !
I was intriduce to irish music thanks to the corrs. Irish people should be proud to count such a talented band among all those great musicians from your wonderfull country. The corrs might not be the most incredible musicians or irish act ever, but they invented beautiful melodies, that touched the heart of so much people like me. I don't think that a band can be considered as good only if extraordinary musicians are in it. See Nirvana for ex. Their musicians wasn't the most incredible guitarists, but they did found incredible melodies, and know how to speak to young people like them, and at the end reached the heart and soul of so much people around the world.
Thanks to them, a lot of people not really interested in your country or its music became aware of how much traditionnal irish music can be thrilling.
It's because of them I started searching for "authentic" irish music players and discovered a lot of them.
The corrs gave irish music kind of a new visibility, esp. in some countries that have never really pay attention to it such as Japan and Brazil.
And at the end, do you really think that irish music is something "figé", in a block of ice that should never evolve ?? As traditionnal music from any country, it's normal that people like it and wanna put it into their music and experiment new things with it... it's normal to see it evoluting, that just means that irish music is still alive ! You can think the corrs are a horrible act and don't do "good" music, but then you must say "I don't like it", not "it's bad". YOU think it's bad, this is no absolute truth.
At the end of the day, I think the most important thing is that their music has touched so much people around the world, and continueto do so. They have given wonderfull musical moments to a lot of people everywhere. Isn't it what music really is about in a way ? They can be proud of what they achieved.
It's funny to notice that some people thought the corrs put kind of "irish" sound to make their albums more commercial, and when in blue came out, some other accused them not being "irish" enough !!
To me, their records are not really "irish". First cause their putting some violin in a song doesn't automatically transform it into an "irish-like" song, second cos' irish trad music is, as any other trad music, something a bit undifined, it's very similar to trad music from a lot of other countries and probabely has been influenced by it, as well as it has influenced other type of music, just listen the "Mugar" band and you'll see....
Sorry for being so long and for mistakes I've probabely done, as I'M french
free....
free....
PLEASE EMAIL DIRECT TO: ticketclub2@btinternet.com
OLD VIC THEATRE
Address: The Cut, London, SE1 8NB
Nearest tube: Waterloo (200m)/Nearest train: Waterloo (200m) Take Exit 2 and turn right.
Air Conditioned: Yes
Dancing At Lughnasa
Age: General
Genre: Play
Sub Genre: Drama
Brian Friel's Laurence Olivier Award-winning play, Dancing At Lughnasa, is a bittersweet reflection of rural Ireland in the thirties on the brink of industrialisation. The play comes to the Old Vic, its first return to the West End since its premiere in 1990.
A life-affirming story, Dancing At Lughnasa is Friel's passionate portrait of the five Mundy sisters. The play follows their tragic loss of love and opportunity, played out against the echoes of the 20th century with a dark humour, raw energy and tenderness.
Dancing At Lughnasa is directed by Anna Mackmin. Her West End credits include In Celebration and Under The Blue Sky at the Duke Of York's theatre. The cast includes Andrea Corr, Niamh Cusack, Michelle Fairley and Susan Lynch.
Cusack's London stage credits include The Enchantment and His Dark Materials at the National Theatre, Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink in the West End and several productions for the Bush and the Royal Court.
Lead singer of The Corr's, Dancing At Lughnasa is Corr's London Stage debut. Her co-star Fairley is a Laurence Olivier Award-nominated actress, winning the nomination for her role in Othello at the Donmar Warehouse. Lynch was most recently seen in the Almeida's The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot.
Performance Details: TUEDSAY 3RD MARCH @ 7.30PM
Cast: Andrea Corr, Niamh Cusack. Michelle Fairley, Susan Lynch, Finbar Lynch. Peter McDonald, Jo Stone-Fewings
Author: Brian Friel Director: Anna Mackmin Lighting designer: Paule Constable Choreographer: Scarlett Mackmin Designer: Lez Brotherston
Producer: The Old Vic, Sonia Friedman Productions & Tulchin / Bartner
# Posted on March 3rd 2009 by Rudall the time
Re: free....
What?
# Posted on March 3rd 2009 by dee.
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Spirits? Tickets?
