The holidays have always been a time of rich pickings for dramatists, bringing together people (pre-Covid at least) who probably avoid each other for the rest of the year.
‘Funny, engaging & unexpectedly tense’: PRESSURE – West End
However implausible its set up may be, I really enjoyed Pressure. It’s so much more engaging and fun and gripping than it has any right to be and is a case study in just really superb acting.
Text of the Day: Pressure
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
Pressure Q&A video: How do you make weather charts onstage ‘not boring’? Leave it to David Haig
If you’d never heard of the James Stagg before David Haig‘s latest play Pressure, don’t feel bad: neither had he. The writer/star discussed this and much more at the post-show Q&A chaired by Terri Paddock.
‘An extraordinary story that deserves to be told’: PRESSURE – West End ★★★★
This deeply fascinating true story makes for surprisingly compelling drama that reminds us that what a major difference ordinary people made in the outcome of the Second World War.
Text of the Day: Pressure at the Ambassadors Theatre
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
‘One of the best productions I’m likely to see this year’: PRESSURE – West End ★★★★★
I would simply implore you to go and see this show. It’s clever, witty, exceptionally well-written, outstandingly acted and kept my attention throughout. Even knowing the outcome, I was fascinated and gripped until the very end.
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri to quiz author & star David Haig at Pressure in the West End
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Monday 2 July 2018, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock is back in the West End for the transfer of acclaimed new World War II drama Pressure. Got any questions for playwright and star David Haig?
The Show People podcast: Casting director extraordinaire Annie Rowe
As part of the Show People podcast series, Andrew Keates interviews casting director Annie Rowe, fresh from working on Mike Bartlett’s Not Talking at the Arcola Theatre
The Show People podcast: Casting director extraordinaire Annie Rowe
As part of the Show People podcast series, Andrew Keates interviews casting director Annie Rowe, fresh from working on Mike Bartlett’s Not Talking at the Arcola Theatre
The Show People podcast: Mark Shenton is a theatre addict
This first episode on MyTheatreMates of the Show People Podcast, hosted by director and producer Andrew Keates, is with Mates’ own Mark Shenton – so a great one to start with!
‘An unmissably beautiful piece of theatre’: PRESSURE – Park Theatre ★★★★★
First seen in Edinburgh and Chichester in 2014, David Haig’s acclaimed Pressure finally arrives at London’s Park Theatre where it runs for a month or so before heading into the West End for a well-deserved transfer.
‘Plenty of drama & intensity’: PRESSURE – Park Theatre ❤❤❤❤
Pressure has plenty of drama and intensity to make for a brilliant production – but could use some editing to sharpen the ending up more and to keep its focus. But it is undeniably a fascinating and gripping play to watch unfold.
‘The strength is in the tension’: PRESSURE – Park Theatre
Originally produced in Edinburgh and Chichester in 2014, Pressure is worth the four-year wait for London audiences. If you miss it at the Park then it is moving to the West End in June 2018, including a performance on the 74th anniversary of D-Day.
‘A huge personal triumph for actor & writer David Haig’: PRESSURE – Park Theatre
With enormous compassion, David Haig weaves together a thrilling story that is both personal and political. Having done his research, he makes the gobbledygook of technical weather reports sound thrilling, and the arguments between the men under Pressure convincingly clear.
NEWS: David Haig’s Second World War play Pressure transfers to the West End’s Ambassador’s Theatre
Based on the remarkable true story of two warring Allied meteorologists tasked with predicting the weather conditions for the D-Day landings, David Haig’s critically acclaimed play Pressure will transfer to the West End’s Ambassadors Theatre for a limited season from 6 June to 1 September 2018.
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‘Capital city, you now have your chance. Don’t blow it…’ PRESSURE – Touring ★★★★★
Pressure, a terrific meteorological thriller, set in the crucial days before D-Day, is written by – and stars – David Haig. It is a beautifully researched and immaculately pitched piece about the British meteorologist Dr Stagg who had to defy Eisenhower’s own met-man and tell the vulnerable expeditionary force first not to go on D-Day – and then, even more audaciously, to take a run at it in the eight-hour lull between storms the next day.
‘Capital city, you now have your chance. Don’t blow it…’ PRESSURE – Touring ★★★★★
Pressure, a terrific meteorological thriller, set in the crucial days before D-Day, is written by – and stars – David Haig. It is a beautifully researched and immaculately pitched piece about the British meteorologist Dr Stagg who had to defy Eisenhower’s own met-man and tell the vulnerable expeditionary force first not to go on D-Day – and then, even more audaciously, to take a run at it in the eight-hour lull between storms the next day.
NEWS: Building the Wall, Rothschild musical & David Haig’s Pressure lead Park’s 2018 season
The first half of the 2018 programme at London’s Park Theatre, running from January to June, will feature five world, European, UK and London premiere productions.
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