peter Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Has anyone seen either part of the His Dark Materials productions at the National yet? Unfortunatly I won't be able to get to see it (unless they extend the run?)... Would really love to hear about it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Got tickets for the new year sometime. No spoilers please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 No spoilers please!don't you already know the story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattH Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Hi guys, It was suppose to preview last thursday (Part I) but Mr. Hytner's 3 days tech was not enough! I hear that it may preview around the 20th for both parts - someone correct me if I'm wrong. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 I gather they have managed a performance / preview of part one, with part two expected saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I'm desperatly searching for tickets but can't seem to get any on sensible days - seem only able to do part 2 - then part 1 Grrrr Left it too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lightnix Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Hello ;) Mr. Thickie Conference technician here. Sorry to be ignorant, but what exactly is the fuss about this show ? I'm not slagging it off, I just don't know a single thing about it, save that it is allegedly brilliant in some or many ways. I'll get my grey suit... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted December 12, 2003 Author Share Posted December 12, 2003 Pullman's "His Dark Materials" series is an incredible trilogy in which there are many effects pretty much impossible to create on a live stage. For one, nearly all the characters in the first book (Northern Lights) are followed around by their daemon (prenounced demon) which is a little animal whose type reflects their personality. As children, Lyra (the main focus of Northern Lights) and the 40 or so other children, a characters daemon is free to change its form at any time. Now try recreating that (bearing in mind that at times the daemons fly, at times they are mice and then seconds later can change into a lion or a panther) in a believable fashion. Add to that the 100 or so scenes which have to be covered in two 3 hour shows, a battle of polar bears wearing armour, a flying hot air balloon chased by a zepplin, witches, cities in the sky, barges.... the list goes on and on. Most of the effects would be fairly simple to recreate on film, but for theatre... I'd seriously recommend the HDM series to anyone who hasn't read them - as Pullman himself said, they are not just for children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Nice summary Peter. When I said no spoilers I meant about how they re-create all the above. I want to be surprised. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Just in case anyone wanted a little more information on Phillip Pulman and his books Can I briefly plug my webpage ;) PS (Any feedback, reviews corrections and recomendations on the site gratefuly apreciated) Thankyou We now return you to your Scheduled programming. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 Pullman recently came third in the beebs top 100 books ("big read" thing) which is a pretty impressive achievement for 'his dark materials'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 ...but was beaten into a cocked-hat by Lord Of The Rings. OK, I'll give you that the Rings has been supported by the Peter Jackson film, but that shouldn't take away from Tolkein's story-telling. Any one sad enough not to have seen the films, or read the books, because "I can't be doing with elves & such" is doing themselves a dis-service. Don't, however, see the last one first thinking that you'll get a "Story so far" intro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 OK, I'll give you that the Rings has been supported by the Peter Jackson film, but that shouldn't take away from Tolkein's story-telling.<trivia>Tolkein's great-great-grandson lives a few miles up the road from here ...</trivia> :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 I now know that the play is opening on Saturday the 3rd of January at the Olivier theatre I think that there is a review in the Telegraph some time this week if anyone is interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benweblight Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 god, thats a play now, one to see id say wonder if theyre using some kind of 'dust' machine ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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