# Posted on March 3rd 2009 by Here Lyeth
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Tickets of course. Just email the email address I gave. Dancing at Lunasa was a film back in the 90's with loads of traditional music on it. Great fun. But take the p!ss if you want, your loss.
# Posted on March 3rd 2009 by Rudall the time
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Don't think they were taking the p*ss, just that you didn't explain yourself very coherently!!
# Posted on March 3rd 2009 by Mark Harmer
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my wife and i saw this at The Barbican in 1990 and it was a sheer delight and a rare cultural outing for us at the time
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by lisaniska
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No, not taking the p*ss- have seen the film, so would have loved to go, but a bit short notice when you live miles away. Was it just that date for free?
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by Here Lyeth
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Sorry - paranoia setting in! Well, you know what it's like with all the jokers and smart asses on this board!
To be honest, I thought it was fairly self explanatory. Never mind, the freebies are gone now, although if still interested you might want to try emailing them as above.
I really enjoyed the film when it was out, I have to say.
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by Rudall the time
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Thanks, Thistle- no worries. I'd pay good money just to watch Andrea Corr standing there looking beautiful, and wish her only good things in her acting career. I'll try to catch the play in a week or so when I'm in London.
Incidentally, does anyone know the names of the tunes in that climactic scene where the girls let their hair down?
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by Here Lyeth
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Let's hope she's a better actress than whistle player.
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by llig leahcim
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She's not a BAD whistle player. But her career is not dependant on that side of her talents - though to me it seems she uses the whistle as a gimmick to enhance her on-stage Irishness. Not that I've spent a great deal of time analysing the Corrs, of course.....
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by Rudall the time
Re: free....
Hmm, well that's pop music isn't it. Standards slip to such an extent that Andrea Corr can be described as "not a bad whistle player" on a web site supposedly dedicated to the music she murders. (and encourages her fans to murder)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEJa_VgpIAc&feature=related
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by llig leahcim
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Just a note - Dancing at Lughnasa was a stage play (as seen by lisaniska) long before the movie, and had relatively little music in it when I saw it.
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by RockyRoader
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Watching llig's clip, I'm afraid I wasn't really thinking about the music.
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by Here Lyeth
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I agree, P-K. Oh, to be a bodhrán !
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by murfbox
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That's not BAD whistle playing. Not particularly brilliant. Any average session player could do as good or most likely a lot better - but it isn't actually BAD whistle playing. I've heard a lot worse in sessions in the trad-musical desert that is suburban south east London, for example. I think what gets people on this site is that all the numpties in the audience actually think this is the real deal Irish trad music.
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by Rudall the time
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It doesn't really mater because "We're So young, so young now"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBv5YjiEmqQ&feature=related
I could watch her sing the phone book.
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by John J.
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'So young now, we are so young, so young now'
Yea- I wish
Still, thanks for introducing us to the unplugged clips, Jon- they're like peanuts- can't just have one (fortunately there are a few more on there!)
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by Here Lyeth
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Hmm, well that's pop music isn't it. It isn't music at all. Just eye candy
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by llig leahcim
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.. and anyone who thinks she's not a dreadful whistle tooter needs to shut their eyes. I'm appalled that people can entertain the idea that she's not awful. What music are you listening too?
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by llig leahcim
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the Chieftains - hah just kidding. I did just see them though
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by airport
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Pop music and eye candy, as you say- nothing wrong with it. I wouldn't have thought too many people confuse it with Irish music- not here at least.
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by Here Lyeth
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Maybe she won't confuse people generally here P-K but for plenty people that is the only whistle they've heard. The Corr may not be much worse than some session whistlers but to actually perform in front of people, especially lots of people, she is very poor indeed.
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by bogman
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abominations like this don't help. Her whistle is really high in the mix, it's very plain just how terrible it is. Not many things make me angry, I'm pretty good at shrugging things off, but this effects my blood pressure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtp4adNTP0Y
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by llig leahcim
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I'd have gone for it if both the missus and I weren't down with the Lurgy AND the notice came far too late really.
PLUS a good heading catches the eye of the people who might be interested.
"Free" is just not good enough.
Even the hackneyed "Free sex" would have been a more effective heading...........
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by Guernsey Pete
Re: free....
That, for me, is the definitive version of the man of the house on fiddle and whistle. The segue from Matt Molly's gravel Walks into this tune is a thing of beauty, as is the whistle playing between the A and B parts - some sort of freestyle improvisation straight from the heart perhaps? Or is it just that she can't really play?
