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New rehearsals

Post by Nightrider » Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:25 pm

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Here's some exclusive photos from NTS rehearsal sessions with Let The Right One In cast before their departure for US tour. All images are courtesy of Tommy Ga-Ken Wan and National Theatre of Scotland (https://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com) Follow the link below and enjoy!


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Re: New rehearsals

Post by a_contemplative_life » Tue Jan 10, 2017 1:34 am

Looks like they're having a good time. I hope the show goes well for them. Thanks, Nightrider, for sharing this. :)
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Post by gkmoberg1 » Tue Jan 10, 2017 2:42 am

Lots of good shots; lots of good energy going on!

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Re: New rehearsals

Post by Nightrider » Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:22 am

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Re: New rehearsals

Post by dongregg » Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:52 pm

Thanks. A nice first look at what we'll see.
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”

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Post by a_contemplative_life » Sat Feb 04, 2017 2:57 pm

Review: ‘Let the Right One In’ is a story of gore, and much more
[T]the stage version by the relentlessly inventive Glasgow-based troupe, while not devoid of vampiric cliches, conjures the austere Scandinavian atmospherics and the psychological intensity of an Ingmar Bergman movie, sometimes expressed in spurts of dance and music as well as in spare dialogue.

The setting of director John Tiffany’s affecting staging, a forest backdrop of tall silvery birch trees, exploits the ancient archetype of woodlands as a place of magic and danger . . . .

The forest is Oskar’s haven from the bullies who taunt and beat him at school, and from his divorced mother’s embittered alcoholism at home. It is also the hideout of Eli (Lucy Mangan), a wan, isolated adolescent vampire whose only companion, Hakan (Ewan Stewart), is a much older-looking (pedophilic?) demon who can no longer meet her basic needs for blood or intimacy. (This, in a way, is also his twisted love story.)

What most attracts Eli to Oskar is his unspoiled innocence, a quality she lost centuries ago. What Oskar responds to in Eli? Her quick intelligence and interest in him, a friendless outsider who blooms in her presence.

Both seek not just love, but mutual definition and acceptance. “What are you?” asks Oskar, when he realizes Eli may not be female, or fully human. “What do you think I am?” answers Eli, adding “I’m not that” — “that” being a monster.

Their sensitively acted encounters are touching and chilling, sweet and eerie, and interrupted by appalling vampire attacks on townspeople and merciless bullying sessions. . . . .

Acts of gory terror are staples of the genre, and they are plentiful here. . . . But “Let the Right One In” more creatively induces the creeps, and evokes depths of feeling, with the music of Olafur Arnalds and Gareth Fry’s sound design, a mercurial palette of swelling Wagnerian symphonics and sinister pulse-racing minimalism.
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Re: New rehearsals

Post by dongregg » Sat Feb 04, 2017 9:20 pm

dongregg wrote:Thanks. A nice first look at what we'll see.
Yep, and that's what we saw and heard! Great to meet up with other WTI members in Austin!
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”

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