Martin Shaw PSA

[przed]

For the Pros fen on the flist.

I've been checking where the production of A Man for All Seasons starring Martin Shaw has been booked for several months now, trying to decide whether to aim for a regional performance or hold out for a West End transfer. This week I saw that there were a ton more dates on the production company's web site, but still nothing for London. (You can check the listings here.

I was getting worried, since I really can only afford to go to England once in the near future, and I won't be able to travel at all after about March or April next year due to certain life changing events that are due to take place in our lives.

So I decided to email the production company to ask if they really were doing a London transfer, and if so when. Lo and behold, they actually answered me:

This is the response I got:

"Yes, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS will be transferring to the West End after
its 9-week tour. We anticipate that it will play in London from 21
December until 8 April 2006. The theatre is not yet confirmed but will
be by the end of the summer."


The noise you just heard was me screaming with joy as I simultaneously do the happy dance. I shall get to see Martin as Sir Thomas More! Several times, I hope. And from the front row, if I have anything to say about it. (The theatre afficianado in me is appalled I would consider getting front row seats, but this is Martin Shaw we're talking about. I'm getting as close as I possibly can.)

Anyone on the flist up for planning a joint outing?

Comments

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

YES!!! When do you plan to go?

[przed.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking early January, but I'm reasonably flexible. I has to be January or early February at the latest, though.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Ah, to be in England, now that Martin's here. January works for me. I'm serious -- I'm interested.

[przed.livejournal.com]

I'm totally serious too. (I'm going to see that production if it bankrupts me.)

We must discuss. And I'll keep a look out for theatre and booking info.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Hurray!

[justacat.livejournal.com]

I'm going over in October and I'm going to see it in Windsor ... otherwise I'd gladly join you (if it turns out I love it, I might possibly consider going back, though ... :-)

[przed.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think.

And while I'm trying not to have unreasonable expectations, I think I'm predisposed to love it. Not just for Martin, but because A Man for All Seasons has been one of my favourite plays since I was sixteen. He's gong to make a kickass More, IMO.

*hopes you love it enough to join us again*

[paris7am.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the news about the play! I'm also seeing it in Windsor, so I don't think I'll make it back, but it's good just to know that it's going to *be* there, available, strong, with hopefully a *lot* of great press on Martin. (press on Martin, lol)

this is Martin Shaw we're talking about. I'm getting as close as I possibly can That was my reaction too...

[przed.livejournal.com]

Have fun in Windsor. (You don't know how close I came to booking tickets for the Windsor shows.)

And you must tell us all how it was.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I would love to. But that timing might not be great for me, because of Escapade. Drat. I would love to see it with fans, but maybe I can go with my friend from DC, who went to see Martin in Ideal Husband with me up in NYC. He still loves the Pros dearly, and we've been talking about going back to England even though I'm consumed with panic attacks over flying again.

[przed.livejournal.com]

It would be great if you came (at this point I'm estimating a few years before I get back to Escapade and see you again) but I understand timing.

I'm so jealous you saw An Ideal Husband. I was in England when it was playing the West End, but in the early '90s I'd never heard of Martin Shaw and wasn't familiar with the play, so I gave it a miss. I still kick myself about that one. (Could have seen Antony Stewart Head in the Rocky Horror Show too, if I'd been on the ball.)

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

At the risk of sounding like I'm grinding it in, which I don't want to do, seeing him in Ideal Husband was the best treat I've ever given myself. I'd only really been in media fandom, and had discovered there were other Pros fans, for a few short years, and hadn't expected to be able to go. But my friend loves NY, and so we went, and I not only was even more in love with Martin than ever, I fell in love with NY (but I could never live there). I was like "Why have I always been afraid to come here?"

I got to see Martin up close but not in a fangirly way -- we waited outside the theatre, and I knew his propensity for not talking to fans afterwards, we just wanted to see him go by and to say thank you to the other performers, but he came out on his bike, and he nearly ran into me becuase he wasn't looking, and kind of half-crashed into a garbage can, right next to me. So he straightened his bike, laughed, and smiled at me with that chipped tooth smile! I nearly died. My friend laughed his ass off because he thought I would collapse right there. Oh, and the play was fantastic, too. ;-)

[przed.livejournal.com]

You're not grinding it in, you're just sharing the Martin Shaw love. ;)

Honestly, I don't know what I'd do if Martin smiled at me from close quarters. Probably go all week in the knees too.

[faramir-boromir.livejournal.com]

Fantastic news! *tosses confetti*

[przed.livejournal.com]

I was just chuffed they actually answered my email. And even more chuffed that they confirmed the transfer.

*dances in the confetti shower*