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by pavlf
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Thanks for putting that So Young tune in my head, it won't go away now! :*(
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by dee.
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"Free" is just not good enough.
Bollox. It was free, and as such I entitled the thread - and then I posted details about what was free. All the info was there. I didn't post it so it could be eye catching to you. And I only got details on Tuesday anyway. And besides you had some lurgy so what are you complaining about?
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by Rudall the time
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No, you said it was Tuedsay - and way down the blog. It just looked like a puff for the play, till that point.
And, yes, we had the lurgy anyway and weren't moving too much.
Sour grapes, really.
One thing I remember being taught at school, so many years ago, was how to precis. And the title, ideally, would be a precis of the precis.
Could do better. See me after class.
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by Guernsey Pete
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As I said, bollox.
I copied and pasted from an email sent to me, on the same day. Maybe I won't bother trying to be helpful in future if that's the response I get.
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by Rudall the time
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And that tune set near the end where they all dance- you know, the ones that go diddly eye dye dye deedle oodle - that has to be in the play, surely? Maybe Andrea gets to play her whistle again then with the band?
# Posted on March 5th 2009 by Here Lyeth
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freebies are on again this saturday. try emailing as above if still interested.
# Posted on March 6th 2009 by Rudall the time
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I tried, but got the reply "all gone now for all performances". Never mind- thanks for the heads up anyway.
# Posted on March 6th 2009 by Here Lyeth
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yesterdays Guardian carried a favourable (4 star) review by Michael Billington and the thing's running until 9th May with ticket prices from £9.50 to £45.00 _ if you want to pay you can do it at the venue, by phone (0870 060 6628) or online (www.oldvictheartre.com)
i think i'll wait for the next version to come along
# Posted on March 9th 2009 by lisaniska
Re: free....
Hi;
Talking about the corrs (and the incredible hate most people seem to have against them here ! :() I think most of their fans do know what real irish music sounds like, and know that the corrs never have defined themselve as being a trad irish band. They are a pop rock band, paying sometimes tribute to their irish roots. They did say in some tv shows that their music was most influenced by californian pop rock bands more than irish bands, esp. those who made irish music so famous around the world !
I was intriduce to irish music thanks to the corrs. Irish people should be proud to count such a talented band among all those great musicians from your wonderfull country. The corrs might not be the most incredible musicians or irish act ever, but they invented beautiful melodies, that touched the heart of so much people like me. I don't think that a band can be considered as good only if extraordinary musicians are in it. See Nirvana for ex. Their musicians wasn't the most incredible guitarists, but they did found incredible melodies, and know how to speak to young people like them, and at the end reached the heart and soul of so much people around the world.
Thanks to them, a lot of people not really interested in your country or its music became aware of how much traditionnal irish music can be thrilling.
It's because of them I started searching for "authentic" irish music players and discovered a lot of them.
The corrs gave irish music kind of a new visibility, esp. in some countries that have never really pay attention to it such as Japan and Brazil.
And at the end, do you really think that irish music is something "figé", in a block of ice that should never evolve ?? As traditionnal music from any country, it's normal that people like it and wanna put it into their music and experiment new things with it... it's normal to see it evoluting, that just means that irish music is still alive ! You can think the corrs are a horrible act and don't do "good" music, but then you must say "I don't like it", not "it's bad". YOU think it's bad, this is no absolute truth.
At the end of the day, I think the most important thing is that their music has touched so much people around the world, and continueto do so. They have given wonderfull musical moments to a lot of people everywhere. Isn't it what music really is about in a way ? They can be proud of what they achieved.
It's funny to notice that some people thought the corrs put kind of "irish" sound to make their albums more commercial, and when in blue came out, some other accused them not being "irish" enough !!
To me, their records are not really "irish". First cause their putting some violin in a song doesn't automatically transform it into an "irish-like" song, second cos' irish trad music is, as any other trad music, something a bit undifined, it's very similar to trad music from a lot of other countries and probabely has been influenced by it, as well as it has influenced other type of music, just listen the "Mugar" band and you'll see....
Sorry for being so long and for mistakes I've probabely done, as I'M french
# Posted on November 11th 2009 by Amilda